Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo

出生 : 1960-09-14, New York City, New York, USA

略歴

Melissa Leo (born September 14, 1960) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in 1985, for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Ingenue/Woman in the Drama Series “All My Children”. Her most notable role as was as Det. Sgt. Kay Howard on “Homicide: Life on the Street” for the show's first five seasons from 1993–1997. Following several films, Leo received critical acclaim and national attention in earning several nominations and awards, including an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Leo earned several awards for her role as Alice Ward in the critically acclaimed film, “The Fighter” (2010). For this role Leo won the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Leo currently appears on the television series Treme.  Leo currently resides in Stone Ridge, New York and two sons John Matthew Heard (born 1987), and Adam (adopted - born 1984).

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参加作品

Bonnie
Self
A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.
Jane
Principal Rhodes
When Olivia gets deferred from her dream college, she begins to spiral. In an attempt to regain control, she embarks on a social media-fueled rampage against those that stand in the way of her success. But as things escalate, she is forced to confront her darkest impulses in order to get ahead.
Alone Together
Deborah
Strangers June and Charlie have to learn to coexist when they accidentally book the same Airbnb to get away from the pandemic. Alone Together is the ultimate New York lockdown love story.
Measure of Revenge
Lillian
Theater actress Lillian Cooper's son dies mysteriously. When the investigating officer rules the cause of death an accidental overdose, Lillian conducts her own investigation which leads her to an unlikely alliance with her son's former drug dealer. On her quest for answers, Lillian hallucinates some of the iconic characters she's played on stage which serve as her inner voice, urging her to avenge her son's death.
Ida Red
Ida ‘Red’ Walker
Ida Red may not survive her 20-year prison sentence for armed robbery. She turns to her son, Wyatt, for one last job and a chance to regain her freedom.
サンダーフォース ~正義のスーパーヒロインズ~
Allie
In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.
Body Brokers
Dr. White
Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood, and offered treatment in Los Angeles, Wood takes Utah under his wing and introduces him to treatment center mogul Vin. Wood and Vin bring Utah in on their lucrative and illegal dealings, where saving lives comes second to the bottom line.
Unlovable
Maddie
A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.
イコライザー2
Susan Plummer
昼はホームセンターの従業員。夜は世の悪人を葬る仕事請負人。二つの顔を合せ持ち、19秒で世の不正を抹消するイコライザーことロバート・マッコールが帰ってきた。日米でスマッシュヒットとなった前作『イコライザー』から4年、昼はタクシードライバーとして働く今作でも、彼の仕事の流儀は変わらない。世の不正を裁くのに必要な時間は19秒。身の回りのモノを武器に変えて完全抹消。報酬はなし。 しかし、無双の戦闘スキルで仕事を完遂してきたイコライザーに、その流儀さえも脅かす最大の難関が訪れる。何故ならば、今度の敵は自分と同じ特殊訓練を受けた《イコライザー》だった―。
The Parting Glass
Al
A family dealing with their sister's death travel across country to collect her belongings and piece together their memories of the woman they lost.
Mabel, Mabel Tiger Trainer
Narrator
A story of the world's first female tiger trainer who claimed her love for her tigers was so great she wanted to die in the ring. Raised in poverty in Kentucky, Mabel Stark joined the circus in 1911 and became the first woman to train tigers, earning the center ring despite being told that women couldn't work the big cats. In a 57-year career, she headlined shows with Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey, survived multiple maulings and marriages, starred in Hollywood movies, and managed up to 20 cats by forming intimate relationships with each, rather than using the whip. Her life ended tragically just outside of Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, CA, and her legacy and the golden era of the American circus is recounted by former animal trailers, performers and historian Janet Davis, with Mabel's voice, from her memoir "Hold That Tiger", provided by Oscar ®-winner Melissa Leo.
Furlough
Producer
In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she's tasked with accompanying a hell-raising inmate on an emergency furlough to visit her dying mother. But things soon spiral out of control, sending the pair on a hilarious, surprising, and ultimately touching road trip.
Furlough
Joan Anderson
In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she's tasked with accompanying a hell-raising inmate on an emergency furlough to visit her dying mother. But things soon spiral out of control, sending the pair on a hilarious, surprising, and ultimately touching road trip.
