Jane Fonda Filmography

Brando

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Richard Bailey, Janet Aemisegger, Ellen Adler, Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, James Caan, Jane Fonda

Synopsis: As originally screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, at the Cannes Film Festival, and on Turner Classic Movies, the mammoth, epic-length documentary Brando chronicles in encyclopedic detail (and with a consistently reverent overtone) the life and career of the man widely regarded as the most Read More

Sir! No Sir!

Actors: Jane Fonda, Donald Duncan, Howard Levy, Keith Mather, Oliver Hirsch

Synopsis: The little-known protest of the Vietnam War staged from within the ranks of the military is explored in director David Zeiger's revealing documentary. Despite the well-documented media coverage of Vietnam War protests that took place on college campuses across the nation, few people but the most Read More

Monster-in-Law

Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes, Adam Scott

Synopsis: It's not unusual to see two women fighting over the same man in a movie, only this time it's his mother and his fiancée vying for his attention in this broad comedy. While Charlotte Cantilini (Jennifer Lopez), known to her friends as Charlie, has never had much luck in her love life, one day her Read More

Tell Them Who You Are

Actors: Haskell Wexler, Mark S. Wexler, Peter Bart, James Becket, Verna Bloom

Synopsis: Mark Wexler is a successful photojournalist who has also distinguished himself as a documentary filmmaker, but in many ways he has spent much of his life in the shadow of his more famous father, Haskell Wexler. One of Hollywood's greatest cinematographers, Haskell is also known as a director (he Read More

Complicated Women

Actors: Jane Fonda

Synopsis: Before the Motion Picture Production Code transformed virtually all movie heroines into unworldly virgins in the year 1934, actresses were able to get their teeth into meaty roles which allowed them the full gamut of emotions, a vast array of sexual experiences, and, most importantly, an innate Read More

V-Day: Until the Violence Stops

Synopsis: First-time filmmaker Abby Epstein directs Until the Violence Stops, an hour-long documentary capturing the impact of V-Day in five different international communities. Following the success of Eve Ensler's award-winning play The Vagina Monologues, V-Day was created as a global movement to end Read More

Searching for Debra Winger

Actors: Patricia Arquette, Rosanna Arquette, Emmanuelle Béart, Katrin Cartlidge, Laura Dern

Synopsis: Directed by actress Rosanna Arquette, this candid documentary is not only about the iconoclastic and somewhat reclusive film star Debra Winger (who does not even appear onscreen until an hour into the film), but also about the trials and tribulations of actresses in Hollywood who have reached Read More

On the Edge: A Wake-Up Call

Jane Fonda: Abs Buns & Thighs

Synopsis: In this video, Jane Fonda shows everyone how to target and trim down their flabby abdominal muscles, buns, and thighs. Two 25-minute workouts are presented. Low-impact exercise fans will enjoy all of the routines demonstrated by Jane and two other instructors. Beginners will also feel right at Read More

Jane Fonda: Low Impact Aerobics & Stretch

Synopsis: Equally famous for her exercise videos as for her Hollywood career, Jane Fonda flaunts her still-maintained body in Low Impact Aerobics and Stretch. Two workouts are coached encouragingly by Fonda and her sculpted crew; both are easily followed by beginners with enough challenge for experienced Read More

Jane Fonda: Step & Stretch Workout

Synopsis: Join in while four of Fonda's instructors take turns leading viewers through a series of step exercises to help tone various muscles and improve agility. The 45-minute, high-energy workout is especially designed for those aerobics enthusiasts ready for an intermediate-level challenge. Those who Read More

Century of Women: Sexuality and Social Justice

Synopsis: This documentary takes a look at the continuing work of feminists to establish reproductive rights for women. The issue of the right to control one's own body is presented as one that is crucial to the welfare of women. The fight for birth control began in America at the time of the great wave of Read More

Century of Women: Image and Popular Culture

Synopsis: This video seeks to help viewers understand how our culture has evolved to a point where dress sizes and fashion tend to ignore the realities of the way most women are built. What is "ideal beauty" and why does our culture place so much value on being thin? Both women and men might find it Read More

