57 Gena Rowlands Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Mabel Longhetti, the wife of Nick, a Municipal construction worker in LA, is lonely and desperate. She craves happiness but gets increasingly unstable especially when there are people around. She is fraying and coming undone because of the varied influences and demands that the society has imposed on her. Nick is convinced that her volatile behaviour may become a threat to his family and thus, he commits her for six months to an institution. With three kids to raise, he awaits her turn but that is not all what's in store.

A young woman is killed during an accident while trying to meet Myrtle Gordon, her favorite actress. Therefore, Myrtle feels responsible for the death, which leads her to an emotional crisis and a mental breakdown. This starts affecting her professional life as well.

Faces is a drama film which tells the story of Richard, who decides to leave his wife Maria abruptly after he develops a liking to a younger woman. Meanwhile, Maria also meets a much younger man, and they both try to search for what they have lost all these years- excitement, love and passion for life.

Jack Burns, an independent cowboy, feels out of place in the modern world. He purposely gets into a brawl and gets himself arrested to be with Paul, a friend who has been imprisoned for helping illegal aliens. Jack wants Paul to flee with him, but Paul has too much at stake.

Night on Earth is an anthology comedy drama film, which tells us the story of five different cab drivers in five different cities, and the bond they form with their passengers during their journeys on the same eventful night. 

Leila is a young African-American girl with a light complexion who meets Tony, a musician, with whom she begins a romance. However, Tony is surprised when she meets Hugh, her older brother, and realizes that she is actually black. Things get complicated because Hugh doesn’t want them to date each other.

Adapted from the 1996 novel by Nicholas Sparks, the movie begins with an elderly man narrating a romance story from his notebook to a woman suffering from dementia. The story revolves around the love of a young couple in 1940s, who get separated due to the differences in social status but eventually find their way to each other

Gloria is a free-spirited older woman, who develops a liking to a former naval officer whom she meets in the clubs. Although she starts to rediscover the joys of romance, she begins to realize that her new lover is unable to leave his past behind.

Another Woman is a drama film which revolves around Marion, a philosophy professor going through a mid-life crisis. When she rents an apartment to work on her new book, she soon finds that she can hear into the next room, which is a psychiatrist’s office. She gets drawn to the plight of a woman named Hope, and her story also helps Marion reevaluate her life.  

Playing by Heart is a romantic comedy drama film which revolves around eleven different characters, who are all related as they create a story of love, heartbreak, hope, acceptance and forgiveness.

The Mighty is a comedy drama film which revolves around Kevin, a boy who is smart, but has a weak body. His life takes a turn when he meets Maxwell, a boy who is ridiculed for his huge size. Since they are both outcasts, an unlikely friendship soon develops between the two.

Also known as Paris, I love You, it is an anthology film comprising of eighteen short films which are set in the different arrondissements of Paris. Directed by visionary directors from all around the world, these eighteen short films are incredibly humane depictions of life in Paris, which resonate universal themes of love, life, and loss. 

The High Cost of Loving is a satirical comedy film which tells the story of an office worker who starts feeling that he might be losing his job soon. Things get interesting when at the same time, his wife announces that she might be pregnant with their first child, after nine years of marriage.

A Dutch physician, who treats leprosy patients in the forests of Indonesia, has a dangerous encounter with a witch-doctor who uses black magic to eliminate his enemies. 

In 1950, led by Tony Pipo and Joe McGinnis, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commit the robbery of the century. Eventually, the FBI gets involved, and the cops begin to crack down on the gang, but McGinnis still refuses to hand over the loot.

Caroline, a nurse, leaves behind her hospital job and signs up to work at a mansion as a private care giver for an old man, Ben who has suffered a stroke and is wheel chair bound. Caroline soon becomes sceptical of Violet, Ben’s wife, who she believes is a threat to him. The house itself has a terrifying past and is haunted by two spirits.

After mobster Charlie Adamo gets his old lieutenant, Hank McCain, out of prison, Hank and his son Jack, plan a heist at a Las Vegas casino. Unfortunately, the casino is run by a rival mob boss. Once the job is done, Jack must find a way to escape the mobsters along with his love Irene. 

Two-Minute Warning is a drama thriller film which revolves around a lunatic who is planning to kill spectators at an LA Coliseum football championship game. When the police learn about it, they race against time to eliminate him, before he can claim any innocent lives.   

Nora hasn’t had much luck with men since her college days. She is in her 30s now, and things haven’t changed much. After a series of dates that go horribly wrong, she is convinced that she will never find love. Things change when she meets a man named Julien, who is from Paris. She finds herself attracted to him, and although he invites her to France with him, she refuses. Later on, she wonders if she has made her life’s biggest mistake.

Birdee returns to her hometown after she comes to know that her husband has been cheating on her with her best friend. She soon meets her childhood crush, and finds herself attracted to him.

Grace’s life turns upside down after discovering that her husband is having an affair. After a confrontation, she leaves with her daughter and returns to her parents’ house. She is surprised to see that everyone around her believes that she should forgive her husband and move on.   

Serial killer, Martin Asher, has been impersonating his victims as he makes his way across North America. When FBI profiler Illeana Scott is asked to profile the killer by Montreal Inspector Leclair, she becomes close to art dealer James Costa, who was an eyewitness to Martin’s last murder. But when James becomes Martin’s next target, sinister secrets are revealed. 

When her neighbour Kiefer tries to rape her and assault her, Maureen’s husband Eddie goes berserk. He is eventually put in a psychiatric facility. Years later, he is released and he tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife. However, she is already married to another man.  

Based on the life of Marjane Satrapi, the animated movie follows her journey from a young girl in Iran to growing up to be a punk-loving teenage and leaving for Paris. When she returns to Iran, it has become more intolerant with religious absurdities and liberals are being executed.