The Ashram
Chandra
After receiving a cryptic message, American skeptic Jamie travels to the Indian Himalayas to pick up on the trail of his disappeared girlfriend. There, he discovers a secretive community led by a guru with strange powers who may or may not be involved in her disappearance. As Jamie travels deeper down the rabbit hole, he quickly realizes he may have uncovered more than he bargained for, and that this mysterious mountain may contain the secrets of reincarnation - and a portal to another dimension.
クローズド・ガーデン
Reverend Mother
In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.
The Most Hated Woman in America
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.
スノーデン
Laura Poitras
2013年6月、香港のホテルの一室で、29歳のアメリカ人青年スノーデンが、取材記者やカメラを前に、米国政府がテロ対策の名目の下に行なってきた、世界中の個人情報の収集活動の驚くべき実態について語り始める。果たして彼をその内部告発に駆り立てたものは何だったのか? 2001年の9.11同時多発テロに衝撃を受け、国家のために少しでも役に立ちたいと願って、NSAやCIAの職員となった愛国青年の彼だった。
オール・ザ・ウェイ JFKを継いだ男
Lady Bird Johnson
リンドン・ジョンソンがJFK暗殺の直後に大統領に昇格してから、翌年の大統領選で当選するまでの347日を描いた実話ドラマ。 当時副大統領だったリンドン・ジョンソンが、JFK暗殺によりエアフォース・ワンで大統領就任宣誓を行ってから、翌年大統領選で当選するまでを描いた実話ドラマ。ブロードウェイで上演されトニー賞を受賞した舞台をスティーヴン・スピルバーグの製作総指揮で映画化。舞台でも主演し、トニー賞主演男優賞を受賞したブライアン・クランストンが、『トランボ ハリウッドで最も嫌われた男』のジェイ・ローチ監督と再タッグを組んだ。
Burn Country
Gloria
A former war journalist now writing for a paper in Northern California is drawn into conflict at home.
エンド・オブ・キングダム
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
イギリスの首相が謎の死を遂げ、ロンドンで行われる葬儀にアメリカ合衆国大統領ベンジャミン(アーロン・エッカート)が出席することに。2年前にテログループによるホワイトハウス陥落に立ち向かったシークレットサービスのマイク(ジェラルド・バトラー)も彼を護衛するために同行する。各国首脳がロンドンへと結集する中、彼らをターゲットにした同時多発テロが発生。歴史的建造物が次々と崩壊し、犠牲者が続出する。マイクとベンジャミン大統領は世界を混乱から救おうと立ち上がるが……。
Damnation: The Flashback
Noda Marra
In the swinging Appalachian town of Damnation, when the local mortician dies in the arms of 'the other woman', his widow enacts a simple but satisfying revenge.
After the Spill
Narrator
Ten years ago Hurricane Katrina devastated the coast of Louisiana. Five years later the Deepwater Horizon exploded and spilled more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the worst ecologic disaster in North American history. Amazingly those aren't the worst things facing Louisiana's coastline today. It is that the state is fast disappearing. When on Earth Day 2010 BP's Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank many in Louisiana predicted it would change the state's coastline forever, both its economy and its people. How has the coast changed in the past five years?
The Butterfly, The Harp, and The Timepiece
Papillon
In this magic shop, no matter who you are, you get what you need.
She's The Best Thing in It
Self
Mary Louise Wilson is the most accomplished character actor you've never heard of. While teaching skeptical young students, she examines whether her life has been successful.
The Ever After
Penny
Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in Los Angeles, but something is lost. Ava has placed her acting career on hold to play the mother and good wife, while Thomas' job as a fashion photographer puts him in dangerously tempting situations. When trauma strikes, they must confront their innermost vulnerabilities to recover their disintegrating marriage.
イコライザー
Susan Plummer
ホームセンターに勤務するマッコールは、かつてCIAで名をはせた工作員であったが引退し、ひっそりと生活していた。ある夜、少女の娼婦テリーがロシアンマフィアにひどい扱いを受けているのを知りマッコールは自分にしかできない仕事をすることを決意した。
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Bette Altmann
After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man struggles to come to terms with his fate and make amends with everyone he has ever hurt.
