A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.

A Dangerous Woman

1993

English

5.7

♡ 13

43%

intellectual impairment

Stephen Gyllenhaal Director

Laurie Metcalf as Anita

Jack Riley as Bandleader

Jake Gyllenhaal as Edward

Paul Dooley as Tupperware Salesman

Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of Martha's unusual traits is that she doesn't lie, a quality that leads to her getting fired from a dry-cleaning shop thanks to the actions of the shifty Getso. Conflict seems to follow Martha, since she also becomes romantically involved with local fix-it man, Mackey, who is sleeping with Frances as well.

Making Mr. Right

1987

English

5.5

♡ 3

60%

Susan Seidelman Director

Christian Clemenson as Bruce

John Malkovich as Jeff Peters / Ulysses

Laurie Metcalf as Sandy

Susan Anton as Soap Opera Actress

When image consultant Frankie Stone is hired by a tech company to teach a scientist’s “Ulysses Robot” how to be a man, she winds up developing very real feelings for the faux human.

Timecode

2000

English

6.0

♡ 11

69%

Mike Figgis Director

Leslie Mann as Cherine

Laurie Metcalf as Dava Adair - Take 1

Golden Brooks as Onyx Richardson

Salma Hayek as Rose

A production company begins casting for its next feature, and an up-and-coming actress named Rose tries to manipulate her filmmaker boyfriend, Alex, into giving her a screen test. Alex's wife, Emma, knows about the affair and is considering divorce, while Rose's girlfriend secretly spies on her and attempts to sabotage the relationship. The four storylines in the film were each shot in one take and are shown simultaneously, each taking up a quarter of the screen.

Pacific Heights

1990

English

6.4

♡ 34

53%

san francisco, california

staircase

Thriller

John Schlesinger Director

Hal Landon Jr. as 2nd Deputy Sheriff

Michael Keaton as Carter Hayes

Melanie Griffith as Patty Palmer

Laurie Metcalf as Stephanie MacDonald

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

Starring Austin Pendleton

6.8

David H. Holmes Director

Ethan Hawke as Self

Wallace Shawn as Self

Natalie Portman as Self

Laurie Metcalf as Self

A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.

Steel City

2006

English

6.2

♡ 3

83%

Brian Jun Director

Clayne Crawford as Ben Lee

Jamie Anne Allman as Maria Lee

Laurie Metcalf as Marianne Karn

Raymond J. Barry as Vic Lee

After a tragic accident caused by the truck of the middle-aged Carl Lee where a woman dies with a crushed stern, he is arrested and sent to the county jail. His son PJ, who works washing dishes and cleaning tables in a restaurant, feels lost, without financial support to keep his father's house, and is fired from his job and evicted from his house.

Blink

1994

English

6.2

♡ 7

68%

Michael Apted Director

Laurie Metcalf as Candice

Matt Roth as Officer Crowe

Lia D. Mortensen as Reporter

James Remar as Thomas Ridgely

Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night she is awakened by a commotion upstairs. Peering out of her door, she sees a shadowy figure descending the stairs. Convinced that her neighbour has been murdered she approaches the police, only to find that she is unsure if it was just her new eyes playing tricks on her.

Beer League

2006

English

5.9

♡ 5

31%

Frank Sebastiano Director

Laurie Metcalf as Artie's Mom

Seymour Cassel as Dirt

Jimmy Palumbo as Johnny Trinno

Mary Birdsong as Rhonda

An unemployed slacker inspires his softball teammates to improve their game to avoid getting kicked out of the local league.

Somewhere in Queens

2022

English

6.8

♡ 14

92%

Comedy

Drama

Sport

Ray Romano Director

Laurie Metcalf as Angela

Tony Lo Bianco as Dominic 'Pops' Russo

Sebastian Maniscalco as Frank Russo

J.C. MacKenzie as Mr. Mack

Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.

Dear God

1996

English

5.5

♡ 12

15%

Garry Marshall Director

Odette Annable as Angela, Daughter

Nancy Marchand as Judge Kits Van Heynigan

Laurie Metcalf as Rebecca Frazen

Jim Meskimen as State D.A.

A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering letters written to God. His seemingly virtuous work inspires his co-workers to do the same, but their good deeds are frowned upon by the postmaster general—and the cops.

Meet the Robinsons

2007

English

6.8

♡ 95

68%

based on novel or book

Stephen J. Anderson Director

Tom Selleck as Cornelius

Laurie Metcalf as Lucille Krunklehorn

Rob Tinkler as Tiny The T-Rex

Danny Mann as Various

Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when he meets Wilbur Robinson and his family.

Georgia Rule

2007

English

5.9

♡ 9

19%

52%

Comedy

Drama

grandparent grandchild relationship

lie

parent child relationship

sexual abuse

small town

veterinarian

Garry Marshall Director

Garrett Hedlund as Harlan

Laurie Metcalf as Paula

Lindsay Lohan as Rachel

Dermot Mulroney as Simon

Rebellious, uncontrollable teenager, Rachel is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her estranged grandmother, Georgia. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding that - regardless what happens - the ties that bind can never be broken.

Internal Affairs

1990

English

6.5

♡ 58

79%

los angeles, california

Mike Figgis Director

Laurie Metcalf as Amy Wallace

Richard Gere as Dennis Peck

Annabella Sciorra as Heather Peck

Elijah Wood as Sean Stretch

Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck is involved in any number of dubious or downright criminal activities. He is also devious, a womaniser, and a clever manipulator, and he starts to turn his attention on Avila.

Uncle Buck

1989

English

7.1

♡ 98

61%

John Hughes Director

Garrett M. Brown as Bob Russell

Amy Madigan as Chanice Kobolowski

Gaby Hoffmann as Maizy Russell

Laurie Metcalf as Marcie Dahlgren-Frost

Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older niece Tia, loyal girlfriend Chanice and just about everyone else who crosses his path.

A Wedding

1978

English

7.0

♡ 5

69%

Robert Altman Director

Jeff Perry as Bunky Lemay

Howard Duff as Dr. Jules Meecham

Laurie Metcalf as Maid

John Malkovich as Wedding Guest

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma expires in bed just as the reception starts. Could be quite an occasion.

Lady Bird

2017

English

7.4

♡ 238

99%

mother-daughter relationship

oscar nominated

Greta Gerwig Director

Robert Roldan as Cab Driver

Kathryn Newton as Darlene Bell

Timothée Chalamet as Kyle Scheible

Laurie Metcalf as Marion McPherson

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

Candy Mountain

1987

English

6.4

♡ 6

100%

68%

Drama

Rudy Wurlitzer Director

Laurie Metcalf as Alice

Tom Waits as Al Silk

Wayne Robson as Buddy Burke

Robert Joy as Couple

A mediocre musician goes on the road in search of the world's greatest guitar maker.

Desperately Seeking Susan

1985

English

6.1

♡ 36

86%

rolling stone magazine

woman director

Susan Seidelman Director

Steven Wright as Larry Stillman D.D.S

Laurie Metcalf as Leslie Glass

Rosanna Arquette as Roberta Glass / 'Susan'

Will Patton as Wayne Nolan

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.

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