Best Mary McDonnell movies
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TOP 15: Blue Chips
Mary McDonnell as: Jenny Bell
Genre: Drama
Release: 1994
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
TOP 14: Scream 4
Mary McDonnell as: Kate Roberts
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Release: 2011
Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.
TOP 13: Mumford
Mary McDonnell as: Althea Brockett
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1999
In the small town of Mumford, a psychologist of the same name moves in and quickly becomes very popular, despite a questionable past.
TOP 12: Grand Canyon
Mary McDonnell as: Claire
Genre: Drama
Release: 1991
Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship of two men from different races and classes brought together when one finds himself in jeopardy in the other's rough neighborhood.
TOP 11: Margin Call
Mary McDonnell as: Mary Rogers
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Release: 2011
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
TOP 10: Independence Day
Mary McDonnell as: Marilyn Whitmore
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 1996
On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated counterattack that fails. On July 4, a plan is devised to gain access to the interior of the alien mothership in space, in order to plant a nuclear missile.
TOP 9: Passion Fish
Mary McDonnell as: May-Alice Culhane
Genre: Drama
Release: 1992
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.
TOP 8: Sneakers
Mary McDonnell as: Liz
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Release: 1992
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.
TOP 7: Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Mary McDonnell as: President Laura Roslin
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
Release: 2007
A two-hour Battlestar Galactica special that tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several months prior to it finding the Galactica.
TOP 6: Matewan
Mary McDonnell as: Elma Radnor
Genre: Drama
Release: 1987
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
TOP 5: And the Oscar Goes To...
Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
Release: 2014
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
TOP 4: The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Mary McDonnell as: Lady Zerbst (voice)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Release: 2021
Escaping from poverty to become a witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past.
TOP 3: 12 Angry Men
Mary McDonnell as: Judge
Genre: Crime, Drama, TV Movie
Release: 1997
During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices.
TOP 2: Donnie Darko
Mary McDonnell as: Mrs. Rose Darko
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
Release: 2001
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
TOP 1: Dances with Wolves
Mary McDonnell as: Stands With A Fist
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Release: 1990
Wounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.