Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo

September 14, 1960 · 66 years old

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 St…

Known For

57 titles
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The Big Short

The Big Short

2015 · 2h 10m · Movie

In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

7.7
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Prisoners

Prisoners

2013 · 2h 33m · Movie

A desperate father takes the law into his own hands after police fail to find two kidnapped girls.

8.2
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Oblivion

Oblivion

2013 · 2h 4m · Movie

A stranger's arrival triggers one man's battle to save mankind.

7.0
4
The Equalizer 2

The Equalizer 2

2018 · 2h 1m · Movie

Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?

6.5
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The Equalizer

The Equalizer

2014 · 2h 12m · Movie

A man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him cannot stand idly by when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters.

7.3
6
The Fighter

The Fighter

2010 · 1h 56m · Movie

Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.

7.8
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Flight

Flight

2012 · 2h 18m · Movie

Troubling questions arise after airline pilot Whip Whitaker makes a miracle landing after a mid-air catastrophe.

7.3
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Snowden

Snowden

2016 · 2h 14m · Movie

The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.

7.0
9
London Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

2016 · 1h 39m · Movie

Whilst in London, England for the British Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning is caught up in a terrorist plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders in one strike.

5.7
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Olympus Has Fallen

Olympus Has Fallen

2013 · 1h 59m · Movie

Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.

6.5
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21 Grams

21 Grams

2003 · 2h 4m · Movie

A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.

7.6
12
Passenger

Passenger

2026 · 1h 34m · Movie

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 the Passenger won't stop until it claims them both.

4.6
13
Righteous Kill

Righteous Kill

2008 · 1h 41m · Movie

Two veteran New York City detectives work on a case of serial executions of criminals who escaped justice.

6.0
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Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

2005 · 1h 41m · Movie

As a widower tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide, his daughter finds solace, at first, in her imaginary friend.

5.9
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Red State

Red State

2011 · 1h 28m · Movie

Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.

6.1
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Everybody's Fine

Everybody's Fine

2009 · 1h 39m · Movie

A widower who realized his only connection to his family was through his wife sets off on an impromptu road trip to reunite with each of his grown children.

7.1
17
Thunder Force

Thunder Force

2021 · 1h 46m · Movie

In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.

4.0
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Conviction

Conviction

2010 · 1h 47m · Movie

A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.

7.2
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2005 · 2h 1m · Movie

Ranch foreman Pete Perkins looks to fulfill the promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico.

7.3
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Mr. Woodcock

Mr. Woodcock

2007 · 1h 27m · Movie

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 man who made middle school hell for generations of students.

5.2
21
Charlie Countryman

Charlie Countryman

2013 · 1h 43m · Movie

While travelling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.

6.3
22
Frozen River

Frozen River

2008 · 1h 37m · Movie

A mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smuggling?

7.1
23
I Know This Much Is True

I Know This Much Is True

2020 · 6h 18m · TV Show

Following the parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in a story of betrayal, sacrifice, and forgiveness.

8.1
24
Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce

2011 · 1m · TV Show

Divorced single mom Mildred Pierce decides to open a restaurant business, which tears at the already-strained relationship with her ambitious elder daughter, Veda.

7.6
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All the Way

All the Way

2016 · 2h 12m · Movie

Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination, and spends his first year in office fighting to pass the Civil Rights Act.

7.1
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Welcome to the Rileys

Welcome to the Rileys

2010 · 1h 50m · Movie

On a business trip to New Orleans, a damaged man seeks salvation by caring for a wayward young woman.

6.9
27
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

2014 · 1h 23m · Movie

A perpetually angry man is informed he has 90 minutes to live and promptly sets out to reconcile with his family and friends in the short time he has left.

5.7
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Treme

Treme

2010 · 59m · TV Show

Life after Hurricane Katrina as the residents of New Orleans try to rebuild their lives, their homes, and their unique culture in the aftermath of one of the worst natural disasters in the USA.

8.3
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The Most Hated Woman in America

The Most Hated Woman in America

2017 · 1h 31m · Movie

The life of Madelyn Murray O'Hair, the outspoken activist and founder of American Atheists.

5.9
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Veronika Decides to Die

Veronika Decides to Die

2009 · 1h 43m · Movie

After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.

6.3
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Guns Up

Guns Up

2025 · 1h 32m · Movie

On the brink of leaving "The Family," a mob henchman's final job goes off the rails. With the clock ticking, the ex-cop has one night to get his unsuspecting family out of the city before he gets snuffed out.

5.1
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According to Greta

According to Greta

2009 · 1h 32m · Movie

The life of a rebellious, suicidal teenager takes an unexpected turn when she's sent to live with her grandparents for the summer.

6.1
33
The Alphabet Killer

The Alphabet Killer

2008 · 1h 38m · Movie

Based on the true story of the double initial killings in Rochester, NY.

5.2
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Why Stop Now?

Why Stop Now?

2012 · 1h 25m · Movie

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.

5.5
35
The Cake Eaters

The Cake Eaters

2007 · 1h 26m · Movie

Two families are brought together by the return of one family's son -- a reunion that conjures up old ghosts and issues that must be addressed.

6.3
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Novitiate

Novitiate

2017 · 2h 3m · Movie

Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.

6.7