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Oct 19, 2018 · The best Michelle Williams films, though, are heartbreaking, spine-tingling, and world shattering. You can tell that Williams at least picks interesting projects almost all of the time. As a celebration of this exciting and unique performer, here is a ranking of every Michelle Williams film from worst to best.
- Brokeback Mountain
- Blue Valentine
- Manchester by The Sea
- My Week with Marilyn
- The Station Agent
- Certain Women
- I’m Not There
- Shutter Island
- Suite Française
- Deception
“Brokeback Mountain” is a 2005 romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee and starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. The film is based on the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx and explores the complicated relationship between two cowboys, Ennis Del Mar (Ledger) and Jack Twist (Gyllenhaal), who fall in love with each other during a ...
“Blue Valentine” is a 2010 romantic drama film directed by Derek Cianfrance and starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. The film tells the story of a couple, Dean and Cindy, who have been married for several years and are struggling to hold their relationship together. The film explores themes of love, commitment, and the challenges of maintai...
“Manchester by the Sea” is a drama film directed by Kenneth Lonergan and released in 2016. The film stars Casey Affleck in the lead role of Lee Chandler, a janitor who is forced to confront his painful past when he becomes the legal guardian of his teenage nephew after the sudden death of his brother. The story is set in the small town of Mancheste...
“My Week with Marilyn” is a 2011 biographical drama film directed by Simon Curtis and starring Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, and Eddie Redmayne. The film is based on the memoirs of Colin Clark, who worked as an assistant on the set of the 1957 film “The Prince and the Showgirl,” which starred Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier. The film foll...
“The Station Agent” is a 2003 American independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Tom McCarthy. The film stars Peter Dinklage as Finbar McBride, a quiet and introverted man who moves to rural New Jersey to live in an abandoned train depot he inherited from a friend. As Fin navigates his new surroundings, he becomes friends with two local...
“Certain Women” is a drama film released in 2016, directed by Kelly Reichardt and starring Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, and Laura Dern. Christian Bale has a brief appearance in the film as a lonely ranch hand named Jamie. The film tells three intersecting stories set in rural Montana, each exploring the lives of women who are struggling to f...
“I’m Not There” is a 2007 biographical musical drama film directed by Todd Haynes and featuring an ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Richard Gere, and of course, Michelle Williams. The film tells the story of the life and career of legendary musician Bob Dylan, but rather than using a traditional biopic format, it presents a...
“Shutter Island” is a 2010 psychological thriller directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, and Ben Kingsley. The film is based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane and follows U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) and his partner (Ruffalo) as they investigate the disappearance of a patient from a remo...
“Suite Française” is a 2014 romantic war drama film directed by Saul Dibb and based on the novel of the same name by Irène Némirovsky. The film tells the story of a romance between a French woman named Lucille and a German officer named Bruno during the German occupation of France in World War II. The film explores themes of love, war, and the comp...
“Deception” is a thriller film directed by Marcel Langenegger and released in 2008. The film stars Hugh Jackman as Wyatt Bose, a successful lawyer who becomes involved in a mysterious and dangerous world of high-stakes sex clubs and corporate espionage after he meets a beautiful woman named S (played by Michelle Williams). The story follows Wyatt a...
- Blue Valentine (2010) Derek Cianfrance's heartbreaking film Blue Valentine examines the romance between married couple Cindy (Williams) and Dean (Ryan Gosling), contrasting the beginning and end of their storied relationship over the years and through many hardships.
- The Fabelmans (2022) In Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film The Fabelmans, the director casts Williams as a fictionalized version of his mother, an erratic but tender pianist torn between family and the passion she has for her art.
- Meek's Cutoff (2010) Williams' second Kelly Reichardt film tracks the journey of a group of 19th-century settlers along the Oregon Trail. As Emily Tetherow, Williams exudes a quiet confidence and competence that disrupts the patriarchal power structure of her party.
- Wendy and Lucy (2008) In her first of many collaborations with director Kelly Reichardt, Williams plays Wendy, an unhoused woman who lives out of her car with her beloved dog Lucy (played by Reichardt's actual dog of the same name).
My Week with Marilyn is a 2011 biographical drama film directed by Simon Curtis and written by Adrian Hodges. It stars Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Dominic Cooper, Julia Ormond, Emma Watson, and Judi Dench.
May 7, 2023 · Michelle Williams has come a long way from "Dawson's Creek" and is now considered one of her generation's finest actors. Here, we rank 14 of her best movies.
Mar 10, 2023 · The list of the best Michelle Williams movies and TV shows streaming is one that goes back a little over two decades at this point, with outstanding performances ranging from a symbiote superhero ...
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Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9, 1980) is an American actress. Known primarily for starring in small-scale independent films with dark or tragic themes, she has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards and a Tony Award. Williams, a daughter of politician and trader Larry R. Williams ...
