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All Diane Lane Movies Ranked by Tomatometer
Diane Lane has been leading films since age 14, when she debuted in 1979’s first-love story A Little Romance. In the ’80s, she brought New Wave to the big screen with hip, unusual musicals Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, and Streets of Fire, along with collaborating with Francis Ford Coppola in Rumble Fish and The Outsiders.
In the ’90s and early 2000s, Lane appeared in a variety of big productions, including Chaplin, Judge Dredd, Jack, and The Perfect Storm, pulling her away from leading roles. That changed with 2002’s Unfaithful, the erotic sizzler with Richard Gere for which she was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. This led to a mid-career blossoming as romantic lead, with films like Under the Tuscan Sun, Must Love Dogs, and Nights in Rodanthe.
Since then, Lane’s movies have been among the most critically acclaimed of her career, including Certified Fresh marks for Inside Out, Trumbo, and her latest, Let Him Go, opposite Kevin Costner. She’s also been Ma Kent in the DC Extended Universe since 2013’s Man of Steel, helping guarantee we’d never hear the name Martha the same way again. And now we look back on all Diane Lane movies ranked by Tomatometer! —Alex Vo
0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: This anthology film is composed of three segments parodying Hollywood clichés. In the first, a lawyer (Peter Riegert) has a midlife crisis, quits his job,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Robby Benson, Richard Widmark, Ann Dusenberry, Peter Riegert
Directed By: Henry Jaglom, Bob Giraldi
15%
Critics Consensus: Featuring uninvolving characters and loose narrative, Jumper is an erratic action pic with little coherence and lackluster special effects.
Synopsis: Aimless David Rice (Hayden Christensen) has the ability to instantly transport himself to any place he can imagine. He uses that gift to globe-trot, living... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson
Directed By: Doug Liman
16%
Critics Consensus: Despite Diane Lane's earnest effort, Untraceable manages to be nothing more than a run-of-the-mill thriller with a hypocritical message.
Synopsis: Special Agent Jennifer Marsh works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks, Joseph Cross
Directed By: Gregory Hoblit
17%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When a number of women are violently murdered in the middle of a big chess tournament, chess star and grandmaster Peter Sanderson (Christopher Lambert) is... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt, Daniel Baldwin
Directed By: Carl Schenkel
20%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: After mob boss Vic (Richard Dreyfuss) leaves a mental hospital, he returns to find his nightclub operation in disarray. Even though Mickey (Jeff Goldblum) has... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Dreyfuss, Jeff Goldblum
Directed By: Larry Bishop
17%
Critics Consensus: Robin Williams' childlike energy is channeled in all the wrong places with Jack, a bizarre tragedy that aims for uplift but sinks deep into queasy schmaltz.
Synopsis: After an unusually short pregnancy, Karen Powell (Diane Lane) gives birth to a baby boy whose body ages much faster than the normal rate. With... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez, Brian Kerwin
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
20%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In Atlantic City, N.J., down-on-his-luck writer Jake Bridges (William Petersen) finds an unlikely savior in the form of Irish henchman Frankie McGregor (Michael Wincott), who... View Full Synopsis
Starring: William Petersen, Michael Wincott, Diane Lane, Kevin Gage
Directed By: Jeff Celentano
21%
Critics Consensus: Due to obvious plot twists and foreshadowing, The Glass House fails to thrill. By the end, it degenerates into ludicrousness.
Synopsis: After the parents of Ruby (Leelee Sobieski) and her younger brother, Rhett (Trevor Morgan), are killed in a car crash, their parents' best friends, Erin... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgård, Bruce Dern
Directed By: Daniel Sackheim
21%
Critics Consensus: A high-concept mystery with a twist, Serenity isn't what it appears to be at first -- unfortunately, it's also not anywhere near as clever or entertaining as it thinks.
