Melissa Leo
Melissa Leo (born September 14, 1960) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in 1985, for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Ingenue/Woman in the Drama Series “All My Children”. Her most notable role as was as Det. Sgt. Kay Howard on “Homicide: Life on the Street” for the show's first five seasons from 1993–1997.
Following several films, Leo received critical acclaim and national attention in earning several nominations and awards, including an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Leo earned several awards for her role as Alice Ward in the critically acclaimed film, “The Fighter” (2010). For this role Leo won the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Leo currently appears on the television series Treme.
Leo currently resides in Stone Ridge, New York and two sons John Matthew Heard (born 1987), and Adam (adopted - born 1984).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.8964 |
| Birthday | 1960-09-14 |
| Place of Birth | Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Margaret May, Melissa Chessington Leo, |
2003
21 Grams
7.32/3481
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of t...
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2008
Frozen River
6.64/368
A financially strapped mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.
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Frozen River
2005
Hide and Seek
6.351/1779
David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his...
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2022
Bonnie
5.3/3
A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.
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2000
Homicide: The Movie
6.883/30
Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present, c...
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2010
Welcome to the Rileys
6.569/439
Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orl...
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2005
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
7.023/671
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise...
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2022
Measure of Revenge
4.63/27
Theater actress Lillian Cooper's son dies mysteriously. When the investigating officer rules the cause of death an accidental overdose, Lillian conduc...
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Measure of Revenge
2008
Lullaby
10/1
An American mother receives word that her drug addled son has been kidnapped by a drug lord operating in South Africa.
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Lullaby
2006
The House Is Burning
6.5/9
One day. One night. A group of teenagers struggles to find their way in a world that offers them few choices.
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The House Is Burning
2009
Veronika Decides to Die
5.847/285
After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializ...
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2009
According to Greta
5.991/214
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According to Greta
2009
Everybody's Fine
6.835/1125
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Everybody's Fine
2007
Black Irish
6.516/32
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2008
Righteous Kill
5.869/1397
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2022
Coast
4.571/7
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2009
Don McKay
4.9/57
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2005
Runaway
6.5/32
Michael Adler has run away from his suburban home with his little brother Dylan. Hiding out in a quiet, rural town, Michael's convinced he can make a...
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Runaway
2013
Charlie Countryman
6.378/666
A young American falls hard for a Romanian cellist whose father has recently died -- and whose violent past could bring about his own demise.
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Charlie Countryman
2005
American Gun
5.659/44
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American Gun
2010
Conviction
7.064/667
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2010
The Dry Land
4.5/8
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2010
The Fighter
7.379/4832
Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turn...
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1986
Deadtime Stories
4.9/76
A babysitting uncle tells his charges three horror stories: about a killer witch; Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf; and Goldi Lox and the three b...
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Deadtime Stories
2005
Confess
4.3/15
A young ex-hacker, disgruntled with his life, lashes back at those deemed responsible, uploading unfavorable video footage of them on the internet.
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Confess
2010
Queen of the Lot
2.65/6
An electronic ankle bracelet and being under house arrest aren't about to stop up-and-coming actress Maggie Chase (Tanna Frederick) from the two thing...
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Queen of the Lot
2011
Red State
6.037/1070
Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter Christian fundamentalists with a much more si...
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2009
Dear Lemon Lima
5.567/30
After being dumped by Philip, her one true love, the infatuated Nessa enrolls at his private school in the hopes of winning him back.
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2007
Racing Daylight
3.3/3
RACING DAYLIGHT is a spooky murder mystery as well as a supernatural love story that transcends time. The film captures the journey of Sadie Stokes (M...
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2011
The Space Between
6.6/17
Montine McLeod, a world-weary flight attendant, and Omar Hassan, a prematurely wise 10-year-old Pakastani-American boy connect with one another amidst...
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The Space Between
2011
Seven Days in Utopia
5.659/63
Talent can only get you so far. For golfer Luke Chisholm, that turns out to be Utopia, Texas -- where he's left stranded after blowing his pro debut.
