| Yıl | Film | Rolü | Diğer notlar |
|---|
| 1971 | Taking Off | Audition Singer: 'Even the Horses Had Wings' | as Bobo Bates |
| 1978 | Straight Time | Selma Darin | |
| 1982 | Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Stella Mae | |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | Furniture man's wife | |
| 1986 | The Morning After | Woman on Mateo Street | |
| 1987 | Summer Heat | Ruth | |
| 1988 | My Best Friend Is a Vampire | Helen Blake | as Kathy D. Bates |
| Arthur 2: On the Rocks | Bayan Canby | |
| 1989 | Signs of Life | Mary Beth Alder | |
| High Stakes | Jill | |
| 1990 | Men Don't Leave | Lisa Coleman | |
| Dick Tracy | Bayan Green | |
| White Palace | Rosemary | |
| Misery | Annie Wilkes | En İyi Kadın Oyuncu Akademi Ödülü
En İyi Kadın Oyuncu Altın Küre Ödülü - Drama (Sinema) |
| 1991 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Hazel Quarrier | |
| Fried Green Tomatoes | Evelyn Couch | Aday -En İyi Kadın Oyuncu Altın Küre Ödülü - Drama (Sinema) |
| 1992 | The Road to Mecca | Elsa Barlow | |
| Shadows and Fog | Fahişe | |
| Prelude to a Kiss | Leah Blier | |
| Used People | Bibby Berman | |
| 1993 | A Home of Our Own | Frances Lacey | |
| 1994 | North | Alaskan mom | |
| Curse of the Starving Class | Ella Tate | |
| The Stand | Rae Flowers | Uncredited |
| 1995 | Dolores Claiborne | Dolores Claiborne | |
| Angus | Meg Bethune | |
| 1996 | Diabolique | Det. Shirley Vogel | |
| The War at Home | Maurine Collier | |
| 1997 | Swept from the Sea | Miss Swaffer | |
| Titanic | Molly Brown | |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Libby Holden | Aday -En İyi Yardımcı Kadın Oyuncu Akademi Ödülü
Aday -Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture |
| The Effects of Magic | Raphaella, the Magic Bunny | Seslendirme |
| The Waterboy | Helen 'Mama' Boucher | won Blockbuster movie award, Best supporting actress in a comedy role |
| A Civil Action | Bankruptcy judge | |
| 1999 | Annie | Miss Agatha Hannigan | - Aday gösterildi for Emmy award |
| 2000 | Bruno | Mother Superior | |
| 2001 | Rat Race | The Squirrel Lady | uncredited |
| American Outlaws | Ma James | |
| 2002 | Love Liza | Mary Ann Bankhead | |
| Dragonfly | Bayan Belmont | |
| About Schmidt | Roberta Hertzel | Aday -En İyi Yardımcı Kadın Oyuncu Akademi Ödülü
Aday -Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture |
| Unconditional Love | Grace Beasley | |
| My Sister's Keeper | Christine Chapman | TV filmi Aday gösterildi for SAG award |
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days | Kraliçe Victoria | |
| Little Black Book | Kippie Kann | |
| The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | Anlatıcı | belgesel |
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey | The Marquesa | |
| 2005 | Rumour Has It | Aunt Mitsy | uncredited |
| 3 & 3 | The Judge | |
| 2006 | Failure to Launch | Sue | |
| Have Mercy | | |
| Solace | Marrow'un karısı | |
| Relative Strangers | Agnes Menure | |
| Bonneville | Margene | |
| Charlotte's Web | Bitsy the Cow | seslendirme |
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Janet Benson | seslendirme |
| Fred Claus | Mother Claus | |
| The Golden Compass | Hester | seslendirme |
| PS, I Love You | Patricia | |
| Christmas Is Here Again | Miss Dowdy | seslendirme |
| 2008 | Revolutionary Road | Mrs. Helen Givings | piyasaya sürülmesi bekleniyor |
| The Family That Preys | Charlotte Cartwright | piyasaya sürülmesi bekleniyor |
| Personal Effects | TBA | yapım aşamasında |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | TBA | yapım aşamasında |
| 2009 | Cheri | Madame Peloux | yapım aşamasında |
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