Cast: Melinda Dillon

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Melinda Dillon. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


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...

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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

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

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

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