Movies by Elizabeth Peña
As part of the cast:
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The Perfect Family (2011)
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Emily Deschanel, Jason Ritter …
Directed by: Anne Renton
When tightly wound suburbanite Eileen Cleary wins her church's coveted Catholic Woman of the Year award, she pushes aside inconvenient truths -- including an alcoholic son, a gay…
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Down for Life (2009)
Cast: Jessica Romero, Danny Glover, Snoop Dogg …
Directed by: Alan Jacobs
As the leader of a Latina gang in South Central Los Angeles, Rascal (Jessica Romero) must contend with an escalating war against a rival African-American gang while a persistent teacher…
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Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
Cast: John Leguizamo, Alfred Molina, Freddy Rodriguez …
Directed by: Alfredo De Villa
John Leguizmo and Alfred Molina head up an all-star cast in this multicultural ensemble comedy that follows a trio of Puerto Rican siblings -- a Marine, an actress and a businessman -- on…
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Racing for Time (2008)
Cast: Louis Herthum, Sara Jane Henriques, Douglas M. Griffin …
Directed by: Charles S. Dutton
Charles S. Dutton directs and stars in this Lifetime original movie as a guard working at a Texas correctional facility for troubled youth who creates a track team for female prisoners -- and…
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Becoming Eduardo (2008)
Cast: Julian Alcaraz, Elizabeth Blanco, Mike Dunay …
Directed by: Rod McCall
At 16, Eddie Corazon (Julian Alcaraz) finds himself suspended between two worlds -- with old friends pulling him toward drugs and delinquency and new friends opening his eyes to literature…
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Goal! 2: Living the Dream (2007)
Cast: Kuno Becker, Stephen Dillane, Anna Friel …
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
Kuno Becker reprises his role as soccer star Santiago Munez in the second installment of the Goal! trilogy. After gaining skills and considerable prominence with Newcastle United, Santiago…
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Adrift in Manhattan (2007)
Cast: William Baldwin, Dominic Chianese, Marlene Forte …
Directed by: Alfredo De Villa
Director Alfredo De Villa weaves a provocative tale about three strangers -- each at a turning point -- whose lives crisscross as they journey through New York City's subway system.…
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Dragon Wars (2007)
Cast: Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Robert Forster …
Directed by: Hyung-rae Shim
This Armageddon-fueled thriller focuses on reporter Ethan Kendrick, who's investigating a series of disasters taking place in Los Angeles. He soon discovers that the City of Angels is…
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Sueño (2005)
Cast: John Leguizamo, Elizabeth Peña, Ana Claudia Talancón …
Directed by: Renee Chabria
A Mexican immigrant trying to make ends meet in Los Angeles enters a singing contest and achieves the American Dream -- and then some. Before long, he finds himself in a romantic triangle…
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Transamerica (2005)
Cast: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan …
Directed by: Duncan Tucker
Bree gets the shock of her life a week before her final sex change surgery when she learns that she has a son. After bailing him out of jail, the two set out on a cross-country journey…
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Keep Your Distance (2005)
Cast: Gil Bellows, Jennifer Westfeldt, Christian Kane …
Directed by: Stu Pollard
With a rewarding job and a beautiful wife, David Dailey seems to have it all. Yet he has the uneasy feeling that something's not right, a suspicion that grows even stronger when he…
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Down in the Valley (2005)
Cast: Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, David Morse …
Directed by: David Jacobson
Harlan (Oscar nominee Edward Norton), a swaggering stranger who's convinced he's a cowboy, looks like a knight in shining armor to a rebellious teen named Tobe (Evan Rachel Wood), a…
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How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2005)
Cast: America Ferrera, Elizabeth Peña, Lucy Gallardo …
Directed by: Georgina Riedel
Mexican-American family matriarch Dona Genoveva (Lucy Gallardo), her divorced daughter Lolita (Elizabeth Peña) and teenage granddaughter Blanca (America Ferrera) all tinker with love…
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The Incredibles (2004)
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson …
Directed by: Brad Bird
Bob Parr (voiced by Craig T. Nelson) has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife (Holly Hunter) in…
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Suburban Madness (2004)
Cast: Sela Ward, Elizabeth Peña, Rheagan Wallace …
Directed by: Robert Dornhelm
When Clara Harris, a middle-aged orthodontist and mother, hires private eye Bobbi Bacha to stake out Clara's two-timing spouse, Bacha ends up filming her enraged client repeatedly…
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Maya & Miguel: Funny Fix-Ups (2004)
Cast: Candi Milo, Nika Frost, Carlos Alazraqui …
In this children's series that celebrates cultural diversity, curious 10-year-old twins Maya and Miguel encounter all kinds of adventures around their neighborhood. In this collection of…
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Maya & Miguel: Twice the Fun (2004)
Cast: Candi Milo, Nika Frost, Carlos Alazraqui …
In this children's series that celebrates cultural diversity, curious 10-year-old twins Maya and Miguel encounter all kinds of adventures around their neighborhood. In this collection of…
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Hollywood Mom's Mystery (2004)
Cast: Justine Bateman, Elizabeth Peña, George Hamilton …
Directed by: David S. Cass Sr.
