Movies by Molly Parker
As part of the cast:
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That's What I Am (2011)
Cast: Ed Harris, Molly Parker, Randy Orton …
Directed by: Michael Pavone
A 12-year-old boy is convinced he's been pushed toward social suicide when his teacher pairs him up for a project with the school's biggest reject. But the boys form an unexpected…
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Gone (2011)
Cast: Molly Parker
Directed by: Grant Harvey
In this made-for-TV drama, a distraught mom being extorted by kidnappers sets out to rescue her abducted daughter and soon becomes ensnared in a dangerous world of bogus pharmaceuticals,…
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Oliver Sherman (2010)
Cast: Garret Dillahunt, Molly Parker, Donal Logue …
Directed by: Ryan Redford
Former solider Sherman Oliver (Garret Dillahunt) drops in on an acquaintance, Franklin Page (Donal Logue), who saved his life in combat years earlier. At first, Page welcomes Oliver into his…
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Trigger (2010)
Cast: Molly Parker, Tracy Wright, Don McKellar …
Directed by: Bruce McDonald
Director Bruce McDonald dissects the turbulent relationship between two former bandmates and recovering addicts. As they eat dinner, perform a concert and wander around Toronto, the women…
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The Road (2009)
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron …
Directed by: John Hillcoat
Set in a postapocalyptic future, this end-of-days tale follows two survivors -- a father and son -- who navigate an ash-covered wasteland in search of a better life, with only a sliver of…
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The Wicker Man (2006)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Neil LaBute, Ellen Burstyn …
Sheriff Edward Maulis (Nicolas Cage) gets more than he bargained for when he probes a young girl's disappearance in Neil LaBute's remake of the 1973 psychological thriller. The…
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Hollywoodland (2006)
Cast: Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck …
Directed by: Allen Coulter
When the actor who famously played the Man of Steel in TV's "Adventures of Superman" turns up dead in Beverly Hills, a dogged private eye investigates and unearths a string of strange…
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Who Loves the Sun (2006)
Cast: Lukas Haas, Molly Parker, Adam Scott …
Directed by: Matt Bissonnette
When writer Will Morrison (Lukas Haas) comes back to his friends and family after abandoning them with no explanation for five long years, his sudden return stirs up old tensions between…
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Pure (2005)
Cast: Harry Eden, Molly Parker, Keira Knightley …
Directed by: Gillies Mackinnon
In the wake of his father's untimely death, 10-year-old Paul (Harry Eden) must become the man of the house, caring for his younger brother and sick mother Mel (Molly Parker). When…
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The Confessor (2004)
Cast: Christian Slater, Molly Parker, Stephen Rea …
Directed by: Lewin Webb
When a young man of the cloth is accused of murder, Father Daniel Clemens (Christian Slater) begins to question his role as an ecclesiastical spin doctor, mostly because he believes in his…
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Marion Bridge (2003)
Cast: Molly Parker, Rebecca Jenkins, Stacy Smith …
Directed by: Wiebke von Carolsfeld
When Agnes (Molly Parker) returns home to help care for her ailing mother (Marguerite McNeil), she discovers she's far from welcome. Her older sister, Theresa (Rebecca Jenkins), despises…
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Break a Leg (2003)
Cast: John Cassini, Molly Parker, Rene Rivera …
Directed by: Monika Mitchell
A favorite on the festival circuit, this black comedy tells the story of talented character actor Max Matteo (John Cassini), who's constantly losing jobs to nepotism or more marketable…
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Men with Brooms (2002)
Cast: Paul Gross, Molly Parker, Leslie Nielsen …
Directed by: Paul Gross
No serious sports fan could possibly take a sport played with brooms seriously, so this comedy about curling is prime Leslie Nielsen material. Four guys in Long Bay, Ontario, are reunited…
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Max (2002)
Cast: John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Molly Parker …
Directed by: Menno Meyjes
Menno Meyjes directs this fictionalized account of the relationship of a young German painter -- the yet-to-be-notorious Adolf Hitler (Noah Taylor) -- and Max Rothman (John Cusack), a Jewish…
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The Center of the World (2001)
Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Molly Parker, Carla Gugino …
Directed by: Wayne Wang
