Jennifer Jason Leigh
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Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962) is an American film and stage actress. She began acting on television during the 1970s, guest-starring on several television shows, and her film breakthrough came in 1982 for her performance as Stacy Hamilton in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
In 2015, she received widespread critical acclaim for performance as Daisy Domergue in Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe, Critics' Choice, BAFTA and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Leigh is known for her emotionally raw and often sexually explicit portrayals of vulnerable and damaged women, and for her intensive method inspired research into her roles.
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Possessor (2020)
As: Girder
A thriller about an agent who works for a secretive organization that uses brain-implant technology to enable its operatives to inhabit other people's bodies, ultimately driving them to carry out assassinations for high-paying clients.
Directed by: Brandon Cronenberg
Stars: Sean Bean | Andrea Riseborough | Tuppence Middleton | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Christopher Abbott
The Woman in the Window (2020)
As: Jane Russell
An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.
Directed by: Joe Wright
Stars: Gary Oldman | Amy Adams | Julianne Moore | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Wyatt Russell
Awake (2020)
After a devastating global event wipes out all electronics and eliminated people's ability to sleep, a former soldier may have found a solution with her daughter.
Directed by: Mark Raso
Stars: Gil Bellows | Barry Pepper | Gina Rodriguez | Frances Fisher | Jennifer Jason Leigh
QT8: The First Eight (2019)
As: Herself - Actress
A documentary that focuses on the first 21 years of Quentin Tarantino's career and includes interviews with his frequent collaborators.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Tara Wood
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson | Robert Forster | Jamie Foxx | Bruce Dern | Zoë Bell
Sid & Judy (2019)
As: Judy Garland (voice)
Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entertainer Judy Garland through rare concert footage, never-heard-before voice recordings and personal photos.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Stephen Kijak
Stars: Jon Hamm | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Fred Astaire | Judy Garland | Sid Luft
White Boy Rick (2018)
As: Alex Snyder
The story of teenager, Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Yann Demange
Stars: Matthew McConaughey | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Bel Powley | RJ Cyler | Richie Merritt
The Making of Annihilation (2018)
Director Alex Garland, Natalie Portman, and other cast and crew take viewers behind the scenes for a deeper look inside the film's stunts, intricate set design and breathtaking visual effects.
Runtime: 73 min.
Directed by: Jon Mefford
Stars: Alex Garland | Andrew Macdonald | Jeff VanderMeer | Andrew Whitehurst | Mark Digby
Annihilation (2018)
As: Dr Ventress
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Alex Garland
Stars: Natalie Portman | Gina Rodriguez | Tuva Novotny | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Tessa Thompson
Good Time (2017)
As: Corey Ellman
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld in an increasingly desperate - and dangerous attempt to get his brother Nick out of jail.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Josh Safdie | Benny Safdie
Stars: Robert Pattinson | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Benny Safdie | Buddy Duress | Taliah Webster
Amityville: The Awakening (2017)
As: Joan Walker
Belle, her little sister, and her comatose twin brother move into a new house with their single mother Joan in order to save money to help pay for her brother's expensive healthcare. But when strange phenomena begin to occur in the house including the miraculous recovery of her brother, Belle begins to suspect her Mother isn't telling her everything and soon realizes they just moved into the infamous ...
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Franck Khalfoun
Stars: Bella Thorne | Jennifer Morrison | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Cameron Monaghan | Thomas Mann
Morgan (2016)
As: Dr. Kathy Grieff
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Luke Scott
Stars: Kate Mara | Toby Jones | Boyd Holbrook | Rose Leslie | Anya Taylor-Joy
LBJ (2016)
As: Lady Bird Johnson
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Stars: Richard Jenkins | Woody Harrelson | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Jeffrey Donovan | Michael Stahl-David
Journey to the Oscars (2016)
As: Herself
“Journey to the Oscars” features in-depth, emotional stories about some of the most notable 2016 Oscar nominees, including Sylvester Stallone, Brie Larson, Bryan Cranston, Sir Ridley Scott and Matt Damon. Using a cinematic, documentary-style approach, the one-hour special focuses on the key moments that have defined each one as an artist and put the nominee on their unique path to Hollywood’s biggest ...
