Best Chris Messina movies
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TOP 25: Greenberg
Chris Messina as: Phillip Greenberg
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2010
A New Yorker moves to Los Angeles in order to figure out his life while he housesits for his brother, and he soon sparks with his brother's assistant.
TOP 24: 28 Hotel Rooms
Chris Messina as: Man
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2012
While traveling for work in a city far from their homes, a novelist and a corporate accountant find themselves in bed together. Although she’s married, and he’s seeing someone, their intense attraction turns a one-night stand into an unexpected relationship and a respite from the obligations of daily life. Through a series of moments – some profound, some silly, some intensely intimate – we see a portrait of an evolving relationship that could become the most significant one of their lives.
TOP 23: Ordinary World
Chris Messina as: Jake
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2016
Perry is a happily married father of two living a comfortable but sedate life in the suburbs. On the occasion of his 40th birthday, he seeks to revisit his former life as the lead singer in a popular punk band though his middle-aged reality quickly (and hilariously) clashes with the indulgences of his youth.
TOP 22: Alex of Venice
Chris Messina as: George
Genre: Drama
Release: 2015
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
TOP 21: Devil
Chris Messina as: Detective Bowden
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 2010
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the devil.
TOP 20: Palo Alto
Chris Messina as: Mitch
Genre: Drama
Release: 2014
Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual favors to any boy to cross her path; and the increasingly dangerous exploits of Teddy and his best friend Fred, whose behavior may or may not be sociopathic.
TOP 19: The Secrets We Keep
Chris Messina as: Lewis
Genre: Thriller, History
Release: 2020
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
TOP 18: Live by Night
Chris Messina as: Dion Bartolo
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2016
A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered on a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
TOP 17: Cake
Chris Messina as: Jason
Genre: Drama
Release: 2014
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
TOP 16: The Siege
Chris Messina as: Corporal
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
Release: 1998
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.
TOP 15: Towelhead
Chris Messina as: Barry
Genre: Drama
Release: 2008
A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.
TOP 14: Like Crazy
Chris Messina as: Mike Appletree
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2011
A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.
TOP 13: Made of Honor
Chris Messina as: Dennis
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Release: 2008
Tom and Hannah have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her 'maid' of honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her.
TOP 12: The Giant Mechanical Man
Chris Messina as: Tim
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2012
An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.
TOP 11: Celeste & Jesse Forever
Chris Messina as: Paul
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2012
Celeste and Jesse met in high school and got married young. They laugh at the same jokes and finish each other’s sentences. They are forever linked in their friends’ minds as the perfect couple – she, a high-powered businesswoman and budding novelist; he, a free spirit who keeps things from getting boring. Their only problem is that they have decided to get divorced. Can their perfect relationship withstand this minor setback?
TOP 10: You've Got Mail
Chris Messina as: Fox Salesperson
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Release: 1998
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
TOP 9: Away We Go
Chris Messina as: Tom Garnett
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2009
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Veronica expecting their first child, Burt's parents decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.
TOP 8: Blame
Chris Messina as: Jeremy Woods
Genre: Drama
Release: 2018
A drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that draws parallels to 'The Crucible'.
TOP 7: Julie & Julia
Chris Messina as: Eric Powell
Genre: Romance, Drama
Release: 2009
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
TOP 6: I Care a Lot
Chris Messina as: Dean Ericson
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Release: 2021
A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.
TOP 5: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Chris Messina as: Doug
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2008
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
TOP 4: Rounders
Chris Messina as: Higgins
Genre: Drama, Crime
Release: 1998
A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
TOP 3: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Chris Messina as: Victor Zsasz
Genre: Action, Crime
Release: 2020
Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord.
TOP 2: Ruby Sparks
Chris Messina as: Harry
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Drama
Release: 2012
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
TOP 1: Argo
Chris Messina as: Malinov
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Release: 2012
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.