Century of Women: Work and Family

Synopsis: Throughout the 20th century, women have met the challenges and struggles of balancing work and family. Narrated by Jane Fonda, A Century of Women: Work & Family weaves fictional and factual stories to illustrate the history of women in the workforce, as well as their roles as wives and mothers. Read More

Jane Fonda: Start Up

Synopsis: This video is recommended for both beginners and those seeking a more moderate workout that incorporates low-impact aerobics. While a bit dated in terms of the music and a few of the routines, it still has much to offer. Jane Fonda leads viewers through exercises specifically designed to tone up Read More

Jane Fonda: Pregnancy Workout

Synopsis: Long before Demi Moore stood in a proud pregnant pose for the magazine Vanity Fair, Jane Fonda was urging women to use this tape to help them look their best and stay in shape prior to giving birth. After the initial warm-up routine, viewers will work on firming up their arms. They will then be Read More

Jane Fonda: Favorite Fat Burners

Crew: Choreography

Synopsis: Four of Jane's simpler and most popular exercise routines are demonstrated in this video. This variety is helpful to those who become bored rather easily while working out. The clips come from her Stress Reduction, Lean Routine, Low Impact, and Complete Workout tapes. Both high-impact moves and Read More

Jane Fonda: Yoga Exercise Workout

Synopsis: Many yoga basics are demonstrated in this video that focuses on a series of poses known as the "sun salutation." Done properly, these poses can increase the body's strength, flexibility, and balance. There are three parts to this video that can be practiced separately. Two of the sections directly Read More

Hollywood Remembers: Fonda on Fonda

Actors: Jane Fonda

Synopsis: Fonda on Fonda offers an intimate look at one of America's most highly regarded megastars, the Academy and Tony award-winning film and stage actor, Henry Fonda. Daughter Jane Fonda hosts this account of the elder Fonda's life and career. Fonda's work spanned the golden years of Hollywood in which Read More

Jane Fonda: Step Aerobic & Abdominal Workout

Synopsis: The viewer's cardiovascular system will be fully energized by this workout. After some challenging floor exercises are demonstrated, there's a step class featuring students doing both high- and low-intensity routines to the beat of some catchy music. Though this is a good tape, those who have Read More

Jane Fonda: Lower Body Solution

Synopsis: Viewers can add shape and muscle tone to their lower body while following along with this two-part floor exercise and aerobics workout. When done properly, these exercises tone up the abs, buns, and thighs so that clothing fits in a truly flattering way. Fonda spends 25 minutes demonstrating the Read More

Jane Fonda: Fun House Fitness

Synopsis: This exercise video is designed for children from four to eight, and is demonstrated by Jane Fonda. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Stanley & Iris

Actors: Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz, Martha Plimpton, Harley Cross

Synopsis: In this socially conscious drama with romantic overtones, Iris (Jane Fonda) is a working mother with a job at a large commercial bakery who is still getting over the death of her husband, though her circumstances don't give her much time to grieve. She's sharing her house with her two children Read More

The Earth Day Special

Synopsis: A cast of celebrities gathered to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Earth Day. It is an entertaining special that points out the crisis state of our planet's environment. It provides scientific facts and detailed analysis. The show provides ways in which everyone can participate in saving the Read More

Jane Fonda: Swamp Stomp

Synopsis: Jane Fonda is the host of this fitness video for young children. The instructor for the video is J.D. Roth who hosts the children's program Fun House. Roth and some children are trying to make their way into the Fun House and learn a dance, the "Swamp Stomp," in order to gain access. Dancers in Read More

Mandela in America

Jane Fonda: Fun House Funk

Synopsis: In this exercise video for youngsters, Jane Fonda, J.D. Roth, and a team of fitness experts help kids get fit by dancing. The dance -- the Fun House Funk -- is loaded with exercises kids will be able to do, while having fun at the same time. The routines are designed for ages seven and older. Read More

Jane Fonda: Lean Routine Workout

Synopsis: This exercise video includes segments on nutrition, fat-burning exercises and weight control. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Jane Fonda: Light Aerobics

