Movies by Jennifer Jason Leigh
As part of the cast:
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Greenberg (2009)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans …
Directed by: Noah Baumbach
At a crossroads in his life, New Yorker Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) takes time to figure things out and travels to Los Angeles, where he house-sits for his brother and forges an unlikely…
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Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton …
Directed by: Charlie Kaufman
After his painter wife (Catherine Keener) leaves him and takes their daughter to Berlin, theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) stages an autobiographical play in a massive…
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Margot at the Wedding (2007)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black …
Directed by: Noah Baumbach
After arriving to attend the wedding of her semi-estranged sister, a judgmental writer quickly takes a dislike to her sibling's unemployed fiancé and proceeds to radiate turmoil…
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The Jacket (2005)
Cast: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson …
Directed by: John Maybury
John Maybury's masterful thriller stars Adrien Brody as Jack Starks, a Persian Gulf War veteran who has lost his memories to amnesia. When Jack is accused of a heinous killing, he…
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Childstar (2005)
Cast: Don McKellar, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mark Rendall …
Directed by: Don McKellar
Cast in a big-budget action film, insufferable 12-year-old TV star Taylor Brandon Burns (Mark Rendall) heads to Toronto with his manipulative stage mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) in this droll…
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Stagedoor (2005)
Cast: Natalie Portman, Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Jason Leigh …
Directed by: Alexandra Shiva
Summer camp is usually filled with activities and crafts, but for the kids of Stagedoor Manor, camp is all song and dance, literally. Spawning superstar alumni such as Natalie Portman, Robert…
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The Machinist (2004)
Cast: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón …
Directed by: Brad Anderson
Trevor Reznik hasn't slept in a year, and his physical and mental health have eroded. So when cryptic notes pop up in his apartment and he has visions of a co-worker nobody else can see,…
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In the Cut (2003)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo …
Directed by: Jane Campion
Frannie (Meg Ryan) is a New York writing professor entwined in an erotic affair with a police detective (Mark Ruffalo) who's investigating the murder of a young woman in Frannie's…
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Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
Cast: Spencer Klein, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille …
Directed by: Tuck Tucker
In this animated feature from Nickelodeon, football-headed fourth-grader Arnold and his buddy Gerald are forced to come up with a plan when a powerful developer wants to knock down all the…
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Road to Perdition (2002)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Tyler Hoechlin …
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Hit man Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks), known in his 1930s Chicago world as The Angel of Death, is on the run after his wife (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and son are murdered. With his surviving son…
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Crossed Over (2002)
Cast: Diane Keaton, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Maury Chaykin …
Directed by: Bobby Roth
After her son is killed in a hit-and-run accident, writer Beverly Lowry (Diane Keaton) sinks into a morose obsession with death. Eager to learn more about the mind of a killer, Beverly…
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The King is Alive (2001)
Cast: Miles Anderson, Romane Bohringer, David Bradley …
Directed by: Kristian Levring
The desolate African countryside is the backdrop for this tense drama. Stranded when their bus gets lost and runs out of gas, 11 tourists take shelter in an abandoned town. As the chance of…
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The Anniversary Party (2001)
Cast: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Benjamin Hickey …
Directed by: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Recently uncoupled couple Joe (Allan Cumming) and Sally (Jennifer Jason Leigh) celebrate their anniversary with a group of friends in this dark, Independent Spirit Award-nominated drama (also…
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The Quickie (2001)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Vladimir Mashkov, Dean Stockwell …
Directed by: Sergei Bodrov
Poverty-stricken single mother Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is being forced to send her daughter back to foster care. To make a few extra rubles, Lisa accepts a job cleaning up after a party…
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Directors: David Cronenberg (2000)
Cast: David Cronenberg, Willem Dafoe, Marilyn Chambers …
The American Film Institute series "The Directors" provides one-hour glimpses into the careers of directors whose films have significantly influenced world cinema. Director David…
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Skipped Parts (2000)
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mischa Barton …
Directed by: Tamra Davis
In 1963, Lydia (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and her 14-year-old son, Sam (Bug Hall), are sent to live in Wyoming while Lydia's politician father runs for governor of North Carolina. There, Sam…
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eXistenZ (1999)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm …
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Leading virtual-reality game designer Allegra Geller is testing a new prototype when an assassin wielding a daunting organic weapon attacks her. She survives the assault but must "portal"…
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The Love Letter (1998)
Cast: Campbell Scott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Dukes …
Directed by: Dan Curtis
This "Hallmark Hall of Fame" romance based on Jack Finney's short story follows two kindred souls living more than a century apart. After history buff Scott Corrigan (Campbell Scott)…
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A Thousand Acres (1997)
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh …
Directed by: Jocelyn Moorhouse
William Shakespeare's King Lear gets an update when Larry Cook (Jason Robards) -- a cranky, aging farmer who owns 1,000 acres of land -- decides to divide his property among his three…
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Washington Square (1997)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Maggie Smith …
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as Catherine Sloper, an unattractive but rich spinster pursued by handsome suitor Morris Townsend (Ben Chaplin) until her disapproving father (Albert Finney) --…
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Bastard out of Carolina (1996)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ron Eldard, Glenne Headly …
Directed by: Anjelica Huston
Angelica Huston follows dad John Huston into the field of directing with this adaptation of Dorothy Allison's autobiographical bestseller, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh as a single mom…
