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Melissa Leo

Actor · 87 credits · 48 in highly-rated films

Best known for Prisoners (2013)

Frequent collaborators: Morgan Freeman, Frank Grillo, George Carroll

Best Melissa Leo movies by genre

Movies (87 total, ranked by score)

  1. Prisoners

    2013 · ★ 8.1 (13,391 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Crime

    1

  2. The Big Short

    2015 · ★ 7.4 (10,011 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    2

  3. The Equalizer

    2014 · ★ 7.3 (10,144 votes)

    Thriller, Action, Crime

    3

  4. The Fighter

    2010 · ★ 7.4 (4,798 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. 21 Grams

    2003 · ★ 7.3 (3,456 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Thriller

    5

  6. The Equalizer 2

    2018 · ★ 6.8 (6,106 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Crime

    6

  7. Passenger

    2026 · ★ 7.3 (796 votes)

    Horror, Thriller

    7

  8. Oblivion

    2013 · ★ 6.7 (11,730 votes)

    Action, Science Fiction, Adventure

    8

  9. Snowden

    2016 · ★ 7.1 (4,737 votes)

    Drama, History, Crime

    9

  10. Olympus Has Fallen

    2013 · ★ 6.4 (7,160 votes)

    Action, Thriller

    10

  11. Everybody's Fine

    2009 · ★ 6.8 (1,119 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

    2005 · ★ 7.0 (662 votes)

    Adventure, Crime, Drama

    12

  13. London Has Fallen

    2016 · ★ 6.2 (5,189 votes)

    Action, Thriller

    13

  14. Conviction

    2010 · ★ 7.1 (637 votes)

    Drama

    14

  15. King Ivory

    2025 · ★ 7.0 (56 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    15

  16. All the Way

    2016 · ★ 6.7 (312 votes)

    Drama, History, TV Movie

    16

  17. Runaway

    2005 · ★ 6.3 (29 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    17

  18. The Space Between

    2011 · ★ 7.2 (15 votes)

    Drama

    18

  19. Frozen River

    2008 · ★ 6.6 (361 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    19

  20. Hide and Seek

    2005 · ★ 6.3 (1,771 votes)

    Horror, Mystery

    20

  21. Novitiate

    2017 · ★ 6.5 (190 votes)

    Drama

    21

  22. Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

    2013 · ★ 7.0 (45 votes)

    Drama

    22

  23. Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

    2013 · ★ 6.6 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. Guns Up

    2025 · ★ 6.5 (225 votes)

    Action, Comedy, Crime

    24

  25. Body Brokers

    2021 · ★ 6.2 (125 votes)

    Thriller, Crime

    25

  26. Red State

    2011 · ★ 6.0 (1,062 votes)

    Horror, Action, Thriller

    26

  27. The Sea Is All I Know

    2011

    Drama

    27

  28. Homicide: The Movie

    2000 · ★ 6.8 (29 votes)

    Drama, Crime, TV Movie

    28

  29. Nasty Boys

    1989 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    Crime, TV Movie

    29

  30. The Most Hated Woman in America

    2017 · ★ 6.2 (233 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.