Runtime: 42 min.
Directed by: John Hirsch
Stars: Mark Ruffalo | Sylvester Stallone | Tom McCarthy | Ryan Coogler | Robin Roberts
Anomalisa (2015)
As: Lisa Hesselman (voice)
A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Duke Johnson | Charlie Kaufman
Stars: David Thewlis | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Tom Noonan
The Hateful Eight (2015)
As: Daisy Domergue
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
Runtime: 187 min.
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Kurt Russell | Walton Goggins | Samuel L. Jackson | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Demián Bichir
Crossed Over (2015)
As: Karla Faye Tucker
Based on the book Crossed Over: A Murder/A Memoir by Beverly Lowry, Crossed Over tells the true story of a woman, Beverly Lowry, who after the tragic hit-and-run death of her teenage son, sinks into a deep depression. Lowry and her supportive husband struggle to cope with this devastating loss. Lowry forms an unusual friendship with the first and only woman executed while on death row in Texas, Karla ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Bobby Roth
Stars: Diane Keaton | Maury Chaykin | Jennifer Jason Leigh
Welcome to Me (2014)
As: Deb Moseley
A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline Personality Disorder who wins Mega-millions, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Shira Piven
Stars: Kristen Wiig | Linda Cardellini | Jennifer Jason Leigh | James Marsden | Wes Bentley
Jake Squared (2014)
As: Sheryl
A filmmaker sets out to make a new project in order to figure out how he's screwed up every relationship he's ever had.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Howard Goldberg
Stars: Elias Koteas | Mike Vogel | Virginia Madsen | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Jane Seymour
Me (2014)
As: Kelly
A down and out actress secretly sells a reality show about her friend, a delusional eccentric, a once famous creator of reality shows, who now believes that his entire life is being filmed by hidden cameras and that he is the star of his very own reality show.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Jefery Levy
Stars: Steve Agee | Julian Sands | Michael Des Barres | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Allison Byrnes
Alex of Venice (2014)
As: Maureen
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Chris Messina
Stars: Reg E. Cathey | Don Johnson | Chris Messina | Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Skylar Gaertner
Open (2014)
As: Holly
Modern, provocative exploration of human sexuality and relationships.
Directed by: Ryan Murphy
Stars: Jaimie Alexander | Michelle Monaghan | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Wes Bentley | Anna Torv
Kill Your Darlings (2013)
As: Naomi Ginsberg
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: John Krokidas
Stars: Jack Huston | Michael C. Hall | Daniel Radcliffe | Dane DeHaan | Leslie Meisel
The Spectacular Now (2013)
As: Sara Keely
A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: James Ponsoldt
Stars: Kyle Chandler | Miles Teller | Brie Larson | Masam Holden | Shailene Woodley
Hateship Loveship (2013)
As: Chloe
A wild teenage girl orchestrates a romance between her nanny and her father, who is a recovering addict.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Liza Johnson
Stars: Kristen Wiig | Guy Pearce | Hailee Steinfeld | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Sami Gayle
The Moment (2013)
As: Lee
Fearing she may be responsible, a mental patient (Jennifer Jason Leigh) tries to unravel the mystery behind her ex-lover's (Martin Henderson) disappearance.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Jane Weinstock
Stars: Meat Loaf | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Alia Shawkat | Martin Henderson | Jennifer Jason Leigh
Greenberg (2010)
As: Beth
A New Yorker moves to Los Angeles in order to figure out his life while he housesits for his brother, and he soon sparks with his brother's assistant.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Noah Baumbach
Stars: Ben Stiller | Rhys Ifans | Merritt Wever | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Greta Gerwig
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
As: Maria
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Charlie Kaufman
Stars: Michelle Williams | Catherine Keener | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Samantha Morton
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
As: Pauline
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Noah Baumbach
Stars: John Turturro | Nicole Kidman | Ciarán Hinds | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Jack Black
Rag Tale (2005)
As: Mary Josephine 'MJ' Morton
A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Mary McGuckian
Stars: Rupert Graves | John Sessions | Lucy Davis | Bill Paterson | Jennifer Jason Leigh
Easter Sunday (2005)
As: Mother
A sensitive 10-year-old girl, Viv, gets an unexpected visit from her disturbed mother. Despite some difficult feelings and emotion and confusion, Viv learns to express herself and to forgive and understand her mother.
