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Mary-Louise Parker has 23 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Fried Green Tomatoes.
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Frances Ha
2013
Comedy · Drama

Brad's Status
2017
Comedy · Drama

Gloria
2013
Comedy · Drama

Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018
Drama · Crime

Jeune Femme
2017
Comedy · Drama

The New Romantic
2018
Drama · Comedy

Goodbye Berlin
2016
Drama · Comedy

Friends with Kids
2012
Comedy · Drama

Fried Green Tomatoes
1991 · Movie · Actor
Top 8%Netflix · Included

Bullets Over Broadway
1994 · Movie · Actor
Top 17%Prime Video · Included

Weeds
2005 · Series · Actor
Top 27%Prime Video · Included

The Institute
2025 · Series · Actor
Top 44%MGM+ · Included

Angels in America
2003 · Mini · Actor
Top 48%Max · Included

Saved!
2004 · Movie · Actor
Top 49%Prime Video · Included

Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
Dir. Jon Avnet · With Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary-Louise Parker

After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.
Dir. Woody Allen · With John Cusack, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest
After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters.
Dir. Robert Schwentke · With Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Dir. Brett Ratner · With Edward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes

After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.
Dir. Jenji Kohan · With Mary-Louise Parker, Justin Kirk, Hunter Parrish

Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.
Dir. Francis Lawrence · With Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts

Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.
Dir. Andrew Dominik · With Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
Dir. Dean Parisot · With Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker

Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Dir. Mark Waters · With Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn

When 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide.
Dir. Benjamin Cavell · With Ben Barnes, Joe Freeman, Simone Miller

God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985: the Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover of four years, he's ill; Louis leaves but as disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis. Joe Pitt, a Mormon Republican attorney, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the Justice Department. Pitt and Cohn are closeted: Pitt, out of shame and religious turmoil; Cohn, to preserve his power and access. Pitt's wife Harper is strung out on Valium, aching to escape a sexless marriage. An angel invites Prior to be a prophet in death.
Dir. Tony Kushner · With Al Pacino, Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman

Mary is a good Christian girl who goes to a good Christian high school where she has good Christian friends and a perfect Christian boyfriend. Her life seems perfect, until the day that she finds out that her boyfriend may be gay — and that she’s pregnant.
Dir. Brian Dannelly · With Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin

After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Jane's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.
Dir. Herbert Ross · With Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore
After getting kicked out of the forest, Woody thinks he's found a forever home at Camp Woo Hoo — until an inspector threatens to shut down the camp.
Dir. Jonathan A. Rosenbaum · With Eric Bauza, Kevin Michael Richardson, Tom Kenny

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.
Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Brad Renfro, Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones

Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected friendship he forms with a convicted murderer who becomes his mentor.
Dir. Trevor White · With Spencer Rocco Lofranco, Mary-Louise Parker, Ving Rhames

Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval. Kitty kicks Nick out of the house, and he is forced to make some difficult decisions.
Dir. John Turturro · With James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
Dir. Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman · With James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott
Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship of two men from different races and classes brought together when one finds himself in jeopardy in the other's rough neighborhood.
Dir. Lawrence Kasdan · With Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin

A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
Dir. Brian Koppelman, David Levien · With Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito

Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way befriending a cynical intellectual and romancing an art enthusiast. However, the advantage of her affluence is called into question when she realizes the extent to which her money colors her relationships.
Dir. Jane Campion · With Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey

A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.
Dir. Robert Schwentke · With Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon
Teenager Rick Stevens is willing to do whatever it takes to win the heart of Nina Pennington. He'll have to deal with his best friend's horny mom, a drug abusing boss and even the mob if he ever hopes to land the girl of his dreams. Love is never easy!
Dir. Tim Garrick · With Nat Wolff, Selena Gomez, Mary-Louise Parker
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