Hilary Swank Filmography

Fangland

Crew: Producer

Actors: Hilary Swank

Synopsis: An ambitious television producer travels to Romania for an exclusive interview with an infamous arms dealer, and discovers to her horror that the elusive criminal is in fact a contemporary Dracula. Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank pulls double duty as producer and star of this Read More

Labyrinth

Crew: Producer

Actors: Hilary Swank

P.S. I Love You

Actors: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, James Marsters

Synopsis: A grieving widow finds her husband's warmth radiating from the afterlife when she discovers that he left her a series of tasks to be revealed in ten monthly messages and designed to help her overcome her sorrow while gradually making the transition into a new life. Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) is Read More

The Reaping

Actors: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Idris Elba, AnnaSophia Robb, Stephen Rea

Synopsis: Her faith shaken by a family tragedy from which she was never quite able to fully recover, a professor of theology from Louisiana State University moonlighting as a debunker of unexplained religious phenomena finds herself faced with an apocalyptic series of events that seem to reflect the ten Read More

Freedom Writers

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, April Lee Hernandez

Synopsis: Assigned the thankless task of teaching freshman English at a gang-infested Long Beach, CA high school, a 23-year-old teacher resorts to unconventional means of breaking through to her hardened students in director Richard LaGravenese's adaptation of Erin Gruwell's best-seller The Freedom Writer's Read More

Birds of America

Actors: Matthew Perry, Ginnifer Goodwin, Ben Foster, Hilary Swank, Lauren Graham, Zoe Kravitz

Synopsis: Director Craig Lucas teams with screenwriter Elyse Friedman for this sociologically-slanted comedy drama concerning three eccentric siblings who were forced to grow up in an environment with no actual grown ups. In a typical family, the pattern usually goes something like this: Parents have Read More

...So Goes the Nation

Actors: Paul Begala, Mary Beth Cahill, Tad Devine, Terry McAuliffe, Matthew Dowd

Synopsis: In the 2004 presidential election, Ohio became the state that decided who would lead the nation for the next four years; throughout the campaign, both George W. Bush and John Kerry realized it was a key "swing state" which could go to either candidate, and they devoted much of their time and Read More

The Black Dahlia

Actors: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner

Synopsis: Director Brian De Palma returns to the helm for the first time since 2002's Femme Fatale with this stylish screen adaptation of James Ellroy's novel detailing one of the most notorious unsolved murders in Hollywood history. Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner) was a struggling actress looking to make a Read More

Beautiful Ohio

Crew: Producer

Actors: Brett Davern, David Call, Rita Wilson, William Hurt, Michelle Trachtenberg

Synopsis: Longtime actor Chad Lowe makes his feature directorial debut with this quiet family drama focusing on two young brothers as it explores the elaborate family dynamics and rapidly-evolving social attitudes during the dawn of the 1970s. Simon (John Hurt and Judith Messerman (Rita Wilson) are Read More

Saturday Night Live: Hilary Swank

Actors: Hilary Swank, 50 Cent

Synopsis: This 2005 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Hilary Swank and features musical guest 50 Cent. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

On Native Soil

Actors: Kevin Costner, Hilary Swank

Synopsis: The story of September 11, 2001 is fully explored by filmmaker Linda Ellman in a documentary focusing on events preceding, during, and following the tragedy that befell the nation on that fateful day. Created with the full support and involvement of the victim's families, Ellman's truth-seeking Read More

Million Dollar Baby

Actors: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter

Synopsis: Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) is a veteran boxing trainer who has devoted his life to the ring and has precious little to show for it; his daughter never answers his letters, and a fighter he's groomed into contender status has paid him back by signing with another manager, leaving Frankie high Read More

Iron Jawed Angels

Actors: Hilary Swank, Frances O'Connor, Julia Ormond, Anjelica Huston, Molly Parker

