Melissa Leo
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Filmography
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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
(2013)A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with psychological illness.

Ida Red
(2021)Incarcerated crime boss Ida "Red" lives on borrowed time. Ida turns to her son, Wyatt, and brother, Dallas, to pull off one huge heist to buy her freedom. One problem: Wyatt's brother-in-law, a cop, is working with an FBI agent to investigate the family.

Silent Witness
(1985)The harrowing true story of a new bride, who catches her brother-in-law in the act of rape, portrays the hard and dangerous choice she must make.

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
(1995)Cuando un policÃa estatal es asesinado a tiros en una carretera de Nueva Jersey, su amigo y colega se propone encontrar a los asesinos.

Don McKay
(2009)A school janitor, who once fled from a horrific tragedy, returns to his hometown hoping to rekindle an old romance, and is drawn into a hostile world.

Unlovable
(2018)After a suicide attempt, sex and love addict Joy attends a 12-step meeting and gains a sponsor. Whilst initially struggling to remain clean for 30 days, she meets a socially inept musician named Jim, and together they discover the beauty of platonic friendship, music, and self-expression. Paul James, Ellen Geer, and Melissa Leo also star.

Long Gone Heroes
(2024)Gunner is a special forces soldier who returns to the field of battle to save his kidnapped niece in South America. He and his team soon discover that her disappearance is part of a corrupt private operation that hits way too close to home.

Jane
(2022)Olivia is a teen struggling with a recent loss of a friend. After getting deferred from her dream school, she spirals out of control and launches a social media-fueled rampage against those who stand in the way.

Code of Ethics
(1999)The administrator of a medical company matches wits with a serial killer targeting people who commit insurance fraud with the state's Medicaid system.

Confess
(2005)When a disillusioned ex-hacker returns to New York and is humiliated on his job hunt, he and his lover take cyber-revenge upon the establishment.

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.

Conviction
(2010)A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother.

Dear Lemon Lima
(2009)An infatuated Alaskan teen uses her newly discovered Inuit heritage to enroll in a private school in a plot to win back the boyfriend who dumped her.

True Adolescents
(2009)At 34, struggling Seattle musician Sam (Mark Duplass, Humpday, The League) finds himself broke, jobless and losing touch with the person he wants to become. When his girlfriend kicks him out, heÃs forced to crash with his Aunt Sharon (Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, The Fighter) and is reluctantly enlisted to take her teen son, Oliver, and his friend Jake camping. Edgy, funny and honest, Craig Johnson's film follows the trio into the rugged Pacific Northwest as unforeseen revelations and transformations force them to face adulthood. Set to a mesmerizing soundtrack featuring both emerging and established artists including Band of Horses, The Black Keys and Devendra Banhart, TRUE ADOLESCENTS reminds us that sometimes people need to get lost to truly find themselves.

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
(2014)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 amends with everyone he has ever hurt.

The Parting Glass
(2018)After the death of their younger sister, siblings recall their memories of her when they gather to collect her belongings.

The 24 Hour Woman
(1999)Grace (Rosie Perez) tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds it hard to juggle both.

The Clean Up Crew
(2024)When a crime scene clean up crew (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Melissa Leo) discovers a briefcase full of money, they must out smart a criminal kingpin (Antonio Banderas) and corrupt FBI agents who want it back.

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
(2005)A local Texas ranch foreman kidnaps a border patrolman responsible for the accidental shooting of his friend. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, they embark on a dangerous journey through the mountains and back roads of Mexico.

Everybody's Fine
(2009)After his four adult children cancel their visits, a retired widower embarks on a journey across the US to reconnect with them one at a time.