Jennifer Jason Leigh
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
- Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold…
- This early–80s teen pic survives a lot better than most, finding surprisingly subtle shades of the adolescent experience amid some frank…
- Easy Money (1983)
- Dir. James Signorelli
Feat. Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald…
- Brash comedy with Dangerfield ideally cast as a middle–aged slob who must change his ways in order to receive a ten million dollar inheritance.
- Flesh and Blood (1985)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh are mercenary soldier and captive who fall in love amid rampant flesh and blood–letting in medieval…
- Hitcher, The (1986)
- Dir. Robert Harmon
Feat. Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh…
- One of the best and most terrifying thrillers to be made in the '80s. A superbly controlled, often shocking account of a young motorist who is…
- Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
- Dir. Uli Edel
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh
- A harrowingly realistic adaptation of a contentious novel about civil unrest during the New York dock workers strike in the 1950s. Jennifer Jason…
- Backdraft (1990)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Kurt Russell, Robert De Niro, William Baldwin…
- Kurt Russell, Robert De Niro and others are no match for the sizzling special effects that predominate this tale of fire–fighting brothers who…
- Miami Blues (1990)
- Dir. George Armitage
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- A psychotic criminal steals a detective's I.D. and proceeds to clean up their 'most wanted' list in this violent comedy.
- Buried Alive (1990)
- Dir. Frank Darabont
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Matheson
- Accomplished Poe–influenced tele–movie about a man who seeks to avenge his wife who buried him alive.
- Rush (1992)
- Dir. Lili Fini Zanuck
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Patric
- This sordid but engaging parable posits Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Patric as narcotics cops who slip into a drug–addicted mire whilst…
- Single White Female (1992)
- Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Bridget Fonda shares her flat with a lonely neurotic who turns out be her psychotic nemesis. Another triumph for Jennifer Jason Leigh, on her way to…
- Short Cuts (1993)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Waits…
- Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason–Leigh, Tom Waits and Jack Lemmon lead 18 other stars in this extraordinary observation of the ordinary. Several of…
- Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- In a blissfully art–directed industrial '50s, an 'entry–level' innocent (Tim Robbins) is unwittingly catapulted to corporate supremacy.…
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick, Campbell Scott
- Jennifer Jason Leigh lends her perfectly mannered precision to Dorothy Parker, anguished writer, poet and lonely socialite who merrily drowned her…
- Dolores Claiborne (1995)
- Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt…
- After MISERY, this non–supernatural Stephen King adaptation displays yet another facet of Kathy Bates multiple screen personas – here she…
- Georgia (1995)
- Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mare Winningham
- Sibling rivalry in the music industry contrasts the careers and temperaments of two sisters. Jennifer Jason–Leigh and Mare Winningham are in…
- Kansas City (1996)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte
- An all–star cast jam out on the multiple storylines of Robert Altman's homage to the 30s jazz–mecca of Kansas City. The old master stirs…
- Bastard Out of Carolina (1997)
- Dir. Anjelica Huston
Feat. Anjelica Huston, Jena Malone, Jennifer Jason Leigh…
- In her directing debut, Anjelica Huston boldly renders the indelicacies of a grim coming–of–age story, but its success is thanks largely…
- A Thousand Acres (1997)
- Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse
Feat. Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michelle Pfeiffer…
- Daughters of rancher Jason Robards are an embattled trio, in this adaption of Jane Smiley's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel. Story attempts to…
- Washington Square (1997)
- Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith…
- Portrait of a lady adapted from the pen of Henry James profits from an exemplary Jennifer Jason Leigh performance – as an eccentric, plain…
- Existenz (1998)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm…
- Dir. David Cronenberg bestows his customary intelligence on the 'Virtual Reality' genre, yet this time complements his visceral obsessions and mad…
- Skipped Parts (1999)
- Dir. Tamra Davis
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bug Hall, Brad Renfro…
- Set in the early 1960s, this begins as a typical coming–of–age comedy, with Jennifer Jason Leigh and her son shifting to Smalltown, USA…
- Anniversary Party, The (2001)
- Dir. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alan Cumming