Synopsis: German filmmaker Katja von Garnier directs the HBO original movie Iron Jawed Angels, inspired by a pivotal chapter in American history. Hilary Swank plays Alice Paul, an American feminist who risked her life to fight for women's citizenship and the right to vote. She founded the separatist Read More

Red Dust

Actors: Hilary Swank, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jamie Bartlett, Marius Weyers, Ian Roberts

Synopsis: A dedicated human rights lawyer and a political activist who suffered at the hands of South African police officer with no regard for human life finds that the only thing more dangerous than standing up for your beliefs is the discovery of the truth in director Tom Hooper's adaptation of Gillian Slovo Read More

11:14

Actors: Henry Thomas, Blake Heron, Barbara Hershey, Clark Gregg, Hilary Swank, Shawn Hatosy, Stark Sands, Colin Hanks, Ben Foster, Patrick Swayze, Rachael Leigh Cook, Jason Segel, Rick Gomez

Synopsis: Greg Marcks' 11:14 intertwines five different storylines that all lead up to a series of events that happen one evening at 11:14. The audience is made privy to connections between the characters that they themselves are unaware of. The audience will see how various lies and deceptions lead to Read More

The Core

Actors: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, D.J. Qualls

Synopsis: An unlikely band of scientists and soldiers join forces to save the world from certain destruction in this action-drama. As the world is struck with a variety of inexplicable phenomena -- attacks by enormous swarms of birds in London, the explosion of the Colosseum in Rome, a potentially deadly Read More

Insomnia

Actors: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan

Synopsis: Director Christopher Nolan follows up his breakthrough sophomore film Memento with this remake of a stylish Norwegian thriller. Al Pacino stars as Detective Will Dormer, a Los Angeles Police Department legend who temporarily escapes an internal affairs investigation that may ruin his career by Read More

The Affair of the Necklace

Actors: Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, Brian Cox

Synopsis: A director of contemporary comedies, Charles Shyer makes a genre leap into period costume drama with this lavish epic based on a controversial chapter of French history. Hilary Swank stars as Jeanne de la Motte Valois, a countess whose royal title has been stripped from her family by the crown in Read More

The Concert For New York City

Synopsis: In the wake of the attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, 2001, many figures in the entertainment community stepped forward to offer their talents to raise money towards relief efforts for the victims and their survivors. On October 20, 2001, some of the biggest names in Read More

The Gift

Actors: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank

Synopsis: Supernatural horror meets character drama in this Sam Raimi-directed thriller. Set in Georgia, the film concerns a widowed mother named Annie (Cate Blanchett) who is blessed with the ability to have psychic visions. When Annie is asked to use her powers to investigate the murder of a rich society Read More

Reel Models: The First Women of Film

Actors: Shirley MacLaine, Susan Sarandon, Hilary Swank, Minnie Driver, Barbra Streisand

Synopsis: Barbara Streisand produces this documentary look at four early cinematic female innovators -- Alice Guy, Lois Weber, Frances Marion, and Dorothy Arzner -- narrated by Shirley MacLaine, Susan Sarandon, Hilary Swank, and Minnie Driver, respectively. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More

Boys Don't Cry

Actors: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton, Jr., Alison Folland

Synopsis: Based on a true story, this drama was adapted from the life of Brandon Teena, born Teena Brandon, a woman who chose to live her life as a man and suffered tragic consequences as a result. In 1993, 20-year-old Brandon (Hilary Swank) leaves Lincoln, Nebraska for the nearby community of Falls City Read More

Heartwood

Actors: Jason Robards, Jr., Eddie Mills, Hilary Swank, John Terry, Randall Batinkoff

Synopsis: Young Frank (Eddie Mills), an outcast in his small lumber mill town, falls for the gorgeous Sylvia (Hilary Swank), the daughter of an engineer hired by the grizzled mill owner, Logan Reeser (Jason Robards), to save the business -- and the town. A greedy investor (Stanley DeSantis) wants Reeser to Read More

