A coming-of-age comedy-drama, the film is about Art Bechstein (Jon Foster), a recent college graduate with mixed feelings about his gangster father (Nick Nolte). Art has always kept his family life separate from his friends, but during the summer after he graduates, he meets Cleveland (Peter Sarsgaard), who makes collections for a loan shark buddy of his father's. He also has a romance with a strange girl named Phlox (Mena Suvari) and lusts after Cleveland's girlfriend (Sienna Miller). Based on a novel by Michael Chabon (Wonder Boys). Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. With Jack Baun and Omid Abtahi. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Drama. Year: 2008.
Mena Suvari in The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley) is a former Ford model who leaves the fashion world behind for the gritty, hardcore life of a bounty hunter. She gets her first taste of adrenaline by smooth taking her way out of a stand-off with a roomful of gang members. From then on, Domino is hooked to the guns, the blood and the violence. Through the years of hard work and even harder living, Ed Mosely (Mickey Rourke) and Choco (Edgar Ramirez), her mentor and his longtime partner become her family. Directed by Tony Scott. With Delroy Lindo, Mo'Nique, Macy Gray and Christopher Walken. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2005
Mena Suvari in Domino
After becoming engaged to her boyfriend Jeff (Mark Ruffalo), Sarah Huttington (Jennifer Aniston) travels home to Pasadena for her sister Annie's (Mena Suvari) wedding. Unsure about her new engagement and the direction of her career, Sarah's life is further complicated when she learns that her mother (Jennifer Bini Taylor) and grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) may have been the inspiration for the novel The Graduate. To learn the truth, Sarah tracks down Beau Burroughs (Kevin Costner), who she believes might be her father. But, when she learns that isn't the case, she ends up falling in love with him, adding another chapter to this timeless love story. Directed by Rob Reiner. With Richard Jenkins, Christopher McDonald, Mike Vogel and Kathy Bates. Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year: 2005.
Mena Suvari in Rumor Has It...
The sequel to American Pie reunites the four friends (Jason Biggs, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Chris Klein) one year later, only now they're in college. Eugene Levy, as Jim's dad, catches his son in bed with a girl in his dorm room. Alyson Hannigan, Natasha Lyonne, Shannon Elizabeth and Tara Reid return as the women in their lives, and Stifler (Seann William Scott) still has a sexy mom. Directed by J.B. Rogers. With Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year: 2001.
Mena Suvari in American Pie 2
Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) has a perfect wife (Annette Bening) and a perfect house in the perfect neighborhood. Lester, however, is miserable. In the throws of a midlife crisis, Lester watches his marriage dissolve and his own interest grow in one of his daughter's high school friends (Mena Suvari). As his daughter (Thora Birch) develops a friendship with the boy (Wes Bentley) next door and his wife begins an affair, Lester looks deeper inside himself for a cure to his unhappiness. Directed by Sam Mendes. Categories: Drama. Year: 1999.
Mena Suvari in American Beauty
Forensic detective Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) is shaken by the sudden disappearance of his niece, Naomi (Gina Ravera), and heads to her North Carolina college campus to investigate. There, Alex meets Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd), a young woman who managed to escape from the same man who kidnapped Naomi. With seven women missing and two already found dead, Alex and Kate must work quickly if they are to save Naomi and the other girls before this sick, self-described "Cassanova" takes their lives. Directed by Gary Fleder. With Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony Goldwyn, Tatyana Ali, Jeremy Piven and Mena Suvari. Categories: Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery. Year: 1997.
Mena Suvari in Kiss the Girls