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Seven Days in Utopia
1993
The Ballad of Little Jo
6.141/32
After being thrown out of her home, a young woman decides to disguise herself as a man to survive the ruthless Wild West.
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The Ballad of Little Jo
2013
Oblivion
6.692/11810
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war wit...
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1985
Streetwalkin'
4.917/24
Cookie is a teen runaway who escapes her abusive stepfather and heads for the Big Apple with her younger brother. When she arrives at the Port Authori...
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2011
The Sea Is All I Know
0/0
When an estranged couple come to the aid of their dying daughter, the experience sends them spiraling into spiritual crisis and brutal heartbreak.
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2012
Francine
4.833/9
Francine is released from prison and settles down in a small town. She is unable to regain a foothold in society and turns to animals for comfort.
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Francine
2004
From Other Worlds
3.929/14
FROM OTHER WORLDS is a sci-fi comedy about a depressed Brooklyn housewife who sleepwalks through her life until she encounters an alien force in her b...
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2000
Fear of Fiction
8/1
This road movie explores the nature of the bond between twins by focusing on a love affair between a man and a woman, each of whom has a twin brother.
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Fear of Fiction
1999
The 24 Hour Woman
5.75/4
Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.
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1985
Always … But Not Forever
4.4/5
A middle-aged couple, on the verge of proceeding with a divorce, find themselves questioning their decision to separate when fellow friends and neighb...
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2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
5.631/558
After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man struggles to come to terms with his fate and make am...
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2013
Prisoners
8.105/13481
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Prisoners
1991
Carolina Skeletons
7.167/9
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2025
King Ivory
7/62
Based on extensive research involving law enforcement and gang members, a never-before-seen, authentic look inside the underworld of fentanyl traffick...
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2013
Olympus Has Fallen
6.417/7201
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former President...
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2008
Santa Mesa
5/2
Following his mother's death, Hector arrives in Manila to live with his grandmother. Unable to speak Tagalog, Hector falls in with a street gang befor...
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Santa Mesa
2012
Why Stop Now?
5.387/111
When a college piano prodigy tries to check his mother into rehab, he is taken hostage by her drug dealer and swept along on a wild adventure.
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Why Stop Now?
2006
The Limbo Room
0/0
When an on stage rape scene sparks an offstage affair, the line between reality and fiction becomes blurred.
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2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
7/45
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
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1984
I'm Only There...
0/0
Rare short film starring Oscar winner Melissa Leo in her first screen role, written and directed by Sundance award winner A. Dean Bell.
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I'm Only There...
1995
Last Summer in the Hamptons
5.8/5
Helena Mora, the head of an eccentric theatrical family, has decided to sell her large estate in the Hamptons because of her recent money troubles. Be...
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Last Summer in the Hamptons
2013
Bottled Up
5.7/10
A solitary woman (Melissa Leo) earning her living by delivering mail and body piercing, makes every attempt to help her volatile adult daughter (Marin...
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Bottled Up
2017
The View from Up Here
6/4
Claire and Lila are neighbours. They both live in the same building, they see each other every day but they hardly know each other's names. Until toda...
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The View from Up Here
2023
The Equalizer 3
7.294/3893
Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly,...
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The Equalizer 3
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
6.6/8
Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000 condolence letters written to Jackie Kennedy after JFK's...
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Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
1988
A Time of Destiny
5.4/7
World War II provides the setting for a melodramatic tale of love and revenge.
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A Time of Destiny
2014
Dwegons and Leprechauns
1.4/4
Family inherits an old house and to their surprise, finds the home filled with wonderful colorful creatures that brings the family together.
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Dwegons and Leprechauns
2007
One Night
6.429/7
Fifteen New Yorkers go into a Friday night unaware of the fact that their lives are about to change.
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One Night
2009
Stephanie's Image
8/1
A documentary filmmaker investigates the murder of a former model and finds that everything she's been told about her death is false.
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Stephanie's Image
2012
Flight
6.864/6589
Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs...
