Jennifer Jason Leigh Movie Rankings
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 3.0808 out of 4 stars for Fast Times at Ridgemont High
3.0808
'Fast Times' is a high school classic spawning a generation of high school comedies and immortalizing Sean Penn as the forever stoned, Spicoli. Each character struggles with sexuality, authority and responsibility, hoping only to make it through high school alive without humiliation. ... more about Fast Times at Ridgemont High
DVD from $4.49 
(5 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 3.0730 out of 4 stars for Road to Perdition
3.0730
Mike Sullivan (Tom Hanks) works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney (Paul Newman) Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure. ... more about Road to Perdition
DVD from $1.95 
(6 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 3.0716 out of 4 stars for Short Cuts
3.0716
Teamed with a relentlessly cheery producer and a smart-aleck cameraman, TV weatherman Phil Connors is sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities. ... more about Short Cuts
DVD from $20.89 
(1 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.8663 out of 4 stars for eXistenZ
2.8663
Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin employing a bizarre organic gun. ... more about eXistenZ
DVD from $4.50 
(5 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.8475 out of 4 stars for Washington Square
2.8475
Catherine Sloper has found the man of her dreams in Morris Townsend, but her plans to marry him are strongly opposed by her father, who believes Townsend is only interested in his daughter for her money. ... more about Washington Square
DVD from $3.00 
(4 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.8332 out of 4 stars for Last Exit to Brooklyn
2.8332
Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual. ... more about Last Exit to Brooklyn
Actor Awards
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
Not Available on DVD
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.8323 out of 4 stars for Hitcher
2.8323
A young man transporting a car to another state is stalked along the road by a cunning and relentless serial killer who eventually frames the driver for a string of murders. ... more about Hitcher
DVD from $1.96 
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.8189 out of 4 stars for Dolores Claiborne
2.8189
Dolores Claiborne works as a maid for a wealthy woman in remote Maine. When she is indicted for the elderly woman's murder, Dolores' daughter Selena returns from New York, where she has become a big-shot reporter. ... more about Dolores Claiborne
Actor Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Supporting Actress
Chlotrudis Awards - Best Supporting Actress
DVD from $3.00 
(5 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.7980 out of 4 stars for Anniversary Party
2.7980
Celebrity couple Joe and Sally Therrian are going through yet another rough stage in their six-year marriage: while Joe's novels have been climbing higher and higher on the best-seller lists, Sally's film career has been steadily sinking into oblivion. ... more about Anniversary Party
DVD from $2.49 
(4 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.7661 out of 4 stars for Single White Female
2.7661
When a 'Single White Female' places an ad in the press for a similar woman to rent a room (to replace the boyfriend she's just left), all the applicants seem weird. Then along comes a level headed woman who seems to be just right. ... more about Single White Female
DVD from $3.49 
(6 sellers)
11
Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.7404 out of 4 stars for Hudsucker Proxy
2.7404
When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. ... more about Hudsucker Proxy
DVD from $4.60 
(4 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.7281 out of 4 stars for Big Picture
2.7281
Nick Chapman graduates from film school, and his short film wins a special prize. This gives him a high enough profile that he can get Hollywood to back the film he has long dreamed of making. Studio exec Allen Habel is interested. ... more about Big Picture
DVD from $4.99 
(0 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.7066 out of 4 stars for Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
2.7066
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair. ... more about Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Actor Awards
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actress
DVD from $8.59 
(4 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.5959 out of 4 stars for Bastard Out of Carolina
2.5959
Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. ... more about Bastard Out of Carolina
DVD from $15.25 
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.5745 out of 4 stars for Jacket
2.5745
The film centers on a wounded Gulf war veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia. He is hitching and gets picked up by a stranger, things go pear shaped when a cop pulls them over and is murdered by the stranger. The vet. ... more about Jacket
DVD from $3.00 
(6 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.5209 out of 4 stars for Childstar
2.5209
Taylor Brandon Burns, a conflicted twelve-year-old TV star from the U.S., runs away from the set - and his problems - while shooting a big-budget film in Canada. ... more about Childstar
Actor Awards
Genie Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
DVD from $2.89 
(2 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.5100 out of 4 stars for Margot at the Wedding
2.5100
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets. ... more about Margot at the Wedding
Actor Awards
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
Not Available on DVD
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.4897 out of 4 stars for Wrong Is Right
2.4897
A satire of American news reporting, Covert Agencies, and political system. ... more about Wrong Is Right
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.4535 out of 4 stars for In the Cut
2.4535
Following the gruesome murder of a young woman in her neighborhood, a self-determined woman living in New York City--as if to test the limits of her own safety--propels herself into an impossibly risky sexual liaison. ... more about In the Cut
DVD from $2.19 
(8 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.3589 out of 4 stars for Machinist
2.3589
Trevor Reznik has not slept for a year. ... more about Machinist
Not Available on DVD
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.3386 out of 4 stars for Thousand Acres
2.3386
