Movies by Mercedes Ruehl
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Loving Leah (2009)
Cast: Lauren Ambrose, Adam Kaufman, Mercedes Ruehl …
Directed by: Jeff Bleckner
When his rabbi brother dies, Jake (Adam Kaufman), a 30-year-old cardiologist, is called upon to marry the widow, Leah (Lauren Ambrose), under orthodox Jewish law. While initially just going…
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Mom at Sixteen (2005)
Cast: Mercedes Ruehl, Jane Krakowski, Danielle Panabaker …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Sixteen-year-old Jacey Jeffries (Danielle Panabaker) is an ideal student -- until her boyfriend (Tyler Hynes) gets her pregnant; she plans to give up the baby for adoption but soon has a…
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Bad Apple (2004)
Cast: Chris Noth, Colm Meaney, Mercedes Ruehl …
Directed by: Adam Bernstein
Undercover FBI agent Mike Tozzi (Chris Noth) immerses himself in a dangerous world of mafia loan sharks in this crime drama based on Anthony Bruno's novel. Tozzi and his partner Cuthbert…
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Running with the Hitman (2004)
Cast: Danny Aiello, Mercedes Ruehl, Judd Hirsch …
Directed by: Melanie Mayron
Gideon Schub is so distraught by his son-in-law's threats to cut off his visits with his grandson that he decides to hire loan collector Nathan "The Nat" Winkler to ice him.…
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Widows (2002)
Cast: Mercedes Ruehl, Brooke Shields, Rosie Perez …
Directed by: Geoffrey Sax
Adapted for American television by Lynda LaPlante from her own 1983 British miniseries, Widows is set in motion by a bungled art heist in which three thieves are betrayed and killed. Rather…
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Guilt by Association (2002)
Cast: Mercedes Ruehl, Trevor Blumas, Alberta Watson …
Directed by: Graeme Campbell
Unaware that her boyfriend is dealing drugs, widowed nurse and mother of two Susan is arrested during a raid. But despite her innocence, she's charged as a co-conspirator and convicted,…
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What's Cooking? (2000)
Cast: Joan Chen, Alfre Woodard, Kyra Sedgwick …
Directed by: Gurinder Chadha
This multicultural comedy-drama set in Los Angeles's middle-class environs paints an intriguing portrait of family tensions as four ethnic clans -- Latino, black, Jewish and Asian -- get…
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The Lost Child (2000)
Cast: Mercedes Ruehl, Jamey Sheridan, Irene Bedard …
Directed by: Karen Arthur
Mercedes Ruehl gives a tremendous performance in this deep and rich drama. Adopted while very young, an adult Rebecca (Ruehl) decides to find her birth parents after her adoptive parents have…
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More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Peter Coyote, Mercedes Ruehl …
Directed by: Michael Browning
While on a flight to Los Angeles, mobster Victoria Galetti, well aware that she's been ratted out and the cops are waiting to arrest her at the airport, stashes a bag holding $1 million…
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Spooky House (2000)
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Matt Weinberg, Mercedes Ruehl …
Directed by: William Sachs
Mysterious magician Great Zamboni (Ben Kingsley) lives with his pet jaguar, Shadow, in an expansive mansion filled with secret passages and hidden chambers. Young orphan Max (Matt Weinberg)…
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The Minus Man (1999)
Cast: Owen Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Cox …
Directed by: Hampton Fancher
While tooling along the Pacific Coast, drifter Vann Siegert (Owen Wilson) rolls into a quaint little town, where a middle-aged couple (Brian Cox and Mercedes Ruehl) takes him in as a boarder.…
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Out of the Cold (1999)
Cast: Keith Carradine, Mercedes Ruehl, Mia Kirshner …
Directed by: Sasha Buravsky
In Europe at the dawn of World War II, aging performer Dan Scott (Keith Carradine) is past his prime. He finds renewed success singing in a cabaret act and eventually discovers love with a…
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Gia (1998)
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Faye Dunaway …
Directed by: Michael Cristofer
A young Angelina Jolie is mesmerizing in her breakout role as supermodel Gia Carangi, a cover girl who lived fast and died at age 26 from the ravages of AIDS, in this fact-based HBO biopic…
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For Roseanna (1997)
Cast: Jean Reno, Mercedes Ruehl, Polly Walker …
Directed by: Paul Weiland
When loving hubby Marcello (Jean Reno) learns that his wife, Roseanna (Mercedes Ruehl), has scant weeks to live, he's determined to fulfill her last wish: to be interred beside her dead…
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Subway Stories (1997)
Cast: Zachary Taylor, Bill Irwin, Jerry Stiller …
Directed by: Lucas Platt, Craig McKay, Ted Demme …
An all-star cast and host of renowned directors grace this collection of 10 intriguing vignettes based on real-life tales of New York's subway riders. A disabled beggar (Denis Leary) and…