Dwegons and Leprechauns
Grandma Fitz / Butterfly McDweg / Mrs. Fitzgerald
Family inherits an old house and to their surprise, finds the home filled with wonderful colorful creatures that brings the family together.
プリズナーズ
Holly Jones
ヒュー・ジャックマン主演、ジェイク・ギレンホールら共演によるクライムサスペンス。工務店を営むケラーの娘が友だちと出掛けたまま行方不明に。警察はある青年を拘束するも2日後に釈放され、ケラーは自らの手で娘の居場所を聞き出そうとするが…。
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Narrator (voice)
Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000 condolence letters written to Jackie Kennedy after JFK's assassination. Based on a book by Ellen Fitzpatrick
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Robin
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Bottled Up
Producer
A solitary woman (Melissa Leo) earning her living by delivering mail and body piercing, makes every attempt to help her volatile adult daughter (Marin Ireland) get on her feet, and in-so-doing neglects herself, channeling all of her womanly desires into her houseplants...even when a charismatic and industrious environmentalist (Josh Hamilton) moves in with them.
Bottled Up
Fay
A solitary woman (Melissa Leo) earning her living by delivering mail and body piercing, makes every attempt to help her volatile adult daughter (Marin Ireland) get on her feet, and in-so-doing neglects herself, channeling all of her womanly desires into her houseplants...even when a charismatic and industrious environmentalist (Josh Hamilton) moves in with them.
オブリビオン
Sally
西暦2077年。60年前に起きた異星人スカヴからの侵略を食い止めたものの、核兵器によって荒廃してしまった地球。人類の大半は、土星の衛星であるタイタンへの移住を余儀なくされていた。ある日、ジャックは地上パトロールの途中で墜落した宇宙船を発見。その残骸から謎の女性ジュリア・ルサコーヴァ(オルガ・キュリレンコ)を助け出す。目覚めた彼女は何故か会った事も無いジャックの名前を口にする。
バレット・オブ・ラヴ
Kate
While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.
フライト
Ellen Block
監督ロバート・ゼメキス×主演デンゼル・ワシントン、ハリウッドを代表する名匠と名優による衝撃と感動の物語。墜落寸前の旅客機を奇跡の操縦で緊急着陸させたウィトカー。ところが、彼の血中からアルコールが検出され……。
Francine
Francine
Francine is released from prison and settles down in a small town. She is unable to regain a foothold in society and turns to animals for comfort.
ファンキーランド
Penny
When a college piano prodigy tries to check his mother into rehab, he is taken hostage by her drug dealer and swept along on a wild adventure.
The Space Between
Montine
Montine McLeod, a world-weary flight attendant, and Omar Hassan, a prematurely wise 10-year-old Pakastani-American boy connect with one another amidst the chaos of September 11, 2001. When Montine discovers the boy's direct personal link to the terrorist attacks, she instinctively embarks on an unsanctioned cross-country road trip to help Omar discover his uncertain future.
Seven Days in Utopia
Lily
Talent can only get you so far. For golfer Luke Chisholm, that turns out to be Utopia, Texas -- where he's left stranded after blowing his pro debut.
レッド・ステイト
Sara
Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter Christian fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.
The Sea Is All I Know
Sara
When an estranged couple come to the aid of their dying daughter, the experience sends them spiraling into spiritual crisis and brutal heartbreak.
ザ・ファイター
Alice Ward
ボクサーとして町の英雄だったディッキーだが、敗戦から麻薬に手を染め監獄へ。弟ミッキーは一度は絶縁したディッキーをトレーナーとして迎え、ボクシングのチャンピオンを目指す。ミッキー・ウォードの半生を綴った、兄弟の奇跡の実話。
Queen of the Lot
Aunt Bee
An electronic ankle bracelet and being under house arrest aren't about to stop up-and-coming actress Maggie Chase (Tanna Frederick) from the two things she craves the most: real fame and true love. With more "Google points" than her Iowa hometown, but far less than Angelina Jolie, Maggie is desperate to claw her way off the B-list of action/adventure pictures and into major movie stardom.
