
Acting
Nancy Giles
Born 1960-07-17 · New York City, New York, USA
Nancy Giles (born July 17, 1960) is an American actress and commentator, perhaps best known for her appearances in the series China Beach and on CBS News Sunday Morning.
Acting credits
7.2When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big, he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight, but he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups, including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
Big
1988
6.5Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.
True Crime
1999
6.6When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she takes a risky chance to reclaim it by impersonating him and running the project from his position.
Working Girl
1988
6.5On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.
Irrational Man
2015
6.2Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola), a precocious 12-year-old navigates privilege and loneliness in a Manhattan hotel. And in "Oedipus Wrecks" (Woody Allen), a man’s domineering mother literally becomes a looming presence over New York.
New York Stories
1989
4.7Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.
Off Beat
1986
4.9A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.
Loverboy
2005
3.6A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.
Me and Him
1988
5.0Documentary film about actress Caris Corfman and her theatrical one woman show, Caris' Peace.
Caris' Peace
2011
5.6The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.
Joshua
2007
5.8Angie lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and dreams of a better life. When she finds out she's pregnant by her boyfriend, Vinnie, she decides she'll have the baby; but not Vinnie as a husband. This turns the entire close-knit neighborhood upside-down and starts Angie on a journey of self-discovery.
Angie
1994
3.7Eager to find his brother's murderer, Clinton enlists the aid of Nadine, an expensive call girl. Together they get sucked into a plot to smuggle guns to the Contra forces in Nicaragua.
Clinton and Nadine
1988
5.6The "bad boys of magic" go over the edge in this mind-blowing, role-switching comedy murder mystery set in the dizzying world of Atlantic City casinos. In a TV interview, Penn mentions his idea of a fun practical joke: "I wish someone were trying to kill me. It would give focus to my life, excitement. I'd be like James Bond." Twenty million people hear him. One decides to deliver a punchline he'll never forget. Made by people who thought Psycho was a comedy, Penn & Teller Get Killed (they also wrote the piece) features Caitlin Clarke as the femme fatale and David Patrick Kelly as the Edgar Allan Poe-esque nutcase with a new mission. Arthur Penn, known for hip masterpieces like Bonnie and Clyde, Alice's Restaurant and Little Big Man, directs with roller-coaster pacing and subversive intelligence.
Penn & Teller Get Killed
1989
5.3Compelling drama about the relationship between two Americans: a wounded Iraqi War veteran who struggles to live with his psychological scars, and a young filmmaker who accompanies him to a cabin in the Catskills to document his story.
Superheroes
2007
5.7Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. Nat also takes on his daughter, a drug dealer, and a mugger in this appealing version of a really 'odd couple'.
I'm Not Rappaport
1996
5.4While staying at her Aunt Claire's country home, Amy Treloar discovers a dollhouse with a secret only the dolls know.
The Dollhouse Murders
1992
5.5A robber looks to make off with more than the money from a convenience store hold up.
Hold Up
2006
A provocative and honest journey deep into the world of a woman determined to buck the sterility of modern life. (Or, a bunch of ennui-ridden hooey. You decide.)
States of Control
1997
Following three young bears of different species through varying landscapes as they find their way in the world.
Bearhood
2015