Elizabeth Peña Movies: Top 15 Performances by a Successful Actor



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Mother and Child Poster
Mother and Child ( 2009) | IMDb: 7.2
Drama , Romance
The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks warmth. Lucy and her husband have failed to conceive and now hope to adopt a baby to make their family complete.
Starring:
Naomi Watts , Annette Bening , Kerry Washington , Jimmy Smits , Samuel L. Jackson , S. Epatha Merkerson
Directed by:
Rodrigo García
Produced by:
Lisa Maria Falcone , Alejandro González Iñárritu , Julie Lynn
Dragon Wars: D-War Poster
Dragon Wars: D-War ( 2007) | IMDb: 3.5
Action , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Science fiction , Thriller
Ethan learns he carries the spirit of a warrior who battled dragons in 16th-century Korea -- and one day he'll find a tattooed girl carrying the spirit of that warrior's beloved. Years later, he meets Sarah and dragons soon descend on Los Angeles seeking out the two souls of the ancient lovers.
Starring:
Jason Behr , Amanda Brooks , Robert Forster , Craig Robinson , Aimee Garcia , Chris Mulkey
Directed by:
Jonathan Southard , Alexa Sheehan , Tracy Scott
Produced by:
Joon H. Choi , James B. Kang , Shim Hyung-rae
Goal II: Living the Dream Poster
Goal II: Living the Dream ( 2007) | IMDb: 5.8
Drama
Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet - personally as well as professionally. He is reunited with Gavin Harris, though they must compete to be on the team, and estranged from fiancee Roz, whose nursing career keeps her back home.
Starring:
Kuno Becker , Stephen Dillane , Anna Friel , Leonor Varela , Elizabeth Peña , Carmelo Gómez
Directed by:
Jaume Collet-Serra
Produced by:
Stuart Ford , Mike Jefferies , Elaine Grainger
Adrift in Manhattan Poster
Adrift in Manhattan ( 2007) | IMDb: 5.5
Drama
The lives of three lonely strangers intersect while commuting on New York's 1 and 9 subway lines.
Starring:
Heather Graham , Victor Rasuk , Dominic Chianese , Erika Michels , Marlene Forte , Richard Petrocelli
Directed by:
Greg Staley , Neil Daly , Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa
Produced by:
Charlotte Bourke , Robert Harding , Dave Scoggin
Keep Your Distance Poster
Keep Your Distance ( 2005) | IMDb: 5.1
Drama , Mystery , Romance
In the perfectly normal town of Louisville, KY, there is a perfectly normal man living the perfect life. David Dailey is a man who has it all: A great career, a community that adores him, and an enduring marriage. But beneath the surface, David's idyllic world is crumbling. He's haunted by a series of mysterious notes that warn of an imminent fall from grace...
Starring:
Gil Bellows , Jennifer Westfeldt , Christian Kane , Kim Raver , Jamie Harrold , Elizabeth Peña
Directed by:
Becky Claassen , Stu Pollard
Produced by:
Jennifer Sims , Stu Pollard , Christina Varotsis
Down in the Valley Poster
Down in the Valley ( 2005) | IMDb: 6.4
Drama , Romance , Thriller , Western
On a trip to the beach, a teenage girl named Tobe meets a charismatic stranger named Harlan, who dresses like a cowboy and claims to be a former ranch hand. The pair feel an instant attraction and begin a relationship, but her father, a lawman, is suspicious of her lover.
Starring:
Edward Norton , Evan Rachel Wood , David Morse , Rory Culkin , Bruce Dern , John Diehl
Directed by:
David Jacobson
Produced by:
Adam Rosenfelt , Lisa Looney , Rebecca Mangieri
The Incredibles Poster
The Incredibles ( 2004) | IMDb: 8
Action , Adventure , Animation , Family
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume.
Starring:
Craig T. Nelson , Holly Hunter , Sarah Vowell , Spencer Fox , Jason Lee , Samuel L. Jackson
Directed by:
Sabine Magdelena Koch , Brad Bird , Camille Leganza
Produced by:
Jen Rudin , Matthew Jon Beck , Mary Hidalgo
Impostor Poster
Impostor ( 2001) | IMDb: 6.1
Action , Science fiction , Thriller
A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.
Starring:
Gary Sinise , Madeleine Stowe , Mekhi Phifer , Vincent D'Onofrio , Tony Shalhoub , Tim Guinee
Directed by:
Gary Fleder
Produced by:
Daniel Lupi , Marty Katz , Bob Weinstein
Rush Hour Poster
Rush Hour ( 1998) | IMDb: 7
Action , Comedy , Crime
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.
Starring:
Jackie Chan , Chris Tucker , Tom Wilkinson , Philip Baker Hall , Elizabeth Peña , Chris Penn
Directed by:
Eric Oliver , Haley McLane , Brett Ratner
Produced by:
Carla Fry , Art Schaefer , Arthur M. Sarkissian
Lone Star Poster
Lone Star ( 1996) | IMDb: 7.4
Drama , Mystery , Romance
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Starring:
Chris Cooper , Matthew McConaughey , Elizabeth Peña , Kris Kristofferson , Joe Morton , Frances McDormand
Directed by:
Mary Cybulski , John Powditch , John Sayles
Produced by:
R. Paul Miller , John Sloss , Maggie Renzi
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home Poster
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home ( 1995) | IMDb: 5.1
Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Family
Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
Starring:
Jason James Richter , Michael Madsen , Jayne Atkinson , August Schellenberg , Mary Kate Schellhardt , Francis Capra
Directed by:
Conrad E. Palmisano , Dwight H. Little
Produced by:
Jennie Lew Tugend , Richard Donner , Jim Van Wyck
Jacob's Ladder Poster
Jacob's Ladder ( 1990) | IMDb: 7.4
Drama , Horror , Mystery
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.
Starring:
Tim Robbins , Elizabeth Peña , Danny Aiello , Matt Craven , Pruitt Taylor Vince , Jason Alexander
Directed by:
Deborah Lupard , Joseph P. Reidy , Vebe Borge
Produced by:
Mario Kassar , Billy Hopkins , Clayton Townsend
*batteries not included Poster
*batteries not included ( 1987) | IMDb: 6.6
Comedy , Family , Fantasy , Science fiction
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
Starring:
Hume Cronyn , Jessica Tandy , Frank McRae , Elizabeth Peña , Michael Carmine , Dennis Boutsikaris
Directed by:
Matthew Robbins
Produced by:
Joe Johnston , Gerald R. Molen , Kathleen Kennedy
La Bamba Poster
La Bamba ( 1987) | IMDb: 6.9
Drama , Music
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.
Starring:
Lou Diamond Phillips , Danielle von Zerneck , Elizabeth Peña , Rosanna DeSoto , Esai Morales , Joe Pantoliano
Directed by:
Kerry Lyn McKissick , Luis Valdez
Produced by:
Josh King , Bill Borden , Junie Lowry-Johnson
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills ( 1986) | IMDb: 6.2
Comedy
Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.
Starring:
Nick Nolte , Bette Midler , Richard Dreyfuss , Little Richard , Tracy Nelson , Elizabeth Peña
Directed by:
Eric Jewett , Peter Bogart , Jodi Ehrlich
Produced by:
Dow Griffith , John C. Broderick , Paul Mazursky