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Diane Lane (1965-) is an Oscar® nominated American actress. Diane Lane made her debut at the age of 14 in 1979’s A Little Romance opposite the legendary Laurence Olivier. She has appeared in movies for an amazing 6 decades. Her IMDb page shows over 68 acting credits since 1979. This page will rank Diane Lane movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.
Diane Lane Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 2015 | Inside Out (2015) Voice Only |
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| 2024 | Inside Out 2 (2024) Uncredited |
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| 2013 | Man of Steel (2013) | |
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| 2017 | Justice League (2017) | |
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| 2000 | The Perfect Storm (2000) | |
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| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) | |
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| 2002 | Unfaithful (2002) AA Best Actress Nom |
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| 1979 | A Little Romance (1979) | |
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| 2010 | Secretariat (2010) | |
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| 1984 | The Cotton Club (1984) |  |
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| 2000 | My Dog Skip (2000) | |
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| 2003 | Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) | |
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| 1983 | The Outsiders (1983) | |
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| 1982 | Six Pack (1982) | |
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| 2008 | Jumper (2008) | |
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| 1996 | Jack (1996) |  |
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| 1997 | Murder at 1600 (1997) | |
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| 1993 | Indian Summer (1993) | |
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| 2015 | Trumbo (2015) | |
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| 2006 | Hollywoodland (2006) | |
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| 2001 | Hardball (2001) | |
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| 1999 | A Walk on the Moon (1999) | |
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| 1984 | Streets of Fire (1984) | |
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| 1983 | Rumble Fish (1983) | |
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| 2020 | Let Him Go (2020) | |
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| 1992 | Chaplin (1992) | |
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| 2005 | Must Love Dogs (2005) | |
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| 2008 | Nights in Rodanthe (2008) | |
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| 1982 | Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982) |  |
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| 1980 | Touched By Love (1980) | |
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| 2011 | Cinema Verite (2011) HBO Movie |
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| 2008 | Untraceable (2008) | |
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| 1981 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981) | |
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| 1992 | Knight Moves (1992) | |
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| 1995 | Judge Dredd (1995) |  |
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| 2017 | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017) | |
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| 2005 | Fierce People (2005) | |
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| 2001 | The Glass House (2001) | |
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| 1987 | The Big Town (1987) | |
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| 1998 | Gunshy (1998) | |
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| 1987 | Lady Beware (1987) | |
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| 1990 | Vital Signs (1990) |  |
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| 2016 | Paris Can Wait (2016) | |
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| 1992 | My New Gun (1992) | |
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| 1990 | Descending Angels (1990) HBO Movie |
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| 2008 | Killshot (2008) | |
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| 1995 | Wild Bill (1995) | |
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| 1998 | The Only Thrill (1998) | |
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| 2014 | Every Secret Thing (2014) |  |
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| 2019 | Serenity (2019) | |
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| 1996 | Mad Dog Time (1996) | |
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| 1982 | Movie Madness (1982) | |
Diane Lane Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Diane Lane movies by his co-stars
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- Sort Diane Lane movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Diane Lane movie received.
- Sort Diane Lane movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Inside Out (2015) Voice Only |
Amy Poehler & Bill Hader |
363.50 | 464.8 | 1,105.60 | 4 | 95 | 02 / 01 | 99.3 | |
| 2 | Inside Out 2 (2024) Uncredited |
Amy Poehler & Pixar Movies |
653.00 | 653.0 | 1,696.20 | 1 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 2 | Man of Steel (2013) | Henry Cavill & Amy Adams |
291.00 | 385.9 | 885.80 | 5 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 3 | Justice League (2017) | Ben Affleck & Henry Cavill |
229.00 | 275.2 | 790.70 | 10 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 93.0 | |
| 4 | The Perfect Storm (2000) | George Clooney & Mark Wahlberg |
182.60 | 365.2 | 657.40 | 6 | 58 | 02 / 00 | 92.4 | |
| 5 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) | Ben Affleck & Henry Cavill |
330.40 | 411.7 | 1,088.30 | 8 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 90.6 | |
| 6 | Unfaithful (2002) AA Best Actress Nom |
Richard Gere | 52.80 | 98.1 | 221.40 | 48 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 82.8 | |
| 7 | A Little Romance (1979) | Laurence Olivier | 9.90 | 42.4 | 42.40 | 67 | 79 | 02 / 01 | 81.3 | |
| 9 | Secretariat (2010) | Diane Lane & John Malkovich |
59.70 | 81.6 | 81.60 | 58 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 8 | The Cotton Club (1984) | Richard Gere & Gregory Hines |
