Jessica Hecht films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 18 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Sideways, Primetime and Saving Face.

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Starring Jessica Hecht

The Sinner
2017 · TV
7.4/10 · TMDB
A young mother kills a stranger in a fit of unexplainable rage. An inquisitive detective obsesses over the case, attempting to get to the bottom of the true motive behind the act.
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Saving Face
2004 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
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Whatever Works
2009 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into...
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Sideways
2004 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.
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The Magic of Belle Isle
2012 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.
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Eleanor the Great
2025 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
Primetime
2026 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBIn cinemas
In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.
The Home
2025 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers harbor sinister secrets. As he investigates the building and its forbidden fourth floor, he starts to uncover connections to his own past and...
Banana Split
2018 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Over the course of a summer, two teenage girls develop the perfect kindred spirit friendship, with one big problem: one of them is dating the other's ex.
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Stay
2005 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his...
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Dan in Real Life
2007 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Advice columnist, Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls...
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Fair Game
2010 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Wife and mother Valerie Plame has a double life as a CIA operative, hiding her vocation from family and friends. Her husband, Joseph Wilson, writes a controversial article in The New York Times, refuting stories about the sale of enriched...
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The Winning Season
2009 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team
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J. Edgar
2011 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.
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The Forgotten
2004 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who...
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The Sitter
2011 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slacking. When Noah is watching the...
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My Soul to Take
2010 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
A serial killer returns to his hometown to stalk seven children who share the same birthday as the date he was allegedly put to rest.
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The English Teacher
2013 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Teacher Linda Sinclair balances her staid home life with an incredible passion for her subject, but her routine is forever altered when a former star pupil and his unsupportive father reenter her life.
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