Laurie Metcalf
15 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.

Dear God
(1996)A con man gets a job at the dead letter section of the post office - when he starts answering letters sent to God, miraculous events begin to occur in this spirited comedy.

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

Chicago Cab
(1998)Fourteen hours in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of his passengers

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.

Q-Force
A gay superspy and his scrappy LGBTQ squad fight to prove themselves to the agency that underestimated them. Today, West Hollywood… tomorrow, the world!

Steel City
(2006)Two brothers (Tom Guiry, Clayne Crawford) must cope with their incarcerated father (John Heard) in this gritty, blue-collar drama. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival

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.

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.

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.

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.