25.90 | 83.2 | 83.20 | 39 | 65 | 02 / 00 | 79.4 | |
| 10 | My Dog Skip (2000) | Luke Wilson & Kevin Bacon |
34.10 | 68.3 | 68.30 | 72 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 78.4 | |
| 11 | Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) | Raoul Bova | 43.60 | 78.0 | 78.00 | 67 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 75.9 | |
| 12 | The Outsiders (1983) | Matt Dillon & Tom Cruise |
25.70 | 87.9 | 87.90 | 27 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 75.3 | |
| 13 | Six Pack (1982) | Kenny Rogers | 20.20 | 74.2 | 74.20 | 35 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 74.7 | |
| 14 | Jumper (2008) | Samuel L. Jackson & Hayden Christensen |
80.20 | 120.4 | 333.70 | 39 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 72.2 | |
| 15 | Jack (1996) | Robin Williams & Jennifer Lopez |
58.60 | 143.0 | 214.70 | 25 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 68.3 | |
| 16 | Murder at 1600 (1997) | Wesley Snipes & Alan Alda |
25.80 | 60.6 | 60.60 | 78 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 63.4 | |
| 20 | Indian Summer (1993) | Alan Arkin & Matt Craven |
14.90 | 38.8 | 38.80 | 87 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 62.3 | |
| 18 | Trumbo (2015) | Bryan Cranston & John Goodman |
7.90 | 10.0 | 10.50 | 128 | 72 | 01 / 00 | 62.2 | |
| 18 | Hollywoodland (2006) | Ben Affleck & Adrien Brody |
14.40 | 23.6 | 27.50 | 137 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 62.1 | |
| 21 | Hardball (2001) | Keanu Reeves & John Hawkes |
40.20 | 76.7 | 84.10 | 62 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 61.9 | |
| 20 | A Walk on the Moon (1999) | Viggo Mortensen & Bobby Boriello |
4.80 | 10.1 | 10.10 | 149 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 61.5 | |
| 25 | Streets of Fire (1984) | Michael Paré | 8.10 | 26.0 | 26.00 | 89 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 60.8 | |
| 22 | Rumble Fish (1983) | Matt Dillon & Mickey Rourke |
2.50 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 106 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 60.7 | |
| 23 | Let Him Go (2020) | Kevin Costner | 4.20 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 41 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 60.6 | |
| 25 | Chaplin (1992) | Robert Downey Jr. & Milla Jovovich |
9.50 | 24.7 | 24.70 | 97 | 62 | 03 / 00 | 55.3 | |
| 26 | Must Love Dogs (2005) | John Cusack | 43.90 | 73.9 | 98.10 | 68 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 53.2 | |
| 27 | Nights in Rodanthe (2008) | Richard Gere | 41.90 | 62.8 | 126.70 | 69 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 52.2 | |
| 27 | Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982) | Laura Dern | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 177 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 44.2 | |
| 28 | Touched By Love (1980) | Deborah Ruffin | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 191 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 42.4 | |
| 30 | Cinema Verite (2011) HBO Movie |
Tim Robbins & James Gandolfini |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 289 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 35.5 | |
| 31 | Untraceable (2008) | Colin Hanks | 28.70 | 43.1 | 43.10 | 99 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 34.3 | |
| 32 | Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981) | Scott Glenn | 0.50 | 2.1 | 2.10 | 152 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 33.3 | |
| 33 | Knight Moves (1992) | Christopher Lambert & Tom Skerritt |
0.90 | 2.4 | 2.40 | 174 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 32.4 | |
| 34 | Judge Dredd (1995) | Sylvester Stallone & James Earl Jones |
34.70 | 86.0 | 281.30 | 52 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 27.6 | |
| 36 | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017) | Liam Neeson | 0.80 | 0.9 | 0.90 | 189 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 25.6 | |
| 37 | Fierce People (2005) | Donald Sutherland | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.50 | 299 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.2 | |
| 38 | The Glass House (2001) | Bruce Dern & Stellan Skarsgård |
18.20 | 34.6 | 34.60 | 105 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 22.0 | |
| 38 | The Big Town (1987) | Matt Dillon | 1.70 | 4.8 | 4.80 | 146 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 21.7 | |
| 39 | Gunshy (1998) | William L. Petersen | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 329 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 21.5 | |
| 39 | Lady Beware (1987) | Michael Woods | 0.20 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 230 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 20.4 | |
| 41 | Vital Signs (1990) | Adrian Pasdar | 1.20 | 3.1 | 3.10 | 181 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 19.4 | |
| 42 | Paris Can Wait (2016) | Arnaud Viard | 5.60 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 165 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 18.5 | |
| 43 | My New Gun (1992) | James Le Gros | 0.20 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 204 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 17.6 | |
| 44 | Descending Angels (1990) HBO Movie |
George C. Scott | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 266 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 16.6 | |
| 44 | Killshot (2008) | Thomas Jane | 0.00 | 0.1 | 4.50 | 355 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.3 | |
| 47 | Wild Bill (1995) | Jeff Bridges & Ellen Barkin |
2.20 | 5.4 | 5.40 | 174 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 14.2 | |
| 48 | The Only Thrill (1998) | Sam Shepard & Diane Keaton |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 260 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 12.5 | |
| 49 | Every Secret Thing (2014) | Elizabeth Banks | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 222 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.6 | |
| 50 | Serenity (2019) | Matthew McConaughey & Anne Hathaway |
8.50 | 10.1 | 12.80 | 125 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 8.0 | |
| 51 | Mad Dog Time (1996) | Burt Reynolds & Richard Dreyfuss |
0.10 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 248 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 2.2 | |
| 50 | Movie Madness (1982) | Christopher Lloyd | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 164 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 1.3 |
Best IMDb Trivia On Diane Lane
1. Diane Colleen Lane was born in New York City in 1965. Lane is the daughter of acting coach Burt Lane and Playboy centerfold Colleen Farrington (Miss October 1957).
