Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet

Birthday:Jan 11, 1972
Place of birth:New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2026
Fantasy Life

Fantasy Life

Comedy Romance Drama
Upcoming

20261h 31min

Director: Matthew Shear

An anxious law school dropout (Matthew Shear) stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters and falls for the girls' mother (Amanda Peet), an actress in a rocky marriage. A smart, New York-set romantic comedy co-starring Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet, and Holland Taylor. Winner of the SXSW Narrative Feature Audience Award.

2015
Sleeping with Other People

Sleeping with Other People

Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.5

20151h 40min

United States

Director: Leslye Headland

Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.

2013
The Way Way Back

The Way Way Back

Comedy Drama Coming-of-Age Drama Buddy Comedy
7.4

20131h 43min

United States

Director: Jim Rash

Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.


Identity Thief

Identity Thief

Comedy Crime Buddy Comedy Con Artist Crime
5.7

20131h 51min

United States

Director: Seth Gordon

When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.

2007
Martian Child

Martian Child

Comedy Drama Family Drama
6.7

20071h 46min

United States

Director: Menno Meyjes

A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.

2006
Griffin & Phoenix

Griffin & Phoenix

Comedy Drama Romance
6.9

20061h 42min

Director: Ed Stone

A terminally ill man falls in love with a woman who has a secret that threatens their time spent together.

2005
Syriana

Syriana

Drama Thriller Political Drama Political Thriller
6.9

20052h 8min

United States

Director: Stephen Gaghan

The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.


A Lot Like Love

A Lot Like Love

Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Comedy Relationship Drama
6.6

20051h 47min

United States

Director: Nigel Cole

On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to... lovers?

2004
Melinda and Melinda

Melinda and Melinda

Comedy Drama Romance
6.4

20041h 40min

United States

Director: Woody Allen

While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.

2003
Something's Gotta Give

Something's Gotta Give

Drama Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Awkward Comedy
6.7

20032h 8min

United States

Director: Nancy Meyers

When perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin, arrive at her mother's beach house in the Hamptons, they find that her mother, playwright Erica Barry, also plans to stay for the weekend. Erica is scandalized by the relationship and Harry's sexist ways. But when Harry has a heart attack while there, and the doctor prescribes bedrest, his only option is to stay at the Barry home. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.