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alan Cumming, Kevin Kline…
- A wedding anniversary celebration sets the scene for a riveting expose of Hollywood private lives who play host to a large ensemble playing…
- Road To Perdition (2002)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law…
- Handsomely–mounted Chicago gangland flick that casts Tom Hanks against type as a mob hitman who becomes an ‘angel of vengeance’ after he is…
- Quickie, The (2002)
- Dir. Sergei Bodrov
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Vladimir Mashkov, Henry Thomas…
- A middling US debut for the dir. of PRISONER OF THE MOUNTAINS, this weaves a drama of moral corruption around a troubled Russian mob family festering…
- In the Cut (2003)
- Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh…
- An uncomfortable, darkly ‘feminist’ thriller for which Meg Ryan deflowers her star persona, playing a troubled forty–something who…
- Machinist, The (2004)
- Dir. Brad Anderson
Feat. Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Ironside
- A mind–twisting thriller in the industrial–gothic mould, this might at times feel like an off–cut from the David…
- Palindromes (2004)
- Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. Ellen Barkin, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- A queasy fairytale about a suburban teenage girl who quests to fall pregnant, does so, but is then forced by her mother (Barkin) to have an abortion,…
- Jacket, The (2005)
- Dir. John Maybury
Feat. Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson…
- Adding to a growing canon of mind–bending thrillers of distinction (see our 'Close Relatives' below), this certainly feels part of a distinct…
- Margot at the Wedding (2007)
- Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black
- Nicole Kidman stars as an acid–tongued, permafrosty writer in Noah Baumbach's (THE SQUID & THE WHALE) ongoing treatment of middle–aged…
- Synecdoche, New York (2008)
- Dir. Charlie Kaufman
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Catherine Keener…
- Screenwriting extraordinaire Charlie Kaufman turns his hand to directing for the first time with another amusing existential conundrum, here enjoying…
- 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.…
- Kill Your Darlings (2013)
- Dir. John Krokidas
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall…
- The early years of Beat Generation icons Allen Ginsburg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs are dramatised in this impassioned period biopic.
- Spectacular Now, The (2013)
- Dir. James Ponsoldt
Feat. Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson…
- This wistful teen romance, scripted and performed with a bracing naturalism, centres on a glibly charming high school senior whose casual dating of a…
- Hateful Eight, The (2015)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh…
- An extremely bloody western from Tarantino that features a typically stellar cast as a group of miscreants and misanthropes holed up in a cabin in a…
- Anomalisa (2015)
- Dir. Charlie Kaufman
Feat. David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
- Charlie Kaufman directs this affecting stop–motion animation that explores a loners failure to connect with other people and his struggles to…
- Morgan (2016)
- Dir. Luke Scott
Feat. Kate Mara, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michelle Yeoh…
- A flawed yet tense and thought–provoking sci–fi thriller about a corporate risk–management consultant who must decide whether or…
- Good Time (2017)
- Dir. Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Feat. Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh…
- Robert Pattinson is riveting as a small–time hustler who embarks on a frantic nocturnal mission to break his brother out of custody after a…
- Twin Peaks (TV Series) (Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series, Twin Peaks: The Return) (2017)
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Catherine E. Coulson, Madchen Amick…
- Revival of the cult TV series with most of the same cast (plus many, many more), which rivals and occasionally surpasses the terrifying brilliance of…
- Patrick Melrose (TV Series) (2018)
- Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving
- 5–part miniseries based on the acclaimed novels by Edward St. Aubyn in which Benedict Cumberbatch plays an aristocratic and outrageously funny…
- Annihilation (2018)
- Dir. Alex Garland
Feat. Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez…
- Distinctive sci–fi set around a mysterious environmental disaster zone within which the laws of nature do not apply. A biologist (Natalie…
- White Boy Rick (2018)
- Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley…
- Compelling true crime story from the director of '71, following 14–year old drug trafficker Richard Wershe Jr. who was an undercover informant…
- Possessor (2020)
- Dir. Brandon Cronenberg
Feat. Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Rossif Sutherland…
- Brandon Cronenberg (ANTIVIRAL) wrote and directed this sci–fi horror about an assassin (Andrea Riseborough) who assumes control of other…