Movies with Marisa Tomei

What Women Want

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy

Starring: Judy Greer, Mark Feuerstein, Mel Gibson, Valerie Perrine, Alan Alda, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei

Directors: Nancy Meyers

Country: USA

Year: 2000

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, iPod, Hi Def

Nick, a somewhat chauvinistic advertising exec hot shot, has his life turned haywire when a fluke accident enables him to hear what women think. At first all he wants to do is rid himself of this curse, until a wacky psychologist shows him that this could be used to his advantage! His first target is Darcy McGuire, the very woman that got the promotion he wanted. But just as his plan is beginning to work, love gets in the way...

 

Parental Guidance

Genres: Comedy

Starring: Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Billy Crystal

Directors: Andy Fickman

Country: USA

Year: 2012

Old school grandfather Artie (Billy Crystal), who is accustomed to calling the shots, meets his match when he and his eager-to-please wife Diane (Bette Midler) agree to babysit their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents (Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott) go away for work. But when 21st century problems collide with Artie and Diane's old school methods of tough rules, lots of love and old-fashioned games, it's learning to bend - and not holding your ground - that binds a family together.

 

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama

Starring: John Carroll Lynch, Kevin Bacon, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Marisa Tomei, Steve Carell, Liza Lapira

Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa

Country: USA

Year: 2011

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, Hi Def

Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) have the perfect life together living the American dream... until Emily asks for a divorce. Now Cal, Mr Husband, has to navigate the single scene with a little help from his professional bachelor friend Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Make that a lot of help...

 

The Ides of March

Genres: Drama

Starring: Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Philip Seymour Hoffman, George Clooney, Jennifer Ehle

Directors: George Clooney

Country: USA

Year: 2011

An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.

 

The Wrestler

Genres: Drama, Sport

Starring: Marcia Jean Kurtz, Mark Margolis, Evan Rachel Wood, Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Todd Barry, Wass Stevens

Directors: Darren Aronofsky

Country: USA, France

Year: 2008

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

This is a drama about an aging professional wrestler, decades past his prime, who now barely gets by working small wrestling shows in VFW halls and as a part-time grocery store employee. As he faces health problems that may end his wrestling career for good he attempts to come to terms with his life outside the ring: by working full time at the grocery store, trying to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned in childhood and forming a closer bond with a stripper he has romantic feelings for. He struggles with his new life and an offer of a high-profile rematch with his 1980s arch-nemesis, The Ayatollah, which may be his ticket back to stardo...

 

Anger Management

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Starring: Adam Sandler, Allen Covert, Jonathan Loughran, Woody Harrelson, John Turturro, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Nealon

Directors: Peter Segal

Country: USA

Year: 2003

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

Dave Buznik is a hardworking businessman with a pacifistic nature that has often gotten the best of him. But a simple misunderstanding aboard an airplane quickly escalates into a legal nightmare for Dave. Now, the only way he can avoid jail time is to seek the help of a very unlikely anger management instructor known as Dr. Buddy Rydell. The good doctor's unorthodox methods border on unconventional and nearly psychotic, but may be the perfect antidote for Dave, who has been a stepping stone his entire life.

 

The Lincoln Lawyer

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Starring: Bob Gunton, John Leguizamo, William H. Macy, Frances Fisher, Ryan Phillippe, Josh Lucas, Marisa Tomei

Directors: Brad Furman

Country: USA

Year: 2011

Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

Matt Haller is a defense lawyer who works out of his Lincoln. When a wealthy Realtor is accused of raping a prostitute, Haller is asked to defend him. The man claims that the woman is trying to get some money out of him. But when Haller looks at the evidence against him, he learns that this case might be linked to an old case of his.

