Movies by James LeGros
As part of the cast:
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Big Miracle (2012)
Cast: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Kristen Bell …
Directed by: Ken Kwapis
After small-town Alaska journalist Adam Carlson writes about three whales trapped in the Arctic Circle, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. team up to rescue them in this tale inspired by true events.…
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Skateland (2011)
Cast: Shiloh Fernandez, Ashley Greene, Heath Freeman …
Directed by: Anthony Burns
Nineteen-year-old Ritchie Wheeler finds his life at a crossroads when the Texas roller rink where he works is forced to shut its doors. In this coming-of-age tale set in the 1980s, Ritchie…
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Mildred Pierce (2011)
Cast: Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood …
Directed by: Todd Haynes
Based on the 1941 novel by James M. Cain, this HBO miniseries follows the turbulent life of Mildred Pierce, a fiercely independent single mom who works hard to win her daughter's love…
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Mercy: Season 1 (2010)
Cast: Delroy Lindo, Ward Horton, Diego Klattenhoff …
Directed by: Adam Bernstein
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Bitter Feast (2010)
Cast: Mario Batali, Owen Campbell, Tobias Campbell …
Directed by: Joe Maggio
Director Joe Maggio's deliciously nasty comic morsel stars James LeGros as Peter Gray, a self-absorbed celebrity chef who goes off the deep end when pompous but influential food blogger…
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Mercy (2009)
Cast: Taylor Schilling, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jaime Lee Kirchner …
This drama series charts the professional and personal lives of three nurses at a New Jersey hospital. While Army vet Veronica bucks the rules and hardworking Sonia tries to balance her…
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Sherman's Way (2008)
Cast: James LeGros, Enrico Colantoni, Michael Shulman …
Directed by: Craig M. Saavedra
When uptight law student Sherman gets dumped and cut off from the family fortune in one fell swoop, he hitches a ride to Los Angeles with a former ski champ. A series of adventures with the…
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Vantage Point (2007)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, William Hurt …
Directed by: Pete Travis
Moments after he arrives in Spain for a landmark antiterrorism summit, U.S. President Ashton is shot. The 15 minutes leading up to the shooting are rehashed -- Rashomon-style -- from the…
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The Last Winter (2007)
Cast: Ron Perlman, James LeGros, Connie Britton …
Directed by: Larry Fessenden
When strange things start happening at an Arctic oil-drilling outpost, workers fear their cabin is haunted by ancient spirits, and the unexplained events spark a feud between an oil company…
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Visioneers (2007)
Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Judy Greer, Mía Maestro …
Directed by: Jared Drake
Visioneer George Washington Winsterhammerman (Zach Galifianakis) lives a comfortable but monotonous life in this slightly futuristic black comedy. But when people start exploding from stress…
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Trust the Man (2005)
Cast: Billy Crudup, Eva Mendes, Julianne Moore …
Directed by: Bart Freundlich
This intimate look at modern relationships follows the romantic lives of two siblings who are struggling with love: Rebecca is picking up the pieces of her crumbling marriage, while her…
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Sexual Life (2005)
Cast: Elizabeth Banks, Anne Heche, Kerry Washington …
Directed by: Ken Kwapis
As they seek romance and sexual gratification, the lives of eight Angelenos -- including a teenage trollop (Azura Skye), a wedding photographer (Tom Everett Scott) and a hotel desk clerk…
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Straight into Darkness (2005)
Cast: Ryan Francis, Scott MacDonald, Linda Thorson …
Directed by: Jeff Burr
On their way to being court marshaled, American soldiers Losey (Ryan Francis) and Deming (Scott MacDonald) survive a land mine explosion and flee into the wasteland of war-ravaged Europe,…
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Catch That Kid (2004)
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot …
Directed by: Bart Freundlich
Three specialists in their fields -- a rock climber, a computer genius and a mechanical wiz -- take on the nearly impossible task of robbing one of the world's most impenetrable banks in…
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November (2004)
Cast: Courteney Cox, James LeGros, Dori Mizrahi …
Directed by: Greg Harrison
November shapes up to be a bad month for photographer Sophie Jacobs (Courteney Cox), as her innocent-bystander boyfriend is shot during a convenience-store robbery in midtown Los Angeles.…
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Paradise (2004)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, David Strathairn, Kirk Acevedo …
Directed by: Frank Pierson
This touching drama examines the illogical reasons behind the decision of Bobby Paradise (David Strathairn), a supremely logical man, to set aside his scientific work as an astronaut and…
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World Traveler (2002)
Cast: Billy Crudup, Julianne Moore, Cleavant Derricks …
Directed by: Bart Freundlich
Cal (Billy Crudup) is a successful, 30-something architect living in New York City and facing an existential midlife crisis of epic proportions. Chucking it all (including his wife and…
