Alia Shawkat
31 titles
Filmography
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Not Like Everyone Else
(2006)After an Oklahoma teacher from an overly zealous religious community falls ill, a Native American teenager is suspended for putting a hex on her.

Paint It Black
(2016)Set in the punk scene in 1990's Los Angeles, Amber Tamblyn's directorial debut dives headfirst into the hot-button subject of suicide and emerges with expressionistic power and savage grace. The film is based on a book by Janet Fitch (White Oleander).

Duck Butter
(2018)Dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating, strangers Naima (Alia Shawkat) and Sergio (Laia Costa) make a pact to spend 24 straight hours together in an attempt to fast forward their relationship.

The Lie
(2011)When Lonnie's wife, Clover, is presented with a career opportunity that could provide them with the stability she craves (but one that goes against their beliefs), Lonnie cannot muster the resolve to endure another day at work, so he tells a life-altering lie that he cannot take back.

Love Spreads
(2021)As a rock band comes together to record their sophomore album, they hit artistic blocks. Tensions arise further when an unexpected guest arrives.

Whip It
(2009)In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with small-town misery after discovering a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
The Letter Room
(2020)An empathetic corrections officer gets transferred to the prison's letter room, where he finds escape in the deeply personal letters written to an inmate on death row.
#1 Happy Family USA
From creator Ramy Youssef comes #1 Happy Family USA, an adult-animated series following the maniacally upbeat Husseins - the most patriotic, most peaceful, and most definitely-not-suspicious Muslim family in post-9/11 "Amreeka." With satire and absurdity, it redefines finding humor in hardship as they navigate the early 2000s under the watchful eyes of their terrified neighbors.

Drift
(2024)Jacqueline (Cynthia Erivo), a young refugee, lands alone and penniless on a Greek island where she tries first to survive and then to cope with her past. While gathering her strength, she begins a friendship with a rootless tour-guide (Alia Shawkat) and together they find the resilience to forge ahead.

Prom Wars: Love Is a Battlefield
(2008)The senior class at Miss Aversham and Miss Cronstall's School for Girls decide to host a competition between the all-male Selby House and Lancaster College with the winning school earning dates to the prom.

Scavengers Reign
In this surreal sci-fi animated series, the remaining crew of a damaged interstellar freighter ship find themselves stranded on a beautiful yet unforgiving alien planet – where they must survive long enough to escape or be rescued.

The Oranges
(2011)The long-standing friendship between the Walling’s and Ostroff’s collapses when 24-year-old Nina has an affair with the head of the Walling family.

Wild Canaries
(2014)Murder mystery meets clever relationship comedy in this entertaining...; Brooklyn-set twist on the detective movie. Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat co-stars.

The Moment
(2013)After a tumultuous affair between international photojournalist Lee (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and troubled writer John (Martin Henderson) ends in John's disappearance, Lee lands in a mental hospital to recuperate. She strikes up a friendship with a fellow patient bearing an uncanny resemblance to her missing lover. The pair works to uncover the truth behind the disappearance, but Lee's precarious sanity comes under threat when the clues lead to the last place she would ever expect.

That's What She Said
(2012)Jaded and bitter Dee Dee (Anne Heche), hopeless romantic Bebe (Marcia DeBonis), and human train wreck Clementine (Alia Shawkat) are about to experience the worst day of their lives. Follow this fearsome threesome as they embark on a hilarious misadventure around New York City, surviving disastrous haircuts, vomit-inducing cab rides and a freak encounter with a murderous vibrator. Directed by Carrie Preston, this quirky, down-and-dirty look at friendship gets honest, crude, and in your face as it answers one of life’s great questions: “Why does it always have to be so hard?”…. That’s What She Said.

Green Room
(2016)After witnessing a crime, a rock band is unexpectedly thrust into a life-or-death battle to escape from a diabolical club owner and his henchmen.

Pee-wee's Big Holiday
(2016)A chance encounter with a mysterious stranger (Joe Manganiello) points Pee-wee toward his destiny -- and his first-ever holiday!

Night Moves
(2014)Batman vs Superman's Jesse Eisenberg stars alongside Dakota Fanning (Ocean's 8 and The Twilight Saga) and Peter Sarsgaard (Garden State) as three radical environmentalists that plan to execute a thrilling protest that will ultimately change all of their lives.

The To Do List
(2013)A Type-A, overachiever comes up with a 'to-do list' featuring all the risqué extra-curricular activities she missed out on in high school and wants to complete before college.

May in the Summer
(2014)As May's wedding approaches, she finds herself confronting her family's turbulent past. From award-winning filmmaker Cherien Dabis who made AMREEKA (2009) which world-premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the prestigious fipresci award in the Director's Fortnight at Cannes.