Chris Messina
Director, Actor
- Ira & Abby (2006)
- Dir. Robert Cary
Feat. Chris Messina, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jason Alexander…
- Jittery romantic comedy concerns the ramifications of a hasty marriage between a neurotic therapy patient and a flighty saleswoman.
New York…
- Made of Honour (2008)
- Dir. Paul Weiland
Feat. Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd…
- Cushy romantic comedy in the spirit of MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING, with a wealthy womaniser (Dempsey) asked to be maid of honour for his best chick…
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Vicky Christina Barcelona) (2008)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem…
- Woody Allen proves he hasn't lost his touch with this refreshing and vital rom–com that follows two American gal–pals who fall for the…
- Humboldt County (2008)
- Dir. Darren Grodsky, Danny Jacobs
Feat. Jeremy Strong, Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich…
- Pleasant, though highly unoriginal dramedy plonks a straight–laced medical student (Strong) in the company of a potty…
- Away We Go (2009)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Catherine O'Hara…
- An ersatz hipster road movie that follows a 30–something expectant couple as they travel across America looking for the perfect place to start…
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009)
- Dir. John Krasinski
Feat. Julianne Nicholson, Ben Shenkman, Timothy Hutton…
- A graduate student copes with a recent breakup by conducting interviews with various men.
Ill–conceived and messy adaptation of David Foster…
- Greenberg (2010)
- Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans…
- An off–key, serio–comic role for Ben Stiller, here playing a challenged 40–something whose stint crashing at his brother’s L.A.…
- Devil (2010)
- Dir. John Erick Dowdle
Feat. Chris Messina, Caroline Dhavernas, Bokeem Woodbine…
- From the mind of M. Night Shyamalan comes this deeply dippy horror film with a group of people trapped in an elevator with....THE DEVIL!
The…
- Celeste and Jesse Forever (2011)
- Dir. Lee Toland Krieger
Feat. Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Ari Graynor…
- Two best friends struggle to reconcile lingering feelings despite being divorced from one another in this smart, unexpected romantic comedy.
- Ruby Sparks (2012)
- Dir. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Feat. Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina…
- Real–life couple Dayton and Faris (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE) direct real–life acting couple Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan in this zesty satire…
- Argo (2012)
- Dir. Ben Affleck
Feat. Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin…
- Oscar–winning thriller based on the fact–based story of a CIA agent's unconventional plans to rescue six American diplomats during the…
- Mindy Project, The (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Mindy Kaling, Chris Messina, Anna Camp…
- A young doctor who 'wants her life to be like a romantic comedy' balances her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co–workers…
- Alex of Venice (2014)
- Dir. Chris Messina
Feat. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Messina, Don Johnson…
- Chris Messina makes his directorial debut in this tale of a workaholic attorney forced to reinvent her life after her husband suddenly leaves.
- Cake (2014)
- Dir. Daniel Barnz
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Anna Kendrick…
- Low–key drama with Aniston as a woman fascinated by the suicide of a member of her chronic pain support group while grappling with her own,…
- Manglehorn (2014)
- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine…
- Al Pacino gives a nicely understated performance as an eccentric small–town locksmith, trying to start his life over again with the help of a…
- Live by Night (2016)
- Dir. Ben Affleck
Feat. Ben Affleck, Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson…
- Ben Affleck's love letter to film noir set in Prohibition–era Boston where the flow of booze is controlled by an underground network of…
- Sharp Objects (TV Mini-series) (2018)
- Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina…
- Searing psychological thriller with Amy Adams playing a reporter who returns to her small home town to investigate the murders of two preteen girls.…
- Birds of Prey (Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)) (2020)
- Dir. Cathy Yan
Feat. Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez…
- Margot Robbie returns as the edgy anti–hero Harley Quinn in this follow–up to the DC Comics adaptation SUICIDE SQUAD. Full of wickedly…
- She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
- Dir. Amy Seimetz
Feat. Kate Lyn Sheil, Jane Adams, Kentucker Audley…
- Extraordinary arthouse horror in which a young woman's traumatic feelings of imminent death appears to be a contagion. The seemingly absurd premise…