Melissa Leo

Seven Days in Utopia 2011

After a disastrous debut on the pro circuit, a young golfer finds himself unexpectedly stranded in Utopia, Texas and welcomed by an eccentric rancher.

Category: Drama, Sport

Stars: Lucas Black, Robert Duvall, Melissa Leo

6.0 IMDB Rating 563 Views
Snowden 2016

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.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo

7.3 IMDB Rating 1,570 Views
I’m Dying Up Here 2017–2018

The series is based on William Knoedelseder's book of the same name.

Category: Comedy, Drama

Stars: Melissa Leo, Ari Graynor, Michael Angarano

7,5 IMDB Rating 21,540 Views
Treme 2010–2013

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.

Category: Drama, Music

Stars: Khandi Alexander, Rob Brown, Kim Dickens, Melissa Leo

8.2 IMDB Rating 14,031 Views
The Fighter 2010

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.

Category: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo

7.8 IMDB Rating 7,148 Views
I Know This Much is True 2020–

Middle-aged Dominick Birdsey recounts his troubled relationship with Thomas, his paranoid schizophrenic twin brother, and his efforts to get him released from an asylum.

Category: Drama, TV Mini

Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Melissa Leo, John Procaccino, Rob Huebel

6.9 IMDB Rating 8,269 Views
All the Way 2016

November 22, 1963. President John F. Kennedy has just been assassinated and Vice President Lyndon Johnson is now President. One of his first acts as President is to reaffirm the US government's intention to pass the Civil Rights Act. This Act was drafted while JFK was in office and gives people of all races the same rights, including voting rights, access to education and access to public facilities. However, he faces strong opposition to the bill, especially from within his own party. He will have to use all his political will and cunning to get it through.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Bryan Cranston,Anthony Mackie,Melissa Leo,Frank Langella

7.4 IMDB Rating 5,912 Views
Why Stop Now? 2012

The story of Eli Smith (Jesse Eisenberg), a piano prodigy, dealing with his troubled mother, Penny (Melissa Leo), and enlisting help from a hapless drug dealer, Sprinkles (Tracy Morgan), on the day he has an audition for a prestigious music program. Events spiral comically out of control as this gang of misfits faces the mistakes of the past, the challenges of the future, and the possibilities of love.

Category: Comedy, Drama

Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Melissa Leo, Tracy Morgan, Emma Rayne Lyle

5.6 IMDB Rating 4,588 Views
Burn Country 2016

A former Afghan journalist seeking asylum discovers the dark underbelly of his new small-town home in Northern California.

Category: Drama, Thriller, War

Stars: Dominic Rains, Melissa Leo, James Franco

4.7 IMDB Rating 3,136 Views
The Death of Charlie Countryman 2013

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

Category: Comedy, Drama, Romantic

Stars: Shia LaBeouf,Evan Rachel Wood,Mads Mikkelsen,Til Schweiger,Rupert Grint,James Buckley,Ion Caramitru,Vincent D'Onofrio,Melissa Leo,John Hurt,Andrei Finti,Vanessa Kirby,Gabriel Spahiu,Bogdan Farkas,Florin Piersic Jr.

6.4 IMDB Rating 3,398 Views
Frozen River 2008

Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling presents a daily challenge to single moms who would otherwise be earning minimum wage. Two women - one white, one Mohawk, both single mothers faced with desperate circumstances - are drawn into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. Ray and Lila - and a New York State Trooper as opponent in an evolving cat-and-mouse game.

Category: Crime, Drama

Stars: Melissa Leo,Misty Upham,Charlie McDermott,Michael O'Keefe,Mark Boone Junior,James Reilly,Jay Klaitz,John Canoe,Dylan Carusona,Michael Skye,Gargi Shinde,Rajesh Bose,Azin Jahanbakhsh,Jack Phillips,James Phillips

7.2 IMDB Rating 3,036 Views