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*batteries not included (1987)

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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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Robbins
CAST:  Hume Cronyn  •  Jessica Tandy  •  Frank McRae  •  Elizabeth Peña

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Robbins
CAST:  Hume Cronyn  •  Jessica Tandy  •  Frank McRae  •  Elizabeth Peña

Doug's 1st Movie (1999)

Doug and his pal Skeeter set's out to find the monster of Lucky Duck Lake. Though things get really out of hand when some one blurts out that the monster is real.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Joyce
CAST:  Thomas McHugh  •  Chris Phillips  •  Constance Shulman  •  Mickie McGowan

Doug and his pal Skeeter set's out to find the monster of Lucky Duck Lake. Though things get really out of hand when some one blurts out that the monster is real.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Joyce
CAST:  Thomas McHugh  •  Chris Phillips  •  Constance Shulman  •  Mickie McGowan

Fail Safe (2000)

Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Walter Cronkite  •  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Noah Wyle  •  Brian Dennehy

Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Walter Cronkite  •  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Noah Wyle  •  Brian Dennehy

Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)

After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a heretofore undiscovered New Guinea tribe. Grass skirts, makeup, and staged rituals transform his three troubled ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Todd Holland
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Jenna Elfman  •  Zakes Mokae  •  Siobhan Fallon Hogan

After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a heretofore undiscovered New Guinea tribe. Grass skirts, makeup, and staged rituals transform his three troubled ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Todd Holland
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Jenna Elfman  •  Zakes Mokae  •  Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Prime (2005)

A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Younger
CAST:  Uma Thurman  •  Bryan Greenberg  •  Meryl Streep  •  Annie Parisse

A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Younger
CAST:  Uma Thurman  •  Bryan Greenberg  •  Meryl Streep  •  Annie Parisse

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Segal
CAST:  Leslie Nielsen  •  Priscilla Presley  •  O.J. Simpson  •  Anna Nicole Smith

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Segal
CAST:  Leslie Nielsen  •  Priscilla Presley  •  O.J. Simpson  •  Anna Nicole Smith

Tootsie (1982)

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When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney Pollack
CAST:  Dustin Hoffman  •  Jessica Lange  •  Teri Garr  •  Dabney Coleman

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney Pollack
CAST:  Dustin Hoffman  •  Jessica Lange  •  Teri Garr  •  Dabney Coleman

What About Bob? (1991)

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Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin tries to get him to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Oz
CAST:  Bill Murray  •  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Julie Hagerty  •  Charlie Korsmo

Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin tries to get him to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Oz
CAST:  Bill Murray  •  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Julie Hagerty  •  Charlie Korsmo

The Odd Couple II (1998)

Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at Los Angeles International Airport and rent a car in order to go to San Malina for the wedding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Deutch
CAST:  Jack Lemmon  •  Walter Matthau  •  Richard Riehle  •  Jonathan Silverman

Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at Los Angeles International Airport and rent a car in order to go to San Malina for the wedding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Deutch
CAST:  Jack Lemmon  •  Walter Matthau  •  Richard Riehle  •  Jonathan Silverman

Absolute Strangers (1991)

A husband tries to keep his comatose wife alive by allowing doctors to terminate her pregnancy. Hearing about this, anti-abortion protesters start a legal campaign to gain legal custody of the fetus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert Cates
CAST:  Henry Winkler  •  Jennifer Hetrick  •  Patty Duke  •  Richard Kiley

A husband tries to keep his comatose wife alive by allowing doctors to terminate her pregnancy. Hearing about this, anti-abortion protesters start a legal campaign to gain legal custody of the fetus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert Cates
CAST:  Henry Winkler  •  Jennifer Hetrick  •  Patty Duke  •  Richard Kiley

We're Fighting Back (1981)

Inspired by the exploits of New York's Guardian Angels, which began as a band of streetwise young people who formed an anti-crime subway patrol and went on to gain a national reputation and units in major cities around the country, this film unites three New York ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lou Antonio
CAST:  Paul Austin  •  Ellen Barkin  •  Joe Morton  •  Doris Belack

Inspired by the exploits of New York's Guardian Angels, which began as a band of streetwise young people who formed an anti-crime subway patrol and went on to gain a national reputation and units in major cities around the country, this film unites three New York ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lou Antonio
CAST:  Paul Austin  •  Ellen Barkin  •  Joe Morton  •  Doris Belack

The Last Tenant (1978)

Family members face hard decisions about the care of their elderly father who needs constant care and can no longer safely live alone, which particularly affects the eldest son's life, placing his impending marriage in jeopardy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor
CAST:  Tony Lo Bianco  •  Lee Strasberg  •  Christine Lahti  •  Julie Bovasso

Family members face hard decisions about the care of their elderly father who needs constant care and can no longer safely live alone, which particularly affects the eldest son's life, placing his impending marriage in jeopardy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor
CAST:  Tony Lo Bianco  •  Lee Strasberg  •  Christine Lahti  •  Julie Bovasso