Struggling children's book illustrator Lucy Freers (Justine Bateman), her young daughter Chloe (Holliston Coleman) and her ne'er-do-well husband, Kit (Andrew McCarthy), live in…
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ZigZag (2002)
Cast: Sam Jones III, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt …
Directed by: David S. Goyer
Autistic 15-year-old Zig Zag's (Sam Jones III) complex relationship with his crooked, abusive father (Wesley Snipes) leads to trouble in this gritty urban drama. With help from his Big…
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Ten Tiny Love Stories (2002)
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Alicia Witt, Lisa Gay Hamilton …
Directed by: Rodrigo Garcia, Rodrigo García
A heartfelt, racy and honest look into the female heart, director Rodrigo Garcia's second film presents a series of monologues from 10 women about the man in their past who made the…
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Impostor (2001)
Cast: Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio …
Directed by: Gary Fleder
In 2079, a well-respected scientist with the perfect life wakes up one morning to find himself suspected of being a replicant planted by aliens. Now, he must do everything in his power to…
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Tortilla Soup (2001)
Cast: Hector Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors, Elizabeth Peña …
Directed by: María Ripoll
In director María Ripoll's bilingual drama, widower Martin Naranjo (Hector Elizondo) is a Los Angeles restaurateur with a booming business and three headstrong daughters (Jacqueline…
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Things Behind the Sun (2001)
Cast: Kim Dickens, Gabriel Mann, Aria Alpert …
Directed by: Allison Anders
Underground singer-songwriter Sherry McGrale (Kim Dickens) makes a name for herself with a powerful song about her rape. A rock journalist (Gabriel Mann) pitches a story about Sherry, but his…
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On the Borderline (2000)
Cast: Marley Shelton, Eric Mabius, R. Lee Ermey …
Directed by: Michael Oblowitz
Luke (Eric Mabius) and Nicole (Marley Shelton) are robbed of all their money while passing through a small border town on the way to California. Desperate for cash, Luke starts smuggling…
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Seven Girlfriends (1999)
Cast: Tim Daly, Olivia d'Abo, Jami Gertz …
Directed by: Paul Lazarus
After a botched marriage proposal and the death of a former flame, Jesse (Timothy Daly) takes stock of himself and his past relationships. He thumbs through his little black book, and en…
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Rush Hour (1998)
Cast: Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Tom Wilkinson …
Directed by: Brett Ratner
When Hong Kong inspector Lee heads to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI assigns cocky LAPD cop James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch from the…
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Strangeland (1998)
Cast: Dee Snider, Linda Cardellini, Kevin Gage …
Directed by: John Pieplow
Predatory sadomasochist Capt. Howdy (Dee Snider) scours Internet chat rooms for vulnerable teenage girls to lure them to his torture chamber. He succeeds with Genevieve (Linda Cardellini),…
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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 Second Civil War (1997)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Joanna Cassidy, Phil Hartman …
Directed by: Joe Dante
When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho (Beau Bridges, who won an Emmy) defies the president (Phil Hartman) and closes…
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Lone Star (1996)
Cast: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Matthew McConaughey …
Directed by: John Sayles
When two men discover a human skull and an encrusted badge buried near a small Texas border town, lawman Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) launches an investigation that reveals a 40-year-old murder…
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Across the Moon (1995)
Cast: Christina Applegate, Elizabeth Peña, James Remar …
Directed by: Lisa Gottlieb
Looking to start life anew, two disparate women -- Carmen (Elizabeth Peña) and Kathy (Christina Applegate) -- leave Los Angeles behind to be near their boyfriends (Peter Berg and Tony…
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Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
Cast: Jason James Richter, Francis Capra, Mary Kate Schellhardt …
Directed by: Dwight H. Little
When Jesse (Jason James Richter) meets up with the Orca friend he liberated two years earlier, an offshore oil spill forces them into another race-against-time adventure. They must band…
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Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Cast: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Jason Alexander …
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
In this supernatural thriller, Vietnam veteran Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) returns home to New York City, only to be haunted by his son's death, plagued by flashbacks from the war and…
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Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990)
Cast: Steven Bauer, Elizabeth Peña, Miguel Ferrer …
Directed by: Brian Gibson
In this 1990 TV miniseries, Enrique "Kiki" Camarena (Steven Bauer) is an undercover DEA agent stationed in Guatemala who uncovers a huge marijuana operation. When he follows the chain of…
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Blue Steel (1990)
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown …
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
When psychotic Wall Street broker Eugene (Ron Silver) witnesses rookie cop Megan (Jamie Lee Curtis) gunning down an armed robber in a store, he becomes instantly obsessed with her. After…
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Vibes (1988)
Cast: Cyndi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum, Julian Sands …
Directed by: Ken Kwapis
Linked by their supernatural gifts, psychic hairdresser Sylvia Pickel (Cyndi Lauper) and psychometrist Nick Deezy (Jeff Goldblum) are recruited by treasure hunter Harry Buscafusco (Peter…
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La Bamba (1987)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto …
Directed by: Luis Valdez
The plane crash that killed rocker Buddy Holly also took the life of Ritchie Valens, a 17-year-old Mexican-American who rocketed to fame with the hit "La Bamba." The film paints a vivid…
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Batteries Not Included (1987)
Cast: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Elizabeth Peña …
Directed by: Matthew Robbins
After their apartment building is bought by an unscrupulous developer, Frank and Faye Riley (real-life couple Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy) face eviction. But the poor retirees and their…
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
Dave and Barbara Whiteman (Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler) seem to have it made: He's a successful businessman, and she's a happy homemaker. Together they have a son, a daughter…
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Crossover Dreams (1985)
Cast: Rubén Blades, Shawn Elliott, Tom Signorelli …
Directed by: Leon Ichaso
Panamanian musician Ruben Blades stars as Rudy Veloz, an up-and-coming salsa singer who has dreams of hitting the big time as a mainstream crossover sensation. When he lands a record…
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El Super (1979)
Cast: Raimundo Hidalgo-Gato, Zully Montero, Reynaldo Medina …
Directed by: Leon Ichaso, Orlando Jimenez Leal
A New York City building superintendent dreams of his home in tropical Cuba in this heartwarming tale. He's lived in the United States for 10 years, but Cuban expatriate "El Super"…