Movies with Melinda Dillon
Movies found: 12, viewing from 1 to 12
Captain America
Genres: Sci-Fi, Action
Starring: Ned Beatty, Michael Nouri, Melinda Dillon, Ronny Cox, Norbert Weisser, Scott Paulin, Francesca Neri
Directors: Albert Pyun
Country: USA, Yugoslavia
Year: 1990
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod
Frozen in the ice for decades, Captain America is freed to battle against arch-criminal, The Red Skull.
Magnolia
Genres: Drama
Starring: Philip Baker Hall, William H. Macy, Michael Bowen, Tom Cruise, John C. Reilly, Julianne Moore, Jason Robards
Directors: Paul Thomas Anderson
Country: USA
Year: 1999
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
24 hours in L.A.; it's raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize men about to die: both are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad. Earl Partridge's son is a charismatic misogynist; Jimmy Gator's daughter is a cokehead and waif. A mild and caring nurse intercedes for Earl, reaching the son; a prayerful and upright beat cop meets the daughter, is attracted to her, and leads her toward a new calm. Meanwhile, guilt consumes Earl's young wife, while two whiz kids, one grown and a loser and the other young and pressured, face their situations. The weather, t...
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Starring: Rob Corddry, Connie Britton, Melinda Dillon, Derek Luke, Steve Carell, Patton Oswalt, Adam Brody
Directors: Lorene Scafaria
Country: USA, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia
Year: 2012
Available Quality: Hi Def, Hi Def
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
State of Emergency
Genres: Thriller, Drama
Starring: Jay O. Sanders, Melinda Dillon, Paul Dooley, Deborah Kara Unger, Paul Ben-Victor, Joe Mantegna, Richard Beymer
Directors: Lesli Linka Glatter
Country: USA
Year: 1994
Medical drama about a major hospital whose emergency room regularly faces an overload of patients. One of the doctors finds it necessary to adopt an unorthodox procedure to try to save a patient, and finds himself in trouble in consequence.
Bound for Glory
Genres: Drama, Biography, Music
Starring: David Carradine, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Melinda Dillon, Ronny Cox, Randy Quaid, Gail Strickland, John Lehne
Directors: Hal Ashby
Country: USA
Year: 1976
This film is an excellent biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, and discovered the suffering and strength of America's working class.
The April Fools
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Starring: Melinda Dillon, Harvey Korman, Kenneth Mars, Jack Lemmon, David Doyle, Sally Kellerman, Charles Boyer
Directors: Stuart Rosenberg
Country: USA
Year: 1969
Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy Company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is herself unhappily married - to the boss. They spend an innocent night in New York becoming more and more attracted to each other, so that when Catherine announces she intends to leave her husband and return to Paris Howard asks to go along too. In the cold light of morning problems and pressures from spouses crowd in.
Reign Over Me
Genres: Drama
Starring: Adam Sandler, Melinda Dillon, Donald Sutherland, Liv Tyler, Don Cheadle, John de Lancie, Jonathan Banks
Directors: Mike Binder
Country: USA
Year: 2007
Alan Johnson has everything he needs to get through life: a good job, a beautiful and loving wife, and their wonderful children. Yet he feels isolated because he finds having a hard-working job and managing a family too much to handle and has no one to talk to about it. Charlie Fineman, on the other hand, doesn't have a job or a family. He used to have both until a terrible loss, and the grief caused him to quit his job and isolate himself from everyone around him. As it turns out, Alan and Charlie were roommates in college, and a chance encounter one night rekindles the friendship they shared. But when Charlie's problems become too much to d...
Harry and the Hendersons
Genres: Comedy, Family
Starring: M. Emmet Walsh, Melinda Dillon, Lainie Kazan, John Lithgow, Don Ameche, Kevin Peter Hall, Joshua Rudoy
Directors: William Dear
Country: USA
Year: 1987
Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". They think it's dead so they decide to take it home (there could be some money in this..). As you guessed, "it" isn't dead. Far from being the ferocious monster they fear "Harry" to be, he's a friendly giant. In their attempts to keep Harry a secret, the Henderson's have to hide him from the authorities and a man, who has made it his goal in life, to catch a "bigfoot".
F.I.S.T
Genres: Drama
Starring: Peter Boyle, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Conway, Melinda Dillon, Rod Steiger, Tony Lo Bianco, Richard Herd
Directors: Norman Jewison
Country: USA
Year: 1978
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
A Christmas Story
Genres: Comedy, Family
Starring: Colin Fox, Melinda Dillon, Jeff Gillen, Leslie Carlson, Zack Ward, Darren McGavin, Tedde Moore
Directors: Bob Clark
Country: USA, Canada
Year: 1983
Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Ralphie, a young boy growing up in the '40's, dreams of owning a Red Rider BB gun. He sets out to convince the world this is the perfect gift. But along the way, he runs into opposition from his parents, his teacher, and even good 'ol Santa Claus himself.
The Prince of Tides
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan, Melinda Dillon, George Carlin, Jason Gould, Brad Sullivan
Directors: Barbra Streisand
Country: USA
Year: 1991
Tom Wingo is unhappy with his life. His wife doesn't understand him and he also doesn't get along with his dominant mother. When his sister attempts suicide, her psychologist Susan Lowenstein consults him. Patiently and cautiously she uncovers the terrible secret hidden in Tom and Savannah's childhood. On the other side she's unhappy too and so both help each other to find their way back to life.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Starring: Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban, Lance Henriksen, Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, J. Patrick McNamara, Warren J. Kemmerling
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Country: USA
Year: 1977
Cableman Roy Neary is one of several people who experience a close encounter of the first kind, witnessing UFOs flying through the night sky. He is subsequently haunted by a mountainlike image in his head and becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents, putting severe strain on his marriage. Meanwhile, government agents around the world have a close encounter of the second kind, discovering physical evidence of otherworldly visitors in the form of military vehicles that went missing decades ago suddenly appearing in the middle of nowhere. Roy and the agents both follow the clues they have been given to reach a site where they will ha...