Movies by Maria Bello
As part of the cast:
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Abduction (2011)
Cast: Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina …
Directed by: John Singleton
When teenager Nathan comes across his own childhood picture while scrolling through a missing persons website, he begins to question everything he ever took for granted -- including the…
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Carjacked (2011)
Cast: Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff, Joanna Cassidy …
Directed by: John Bonito
A single mother and her son are forced to take a dangerous detour when a bank robber carjacks their vehicle and keeps them as unwilling hostages. But the deadly trip soon pushes each party to…
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The Company Men (2010)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones …
Directed by: John Wells
Written, directed and produced by John Wells ("The West Wing"), this indie drama stars Ben Affleck as a successful businessman who comes face-to-face with America's downsizing epidemic…
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Grown Ups (2010)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock …
Directed by: Dennis Dugan
Comedy superstars Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, David Spade and Kevin James team up for a story of five childhood pals who reunite after 30 years to mourn the loss of their old…
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Beautiful Boy (2010)
Cast: Michael Sheen, Maria Bello, Kyle Gallner …
Directed by: Shawn Ku
Bill and Kate are on the verge of separating when the unthinkable happens: Their 18-year-old son goes on a shooting spree at his college, then kills himself. While coping with their grief,…
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
Cast: Robin Wright, Alan Arkin, Maria Bello …
Directed by: Rebecca Miller
When her husband, who's 30 years her senior, relocates the family to a retirement community, flawless wife and mother Pippa Lee slides toward a nervous breakdown as she reflects on her…
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Downloading Nancy (2008)
Cast: Maria Bello, Jason Patric, Rufus Sewell …
Directed by: Johan Renck
Sick of her life, housewife Nancy (Maria Bello) just wants it to be over and done with, but rather than kill herself, she hires a stranger from the Internet to do the job for her. But fate…
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The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)
Cast: William Hurt, Maria Bello, Kristen Stewart …
Directed by: Udayan Prasad
Recently released from jail, convict Brett Hanson (William Hurt) grows close to a young couple, Martine (Kristen Stewart) and Gordy (Eddie Redmayne), while journeying back home to his wife,…
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Glick Doesn't Do Red Carpet: Jiminy Glick at the Independent Spirit Awards (2008)
Cast: Martin Short, Rainn Wilson, Dennis Hopper …
Directed by: Chris Bradley
Martin Short reprises his role as Jiminy Glick -- the overweight celebrity interviewer who asks only irreverent and irrelevant questions -- at the Netflix Home Suite Home stop on the red…
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
Cast: Jet Li, Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello …
Directed by: Rob Cohen
The third installment in the Mummy franchise takes archaeologist Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) to China, pitting him against an emperor (Jet Li) from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty…
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The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
Cast: Amy Brenneman, Maria Bello, Emily Blunt …
Directed by: Robin Swicord
Six book club members find their lives resemble a modern-day version of Jane Austen's novels in this drama. For starters, Sylvia's (Amy Brenneman) husband of 20-plus years has…
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Shattered (2007)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, Gerard Butler …
Directed by: Mike Barker
A Chicago couple's perfect life is instantly turned upside down when a kidnapper with an elaborate scheme abducts their little girl. With the clock ticking down on their daughter's…
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Towelhead (2007)
Cast: Summer Bishil, Aaron Eckhart, Peter Macdissi …
Directed by: Alan Ball
Based on Alicia Erian's novel, this coming-of-age tale follows the topsy-turvy life of Jasira (Summer Bishil), a 13-year-old Arab American girl wrestling with the challenges of…
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
Cast: Darren Aronofsky, Maria Bello, Mary Harron …
Directed by: Kirby Dick
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's…
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World Trade Center (2006)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Michael Peña …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone helms this gripping docudrama set amid the rubble of Sept. 11, 2001. Working under treacherous conditions, an army of dedicated rescuers struggles to find anyone who survived the…
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Flicka (2006)
Cast: Maria Bello, Alison Lohman, Dallas Roberts …
Directed by: Michael Mayer
After adopting a wild mustang and promptly dubbing it Flicka, 16-year-old Katie (Alison Lohman) watches in horror as her father (country music star Tim McGraw) callously sells her companion.…
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Payback: Straight Up: The Director's Cut (2006)
Cast: David Paymer, Deborah Kara Unger, James Coburn …
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Payback is bad guy Porter's (Mel Gibson) MO after his wife (Deborah Kara Unger) and partner (Gregg Henry) steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Director Brian…
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The Dark (2005)
Cast: Sean Bean, Maria Bello, Sophie Stuckey …
Directed by: John Fawcett
Adelle heads to Wales with her daughter Sarah to reconnect with her husband, James. Days after the family moves into a farmhouse, Sarah is swept out to sea. As James searches for Sarah's…
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Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Maria Bello …
