21 Grams 2003  R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Clea DuVall, Danny Huston, Melissa Leo, Marc Musso, Teresa Delgado, Carly Nahon, Claire Pakis, Stephen Bridgewater, Nick Nichols, John Rubinstein, Denis O'Hare
This story leaps forward and backward in time featuring short moments in the lives of three strangers–Paul Rivers (Sean Penn), Jack Jordan (Benicio Del Toro), and Cristina Peck (Naomi Watts)–whose lives are forever changed by one horrific accident. Naomi Watts was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress, and Benicio Del Toro was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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The 24 Hour Woman 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nancy Savoca
Cast: Rosie Perez, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Patti LuPone, Karen Duffy, Diego Serrano, Wendell Pierce, Melissa Leo, Aida Turturro, Rosanna DeSoto, Drena DeNiro
Grace Santos (Rosie Perez) is the producer of a TV talk show and her husband, Eddie Diaz (Diego Serrano), is one of the co-hosts of the show. Now, unexpectedly, Grace finds herself pregnant and has major problems coping with work, pregnancy, and motherhood.
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Alphabet Killer 2008  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Rob Schmidt
Cast: Eliza Dushku, Cary Elwes, Timothy Hutton, Tom Malloy, Michael Ironside, Bill Moseley, Brian Scannell, Carl Lumbly, Jack McGee, Larry Hankin, Meltem Cumbul, Melissa Leo, Tom Noonan, Rocco Sisto, Andrew Fiscella
Loosely based on murders in Rochester, New York, during the late 1980s, this story centers on a police officer, Megan Paige (Eliza Dushku), who develops schizophrenia while investigating the case. She is placed in a psychiatric hospital but is released later and is back at the police station when another murder is committed. Megan sees a connection between the murders because the victims' first and last names start with the same letters. Now, the question is whether or not Megan can hang onto her sanity long enough to solve the crimes.
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Always 1985  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Henry Jaglom, Patrice Townsend, Joanna Frank, Alan Rachins, Bud Townsend, Melissa Leo, Jonathan Kaufer, Bob Rafelson, Michael Emil, Amnon Meskin
Three couples (one about to get married, another about to get divorced, and the third solidly married) meet for the Fourth of July weekend. This thought-provoking story is based on Henry Jaglom's autobiographical story of the break up of his own marriage. Jaglom's ex-wife, Patrice Townsend, stars opposite him in this film. 1 User Review
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The Ballad of Little Jo 1994  R, 120 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Maggie Greenwald
Cast: Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins, Ian McKellen, David Chung, Carrie Snodgress, Rene Auberjonois, Heather Graham, Sam Robards, Anthony Heald, Melissa Leo, Olinda Turturro, Ruth Maleczech, Jeffrey Andrews, Cathy Haase, Peadair S. Addie Sr.
Josephine (Suzy Amis) arrives in the West to escape the prejudices of the East (she had an illegitimate baby), and finds more problems in her new life. To escape the stigma of being a woman, Josephine disguises herself as a male and becomes "Little Jo." As such, she experiences life on the frontier as a male, which poses fewer problems.
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Carolina Skeletons 1991 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Melissa Leo, Paul Roebling, Bill Cobbs, Henderson Forsythe, Clifton James, Richard Jenkins, G.D. Spradlin, Rosanna Carter, Trazana Beverley, Marc Macaulay
After a career in the Army, James Bragg (Louis Gossett Jr.) returns home in the early 1960s. He is haunted by the thought of his brother's execution 30 years previously for the rape and murder of two girls. Thus, he begins a search for the real killers, and he soon recognizes that there are those who do not want their secrets uncovered. Made for cable TV.
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Fear of Fiction 2000 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charlie Ahearn
Cast: Melissa Leo, Sam Trammell, David Wheir, Stephen Pearlman, Penn Jillette, Jay Devlin, Irma St. Paule, Linda Larkin, Anney Giobbe, Clark Johnson, Talmadge Lowe, Lee Bryant, Augusta Dabney, Reno, Patrick Brinker
Sigrid (Melissa Leo), who is trying to be a writer, links up with Red (Sam Trammell) to share a ride on a trip across Canada. Both, it turns out, have twin siblings, though Sigrid's sister had been killed in an accident. As the trip proceeds, the twin theme continues to come up as they visit Sigrid's old family cottage and run across Red's brother more than once.
