Lea Thompson

Lea Thompson

1961-05-31 Rochester, Minnesota, USA 99 Credits

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Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and director. She is best known for her roles as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990), Beverly Switzler in Howard the Duck (1986), and Amanda Jones in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987). Other films for which she is known include All the Right Moves (1983), Red Dawn (1984), Dennis the Menace (1993), and The Beverly Hillbillies (1993). In the 1990s, she played the title character in ...

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BRATS

BRATS

2024

as Self

6.0
Acting

In the 1980s, Andrew McCarthy was part of a young generation of actors who were set to take over Hollywood after a string of successful teen movies. H...

The Disappearance of Cari Farver

The Disappearance of Cari Farver

2022

as Nancy Farver

5.1
Acting

Dave Kroupa is shocked when his new girlfriend, Cari Farver, starts sending him demanding texts. When Dave ends the relationship, he finds himself on ...

Ten Tricks

Ten Tricks

2022

as Grace

4.2
Acting

In one night, a madam at a brothel makes plans to get pregnant, while a magician working across the street makes a drastic move to change his life.

Retour vers le futur : Voyage dans le temps, American Dream & rock'n'roll

Retour vers le futur : Voyage dans le temps, American Dream & rock'n'roll

2022

as Self

8.2
Acting

The script of "Back to the Future" was one of the most refused of Hollywood: more than forty times. No producer believed in this project of Robert Zem...

Unplugging

Unplugging

2022

as Perkins

5.0
Acting

Think a rustic getaway with no cell service, Internet or social media is a romantic way to repair your marriage and sex life? Think again. Meet Dan an...

Next Stop, Christmas

Next Stop, Christmas

2021

as Evelyn

6.5
Acting

Angie wonders what her life would be like if she had married a former boyfriend who became a famous sportscaster. She takes the train home to spend Ch...

Mark, Mary + Some Other People

Mark, Mary + Some Other People

2021

as Aunty Carol

5.3
Acting

Mark and Mary's meet-cute happens at a neighborhood drug store, where she is busy buying a pregnancy test, and he has to make an effort to remind her ...

Dinner in America

Dinner in America

2020

as Betty

7.5
Acting

An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the A...

Cool Cat's Crazy Dream

Cool Cat's Crazy Dream

2019

as Dream World Lea

1.0
Acting

Cool Cat, the coolest cat in the world, tells his friends, the audience, a crazy dream, how he was invited to a celebrity party and meets many celebri...

Little Women

Little Women

2018

as Margaret "Marmee" March

6.4
Acting

A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, we follow the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - detailing their passage ...

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

2018

as Mrs. Burgess

6.3
Acting

A case of mistaken identity results in unexpected romance when the most popular girl in high school and the biggest loser must come together to win ov...

The Year of Spectacular Men

The Year of Spectacular Men

2018

as Deb Klein

5.6
Acting

In the year after graduating college, Izzy struggles to navigate the seemingly incessant failures of adulthood, the reality of a substandard dating po...

The Year of Spectacular Men

The Year of Spectacular Men

2018

Director

5.6
Directing

In the year after graduating college, Izzy struggles to navigate the seemingly incessant failures of adulthood, the reality of a substandard dating po...

Who We Are Now

Who We Are Now

2018

as Alana

5.7
Acting

Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth ...

Literally, Right Before Aaron

Literally, Right Before Aaron

2017

as Deb (Adam's Mom)

4.9
Acting

Still reeling from his breakup with college sweetheart Allison, Adam's world is thrown into further chaos when he’s surprisingly invited to attend her...

The Dog Lover

The Dog Lover

2016

as Liz Holloway

6.3
Acting

Sara Gold is a young girl on a quest to save man's best friend. When she goes undercover to take down a dog breeder suspected of wrongdoing, she quick...

Stars Are Already Dead

Stars Are Already Dead

2016

as Aunt Sophia

Acting

After his mother's devastating death, Phoenix moves to LA where he meets two people change his life forever. Together they will pull each other out of...

Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute

Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute

2015

as Self

6.5
Acting

A one-off 90 minute special in which Keith Lemon pays tribute to the iconic Back To The Future films.

Back in Time

Back in Time

2015

as Self

6.5
Acting

Cast, crew and fans explore the 'Back to the Future' time-travel trilogy's resonance throughout our culture—30 years after Marty McFly went back in ti...

Left Behind

Left Behind

2014

as Irene Steele

4.3
Acting

A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish during the rapture and the world is plunged into chaos and destruc...

