Marisa TomeiFilmography

War, Inc.

Actors: John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Joan Cusack, Dan Aykroyd

Synopsis: An assassin posing as a trade-show producer fixes his crosshairs on a Middle Eastern oil minister while maintaining his cover by organizing a high-profile wedding in this satirical action comedy starring John Cusack, Hilary Duff, and Marisa Tomei. A private American corporation run by a former Read More

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, Michael Shannon

Synopsis: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, and Marisa Tomei star in director Sidney Lumet's thriller concerning two brothers who hatch a plan to rob their parent's jewelry store. When the job goes awry, the entire family is set on a collision course with tragedy. Andy (Hoffman) is an Read More

Wild Hogs

Actors: Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy, Ray Liotta

Synopsis: A mismatched group of bored suburbanites longing to escape the stress of their daily lives and embrace the freedom of the open road finds that it takes more than polished chrome and leather jackets to truly experience the biker lifestyle in this revved-up road comedy starring John Travolta, Tim Allen Read More

Factotum

Actors: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Fisher Stevens, Didier Flamand

Synopsis: Norwegian director Bent Hamer follows up his quirky and critically acclaimed Kitchen Stories with a heartbreakingly humorous look at the life of depressive writer Hank Chinaski -- the fictional counterpart of real-life author Charles Bukowski. Adapted from Bukowski's 1975 novel of the same name, Hamer Read More

Loverboy

Actors: Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Blair Brown, Matt Dillon, Oliver Platt

Synopsis: A mother once neglected as child but possessed of a heart overflowing with love grows increasingly despondent as her beloved child begins to claim his independence in director Kevin Bacon's adaptation of Victoria Redel's best-selling novel. If loving too much were a crime, well-meaning but Read More

Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Actors: Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen, John Goodman, Sean Astin

Synopsis: Randall Miller's Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School compiles an all-star cast to tell an unabashedly emotional story about life, love, and destiny. Robert Carlyle portrays Frank Keane, a man who has been in a deep depression ever since his wife passed away. One day while driving Read More

Danika

Actors: Marisa Tomei, Craig Bierko, Regina Hall, Kyle Gallner, Nicki Prian

Synopsis: When a devoted mother and wife begins to experience a series of intensely terrifying visions, she soon begins to question her own sanity in a deeply unsettling psychological thriller from first-time feature filmmaker Ariel Vromen. By day Danika (Marisa Tomei) works at the local bank, and by night Read More

Rescue Me: Season 03

Actors: Denis Leary, Jack McGee, Steven Pasquale, John Scurti, Daniel Sunjata, Mike Lombardi, James McCaffrey, Tatum O'Neal, Andrea Roth

Alfie

Actors: Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Omar Epps, Nia Long, Jane Krakowski, Sienna Miller, Susan Sarandon

Synopsis: This remake of Lewis Gilbert's 1966 film of the same name features Jude Law filling the shoes Michael Caine once wore in the title role of Alfie. As with the original, Law occasionally speaks directly to the camera while his character talks of the opposite sex. Under the direction of Charles Read More

In the Company of Women

Actors: Allison Anders, Lisa Cholodenko, Patricia Clarkson, Jodie Foster, Shari Frilot

Synopsis: Gini Reticker and Lesli Klainberg direct the 74-minute documentary In the Company of Women, a production of the Independent Film Channel. The film offers an introduction to the major women of independent filmmaking, starting in the 1980s. It includes commentary from directors Allison Anders, Lisa Cholodenko Read More

Anger Management

Actors: Harry Dean Stanton, Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei, Luis Guzman, Allen Covert, Lynne Thigpen, Woody Harrelson, John Turturro

Synopsis: A man comes face to face with the rage he didn't know he had in this comedy. Dave Buznick (Adam Sandler) is an even-tempered businessman who, after a series of strange misunderstandings on an airline flight, finds himself accused of air rage. A judge sentences Dave to undergo anger management Read More

The Guru

Actors: Heather Graham, Marisa Tomei, Jimi Mistry, Michael McKean, Christine Baranski

Synopsis: A visitor from the mysterious East arrives in New York -- not to offer the wisdom of the ages, but to make it big as a dancer in this "fish-out-of-water" comedy. Ramu Chandra Gupta (Jimi Mistry) grew up in India on a steady diet of movie musicals, particularly local Bollywood spectaculars and Read More