Runtime: 16 min.
Directed by: Jasmine Kosovic
Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh | Blaire Restaneo | Jewel Restaneo | Jon Powell | Keith Lal
The Jacket (2005)
As: Dr. Beth Lorenson
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: John Maybury
Stars: Keira Knightley | Kelly Lynch | Adrien Brody | Kris Kristofferson | Jennifer Jason Leigh
The Machinist (2004)
As: Stevie
The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ability to sleep. This is no ordinary insomnia...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Brad Anderson
Stars: Christian Bale | John Sharian | Michael Ironside | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Childstar (2004)
As: Suzanne
Childstar is about an egotistical 12-year-old named Taylor Brandon Burns who has skyrocketed to fame at that young age. His relationship with his driver, Rick, takes a turn when Taylor confides in him about the problems of celebrity and the fears of his impending teenage years. When Taylor disappears with his new girlfriend, Rick attempts to find the boy and help him through this troubling period.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Don McKellar
Stars: Gil Bellows | Don McKellar | Alan Thicke | Mark Rendall | Peter Paige
Palindromes (2004)
As: 'Mark' Aviva
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Todd Solondz
Stars: Ellen Barkin | Richard Masur | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Stephen Adly Guirgis | Emani Sledge
In the Cut (2003)
As: Pauline
Following the gruesome murder of a young woman in her neighborhood, a self-determined woman living in New York City--as if to test the limits of her own safety--propels herself into an impossibly risky sexual liaison. Soon she grows increasingly wary about the motives of every man with whom she has contact--and about her own.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Jane Campion
Stars: Mark Ruffalo | Nick Damici | Meg Ryan | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Sharrieff Pugh
Road to Perdition (2002)
As: Annie Sullivan
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Stars: Tom Hanks | Liam Aiken | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Paul Newman | Tyler Hoechlin
Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
As: Bridget
When a powerful developer named Mr. Scheck wants to knock down all the stores and houses in Arnold's neighborhood to build a huge "mall-plex", it looks likes the neighborhood is doomed to disappear. But with the help of a superhero and a mysterious deep-voiced stranger, Arnold and Gerald will need to recover a crucial document in order to save their beloved neighborhood.
Runtime: 76 min.
Directed by: Tuck Tucker
Stars: Tress MacNeille | Francesca Smith | Jamil Walker Smith | Spencer Klein | Dan Castellaneta
The Anniversary Party (2001)
As: Sally Therrian
While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, the American actress Sally Nash and the 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.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Jennifer Jason Leigh | Alan Cumming
Stars: Alan Cumming | Parker Posey | Jennifer Jason Leigh | John Benjamin Hickey | Phoebe Cates
The Quickie (2001)
As: Lisa
A crime soap opera about a Russian mobster retiring from "the business" on New Year's Eve, only to discover he has been targeted for death by a rival mobster.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Sergei Bodrov
Stars: Dean Stockwell | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Brenda Bakke | Yevgeni Lazarev | Sergei Bodrov Jr.
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
As: Female Inmate
A tale of passion, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity presents him with a chance to change it.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Ethan Coen | Joel Coen
Stars: Michael Badalucco | James Gandolfini | Billy Bob Thornton | Scarlett Johansson | Frances McDormand
Skipped Parts (2000)
As: Lydia Callahan
A woman and her son must leave a small South Carolina town because of her wild behavior.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Tamra Davis
Stars: R. Lee Ermey | Drew Barrymore | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Bug Hall | Mischa Barton
The King Is Alive (2000)
As: Gina
Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear only manages to plunge this disparate group of travelers into turmoil as they struggle to overcome both nature's wrath and their own morality.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Kristian Levring
Stars: Romane Bohringer | Brion James | David Bradley | Jennifer Jason Leigh | David Calder
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier (2000)
The invisible art of production designer Carol Spier. The relationship between director and production designer is a special one. FRAME BY FRAME is a documentary that goes behind the scenes of David Cronenberg's sci-fi film, eXistenZ, for a rare and fascinating look at the art of production ...