Ping Pong Summer

Ping Pong Summer

2014

as Mrs. Miracle

5.8
Acting

In 1985 a summer vacation in Ocean City, Md., changes the life of a shy white teen who's obsessed with table tennis and hip-hop music.

My Mother's Future Husband

My Mother's Future Husband

2014

as René Henderson

5.7
Acting

Headly, a 15-year-old teenager, thinks her mother, Rene, has mourned her father's death long enough, so she decides to find her a new husband by the e...

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013

as Julia

7.0
Acting

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

Milius

Milius

2013

as Self

7.1
Acting

The life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation.

Love at the Christmas Table

Love at the Christmas Table

2012

as Elissa Beth

5.8
Acting

Family friends Sam and Kat spend every Christmas Eve at the Children's Table. They grow up together, sharing the highs and lows of young adulthood. An...

John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast

John Hughes: Life Moves Pretty Fast

2012

as Self

Acting

A tribute to John Hughes, featuring an archive interview with him from 1986 and those that have worked with him, including Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruc...

Bound by Flesh

Bound by Flesh

2012

as Voiceover

5.9
Acting

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were once the cream of the sideshow crop. Taught to sing and dance at an early age, the winsome duo ascended t...

The Trouble with the Truth

The Trouble with the Truth

2012

as Emily

5.7
Acting

Musician and starving artist Robert reconsiders his own failed marriage to Emily after his daughter announces that she's engaged.

Thin Ice

Thin Ice

2012

as Jo Ann Prohaska

6.5
Acting

A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the...

Game of Your Life

Game of Your Life

2011

as Abbie

10.0
Acting

When industrious high school gamer Zach Taylor lands a prized scholarship to the prestigious Digital Institute of Game Design (DIGD), his future break...

J. Edgar

J. Edgar

2011

as Lela Rogers

6.2
Acting

As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind close...

The Cabin

The Cabin

2011

as Lily MacDougal

6.2
Acting

A pair of single parents, who have each brought their children to a remote Scottish resort for an annual family-and-games event, are accidentally book...

Mayor Cupcake

Mayor Cupcake

2011

as Mary Maroni

5.1
Acting

A hard-working cupcake maker is inadvertently elected mayor of a small town burdened with debt. With no formal experience or education to speak of, sh...

Tales from the Future

Tales from the Future

2010

as Self

6.7
Acting

Eight-part retrospective documentary on the making of "Back to the Future" (and its two sequels) for the film's 25th anniversary.

Rock Slyde

Rock Slyde

2010

as Master Bartologist

5.4
Acting

A film noir comedy about Rock Slyde, a down-and-out private detective that engages in a turf war with an upstart quasi-religious cult, The House of Ba...

Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer

Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer

2010

as Laura

3.9
Acting

Arthur unwittingly discovers the secret to stopping an evil dragon who threatens to destroy all civilization.

Splinterheads

Splinterheads

2009

as Susan Frost

6.0
Acting

SPLINTERHEADS introduces Thomas Middleditch as Justin Frost, a twenty-something slacker whose “thing” is that he has no “thing” at all. When a small-t...

Looking Back to the Future

Looking Back to the Future

2009

as Self

7.3
Acting

A 9-part retrospective documentary from 2009 on the trilogy’s legacy.

Looking Back to the Future

Looking Back to the Future

2009

Thanks

7.3

A 9-part retrospective documentary from 2009 on the trilogy’s legacy.

Fatal Secrets

Fatal Secrets

2009

as Rebecca

3.2
Acting

An attractive woman enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a charming man with a secret background who has pushed her to the breaking po...

Fatal Secrets

Fatal Secrets

2009

Associate Producer

3.2
Producing

An attractive woman enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a charming man with a secret background who has pushed her to the breaking po...

The Christmas Clause

The Christmas Clause

2008

as Sophie

5.8
Acting

A stressed out lawyer and mother of three gets her yuletide wish when she wishes to see what her life would be like if she had chosen to pursue her ca...

My Best Friend's Girl

My Best Friend's Girl

2008

Thanks

5.6

Lovestruck Dustin is dating Alexis, his ideal girlfriend, but when she dumps him for coming on too strong, Dustin takes drastic measures to win her ba...

Exit Speed

Exit Speed

2008

as Maudie McMinn

5.2
Acting

On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas and are forced off the road by a motorcycle gang. The passengers then take refuge i...

Final Approach

Final Approach

2008

as Alicia Bender

5.0
Acting

FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nigh...

Senior Skip Day

Senior Skip Day

2008

as Cathleen Harris

4.8
Acting

The senior class plans to have a skip-day party at the principal's house until Adam Harris leaks the secret, so he decides to save the celebration by ...

