Chris Messina films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 29 films and 2 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Argo, Pressure and Juror #2.

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Starring Chris Messina

Pressure
2026 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or...
Sharp Objects
2018 · TV
7.8/10 · TMDB
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
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Air
2023 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.
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Argo
2012 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
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Based on a True Story
2023 · TV
7.3/10 · TMDB
The lives of a realtor, a plumber and a former tennis star unexpectedly collide, exposing America’s obsession with true crime, murder and the slow-close toilet seat.
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord.
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Ruby Sparks
2012 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him...
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Rounders
1998 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
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Juror #2
2024 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the accused killer.
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
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Call Jane
2022 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.
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I Care a Lot
2021 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.
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Julie & Julia
2009 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and...
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Away We Go
2009 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Veronica expecting their first child, Burt's parents decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place...
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You've Got Mail
1998 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
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The Boogeyman
2023 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.
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Celeste & Jesse Forever
2012 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Celeste and Jesse met in high school and got married young. They laugh at the same jokes and finish each other’s sentences. They are forever linked in their friends’ minds as the perfect couple – she, a high-powered businesswoman and...
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Made of Honor
2008 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Tom and Hannah have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she...
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The Siege
1998 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with...
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Cake
2014 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
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Towelhead
2008 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.
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Live by Night
2016 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered on a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
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Palo Alto
2014 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual...
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The Secrets We Keep
2020 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
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Devil
2010 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the devil.
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Greenberg
2010 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
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.
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The Aviary
2022 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
A twisted journey of two women’s desperate flee to escape the clutches of Skylight, an insidious cult. Lured in by the promise of “freedom” in the isolated desert campus called The Aviary, Jillian and Blair join forces to escape in hopes...
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She Dies Tomorrow
2020 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Amy is ravaged by the notion that she is going to die tomorrow, which sends her down a dizzying emotional spiral. When her skeptical friend Jane discovers Amy’s feeling of imminent death to be contagious, they both begin bizarre journeys...
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Manglehorn
2015 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
AJ Manglehorn is an aging, ordinary guy in a small town. He nurses his sick cat, squeezes out a conversation with the local bank teller every Friday, and eats at the same place every day. But there is more to Manglehorn than meets the eye...
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An Invisible Sign
2010 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
Mona Gray is a 20-year-old loner who, as a child, turned to math for salvation after her father became ill. As an adult, Mona now teaches the subject and must help her students through their own crises.
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I.S.S.
2024 · Film
4.7/10 · TMDB
Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a conflict breaks out on Earth. U.S. and Russian astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.
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