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

Actors: Lacey Chabert, Tom Kane, Tim Curry, Lynn Redgrave

Synopsis: The Nickelodeon cartoon series The Wild Thornberrys gets its first feature-length animated film, directed by show creator Cathy Malkasian with a screenplay by Kate Boutilier (writer of Nickelodeon's Rugrats in Paris). The main character is 12-year-old Eliza Thornberry (voice of Lacey Chabert), a Read More

Just a Kiss

Actors: Ron Eldard, Kyra Sedgwick, Patrick Breen, Marisa Tomei, Marley Shelton

Synopsis: They say the heart goes where it will, and six people find theirs following a very complicated road map with a seventh creating some unexpected detours in this dark romantic comedy. Dag (Ron Eldard) is a successful director of television commercials who shares his home with his beautiful Read More

Chelsea Walls

Actors: Kevin Corrigan, Rosario Dawson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Kris Kristofferson, Robert Sean Leonard

Synopsis: Actor Ethan Hawke takes the director's chair for a test drive with this independent feature, based on a play by Nicole Burdette, in which a number of creative types living in New York's famed bohemian enclave the Chelsea Hotel struggle with their muses as well as their personal concerns. Read More

What I Want My Words to Do to You

Actors: Mary Alice, Glenn Close, Eve Ensler, Hazelle Goodman, Rosie Perez

Synopsis: The documentary What I Want My Words to Do to You offers a look at some actual rehabilitation at a women's maximum security prison. Directors Judith Katz, Madeleine Gavin, and Gary Sunshine used high-definition video cameras to capture an emotional reformation process for several incarcerated Read More

In the Bedroom

Actors: Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, William Mapother

Synopsis: Character actor and noted photographer Todd Field made his directorial debut with this emotionally powerful drama, which earned enthusiastic reviews at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. Frank Fowler (Nick Stahl) is a handsome and amiable young man who has recently graduated from high school and is Read More

King of the Jungle

Actors: Julie Carmen, Cliff Gorman, John Leguizamo, Rosie Perez, Justin Pierce

Synopsis: Martin Scorsese's seminal 1975 drama Taxi Driver informs this tale of a neglected, Upper West Side outcast who slowly devolves into a potential murderer. John Leguizamo stars as Seymour, the mentally-challenged self-proclaimed "king" of the film's title. He's still in the care of his mother Mona (Julie Carmen Read More

Happy Accidents

Actors: Marisa Tomei, Vincent D'Onofrio, Nadia Dajani, Tovah Feldshuh, Holland Taylor

Synopsis: Is Ruby Weaver's Mr. Right really an emissary from the year 2,470, or is he just a complete loon ball? This question is at the heart of Brad Anderson's whimsical romantic comedy. The story opens with Ruby (Marisa Tomei) lamenting over her boyfriend Sam (Vincent D'Onofrio) to her shrink (Holland Taylor Read More

Someone Like You

Actors: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin

Synopsis: Based on Laura Zigman's 1998 novel Animal Husbandry, this romantic comedy centers on Jane Goodale (Ashley Judd), a talk-show producer who finds herself suddenly abandoned by her boyfriend (Greg Kinnear). After this untimely breakup, Jane begins to develop a thesis that male behavior is directly Read More

Jenifer

Actors: Laura San Giacomo, Jane Kaczmarek, Annabella Sciorra, Maddie Corman

What Women Want

Actors: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Mark Feuerstein, Lauren Holly, Ashley Johnson

Synopsis: A man finds himself getting an unexpected crash course in the psychology of contemporary women in this romantic comedy. Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson) is a successful advertising executive living in Chicago who has long fancied himself a ladies' man, though he has precious little understanding of Read More

The Watcher

Actors: James Spader, Marisa Tomei, Keanu Reeves, Ernie Hudson, Chris Ellis

Synopsis: A detective is urged on by the lunatic he's trying to put behind bars in this crime thriller. Joel Campbell (James Spader) is a police detective who has recently relocated to Chicago after spending eight frustrating years trying to track down a vicious serial killer who has been terrorizing Los Read More