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Kansas City (1996)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Blowsy Blondie O'Hara (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is on the hunt for her low-life husband, Jack (Dermot Mulroney), who's been kidnapped by vicious casino kingpin "Seldom Seen" (Harry…
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Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Cast: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt …
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
This adaptation of the Stephen King novel tells the story of Dolores (Kathy Bates), a Maine housekeeper accused of murdering her elderly employer. This draws her estranged daughter Selena…
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Georgia (1995)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mare Winningham, Ted Levine …
Directed by: Ulu Grosbard
Sadie (Jennifer Jason Leigh) has an obsession with her sister, Georgia (Mare Winningham, in an Oscar-nominated performance), that's just as unhealthy as her drug habit. While Georgia is…
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The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Cast: Paul Newman, Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh …
Directed by: Joel Coen
The Coen brothers deliver a screwball comedy gem about mail clerk Norville Barnes, (Tim Robbins) who falls into good -- or bad? -- luck when he becomes the CEO of a successful business. The…
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick, Peter Gallagher …
Directed by: Alan Rudolph
Jennifer Jason Leigh portrays writer Dorothy Parker -- one of the Prohibition era's wittiest and most tragic intellects -- through her triumphs and trials as a fixture of…
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Short Cuts (1993)
Cast: Frances McDormand, Bruce Davison, Anne Archer …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Robert Altman's mosaic masterpiece, based on Raymond Carver's short stories, presents a variety of characters -- including a baker, a phone-sex provider and a clown -- whose stale…
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Single White Female (1992)
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
When up-and-coming fashion designer Allison Jones places a classified ad to find a new roomie, mousy Hedy Carlson seems to fill the bill ... until her envy turns her into the roommate from…
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Backdraft (1991)
Cast: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro …
Directed by: Ron Howard
They say a blast of flames can take a life ... and hide a secret. But now firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey (William Baldwin and Kurt Russell) are battling each other over past…
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Rush (1991)
Cast: Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott …
Directed by: Lili Fini Zanuck
Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh star in this drama as undercover narcotics agents who become lovers when they partner up to infiltrate the Texas drug scene and bring down a suspected…
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Crooked Hearts (1991)
Cast: Peter Berg, Vincent D'Onofrio, Noah Wyle …
Directed by: Michael Bortman
Director Michael Bortman also penned the screenplay for this potent drama based on Robert Boswell's novel. Sparked by a troubled relationship between family patriarch Edward (Peter…
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Miami Blues (1990)
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Fred Ward …
Directed by: George Armitage
Veteran criminal Junior (Alec Baldwin), just out of prison, moves to Miami to get a fresh start; right after landing at the airport, though, he inadvertently causes the death of a Hare…
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The Big Picture (1989)
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, J.T. Walsh …
Directed by: Christopher Guest
Hollywood is the satiric target of this directorial debut by actor-writer Christopher Guest. Kevin Bacon plays a "boy wonder" director whose willingness to compromise his ideals allows him to…
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Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
Cast: Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young …
Directed by: Uli Edel
While a young prostitute (Jennifer Jason Leigh) falls for one of her paying customers -- an Army lieutenant from Idaho who's being shipped out to war in Korea -- other city dwellers find…
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Sister Sister (1987)
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey …
Directed by: Bill Condon
Bill Condon's directorial debut stars Eric Stoltz as Matt Rutledge, an out-of-town businessman whose stay at a gloomy, countryside bed-and-breakfast stirs up a world of dark secrets…
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The Hitcher (1986)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh …
Directed by: Robert Harmon
Never pick up strangers: That's a lesson Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) will wish he'd learned. While driving from Chicago to San Diego, he picks up hitchhiker John Ryder (Rutger…
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Flesh + Blood (1985)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson …
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
After being tricked out of the spoils of war by a duplicitous feudal lord, a ruthless mercenary and his gang of ruffians retaliate by kidnapping the young beauty betrothed to the…
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Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze …
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
The town of Grandview, Ill., exemplifies heartland America in this 1980s dramedy about a group of high-schoolers eager to see what their futures hold. For Tim Pearson, the possibilities…
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Death Ride to Osaka (1983)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Thomas Byrd, Mako …
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Hoping to catch her big showbiz break, aspiring but naïve chanteuse Carol Health (Jennifer Jason Leigh) signs on for a monthlong stint at a sizzling Toyko nightspot -- and lives to…
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Wrong Is Right (1982)
Cast: Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad …
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Sean Connery (burlesquing his own super-cool image) is a globetrotting television correspondent who uncovers a terrorist plot to sell a nuclear bomb to a Middle Eastern country. The plan has…
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold …
Directed by: Amy Heckerling
Writer Cameron Crowe's coming-of-age classic follows the ups and downs of a group of high school students over the course of a year in 1980s California. The cast includes Sean Penn as a…
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Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
Cast: Lauren Tewes, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John DiSanti …
Directed by: Ken Wiederhorn
With a serial killer and rapist terrorizing the city, local news anchor Jane Harris (Lauren Tewes) begins following clues that lead her to her own back door -- pointing to one of her…
As a director:
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The Anniversary Party (2001)
Cast: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Benjamin Hickey …
Directed by: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Recently uncoupled couple Joe (Allan Cumming) and Sally (Jennifer Jason Leigh) celebrate their anniversary with a group of friends in this dark, Independent Spirit Award-nominated drama (also…