クリステン・スチュワート ロストガール
Lois Riley
Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn’t understand, he insinuates himself into the life of an underage hooker, becoming her platonic guardian.
Conviction
Nancy Taylor
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 year quest to free Kenny. With the help of best friend Abra Rice, Betty Anne pores through suspicious evidence mounted by small town cop Nancy Taylor, meticulously retracing the steps that led to Kenny's arrest. Belief in her brother - and her quest for the truth - pushes Betty Anne and her team to uncover the facts and utilize DNA evidence with the hope of exonerating Kenny.
The Dry Land
Martha
A U.S. soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas.
みんな元気
Colleen
Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children's lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they've made them out to be.
According to Greta
Karen
Dumped on her grandparents for the summer by her indifferent mother, acerbic and self-destructive teenager Greta disrupts the elderly couple's staid life on the Jersey Shore. Eventually, a romance helps Greta face down her demons.
Dear Lemon Lima
Mrs. Howard
Vanessa gets a dose of reality when Philip, her one true love, ends their relationship, again. The quirky teen enrolls in his school to win him back, but ends up making matters worse. Downgraded to social outcast, Vanessa struggles to reclaim Phillip's affection. Luckily, when Vanessa is declared a captain for the school's Snowstorm Survivor competition, she assembles a team of like-minded misfits to prove they deserve to compete and hopefully win her love's heart again.
Veronika Decides to Die
Mari
After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.
Don McKay
Marie
Everything appears off-kilter when a man returns to his hometown after 25 years to visit his former lover.
True Adolescents
Sharon Mitchell
At 34, struggling Seattle musician Sam finds himself broke, jobless and losing touch with the person he wants to become. When his girlfriend kicks him out, he's forced to crash with his aunt Sharon and is reluctantly enlisted to take her teenage son and his friend camping.
Stephanie's Image
Stephanie
A documentary filmmaker investigates the murder of a former model and finds that everything she's been told about her death is false.
The Alphabet Killer
Kathy Walsh
Based on the true story of double killings occurring in Rochester, NY during the 80’s and the troubled police officer determined to solve them, with or without the help of her department
ボーダー
Cheryl
タークとルースターは、20年以上コンビを組んでいるベテラン刑事。固い絆で結ばれた二人だったが、とある連続殺人事件の容疑がタークにかけられて……。ロバート・デ・ニーロ、アル・パチーノ共演のサスペンス。
フローズン・リバー
Ray Eddy
新居購入のために貯めていた大金をギャンブル依存症の夫に持ち逃げされ、2人の子供を抱えて途方に暮れている白人女性レイ。愛する夫に先立たれ、義理の母に奪われた赤ん坊をいつの日か引き取ることを夢見ながら生きるモホーク族のライラ------ふとしたきっかけで知り合った2人は、それぞれの切羽つまった“ギリギリ"の状況を切り抜けるために、はからずも共犯関係に手を染めていく。
Santa Mesa
Maggie
Following his mother's death, Hector arrives in Manila to live with his grandmother. Unable to speak Tagalog, Hector falls in with a street gang before a photographer takes him under his wing. Haunted by memories of his mother, Hector photographs an anonymous woman when suddenly, these seemingly disconnected lives collide.
Lullaby
Stephanie
An American mother receives word that her drug addled son has been kidnapped by a drug lord operating in South Africa.
Mr. Woodcock
Sally Jansen
Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.
Racing Daylight
Sadie / Anna
Sadie thinks she's going insane. Edmund is sure he's being haunted. And Henry, well Henry's just racing daylight.
I Believe in America
Soto
Three generations of one family, all involved at different levels with the Puerto Rican underground movement for independence, struggle with their need for identity and their need for a peaceful life, as the dying revolutionary movement struggles with new ideas and old ideals.
