Melissa Leo films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 34 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for The Big Short, Prisoners and The Fighter.

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Starring Melissa Leo

Prisoners
2013 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
Keller Dover faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. The head of the investigation, Detective Loki, arrests the...
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I Know This Much Is True
2020 · TV
7.6/10 · TMDB
The parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th century America.
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The Fighter
2010 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.
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21 Grams
2003 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls; and Jack...
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The Big Short
2015 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
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The Equalizer 3
2023 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.
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The Equalizer
2014 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to...
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Snowden
2016 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
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...
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Guns Up
2025 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
When a job goes horribly wrong, an ex-cop and family man who moonlights as a mob henchman has one night to get his family out of the city.
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Flight
2012 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground...
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King Ivory
2025 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Based on extensive research involving law enforcement and gang members, a never-before-seen, authentic look inside the underworld of fentanyl trafficking from gangs inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester a.k.a. "Big Mac."
Everybody's Fine
2009 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
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...
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Frozen River
2008 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom, is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the...
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Oblivion
2013 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His...
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The Equalizer 2
2018 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when a long-time girl friend is murdered.
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Welcome to the Rileys
2010 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
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...
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Body Brokers
2021 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
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...
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Hide and Seek
2005 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend...
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Olympus Has Fallen
2013 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national...
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London Has Fallen
2016 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
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Red State
2011 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
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.
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The Most Hated Woman in America
2017 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.
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Jane
2022 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
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...
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Veronika Decides to Die
2009 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
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.
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Righteous Kill
2008 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind...
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Passenger
2026 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won't stop until it claims them both turns their van life adventure...
Ida Red
2021 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
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.
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Long Gone Heroes
2024 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Gunner, a special forces soldier who has witnessed the darkest side of country and combat, is forced back into the field of battle to save his niece, who is being held in South America. As the fight intensifies, Gunner and his team...
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Thunder Force
2021 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
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.
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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
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.
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The Cake Eaters
2007 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
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 Clean Up Crew
2024 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
When a crime scene clean up crew discovers a briefcase full of money, they must out smart a criminal kingpin and corrupt FBI agents who want it back.
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Mr. Woodcock
2007 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
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.
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Alone Together
2022 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
Strangers June and Charlie wind up double-booked in the same upstate New York Airbnb during the start of COVID-19. Exasperating the situation, the lockdown forces them both to stay and confront the unexpected feelings that develop between...
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