Synopsis: Baker Dill is a fishing boat captain who leads tours off of the tranquil enclave of Plymouth Island. His peaceful life is soon shattered when... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Diane Lane
Directed By: Steven Knight
22%
Critics Consensus: Judge Dredd wants to be both a legitimate violent action flick and a parody of one, but director Danny Cannon fails to find the necessary balance to make it work.
Synopsis: In the crime-plagued future, the only thing standing between order and chaos is Judge Joseph Dredd (Sylvester Stallone). His duty: police the violent metropolitan sprawls... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider
Directed By: Danny Cannon
24%
Critics Consensus: Fierce People's premise of a teenager studying rich people like animals is grating and self-satisfied, and Anton Yelchin's smug performance makes the film even harder to agree with.
Synopsis: Finn (Anton Yelchin) is a teenager trying to escape his drug-addicted mother (Diane Lane) by going to study tribal people. His hopes are dashed when... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Anton Yelchin, Chris Evans
Directed By: Griffin Dunne
38%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A veteran assassin (Mickey Rourke) and his dangerous young partner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) pursue a woman (Diane Lane) and her husband (Thomas Jane) who stumbled upon... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Thomas Jane, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Directed By: John Madden
28%
Critics Consensus: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice smothers a potentially powerful story -- and some of America's most iconic superheroes -- in a grim whirlwind of effects-driven action.
Synopsis: It's been nearly two years since Superman's colossal battle with Zod devastated the city of Metropolis. The loss of life and collateral damage left many... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg
Directed By: Zack Snyder
30%
Critics Consensus: Derivative and schmaltzy, Nicholas Sparks' Nights in Rodanthe is strongly mottled by contrivances that even the charisma of stars Diane Lane and Richard Gere can't repair.
Synopsis: When Adrienne Willis arrives at the coastal town of Rodanthe, N.C., her life is in chaos. There, she hopes to sort through the trouble surrounding... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Christopher Meloni, Viola Davis
Directed By: George C. Wolfe
32%
Critics Consensus: Every Secret Thing has a sterling pedigree both on and off the screen, yet all that talent adds up to little more than a listless, predictable thriller.
Synopsis: When a 3-year-old girl goes missing, a detective revisits a crime committed by two once-underage perpetrators who were recently released from custody.
Starring: Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks, Dakota Fanning, Danielle Macdonald
Directed By: Amy Berg
33%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Daniel Benzali, Dennis Miller
Directed By: Dwight H. Little
37%
Critics Consensus: Despite good work from its likable leads, the romantic comedy Must Love Dogs is too predictable.
Synopsis: Sarah (Diane Lane), is 40 and recently divorced. Believing Sarah needs to date more, her sister, Carol (Elizabeth Perkins), creates an online dating profile for... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Diane Lane, John Cusack, Elizabeth Perkins, Dermot Mulroney
Directed By: Gary David Goldberg
39%
Critics Consensus: Justice League leaps over a number of DC movies, but its single bound isn't enough to shed the murky aesthetic, thin characters, and chaotic action that continue to dog the franchise.
Synopsis: Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists newfound ally Diana Prince to face an even greater... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams
Directed By: Zack Snyder
42%
Critics Consensus: Although Hardball contains some touching moments, they are not enough to transcend the sports formula.
Synopsis: Conor (Keanu Reeves) is a ticket scalper, gambler and, now, Little League coach for a rag-tag team of kids in one of the toughest part... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes, Bryan Hearne
Directed By: Brian Robbins
46%
Critics Consensus: Crowded with talent on either side of the camera, Wild Bill shoots itself in the foot with a surprisingly muddled take on the story of the titular folk hero.
Synopsis: Gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok (Jeff Bridges) travels the frontier, gaining fame and enemies in roughly equal measure. He sometimes meets up with his friend and... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane
Directed By: Walter Hill
47%
Critics Consensus: Paris Can Wait's likable stars are ill-served by a film that lacks interesting ideas or characters and has little to offer beyond striking travelogue visuals.
