Movies with Octavia Spencer
Movies found: 17, viewing from 1 to 17
Smashed
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Octavia Spencer, Aaron Paul
Directors: James Ponsoldt
Country: USA
Year: 2012
Available Quality: Hi Def, Hi Def
Kate and Charlie Hannah have a relationship well lubricated with alcohol, but Kate finally finds her chemical appetites have gotten completely out of control. With the help of an ex-addict friend at work, Kate finds a support group that helps her begin to conquer her addictions. However, that recovery proves just part of a larger personal challenge to rebuild her life even as her marriage with her drunken husband deteriorates.
Flypaper
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Starring: Ashley Judd, Tim Blake Nelson, Octavia Spencer, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Jeffrey Tambor, Patrick Dempsey, Curtis Armstrong
Directors: Rob Minkoff
Country: Germany, USA
Year: 2011
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, Hi Def
A man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love.
Follow the Stars Home
Genres: Family, Romance, Drama
Starring: Campbell Scott, Octavia Spencer, Patricia Belcher, Judith Drake, Blair Brown, Suzy Nakamura, Alexa Vega
Directors: Dick Lowry
Country: USA
Year: 2001
Two brothers - one virtuous, one feckless - are in love with the same woman. She falls for Brother Wrong, carrying a torch for him even after he deserts her. But Brother Right remains steadfast and available. What's unusual here is why the bad brother pulls his disappearing act. Mark walks out on wife Dianne after learning that the baby they're expecting has severe genetic abnormalities. Dianne is nonetheless determined to bear her child, with support from her mother and Mark's brother David, a pediatrician whose love for Dianne is unspoken but obvious. How do they cope with the challenges of raising this little girl named Julia?
Pulse
Genres: Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Starring: Zach Grenier, Steve Tom, Riki Lindhome, Ron Rifkin, Rick Gonzalez, Octavia Spencer, Jonathan Tucker
Directors: Jim Sonzero
Country: USA
Year: 2006
The hacker Josh invades the computer of Douglas Ziegler, who is developing a powerful wireless signal and accidentally releases a mysterious force that take the will to live of the human beings, generating a suicide epidemic and increasing the force. His girlfriend and student of psychology Mattie sees each one of their common friends die and the destruction of the modern world, and together with her new acquaintance Dexter, they try to plan a virus developed by Josh in the network to shutdown the system and save mankind.
Coach Carter
Genres: Drama, Sport
Starring: Nana Gbewonyo, Samuel L. Jackson, Texas Battle, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Rick Gonzalez, Antwon Tanner
Directors: Thomas Carter
Country: Germany, USA
Year: 2005
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
In 1999, Ken Carter, a successful sporting goods store owner, accepts the job of basketball coach for his old high school in a poor area of Richmond, CA, where he was a champion athlete. As much dismayed by the poor attitudes of his players as well as their dismal play performance, Carter sets about to change both. He immediately imposes a strict regime typified in written contracts that include stipulations for respectful behavior, a dress code and good grades as requisites to being allowed to participate. The initial resistance from the boys is soon dispelled as the team under Carter's tutelage becomes a undefeated competitor in the games. ...
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Sean Astin, Camryn Manheim, Octavia Spencer, John Goodman, Marisa Tomei, Elden Henson
Directors: Randall Miller
Country: USA
Year: 2005
Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Dance is a very powerful drug, if embraced judiciously; to reap its rewards, one must shoulder its challenges with intrepid countenance. Frank Keene, a grieving baker in a near catatonic state, happens on a car accident. The loquacious and insightful victim, Steve Mills, is on his way to an appointment in Pasadena with a years-ago acquaintance; he asks Frank to go in his place. It's a dance class. Frank goes, to find Steve's friend. The story moves back and forth among Steve's childhood, the scene of the accident, and the aftermath of Frank's first Lindy hop. Black eyes, group therapy, loneliness, boys being boys, roads not taken, and saying ...
Big Momma's House
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Paul Giamatti, Anthony Anderson, Nia Long, Octavia Spencer, Terrence Howard, Phyllis Applegate
Directors: Raja Gosnell
Country: Germany, USA
Year: 2000
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
FBI agent Malcolm Turner is known best for being a brilliant, master of disguise. Malcolm's latest assignment sends him to small-town Georgia, where he's assigned to trap a brutal bank robber (and a recent prison escapee) who they suspect will be coming down to visit his ex-girlfriend Sherry and her son. Malcolm sets up a stakeout across from the home of a larger-than-life southern matriarch known as Big Momma, who's about to be visited by Sherry. It's a simple plan, but there's one big problem: Unbeknownst to Sherry, Big Momma has unexpectedly left town. So Malcolm, decides to impersonate the cantankerous Southern granny. Using a few tricks ...
Just Peck
Genres: Comedy, Family
Starring: Camryn Manheim, Octavia Spencer, Justin Lee, Haley Ramm, Brie Larson, Andrew McFarlane, Adam Arkin
Directors: Michael A. Nickles
Country: USA
Year: 2009
When Michael Peck's overbearing parents force him to compete in the Science Fair, he thinks he can shock everyone. Instead, Peck finds teen angst might be cliché, but it still sucks.