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Lovely & Amazing (2002)
Cast: Catherine Keener, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer …
Directed by: Nicole Holofcener
Four spirited women tackle everything from relationships to careers in this captivating indie drama, starring Brenda Blethyn as an insecure mother who passed along bits of her neuroses to…
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Scotland, PA (2002)
Cast: James LeGros, Maura Tierney, Christopher Walken …
Directed by: Billy Morrissette
Scotland, PA takes Shakespeare's "Macbeth" someplace it's never been: 1970s white-trash America. James LeGros and Maura Tierney are Joe and Pat McBeth, a couple stuck in dead-end…
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Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie (2002)
Cast: David Krumholtz, Tory Kittles, Jennifer Morrison …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Transplanted Brooklyn-ite Benny Silman (David Krumholtz) makes a name for himself as the campus bookie at his beloved Arizona university. It seems like he has it all -- hot women, nice cars…
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Damaged Care (2002)
Cast: Laura Dern, James LeGros, Michelle Clunie …
Directed by: Harry Winer
In this true David-and-Goliath story from Showtime, Linda Peeno (Laura Dern) is a doctor who watches helplessly as her colleagues provide inadequate medical treatment in an effort to toe the…
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If You Only Knew (2000)
Cast: Johnathon Schaech, Alison Eastwood, James LeGros …
Directed by: David Snedeker
In order to share a posh New York loft with Samantha, Parker pretends to be gay. As the two become friends, Parker realizes he's falling in love with her -- but she just keeps setting…
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Life in the Fast Lane (1999)
Cast: Fairuza Balk, Patrick Dempsey, Noah Taylor …
When Mona (Fairuza Balk) accidently kills her boyfriend (Patrick Dempsey), his ghost begins to follow her everywhere. Soon she realizes how much she loves him and does the only thing she can…
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Wishful Thinking (1999)
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Beals, Desiree Casado …
Directed by: Adam Park, Ellery Ryan
When Max meets Elizabeth, there's a connection, but when Elizabeth starts talking marriage, Max pushes her away. Meanwhile, Elizabeth's friendship with Jack makes Max jealous, and…
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Jump (1999)
Cast: Mark Rosenthal, Peter Appel, Jessica Hecht …
Directed by: Justin McCarthy
From the co-writer of Prozac Nation comes this hilarious tribute to urban dysfunction. As a suicidal man (Mark Rosenthal) stands on a New York City rooftop ready to throw himself off the…
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Enemy of the State (1998)
Cast: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight …
Directed by: Tony Scott
Hotshot lawyer Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover…
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Psycho (1998)
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore …
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
Marion makes a fateful stop at the Bates Motel -- run by mama's boy Norman Bates -- in this remake of the 1960 shocker. Marion goes missing, triggering an investigation by her lover, her…
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Thursday (1998)
Cast: Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart, Paulina Porizkova …
Directed by: Skip Woods
Casey Wells, a married architect with a sordid past, encounters an old cohort with a large quantity of heroin. Now, he finds his newly respectable life on the line as he gets involved with…
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Stir / Highway Hitcher (1998)
Cast: William Forsythe, Traci Lords, James LeGros …
Directed by: Kurt Voss, Rodion Nakhapetov
This double feature includes a pair of tense thrillers. In Stir, Kelly Bekins (Traci Lords) searches for answers after her husband -- a scientist working on a cure for AIDS -- is brutally…
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The Pass (1998)
Cast: William Forsythe, James LeGros, Elizabeth Peña …
Directed by: Kurt Voss
After his wife leaves him, a businessman with a compulsive gambling problem travels to Reno, Nev., for some gambling therapy -- which takes a turn when he picks up a psychotic serial killer…
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The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
Cast: Noah Wyle, Arija Bareikis, Blythe Danner …
Directed by: Bart Freundlich
Warren (Noah Wyle) returns home after a three-year absence and soon falls into the rhythms of his childhood: bickering with his siblings, hanging out with his stoner buddies and avoiding his…
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Infinity (1996)
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Peter Riegert, David Drew Gallagher …
Directed by: Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick makes an impressive directorial debut with this biopic about brilliant physicist Richard Feynman (played by Broderick), who participated in the Manhattan Project and played…
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Serial Bomber (1996)
Cast: Lori Petty, Jason London, Yuki Amami …
Directed by: Keoni Waxman
Jason London stars as lovelorn psycho Chris Murdock in this fast-paced thriller. Unwilling to let his old girlfriend Kaori Ozaki (Miwa Kawagoe) move on with her life, Murdock begins murdering…
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Boys (1996)
Cast: Winona Ryder, Lukas Haas, John C. Reilly …
Directed by: Stacy Cochran
