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All Alan J. Pakula Movies Ranked

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  • Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in All the President's Men (1976)

    1. All the President's Men

    19762h 18mPG84Metascore
    7.9 (131K)
    "The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsDustin HoffmanRobert RedfordJack Warden
  • Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland in Klute (1971)

    2. Klute

    19711h 54mR81Metascore
    7.1 (32K)
    A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsJane FondaDonald SutherlandCharles Cioffi
  • The Parallax View (1974)

    3. The Parallax View

    19741h 42mR65Metascore
    7.1 (23K)
    An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsWarren BeattyPaula PrentissWilliam Daniels
  • Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice (1982)

    4. Sophie's Choice

    19822h 30mR68Metascore
    7.5 (55K)
    Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsMeryl StreepKevin KlinePeter MacNicol
  • Harrison Ford and Greta Scacchi in Presumed Innocent (1990)

    5. Presumed Innocent

    19902h 7mR72Metascore
    6.9 (50K)
    As a lawyer investigates the murder of a colleague, he finds himself more connected to the crime than anyone else.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsHarrison FordRaul JuliaGreta Scacchi
  • Timothy Bottoms and Maggie Smith in Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973)

    6. Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing

    19731h 50mPG
    6.6 (1K)
    Teenage Walter abandons cycling tour, joins Lila's bus tour in Spain. They develop romance, travel together. Relationship tested during extended stay with Spanish nobility.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsMaggie SmithTimothy BottomsDon Jaime de Mora y Aragón
  • Orphans (1987)

    7. Orphans

    19871h 55mR
    6.5 (981)
    Brothers Treat and Philip have lived alone since they were kids. Interdependent, they dwell in a loft house and live on little thefts, until an aging minor criminal moves in with them and takes over the role of a father.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsAlbert FinneyMatthew ModineKevin Anderson
  • The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)

    8. The Sterile Cuckoo

    19691h 47mPG68Metascore
    6.6 (2.5K)
    An eccentric girl forces a reluctant college student into an affair.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsLiza MinnelliWendell BurtonTim McIntire
  • Candice Bergen, Burt Reynolds, and Jill Clayburgh in Starting Over (1979)

    9. Starting Over

    19791h 45mR64Metascore
    6.4 (3.4K)
    A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This affects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsBurt ReynoldsJill ClayburghCandice Bergen
  • Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington in The Pelican Brief (1993)

    10. The Pelican Brief

    19932h 21mPG-1351Metascore
    6.6 (100K)
    A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsJulia RobertsDenzel WashingtonSam Shepard
  • Jane Fonda, James Caan, and Jason Robards in Comes a Horseman (1978)

    11. Comes a Horseman

    19781h 58mPG41Metascore
    6.3 (3.8K)
    A brave and proud woman struggles for her land, finding help and something more in unexpected way.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsJames CaanJane FondaJason Robards
  • Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford in The Devil's Own (1997)

    12. The Devil's Own

    19971h 51mR52Metascore
    6.2 (75K)
    A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsHarrison FordBrad PittMargaret Colin
  • Jeff Bridges, Farrah Fawcett, and Alice Krige in See You in the Morning (1989)

    13. See You in the Morning

    19891h 59mPG-13
    5.8 (1.1K)
    Larry, a divorced psychiatrist, meets Beth, a widowed photographer, at a party in Manhattan. He walks her home. They both have two kids though he rarely sees his. Will marriage work?
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsJeff BridgesAlice KrigeFarrah Fawcett
  • Jane Fonda and Kris Kristofferson in Rollover (1981)

    14. Rollover

    19811h 56mR36Metascore
    5.4 (1.5K)
    The wife of a murdered petrochemical company chairman and a banker investigating the liquidity of his new bank stumble upon an international financial scheme that could lead to global economic collapse.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsJane FondaKris KristoffersonHume Cronyn
  • Consenting Adults (1992)

    15. Consenting Adults

    19921h 39mR39Metascore
    5.7 (8.6K)
    During a joint dinner at the restaurant, the neighbors offer to exchange wives for one night. It was a joke, but only at first.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsKevin KlineMary Elizabeth MastrantonioKevin Spacey
  • Kristy McNichol in Dream Lover (1986)

    16. Dream Lover

    19861h 44mR
    4.7 (673)
    She'd been ruled by her father all her life, and now, after she's been attacked in her apartment, struggling musician Kathy starts reliving the event in her dreams. She seeks help at a sleep disorder research center, but in doing so she encounters some unexpected results.
    DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsKristy McNicholBen MastersPaul Shenar

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