Synopsis: Anne (Diane Lane) is at a crossroads in her life. Married to a successful but inattentive movie producer (Alec Baldwin), she unexpectedly finds herself taking... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard, Alec Baldwin, Elise Tielrooy
Directed By: Eleanor Coppola
47%
Critics Consensus: While the special effects are well done and quite impressive, this film suffers from any actual drama or characterization. The end result is a film that offers nifty eye-candy and nothing else.
Synopsis: Based on a true story, the film tells of the courageous men and women who risk their lives every working day, pitting their fishing boats... View Full Synopsis
Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane
Directed By: Wolfgang Petersen
43%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: At a Los Angeles medical school, a group of third-year students struggle with love, their studies and one another. Young Michael Chatham (Adrian Pasdar) is... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Adrian Pasdar, Diane Lane, Jimmy Smits, Norma Aleandro
Directed By: Marisa Silver
44%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A suburbanite (Stephen Collins) gives his wife (Diane Lane) a gun for protection, but a weirdo (James LeGros) steals it and upends their lives.
Starring: Diane Lane, James Le Gros, Stephen Collins, Tess Harper
Directed By: Stacy Cochran
50%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A lucky country boy (Matt Dillon) turns crapshooter in 1950s Chicago and falls for a gangster's (Tommy Lee Jones) stripper wife (Diane Lane).
Starring: Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern
Directed By: Ben Bolt, Harold Becker
51%
Critics Consensus: Diane Lane shines in the role, but the movie adds nothing new to the genre and the resolution is unsatisfying.
Synopsis: Described by director Adrian Lyne ("Fatal Attraction") as "an erotic thriller about the body language of guilt." When Edward innocently learns that his wife Connie... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez, Erik Per Sullivan
Directed By: Adrian Lyne
56%
Critics Consensus: Man of Steel's exhilarating action and spectacle can't fully overcome its detours into generic blockbuster territory.
Synopsis: With the imminent destruction of Krypton, their home planet, Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and his wife seek to preserve their race by sending their infant son... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane
Directed By: Zack Snyder
60%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Unca Lou (Alan Arkin), the longtime director of an Ontario summer camp, brings a group of former campers back for a 20-year reunion. But now,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Alan Arkin, Matt Craven, Diane Lane, Bill Paxton
Directed By: Mike Binder
62%
Critics Consensus: Chaplin boasts a terrific performance from Robert Downey, Jr. in the title role, but it isn't enough to overcome a formulaic biopic that pales in comparison to its subject's classic films.
Synopsis: Re-creation of the life of comic genius Charlie Chaplin, from his humble beginnings in south London through his early days in British vaudeville, his silent... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin Dunn
Directed By: Richard Attenborough
61%
Critics Consensus: Cinema Verite is a disappointingly incurious dive into the birth of reality television, but terrific performances and the inherent intrigue behind the making of An American Family keep this drama compelling.
Synopsis: In the 1970s Bill Loud (Tim Robbins) and his wife, Pat (Diane Lane), allow cameras to film their personal lives for the PBS series "An... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini, Patrick Fugit
Directed By: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
62%
Critics Consensus: Though formulaic and superficial, Under the Tuscan Sun is redeemed by Lane's vibrant performance.
Synopsis: When Frances Mayes (Diane Lane) learns her husband is cheating on her from a writer whom she gave a bad review, her life is turned... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Vincent Riotta
Directed By: Audrey Wells
64%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Corinne Burns (Diane Lane) is a typical frustrated teenager living in a nowhere town until she catches punk band the Looters. Bewitched by the whole... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Diane Lane, Ray Winstone, Peter Donat, David Clennon
Directed By: Lou Adler
64%
Critics Consensus: Rousing, heartwarming, and squarely traditional, Secretariat offers exactly what you'd expect from an inspirational Disney drama -- no more, and no less.
Synopsis: Despite her lack of experience, housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) agrees to take over management of the family Thoroughbred farm after her father... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, Dylan Baker
Directed By: Randall Wallace
69%
Critics Consensus: Streets of Fire may sometimes buckle under the strain of its ambitious fusion of disparate genres, but Walter Hill's bravura style gives this motorcycle musical fuel to burn.
