Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo


Filmography

2013
Oblivion

Oblivion

Action Science Fiction Adventure Mystery Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi
7.0

20132h 4min

United States

Director: Joseph Kosinski

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 with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.


Olympus Has Fallen

Olympus Has Fallen

Action Thriller Military Action Political Thriller
6.5

20132h

United States

Director: Antoine Fuqua

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.


Charlie Countryman

Charlie Countryman

Action Comedy Drama Romance Thriller
6.3

20131h 48min

United States

Director: Fredrik Bond

A young American falls hard for a Romanian cellist whose father has recently died -- and whose violent past could bring about his own demise.

2010
The Fighter

The Fighter

Drama Sports Biography
7.8

20101h 56min

United States

Director: David O. Russell

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-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.


Welcome to the Rileys

Welcome to the Rileys

Drama Family Drama
6.9

20101h 50min

United States

Director: Jake Scott

Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn’t understand, he insinuates himself into the life of an underage hooker, becoming her platonic guardian.


Conviction

Conviction

Drama Legal Drama
7.2

20101h 47min

United States

Director: Tony Goldwyn

When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 year quest to free Kenny. With the help of best friend Abra Rice, Betty Anne pores through suspicious evidence mounted by small town cop Nancy Taylor, meticulously retracing the steps that led to Kenny's arrest. Belief in her brother - and her quest for the truth - pushes Betty Anne and her team to uncover the facts and utilize DNA evidence with the hope of exonerating Kenny.

2009
Everybody's Fine

Everybody's Fine

Drama Family Drama
7.1

20091h 39min

United States

Director: Kirk Jones

Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children's lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they've made them out to be.

2008
Frozen River

Frozen River

Drama Crime Relationship Drama Organized Crime
7.1

20081h 37min

United States

Director: Courtney Hunt

After her husband deserts her, working-class mother Ray Eddy is in great need of money to find a home. Lured by the possibility of easy cash, she joins Lila, a widowed Mohawk who earns a living by smuggling immigrants from Canada to the U.S. across the St. Lawrence.

2005
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Adventure Crime Drama Mystery Western
7.3

20052h 1min

United States, France

Director: Tommy Lee Jones

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 exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.

2003
21 Grams

21 Grams

Drama Crime Thriller Relationship Drama Mind Game Thriller
7.6

20032h 4min

United States

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.