Although she may not be a household name, Dianne Wiest is a two-time Oscar-winning actress who has appeared in such iconic movies as The Lost Boys, Edward Scissorhands, Parenthood, and many more. After four years spent on the television series Life in Pieces from 2015 to 2019, Wiest returned to the big screen in 2020 with two highly-acclaimed films, including I Care A Lot and Let Them All Talk.
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the latter film follows Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Alice Hughes (Meryl Streep), as she goes on a transatlantic cruise with her nephew and two closest friends (Wiest and Candice Bergen).
10 The Birdcage (1996) 80%
In Mike Nichols' uproarious remake of the 1978 French-Italian farce La Cage Aux Folles, Robin Williams and Nathan Lane play a pair of gay cabaret performers who pretend to be heterosexual to appease their straight son's potential inlaws.
The uptight conservative parents include Senator Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Louise (Wiest). As Albert (Lane) and Armand (Williams) try their hardest to pull off their ruse, the plan works as planned until it backfires in their faces.
9 Rabbit Hole (2010) 87%
John Cameron Mitchell's devastating tale of parental PTSD in Rabbit Hole earned Nicole Kidman the third Academy Award nomination of her sterling career. Wiest plays her mother Nat in the film.
Based on the David Lindsay-Abaire play, Kidman and Aaron Eckhart play the happy and successful married couple, Becca and Howie. When their teenage son Danny dies in a car crash, Becca and Howie's idyllic existence comes crashing down. In an attempt to mend her broken heart, Becca befriends Jason (Miles Teller), the teenager who accidentally killed her son in the auto wreck.
8 Let Them All Talk (2020) 89%
Released through HBO Max on December 10, 2020, Let Them All Talk is a loose three-hander starring Wiest, Meryl Streep, and Candice Begen as a trio of besties reuniting for a gossipy transatlantic cruise.
Streep plays Alice Hughes, a best-selling novelist set to receive a distinguished award in London for her literary career. Due to her poor health, Alice cannot fly and takes a lavish cruise ship across the ocean with her nephew Tyler (Lucas Hedges) and two college best friends. The film is garnering awards-season buzz for its three central performances.
7 Radio Days (1987) 90%
Wiest's third Woody Allen film in as many years includes Radio Days, a PG-rated retrospective on the golden age of radio, and the popular variety shows of the medium during the 1940s.
Starring several Allen regulars, the film focuses on Joe (Allen), a narrator who reminisces about his earliest memories growing up listening to the radio with his parents in New York in the 1930s and 1940s. Radio stars and personalities of the day are featured in several skits and vignettes. Wiest earned a BAFTA nomination for her performance as Aunt Bea in the film.
6 Edward Scissorhands (1990) 90%
Tim Burton's fairytale fantasy film Edward Scissorhands is full of quirky characters, none more memorable than the bighearted Avon saleswoman, Peg Boggs (Wiest). Without her openminded acceptance, Edward (Johnny Depp) never would have had a family to call his own.
When Edward's creator dies before giving him hands and arms, Edward is left as a shy, incomplete loner with large blades for his upper-appendages. Cursed with destroying everything he touches, Edward finds hope in the form of his romantic crush, Kim (Winona Ryder).
5 Parenthood (1989) 91%
Dianne Wiest landed the second of three career Oscar nominations for her performance as Helen Buckman in Ron Howard's domestic dramedy, Parenthood. The film also earned Wiest the second of four Golden Globe nods.
Adapted as a TV series in 1990 and 2010, Parenthood centers on the rigors of daily life as several eccentric family members across multiple generations deal with work, hobbies, romances, maturation, and the like. Steve Martin costars as Gil Buckman, Wiest's husband in the film.
4 Hannah And Her Sisters (1986) 91%
In her second time working with Woody Allen, Wiest won the first of two Best Supporting Actress Oscars of her career for her turn in the messy relationship drama Hannah and Her Sisters.
Mia Farrow plays Hannah, a twice-married New Yorker who reunites with her sisters over two annual Thanksgiving celebrations. The story traces the infidelity of Hannah's current husband, Elliot (Michael Caine), who pines for Hannah's sister, Lee (Barbara Hershey), and Hannah's ex-husband Mickey (Allen), who falls for her cocaine-addicted sister, Holly (Wiest).
3 The Purple Rose Of Cairo (1985) 92%
Wiest marked her first of several collaborations with Woody Allen on the 1985 period-comedy The Purple Rose of Cairo. The film stars Jeff Bridges as Tom Baxter, a movie star from the 1930s who walks off the big screen during one of his films and enters reality in Depression-era New Jersey.
Once Tom Baxter steps off the screen, he introduces himself to Cecilia (Mia Farrow), a waitress in an unhappy marriage with Monk (Danny Aiello), an abusive louse she dreams of leaving. Wiest plays a supporting character named Emma in the film.
2 I Care A Lot (2020) 93%
According to Rotten Tomatoes, Wiest's two most-recent films register among her top 10 of all-time. The first belongs to the aforementioned Let Them All Talk, and the second includes the upcoming crime thriller, I Care A Lot.
From writer/director J Blakeson, I Care A Lot follows Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) a legal guardian who financially exploits her elderly clientele until she meets her match in the ice-cold killer, Roman (Peter Dinklage). Wiest plays Jennifer, a patient with early-onset dementia that Marla tries to bilk money from.
1 Bullets Over Broadway (1994) 97%
Dianne Wiest won her second Oscar for Best Supporting Actress following her showy turn in Woody Allen's mafia farce Bullets Over Broadway. She also scored a Golden Globe nomination for her performance.
The film tracks aspiring playwright David Shayne (John Cusack), who looks to regain creative control when producing his newest production entitled God of Our Fathers. However, the only person willing to invest in the film is Nick Valenti (Chazz Palminteri), a hotshot New York mobster who insists that David cast his girlfriend Olive (Jennifer Tilly) in a key role. Wiest plays Helen, an aging theater star who woos David for the real starring role.
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