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From Other Worlds 2007  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Barry Strugatz
Cast: Cara Buono, Isaach De Bankole, David Lansbury, Melissa Leo, Joel de la Fuente, Robert Peters, Jonah Meyerson, Quinn Shephard, Robert Downey Sr., Paul Lazar, Sharon Wilkins, Laura Esterman, Lori Tan Chin, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Larry Block
Joanne Schwartzbaum (Clara Buono) is leading a somewhat boring life in Brooklyn with her husband Brian (David Lansbury) and children Linda and Henry (Quinn Shephard and Jonah Meyerson). Then, one night, Joanne walks into the kitchen and is kidnapped by aliens. Afterwards, they remove Joanne's memory of them and leave her on her patio with a fan-shaped bruise on her abdomen. As she tries to sleuth out the mystery, Joanne joins a UFO support group where she meets and joins forces with Abraham (Isaach De Bankole). Together, Joanne and Abraham convince the UFO support group to help them break into the Brooklyn Art Museum in order to steal a certain artifact. Their actions result in saving the whole world.
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Frozen River 2008 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Courtney Hunt
Cast: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Michael O'Keefe, Mark Boone Junior, Charlie McDermott, James Reilly, Dylan Carusona, Jay Klaitz, Michael Sky, John Canoe, Nancy Wu, Betty Ouyang
Struggling mother Ray Eddy (Melissa Leo) is left by her gambling husband and now must find the cash needed to raise her sons–15-year-old T.J. (Charlie McDermott) and 5-year-old Ricky (James Reilly). Her salary working part-time at the Yankee Dollar Store will not pay the bills, but Ray finds the means when she meets Lila (Misty Upham) who is driving the family car that Ray's husband abandoned at a bus station. Lila is a Mohawk who, for cash, smuggles illegal immigrants across the frozen St. Lawrence River. After confrontations, the women join forces, and, keeping their eyes out for the state troopers and conditions of the river, they gas up the car and make dangerous trips across the river. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Melissa Leo for Best Actress.
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Hide and Seek 2005  R, 102 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: John Polson
Cast: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen, Elisabeth Shue, Amy Irving, Dylan Baker, Melissa Leo, Robert John Burke, Molly Grant Kallins, David Chandler
After his wife commits suicide, psychologist David Callaway (Robert De Niro) seeks solitude with his young daughter, Emily (Dakota Fanning), in an old house in the woods of upstate New York. Emily finds solace in an imaginary friend, Charlie, with whom she plays "Hide and Seek." But Charlie is a dark figure, and after a murder occurs, David must face facts about Charlie.
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Last Summer in the Hamptons 1995 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Victoria Foyt, Viveca Lindfors, Jon Robin Baitz, Melissa Leo, Martha Plimpton, Holland Taylor, Ron Rifkin, Savannah Smith Boucher, Roddy McDowall, Roscoe Lee Browne, Andre Gregory, Brooke Smith
Three generations of a dysfunctional theatrical family gather at Helene's (Viveca Lindfors, in her last film) place in the Hamptons for one last time, since the place is no longer affordable. The chitchat changes to trouble when a rich and successful actress, Oona (Victoria Foyt), appears on the scene.
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Righteous Kill 2008 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Jon Avnet
Cast: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, 50 Cent, Carla Gugino, John Leguizamo, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, Trilby Glover, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Alan Rosenberg, Sterling K. Brown, Barry Primus, Melissa Leo, Alan Blumenfeld, Oleg Taktarov
New York City detectives Rooster (Al Pacino) and Turk (Robert De Niro) are on the trail of a serial killer who leaves poems justifying his actions at the scene of the crimes. The killer seems to have ties to a case four years before when Turk set up an acquitted killer by planting a gun in his apartment. Detectives Perez (John Leguizamo) and Riley (Donnie Wahlberg) join the case after working on a similar murder case, and Perez begins to suspect that there is more to Turk than meets the eye. Even Turk's girlfriend Detective Karen Corelli (Carla Gugino) begins to question his actions–especially after the gun that Turk planted in the acquitted man's apartment appears to have a connection with the guns left at the scenes by the serial killer they are pursuing.
