Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Higher Ground
Higher Ground

Higher Ground

Genres

DramaThriller

OverView

Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, the film tells the story of a thoughtful woman's struggles with belief, love, and trust - in human relationships as well as in God.

Others

Budget

$2000000

Revenue

$841733

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

109 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

26 August 2011

Country

United States of America

Cast

Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga

Corinne Walker

Donna Murphy

Donna Murphy

Kathleen Walker

Dagmara Dominczyk

Dagmara Dominczyk

Annika

John Hawkes

John Hawkes

CW Walker

Joshua Leonard

Joshua Leonard

Ethan Miller

Nina Arianda

Nina Arianda

Wendy Walker

Taissa Farmiga

Taissa Farmiga

Teenage Corinne Walker

Taylor Schwencke

Taylor Schwencke

Young Wendy Walker

Boyd Holbrook

Boyd Holbrook

Teenage Ethan Miller

Norbert Leo Butz

Norbert Leo Butz

Pastor Bill

Bill Irwin

Bill Irwin

Pastor Bud

Michael Chernus

Michael Chernus

Ned

Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Luke

Sean Mahon

Sean Mahon

Liam Donovan

Jack Gilpin

Jack Gilpin

Dr. Dick Adams

Molly Hawkey

Molly Hawkey

Molly

Similar Movies

6.0

The Great Light

May 1920 •German

Lorenz Ferleitner has worked his way up from a poor but gifted farm boy to a recognized master builder. When a new cathedral is to be built, he is given the honor of carrying out the task. He would like to commission the unknown young painter Fritz Rasmussen to decorate the dome. The director of the art academy, Professor Marquardt, however, wants to employ his untalented nephew for the painting work. A bitter conflict unfolds.

8.5

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

January 1986 •English

Faustus is a clerk in St. John's at the Newfoundland Department of Education. He dreams of becoming ruler of Newfoundland and seceding from Canada. In the real world, Faustus' boss Eddie Peddle plans to indoctrinate the citizenry of Newfoundland with a cult-like geometric theory known as Total Education, but Peddle may be foiled by the revelation of a secret from his past career.

5.6

Habit

November 1997 •English

It's autumn in New York. Sam has broken up with his girlfriend and his father has recently died. World-weary and sloppy drunk, he finds temporary solace in the arms of Anna, a mysterious vampire who draws him away from his friends and into a web of addiction and madness.

5.4

Diminished Capacity

July 2008 •English

A Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer's impaired uncle Rollie and his old flame.

5.8

Close to Home

July 2005 •Hebrew

Smadar (Smadar Sayar) and Mirit (Naama Schendar), both 18 years old, are assigned to patrol the streets of Jerusalem together as part of their military service. Worlds apart in their personality their initial frosty relationship changes to friendship as they deal with their own emotional issues, the crushes and break-ups in their love lives, as well as the political realities.

5.3

Staying Together

November 1989 •English

After their father abruptly sells the beloved family-owned restaurant that has employed them for years, the charismatic McDermott boys - hot-tempered Brian (Quill), lovelorn Kit (Mulroney) and jokester Duncan (Astin) - find themselves at odds with their parents and each other.

4.8

Fall Time

May 1995 •English

Three young men decide to plan a mock kidnapping, but everything goes wrong because a real bank robbery was already planned by two other guys.

3.3

My Big Fat Independent Movie

September 2005 •English

This hilariously smart satire tells the story of Johnny Vince, a swingin' hepcat who meets hitman Sam and Harvey on a road trip to pull a "botched robbery" in Las Vegas. Along the way they take a deeply unfulfilled not-so-good-girl hostage, encounter the mysterious Mechanic, get harassed by a foul-mouthed answering machine... and did we mention the lesbians? The result - hilarity ensues!

6.2

Save Me

October 2009 •English

A sex and drug addicted young man who is forced into a Christian-run ministry in an attempt to cure him of his "gay affliction", where instead he is faced with the truth in his heart and spirit.

5.6

Edge of Madness

March 2002 •English

1851, Manitoba's Red River Valley. As winter sets in, a young woman on the edge of madness arrives exhausted at the fort, a wilderness station, claiming she murdered her husband. She's placed in a cell; for the next several months, she sews while the local prefect, Henry Mullen, investigates.

6.0

Foolish

April 1999 •English

'Foolish' Waise is a talented comedian with a hard-edge trying to make it in the comedy clubs in LA while his brother is a hard-nosed gangster trying to make it on the streets. With all the competition they face in their chosen "professions," their biggest battle is with each other over the love of a pretty girl.

6.2

Elizabeth Harvest

August 2018 •English

The newly married Elizabeth arrives with her new husband, the scientist Henry, at a magnificent house. He tells her that she can do there anything she pleases, except to enter a certain closed room.

7.0

Across My Land

May 2017 •English

Father and son 'minutemen' patrol the American/Mexican border near their home in Nogales, Arizona.

6.6

Mary Queen of Scots

December 2018 •English

In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals, rebellions, conspiracies and their own life choices imperil both Queens. They experience the bitter cost of power, until their tragic fate is finally fulfilled.

5.4

Communion

November 1989 •English

A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.

6.2

How About You...

November 2007 •English

A young woman, struggling with the direction of her life, spends Christmas watching over a retirement home filled with demanding residents.

5.0

The Aggressives

June 2005 •Korean

Soyo, a quiet high school student, discovers inline skating. Mesmerized by the elaborate skating skills of Mogi, a member of the group, Soyo joins their team. Soyo's life is gradually consumed by the world of inline skating.

5.1

Carlotta

June 2014 •English

How many working class Balmain boys grow up to be showgirls? Not just any showgirl but a household name, a legend of Kings Cross, a daytime TV star, and a symbol of generational change.

5.2

In Orbit

September 2020 •English

The future, the space. Sonia is about to be transferred from her station to a newer one. Although everything seems to be going well, Sonia's mind is actually elsewhere, haunted by tragic events from the not too distant past.

5.7

Sea Child

January 2015 •English

On the verge of becoming a woman Sora is woken by a nightmare and decides to follow a group of men into the city in the hope of finding her mom.