The Sleepwalker Killing

Actors: Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Nordling, Charles Esten, Natalia Nogulich, Lisa Darr

Synopsis: In this suspenseful mystery, an amnesiac man is arrested for the murder of his mother-in-law but cannot recall whether or not he is guilty. Unfortunately for him, the police and the District attorney are convinced that he committed the crime. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Beverly Hills 90210: Season 08

Actors: Jason Priestley, Tori Spelling, Jennie Garth, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, Vincent Young, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen

Dying to Belong

Actors: Hilary Swank, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jenna von Oy, Sarah Chalke, Laurel Holloman

Synopsis: Future Oscar winner Hilary Swank gives an excellent account of herself in this made-for-TV movie as Lisa Connors, a college student who is pressured into pledging for the campus' most prestigious sorority by her ambitious mother (Isabella Hoffman). Among the other pledges is the desperately lonely Read More

Sometimes They Come Back... Again

Actors: Alexis Arquette, Hilary Swank, Michael Gross, Jennifer Elise Cox, W. Morgan Sheppard

Synopsis: Murderous spirits hell-bent on revenge return to haunt John Porter, a young man whose sister they had murdered three-decades ago. Just as before, they start tormenting him by taking over the body of his lovely teenage daughter, but the spirits make a terrible mistake by underestimating Porter; for Read More

Terror in the Family

Actors: Joanna Kerns, Dan Lauria, Hilary Swank, Kathleen Wilhoite, Andrew Kavovit

Synopsis: Long before she became a two-time Oscar winner, Hilary Swank paid her dues in such hard-hitting TV movies as Terror in the Family. The actress is cast as Deena Martin, a profoundly troubled 15-year-old with a history of wild and abusive behavior. An argument over a boy Deena has been seeing Read More

Quiet Days in Hollywood

Synopsis: This episodic German film utilizes an all-American cast to present a fresh perspective on life in modern-day Tinseltown. In one of the stories, a young woman leaves her lover because he carries a gun and she is afraid of violence. She gets a job working at a posh cafe and ends up involved with a Read More

Kounterfeit

Actors: Bruce Payne, Corbin Bernsen, Hilary Swank, Michael Gross, Andrew Hawkes

Synopsis: An uneven, patchy script does nothing to help this humdrum story about a man dedicated to obtaining some suitcases full of counterfeit money - just as good as the real thing to him. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide Read More

The Next Karate Kid

Actors: Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Constance Towers, Chris Conrad

Synopsis: Karate Kid, Part 4 is better known by its release title, The Next Karate Kid. The sole holdover from the first three KK flicks is Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, once more cast as janitor/martial arts maven Miyagi Yakuga. This time, his pupil is orphaned 17-year-old Hilary Swank, the granddaughter Read More

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Actors: Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, Paul Reubens, Luke Perry

Synopsis: The idea of fusing teen sex-comedy and horror genres into a boffo box-office bonanza seems like classic braindead Hollywood-think... but somehow, beyond all reason, the makers of this film manage to pull it off. Much of the credit goes to director Fran Rubel Kuzui (Tokyo Pop) who chooses wisely to Read More

Growing Pains: Menage a Luke

Synopsis: A girl named Cheryl (Wendy Cox) has a crush on Ben (Jeremy Miller), but he pays no attention to her, preferring instead to pine over the "unattainable" Sarah Serotsky (played by a very young Hilary Swank). Finally, Cheryl gives up and begins dating Luke (Leonardo DiCaprio). But when Sarah tells Read More

Evening Shade: Season 02

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Marilu Henner, Hal Holbrook, Ossie Davis, Charles Durning, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Jeter

Growing Pains: There Must Be a Pony

Synopsis: To dissuade Chrissy (Ashley Johnson) from the notion that adults party all night once she goes to sleep, Jason (Alan Thicke) allows her to stay up past her bedtime--on the very night that the Seavers' nouveau-riche neighbors throw a lavish (and boisterous) Halloween costume party. Elsewhere, Ben Read More