Movies: Melissa Leo

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....

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 out, he's forced to crash with his aunt Sharon and is reluctantly enlisted to take her teenage son ...

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 or without the help of her department...

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....

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 that seeks to subvert their friendship....

Desperate to escape the trappings of her small coastal farming town, 16-year-old Abby falls for the lead singer of a touring rock band and must decide whether or not to leave her family and friends behind. With live music performances and an exciting...

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 he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exh...

Montine McLeod, a world-weary flight attendant, and Omar Hassan, a prematurely wise 10-year-old Pakastani-American boy connect with one another amidst the chaos of September 11, 2001. When Montine discovers the boy's direct personal link to the terro...

A U.S. soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas....

A lonely girl with a vivid imagination struggles to plant seeds of love after her narcissistic sweetheart breaks her heart....

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, clamor for an opportunity to help find the shooter....

World War II provides the setting for a melodramatic tale of love and revenge....

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 "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art. Fe...

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. Before she completes the sale, she wants to have one last gathering of family and friends, with dramat...

A middle-aged couple, on the verge of proceeding with a divorce, find themselves questioning their decision to separate when fellow friends and neighbors, oblivious to their marital troubles, assemble at their house for a 4th of July Weekend party....

Theater actress Lillian Cooper's son dies mysteriously. When the investigating officer rules the cause of death an accidental overdose, Lillian conducts her own investigation which leads her to an unlikely alliance with her son's former drug dealer. ...

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 Medicaid system....

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 today, when Claire decides to pay a visit to Lila and to ask for something that will definitely put at r...

Family inherits an old house and to their surprise, finds the home filled with wonderful colorful creatures that brings the family together....

Rare short film starring Oscar winner Melissa Leo in her first screen role, written and directed by Sundance award winner A. Dean Bell....