Meryl Streep and the Men in her Movies - Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood Movies for Grownups

Meryl and Her Men

From Jack Nicholson to Alec Baldwin Meryl Streep has worked with every leading man of her generation

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

Streep stars for the first time with Robert De Niro and earns her first Academy Award nomination. She will star opposite him again in 1984 in Falling in Love.

The Seduction of Joe Tynan 1979

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.

Kramer vs Kramer 1979

Streep breaks hearts in the child-custody drama, playing opposite Dustin Hoffman. She wins her first Oscar.

The French Lieutenant s Woman 1981

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.

Sophie s Choice 1982

Streep is a Holocaust survivor, Kevin Kline her Holocaust-obsessed lover. She wins a second Oscar for her riveting portrait of a woman who can't live with a horrible secret.

Plenty 1985

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).

Out of Africa 1985

How could she not fall in love with Robert Redford? He plays Denys Finch Hatton, the lover of Streep's character, Karen Blixen, in this sweeping movie mostly filmed in Africa.

Heartburn 1986

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).

Postcards From the Edge 1990

Dennis Quaid plays the man who toys with Streep's emotions in this comedy written by Carrie Fisher from her own book of the same title.

Defending Your Life 1991

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

The River Wild 1994

Kevin Bacon is a dangerous bad guy in this thriller that takes place on a whitewater rafting trip.

The Bridges of Madison County 1995

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.

Before and After 1996

Liam Neeson is Streep's man here, though the story is about the effect on their family when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.

One True Thing 1998

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

Adaptation 2002

Nicolas Cage stars with Streep in this zany, odd story of a writer trying to adapt another's work as a screenplay.

Mamma Mia 2008

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.

Julie & Julia 2009

Stanley Tucci plays Julia Childs' husband, Paul, with pitch-perfect tone; together (Streep is Julia) they portray the loveliness of a long, committed marriage.

It s Complicated 2009

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.

The Iron Lady 2011

Jim Broadbent plays Denis Thatcher, husband to Streep's Margaret Thatcher, and brings out the less steely side of the British prime minister so well that Streep wins her third Oscar.

More Entertainment Slideshows

Featured AARP Member Benefits See more Entertainment offers > See more Entertainment offers > See more Entertainment offers > See more Entertainment offers > Cancel You are leaving AARP.org and going to the website of our trusted provider. The provider’s terms, conditions and policies apply. Please return to AARP.org to learn more about other benefits. Your email address is now confirmed. You'll start receiving the latest news, benefits, events, and programs related to AARP's mission to empower people to choose how they live as they age. You can also by updating your account at anytime. You will be asked to register or log in. Cancel Offer Details Disclosures

Close In the next 24 hours, you will receive an email to confirm your subscription to receive emails related to AARP volunteering. Once you confirm that subscription, you will regularly receive communications related to AARP volunteering. In the meantime, please feel free to search for ways to make a difference in your community at Javascript must be enabled to use this site. Please enable Javascript in your browser and try again.