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Flight
2007
Stephanie Daley
5.786/35
Stephanie collapses in a pool of blood while on a school skiing trip. A doctor discovers that the blood is the after-effects of giving birth. Soon aft...
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Stephanie Daley
2014
The Equalizer
7.292/10183
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl u...
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The Equalizer
2024
The Clean Up Crew
5.5/54
When a crime scene clean up crew discovers a briefcase full of money, they must out smart a criminal kingpin and corrupt FBI agents who want it back.
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The Clean Up Crew
2016
London Has Fallen
6.227/5206
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
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London Has Fallen
1995
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
4.75/8
When a state trooper is gunned down on a New Jersey highway, his friend and colleague sets out to track down the killers. Realizing the murder is conn...
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In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
2007
Midnight Son
1/2
Mild-mannered professor Edward leaves his wife, Rita, one night to meet a stranger from an Internet chat room. It is only during his journey that we b...
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Midnight Son
2015
The Ever After
5.7/20
Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in Los Angeles, but something is lost. Ava has placed her...
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The Ever After
2015
She's The Best Thing in It
1/1
Mary Louise Wilson is the most accomplished character actor you've never heard of. While teaching skeptical young students, she examines whether her l...
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She's The Best Thing in It
1989
Nasty Boys
7.3/3
When a narcotics team sent to bust some drug dealers are massacred. The police department form a special unit of undercover cops whose identities are...
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Nasty Boys
2016
Burn Country
5/32
A former war journalist now writing for a paper in Northern California is drawn into conflict at home.
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Burn Country
2007
Hollywood Dreams
3.111/9
The tale of a young girl fresh off the bus from Iowa, who falls in love with a sexy and promising young actor, though their relationship threatens to...
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Hollywood Dreams
2016
Snowden
7.116/4770
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
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Snowden
2015
The Big Short
7.372/10069
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
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The Big Short
1999
Code of Ethics
7/1
The administrator of a medical company is forced to match wits with a serial killer, who targets people who commit insurance fraud with the State's Me...
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Code of Ethics
2016
All the Way
6.67/326
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his...
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All the Way
2015
Damnation: The Flashback
1/1
In the swinging Appalachian town of Damnation, when the local mortician dies in the arms of 'the other woman', his widow enacts a simple but satisfyin...
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Damnation: The Flashback
2007
The Cake Eaters
5.545/144
The death of the Kimbrough family matriarch affects the three male survivors of the clan. Widower Easy tries to reconnect with his old flame, Marg. El...
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The Cake Eaters
2025
The Knife
7.2/8
All Chris wants is to build a promising future for his wife, Alex, and their two daughters—a young family chasing the American Dream. But one fateful...
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The Knife
2024
Long Gone Heroes
5.43/64
Gunner, a special forces soldier who has witnessed the darkest side of country and combat, is forced back into the field of battle to save his niece,...
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Long Gone Heroes
1992
By a Thread
10/1
Television journalist Quentin Springer has two obsessions: first, he wants to help his schizophrenic nephew by making video recordings of his life; an...
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By a Thread
2017
The Most Hated Woman in America
6.155/233
The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.
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The Most Hated Woman in America
2017
Novitiate
6.5/192
In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing churc...
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Novitiate
2007
I Believe in America
10/1
Three generations of one family, all involved at different levels with the Puerto Rican underground movement for independence, struggle with their nee...
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I Believe in America
1990
The Bride in Black
8/2
A Brooklyn widow (Susan Lucci) traces the past of her boxer/sculptor husband (David Soul), gunned down on their wedding day.
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The Bride in Black
2009
True Adolescents
5.667/21
At 34, struggling Seattle musician Sam finds himself broke, jobless and losing touch with the person he wants to become. When his girlfriend kicks him...
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True Adolescents
1992
Immaculate Conception
5.385/13
Alistair, a British representative for a wildlife conservation agency based in Karachi and his Jewish-American wife Hannah have been unsuccessful at c...