Synopsis: This exercise video features a light aerobic workout that includes more stretching and less sweating. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

The Old Gringo

Actors: Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Patricio Contreras, Jenny Gago, Jim Metzler

Synopsis: In this historical drama based on Carlos Fuentes' novel, Harriet Winslow (Jane Fonda) is a naive woman who, hoping to broaden her horizons, accepts a job as a governess in Mexico in 1913. However, Harriet unknowingly finds herself thrown into the middle of the Mexican revolution, where she Read More

Jane Fonda: Stress Reduction Program

Synopsis: Jane Fonda has found the key to stress reduction: long, slow stretching. Her 1989 program starts with a 20-minute segment of light aerobics. She has always been a proponent of getting the heart rate up to improve cardio-health. After that brief workout, another 20-minute segment allows the viewer Read More

Jane Fonda: Prime Time Workout

Synopsis: An exercise video featuring Jane Fonda that is not difficult, but it can get you into shape. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Jane Fonda: Complete Workout

Synopsis: Jane Fonda's classic 1988 workout tape, still a best-seller, combines fat-burning aerobic routines with stretching and conditioning for lithe, toned muscles. Easily adaptable to fit in the busiest of schedules, Fonda's tape can be done all at once for a 70-minute, full-body workout, or you can Read More

The Hollywood Collection: Gregory Peck - His Own Man

Synopsis: Gregory Peck narrates his film biography complete with movie clips and interviews with friends. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Leonard, Part 6

Actors: Bill Cosby, Tom Courtenay, Joe Don Baker, Moses Gunn, Pat Colbert, Gloria Foster

Synopsis: CIA director Snyderburn (Joe Don Baker) talks former agent Leonard (Bill Cosby) into returning to the job in this failed Bond-style spy comedy. Leonard's mission is to stop the evil Medusa (Gloria Foster) from taking over the planet by controlling the behavior of the world's animals. The highlight Read More

Jane Fonda: Toning and Shaping

Synopsis: Jane and celebrity trainer Dan Isaacson provide two weight-training courses in this video -- a 45-minute beginner-intermediate class and a 40-minute class for more advanced students. Both classes make use of dumbbells and ankle weights. During the exercise routines, the viewer is told which muscle Read More

Jane Fonda: Workout Challenge

Synopsis: This powerful exercise video takes you through a full hour and a half aerobic exercise program. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Jane Fonda: Workout with Weights - Toning and Stretching

Synopsis: Actress Jane Fonda encourages strength and flexibility in this fitness program involving hand-held weights, ankle weights, and an exercise bench. Movements are designed to develop and tone the muscles in many body areas and improve range of motion and suppleness through stretching. The workout is Read More

Jane Fonda: Sports Aid

Synopsis: This exercise video features actress, activist, and fitness guru Jane Fonda in a program designed to prevent a sports-related injury, and to speed recovery in the event one occurs. Muscle flexibility and strength are key aspects of the program. Fonda demonstrates simple exercises and stretches Read More

The Morning After

Actors: Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Raul Julia, Diane Salinger, Richard Foronjy

Synopsis: In this excellent thriller, crisply directed by Sidney Lumet, Alex Sternbergen (Jane Fonda), a washed-up, alcoholic actress who never quite made it, wakes up one morning in an unfamiliar, luxurious loft apartment, only to find the corpse of a stranger next to her in bed. Alex can remember nothing Read More

Jane Fonda: Low Impact Aerobics

Synopsis: The multifaceted Jane Fonda dons her hat of fitness guru to lead the viewer through a session of low-impact aerobic exercises. These gentle movements are designed to burn calories, increase cardiovascular activity, promote flexibility, and strengthen muscles, while reducing the risk of injury. The Read More

Jane Fonda: Low Impact Workout

Agnes of God

Actors: Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly, Anne Pitoniak, Winston Rekert

