Movies Starring Alia Shawkat
Amreeka
Life's best adventures are journeys of the heart.
Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Jenna Kawar, Selena Haddad, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Joseph Ziegler, Andrew Sannie, Daniel Boiteau, Brodie Sanderson, Aaron Hughes, Arne MacPherson, Craig Matthews, Mike O'Brien
DIRECTOR:Cherien Dabis
A Palestinian single mother and her son resettle in the American Midwest with bittersweet results, in first-time director Cherien Dabis' gentle fish-out-of-water comedy drama Amreeka. Nisreen Faour stars as divorcée Mouna, a resident of the West Bank who works as a local bank manager while raising her 16-year-old son, Fadi (Melkar Muallem), on the side. Each day, the two must put their lives in jeopardy by driving through potentially lethal Middle Eastern checkpoints to accomplish their daily business, but their situation changes dramatically when Mouna finally succeeds at getting a green card. The two fly from Jerusalem to Chicago, but get a bitter taste of the reality behind the American dream when the customs department claims the money that Mouna wrapped in a cookie tin, leaving her penniless.
Whip It
Be Your Own Hero
Sarah Habel, Shannon Eagen, Edward Austin Austin, Mary Callaghan Lynch, Ellen Page, Alia Shawkat, Marcia Gay Harden, Barbara Coven, Eulala Scheel, Nina Kircher, Daniel Stern, Mark Boyd, Carlo Alban, Doug Minckiewicz, Michael Petrillo
DIRECTOR:Drew Barrymore
In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Bart Got a Room
William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines, Steven Kaplan, Alia Shawkat, Chad Jamian Williams, Mike Benitez, Marshall B. Gage, Sam E. Goldberg, Brandon Hardesty, Michael Mantell, Jon Polito, Brett Weiss, Lynna Baculo, Ashley Benson, Estefania Crespo
DIRECTOR:Brian Hecker
While Danny's father and mother independently search for love, Danny is on his own desperate quest to find a prom date. Danny's search becomes progressively more pathetic once he and his family learn that Bart, the school's biggest dweeb, not only secured a date for the prom, but got a hotel room as well.
Deck the Halls
There glows the neighborhood
Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Dylan Blue, Sabrina Aldridge, Kelly Aldridge, Jorge Garcia, Fred Armisen, Gillian Vigman, Ryan Devlin, Sean O'Bryan, SuChin Pak, Jackie Burroughs
DIRECTOR:This holiday comedy is centered around two neighbors in a small New England town who go to war when one of them decides to decorate his house with a so many Christmas lights that they are visible from space. The neighborhood is turned upside down as the families try to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