2. While filming The Outsiders (1983), co-star Tom Cruise received the script for Risky Business (1983) and asked Diane Lane to co-star with him in the film as Lana. She stated that her father would “never” let her star as a prostitute and the role went to Rebecca De Mornay.
3. Diane Lane came very close to being cast as Vivian Ward in the blockbuster hit Pretty Woman (1990) (which had a much darker script at the time), but due to scheduling was unable to take the role. Apparently, they had even got as far as costume fittings for her, before the role eventually went to Julia Roberts.
4. Diane Lane has appeared in four films directed by Francis Ford Coppola: The Outsiders (1983), Rumble Fish (1983), The Cotton Club (1984) and Jack (1996).
5. Diane Lane’s first husband was Christopher “Highlander” Lambert and her second husband was Josh “Thanos” Brolin.
Check out Diane Lane’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
I had a crush on Diane Lane as a young man, she was so pretty, especially liked her as Ellen Aim in Streets of Fire. Watched that movie over and over in my VHS days.
I’ve seen 17 of the 47 films on the chart, favorites are – Streets of Fire, The Cotton Club, The Outsiders, The Perfect Storm, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, Justice League, Judge Dredd, Jumper, Inside Out and Chaplin.
Interesting trivia, Lane’s career might have taken a different turn if she had played Pretty Woman but then I really liked Julia Roberts in that role so I’m glad things turned out the way they did. Lane is only 2 years older than Roberts and she did get to star with Richard Gere in other films.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve. Interesting that you had a crush on her when you were young man. I knew her as a young man but she never really caught my eye until she got older and in my mind even prettier period. I’ve seen 23 of her movies with you slightly behind at 17, both are a decent amount of movies.. I like you liked Streets of Fire a lot too. One of the stars of that movie could be the next UMR subject.
I actually do not remember her in Judge Dread. Good points about her in her carrier if she had been in pretty woman. We will never know the answer that question but it definitely is interesting. Good stuff as always you are the man.
I have seen 7 Diane Lane movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Perfect Storm.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Inside Out.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Chaplin.
Favourite Diane Lane Movies:
A Little Romance
The Perfect Storm
Under the Tuscan Sun
Trumbo
Other Diane Lane Movies I Have Seen:
Rumble Fish
The Outsiders
Chaplin
Hey Flora. Thanks for stopping by commenting on one latest pages…especially since she did not make her first movie until 1979. I have seen six of the seven movies you’ve seen….with Under The Tuscan Sun being the only one that I have not seen. I am pretty sure that movie is sitting on my DVD rack right now yet it is never been watched. I have seen 23 of her movies, most recently must love dogs which I saw with WoC. We actually saw that movie in theaters when we were on our honeymoon 15 years ago. Neither one of us really remember the movie but as I was watching it I thought I need to do a page on her and thus we have one. Good stuff.
HI BRUCE: I appreciate as always your comments and feedback. I go off to Lanzarote for my usual post-Xmas winter holiday next Saturday; so I’ll be in your kind of ‘catch-up’ mode when I return. I hope to get a few kicks in at you and Steve before I go though, so don’t relax yet!
I have gone to Lanzarote in Jan or Feb in 9 of the last 10 years. In my first year there I gave up booze for good and instead of being a Richard Burton, whom the poison ultimately killed, I became a Richard Widmark who, Flora tells us, all his life was teetotal and drank things like milk.
