Direction: Danny Leiner

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Danny Leiner. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Sopranos (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction David Chase · Timothy Van Patten · John Patterson · Allen Coulter

Cast James Gandolfini · Edie Falco · Lorraine Bracco · Michael Imperioli

Synopsis TV Series (1999-2007). 6 Seasons. 86 Episodes. The Sopranos is an American television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) and the difficulties he faces as he tries to...

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8.5

56K votes

8.5

56K votes

Freaks and Geeks (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 44 min. · United States

Direction Paul Feig · Jake Kasdan · Judd Apatow · Bryan Gordon

Cast Linda Cardellini · James Franco · Seth Rogen · Jason Segel

Synopsis TV Series (1999-2000). 1 Season. 18 Episodes. It's the 1980s and at McKinley High, there's two different groups of teenagers, the Freaks with cool and charismatic Daniel DeSario (James Franco) and tomboy Lindsay Weir (Linda Cardellini) and the Geeks with...

8.0

7K votes

8.0

7K votes

Direction Ian Edelman · Julian Farino · Simon Cellan Jones · Danny Leiner

Cast Bryan Greenberg · Victor Rasuk · Lake Bell · Eddie Kaye Thomas

Synopsis TV Series (2010-2011). 2 Seasons. 16 episodes. How to Make It in America follows two enterprising twenty-somethings hustling their way through New York City's fashion scene, determined to achieve their version of the American Dream. Trying to make a name...

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7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

Action (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Christopher Thompson · John Fortenberry · John Whitesell · Ted Demme

Cast Jay Mohr · Illeana Douglas · Jarrad Paul · Jack Plotnick

Synopsis In Hollywood you're only as good as your last flick, and Dragonfire Films exec Peter Dragon has hit bottom with his $150 million bomb "Slow Torture." His only hope to get back to the way things were is the shoot-'em-up...

6.2

34 votes

6.2

34 votes

The Tick (TV Series)

2001 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Bo Welch · Danny Leiner · Barry Sonnenfeld · Andrew Tsao

Cast Patrick Warburton · David Burke · Liz Vassey · Nestor Carbonell

Synopsis The story of superhero The Tick, based on the popular comic book.

5.2

52 votes

5.2

52 votes

Felicity (TV Series)

1998 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Matt Reeves · J.J. Abrams · Lawrence Trilling · Harry Winer

Cast Keri Russell · Scott Speedman · Scott Foley · Tangi Miller

Synopsis TV Series (1998-2002). 4 Seasons. 84 Episodes. It all starts the moment shy, beautiful Felicity Porter (Keri Russell) asks Ben Covington (Scott Speedman) to sign her high school yearbook. It's graduation day...he's gorgeous...and she's had a four-year crush on him....

4.9

23K votes

4.9

23K votes

Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle

2004 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Danny Leiner

Cast John Cho · Kal Penn · Neil Patrick Harris · Sandy Jobin-Bevans

Synopsis Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle follows two likeable underdogs who set out on a Friday night quest to satisfy their craving for White Castle hamburgers and end up on a mind-altering road trip of epic proportions. John Cho...

4.8

12K votes

4.8

12K votes

The Great New Wonderful

2005 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Danny Leiner

Cast Maggie Gyllenhaal · Judy Greer · Tony Shalhoub · Olympia Dukakis

Synopsis ”The Great New Wonderful” is populated by people you know: New Yorkers you see on the elevator, in the supermarket, at the gym. Without a trace of sentimentality, director Danny Leiner, a Brooklynnative, and his extraordinary cast paints five portraits...

4.4

182 votes

4.4

182 votes

Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach

2009 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Danny Leiner

Cast Seann William Scott · Randy Quaid · Leonor Varela · Brando Eaton

Synopsis Gary Houseman is an overenthusiastic high school janitor who steps-up to lead the school's loser tennis team to the state finals when the acting coach drops dead. The brash and often insulting new coach is intent on inspiring these underdogs...

4.4

121 votes

4.4

121 votes

Dude, Where's my Car?

2000 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Danny Leiner

Cast Ashton Kutcher · Seann William Scott · Kristy Swanson · Jennifer Garner

Synopsis Two potheads, Jesse (Ashton Kutcher) and Chaster (Seann William Scott) wake up one morning with no recollection of the previous night and their car missing. After discovering their stash of drugs is gone, they go in search of more. Meanwhile...

4.4

29K votes

4.4

29K votes

Kath & Kim (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 20 min. · United States

Direction Michelle Nader · Jason Ensler · Danny Leiner · Roger Kumble

Cast Selma Blair · Molly Shannon · John Michael Higgins · Mikey Day

Synopsis TV Series (2008). 17 episodes. The American adaptation of the Australian hit comedy series, "Kath & Kim" stars Molly Shannon (NBC's "Saturday Night Live") and Selma Blair ("Hellboy 2") as the hilarious and iconoclastic mother-daughter duo. "Kath & Kim" takes...

4.3

60 votes

4.3

60 votes

Opposite Sex (TV Series)

2000 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Marc Silverstein · Abby Kohn · Josh Aronson · Kenneth Fink

Cast Milo Ventimiglia · Margot Finley · Kyle Howard · Chris Evans

Synopsis TV Series (2000). 1 Seasons. 8 Episodes. A teenager moves to Northern California with his newly-widowed father, is enrolled in Evergreen Academy and discovers that he is one of only three boys in a previously all-female school.

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Remember WENN (TV Series)

1996 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Rupert Holmes · Juan José Campanella · Jill Mitwell · Peter Lauer

Cast Tom Beckett · George Hall · Margaret Hall · Melinda Mullins

Synopsis TV Series (1996-1998). 56 episodes. Trials and tribulations at Pittsburgh radio station WENN back in the late 1930s, when radio was king.

Not rated

Not rated