Spy School

Spy School

2008

as Claire Miller

4.7
Acting

Spy School is the story of a twelve year old boy known for telling tall tales who overhears a plot to kidnap the President's daughter. When he goes pu...

Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder

Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder

2008

as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe

6.1
Acting

Cathy and Frank partner with a beautiful insurance investigator to recover a stolen masterpiece. Frank is smitten with her, even though it becomes mor...

Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder

Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder

2008

Director

6.1
Directing

Cathy and Frank partner with a beautiful insurance investigator to recover a stolen masterpiece. Frank is smitten with her, even though it becomes mor...

Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss

Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss

2007

as Cathy Davis

6.0
Acting

Jane Doe sets out to track down a killer who is targeting fellow CSA agents.

A Life Interrupted

A Life Interrupted

2007

as Debbie Smith

5.6
Acting

After Debbie Smith was raped, she didn't take the law into her own hands. She wrote the law... Based on a true story. In 1989, Debbie Smith was living...

Jane Doe: Ties That Bind

Jane Doe: Ties That Bind

2007

as Cathy Davis / Jane Doe

5.7
Acting

DNA evidence and camera footage places a corrupt CEO as the prime suspect in the murder of a company whistle-blower, but Jane Doe believes the real ki...

California Dreaming

California Dreaming

2007

as Ginger Gainor

3.3
Acting

Unforeseen obstacles stand in the way of a family planning to take a road trip in an RV.

Looking Back at the Future

2006

as Herself

7.3
Acting

Looking to the future is a documentary about the filming of the legendary trilogy Back to the Future.

Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall

Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall

2006

as Cathy Davis

6.4
Acting

Jane must get to the truth when a breakfast cereal magnate takes a tragic spill from his private yacht and drowns.

Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall

Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall

2006

Director

6.4
Directing

Jane must get to the truth when a breakfast cereal magnate takes a tragic spill from his private yacht and drowns.

Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well

Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well

2006

as Cathy Davis

6.0
Acting

Jane Doe must solve the kidnapping of a famous mentalist who possesses the names of secret foreign agents.

The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful

2006

as Self

Acting

A 2006 featurette on the film 'Some Kind of Wonderful', with interviews with the main actors and with the director.

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face

2005

as Cathy Davis

6.2
Acting

When it comes to crime solving, nobody does it better than Jane Doe.

Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part

Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part

2005

as Cathy Davis

5.9
Acting

When a ruthless arms Kingpin stages an ingenious escape from prison, Jane Doe and Frank Darnell, NSA head, realize he's bent on a vengeance killin. Wh...

Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't

Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't

2005

as Cathy Davis

5.9
Acting

The Declaration Of Independence is stolen while on display in a Los Angeles bank. The NSA, with the assistance of a puzzle solver (Code Name: Jane Doe...

Jane Doe: Vanishing Act

Jane Doe: Vanishing Act

2005

as Cathy Davis

5.5
Acting

Cathy Davis, one the smartest government agents in the country is urged out of retirement to crack the case of a missing computer file.

Come Away Home

Come Away Home

2005

as Carol

6.6
Acting

Twelve-year-old Annie Lamm's first day of summer break quickly turns into a disaster. She realizes that her parents have not only decided to fly her t...

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

2004

as Beverly Switzler (archive footage)

4.6
Acting

There are some movies that are so bad they're good. And there are some movies that are so bad- that they're just bad...

Stealing Christmas

Stealing Christmas

2003

as Sarah Gibson

4.8
Acting

When thief Jack Clayton is about to be caught at the mall, he dresses up as Santa Claus and hops on the bus to Evergreen. He is mistaken for the new S...

Haunted Lighthouse 4-D

Haunted Lighthouse 4-D

2003

as Peg Van Legge

2.0
Acting

Two ghosts that are children are forced to stay on a haunted beach and 100 years later find two children on the same beach trying to turn them into gh...

Fish Don't Blink

Fish Don't Blink

2002

as Clara

5.4
Acting
The Unknown Cyclist

The Unknown Cyclist

1998

as Melissa Cavatelli

4.7
Acting

A man's dying wish is for the people in his life to participate in a 450-mile charity bicycle ride through Northern California.

The Right to Remain Silent

The Right to Remain Silent

1996

as Christine Paley

5.0
Acting

Bright and eager to hit the streets in search of bad guys, rookie cop Christine Paley is disappointed when she's instead assigned to process criminals...

The Unspoken Truth

The Unspoken Truth

1995

as Brianne Hawkins

7.9
Acting

Despite her parents' misgivings, Brianne marries Clay, and the couple soon have a daughter. It's then that Clay begins to show the first signs that he...

