Two-Character Movies
Movies in which there are only two characters. There may be additional characters in very minor roles, but all the significant action and dialogue takes place between two people.
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- DirectorLouis MalleStarsAndre GregoryWallace ShawnJean LenauerTwo old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.
- DirectorRafael Palacio IllingworthStarsJolene AndersenRafael Palacio IllingworthMichael TehPaul, from Mexico, and Sofi, from Canada, meet in California and become a couple. Their mostly sexual relationship is chronicled in a series of scenes separated by titles.
- DirectorEvan RichardsStarsLorraine PilkingtonFinlay RobertsonRose KeeganA young woman spends a curiously unpredictable day with a stranger.
- DirectorBarry JenkinsStarsWyatt CenacTracey HegginsJohn ThurgoodTwenty-four hours in the tentative relationship of two young San Franciscans also dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying city.
- DirectorDuncan JonesStarsSam RockwellKevin SpaceyDominique McElligottAstronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.counting Kevin Spacey's robot/computer as the second character
- DirectorJulio MedemStarsElena AnayaNatasha YarovenkoEnrico Lo VersoA hotel room in the center of Rome serves as the setting for two young and recently acquainted women to have a physical adventure that touches their very souls.
- DirectorBruce McDonaldStarsTracy WrightMolly ParkerDaniel MacIvorTen years after ending their partnership as rock musicians, two women become re-acquainted in the course of one night.
- DirectorTom MooreStarsSissy SpacekAnne BancroftEd BerkeA mother and daughter spend a night together after the daughter reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it.
- DirectorTom NoonanStarsTom NoonanKaren SillasJackie and Michael are coworkers at a large law firm, who decide to meet at Jackie's for dinner one night. As this 'first date' plays out, the audience is guided through a mental minefield of disappointment.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsRobert MitchumDeborah KerrDuring World War II, an American marine and an Irish nun form an unlikely friendship after being stranded on a South Pacific island. They find comfort in one another while hoping for a rescue, as they try to avoid capture by the Japanese.
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsLee MarvinToshirô MifuneDuring World War II, an American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain are deserted on a small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. There, they must cease their hostility and cooperate if they want to survive, but will they?
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsLaurence OlivierMichael CaineAlec CawthorneA man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
- DirectorDavid SladeStarsPatrick WilsonElliot PageSandra OhHayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a surprise.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDennis WeaverJacqueline ScottEddie FirestoneA business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsCasey AffleckMatt DamonA friendship between two young men is tested when they go for a hike in a desert and forget to bring any water or food with them.
- DirectorRadha BharadwajStarsMadeleine StoweAlan RickmanIn a drab police state, an author of children's books is interrogated by a sadistic, secret policeman. She's under suspicion of embedding anti-government messages in her stories.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEthan HawkeJulie DelpyAndrea EckertA young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEthan HawkeJulie DelpyVernon DobtcheffNine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartKatharine HepburnRobert MorleyIn WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
- DirectorDanièle ThompsonStarsJuliette BinocheJean RenoSergi LópezA worn-out businessman and a beautician on the run collide in a Paris airport. Love arrives, all its hurdles be damned.
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsSteve CooganRob BrydonRebecca JohnsonSteve Coogan has been asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, but after his girlfriend backs out on him he must take his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsMalcolm McDowellMadolyn Smith OsborneA woman, living in an isolated cabin, lets a mysterious stranger in to make a phone call.
- DirectorJeremy PodeswaStarsIda CarnevaliSheree TamsIan A. Wallace
- DirectorJon JostStarsMarshall GaddisRoxanne RogersDebbie KrantRomance of two ugly-ducklings who meet on the Golden Gate Bridge and after a brief and awkward courtship, live together with the usual problems of money and work, take flight to an illusory freedom on the road.
- DirectorPeter MazzuchelliTobias UrbanStarsKonstanze BreitebnerAndy BaumMichaela RosenKain, a young rock musician, is on his way from an "insider tip" to an acknowledged newcomer. Even though he often has to work at night, he leads a more or less settled life until he meets Nina. Nina, who is blind from birth, works as a switchboard operator at the post office. Her life as well is settled, and more so than for Kain the order in her life is a system of security for her. They fall in love and as time passes Nina gets much more involved in Kain's life as a musician than she wanted to.
- DirectorDan MirvishStarsJames DuvalLaurel Holloman
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsLouise LasserCharles GrodinMichael AlldredgeGentle comedy about 2 strangers (Grodin, Lasser) with personal issues, who drive across America.