After rescuing Patty Vare (Winona Ryder) when she was knocked unconscious by falling off her horse, the last thing John Baker (Lukas Haas) expected to happen was that he'd fall in love…
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Safe (1995)
Cast: Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Xander Berkeley …
Directed by: Todd Haynes
Julianne Moore gives an astonishing performance as Carol White, a suburban housewife whose affluent environment suddenly turns against her. All seems well until the day Carol claims everyday…
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Living in Oblivion (1995)
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney …
Directed by: Tom DiCillo
This clever comedy takes you through one hellaciously funny day in the life of small-time independent filmmaker Nick Reve (Steve Buscemi), who has one goal: to realize his artistic vision…
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The Low Life (1995)
Cast: Rory Cochrane, Sean Astin, Kyra Sedgwick …
Directed by: George Hickenlooper
Hollywood-bound Yale grad John (Rory Cochrane) believes success as a writer awaits him in Tinseltown. But life has other plans for him. Instead of fame, he finds a slacker existence in which…
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Don't Do It! (1994)
Cast: James LeGros, Heather Graham, Esai Morales …
Directed by: Eugene Hess
Three Generation-X couples struggle with commitment as one partner in each pair secretly pines for someone else. While some seek solace in denial, others find a release in casual sex -- until…
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Floundering (1994)
Cast: James LeGros, Shaka, Zander Schloss …
Directed by: Peter McCarthy
John (James LeGros) lives in beautiful Venice Beach, but finds little to appreciate in his surroundings. His life is full of strange pals, sweaty sex, gangsters, bureaucrats, fanatics and…
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Bad Girls (1994)
Cast: Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Drew Barrymore …
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Cody, Anita, Eileen and Lilly are four tough Wild West women on the run from the law. To make matters worse, as they're getting cash from a bank, a robber takes it. With two Pinkertons…
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Guncrazy (1992)
Cast: Drew Barrymore, James LeGros, Ione Skye …
Directed by: Tamra Davis
When a school assignment forces Anita (Drew Barrymore), a sexually abused teen, to get a pen pal, a genuine friendship develops between she and her correspondent, a prisoner named Howard…
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Singles (1992)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott …
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Generation X neighbors share their bittersweet, intertwined stories of the single life in director Cameron Crowe's quirky relationship comedy set against the backdrop of Seattle's…
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Where the Day Takes You (1992)
Cast: Laura San Giacomo, Dermot Mulroney, Robert Knepper …
Directed by: Marc Rocco
Director Marc Rocco's drama looks at a band of addicts and runaways who call the streets of Hollywood home. Living off what they score panhandling, stealing and pimping themselves, they…
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My New Gun (1992)
Cast: Diane Lane, James LeGros, James Le Gros …
Directed by: Stacy Cochran
When Gerald Bender (Stephen Collins) buys his dutiful wife, Debbie (Diane Lane), a gun for her protection, she hesitantly accepts the gift, but has no idea how much trouble it's about to…
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Point Break (1991)
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey …
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
To nab the culprits behind a string of bank heists, brash young G-man Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) poses as a wave rider to infiltrate a group of surfers who may have pulled off the robberies…
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Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James LeGros …
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
In Gus Van Sant's unrepentant look at drug addiction, four junkies begin robbing pharmacies to fuel their habits. Soon, ringleader Bob, his wife and underlings Rick and Nadine take the…
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Phantasm II (1988)
Cast: James LeGros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm …
Directed by: Don Coscarelli
In this 1980s sequel to a '70s cult classic, Mike (James LeGros) -- the teen hero of the earlier film -- has just been released from a mental hospital and is determined to resume his…
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Fatal Beauty (1987)
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Rubén Blades …
Directed by: Tom Holland
When a lethal form of cocaine known as Fatal Beauty ends up on the streets, narcotics cop Rita Rizzoli -- who uses ridiculous disguises when she's not resorting to deadly force -- teams…
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Solarbabies (1986)
Cast: Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric …
Directed by: Alan Johnson
This postapocalyptic adventure follows a group of imprisoned, skateball-playing youths (including Jason Patric, Lukas Haas and Jami Gertz) who find an orb with prophetic powers. When the orb…
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The Mogul (1984)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Gerrit Graham …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito directs and stars in this hilarious film about a successful trucker from New Jersey, Vic De Salvo, who pulls a clever scam to become the producer and star of the nation's…