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Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
Cast: James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl, Lolita Davidovich …
Directed by: Mick Jackson
This docudrama traces the events that followed when, in 1983, a worried mother phoned the police claiming her boy had been abused at his daycare center. The simple call led to an invasive…
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Last Action Hero (1993)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, Anthony Quinn …
Directed by: John McTiernan
A magic movie ticket gains a young fan unprecedented access to his favorite action hero after being sucked out of his seat and onto the big screen. But things spin out of control when a…
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Lost in Yonkers (1993)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Mercedes Ruehl, David Strathairn …
Directed by: Martha Coolidge
Richard Dreyfuss and Mercedes Ruehl star in this heartwarming story from Neil Simon that elicits both laughs and tears. In 1942, a widower being hunted by loan sharks decides to leave his two…
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The Fisher King (1991)
Cast: Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Racked with guilt after he inadvertently inspires a listener's murderous rampage, pompous shock jock Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) has hit rock bottom when he meets Parry (Robin Williams), a…
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Another You (1991)
Cast: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Mercedes Ruehl …
Directed by: Maurice Phillips
In their final comedy pairing, Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder star as a chronic liar and a con man whose deceptive ways get them into a very sticky situation involving a missing millionaire,…
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Crazy People (1990)
Cast: Dudley Moore, Daryl Hannah, Paul Reiser …
Directed by: Tony Bill
Emory is a stressed-out advertising exec who sets off a company scandal with his unorthodox work. Sent to a mental institution, he finds understanding from his fellow patients. Meanwhile,…
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Slaves of New York (1989)
Cast: Chris Sarandon, Bernadette Peters, Mary Beth Hurt …
Directed by: James Ivory
Director James Ivory's quirky indie paints an affecting portrait of the Big Apple's avant-garde art world and the splintered lifestyles of aspiring artists who tolerate noxious…
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Big (1988)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia …
Directed by: Penny Marshall
Penny Marshall directs this whimsical comedy in which 12-year-old Josh yearns to be a grown-up, and when he makes that wish at a Coney Island fortunetelling machine, he awakens the next…
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Married to the Mob (1988)
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell …
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Fed up Mafia wife Angela de Marco (Michelle Pfeiffer) wants out of "the life" and gets her chance when mob boss Tony Russo (Dean Stockwell) ices her hit-man hubby (Alec Baldwin), who's…
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The Secret of My Success (1987)
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan …
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Kansas boy Michael J. Fox moves to New York City with a dream of taking big business by storm. He lands a job in the mailroom of a big company (run by his uncle), meets the lovely Helen…
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84 Charing Cross Road (1986)
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench …
Directed by: David Hugh Jones
When feisty New York City writer Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) mails a note to a small London bookshop asking for some rare English classics, reserved bookseller Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins)…
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Heartburn (1986)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
New York writer Rachel Samstat (Meryl Streep) falls in love with political columnist Mark Forman (Jack Nicholson), and the two marry despite her reservations. The wedded bliss comes to an end…
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Four Friends (1981)
Cast: Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen, Michael Huddleston …
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Free love doesn't come easy in this tale set in the turbulent 1960s, when free-spirited young adults viewed monogamy as a trap. The story centers on Danilo (Craig Wasson), Georgia (Jodi…
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The Warriors (1979)
Cast: Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright …
Directed by: Walter Hill
A prominent New York City gang leader named Cyrus (Roger Hill) wants to wage an all-out battle against the police, and as part of his strategy he calls upon Gotham's gangs to set aside…