Movies by Laurie Metcalf
As part of the cast:
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Easy Money: Season 1 (2008)
Cast: Laurie Metcalf, Jay R. Ferguson, Jeff Hephner …
Laurie Metcalf ("Roseanne") stars as morally repugnant yet likable Bobette Buffkin, the matriarch of a family of high-interest loan sharks that includes eldest son Cooper (Jay R. Ferguson),…
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Meet the Robinsons (2007)
Cast: Daniel Hansen, Wesley Singerman, Angela Bassett …
Directed by: Stephen J. Anderson
In this kid-friendly computer-animated adventure, brilliant preteen inventor Lewis (voiced by Daniel Hansen) creates a memory scanner to retrieve his earliest recollections and find out why…
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Georgia Rule (2007)
Cast: Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman …
Directed by: Garry Marshall
Fed up with the antics of her unruly daughter, Rachel, exasperated Lilly takes her to Idaho to live with her flinty, no-nonsense grandmother, Georgia, who lays down her own set of rules…
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Beer League (2006)
Cast: Artie Lange, Ralph Macchio, Anthony de Sando …
Directed by: Frank Sebastiano
This laugh-out-loud sports comedy follows a motley squad of underdogs, led by slacker Artie DeVanzo (Artie Lange), who'd rather perfect their beer-drinking skills than concentrate on…
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Absolutely Fabulous: White Box (2004)
Cast: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha …
Directed by: Ed Bye
Edina (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley) are up to their usual high-spirited antics in this special based on the hit British television series. Edina decides to remodel her…
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Treasure Planet (2002)
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian Murray, David Hyde Pierce …
Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms.…
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Toy Story 2 (1999)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack …
Directed by: John Lasseter
Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), Woody (Tom Hanks) and the rest of the toys in Andy's playroom are back! This time, when Andy goes off to cowboy camp, an obsessive collector kidnaps Woody,…
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Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (1998)
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Cicely Tyson, Daniel Williams …
Directed by: Michael Apted
After getting out of prison, convicted murderer Socrates Fortlow (Laurence Fishburne) begins building a new life in a crumbling Los Angeles neighborhood, where he struggles to stay out of…
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Hellcab (1998)
Cast: Paul Dillon, John Cusack, Tim Gamble …
Directed by: Mary Cybulski, John Tintori
In this slice-of-life indie, a cab driver (Paul Dillon) is about to encounter what may be the toughest -- and oddest -- day of his life. With every fare he picks up, including a rape victim…
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Scream 2 (1997)
Cast: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox …
Directed by: Wes Craven
In the two years since the fateful events in Woodsboro, Gale has written a best-seller, which has been turned into a film. As the movie premiere looms closer, the mysterious deaths begin…
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Balloon Farm (1997)
Cast: Rip Torn, Mara Wilson, Laurie Metcalf …
Directed by: William Dear
As soon as Harvey S. Potter (Rip Torn) descends upon a drought-stricken farmland, he begins to grow a mysterious but beautiful crop of balloons. Mystified by the new resident's…
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Dear God (1996)
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf, Maria Pitillo …
Directed by: Garry Marshall
Working in the dead letter department of the post office to avoid a prison stretch, con man Tom Turner mistakenly sends money (meant for his bookie) to the writer of a letter addressed to…
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Toy Story (1995)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles …
Directed by: John Lasseter
Cowboy-toy Woody feels threatened when overblown space ranger Buzz Lightyear arrives with a suitcase full of bells and whistles. But both dolls are lost when the family moves -- and finding…
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Blink (1994)
Cast: Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, James Remar …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Blind since she was a child, Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe) gets the gift of sight when a dead woman's eyes are donated to her. But her vision is still a bit blurry right after the…
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A Dangerous Woman (1993)
Cast: Laurie Metcalf, Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
At the center of this engrossing melodrama is a Golden Globe-nominated turn by Debra Winger, who plays a sheltered, slow-witted woman living with her widowed Aunt Frances (Barbara Hershey)…
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JFK: Special Edition (1991)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone's fascinating film about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy -- one of America's most enigmatic and mythical political figures -- is even more dramatic…
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Internal Affairs (1990)
Cast: Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Laurie Metcalf …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
When a newly minted Internal Affairs investigator trains his crosshairs on a manipulative, corrupt cop who's been involved in police brutality for years, the pursuit of justice turns…
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Pacific Heights (1990)
Cast: Matthew Modine, Melanie Griffith, Michael Keaton …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Young couple Patty and Drake (Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine) buy their dream house in San Francisco and rent out the ground floor apartment to Carter Hayes, who seems to be an ideal…
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Uncle Buck (1989)
Cast: John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann …
Directed by: John Hughes
Comedy acting legend John Candy turns in a signature performance in this effort from director John Hughes as a notoriously irresponsible uncle left to care for his brother's kids during…
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Roseanne (1988)
Cast: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf …
The unconventional parenting methods of Roseanne and Dan Connor generate tons of laughs in this hit sitcom as the couple navigates the ups and downs of blue-collar life with their children --…
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Making Mr. Right (1987)
Cast: John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly …
Directed by: Susan Seidelman
When image consultant Frankie Stone (Ann Magnuson) is hired by a tech company to teach a scientist's (John Malkovich) "Ulysses Robot" how to be a man, she winds up developing very real…
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Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn …
Directed by: Susan Seidelman
Roberta (Rosanna Arquette) seeks vicarious thrills through other people's personal ads. But via a jacket, amnesia and mistaken identity, Roberta comes to believe she's Susan…