Synopsis: Agnes of God is an "opened up" adaptation of the minimalist stage play by John Pielmeier. Meg Tilly plays a young nun who secretly gives birth to a baby; the child's body is later found strangled to death. Court-appointed psychiatrist Jane Fonda is sent to the convent to investigate, a task made Read More

We Are the World: The Video Event

Jane Fonda: New Workout

Synopsis: In her fifth exercise tape, Jane provides the viewer with challenging aerobic exercises set to vibrant background music. Both posture and form are emphasized during the segments designed for beginners and more advanced exercise enthusiasts. However, if the viewer is a beginner looking for a Read More

Jane Fonda: Easy Going Workout

Synopsis: Viewers will find that nearly every inch of their bodies receives attention if they follow Jane Fonda's lead as she goes through this 50-minute workout. The title is appropriate since newcomers to regular exercise will feel right at home. They can decide how much of the tape they want to play at Read More

The Dollmaker

Synopsis: Jane Fonda stars in this made-for-TV movie, which uses the backdrop of World War II and urbanization to tell the story of one woman's fight to keep her family together. Gertie Nevels (Fonda), the wife of a Kentucky sharecropper, wants nothing more than to one day own her own farm. Thriftily hiding Read More

Jane Fonda: Challenge Workout

Synopsis: This exercise video features actress and activist turned fitness guru Jane Fonda. Her exercise regimens have helped many people to achieve a level of fitness they had not known before. This program takes the fitness enthusiast to a higher level, with a more challenging workout. The routine is Read More

Jane Fonda: Pregnancy, Birth and Recovery Workout

Synopsis: First introduced in 1983, Jane Fonda's Pregnancy, Birth and Recovery Workout offers a 45-minute prenatal and postnatal exercise routine, plus a 20-minute segment for postnatal only women. In addition, Fonda provides a 20-minute look at birth, baby massage, and infant care. The video is designed Read More

Montgomery Clift

Actors: Kevin McCarthy, Augusta Dabney, Jane Fonda

Synopsis: Documentary filmmaker Claudio Masenza, cinematic chronicler of the lives of Marlon Brando and James Dean, turns his attentions to the tragic film idol Montgomery Clift. Masenza offers a cursory synopsis of Clift's stage work (including The Skin of Our Teeth), then launches into a paean of the Read More

Jane Fonda: Challenge

Synopsis: An exercise video that includes a fast-paced warm-up and exercise, balance and stretching. Includes a 20 minute routine for those with too few hours in the day. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Jane Fonda: Workout

Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio

Actors: Lee Strasberg, Ellen Burstyn, Dick Cavett, Jane Fonda, Susan Strasberg

Synopsis: Although the Actors Studio and Lee Strasberg have been famous for many decades in the U.S., this documentary is the first film to go into the studio and record sessions with actors, showing Strasberg in action. Aside from interviews with Strasberg, he is also seen responding to filmed performances Read More

On Golden Pond

Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman

Synopsis: There's little that happens in On Golden Pond that isn't thoroughly predictable from the start, but the film is blessed with so much star power, charm and honest sentiment that everyone in the audience is willing to ignore the cliches and go the distance. In his last film, Henry Fonda plays Norman Read More

Rollover

Actors: Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn, Josef Sommer, Bob Gunton

Synopsis: Alan J. Pakula directs the political thriller Rollover, produced by leading lady Jane Fonda's production company, IPC Films. Featuring a racist plot and negative stereotypes about the Arab world, this film reflected the American fear of the Middle East prevalent in the early '80s. Fonda stars as Read More

Nine to Five

Actors: Brad David, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Sterling Hayden

Synopsis: Judy Bernly (Jane Fonda), a housewife whose husband has left her for his secretary, begins her own secretarial career at a huge corporation. Violet Newstead (Lily Tomlin), a feisty, veteran office manager, instructs her on the perils and procedures of office life -- and of working for Franklin Read More

No Nukes

Actors: Jackson Browne, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Doobie Brothers, John Hall, Graham Nash

Synopsis: Also known as The Muse Concert: No Nukes, this rock-concert film offers a good representative cross-section of old-line show business liberalism. Bruce Springsteen and Bonnie Raitt are the "newest" members of the aggregation by default. They're okay if not brilliant, which can also be said for Read More