Synopsis: Raven Shaddock (Willem Dafoe), along with his gang of merciless biker friends, kidnaps rock singer Ellen Aim (Diane Lane). Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan
Directed By: Walter Hill
71%
Critics Consensus: The cracks continue to show in Coppola's directorial style, but The Outsiders remains a blustery, weird, and fun adaptation of the classic novel.
Synopsis: A teen gang in rural Oklahoma, the Greasers are perpetually at odds with the Socials, a rival group. When Greasers Ponyboy (C. Thomas Howell) and... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
68%
Critics Consensus: More than a movie star murder mystery, Hollywoodland takes it slow in order to reveal the intriguing details of the rise and fall of superstar fame.
Synopsis: A detective (Adrien Brody) uncovers unexpected links to his own personal life as he probes the mysterious death of "Superman" actor George Reeves (Ben Affleck)... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins
Directed By: Allen Coulter
72%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Intellectually precocious teenager Lauren King lives in Paris with her somewhat ditzy mother. On a movie set, she strikes up a friendship with teenage film... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Arthur Hill
Directed By: George Roy Hill
71%
Critics Consensus: Zack Snyder's Justice League lives up to its title with a sprawling cut that expands to fit the director's vision -- and should satisfy the fans who willed it into existence.
Synopsis: In ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE, determined to ensure Superman's (Henry Cavill) ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) aligns forces with Diana... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa
Directed By: Zack Snyder
72%
Critics Consensus: An impressive showcase for Diane Lane and an assured debut from director Tony Goldwyn, A Walk on the Moon finds absorbing period drama within a family at a crossroads.
Synopsis: Unfulfilled housewife Pearl Kantrowitz (Diane Lane) suffers in quiet misery as the tumultuous events of the summer of 1969 unfold on the surface of her... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber, Anna Paquin
Directed By: Tony Goldwyn
73%
Critics Consensus: Critics say My Dog Skip is cute, wholesome entertainment for the family. It's especially designed to appeal to your sentiment, but you might find yourself choking up just the same.
Synopsis: Who says best friends have to be human? Not Willie Morris (Frankie Muniz), who receives a talented terrier named Skip for his birthday. With Skip's... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon
Directed By: Jay Russell
77%
Critics Consensus: Rumble Fish frustrates even as it intrigues, but director Francis Ford Coppola's strong visual style helps compensate for a certain narrative stasis.
Synopsis: Disaffected and restless, Rusty James (Matt Dillon) is spoiling for a fight. Abandoned by his mother and living with his alcoholic father (Dennis Hopper), he... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Dennis Hopper
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
76%
Critics Consensus: Energetic and brimming with memorable performers, The Cotton Club entertains with its visual and musical pizazz even as its plot only garners polite applause.
Synopsis: The lives of various characters intersect at Harlem's renowned Cotton Club. Handsome horn player Dix Dwyer falls for Vera Cicero, the stunning girlfriend of famous... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
74%
Critics Consensus: Trumbo serves as an honorable and well-acted tribute to a brilliant writer's principled stand, even if it doesn't quite achieve the greatness of its subject's own classic screenplays.
Synopsis: In 1947, successful screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) and other Hollywood figures get blacklisted for their political beliefs.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, Diane Lane, Elle Fanning
Directed By: Jay Roach
85%
Critics Consensus: Let Him Go's uneven blend of adult drama and revenge thriller is smoothed over by strong work from a solid veteran cast.
Synopsis: Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Kayli Carter, Lesley Manville
Directed By: Thomas Bezucha
98%
Critics Consensus: Inventive, gorgeously animated, and powerfully moving, Inside Out is another outstanding addition to the Pixar library of modern animated classics.
Synopsis: Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) is a happy, hockey-loving 11-year-old Midwestern girl, but her world turns upside-down when she and her parents move to San Francisco. Riley's... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Bill Hader
Directed By: Pete Docter