The Black Marble (1980)

When alcoholic homicide investigator Valnikov is transferred to a burglary case that seems to involve a creepy dogcatcher, he's also given a new partner -- the pragmatic Sgt. Natalie Zimmerman, who's experiencing a midlife crisis and does not welcome Valnikov's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Becker
CAST:  Robert Foxworth  •  Paula Prentiss  •  Harry Dean Stanton  •  Barbara Babcock

When alcoholic homicide investigator Valnikov is transferred to a burglary case that seems to involve a creepy dogcatcher, he's also given a new partner -- the pragmatic Sgt. Natalie Zimmerman, who's experiencing a midlife crisis and does not welcome Valnikov's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Becker
CAST:  Robert Foxworth  •  Paula Prentiss  •  Harry Dean Stanton  •  Barbara Babcock

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980)

Granny Weatherall (Geraldine Fitzgerald) is a spunky old lady of eighty who bosses around her doctor and her children. She seems so strong and in control, and yet she has never had the upper hand in her destiny. One morning, a flood of long-forgotten memories bring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Randa Haines
CAST:  Richard Dow  •  Geraldine Fitzgerald  •  Lois Smith  •  Roy Cooper

Granny Weatherall (Geraldine Fitzgerald) is a spunky old lady of eighty who bosses around her doctor and her children. She seems so strong and in control, and yet she has never had the upper hand in her destiny. One morning, a flood of long-forgotten memories bring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Randa Haines
CAST:  Richard Dow  •  Geraldine Fitzgerald  •  Lois Smith  •  Roy Cooper

Hanky Panky (1982)

The complete innocent, Michael Jordon, is drawn into a web of secrecy and government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she is later murdered, Michael is the chief suspect and on the run.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Poitier
CAST:  Gene Wilder  •  Gilda Radner  •  Kathleen Quinlan  •  Richard Widmark

The complete innocent, Michael Jordon, is drawn into a web of secrecy and government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she is later murdered, Michael is the chief suspect and on the run.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Poitier
CAST:  Gene Wilder  •  Gilda Radner  •  Kathleen Quinlan  •  Richard Widmark

Arranged (2007)

ARRANGED centers on the friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. Over the course of the year they learn they share much in common - not least of which is that they are both going ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefan C. Schaefer  •  Diane Crespo
CAST:  Zoe Lister-Jones  •  Francis Benhamou  •  Marcia Jean Kurtz  •  Mimi Lieber

ARRANGED centers on the friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. Over the course of the year they learn they share much in common - not least of which is that they are both going ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefan C. Schaefer  •  Diane Crespo
CAST:  Zoe Lister-Jones  •  Francis Benhamou  •  Marcia Jean Kurtz  •  Mimi Lieber

She-Devil (1989)

A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susan Seidelman
CAST:  Meryl Streep  •  Ed Begley Jr.  •  Linda Hunt  •  Roseanne Barr

A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susan Seidelman
CAST:  Meryl Streep  •  Ed Begley Jr.  •  Linda Hunt  •  Roseanne Barr

Opportunity Knocks (1990)

Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine that (A) the owner of the house is out of the country for a month or two and (B) the housesitter supposed to watch ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donald Petrie
CAST:  Dana Carvey  •  James Tolkan  •  Robert Loggia  •  Todd Graff

Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine that (A) the owner of the house is out of the country for a month or two and (B) the housesitter supposed to watch ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donald Petrie
CAST:  Dana Carvey  •  James Tolkan  •  Robert Loggia  •  Todd Graff

The Cradle Will Fall (1983)

Kathy DeMaio checks into the hospital and thinks she sees a body being loaded into the trunk of a car. When the body turns up later and the murderer, Dr. Highley, thinks that DeMaio can identify him, her life is put in jeopardy. Originally made for television and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Llewellyn Moxey
CAST:  Lauren Hutton  •  Ben Murphy  •  James Farentino  •  Charita Bauer

Kathy DeMaio checks into the hospital and thinks she sees a body being loaded into the trunk of a car. When the body turns up later and the murderer, Dr. Highley, thinks that DeMaio can identify him, her life is put in jeopardy. Originally made for television and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Llewellyn Moxey
CAST:  Lauren Hutton  •  Ben Murphy  •  James Farentino  •  Charita Bauer

Sessions (1983)

High-priced call girl Lee Churchill, is examining her life via therapy "sessions". Her double life is unknown to her parents, sister and "straight" man with whom she falls in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pearce
CAST:  Veronica Hamel  •  Jeffrey DeMunn  •  Jill Eikenberry  •  David Marshall Grant

High-priced call girl Lee Churchill, is examining her life via therapy "sessions". Her double life is unknown to her parents, sister and "straight" man with whom she falls in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Pearce
CAST:  Veronica Hamel  •  Jeffrey DeMunn  •  Jill Eikenberry  •  David Marshall Grant
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