I hadn’t known that Diane played Ma Kent THREE times – thanks for sharing that. Indeed there are subtle oblique Marlon/Diane links that maybe only Dan might have noticed.
Diane played The Great Mumbler’s legendary “Stellaahh” in the TV movie version of Streetcar; Diane as you have listed played Ma Kent, Supe’s ‘earthly’ mom; whereas the ole Mumbles was The Man of Steel’s planetary pop; and Eva Marie Saint from On the Waterfront was Martha Kent in Superman Returns; in which Mr Mumbles posthumously reprised his Jor El role.
By the way, you have above provided a gorgeous coloured miniature still of Diane in The Outsiders way back in 1983, showing how exceptionally lovely she was when very young – around 18 years of age, I think; The Curse wouldn’t have dared approach her back then! Anyhow take care.
Apologies – the 8.39am post was of course meanf for WH and not Steve.
Hey Bob. As always your thoughts and memory are an excellent addition to these pages. This time around it was somebody that started making movies in the late 1970s. Good to hear you’re going on another vacation, hope you and the family have a great time. Good to know my page helped enlighten you with regards to her playing Martha Kent three times. I did not realize she had played Stella in a TV version of that classic stage in movie. Glad you like the attached photo of her in the outsiders. Thanks for the updates on her future jobs. Good to know she is giving back to community with all her charity work.I have seen all of your favorites with Trumbo being my favorite. Thanks for all of the detailed comments on one of our latest subjects. Good stuff times three.
6/Also it’s worth mentioning that Under the Tuscan Sun is one of the movies for which Diane received a Golden Globe nom; and it and Walter Huston’s Dodsworth are films that I often, for some reason, feel like watching again every time I return from holiday abroad.
7/Next for the seemingly always-working Diane are (1) at post production stage Let Him Go, a crime drama in which she shares top billing as the wife of Kevin Costner (2) in pre-production progress Y:The Last Man, a TV series based on the comic books and in which according to IMDB Diane has TOP billing. Maybe this in another in the current trend of pushing action HEROINES [think Harley Quinn] to the forefront? – “Who needs ya’ Jason baby!” if I may paraphrase Telly Savalas’ Kojak
8/. With the facial structure that she has, Diane for me is one of the more physically-attractive contemporary actresses, and I have found her more appealing than say the pixie-like Wynona Ryder or the, I feel, rather cold Gimme More [Disclosure with Mike Douglas being a possible exception].
9/So in my opinion, the ‘Greats’ apart, few deserve a Cogerson page more than her; so naturally I warmly welcome this latest profile of a performer who was never ‘A list’ but nevertheless is among those stalwarts who are a valuable part of the history of movies.
10/Diane is involved in several charities some of which focus on world hunger; and at 55, still a lovely woman in my view, it is to her credit she has been able to keep working at least at plateau level. Her half-century in the entertainment business comes up next year – “Get thee behind me O Curse!”
1/On top of a prolific film career Diane has appeared in (1) 15 stage plays from 1971-2016 (2) 14 television productions, mostly TV movies, from 1981 until the present.
2/Her TV work includes “Stellaaaahhh” in a 1995 version of Streetcar and a television reworking of The Virginian in 2000. In Streetcar she was in excellent company: Jessica Lange as Blanche; John Goodman in the old Karl Malden role of Mitch; and Alec Baldwin as the brutal Stanley [sorry again Stallone]. Viewers of this site who are fans of its Organiser might well have felt at home watching her in The Virginian!
3/She has been well rewarded for her hard work over the years: A net worth at present of $35 million and according to IMDB 15 acting awards and 32 nominations. The nominations include a clutch of the major ones: an Oscar; 3 Golden Globes; and 2 Primetime Emmys.
4/My own personal faves among her present and past films are Nights in Rodanthe; Trumbo; Murder at 1600; Unfaithful; and especially Under the Tuscan Sun. Collectively those 5 films have, from Bruce’s sources, a review average that just about shades “good” – 60.2%.
5/However I like to make up my own mind: I don’t need to hang on to the words of say, Joel Hirschhorn, an excellent opera critic in my estimation; but in the wider field of entertainment a kind of “Jack of all Trades, Master of None” as the saying goes. The Work Horse’s PERSONAL opinions are though always of interest to me and have been a useful guide at times.
Hey Bob….thanks for the thoughts on Diane Lane today and Janet Gaynor yesterday….I stayed up until 3 am last night doing homework and knocking out the Lane page…and now 4 hours later I head back to college. Hoping to catch up on comments tomorrow….a day I do not go to school to teach or go to college to learn. Only have to do lesson plans for class as a teacher…and one assignment as a student. That actually means I should have some free time. Hope your weekend is going well…and now back to school.