Cast: Melinda Dillon
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Melinda Dillon. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 39
Magnolia
1999 · Movie · 188 min. · United States
Direction Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast Tom Cruise · John C. Reilly · Philip Baker Hall · William H. Macy
Synopsis In a single day in Los Angeles, a number of interconnected lives are changed forever. A lonely police officer (John C. Reilly) falls in love with a disturbed cocaine addict (Melora Walters). Her father (Philip Baker Hall), the host of...
7.6
46K votes
7.6
46K votes
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Movie · 132 min. · United States
Direction Steven Spielberg
Cast Richard Dreyfuss · Teri Garr · Melinda Dillon · François Truffaut
Synopsis Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) becomes obsessed with meeting extraterrestrials after encountering a UFO on an abandoned road one night. Against the wishes of his wife (Teri Garr) and children, Neary, along with another witness to the sighting (Melinda Dillon), travels...
7.3
57K votes
7.3
57K votes
A Christmas Story
1983 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Bob Clark
Cast Melinda Dillon · Darren McGavin · Peter Billingsley · Ian Petrella
Synopsis Humorist Jean Shepard's vignette-laden, nostalgic view of Christmastime in Indiana during the 1940s. The main story involves nine-year-old Ralphie, who desperately wants a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas -- and is waging an all-out campaign to convince his reluctant...
6.9
2K votes
6.9
2K votes
Bound for Glory
1976 · Movie · 147 min. · United States
Direction Hal Ashby
Cast David Carradine · Ronny Cox · Melinda Dillon · Gail Strickland
Synopsis 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.
6.9
611 votes
6.9
611 votes
The Prince of Tides
1991 · Movie · 129 min. · United States
Direction Barbra Streisand
Cast Nick Nolte · Barbra Streisand · Blythe Danner · Kate Nelligan
Synopsis Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte) is a disillusioned Southern coach who must reveal his tortured childhood in order to help his suicidal sister. Streisand is Susan Lowenstein, the determined psychiatrist who battles Toms resentment and rage in search of the truth....
6.6
26K votes
6.6
26K votes
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001 · Documentary · 102 min. · United States
Direction Laurent Bouzereau
Cast Steven Spielberg · Joe Alves · Bob Balaban · Melinda Dillon
6.6
107 votes
6.6
107 votes
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
2000 · Documentary · 73 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rance
Cast Paul Thomas Anderson · Fiona Apple · Philip Seymour Hoffman · Julianne Moore
Synopsis A very in-depth documentary that follows the very over-worked director Paul Thomas Anderson through a gruelling 80+ days of shooting for the film Magnolia (1999). Very funny behind the scenes material and interviews, press junket video and various screenings and...
6.6
124 votes
6.6
124 votes
The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
1985 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Rod Serling · Paul Lynch · Peter Medak · Ryszard Bugajski
Cast William Atherton · Jenny Agutter · Martin Balsam · Jeffrey Tambor
Synopsis A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but often have a wicked sense of humor and an unexpected twist.
6.6
1K votes
6.6
1K votes
Slap Shot
1977 · Movie · 122 min. · United States
Direction George Roy Hill
Cast Paul Newman · Michael Ontkean · Lindsay Crouse · Jennifer Warren
Synopsis A rougher version of George Roy Hill's pet theme of men as overaged adolescents, SLAP SHOT stars Paul Newman as Reggie Dunlop, the venerable player-coach of the Charlestown Chiefs, a fifth-rate minor league hockey team. When their blue-collar town falls...
6.5
5K votes
6.5
5K votes
Reign Over Me
2007 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction Mike Binder
Cast Adam Sandler · Don Cheadle · Liv Tyler · Jada Pinkett Smith
Synopsis Charlie Fineman (Sandler) is a Manhattan dentist who lost his wife and two children when their jet crashed into the World Trade Center on 9/11. One day he runs into his old college roommate (Cheadle). Rekindling the friendship is the...
6.5
5K votes
6.5
5K votes
Absence of Malice
1981 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Paul Newman · Sally Field · Melinda Dillon · Bob Balaban
Synopsis While investigating the death of a local union leader, an ambitious young reporter (Sally Field as Megan) becomes involved in a dangerous triangle of love, deceit, and national espionage. After all story leads fall through, shady government agent Rosen cajoles...
6.3
2K votes
6.3
2K votes
F.I.S.T
1978 · Movie · 125 min. · United States
Direction Norman Jewison
Cast Sylvester Stallone · Rod Steiger · Peter Boyle · Melinda Dillon
Synopsis 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...
6.1
2K votes
6.1
2K votes
Right of Way (TV)
1983 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction George Schaefer
Cast Bette Davis · James Stewart · Melinda Dillon · Priscilla Morrill
Synopsis Miniature Dwyer is named after her mother, who was making miniature doll houses when Minnie was born. Minnie, too, has built doll houses for years, and when she learns that she is terminally ill, she and her husband Teddy begin...
5.8
47 votes
5.8
47 votes
The Shadow Box (TV)
1980 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Paul Newman
Cast Joanne Woodward · Christopher Plummer · Valerie Harper · James Broderick
5.8
26 votes
5.8
26 votes
The April Fools
1969 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Stuart Rosenberg
Cast Jack Lemmon · Catherine Deneuve · Peter Lawford · Charles Boyer
Synopsis A married man enters his boss' apartment to sign papers for a promotion and finds a party of 200 instead. He doesn't fit in, leaves with a woman, spends all night with her, falls in love with her and finds...
5.5
119 votes
5.5
119 votes
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
1995 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Beeban Kidron
Cast Patrick Swayze · John Leguizamo · Wesley Snipes · Arliss Howard
Synopsis Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson win a major New York drag contest and a trip to Hollywood. They hire a beat-up old Cadillac and set off for L.A., but their car breaks down in a small town in the middle...
5.2
5K votes
5.2
5K votes
Staying Together
1989 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Lee Grant
Cast Sean Astin · Dermot Mulroney · Timothy Patrick Quill · Stockard Channing
Synopsis "A superb ensemble cast" (Daily News) including Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings films), Stockard Channing ("The West Wing"), Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend's Wedding), Tim Quill (Army of Darkness) and Daphne Zuniga ("Melrose Place") highlights this stirring drama...
4.8
72 votes
4.8
72 votes
Spontaneous Combustion
1990 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Tobe Hooper
Cast Brad Dourif · Cynthia Bain · Jon Cypher · William Prince
Synopsis A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.
4.6
302 votes
4.6
302 votes
Adam & Steve
2005 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Craig Chester
Cast Craig Chester · Malcom Gets · Parker Posey · Noah Segan
Synopsis Follows two New York city couples -- one heterosexual and one gay who explore the peaks and the valleys of their respective relationships.
4.3
35 votes
4.3
35 votes
Harry and the Hendersons
1987 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction William Dear
Cast John Lithgow · Melinda Dillon · Don Ameche · Margaret Langrick
Synopsis John Lithgow takes adventure to new heights in this big-laughs, big-hearted, big-footed comedy for the whole family! A chance car accident introduces the Hendersons to the real-life Bigfoot, who is anything but a ferocious monster and quickly becomes a true...
4.2
5K votes
4.2
5K votes