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Scarlett 1994 TV, 360 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Joanne Whalley, Timothy Dalton, Barbara Barrie, Sean Bean, Annabeth Gish, Julie Harris, Stephen Collins, John Gielgud, Melissa Leo, Jean Smart
This highly advertised TV miniseries is a sequel to "Gone with the Wind." It's now 1873; Scarlett (Joanne Whalley) still wants Rhett (Timothy Dalton), so she heads to Charleston to win his love. After that fails and she has an illegitimate child, she leaves for Ireland and nobility, but her troubles are just beginning. There are better ways to spend six hours.
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Stephanie Daley 2007 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hilary Brougher
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn, Timothy Hutton, Denis O'Hare, Jim Gaffigan, Deirdre O'Connell, Melissa Leo, Halley Feiffer, Kel O'Neill, Neal Huff, John Ellison Conlee, Vincent Piazza, Marceline Hugot, Kaiulani Lee, Novella Nelson
Sixteen-year-old Stephanie Daley (Amber Tamblyn) gives birth in the ladies' room during a school ski trip. Later, when the fetus is discovered dead, and, although she claims the baby was stillborn, Stephanie faces murder charges. Forensic psychologist Lydie Crane (Tilda Swinton) is assigned to meet with Stephanie to determine whether or not she is telling the truth. During their sessions Lydie, who is pregnant, deals with her own guilt about a previous pregnancy that ended in a stillbirth as well as her confused feelings about the baby she is now carrying.
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Streetwalkin' 1984  R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joan Freeman
Cast: Melissa Leo, Dale Midkiff, Antonio Fargas, Julie Newmar, Annie Golden, Leon, Randall Batinkoff, Deborah Offner, Khandi Alexander, Julie Cohen
Cookie (Melissa Leo) escapes from an unhappy home and ends up as a prostitute in NYC working for the evil Duke (Dale Midkiff). Good grief.
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 2005 R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tommy Lee Jones
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Melissa Leo, Levon Helm, Mel Rodriguez, Vanessa Bauche, Cecilia Suarez
Ranch foreman Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones) believes that Border Patrolman Mike Norton (Barry Pepper) has killed his best friend, Melquiades Estrada. In the meantime, the body was buried in the west Texas desert, was found, and once again buried in the town cemetery. Pete kidnaps Norton and forces him to dig up the body and then help him bring the corpse across the border into Mexico to be buried in his hometown.
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A Time of Destiny 1988 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, Melissa Leo, Stockard Channing, Megan Follows, Francisco Rabal, Concha Hidalgo, Frederick Coffin, Kelly Pacheco, John O'Leary
William Hurt plays the son of a man who is killed accidentally. He feels he must avenge his father's death through the man, a close friend, who killed him (Timothy Hutton).
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Venice/Venice 1992 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Nelly Alard, Henry Jaglom, Melissa Leo, Suzanne Bertish, Daphna Kastner, David Duchovny, Vernon Dobtcheff, Zack Norman, Diane Salinger, John Landis
Dean (Henry Jaglom) is an American filmmaker who goes to the Venice Film Festival. While there, he falls in love with French journalist Jeanne (Nelly Alard), and their romance continues back home in Venice, California. This story presents an interesting contrast between love in the make-believe world of the movies and the more realistic love in true life.
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| 1. 21 Grams (2003)
2. The 24 Hour Woman (1999)
3. Alphabet Killer (2008)
4. Always (1985)
5. The Ballad of Little Jo (1994)
6. Carolina Skeletons (1991)
7. Fear of Fiction (2000)
8. From Other Worlds (2007)
9. Frozen River (2008)
10. Hide and Seek (2005)
11. Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
12. Righteous Kill (2008)
13. Scarlett (1994)
14. Stephanie Daley (2007)
15. Streetwalkin' (1984)
16. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
17. A Time of Destiny (1988)
18. Venice/Venice (1992)
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