Best Jennifer Jason Leigh movies

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Best Jennifer Jason Leigh movies
Today we present the best Jennifer Jason Leigh movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen ... and that you love! Let's go there with the best movies from Jennifer Jason Leigh:

TOP 25:
Easy Money
Easy Money
Character: Allison Capuletti
Genre: Comedy
Release: 1983
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living, gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Tom Noonan movies?

TOP 24:
Buried Alive
Buried Alive
Character: joanna goodman
Genre: TV Movie, Horror, Thriller
Release: 1990
Clint is an every day working man whose wife Joanna is having an affair with a doctor. They plot to kill him and get the insurance money. Only trouble the drug overdose they give him doesn't kill him. Lucky for Clint he's buried in a cheap wooden box and he unburies himself. Just remember, Hell hath no fury like a man buried alive!
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Ally Sheedy movies?


TOP 23:
The Anniversary Party
The Anniversary Party
Character: Sally Therrian
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2001
While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, the American actress Sally Nash and the British novelist Joe Therrian receive their close friends, some colleagues and their next door neighbors in a party. Under the effect of Ecstasy, revelations are disclosed and relationships deteriorate among the group.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Mary Lynn Rajskub movies?

TOP 22:
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Character: Tralala
Genre: Drama
Release: 1989
A gritty Brooklyn story about union corruption, violence, taboos and social norms. The stories told are of the sailors, the prostitute, the union bosses, the hooligans and the gay community set in the early 50s.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Frank Vincent movies?

TOP 21:
The Spectacular Now
The Spectacular Now
Character: Sara Keely
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2013
Sutter, a popular party animal unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Miles Teller movies?


TOP 20:
LBJ
LBJ
Character: Lady Bird Johnson
Genre: Drama
Release: 2017
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Michael Mosley movies?

TOP 19:
Backdraft
Backdraft
Character: Jennifer Vaitkus
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1991
Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best J.T. Walsh movies?

TOP 18:
Flesh + Blood
Flesh + Blood
Character: Agnes
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Release: 1985
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Rutger Hauer movies?


TOP 17:
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Character: Dorothy Parker
Genre: Drama
Release: 1994
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Campbell Scott movies?

TOP 16:
Rush
Rush
Character: Kristen Cates
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 1991
Undercover cop Jim Raynor (Jason Patric) is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines (Gregg Allman). While their relationship turns romantic during the assignment, they also turn into junkies, and will have to battle their own addictions if they want to bring down Gaines once and for all.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Hoon Lee movies?

TOP 15:

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Character: Stacy Hamilton
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1982
Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Anthony Edwards movies?


TOP 14:

The Jacket

The Jacket
Character: Dr. Beth Lorenson
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 2005
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Brad Renfro movies?

TOP 13:

eXistenZ

eXistenZ
Character: Allegra Geller
Genre: Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Release: 1999
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Sarah Polley movies?

TOP 12:

The Hitcher

The Hitcher
Character: Nash
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Release: 1986
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.

TOP 11:

Kill Your Darlings

Kill Your Darlings
Character: Naomi Ginsberg
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Release: 2013
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.


TOP 10:

Anomalisa

Anomalisa
Character: Lisa Hesselman (voice)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2015
An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.

TOP 9:

Good Time

Good Time
Character: Corey Ellman
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2017
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

TOP 8:

Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne
Character: Selena St. George
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Release: 1995
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.

TOP 7:

Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina
Character: Anney Boatwright
Genre: Drama
Release: 1996
Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance. The film won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Special" and was nominated for "Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Special", "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special", and "Outstanding Made for Television Movie". It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.

TOP 6:

The Hudsucker Proxy

The Hudsucker Proxy
Character: Amy Archer
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1994
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.


TOP 5:

Short Cuts

Short Cuts
Character: Lois Kaiser
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1993
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.

TOP 4:

Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition
Character: Annie Sullivan
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2002
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

TOP 3:

The Machinist

The Machinist
Character: Stevie
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Release: 2004
The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ability to sleep. This is no ordinary insomnia...

TOP 2:

Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York
Character: Maria
Genre: Drama
Release: 2008
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

TOP 1:

The Hateful Eight

The Hateful Eight
Character: Daisy Domergue
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
Release: 2015
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.



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