The Electric Horseman

Actors: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, John Saxon, Willie Nelson

Synopsis: A cowboy-turned-huckster unexpectedly finds love as he tries to regain his self-respect in this romantic comedy drama. Sonny Steele (Robert Redford) is a one-time rodeo star whose career as a cowboy has ground to a halt. He makes a good living as a spokesman for Ranch Breakfast, a sugar-coated Read More

The China Syndrome

Actors: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Wilford Brimley

Synopsis: This gripping 1979 drama about the dangers of nuclear power carried an extra jolt when a real-life accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania occurred just weeks after the film opened. Kimberly Wells (Jane Fonda) is a TV reporter trying to advance from fluff pieces to harder Read More

AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards: Henry Fonda

Synopsis: Hosted by the American Film Institute, this video is a tribute to career of Henry Fonda. Included are excerpts from: Jezebel, Young Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Roberts. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

California Suite

Actors: Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Richard Pryor, Maggie Smith

Synopsis: Playwright Neil Simon turned to the hotel setting he used so successfully in his stage-play (later a movie) Plaza Suite to explore four more human dramas in his play California Suite, which was adapted into this quite successful movie. In the first episode, the divorced couple of Bill and Hannah Read More

Comes a Horseman

Actors: James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Jr., George Grizzard, Richard Farnsworth

Synopsis: Old man Ewing (Jason Robards) owns a ranch right next to the ranch of Ella (Jane Fonda). This is a source of two problems: Ewing wants to gobble up most of the land around the two ranches and also wants Ella's ranch; secondly, when Ella was too young to know better, she went to bed with the man Read More

Coming Home

Actors: Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Robert Ginty, Penelope Milford

Synopsis: Hal Ashby's 1978 melodrama examines the impact of the Vietnam War on the "war at home" among the men who fought it and the women in their lives. Left alone in Los Angeles when her gung-ho Marine husband Bob (Bruce Dern) heads to Vietnam in 1968, proper wife Sally Hyde (Jane Fonda) decides to Read More

Julia

Actors: Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Jr., Maximilian Schell, Hal Holbrook

Synopsis: The film traces the lifelong relationship between playwright Lillian Hellman and Julia, a wealthy girl who turns her back on her upbringing to follow her ideals. In the 1930s, while the adult Hellman (Jane Fonda) struggles to establish herself as a playwright with the help of her lover, Dashiell Hammett Read More

Fun with Dick and Jane

Actors: George Segal, Jane Fonda, Ed McMahon, Dick Gautier, Allan Miller

Synopsis: Dick Harper (George Segal) and his wife Jane (Jane Fonda) have always lived way beyond their means. Just because Dick has just lost his high-paying job is no reason for Jane to stop spending like there's no tomorrow. To make ends meet, Jane takes up a new career: armed robbery. ~ Hal Erickson, All Read More

The Blue Bird

Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, Sesiliya Tayson, Cicely Tyson, Robert Morley

Synopsis: The first official co-production between the United States and the Soviet Union, The Blue Bird was the third screen adaptation of the children's story by Maurice Maeterlinck about a pair of children, Tyltyl (Todd Lookinland) and Mytyl (Patsy Kensit), who leave home to search for the Blue Bird of Read More

Introduction to the Enemy

Crew: Producer

Actors: Tom Hayden

Synopsis: This documentary was made during the most intense period of fighting in the Vietnam War. U.S. participation in that conflict lasted from 1956 (approximately) until 1975. Here Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden travel to North Vietnam in order to show the North Vietnamese as actual human beings with Read More

Steelyard Blues

Actors: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Peter Boyle, Garry Goodrow, Howard Hesseman

Synopsis: In this counter-culture caper comedy, directed by Alan Myerson (whose work with The Committee and Second City gives the film a quirky sketch comedy freshness), Donald Sutherland plays Veldini, a sad-eyed demolition-derby driver, serving time for larceny. He also possesses a millennial desire to Read More