Runtime: 54 min.
Directed by: Katherine A. Jeans
Stars: David Cronenberg | Tamara Deverell | Carol Spier | Jim Isaac | Debra Beers
eXistenZ (1999)
As: Allegra Geller
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Stars: Ian Holm | Willem Dafoe | Jude Law | Don McKellar | Jennifer Jason Leigh
Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998)
As: Teri Small
An examination of the aftermath of Desert Storm and how servicemen and women were affected by it medically.
Runtime: 204 min.
Directed by: Rod Holcomb
Stars: Ted Danson | Brian Dennehy | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Marg Helgenberger
The Love Letter (1998)
As: Elizabeth Whitcomb
20th century computer games designer Scott exchanges love letters with 19th century poet Elizabeth Whitcomb through an antique desk that can make letters travel through time.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Dan Curtis
Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh | Campbell Scott | David Dukes | Estelle Parsons
Washington Square (1997)
As: Catherine Sloper
Set in 1870's New York, a spinster heiress is courted by a much younger, penniless man, much to the chagrin of her over-protective father, and must decide whether to spend the rest of her life alone, or marry a man who is interested in her only because of her inheritence.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Stars: Ben Chaplin | Maggie Smith | Albert Finney | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Judith Ivey
A Thousand Acres (1997)
As: Caroline Cook
A THOUSAND ACRES is a drama about an American family who meets with tragedy on their land. It is the story of a father, his daughters, and their husbands, and their passion to subdue the history of their land and its stories.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Stars: Colin Firth | Michelle Pfeiffer | Jessica Lange | Jason Robards | Jennifer Jason Leigh
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
As: Anney Boatwright
Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance. The film won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Special" and was nominated for "Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Anjelica Huston
Stars: Christina Ricci | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Lyle Lovett | Jena Malone | Ron Eldard
Kansas City (1996)
As: Blondie O'Hara
Robert Altman's story is a riff on race, class, and power cross-cuts between the two kidnappings and the background of corrupt politics and virtuoso jazz music. It all takes place in Kansas City in 1934.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Miranda Richardson | Michael Murphy | Dermot Mulroney | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Harry Belafonte
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
HBO documentary about movies
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Chuck Workman
Stars: Candice Bergen | Warren Beatty | Robert Altman | George Burns | Peter Coyote
Georgia (1995)
As: Sadie Flood
Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer who's happily married with children, but can't break out of the bar-band circuit and hit the big time she desperately covets. It's in part due to her attraction to drugs and booze, and also to her own unwise choice in men. Finally, though, Sadie's Achilles heel is a rough, unlovely voice very different than her sister's crowd-pleasing ...
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Ulu Grosbard
Stars: Ted Levine | Mare Winningham | Max Perlich | Jennifer Jason Leigh | John Doe
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
As: Selena St. George
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns ...
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Stars: Christopher Plummer | David Strathairn | Kathy Bates | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Judy Parfitt
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
As: Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Alan Rudolph
Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow | Jennifer Beals | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Campbell Scott | Matthew Broderick
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
As: Amy Archer
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Joel Coen
Stars: Tim Robbins | Charles Durning | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Paul Newman | John Mahoney
Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker (1994)
Portrait of writer Dorothy Parker, her Algonquin Round Table friends, her writing and her troubled life. Includes interviews, archival footage of Parker reading poetry and scenes from the 1994 film on Parker's life, "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle," starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Matthew ...
Runtime: 40 min.
Directed by: Robert Yuhas
Stars: Matthew Broderick | Heywood Hale Broun | Wendy Liebman | Randy Sue Coburn | Brendan Gill
Short Cuts (1993)
As: Lois Kaiser
Multi-storied, fish-eyed look at American culture with some 22 characters intersecting--profoundly or fleetingly--through each other's lives. Running the emotional gamut from disturbing to humorous, Altman's portrait of the contemporary human condition is nevertheless fascinating. Based on nine stories and a prose poem by Raymond Carver.
