Laurie Metcalf
12 titles
Filmography
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Lady Bird
(2017)Greta Gerwig directs this dramedy, winner of two Golden Globes® and nominated for five Oscars®, that follows the story of Christine "Lady Bird" MacPherson (Saoirse Ronan) and her tumultuous relationship with her mother, Marion (Laurie Metcalf). Strong-willed and big-hearted, young Lady Bird dreams of studying arts and having a sophisticated lifestyle in a big city, but both her temper and aspirations clash with her mother, an equally stubborn woman who struggles to make ends meet. Despite their differences, they have much more in common than they realize, and flying away from home may require more than just being unique.

Somewhere in Queens
(2023)When their son becomes a basketball star, a father's ambition threatens to tear their overbearing but tight-knit Italian-American family apart.

Internal Affairs
(1990)A corrupt cop manipulates colleagues for personal gain.

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
(2025)Janis Ian rose to fame as a teen in the 1960s with Society's Child (1966), a groundbreaking song about interracial love. She reemerged with At Seventeen (1975), an iconic anthem on self-worth. For six decades, she overcame sexism, homophobia, and illness, leaving a lasting musical legacy. Featuring Joan Baez, Jean Smart, Arlo Guthrie, Lily Tomlin, and others.

Mistress
(1992)An unlucky writer/producer team attempts to meet the demands of their parade of film financiers in order to get their movie produced.

Making Mr. Right
(1987)A PR executive falls for a humanoid robot during a prolonged space mission after she is tasked with teaching him the emotions that will sustain him.

Pacific Heights
(1990)A couple breaking the bank to renovate their dream Victorian become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately, one of their tenants has plans of his own.

Candy Mountain
(1988)Strumming along to the syncopated rhythms of ‘80s America, Robert Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer’s cult film reckons with scraggy countercultural myths of the road. Gathering an alternative hit parade of faces—Jim Jarmusch! Bulle Ogier!—this rough diamond of independent cinema gleams in a new restoration.

Desperately Seeking Susan
(1985)A bored New Jersey housewife's fascination with a kooky character she's read about in the personals leads to her becoming the woman’s doppelganger.
Balloon Farm
(1999)
JFK
(1991)A district attorney risks his family and his career to find the truth of the JFK assassination.

Scream 2
(1997)Away at college, Sidney thought she’d finally put the murders that shattered her life behind her, until a copycat killer begins acting out a real-life sequel. Now, she and the other survivors are trapped with new rules to follow and no one is safe.