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Immaculate Conception
1992
Venice/Venice
7/3
Dean is a maverick American film director surprised that his most recent film has been chosen as the Official U.S. Entry at the Venice Film Festival....
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Venice/Venice
2018
The Ashram
5.5/27
After receiving a cryptic message, American skeptic Jamie travels to the Indian Himalayas to pick up on the trail of his disappeared girlfriend. There...
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The Ashram
2018
The Equalizer 2
6.795/6145
Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his...
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The Equalizer 2
2007
Dear Lemon Lima
0/0
A lonely girl with a vivid imagination struggles to plant seeds of love after her narcissistic sweetheart breaks her heart.
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Dear Lemon Lima
2018
Unlovable
5.597/31
A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.
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Unlovable
2018
Furlough
5.686/59
In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she's tasked with...
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Furlough
2015
After the Spill
7/4
Ten years ago Hurricane Katrina devastated the coast of Louisiana. Five years later the Deepwater Horizon exploded and spilled more than 200 million g...
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After the Spill
2018
The Parting Glass
5.412/18
A family dealing with their sister's death travel across country to collect her belongings and piece together their memories of the woman they lost.
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The Parting Glass
2018
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
0/0
A story of the world's first female tiger trainer who claimed her love for her tigers was so great she wanted to die in the ring. Raised in poverty i...
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Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
1985
Silent Witness
4.7/10
The marriage of a young working-class woman is jeopardized when she witnesses her brother-in-law's participation in a gang rape of an intoxicated woma...
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Silent Witness
2007
Mr. Woodcock
5.081/497
Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a m...
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Mr. Woodcock
2021
Body Brokers
6.15/127
Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood and offered treatment...
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Body Brokers
2008
The Alphabet Killer
5.1/209
Based on the true story of double killings occurring in Rochester, NY during the 80’s and the troubled police officer determined to solve them, with o...
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The Alphabet Killer
2015
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
0/0
In this magic shop, no matter who you are, you get what you need.
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The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
2007
Bomb
0/0
What starts as an innocent flirtation between teenagers on the edge of an old bombing range turns askew when a trip home reveals a chaotic adult world...
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Bomb
2021
Thunder Force
5.5/1370
In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to p...
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Thunder Force
2021
Ida Red
5.719/96
Ida Red may not survive her 20-year prison sentence for armed robbery. She turns to her son, Wyatt, for one last job and a chance to regain her freedo...
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Ida Red
2022
Alone Together
5.098/61
Strangers June and Charlie wind up double-booked in the same upstate New York Airbnb during the start of COVID-19. Exasperating the situation, the loc...
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Alone Together
1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
6.833/6
Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "wor...
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2022
Jane
5.333/42
When Olivia gets deferred from her dream college, she begins to spiral. In an attempt to regain control, she embarks on a social media-fueled rampage...
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Jane
2024
AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
0/0
Can poetry bring the dead back to life? Follow contemporary poets as they perform and examine the role of art in responding to the Holocaust and genoc...
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AFTER: Poetry Destroys Silence
2026
Passenger
7.305/850
After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called t...
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Passenger
2025
Guns Up
6.484/247
When a job goes horribly wrong, an ex-cop and family man who moonlights as a mob henchman has one night to get his family out of the city.
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Guns Up
Ron Forever
0/0
One arrest away from foster care, a ten-year-old with mental superpowers must choose to repeat her mom's path of self-destruction or channel her traum...
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The Rooster Prince
0/0
The Rooster Prince, is a Jewish mashal or parable told by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, founder of the Breslov form of Hasidic Judaism. It was first told...
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The Mannequin
0/0
Charley and Sadie are thrown into a fast-escalating nightmare involving a manhunt for a serial killer.
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1995
Garden
0/0
Begins with the awkward return home of a young father who takes his wife and kids to an isolated woodland glade for a picnic--and builds quietly to cl...
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Supermax
0/0
Two FBI agents investigate a murder that’s taken place in the world’s most secure prison.
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1998
Under the bridge
0/0
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