Maria Bello
Maria Elena Bello (born April 18, 1967) is an American actress and singer. She started her acting career in small off-Broadway plays, such as The Killer Inside Me, Small Town Gals with Big Problems, and Urban Planning. Bello's big break came when producers Kerry Lenhart and John J. Sakmar cast her as Mrs. Smith in the spy show Mr. & Mrs. Smith. more
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Thank You for Smoking
(2006)
Comedy, Drama
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Jason Reitman
Cast:
Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott
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A History of Violence
(2005)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
David Cronenberg
Cast:
Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Heidi Hayes, Ashton Holmes, William Hurt
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Payback
(1999)
Action, Crime, Drama
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Paul Abascal, Brian Helgeland
Cast:
Mel Gibson, Kris Kristofferson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer
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Secret Window
(2004)
Mystery, Thriller
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
David Koepp
Cast:
Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Timothy Hutton, Charles S. Dutton
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated
(2006)
Documentary
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA vie...
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Kirby Dick
Cast:
Kimberly Peirce, Kimberly Peirce, Jon Lewis, Jon Lewis, David Ansen
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Grown Ups
(2010)
Comedy
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Dennis Dugan
Cast:
Adam Sandler, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, Steve Buscemi, Maya Rudolph
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Assault on Precinct 13
(2005)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Jean-François Richet
Cast:
Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne, Maria Bello, Drea de Matteo
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The Company Men
(2010)
Drama
Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and fathers.
Runtime:
104 min
Director:
John Wells
Cast:
Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello
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The Cooler
(2003)
Drama, Romance
Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Wayne Kramer
Cast:
William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, Maria Bello, Shawn Hatosy, Paul Sorvino
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Butterfly on a Wheel
(2007)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Mike Barker
Cast:
Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, Gerard Butler, Emma Karwandy, Claudette Mink
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The Jane Austen Book Club
(2007)
Comedy, Romance
Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Robin Swicord
Cast:
Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Amy Brenneman, Hugh Dancy, Maggie Grace
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World Trade Center
(2006)
Drama, History, Thriller
Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Runtime:
129 min
Director:
Oliver Stone
Cast:
Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Jay Hernandez
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Coyote Ugly
(2000)
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike wi...
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
David McNally
Cast:
Bridget Moynahan, Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, John Goodman, LeAnn Rimes
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Third Person
(2013)
Drama, Romance
An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different city, that detail the beginning, middle and end of a relationship.
Runtime:
137 min
Director:
Paul Haggis
Cast:
Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, James Franco, Olivia Wilde, Adrien Brody
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
(2008)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O'Connell enlists the help of his wife and son to quash the so-called 'Dragon Emperor' and his abuse of supernatural power.
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Rob Cohen
Cast:
Brendan Fraser, Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Jet Li, John Hannah
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Towelhead
(2008)
Drama
A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
Alan Ball
Cast:
Eugene Jones III, Summer Bishil, Gemmenne de la Peña, Toni Collette, Randy J. Goodwin
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Auto Focus
(2002)
Crime, Drama
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's dou...
Runtime:
104 min
Director:
Paul Schrader
Cast:
Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Maria Bello, Ron Leibman
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
(2009)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Rebecca Miller
Cast:
Robin Wright, Robin Wright, Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves, Julianne Moore
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Abduction
(2011)
Action, Mystery, Thriller
A young man sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons website.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
John Singleton
Cast:
Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina, Jason Isaacs, Maria Bello
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The Yellow Handkerchief
(2009)
Drama, Romance
A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Udayan Prasad
Cast:
William Hurt, Maria Bello, Kristen Stewart, Eddie Redmayne, Veronica Russell
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Duets
(2000)
Comedy, Drama, Music
Duets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. All roads lead to Omaha, site of a national karaoke competition where this motley group of singers and stars come together for a blow-out sing-off.
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Bruce Paltrow
Cast:
Gwyneth Paltrow, Scott Speedman, Maria Bello, Paul Giamatti, Andre Braugher
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Payback: Straight Up
(2006)
Action, Crime, Drama
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Brian Helgeland
Cast:
Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer, Bill Duke
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Permanent Midnight
(1998)
Drama
Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts to go down a path of improvement.
