Melissa Leo
Actor
- Always (Always...But Not Forever) (1985)
- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Henry Jaglom, Patrice Townsend, Joanna Frank…
- One–man–movie–machine Henry Jaglom transforms his own divorce into one of his typically witty naturalistic comedies. The couple…
- Immaculate Conception (1993)
- Dir. Jamil Dehlavi
Feat. James Wilby, Melissa Leo
- Well–bred Anglo–Indian drama with James Wilby and Melissa Leo as a childless couple in India who choose the wrong time and place to…
- Scarlett (TV Mini-Series) (1994)
- Dir. John Erman
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Joanne Whalley, Stephen Collins…
- The epic miniseries sequel to GONE WITH THE WIND has Scarlett, Rhett go from tragedy to triumph in an action packed saga of international scope…
- Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005)
- Dir. Tommy Lee Jones
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam…
- Stunning tale of redemption straddles the Texas–Mexico borderline, beginning with the offhand killing of a Mexican ranch–hand (Cedillo)…
- Stephanie Daley (2006)
- Dir. Hilary Brougher
Feat. Amber Tamblyn, Tilda Swinton, Halley Feiffer…
- A closely–observed, cogent indie drama about a teenager’s concealed pregnancy and the suspicious death of her baby.
The truth surrounding…
- Black Irish (2007)
- Dir. Brad Gann
Feat. Michael Angarano, Brendan Gleeson, Melissa Leo…
- Probing melodrama concerning deadly sibling rivalry between two Irish American brothers – one an aspiring baseball player and the other a…
- Cake Eaters, The (2007)
- Dir. Mary Stuart Masterson
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Aaron Stanford, Bruce Dern…
- Heartfelt drama follows the fortunes of two families intertwining in rural America, both affected by the terminal illness of a teenager (Kristen…
- Frozen River (2008)
- Dir. Courtney Hunt
Feat. Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott
- A fraught, unexpected thriller within indie drama specs, this engrossing premise concerns two single mothers who find themselves smuggling immigrants…
- Veronika Decides to Die (2008)
- Dir. Emily Young
Feat. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jonathan Tucker, Erika Christensen…
- A failed suicide attempt gives a woman a new lease on life when she wakes to realize that she only has days to live in this adaptation of Paulo…
- Greta (According to Greta) (2009)
- Dir. Nancy Bardawil
Feat. Hilary Duff, Ellen Burstyn, Melissa Leo…
- Hilary Duff, in a serious turn, delivers a commendable performance as a suicidal teen sent to her grandparents house for the summer. Ellen Burstyn…
- Everybody's Fine (2009)
- Dir. Kirk Jones
Feat. Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale…
- Sincere remake of the Italian drama with De Niro stepping into Marcello Mastroianni's shoes as the widower travelling across country to visit his…
- Moment of Truth, The (Don McKay) (2009)
- Dir. Jake Goldberger
Feat. Thomas Haden Church, Elisabeth Shue, Melissa Leo…
- Quirky thriller with a downtrodden janitor lured back to his hometown by a letter from an old flame but upon his return he soon finds things are not…
- Dear Lemon Lima (2009)
- Dir. Suzi Yoonessi
Feat. Savanah Wiltfong, Shayne Topp, Eleanor Hutchins…
- Sweetly spun tale of a teen outcast who after experiencing rejection from her high–school crush sets out to find like–minded individuals.
- Fighter, The (2010)
- Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams…
- Mark Wahlberg comes out swinging in this tough–talking boxing chronicle of Irish–American slugger Micky Ward, who transforms his ailing…
- Treme - Season 1 (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Khandi Alexander, Clarke Peters, Steve Zahn…
- Creator of THE WIRE, David Simon, tackles the post–Katrina reconstruction of New Orleans, focusing on a community of musicians, chefs, and…
- Welcome to the Rileys (2010)
- Dir. Jake Scott
Feat. James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart, Melissa Leo…
- A bereaved father (Gandolfini) takes comfort in the company of a wayward young prostitute (Stewart) in this mournful American indie. The premise…
- Conviction (2010)
- Dir. Tony Goldwyn
Feat. Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo…
- Worthy based–on–a–true–story drama of a solo mother who puts herself through law school in order to represent her wrongfully…
- Space Between, The (2010)
- Dir. Travis Fine
Feat. Melissa Leo, Anthony Keyvan , Brad William Henke…
- Soul–searching indie drama finds a jaded flight attendant (Leo) saddled with the care of a 10–year–old Pakistani boy in the direct…
- Mildred Pierce (TV Mini-Series) (2011)
- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood…
- Kate Winslet gives a towering performance as the titular housewife of James M. Cain's classic noir novel of Depression Era desperation and…
- Treme - Season 2 (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Khandi Alexander, Clarke Peters, Steve Zahn…
- Further episodes from David Simon's superb dramatic study of post–Katrina New Orleans, focusing on a community of musicians, chefs, and…
- Red State (2011)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Michael Parks, Melissa Leo, John Goodman…
- Kevin Smith tries his hand at horror as three sex–obsessed teenagers are lured into a trap laid by religious fundamentalists.
Subversive…
- Treme - Season 3 (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Khandi Alexander, Clarke Peters, Steve Zahn…
- Further episodes from David Simon's superb dramatic study of post–Katrina New Orleans, focusing on a community of musicians, chefs, and…
- Flight (2012)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly…
- Denzel Washington plays a lauded pilot whose heroic landing of a crippled airliner is called into question when a history of alcoholism and substance…
- Why Stop Now? (2012)
- Dir. Phil Dorling, Ron Nyswaner
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Melissa Leo, Tracy Morgan
- Jesse Eisenberg plays a piano prodigy determined to get his drug addicted mother (Melissa Leo) into rehab – with the help of a bumbling dealer…
- Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
- Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Dylan McDermott…
- It's Gerard Butler to the rescue when Korean terrorists infiltrate the White House and capture POTUS in this tough talking, fast thinking action…
- Oblivion (2013)
- Dir. Joseph Kosinski
Feat. Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko…
- Tom Cruise's isolated existence as a drone repairman patrolling a decimated earth is disturbed by the arrival of a mysterious woman via a crash…
- Butler, The (2013)
- Dir. Lee Daniels
Feat. Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey…
- A stagy but sincere history of post–war Black America from the point of view of a White House servant (played by Forest Whitaker). It works as…
- Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, The (2013)
- Dir. Fredrik Bond
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen…
- This chaotic, wildly expressive love story follows an American adrift in Bucharest and his affair with a beautiful cellist with ties to the…
- Treme - Season 4 (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Khandi Alexander, Clarke Peters, Steve Zahn…
- Final episodes from David Simon's superb dramatic study of post–Katrina New Orleans, focusing on a community of musicians, chefs, and residents…
- Prisoners (2013)
- Dir. Denis Villeneuve
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis…
- The dir. of INCENDIES crafts another tense, eye–opening thriller in this tale of a family man who turns vigilante after his daughter is…