The Little Rascals

The Little Rascals

1994

as Ms. Roberts

6.8
Acting

When nine-year-old Alfalfa falls for Darla, his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage their relationship.

The Substitute Wife

The Substitute Wife

1994

as Amy Hightower

5.8
Acting

In Nebraska, in pioneer days, a woman who knows she is going to die asks a prostitute to replace her with her husband and four children in order to ma...

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

1993

as Laura Jackson

6.3
Acting

Jed Clampett and kin move from Arkansas to Beverly Hills when he becomes a billionaire, after an oil strike. The country folk are very naive with rega...

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace

1993

as Alice Mitchell

5.9
Acting

Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of g...

Stolen Babies

Stolen Babies

1993

as Annie Beales

4.3
Acting

A 1940s Tennesee welfare worker learns that Georgia Tann, the charismatic head of a local adoption agency, is actually running a black-market baby rin...

Article 99

Article 99

1992

as Dr. Robin Van Dorn

6.1
Acting

Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliv...

Back to the Future Part III

Back to the Future Part III

1990

as Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly

7.5
Acting

The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time mac...

Montana

Montana

1990

as Peg Guthrie

6.0
Acting

Hoyce and Bess Guthrie are long married Montana ranchers who come to a major crossroads in their lives. An oil company has offered to buy them out and...

Back to the Future Part II

Back to the Future Part II

1989

as Lorraine

7.8
Acting

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff...

Nightbreaker

Nightbreaker

1989

as Sally Matthews

6.4
Acting

Dr. Alexander Brown arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I. tells Brown he was a test subject during the 1950's, ex...

The Wizard of Loneliness

The Wizard of Loneliness

1988

as Sybil

5.8
Acting

After his mother dies and father goes to fight in World War II, a young boy moves in with his aunt and uncle who live in the countryside. Lonely and u...

Going Undercover

Going Undercover

1988

as Marigold de la Hunt

2.1
Acting

Forever bungling private investigator Henry Brilliant has been hired by Maxine de la Hunt to protect her step-daughter Marigold during her trip to Den...

Casual Sex?

Casual Sex?

1988

as Stacy

5.3
Acting

Two girls go away to a holiday resort looking for a change of pace, hoping to meet some nice men for a change. They discover that they can't find the ...

Some Kind of Wonderful

Some Kind of Wonderful

1987

as Amanda Jones

6.9
Acting

Keith Nelson, an artsy high school outcast, tries to land a date with popular girl Amanda Jones with some help from his tomboy best friend, Watts. How...

The Making of Back to the Future

The Making of Back to the Future

1986

as Self

7.6
Acting

The Making of 'Back to the Future'

Howard the Duck

Howard the Duck

1986

as Beverly Switzler

5.4
Acting

A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar-smoking drake, Howard, fr...

SpaceCamp

SpaceCamp

1986

as Kathryn

5.9
Acting

Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One nig...

Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985

as Lorraine Baines

8.3
Acting

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother...

The Wild Life

The Wild Life

1984

as Anita

6.1
Acting

Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

Red Dawn

Red Dawn

1984

as Erica

6.3
Acting

It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Sovie...

All the Right Moves

All the Right Moves

1983

as Lisa

5.8
Acting

Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football schol...

Jaws 3-D

Jaws 3-D

1983

as Kelly Ann Bukowski

4.5
Acting

A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

1983

5.0
Acting

Academy Award winner Lou Gossett Jr. takes you underwater on the trail of the great white shark and behind the scenes on the production of Jaws 3-D.

Queen

N/A

as Dr. Page

Acting

Short film by Evan Rachel Wood.

A Pretty Good Movie

A Pretty Good Movie

N/A

as Ramona

Acting

After 50 years of failure an amalgamated man sets out to make a name for himself through cinema, but as his production unfolds the various versions of...

You Are Here

You Are Here

N/A

as Helen

Acting

At their reunion in Malibu, a young scientist stuns his estranged family with an unusual request after he reveals that he's dying.

What If

N/A

Acting

Marley, a woman in her 40s, discovers she was part of a hospital birth mix-up. The revelation sends her on a journey to redefine family, accompanied b...

SEGAL

SEGAL

N/A

as Self

Acting

From a shy kid on Long Island to Hollywood Leading Man, during its most prolific decades, legendary entertainer George Segal shares his life story.

Manville

N/A

Director

Directing

Manville tells the story of Alice, a selective woman who swipes left on her millionth potential match and receives an invitation to Manville: a matchm...