Hollywood Dreams
Aunt Bee
The tale of a young girl fresh off the bus from Iowa, who falls in love with a sexy and promising young actor, though their relationship threatens to complicate her own obsessive goal of becoming a famous actress. The film perfectly captures the delightful and desperate lives of those chasing dreams in Hollywood: One day they are shuffling down a boardwalk with too many suitcases, and the next they are lounging in contemporary hillside homes with a view of the city. Though neither state is permanent the more desirable one fuels the dream. The story's extraordinary execution portrays Hollywood as the fantastic and insane place that it is. Written by Lane Kneedler, American Film Institute Magazine
The Cake Eaters
Ceci Kimbrough
The death of the Kimbrough family matriarch affects the three male survivors of the clan. Widower Easy tries to reconnect with his old flame, Marg. Eldest son and struggling musician Guy moves back to town, feeling guilty that he missed the funeral. His brother, Beagle, who was his mother's caretaker, falls for Marg's granddaughter, Georgia, a chronically ill girl who fears her time is growing short.
Dear Lemon Lima
Mrs. Howard
A lonely girl with a vivid imagination struggles to plant seeds of love after her narcissistic sweetheart breaks her heart.
Stephanie Daley
Miri Daley
Stephanie collapses in a pool of blood while on a school skiing trip. A doctor discovers that the blood is the after-effects of giving birth. Soon afterward, the body of a newborn baby is found in a toilet, its mouth blocked with toilet paper. Despite Stephanie's insistence that her child was stillborn and that she had no idea that she was pregnant, she is arrested for the murder of the child.
Black Irish
Margaret McKay
In South Boston, where Irish roots run deep and Catholic tradition reigns, two brothers face similar hardships but lead far different lives. While older brother Terry descends into drugs and crime, 16-year-old Cole vies to make the state baseball championships - but must struggle to withstand his brother's destructive influence.
Midnight Son
Rita
Mild-mannered professor Edward leaves his wife, Rita, one night to meet a stranger from an Internet chat room. It is only during his journey that we begin to discover the real reason for the disintegration of Edward and Rita's marriage.
Bomb
What starts as an innocent flirtation between teenagers on the edge of an old bombing range turns askew when a trip home reveals a chaotic adult world that seeks to subvert their friendship.
One Night
Wendy
Fifteen New Yorkers go into a Friday night unaware of the fact that their lives are about to change.
The House Is Burning
Mrs. Miller
The Limbo Room
KC Collins
When an on stage rape scene sparks an offstage affair, the line between reality and fiction becomes blurred.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Rachel
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.
Runaway
Lisa Adler
Michael Adler has run away from his suburban home with his little brother Dylan. Hiding out in a quiet, rural town, Michael's convinced he can make a better life for both of them. While Dylan stays holed up in a cheap motel all day, Michael works at a convenience store where everything starts to come together for him. But as Michael falls in love with his beautiful co-worker, Carly, his past begin
ハイド・アンド・シーク/暗闇のかくれんぼ
Laura
ある日、幸せだったキャラウェイ家を突然の不幸が襲った。妻であり母であったアリソンが手首を切って自殺したのだ。その光景を見た9歳の一人娘エミリーは、それ以来、堅く心を閉ざしてしまう。そんな娘の心を癒やすため、心理学者である父デビッドは、ニューヨーク郊外の湖のほとりにある静かな町へと移り住むことに。しかし、心を閉ざしたままのエミリーは、いつしかチャーリーという“見えない友達”と遊ぶようになる。
Confess
Agnes Lessor
A young ex-hacker, disgruntled with his life, lashes back at those deemed responsible, uploading unfavorable video footage of them on the internet.
American Gun
Louise
Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.
From Other Worlds
Miriam
FROM OTHER WORLDS is a sci-fi comedy about a depressed Brooklyn housewife who sleepwalks through her life until she encounters an alien force in her backyard. With the help of a fellow contactee, an African immigrant, she is determined to solve the mystery of her otherworldly experiences. Along the way, she finds romance, saves the planet and finds new meaning in her life.
21グラム
Marianne Jordan
大学で数学を教えるポールは余命1か月と宣告され心臓のドナーを待つ日々。また、夫と二人の幼い娘と幸せな生活を送るクリスティーナ。一方、前科を持つジャックは、神への信仰を生きがいに妻と二人の子供と暮らしていた。だが、ジャックが起こした悲劇的な事故をきっかけに、出会うはずのない3人の運命が、思いもよらぬ結末へと導かれていくのだった。
Homicide: The Movie
Kay Howard
Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present, clamor for an opportunity to help find the shooter.
