Best movies of Melinda Dillon

Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Following an accidental encounter with otherworldly vessels, an ordinary man follows a series of psychic clues to the first scheduled meeting between representatives of Earth and visitors from the cosmos.



A Christmas Story(1983)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 66

In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.



Absence of Malice(1981)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 49

When a prosecutor leaks a false story that a liquor warehouse owner is involved in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel.



Harry and the Hendersons(1987)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 36

The Henderson family adopt a friendly Sasquatch but have a hard time trying to keep the legend of 'Bigfoot' a secret.



Bound for Glory(1976)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 16

The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.



F.I.S.T(1978)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.



Songwriter(1984)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 4

Doc Jenkins is a singer/songwriter who tries to leave his singer/songwriter roots to be a music "mogul", and gets tangled up in a bad publishing deal. He enlists a team of cronies, ...



Staying Together(1989)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 3

The complacent life of three small town brothers is shattered when their father sells the family business from under them.



Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story(1996)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 5

The phrase "entertaining angels" refers to the practice of treating all guests--be they kings or peasants--as if they were visiting angels. This is the challenge for all humble Christians ...



Sioux City(1994)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young Lakota Sioux, adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple in Beverly Hills, gets in touch with his cultural roots and solves a mystery in this thriller. Because of his upbringing, Jesse ...



The Effects of Magic(1998)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A magician, aided by his talking magic bunny, joins forces with his previously estranged magician father, and together they fight the forces of evil to protect the art of magic.