Movies starring Maria Bello

Biography: 
Maria Bello was born on 18 April, 1967 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. She went to Villanova University, majoring in political science. She had every intention of becoming a lawyer, but she took an acting class during her senior year, just for fun. She discovered she was very good at it, and she was soon cast in small off-Broadway plays, such as "The Killer Inside Me", "Small Town Gals With Big Probl ...  show all 

The Cooler (2003)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: William H. Macy | Alec Baldwin | Maria Bello | Shawn Hatosy | Ron Livingston | Paul Sorvino | Estella Warren | Arthur J. Nascarella | Joey Fatone | M.C. Gainey | Ellen Greene | Don Scribner | Tony Longo | Richard Israel | Timothy Landfield
Directors: Wayne Kramer
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The Cooler is Bernie Lootz, and THE COOLER is a love story about the changing fortunes of this down-at-heels loser who has made a career out of spreading his virulent bad luck on the floor of Las Vegas’ aging Shangri-La casino. When Bernie falls for a gorgeous cocktail waitress his bad luck is thrown into reverse.

The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Maria Bello | Emily Blunt | Kathy Baker | Amy Brenneman | Maggie Grace | Jimmy Smits | Ed Brigadier | Kevin Zegers | Marc Blucas | Catherine Schreiber | Ned Hosford | Hugh Dancy | Messy Stench | Chris Burket | Parisa Fitz-Henley
Directors: Robin Swicord
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Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen, only to find their relationships — both old and new — begin to resemble 21st century versions of her novels.

Butterfly on a Wheel (aka Shattered) (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Canada | UK
Actors: Pierce Brosnan | Maria Bello | Gerard Butler | Claudette Mink | Chris Astoyan | Samantha Ferris | Arnold Cheng | Aaron Douglas | Jesse Green | Randall Jones | Bob Kolbey | Nicholas Lea | Jason McKinnon | Dustin Milligan | Callum Keith Rennie
Directors: Mike Barker
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Neil and Abby Warner have the perfect life and a perfect marriage. With their beautiful young daughter, Sophie, they are living the American dream… until today. When Sophie is suddenly kidnapped, they have no choice but to comply with the abductors demands. The kidnapper - Ryan (PIERCE BROSNAN), a cold and calculating sociopath takes over their lives with the brutal efficiency of someone who has nothing to lose. In the blink of an eye Neil and Abby’s safe and secure existence is turned upside down. Over the next twenty four hours they are at the mercy of a man who wants only one thing. That they do his bidding. It soon becomes clear that Ryan’s demands are all the more terrifying… because he doesn’t want their money. What he wants is for Neil and Abbyís life, the life that they have built over 10 years, to be systematically dismantled and destroyed. Piece by piece. With time running out on their little girl, Neil and Abby realize their nightmare is about to take its most deadly turn: They will have to face Ryan’s final, horrifying challenge - would they kill an innocent man to save their own child? In the far distance a solitary light burns in the window of a lodge as the car glides to a halt - and Neil knows it is a question only he can answer - when Ryan hands him the gun…

World Trade Center (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicolas Cage | Maria Bello | Connor Paolo | Anthony Piccininni | Alexa Gerasimovich | Morgan Flynn | Michael Pena | Armando Riesco | Jay Hernandez | Joe Starr | Jon Bernthal | William Jimeno | Nick Damici | Jude Ciccolella | Martin Pfefferkorn
Directors: Oliver Stone
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On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.

Thank You for Smoking (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Aaron Eckhart | Maria Bello | Cameron Bright | Adam Brody | Sam Elliott | Katie Holmes | David Koechner | William H. Macy | J.K. Simmons | Robert Duvall | Kim Dickens | Rob Lowe | Todd Louiso | Dennis Miller | Joan Lunden
Directors: Jason Reitman
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Tobacco industry lobbyist Nick Naylor has a seemingly impossible task: promoting cigarette smoking in a time when the health hazards of the activity have become too plain to ignore. Nick, however, revels in his job, using argument and twisted logic to place, as often as not, his clients in the positions of either altruistic do-gooders or victims. Nick’s son Joey needs to understand and respect his dad’s philosophy, and Nick works hard to respond to that need without compromising his lack of values. When a beautiful news reporter betrays Nick’s sexually-achieved trust, his world seems in danger of collapsing. But there’s always one more coffin nail in Nick’s pack.

