Meryl and Her Men

'Hope Springs' (2012)

Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman. Meryl Streep has had all the big names — on screen, of course. Tommy Lee Jones is the latest. In Hope Springs, he stars as her husband and gives us a reason to recall three decades of Meryl and her men.

'Deer Hunter' (1978)

Alan Alda is the title character in this story of Washington political and sexual intrigue. Streep is the beautiful young woman with whom he has an affair.

'The Seduction of Joe Tynan' (1979)

Streep and English actor Jeremy Irons make a gorgeous couple playing actors who have an affair while making a period movie. The dizzying twists and turns of the story come courtesy of novelist John Fowles via screenwriter Harold Pinter.

'Kramer vs. Kramer' (1979)

She shares the screen for the first time with Sam Neill (as well as Sting and Charles Dance) as a woman remaking her life in post-World War II England. She and Neill star together again in A Cry in the Dark (1988).

'The French Lieutenant's Woman' (1981)

The first of two turns with Jack Nicholson, Heartburn is about the breakup of a marriage taken from Nora Ephron's roman a clef about her marriage to Carl Bernstein. Nicholson and Streep later star in Ironweed (1987).

'Sophie's Choice' (1982)

Albert Brooks and Streep experience the afterlife in Judgment City, where they must prove they'd lived a worthy existence.

'Plenty' (1985)

Clint Eastwood is the photographer who wanders into the life of Streep's Iowa housewife; their portrayal of middle-age passion that can never be fully realized evokes rivers of tears.

'Out of Africa' (1985)

William Hurt is her egocentric husband; Streep is a cancer patient whose illness changes the family.

'Heartburn' (1986)

Stellan Skarsgård, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth star as the three potential fathers of Meryl's daughter — the men who were in her life 20 years before — all invited to the daughter's wedding. Singing ensues.

'Postcards From the Edge' (1990)

In this holiday hit about the state of marriage, divorce and late middle-age romance, Streep has the attention of two comically gifted costars, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin.

'Defending Your Life' (1991)

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'The River Wild' (1994)

Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman. Meryl Streep has had all the big names — on screen, of course. Tommy Lee Jones is the latest. In Hope Springs, he stars as her husband and gives us a reason to recall three decades of Meryl and her men.

'The Bridges of Madison County' (1995)

Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman. Meryl Streep has had all the big names — on screen, of course. Tommy Lee Jones is the latest. In Hope Springs, he stars as her husband and gives us a reason to recall three decades of Meryl and her men.

'Before and After' (1996)

Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman. Meryl Streep has had all the big names — on screen, of course. Tommy Lee Jones is the latest. In Hope Springs, he stars as her husband and gives us a reason to recall three decades of Meryl and her men.

'One True Thing' (1998)

Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman. Meryl Streep has had all the big names — on screen, of course. Tommy Lee Jones is the latest. In Hope Springs, he stars as her husband and gives us a reason to recall three decades of Meryl and her men.

'Adaptation' (2002)

Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman. Meryl Streep has had all the big names — on screen, of course. Tommy Lee Jones is the latest. In Hope Springs, he stars as her husband and gives us a reason to recall three decades of Meryl and her men.

'Mamma Mia!' (2008)

Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman. Meryl Streep has had all the big names — on screen, of course. Tommy Lee Jones is the latest. In Hope Springs, he stars as her husband and gives us a reason to recall three decades of Meryl and her men.

'Julie & Julia' (2009)

Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman. Meryl Streep has had all the big names — on screen, of course. Tommy Lee Jones is the latest. In Hope Springs, he stars as her husband and gives us a reason to recall three decades of Meryl and her men.

'It's Complicated' (2009)

Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman. Meryl Streep has had all the big names — on screen, of course. Tommy Lee Jones is the latest. In Hope Springs, he stars as her husband and gives us a reason to recall three decades of Meryl and her men.

'The Iron Lady' (2011)

Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman. Meryl Streep has had all the big names — on screen, of course. Tommy Lee Jones is the latest. In Hope Springs, he stars as her husband and gives us a reason to recall three decades of Meryl and her men.

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