Born Oct. 6, 1963, in Wilmington, Del., Elisabeth Shue began performing in commercials as a teen, hawking everything from Hellmann's Mayonnaise to Burger King -- work she continued as she pursued her studies at Wellesley and Harvard.Despite a promising beginning with a role on the TV series "Call to Glory" (1984) and as Ralph Macchio's girlfriend in The Karate Kid, Shue's career had begun a nosedive before the actress reached her late twenties. After starring in Adventures in Babysitting (1987) and Cocktail (1988), Shue found decent roles almost impossible to come by.
That all changed in 1995, however, when Mike Figgis cast her as a prostitute who takes up with a drunk (Nicolas Cage) in Leaving Las Vegas. Shue received an Oscar nomination for the role and has since worked consistently in films such as Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry and Hollow Man.
AddHamlet 2With his department in danger of being cut, high school drama teacher Dana Marschz (Steve Coogan) pens a heretical sequel to William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and exhorts his students to stage it in this sardonic comedy that riffs on the "inspirational teacher" genre. Catherine Keener plays Marschz's... Read More
AddGracieAfter a tragedy, 15-year-old Gracie (Carly Schroeder) channels her grief by fighting to get girls into varsity soccer in this inspiring drama. Despite her passion and resolve, she's blocked on all sides as she argues for the right of women to play competitive soccer. The film -- set in 1978 -- is... Read More
AddThe SaintMaster thief Simon Templar (Val Kilmer) eludes his pursuers by assuming the names of obscure saints. When a Russian politician (Rade Serbedzija) hires Templar to steal the formula for cold fusion, he falls in love with Emma Russell (Elisabeth Shue), the frail Oxford scientist who has unlocked the... Read More
AddLeaving Las VegasThis incisive portrait of an alcoholic Hollywood executive (Oscar winner Nicolas Cage) who moves to Las Vegas to drink himself to death co-stars Elisabeth Shue, who plays a prostitute who comes to know and love him, without trying to change him or upset his nihilistic agenda. Cage and Shue mesmerize... Read More
AddCocktailMaterialistic Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) teams with veteran bartender Doug Coughlin (Bryan Brown) and takes the bar scene by storm; the duo dazzles patrons, mixing drinks while dancing and, of course, charming the ladies. After moving to Jamaica, Brian falls for a New York waitress (Elisabeth... Read More
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| Add | Hide and Seek (2005) | R | |
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| Add | Tuck Everlasting (2002) | PG | |
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| Add | Molly (1999) | PG-13 | |
| Add | Palmetto (1998) | R | |
| Add | Cousin Bette (1998) | R | |
| Add | The Saint (1997) | PG-13 | |
| Add | Deconstructing Harry (1997) | R | |
| Add | The Trigger Effect (1996) | R | |
| Add | The Underneath (1995) | R | |
| Add | Leaving Las Vegas (1995) | UR | |
| Add | Blind Justice (1994) | R | |
| Add | Heart and Souls (1993) | PG-13 | |
| Add | Twenty Bucks (1993) | R | |
| Add | Soapdish (1991) | PG-13 | |
| Add | The Marrying Man (1991) | R | |
| Add | Back to the Future Part III (1990) | PG | |
| Add | Back to the Future Part II (1989) | PG | |
| Add | Cocktail (1988) | R | |
| Add | Adventures in Babysitting (1987) | PG-13 | |
| Add | Link (1986) | R | |
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