History of Violence, A (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Viggo Mortensen | Maria Bello | Ed Harris | William Hurt | Ashton Holmes | Peter MacNeill | Stephen McHattie | Greg Bryk | Sumela Kay | Kyle Schmid | Deborah Drakeford | Gerry Quigley | Heidi Hayes | Aidan Devine | Bill MacDonald
Directors: David Cronenberg
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Tom Stall, a humble family man and owner of a popular neighborhood restaurant, lives a quiet but fulfilling existence in the Midwest. One night Tom foils a crime at his place of business and, to his chagrin, is plastered all over the news for his heroics. Following this, mysterious people follow the Stalls’ every move, concerning Tom more than anyone else. As this situation is confronted, more lurks out over where all these occurrences have stemmed from compromising his marriage, family relationship and the main characters’ former relations in the process.

Duets (2000)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Maria Bello | Andre Braugher | Paul Giamatti | Huey Lewis | Gwyneth Paltrow | Scott Speedman | Lochlyn Munro | Carol Alexander | Michael Rogers | Amanda Kravat | Ian Robison | Roger Haskett | John Payne | Tom Bougers | Marian Seldes
Directors: Bruce Paltrow
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Duets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. There’s the struggling singer who dreams of making it to the big time, a frustrated salesman who ends up on an unexpected road trip, the dysfunctional family performers which includes a con-artist (Huey Lewis) and his long lost daughter, and an escaped convict (Andre Braugher) with the voice of an angel. 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.

Payback (1999)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Short
Countries: USA
Actors: James Coburn | Mel Gibson | Gregg Henry | Maria Bello | David Paymer | Bill Duke | Deborah Kara Unger | John Glover | William Devane | Lucy Liu | Jack Conley | Kris Kristofferson | Mark Alfa | Kwame Amoaku | Justin Ashforth | Len Bajenski
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Porter is a small time but tough criminal, who’s primary gig, is robbery. Now his friend Val Resnick needs $130,000 to pay back a criminal group known as “The Outfit”. He tells Porter about some Asian couriers who carry $300,000, Porter agrees to it on the condition that they split the take. When they hit them, they discover that they only have $140,000, and Resnick says that, that’s what they always carry. He pulls out a gun and shoots Porter in the back and leaves him to die. However, Porter manages to make it to a doctor, and get treated, when he recovers, he sets out to get Resnick and his share $70,000. He begins by approaching an associate of Resnick’s. Porter then seeks out a prostitute named Rosie, whom he knew, she tells him where he can find Resnick, when he does he tells Resnick that he should go to his employers and ask them to give him back $70,000 of the money he gave them, Resnick says that’s impossible but Porter “convinces” him to do it. Resnick then goes to his boss, Mr. Carter, who tells him that it’s in their best interest to help Resnick deal with Porter. Carter orders one of his men to take Porter out but Porter’s just too good for them. Resnick then asks his girlfriend who knows the people whom he and Porter stole the money from, and tells her to tell them where they can find him. When they do they are interrupted by two policemen, but they are crooked who are under the impression that Porter’s going after $200,000-300,000 and are going to get it. Can Porter deal with all these people and still get his money.

Auto Focus (2002)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Greg Kinnear | Willem Dafoe | Rita Wilson | Maria Bello | Ron Leibman | Bruce Solomon | Michael E. Rodgers | Kurt Fuller | Christopher Neiman | Lyle Kanouse | Donnamarie Recco | Ed Begley Jr. | Michael McKean | Cheryl Lynn Bowers | Don McManus
Directors: Paul Schrader
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Capitalizing on his fame as the star of “Hogan’s Heroes,” Bob Crane (Greg Kinnear) dove into the freewheeling spirit of the 60s and 70s with relish, having affairs with numerous women. Eventually, Crane teamed up with video technician John Carpenter to document his exploits, an association that may very well have led to his murder in a Scottsdale, Arizona motel room in 1978, which remains officially unsolved to this day.

Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: John Leguizamo | Ethan Hawke | Ja Rule | Maria Bello | Peter Bryant | Gabriel Byrne | Fulvio Cecere | Kim Coates | Matt Craven | Courtney Cunningham | Drea de Matteo | Brian Dennehy | Hugh Dillon | Laurence Fishburne | Tig Fong | Darren Frost | Jasmin Geljo
Directors: Jean-François Richet
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On New Year’s Eve, inside a police station that’s about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick (Hawke) must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop (Fishburne).