Dot-com computer nerd Richard (Peter Sarsgaard) has $20 million and no life. So, what does he do? He rents -- for $10,000 -- the services of a stripper (Molly Parker) for a fantasy sex…
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Rare Birds (2001)
Cast: William Hurt, Andy Jones, Molly Parker …
Directed by: Sturla Gunnarsson
In this outstanding independent comedy, down-and-out restaurateur Dave Purcell (William Hurt) is ready to close his doors, until his friend Alphonse devises a wacky plan. They fake a sighting…
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Last Wedding (2001)
Cast: Benjamin Ratner, Frida Betrani, Tom Scholte …
Directed by: Bruce Sweeney
Three Canadian couples who appear to be sorely mismatched are on the way to the altar in this comedy. Noah (Benjamin Ratner) and Zipporah (Frida Betrani), an aspiring country singer, are…
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The War Bride (2001)
Cast: Molly Parker, Brenda Fricker, Loren Dean …
Directed by: Lyndon Chubbuck
Shortly after English seamstress Lily (Anna Friel) marries and has a child with soldier Charlie (Aden Young), he ships out to World War II. Moving to his family's farm, Lily finds…
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Suspicious River (2000)
Cast: Molly Parker, Callum Keith Rennie, Mary Kate Welsh …
Directed by: Lynne Stopkewich
Self-destructive, fatalistic, married receptionist Leila Murray (Molly Parker) plays prostitute to several willing guests in the hotel where she works, and she spirals into a heated romance…
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In the Shadows (1999)
Cast: Joely Richardson, Aden Young, Molly Parker …
Directed by: Meg Richman
Cash-strapped waitress Cynthia (Molly Parker) takes a job caring for moneyed cancer patient Eleanor Dunston (Joely Richardson). When she shows an interest in Cynthia's boyfriend, Buck…
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Waking the Dead (1999)
Cast: Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Janet McTeer …
Directed by: Keith Gordon
The "mystic chords of memory" stretch a long way for aspiring politico Fielding Pierce (Billy Crudup). Wracked with guilt at expedient choices he made years before, Pierce (in the middle of a…
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The Five Senses (1999)
Cast: Mary-Louise Parker, Molly Parker, Gabrielle Rose …
Directed by: Jeremy Podeswa
Five lonely urbanites -- each representing one of the senses -- find their lives intersecting as the city of Toronto is unnerved by the disappearance of a 3-year-old girl. Writer-director…
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Sunshine (1999)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz …
Directed by: Istvan Szabo
A single actor portrays father, son and grandson in this epic historical tale that follows a Jewish family as they struggle to survive anti-Semitism, war and corruption in Hungary. Each man…
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Wonderland (1999)
Cast: Shirley Henderson, John Simm, Gina McKee …
Directed by: Michael Winterbottom
The title's a misnomer, as the lives of a dysfunctional group of lonely South-Londoners bear out. Director Michael Winterbottom doesn't dissect, proselytize or paint a rosy picture…
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Ladies Room (1999)
Cast: Lorraine Bracco, John Malkovich, Greta Scacchi …
Directed by: Gabriella Cristiani, Penelope Buitenhuis, Nadine E. Schwartz …
Revealing conversation floods the ladies' room in this bittersweet comedy with two intertwining tales. The first vignette captures the loaded exchange between three actresses forced to…
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Bliss (1997)
Cast: Craig Sheffer, Sheryl Lee, Terence Stamp …
Directed by: Lance Young
Joseph (Craig Sheffer) and Maria (Sheryl Lee) are young newlyweds in love, but their marriage already is in serious trouble because of their unfulfilling sex life. Joseph becomes enraged when…
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Kissed (1996)
Cast: Molly Parker, Peter Outerbridge, Jay Brazeau …
Directed by: Lynne Stopkewich
Ever since she was a young girl, Sandra Larson (Molly Parker) has been fascinated with the darkness of death, but when she takes a part-time job as an embalmer at a funeral parlor, her…
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The Ranger, the Cook, and a Hole in the Sky (1995)
Cast: Sam Elliott, Jerry O'Connell, Ricky Jay …
Directed by: John Kent Harrison
While working for the National Forest Service in northwestern Montana, brash 17-year-old Mac (Jerry O'Connell) gets into hot water with his boss, tough veteran ranger Bill Bell (Sam…
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Just One of the Girls (1993)
Cast: Corey Haim, Nicole Eggert, Kevin McNulty …
Directed by: Michael Keusch
In this mistaken-identity comedy, Chris Calder (Corey Haim) is a teenage musician who's constantly tormented by his high school's bully. In a desperate attempt to thwart him, Chris…