 

Just a Kiss

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Starring: Kyra Sedgwick, Ron Eldard, Marisa Tomei, Peter Dinklage, Sarita Choudhury, Zoe Caldwell, Marley Shelton

Directors: Fisher Stevens

Country: USA

Year: 2002

Manhattan. Halley loves Dag, a philanderer who claims he's reformed. Peter, Dag's best friend, loves Rebecca, a suicidal dancer who sleeps around without Peter's knowing. When Halley and Peter learn that Dag and Rebecca have slept together (it started with just a kiss), Halley leaves Dag, and Peter is wounded. In their suffering, Halley meets Andre, a cellist; Peter meets Colleen, Andre's wife; and, a remorseful Dag meets Paula, an edgy waitress with a crush on Peter. Couplings follow; then, several characters end up in hospital. Paula becomes an avenging angel, and Peter may be her next victim. Is there any way these relationships can be set...

 

Danika

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Drama

Starring: Kyle Gallner, Marisa Tomei, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko, James Avery, Hannah Marks, Ridge Canipe

Directors: Ariel Vromen

Country: USA

Year: 2006

Danika is a thirty-five year old overprotective mother with a beautiful family composed of her successful husband Randy, two sons - the teenager Kurt and the little Brian, and one teenager daughter - Lauren. Danika is disturbed and near a breakdown, having dark and terrifying nightmares and daydreams; distracted in her work and consequently committing mistakes; and under psychiatric treatment with Dr. Evelyn. Her problems originated when her husband cheated on her with the nanny of their children, breaking her confidence in him. The lack of attention caused by her disturbed mind leads her family into tragedy.

 

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Starring: Robert Carlyle, Sean Astin, Camryn Manheim, Octavia Spencer, John Goodman, Marisa Tomei, Elden Henson

Directors: Randall Miller

Country: USA

Year: 2005

Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

Dance is a very powerful drug, if embraced judiciously; to reap its rewards, one must shoulder its challenges with intrepid countenance. Frank Keene, a grieving baker in a near catatonic state, happens on a car accident. The loquacious and insightful victim, Steve Mills, is on his way to an appointment in Pasadena with a years-ago acquaintance; he asks Frank to go in his place. It's a dance class. Frank goes, to find Steve's friend. The story moves back and forth among Steve's childhood, the scene of the accident, and the aftermath of Frank's first Lindy hop. Black eyes, group therapy, loneliness, boys being boys, roads not taken, and saying ...

 

Chaplin

Genres: Drama, Biography

Starring: Diane Lane, Anthony Hopkins, Marisa Tomei, Dan Aykroyd, Robert Downey Jr., Kevin Dunn, Kevin Kline

Directors: Richard Attenborough

Country: USA, UK, Italy, France

Year: 1992

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

The biography of Charlie Chaplin, filmmaker extraordinaire. From his formitive years in England to his highest successes in America, Charlie's life, work, and loves are followed. While his screen characters were extremely hilarious, the man behind "The Little Tramp" was constantly haunted by a sense of loss.

 

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Starring: Michael Shannon, Rosemary Harris, Leonardo Cimino, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brian F. O'Byrne

Directors: Sidney Lumet

Country: USA, UK

Year: 2007

Available Quality: DivX, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

In New York, Andy Hanson is an addicted executive of a real estate office that has embezzled a large amount for his addiction and expensive way of life with his wife Gina. When an audit is scheduled in his department, he becomes desperate for money. His baby brother Hank Hanson is a complete loser that owes three months of child support to his daughter, and is having a love affair with Gina every Thursday afternoon. Andy plots a heist of the jewelry of their parent in a Saturday morning without the use of guns, expecting to find an old employee working and without financial damage to his parents, since the insurance company would reimburse th...

 

My Cousin Vinny

Genres: Comedy

Starring: Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Maury Chaykin, Bruce McGill, Lane Smith, Austin Pendleton, James Rebhorn

Directors: Jonathan Lynn

Country: USA

Year: 1992

Available Quality: DivX, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

Two teenage boys from New York are travelling down south when a series of coincidences lands them in jail charged with first degree murder. They can't afford the $50K for an attorney so they call the lawyer cousin of one of the boys. Vinny is a stereotypical New Yorker who is initially a complete disaster, but can he get them off the hook ?