Code of Ethics
Jo DeAngelo
The administrator of a medical company is forced to match wits with a serial killer, who targets people who commit insurance fraud with the State's Medicaid system.
The 24 Hour Woman
Dr. Suzanne Pincus
Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art. Featuring scores of interviews (including Orson Welles, Dennis Hopper, Milos Forman and Peter Bogdanovich) and rare behind-the-scenes footage, this hilarious documentary explores the fascinating question of Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Trish Axelrod
Helena Mora, the head of an eccentric theatrical family, has decided to sell her large estate in the Hamptons because of her recent money troubles. Before she completes the sale, she wants to have one last gathering of family and friends, with dramatic performances. Bringing everyone together, though, creates rivalries and tension, especially for Oona, a temperamental but successful movie actress who seeks the approval of her creative peers.
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Carol Manning
When a state trooper is gunned down on a New Jersey highway, his friend and colleague sets out to track down the killers. Realizing the murder is connected to an extensive underground terrorist ring, he joins forces with the FBI on a massive five-state hunt. Based on a true story.
The Ballad of Little Jo
Beatrice Grey
Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid-19th century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to an illegitimate child. Josephine quickly learns that young, female, pretty, and alone are a bad combination for life in the wild west. In her desperation to survive, Josephine disguises herself as "Jo", a young man, and struggles to make a life for herself in a dingy frontier mining town. Can "Little Jo" live and love without revealing his/her secret?
Immaculate Conception
Hannah
A childless British couple visit a fertility shrine of Gulab Shah in Karachi run by eunuchs and set off a huge culture clash.
Venice/Venice
Peggy
Dean is a maverick American film director surprised that his most recent film has been chosen as the Official U.S. Entry at the Venice Film Festival. A beautiful French journalist arrives at the festival with the apparent intention of interviewing the unique and eccentric filmmaker. In the midst of all the festival madness, she is forced to confront the wide divergence between things as they really are and things as they seem to be - both on screen and off. And so, finally, are we. Shot half in Venice, Italy and half in Venice, California, "Venice/Venice" looks at the profound effect movies have had - and continue to have - on our lives, our loves and on our dreams of romance.
Carolina Skeletons
Cassie
After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando believes his brother to have been innocent and seeks a proof for that, but there are some people in the town who will stop at nothing to hide the secrets of their past...
The Bride in Black
Mary Margaret
A Brooklyn widow (Susan Lucci) traces the past of her boxer/sculptor husband (David Soul), gunned down on their wedding day.
Nasty Boys
Katie Morrissey
When a narcotics team sent to bust some drug dealers are massacred. The police department form a special unit of undercover cops whose identities are withheld from the brass, and are only accountable to the leader, a Lieutenant. While they try to bust the dealers, the Lieutenant tries to find out who gave the dealers the information about the bust. And he suspects that it's someone in the DEA.
A Time of Destiny
Josie Larraneta
World War II provides the setting for a melodramatic tale of love and revenge.
Deadtime Stories
Judith 'MaMa' Baer
A babysitting uncle tells his charges three horror stories: about a killer witch; Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf; and Goldi Lox and the three bears.
Silent Witness
Patti Mullen
The marriage of a young working-class woman is jeopardized when she witnesses her brother-in-law's participation in a gang rape of an intoxicated woman in a neighborhood bar.
Always
Peggy
A middle-aged couple, on the verge of proceeding with a divorce, find themselves questioning their decision to separate when fellow friends and neighbors, oblivious to their marital troubles, assemble at their house for a 4th of July Weekend party.
Streetwalkin'
Cookie
Cookie is a teen runaway who escapes her abusive stepfather and heads for the Big Apple with her younger brother. When she arrives at the Port Authority bus terminal, Cookie meets a charming but sadistic pimp named Duke. With nowhere to go, Cookie is soon working for Duke, who introduces her to the harsh, brutal life of being a prostitute.
Clean-Up Crew
Siobhan
It focuses on a crime scene clean-up team that discovers a cash-filled briefcase at a crime sight. The discovery pits them into battle with a crime boss, hitman and corrupt government agents searching for the cash.
Returns
When a young woman returns to a fractured home 12 years after her mysterious disappearance, family secrets and old grudges haunt her joyous homecoming.