Jennifer Jason Leigh — Actor (61)
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Washington Square (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Washington Square
director: Agnieszka Holland actor: Jennifer Jason Leigh / Albert Finney …
other title: Washington Square - L'ereditiera / Die Erbin vom Washington Square …
In 1870s New York, spinster heiress Catherine Sloper is courted by the much younger, penniless Morris Townsend, much to the chagrin of her overprotective father. Catherine must decide whether to spend the rest of her life alone, or marry a man interested in her solely for her inheritence.
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The Killing of Randy Webster (1981) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Killing of Randy Webster
director: Sam Wanamaker actor: Hal Holbrook / Dixie Carter …
When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and uncovers the fact that the gun found with the boy's body was a "throwdown," a weapon planted by the cops.
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Grandview, U.S.A. (1984) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Grandview, U.S.A.
director: Randal Kleiser actor: Jamie Lee Curtis / C. Thomas Howell …
other title: Bulldozer / Speedway Trio …
Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to go to Florida to study oceanography. He meets Michelle "Mike" Cody and is attracted to her. She runs the local Demolition Derby place. Ernie "Slam" Webster is one of the drivers in the derby whose wife is cheating on him and wants to later on be with Mike. Tim falls for Mike and a big love triangle is about to happen.
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The Big Picture (1989) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Big Picture
director: Christopher Guest actor: Kevin Bacon / Emily Longstreth …
other title: Il grande regista / A Grande Comédia …
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.
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Girls of the White Orchid (1983) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Girls of the White Orchid
director: Jonathan Kaplan actor: Jennifer Jason Leigh / Thomas Byrd …
other title: Sulle orme del dragone / Operation Osaka …
In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a job opportunity in Tokyo. Traveling to Japan to work at the White Orchid nightclub, she discovers the scheme of prostitution in the club that belongs to Yakuza. Alone, without money and her passport, she is protected by Shiro, but pressed by the managers Madame Mori and her husband Hatanaka to be receptive to client's proposals.
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White Boy Rick (2018) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
White Boy Rick
director: Yann Demange actor: Matthew McConaughey / Richie Merritt …
other title: Cocaine - La vera storia di White Boy Rick / Undercover: Une histoire vraie
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
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Heart of Midnight (1988) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Heart of Midnight
director: Matthew Chapman actor: Jennifer Jason Leigh / Brenda Vaccaro …
other title: Urla di mezzanotte / Heart of Midnight - Im Herzen der Nacht …
A young woman who is getting back on her feet after a mental breakdown, Carol Rivers discovers that her late uncle has left her a rundown nightclub. Carol decides to renovate the venue, but, in the process, uncovers dark secrets about the club and her dead relative. After a series of disturbing events, Carol becomes increasingly unstable, but she finds some measure of comfort in Sharpe, an enigmatic older detective.
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The Anniversary Party (2001) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge WikiData
The Anniversary Party
director: Jennifer Jason Leigh / Alan Cumming actor: Alan Cumming / Jennifer Jason Leigh …
other title: Um Casamento Atribulado / Beziehungen und andere Katastrophen …
While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, American actress Sally Nash and British novelist Joe Therrian receive their close friends, some colleagues and their next door neighbors in a party. Under the effect of Ecstasy, revelations are disclosed and relationships deteriorate among the group.
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Welcome to Me (2015) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Welcome to Me
director: Shira Piven actor: Kristen Wiig / James Marsden …
other title: Bem Vindo ao Meu Mundo / Willkommen bei Alice
A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline personality disorder who wins the Mega Millions lottery, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.
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Margot at the Wedding (2007) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Margot at the Wedding
director: Noah Baumbach actor: Nicole Kidman / Jennifer Jason Leigh …
other title: Il matrimonio di mia sorella / Margot e o Casamento …
Margot Zeller is a short story writer with a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue. On the eve of her estranged sister Pauline's wedding to unemployed musician/artist/depressive Malcolm at the family seaside home, Margot shows up unexpectedly to rekindle the sisterly bond and offer her own brand of support. What ensues is a nakedly honest and subversively funny look at family dynamics.
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Eyes of a Stranger (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Eyes of a Stranger
director: Ken Wiederhorn actor: Lauren Tewes / Jennifer Jason Leigh …
other title: Gli occhi dello sconosciuto / Die Augen eines Fremden …
A TV newswoman catches a pervert watching her sister who cannot see, hear or speak.