- DirectorMichael WillettsStarsLisa BrickellFiona Kay
- DirectorAlan BridgesTodd Bowden realizes that Kurt Dussander, a nazi criminal, lives in his small town. Soon, Todd blackmails Dussander into telling him about the gory details in exchange for not turning him to the authorities. Soon, Dussabder's stories take a toll to force Todd into punishing the neighbors the same way as the Jews did.
- DirectorChantal AkermanStarsCoralie SeyrigDelphine SeyrigKeeping the original theatrical mise-en-scene, the film features Delphine Seyrig and her niece Coralie Seyrig reciting Sylvia Plath's letters to her mother directly to the audience as though we were the recipients of these private missives
- DirectorDrew DennyStarsDrew DennySarah HaganThe Most Fun I've Ever Had With My Pants On follows two childhood girlfriends Andy and Liv who reunite to scatter Andy's dad's ashes from LA to Austin where Liv will audition for the role of a vixen spy in a noir film. Between performing mini-funerals in surreal southwestern landscapes, the girls practice being bad. Hilarious dialog, military cross-dressing, an incredible underground soundtrack, and performances by Sarah Hagan (Freaks and Geeks, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and writer/director Drew Denny in this mixed media dark comedy that interweaves autobiography, documentary, fiction and camp.
- DirectorLéa PoolStarsEllen DavidSylvie MaloFrancois RicardImpressionistic documentary covering the life of Canadian author Gabrielle Roy, from her childhood in Saint-Boniface (Winnipeg), Manitoba, to her late years in Québec and Petite-Rivière-Saint-François in Charlevoix.
- DirectorMarcell IványiStarsKim DelgadoGina GershonA shy rookie cop finds himself in a passionate affair with his partner, a tough, sexy woman who is legendary for ruthlessness. But when the rookie receives mysterious evidence, he must face the possibility that his partner - and lover - is now the prime suspect of the grisly murders.
- DirectorNikita MikhalkovStarsIrina KupchenkoMikhail UlyanovEduard ArtemyevWithout Witness is an unflinchingly intimate and wickedly plotted two-actor tour de force pitting a divorced couple against each other and themselves.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd HarrisDr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
- DirectorAnthony PageStarsAlbert FinneyRachel RobertsThe burning end of an unhappy relationship.
- DirectorNeil LaButeStarsStanley TucciAlice EveA man surprises his former mistress by claiming to have left his wife. However, before long, a dark history between the two comes into focus.
- DirectorGenevieve AndersonStarsPaul GiamattiFrank DwyerBased on the beloved novella by Bohumil Hrabal, and containing all the magic still present in the twisted streets of Old Town Prague, TOO LOUD A SOLITUDE spins a tale of passion, beauty, and high moral stakes in the midst of a crumbling civilization.
- DirectorBeth BStarsFred WardSuzy AmisEileen Maloney, a hostess at a strip joint, has woken up to find her two children are missing. Lieutenant Bramm suspects that she killed them herself. He questions her for days about her lifestyle, her children, her ex-husband, men and women, and life in general. He forces her to re-enact her last moments in the children's room hoping to shock her into giving more information. The lieutenant's infatuation is not merely professional, however, and soon they are reversing roles.
- DirectorJames E. DuffStarsAndrew PastidesMahira KakkarBrian SloanAn Indian student in Prague and a lonely New Yorker correspond online through video letters. A voyeuristic love story about aching for human connection in a hyper-connected world.
- DirectorSusan JohnsonStarsBel PowleyNathan LaneWilliam MoseleyA person of high intelligence struggles to make sense of the world as it relates to morality, relationships, sex, and leaving her apartment.
- DirectorTheo van GoghStarsAriane SchluterAd van KempenSarah, 30, single, well educated, likes art, places a voice ad for phone sex, inviting replies from men under 35, sturdy and sensual.
- DirectorApril WrightStarsStacey MillerJohn AnsoteguiDaniel RhyderRichard (Daniel Rhyder) and Tiffany (Stacey Miller) share some painful secrets in a remote airport in this independent drama.
- DirectorNathaniel GutmanStarsLouise LombardTim Roth
- DirectorKris BoustedtLindy BoustedtStarsAngela DiMarcoCarollani SandbergA film about marriage equality, everlasting love, creating the perfect moment and finding the grandiose in the everyday.
- DirectorKevin LimStarsSarah AubreyMatthew BackerVojtech CekalEvery Wednesday, alcoholic CEO, Shilo and her long suffering PA, Teddy meet to conduct matters of business. But on this particular evening, secrets will be uncovered, old wounds will be reopened and their unique co-dependency will come under scrutiny.
- DirectorOliver KrimpasStarsCara TheoboldGethin AnthonyTouring a repossessed chateau, a film location scout falls for its flirtatious representative, who recounts the story of an influential book written there. But is their connection for real, or just a projection of the book's characters?