My Own Country

Actors: Naveen Andrews, Glenne Headly, Hal Holbrook, Swoosie Kurtz, Marisa Tomei

Synopsis: From the director of the acclaimed Salaam Bombay, My Own Country is based on the best-selling memoir of an Ethiopian doctor who treated HIV and AIDS patients in Johnson City in the smoky mountains of Eastern Tennessee in 1985. The film narrates the tribulations of a physician who takes home the Read More

Only Love

Actors: Marisa Tomei, Rob Morrow, Mathilda May, Paul Freeman, Jeroen Krabbé

Synopsis: In this two-part made-for-TV romantic drama, a neurosurgeon finds difficulty in dealing with the fact that his latest critically ill patient is the woman whom he once wanted to marry. He is married to another woman, but he still has feelings for his patient. ~ Andrew Olthuis, All Movie Guide Read More

Slums of Beverly Hills

Actors: Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Corrigan, Eli Marienthal

Synopsis: Tamara Jenkins wrote and directed this comedy-drama depicting the experience of growing up poor in the 90210 zip code, told from the point of view of Vivian Abramowitz (Natasha Lyonne), a teen who lives a nomadic existence in the outskirts of Beverly Hills with her single, divorced father, Murray (Alan Arkin Read More

A Brother's Kiss

Actors: Nick Chinlund, Michael Raynor, Cathy Moriarty, Rosie Perez, Marisa Tomei

Synopsis: Mick (Michael Raynor) and Lex (Nick Chinlund) are a pair of brothers who grew up in Harlem under circumstances that were difficult at best. Their mother Doreen (Cathy Moriarty) was a diabetic with a drinking problem and difficulty in saying no to men. While she wasn't a prostitute, she grew Read More

Welcome to Sarajevo

Actors: Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei

Synopsis: A startling examination of the Bosnian war of the mid-1990s and the role of journalists in covering it, this film was based on real-life journalist Michael Nicholson's book Natasha's Story. Like Nicholson, cynical journalist Henderson (Stephen Dillane) is one of the rat pack of reporters looking Read More

Unhook the Stars

Actors: Tom Proctor, Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gérard Depardieu, Jake Lloyd, Moira Kelly

Synopsis: The great overlooked actress Gena Rowlands was cast in the starring role of Mildred in this film directed by her son, Nick Cassavetes. Rowlands appeared in several of John Cassavetes's remarkable films, notably A Woman Under the Influence. Mildred is a wealthy widow who lives with her daughter Ann Read More

The Perez Family

Actors: Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Chazz Palminteri, Trini Alvarado

Synopsis: Old and new loves are turned upside down through a complex case of mistaken identities in this romantic comedy-drama. In 1980, Juan Raul Perez (Alfred Molina) is released from a Cuban prison after spending 20 years behind bars and is allowed to join a mass emigration to the U.S. While Juan was Read More

Four Rooms

Actors: Tim Roth, Valeria Golino, Jennifer Beals, Antonio Banderas, Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis: Four of the most celebrated directors in the independent film community pooled their talents for this episodic comedy. Ted (Tim Roth) is the new bellboy at a beautiful but decaying luxury hotel; he is not having a good time of it on New Year's Eve, his first night on the job. In one room, a coven Read More

Saturday Night Live: Marisa Tomei

Actors: Marisa Tomei, Bonnie Raitt

Synopsis: This 1994 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Marisa Tomei and features musical guest Bonnie Raitt. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Just in Time

The Paper

Actors: Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Randy Quaid

Synopsis: Director Ron Howard's drama follows a beleaguered reporter during a hectic 24 hours at a New York City tabloid. Michael Keaton stars as Henry Hackett, a metro editor for the struggling New York Sun. Hackett is being wooed by the Sentinel, a more upscale paper, but he's addicted to the Read More

Comic Relief VI

Synopsis: Taped live at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium and shown on HBO and Comedy Central in 1994, this video documents the sixth Comic Relief live charity benefit for America's homeless. Hosted by Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billy Crystal, this program features performances from luminaries of Read More

Only You

Actors: Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey, Jr., Bonnie Hunt, Joaquim de Almeida, Fisher Stevens