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
David Veloz
Cast:
Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Hurley, Maria Bello, Owen Wilson, Jay Paulson
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Flicka
(2006)
Drama, Family
Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. The headstrong 16 year old then sets her mind to tame a mustang and prove to her father she can run the ranch. But when tragedy happens, it will take all the...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Michael Mayer
Cast:
Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Armie Hammer, Alison Lohman, Ryan Kwanten
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Beautiful Boy
(2010)
Drama
A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass-shooting at his college, then took his own life.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Shawn Ku
Cast:
Michael Sheen, Maria Bello, Alan Tudyk, Moon Bloodgood, Kyle Gallner
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The Dark
(2005)
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Adèle and her daughter Sarah are traveling on the Welsh coastline to see her husband James when Sarah disappears. A different but similar looking girl appears who says she died in a past time. Adèle tries to discover what happened to her daughter as she is tormented by Celtic mythology from the past.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
John Fawcett
Cast:
Sean Bean, Maria Bello, Richard Elfyn, Maurice Roëves, Abigail Stone
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The Confirmation
(2016)
Comedy, Drama
A divorced father reconnects with his son when they track down a stolen toolbox over the course of a weekend.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Bob Nelson
Cast:
Clive Owen, Maria Bello, Patton Oswalt, Stephen Tobolowsky
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Demonic
(2015)
Horror, Thriller
A police officer and a psychologist investigate the deaths of five people who were killed while trying to summon ghosts.
Runtime:
83 min
Director:
James Wan
Cast:
Maria Bello, Frank Grillo, Cody Horn, Dustin Milligan
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Silver City
(2004)
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The discovery of a corpse threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor of Colorado.
Runtime:
128 min
Director:
John Sayles
Cast:
Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Huston, Thora Birch, James Gammon
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Bravetown
(2015)
Drama, Music
After an accidental drug overdose, a talented teenage DJ goes to live with his estranged father in a small Army town, where he gets to the bottom of his own pain and learns empathy for others.
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Daniel Duran
Cast:
Josh Duhamel, Maria Bello, Laura Dern, Katrina Norman, Lucas Till
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Big Driver
(2014)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Based on a novella from Stephen King, A famous mystery writer sets out for revenge after a brutal attack.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Mikael Salomon
Cast:
Maria Bello, Joan Jett, Ann Dowd, Olympia Dukakis, Will Harris
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Downloading Nancy
(2008)
Thriller
Sick of her life, housewife Nancy just wants it to be over and done with, but rather than kill herself, she hires a stranger from the Internet to do the job for her. But fate takes a strange turn when she meets her killer and the two fall in love. Of course, Nancy realizes that love and murder do not naturally go hand in hand.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Johan Renck
Cast:
Maria Bello, Maria Bello, Rufus Sewell, Rufus Sewell, Jason Patric
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The Late Bloomer
(2016)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A sex therapist goes through puberty after the successful removal of a benign tumor resting against his pituitary gland. He experiences all the changes and effects of puberty over a three-week period.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Kevin Pollak
Cast:
Johnny Simmons, Brittany Snow, J.K. Simmons, Jane Lynch, Maria Bello
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Max Steel
(2016)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
The adventures of teenager Max McGrath and alien companion Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbo-charged superhero Max Steel.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Stewart Hendler
Cast:
Ben Winchell, Maria Bello, Andy García, Mike Doyle
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Carjacked
(2011)
Action, Thriller
A single mom and her child are carjacked by a bank robber who has no intention of letting them go.
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
John Bonito
Cast:
Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff, Joanna Cassidy, Catherine Dent, Kristen Kerr
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In Search of Fellini
(2017)
Adventure, Drama
Lucy, a small-town girl from Ohio, discovers the delightfully bizarre films of legendary filmmaker Federico Fellini and sets off on a journey across Italy to find him.
Runtime:
93 min
Cast:
Ksenia Solo, Maria Bello, Beth Riesgraf, Mary Lynn Rajskub
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The Sisters
(2005)
Drama
Based on Anton Chekov's "The Three Sisters" about siblings living in a college town who struggle with the death of their father and try to reconcile relationships in their own lives.
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
Arthur Allan Seidelman
Cast:
Elizabeth Banks, Maria Bello, Erika Christensen, Eric McCormack, Chris O'Donnell