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Starring: Stephen Tobolowsky, Kate Bosworth, Gary Cole, Kathryn Hahn, Josh Duhamel, Nathan Lane, Octavia Spencer
Directors: Robert Luketic
Country: USA
Year: 2004
Rosalee Futch is a grocery clerk living in rural West Virginia. But even a small-town girl can have big dreams, and Rosalee's is to someday--somehow--meet her big-screen idol Tad Hamilton. The somehow arrives in the form of a contest--the grand prize: a date with Tad Hamilton--and the someday is now. Rosalee wins, much to the chagrin of her best friend and co-worker Pete, who is deeply, hopelessly--and secretly--in love with Rosalee. The Win a Date contest was cooked up by Tad's agent, Richard Levy, and his manager, also named Richard Levy, to clean up Tad's bad-boy image. Someone should have told them to be careful what you wish for. When Ta...
Small Town Saturday Night
Genres: Drama
Starring: John Hawkes, Brent Briscoe, Lin Shaye, Octavia Spencer, Chris Pine, Scott Michael Campbell, Muse Watson
Directors: Ryan Craig
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Just days before Rhett (Chris Pine) is leaving for Nashville to pursue a lifelong dream of being a singer/songwriter, his girlfriend Samantha (Bre Blair) realizes that his future may not be their future. This news comes as a shock to Rhett, and he is faced with having to choose between following his dream and staying in his hometown in order to be with the woman he loves.
Never Been Kissed
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Starring: Allen Covert, David Arquette, Drew Barrymore, Michael Vartan, John C. Reilly, Octavia Spencer, Garry Marshall
Directors: Raja Gosnell
Country: USA
Year: 1999
Josie Geller, at 25 the youngest Chicago Sun-Times copy editor, really is good at her job, which requires brain more than writing skills. The owner of the paper now wants her and no other to report undercover about today's high schools. Josie enrolls and quickly falls back into her own school habits: She was then known as Josie Grossie, she did not make any friends, she even was humiliated. Now, with a good job in her life and with her experiences from a life after school, she tries to fit in as well as possible. Having to seek friendship with some pretty but not very bright girls instead of with the people who really interest her gets really...
Halloween II
Genres: Thriller, Horror
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Richard Riehle, Margot Kidder, Brad Dourif, Mary Birdsong, Octavia Spencer, Scout Taylor-Compton
Directors: Rob Zombie
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Michael Myers is still at large and no less dangerous than ever. After a failed reunion to reach his baby sister at their old home, Laurie Strode is immediately taken to a hospital to be treated by the wounds that had been afflicted by her brother a few hours ago. However, Michael isn't too far off and will continue his murdering 'Halloween' rampage until he gets his sister all to himself.
Pretty Ugly People
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Jack Noseworthy, Octavia Spencer, Allison Janney, Phill Lewis, Missi Pyle, Melissa McCarthy, Josh Hopkins
Directors: Tate Taylor
Country: USA
Year: 2008
COLLEGE PALS REUNITE UNDER THE FALSE PRETENSE OF SAYING GOODBYE TO DYING LUCY.Is losing the weight worth losing your friends?
Being John Malkovich
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy
Starring: Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich, Octavia Spencer, Catherine Keener, K.K. Dodds, John Cusack, Ned Bellamy
Directors: Spike Jonze
Country: USA
Year: 1999
A puppeteer discovers a door in his office that allows him to enter the mind and life of John Malkovich for 15 minutes. The puppeteer then tries to turn the portal into a small business.
The Journeyman
Genres: Western
Starring: Joe Stevens, Octavia Spencer, Brad Hunt, Barry Corbin, Daniel Lapaine, Dash Mihok, Willie Nelson
Directors: James Crowley
Country: USA
Year: 2001
Once in the Wild West two young brothers were separated by a gang of brutal bandits when their Grandpa (Willie Nelson) was shot to death. The older brother (Brad Hunt) was kidnapped while the younger one (Daniel Lapaine) was taken under the wing of a Mexican priest. Many years passed. Now on the vast prairies a chase starts. Everyone is on the trail of a lonely brigand. Some people tracks him down in order to take revenge, others want to save him. Who will be the first to find him?
Breakin' All the Rules
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Starring: Gabrielle Union, Jennifer Esposito, Morris Chestnut, Octavia Spencer, Tate Taylor, Peter MacNicol, Jamie Foxx
Directors: Daniel Taplitz
Country: USA
Year: 2004
Qunicy Watson, after being unceremoniously dumped by his fiancée, pens a "how to" book on breaking up and becomes a best-selling author on the subject. Not wanting his male friends to suffer the same fate, he gives them advice on dumping their mates. A comedy of errors ensues.
The Nines
Genres: Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
Starring: David Denman, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy, Elle Fanning, Dahlia Salem
Directors: John August
Country: USA
Year: 2007
Gary, an actor who plays a cop on television, uses too much lighter fluid when he burns his ex-girlfriend's things, then he drinks and drives, uses crack, and crashes his car. He sobers up in jail and is placed under house arrest and the watchful eye of a publicist, the cheery and tough-minded Margaret. She moves him into the empty house of a writer who's away in Canada on a shoot. Gary meets Sarah, an attractive and seemingly-willing neighbor. His friendship with Margaret blooms and strange things happen: he finds notes he doesn't remember writing, he hears noises, and he seems to bump into himself in the kitchen. Two remaining chapters reve...