A THOUSAND ACRES is a drama about an American family who meets with tragedy on their land. It is the story of a father, his daughters, and their husbands, and their passion to subdue the history of their land and its stories. ... more about Thousand Acres
DVD from $4.81 
(4 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.3341 out of 4 stars for Kansas City
2.3341
Robert Altman's jazz-scored film explores themes of love, crime, race, and politics in 1930's Kansas City. When Blondie O'Hara's husband, a petty thief, is captured by Seldom Seen and held at the Hey Hey Club, she lauches a desperate plan to release him. ... more about Kansas City
DVD from $3.74 
(1 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.2316 out of 4 stars for King Is Alive
2.2316
Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. ... more about King Is Alive
DVD from $3.63 
(3 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.2204 out of 4 stars for Palindromes
2.2204
Described as a "fable of innocence," his latest film allows Todd Solondz to savor the profound flavor of moral complexity. ... more about Palindromes
DVD from $10.56 
(4 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.1717 out of 4 stars for Backdraft
2.1717
A rookie firefighter tries to earn the respect of his older brother and other firefighters while taking part in an investigation of a string of arson/murders. ... more about Backdraft
DVD from $4.99 
(7 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.1168 out of 4 stars for Flesh & Blood
2.1168
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. ... more about Flesh & Blood
DVD from $4.42 
(5 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 2.0803 out of 4 stars for Easy Money
2.0803
The life of a young man about town suddenly reaches a turning point. Before this he led a life of debauchery. He will get 10 million dollars as an inheritance if his life has undergone a complete change within a year. ... more about Easy Money
DVD from $5.58 
(6 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 1.8492 out of 4 stars for Miami Blues
1.8492
When sociopath Fred Frenger gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, Florida, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student/prostitute Susie Waggoner. ... more about Miami Blues
Actor Awards
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
DVD from $4.41 
(3 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 1.8337 out of 4 stars for Crooked Hearts
1.8337
A young man leaves college and re-enters life with his dysfunctional family. Slowly, long-buried secrets involving their father are unraveled and the animosities between the father and older brother are revealed. ... more about Crooked Hearts
DVD from $2.79 
(2 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 1.8127 out of 4 stars for Rush
1.8127
Raynor (Patric) is an undercover narcotics cop. For his next assignment he chooses the more inexperienced but tough and good-looking Kristen (Jason Leigh). Their ultimate target is Gaines, a renowned but very elusive drug dealer. ... more about Rush
DVD from $2.82 
(0 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 1.7223 out of 4 stars for Eyes of a Stranger
1.7223
Enterprising local news anchor Jane Harris (Lauren Tewes) discovers that one of her neighbors is actually the serial killer/rapist who has been terrorizing the city. Jane must prove her suspicions before the killer gets to her. ... more about Eyes of a Stranger
Not Available on DVD
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 1.6392 out of 4 stars for Skipped Parts
1.6392
It's 1963. Poor little rich girl Lydia and her 14-year-old love child Sam are banished from North Carolina while her powerful father runs for governor. ... more about Skipped Parts
DVD from $4.96 
(2 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 1.4365 out of 4 stars for Sister
1.4365
Sisters, Lucy (Leigh) and Charlotte (Ivey) live in a remote lodge-house surrounded by swampland. ... more about Sister
DVD from $3.99 
(0 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 1.2876 out of 4 stars for Luck
1.2876
A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts. ... more about Luck
DVD from $20.89 
(1 sellers)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 1.2721 out of 4 stars for Grandview
1.2721
Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to go to Florida to study oceanography. He meets Michelle "Mike" Cody and is attracted to her. ... more about Grandview
Not Available on DVD
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 1.0821 out of 4 stars for Prom
1.0821
Not Available on DVD
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 0.7972 out of 4 stars for Heart of Midnight
0.7972
Carol(Jennifer Jason Leigh) inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. ... more about Heart of Midnight
Not Available on DVD
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 0.3835 out of 4 stars for Rag Tale
0.3835
Not Available on DVD
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Easter Sunday
0.0001
One Easter Sunday, a sensitive 10-year-old girl, Viv (Blaire Restaneo) gets unexpected visit from her disturbed mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh). ... more about Easter Sunday
Not Available on DVD
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Lymelife
0.0001
LYMELIFE is a coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. ... more about Lymelife
Not Available on DVD
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Men's Club
0.0001
A group of men get together to form a "discussion group". They share their feelings about women, life, love, and work. The party gets rowdier and rowdier, and then the wife returns home. Thrown out, the men are not yet willing to call it a night... ... more about Men's Club
Not Available on DVD
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Jennifer Jason Leigh scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Under Cover
0.0001
A cop goes undercover in a South Carolina high school. With the help of a local narcotics officer, he investigates the drug ring responsible for another cop's death. ... more about Under Cover
Not Available on DVD
 
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Birthdate:
February 5, 1962

Jennifer Jason Leigh

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1980s
13
total ranking of 2.4940  2.4940
1990s
16
total ranking of 2.7890  2.7890
2000s
14
total ranking of 2.5517  2.5517
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.8007
Jennifer Jason Leigh is ranked overall as 2.8007 of of 4 stars
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