Synopsis: A woman throws caution to the wind in the pursuit of the man of her dreams -- whom she's never met -- in this romantic comedy. Eleven-year-old Faith (Tammy Minoff) and her cousin Kate (Jessica Hertel) are playing with a Ouiji Board when Faith asks who she will marry -- the magic oracle answers Read More

Untamed Heart

Actors: Christian Slater, Marisa Tomei, Rosie Perez, Kyle Secor, Willie Garson

Synopsis: More than a decade after 1982's Six Weeks, director Tony Bill once again explored romance, sentimentality, and dying young with Untamed Heart. The film stars Christian Slater as Adam, an shy and awkward busboy who saves waitress Caroline (Marisa Tomei) from being raped in a park late one night. Read More

Equinox

Actors: Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle, Fred Ward, Tyra Ferrell, Tate Donovan, Marisa Tomei

Synopsis: Alan Rudolph wrote and directed this typically off-beat drama. A brief romantic liaison between a wealthy European and an American ballet dancer results in a pair of identical twins, who are separated and raised by others shortly after birth. Henry (Matthew Modine) was adopted by Pete (M. Emmet Walsh Read More

Chaplin

Actors: Robert Downey, Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin Dunn, Anthony Hopkins

Synopsis: Partly based on Charlie Chaplin's My Autobiography, this humorous and dramatic biopic features an all-star cast including Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane, and Chaplin's real-life daughter, Geraldine Chaplin, who portrays his mentally ill Read More

My Cousin Vinny

Actors: Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Gwynne

Synopsis: When sweet Northern college kid Bill (Ralph Macchio) and his buddy Stan (Mitchell Whitfield) are picked up and thrown into the slammer in a hick Southern town, at first it looks like no big deal. Then they are informed that they are accused of murder. Penniless and without a single friend in the Read More

Oscar

Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Ornella Muti, Peter Riegert, Tim Curry, Marisa Tomei, Don Ameche

Synopsis: Sylvester Stallone gives comedy another try in this farce set in the 1930s. Angelo "Snaps" Provelone (Stallone) is the wealthy and powerful head of the Chicago mob, but his ailing father (Kirk Douglas) doesn't approve of his life in crime, and on his deathbed, Dad makes Snaps promise to go Read More

Zandalee

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Judge Reinhold, Erika Anderson, Viveca Lindfors, Joe Pantoliano

Synopsis: In this thriller, poet Thierry Martin (Judge Reinhold) takes over the family business, abandoning both his art and his sex life, much to the dismay of his wife, Zandalee (Erika Anderson). However, when Thierry's painter friend Johnny Collins (Nicolas Cage) comes to town, his fling with Zandalee Read More

Parker Kane

Actors: Jeff Fahey

Synopsis: Most TV movie reference books have given up mentioning the hundreds of unsold pilots that dot the video landscape. Parker Kane, originally telecast in 1990 and then rerun in 1992, is one of those orphans that has fallen through the research cracks. It's possible the film is due for a revival Read More

A Different World: Season 01

Actors: Lisa Bonet, Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Dawnn Lewis, Marisa Tomei

Synopsis: Season one of A Different World focuses primarily on former Cosby Show regular Lisa Bonet in her familiar role as Denise Huxtable, 19-year-old daughter of Cleveland obstetrician Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby). Having enrolled in Hillman College, the alma mater of both her father and grandfather Read More

Playing for Keeps

Actors: Daniel Jordano, Matthew Penn, Leon Grant, Mary Ward, Marisa Tomei

Synopsis: In this comedy drama, three exuberant high-school graduates finally find a direction in life when they decide to fix-up a ramshackle Catskill resort and turn it into a little slice of rock & roll heaven for teens. They work hard to make the repairs and pay the over $8,000 in back taxes. When Read More

The Flamingo Kid

Actors: Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Hector Elizondo, Jessica Walter, Fisher Stevens, Janet Jones

Synopsis: Set in 1963, The Flamingo Kid finds 18-year-old Brooklynite Matt Dillon, the son of blue-collar Hector Elizondo, getting a taste of the Good Life by joining several of his friends at "El Flamingo", a swank Long Island beach club. Wealthy car salesman Richard Crenna, the uncle of Matt's girl friend Janet Jones Read More