Runtime: 188 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Tim Robbins | Andie MacDowell | Julianne Moore | Anne Archer | Jack Lemmon
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993)
As: Herself
A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: John Dorr | Mike Kaplan
Stars: Tim Robbins | Matthew Modine | Fred Ward | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Robert Altman
Single White Female (1992)
As: Hedra 'Hedy' Carlson
Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek out a roommate in order to keep her spacious digs.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Stars: Peter Friedman | Stephen Tobolowsky | Bridget Fonda | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Steven Weber
The Prom (1992)
As: Lana
Short film by Steven Shainberg. Won the Grand Prize at the Houston International Film Festival, the Critics’ Award at the Breckenridge Film Festival, and the Silver Medal for Drama at the New York Film Festival.
Directed by: Steven Shainberg
Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh | Cole Hauser | Natalija Nogulich | Andras Jones | J.T. Walsh
Rush (1991)
As: Kristen Cates
Undercover cop Jim Raynor (Jason Patric) is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines (Gregg Allman). While their relationship turns romantic during the assignment, they also turn into junkies, and will ...
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Lili Fini Zanuck
Stars: Sam Elliott | Jason Patric | Max Perlich | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Gregg Allman
Crooked Hearts (1991)
As: Marriet Hoffman
The father of a family has a an affair. This affects every member of the family.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Michael Bortman
Stars: Noah Wyle | Juliette Lewis | Vincent D'Onofrio | Peter Berg | Jennifer Jason Leigh
Backdraft (1991)
As: Jennifer Vaitkus
They say a blast of flames can take a life ... and hide a secret. But now firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey are battling each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
Runtime: 137 min.
Directed by: Ron Howard
Stars: Kurt Russell | Robert De Niro | Donald Sutherland | Jennifer Jason Leigh | William Baldwin
Partners in Life (1990)
As: Blossom
During the Great Depression, a bumbling duo travels the country looking for employment. But they wind up getting into trouble every chance they get.
Directed by: Carl Gottlieb
Stars: Kevin Pollak | Rob Reiner | Wendie Jo Sperber | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Joe Guzaldo
Buried Alive (1990)
As: Joanna Goodman
Clint is an every day working man whose wife Joanna is having an affair with a doctor. They plot to kill him and get the insurance money. Only trouble the drug overdose they give him doesn't kill him. Lucky for Clint he's buried in a cheap wooden box and he unburies himself. Just remember, Hell hath no fury like a man buried alive!
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Stars: William Atherton | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Tim Matheson | Hoyt Axton | Jay Gerber
Miami Blues (1990)
As: Susie Waggoner
When Fred gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student Susie. Opposing Fred is Sgt Hoke Moseley, a cop who is getting a bit old for the job, especially since the job of cop in 1980's Miami is getting crazier all the time.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: George Armitage
Stars: Fred Ward | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Alec Baldwin | Georgie Cranford | Cecilia Pérez-Cervera
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
As: Tralala
A gritty Brooklyn story about union corruption, violence, taboos and social norms. The stories told are of the sailors, the prostitute, the union bosses, the hooligans and the gay community set in the early 50s.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Uli Edel
Stars: Peter Dobson | Stephen Lang | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Burt Young | Jerry Orbach
The Big Picture (1989)
As: Lydia Johnson
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 ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Christopher Guest
Stars: Michael McKean | Kevin Bacon | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Emily Longstreth | J.T. Walsh
Heart of Midnight (1988)
As: Carol
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, ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Matthew Chapman
Stars: Frank Stallone | Brenda Vaccaro | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Peter Coyote | Denise Dumont
Under Cover (1987)
As: Tanille Laroux
A cop goes undercover in a South Carolina high school. With the help of a local narcotics officer, he investigates the drug ring responsible for another cop's death.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: John Stockwell
Stars: Kathleen Wilhoite | Barry Corbin | Jennifer Jason Leigh | David Neidorf | David Harris
Sister, Sister (1987)
As: Lucy Bonnard
A congressional aide (Eric Stoltz) explores an old Louisiana mansion two kooky sisters (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey) run as a guest house.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Bill Condon
Stars: Eric Stoltz | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Anne Pitoniak | Dennis Lipscomb | Judith Ivey
Picnic (1986)
As: Madge Owens
A southern bell falls for a handsome drifter with no prospects, going against her parents' wishes to marry a rich businessman.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Marshall W. Mason
Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh | Gregory Harrison | Dick Van Patten | Rue McClanahan | Dana Hill
The Men's Club (1986)
As: Teensy
Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Peter Medak
Stars: Harvey Keitel | Frank Langella | David Dukes | Richard Jordan | Roy Scheider
The Hitcher (1986)
As: Nash
A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked, framed for the hitcher's crimes, and has his life made into hell by the same man he escaped.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Robert Harmon
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn | C. Thomas Howell | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Rutger Hauer | Billy Green Bush
Flesh + Blood (1985)
As: Agnes
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh | Rutger Hauer | Jack Thompson | Susan Tyrrell | Tom Burlinson
Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
As: Candy Webster
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 on of the drivers in the derby who's wife is cheating on him and wants to later on be ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
Stars: C. Thomas Howell | Jamie Lee Curtis | William Windom | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Patrick Swayze
Girls Of The White Orchid (1983)
As: Carol Heath
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 ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh | Richard Narita | Carolyn Seymour | Mako | Thomas Byrd
Easy Money (1983)
As: Allison Capuletti
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living, gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: James Signorelli
Stars: Joe Pesci | Rodney Dangerfield | Val Avery | Geraldine Fitzgerald | Candice Azzara
The First Time (1982)
As: Bonnie Dillon
An emotionally troubled teenage girl drops out of high school and travels with her boyfriend to San Diego, while the girl's mother enlists the help of an old U.S. Navy friend to help find her daughter.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Noel Nosseck
Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh | Alex Rocco | Edward Winter | Susan Anspach | Peter Barton
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
As: Stacy Hamilton
Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Amy Heckerling
Stars: Judge Reinhold | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Phoebe Cates | Sean Penn | Brian Backer
Wrong Is Right (1982)
As: Young Girl
Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift, funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Sean Connery stars as TV Newsman Patrick Hal on an international chase to track two suitcase sized nuclear weapons and to uncover the twisting maze of ...
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Stars: Sean Connery | Katharine Ross | George Grizzard | Robert Conrad | G. D. Spradlin
The Best Little Girl in the World (1981)
As: Casey Powell
Casey Powell is a young teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nevosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self-induced vomiting, because of her troubled home life and problems at school in which her bickering parents must put aside their differences to help her recover before her condition kills her.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Sam O'Steen
Stars: Melanie Mayron | Charles Durning | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Eva Marie Saint | Lisa Pelikan
The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
As: Amy Wheeler
A young man is shot and killed in an altercation with Houston police. His father doesn't believe the police version of the incident and starts digging around on his own.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Sam Wanamaker
Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh | Hal Holbrook | Dixie Carter | Gary McCleery | James Whitmore Jr.
I Think I'm Having A Baby (1981)
As: Laurie Mcintyre
Laurie is 15 and she thinks she's pregnant. Her boyfriend doesn't care. Her mother doesn't know. Why did it happen? And whom can she turn to?
Runtime: 44 min.
Directed by: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Stars: Helen Hunt | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Shawn Stevens | Shane Sinutko | Samantha Paris
Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
As: Tracy Harris
A TV newswoman (Lauren Tewes) catches a pervert (John DiSanti) watching her sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who cannot see, hear or speak.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Ken Wiederhorn
Stars: John DiSanti | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Lauren Tewes | Peter DuPre | Gwen Lewis
Angel City (1980)
As: Kristy Teeter
Jared Teeter has to work in a forced labor camp in Florida to make ends meet. "Angel City" is no place for the faint of heart.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Philip Leacock | Steve Carver
Stars: Mitchell Ryan | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Jennifer Warren | Paul Winfield | Ralph Waite
The Spy Who Never Was (1976)
As: Girl Playing with Ball (uncredited)
A diabolical tale of romance, murder, and mistaken identity as a treacherous terrorist organization hunts an enemy agent with the intention of killing him, but instead they set their sights on the wrong man. Left in the wake of their mistaken pursuit is a trail of broken lives and brutal murders.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Reza Badiyi | Uri Massad
Stars: Gila Almagor | Jason Robards | Haim Bashi | Hardy Krüger | Mike Burstyn