Piper Laurie films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 10 films on Boxlist

Known for Twin Peaks, The Hustler and Carrie.

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Starring Piper Laurie

Twin Peaks
1990 · Film
8.4/10 · TMDB
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed...
The Hustler
1961 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.
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Carrie
1976 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
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Children of a Lesser God
1986 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
James, a new speech teacher at a school for the deaf, falls for Sarah, a pupil who decided to stay on at the school rather than venture into the big bad world. She shuns him at first, refusing to read his lips and only using signs.
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The Faculty
1998 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet!
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Return to Oz
1985 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.
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White Boy Rick
2018 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
The story of a 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.
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Hesher
2010 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
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Eulogy
2004 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
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Dream a Little Dream
1989 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working on an experiment which will help him move into a place where Dreams are reality. When an accident occurs Coleman finds himself in Bobby's body...
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