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
With nothing more than a bare-bones operation to back him up, detective Jake Roenick (Ethan Hawke) must take on a deadly mob of criminals who have thrown down the gauntlet and are openly…
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Sin City (2005)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba …
Directed by: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
In this series of interwoven stories adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novels, an ex-con avenges a hooker's death, a detective gets mixed up with dangerous vixens, and a rogue cop…
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A History of Violence (2005)
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
As operators of a small-town diner, Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) and his wife (Maria Bello) are the picture of normalcy. But when Tom prevents a robbery and enjoys hero status in the local…
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Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright …
Directed by: Jason Reitman
On a mission to make the country forget the dangers of smoking, Big Tobacco spin doctor Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) promotes his product in the movies and hushes those who bad-mouth…
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The Sisters (2005)
Cast: Elizabeth Banks, Maria Bello, Erika Christensen …
Directed by: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Based on Anton Chekhov's play "The Three Sisters," this drama explores the nuances of family relations. At a birthday party, three maladjusted sisters (Maria Bello, Mary Stuart Masterson…
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Sin City: Recut (2005)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba …
Directed by: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Fans can revel in this unrated, recut, extended release of the graphic novel-based film noir that tells the interlacing stories of an ex-con avenging a murder, a detective caught up with…
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Secret Window (2004)
Cast: Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello …
Directed by: David Koepp
Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp), a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife (Maria Bello), is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe (John…
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Silver City (2004)
Cast: Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Daryl Hannah …
Directed by: John Sayles
Down-home Dicky Pilager (Chris Cooper) can't put a coherent sentence together, but he's running for governor anyway, as a candidate for those looking for an approachable leader. But…
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The Cooler (2003)
Cast: William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Alec Baldwin …
Directed by: Wayne Kramer
The unluckiest man in Las Vegas, Bernie Lootz, is employed by a casino as a "cooler" to defuse winning streaks. But when Lootz falls in love with a cocktail waitress, she becomes his "lady…
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Auto Focus (2002)
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson …
Directed by: Paul Schrader
Greg Kinnear stars in this absorbing glimpse into the colorful life and mysterious death of actor Bob Crane, who's best known as the star of TV's "Hogan's Heroes." But as his…
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100 Mile Rule (2002)
Cast: Jake Weber, Maria Bello, David Thornton …
Directed by: Brent Huff
The titular rule goes like this: If you are 100 miles away from your wife, cheating doesn't count. Yeah, right! It doesn't take a genius not to want to play by this risky…
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Festival Pass with Chris Gore (2002)
Cast: Chris Gore, Maria Bello, Dustin Hoffman …
Directed by: Mary Jo Intorcio
Festival Pass takes cineastes all over the map in search of the newest and the best movies screened at various film festivals. Movie guru Chris Gore, who also edits Film Threat Magazine,…
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China: The Panda Adventure: IMAX (2001)
Cast: Maria Bello, Yu Xia, Xander Berkeley …
Directed by: Robert M. Young
It's 1936, and Ruth Harkness (Maria Bello) has arrived in China to settle the estate of her late husband. Her husband believed the giant panda (which he was observing) to be a peaceful…
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Duets (2000)
Cast: Maria Bello, Andre Braugher, Paul Giamatti …
Directed by: Bruce Paltrow
For some people, karaoke is what you do for fun when you're drunk; for others, it's a way to make a sober living. When a karaoke hustler (Huey Lewis) is reunited with his estranged…
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Coyote Ugly (2000)
Cast: Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, John Goodman …
Directed by: David McNally
When gorgeous, talented Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) lands in New York City with hopes of becoming a famous songwriter, she's forced to make ends meet by working at Coyote Ugly, a hot…
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Sam the Man (2000)
Cast: Fisher Stevens, Griffin Dunne, Saverio Guerra …
Directed by: Gary Winick
Sam Manning (Fisher Stevens) wants nothing more than to make it big as a writer and finally see his novel published. But he's not getting anywhere, so to deal with the threat of complete…
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Payback (1999)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello …
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's what Porter (Mel Gibson) is left asking after his wife (Deborah Kara Unger) and partner (Gregg Henry) steal his heist money and leave…
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Permanent Midnight (1998)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Maria Bello, Owen Wilson …
Directed by: David Veloz
Ben Stiller stars in this adaptation of Jerry Stahl's gripping autobiography of the same name, chronicling the author's rise and fall from acclaimed television writer (penning shows…