The Best Barbara Hershey Movies

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List of the best Barbara Hershey movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Barbara Hershey's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Barbara Hershey movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Barbara Hershey movies will be at the top of the list. Barbara Hershey has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Barbara Hershey movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Barbara Hershey films to end the squabble once and for all.

If you think the best Barbara Hershey role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Barbara Hershey performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.

List features films like Albert Schweitzer and The Stunt Man.

"This list answers the questions, "What are the best Barbara Hershey movies?" and "What are the greatest Barbara Hershey roles of all time?"

Notable directors that have worked with Barbara Hershey include names like Joel Schumacher, Martin Scorsese and Garry Marshall.

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  • A Killing in a Small Town
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    A Killing in a Small Town

    Barbara Hershey, Brian Dennehy, Hal Holbrook
    29 votes
    • Released: 1990
    • Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
    In a quiet Texas town, Candy Morrison (Barbara Hershey) and her husband, Dale (Richard Gilliland), seem to live an ordinary life -- but that all changes when she begins sleeping with her husband's ...more
  • Beaches
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    Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard
    42 votes
    • Released: 1988
    • Directed by: Garry Marshall
    Hillary (Barbara Hershey) and CC (Bette Midler) meet as children vacationing in Atlantic City, N.J., and remain friends throughout the decades. As CC, a loud New Yorker, pursues a singing career, ...more

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  • Last of the Dogmen
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    Tom Berenger, Barbara Hershey, Kurtwood Smith
    58 votes
    • Released: 1995
    • Directed by: Tab Murphy
    Bounty hunter Lewis Gates (Tom Berenger) finds the corpses of three escaped convicts in the wilderness, apparently shot by primitive arrows. Gates and anthropologist Lillian Sloane (Barbara Hershey) ...more

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  • Hoosiers
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    Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper
    38 votes
    • Released: 1986
    • Directed by: David Anspaugh
    Failed college coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to direct the basketball program at a high school in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher (Barbara ...more

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  • The Entity
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    Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, George Coe
    39 votes
    • Released: 1982
    • Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
    Single mother Carla Moran (Barbara Hershey) is raped and attacked by an invisible force. She begins therapy with Dr. Phil Sneiderman (Ron Silver), a psychiatrist who believes Carla's traumatic past ...more

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  • The Right Stuff
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    Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris
    23 votes
    • Released: 1983
    • Directed by: Philip Kaufman
    This adaptation of the non-fiction novel by Tom Wolfe chronicles the first 15 years of America's space program. By focusing on the lives of the Mercury astronauts, including John Glenn (Ed Harris) ...more

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