 

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

Genres: History, Documentary

Starring: Denzel Washington, Ashley Judd, Laura Linney, Kal Penn, Rosario Dawson, Jack Black, Tom Hanks

Directors: Don Mischer

Country: USA

Year: 2009

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle walk down the stairs of the Lincoln Memorial during the "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration At The Lincoln Memorial" on January 18, 2009 at the National Mall in Washington, DC. The event includes a diverse array of talent featuring both musical performances and historical readings and an appearance by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.

 

Someone Like You...

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Starring: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin, Peter Friedman, Catherine Dent

Directors: Tony Goldwyn

Country: USA

Year: 2001

Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer of a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. When Ray unexpectedly dumps her, she begins an extensive study of male behavior to try to find out what makes men tick. Her "research" leads her to become an overnight sensation/guru for single women everywhere. When Jane begins to use her womanizing roommate and co-worker Eddie as fodder for her research, she finds both humor and answers where they were least expected.

 

Oscar

Genres: Comedy, Crime

Starring: Chazz Palminteri, William Atherton, Tim Curry, Sylvester Stallone, Marisa Tomei, Martin Ferrero, Kurtwood Smith

Directors: John Landis

Country: USA

Year: 1991

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise. He is faced with numerous problems: henchmen who know nothing but crime, the police who are convinced he is hatching a master plan, and Oscar, who has just got his daughter pregnant.

 

The Watcher

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Starring: Ernie Hudson, Keanu Reeves, Marisa Tomei, James Spader, David Pasquesi, Chris Ellis, Robert Cicchini

Directors: Joe Charbanic

Country: USA

Year: 2000

A detective tracking a serial killer gives up all hope of solving the crimes and moves to another city. After he's settled in the old acquaintance he makes himself known. The serial killer has resurrected and resumes sending him pictures of his next victim.

 

Grace Is Gone

Genres: Drama

Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Marisa Tomei, John Cusack, Mary Kay Place, Emily Churchill, Rebecca Spence, Jennifer Tyler

Directors: James C. Strouse

Country: USA

Year: 2007

Stan Philipps's wife Grace is a sergeant with the U.S. Army. While she's posted to Iraq, the earnest Stan is home in Minnesota with their daughters, Heidi, 12, and Dawn, 8. He manages a home supply store. After morning visitors bring Stan news, he takes the girls for a car ride that turns into a spontaneous trip to Dawn's favorite place, a Florida amusement park. On the way, they stop at Stan's mother's house, where his brother is staying. Heidi is an insomniac, who tries to fathom her father's uncharacteristic behavior. Dawn is cheerfully unreflective. They have fun at the park. Stan summons his courage.

 

Untamed Heart

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama

Starring: Christian Slater, Willie Garson, Marisa Tomei, Rosie Perez, James Cada, Kyle Secor, Vincent Kartheiser

Directors: Tony Bill

Country: USA

Year: 1993

All of Caroline's boyfriends seem to leave her or cheat on her. On her way home from work two men try to rape Caroline. An introverted man from her work, Adam, rescues her. Adam is an orphan and he is told that he's got a baboon's heart. Adam opens up to Caroline and together they make sense. Adam and Caroline are very happy together but the rapists try to get back at Adam and not everyone accepts an outcast like Adam.

 

Alfie

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Starring: Jude Law, Nia Long, Marisa Tomei, Claudette Mink, Omar Epps, Gedde Watanabe, Jane Krakowski

Directors: Charles Shyer

Country: USA, UK

Year: 2004

Alfie is quite the ladies man and rarely gets rejected when it comes to the opposite sex. He successfully has relations with multiple women without a hint of emotional attachment. A major (lifelong) problem arises when he sleeps with the wrong woman, namely his best friend's (and future business partner) ex-girlfriend. As a result, his life slowly comes into focus and he begins to appreciate the little things he always missed in the opposite sex. A must see for all guys who call themselves "players".