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Mary McDonnell has 16 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Dances with Wolves.
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Donnie Darko
2001 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Hulu · Included

Independence Day
1996 · Movie · Actor
Top 11%Hulu · Included

Battlestar Galactica
2004 · Series · Actor
Top 12%Paramount+ · Included

Margin Call
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 14%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Scream 4
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 16%Paramount+ · Included

Battlestar Galactica
2003 · Mini · Actor
Top 22%Paramount+ · Included

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Dir. Richard Kelly · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, James Duval

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Dir. Kevin Costner · With Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene

Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum

When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Dir. Glen A. Larson, Ronald D. Moore · With Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber

The history and adventures of the Battlestar Pegasus, from shortly before the Cylon invasion to shortly after Lee Adama is made commander. The story is told through the eyes of and largely focuses on one particular member of Pegasus's crew, Kendra Shaw.
Dir. Félix Alcalá · With Michelle Forbes, Stephanie Jacobsen, Graham Beckel

Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. An entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm.
Dir. J.C. Chandor · With Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, Paul Bettany

Fifteen years after the original Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott returns home to promote her new book about surviving trauma, only for a new Ghostface killer to emerge, targeting a new group of teens.
Dir. Wes Craven · With Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox

A re-imagining of the original series in which a "rag-tag fugitive fleet" of the last remnants of mankind flees pursuing robots while simultaneously searching for their true home, Earth.
Dir. Ronald D. Moore · With Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff

When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.
Dir. Phil Alden Robinson · With Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, David Strathairn

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
Dir. John Sayles · With Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell

Ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.
Dir. Mike Flanagan · With Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell

Escaping from poverty to become a witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past.
Dir. Han Kwang Il · With Theo James, Mary McDonnell, Lara Pulver

When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarming frankness, the town's quirkiest citizens scramble for a seat on his couch. As he lightens hearts darkened by old secrets no one realizes he's hiding a whopper of his own, or that he's fallen head over heels for one of his patients!
Dir. Lawrence Kasdan · With Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee

Major Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to score a conviction. Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor heads up a special squad within the LAPD that deals with high-profile or particularly sensitive crimes.
Dir. James Duff · With Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison

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

Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
Dir. William Friedkin · With Nick Nolte, Shaquille O'Neal, Mary McDonnell
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