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Directed by James IvoryOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ComedyThemes Films about televisionActors James Coco,
Raquel Welch,
Perry King,
Tiffany Bolling,
Royal Dano,
David DukesRating53%
Once a great star of silent film, Jolly Grimm has wealth, a mansion, a manservant, Tex, and a beautiful and faithful woman in his life, Queenie, but no longer has Hollywood's interest. He desperately tries to get studio executives interested in his latest project, which he has financed himself, so he decides to throw a huge party at his house and show the film footage to those who come., 2h4
Directed by Robert MooreOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Théâtre,
Films based on playsActors James Caan,
Marsha Mason,
Joseph Bologna,
Valerie Harper,
Alan Fudge,
Debra MooneyRating59%
George Schneider is an author living in New York City whose hours are occupied by his work, by softball games in the park and visits from his married brother Leo, a press agent who has been trying to introduce widower George to eligible women. George's emotions are still raw from the death of his wife, and he continues to be reminded of her., 1h50
Directed by Herbert RossOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about television,
Musical filmsActors Richard Dreyfuss,
Marsha Mason,
Quinn Cummings,
Paul Benedict,
Powers Boothe,
Barbara RhoadesRating73%
Dancer Paula McFadden (Marsha Mason) and her ten-year-old daughter Lucy (Quinn Cummings) live in a Manhattan apartment with her married boyfriend, Tony DeForrest, until one day, he deserts her to go act in a movie in Italy. Before he left and unbeknownst to Paula, Tony subleased the apartment to Elliot Garfield (Richard Dreyfuss), a neurotic but sweet aspiring actor from Chicago, who shows up in the middle of the night expecting to move in. Though Paula is demanding, and makes clear from the start that she doesn't like Elliot, he allows her and Lucy to stay., 2h12
Directed by Arthur HillerGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Fantasy,
Action,
Adventure,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on musicals,
Buddy filmsActors Peter O'Toole,
Sophia Loren,
James Coco,
Harry Andrews,
John Castle,
Ian William RichardsonRating64%
Cervantes and his manservant have been imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition, and a manuscript by Cervantes is seized by his fellow inmates, who subject him to a mock trial in order to determine whether the manuscript should be returned. Cervantes' defense is in the form of a play, in which Cervantes takes the role of Alonso Quijana, an old gentleman who has lost his mind and now believes that he should go forth as a knight-errant. Quijano renames himself Don Quixote de La Mancha, and sets out to find adventures with his "squire", Sancho Panza., 2h24
Origin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about alcoholism,
Films about families,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Films based on playsActors Jessica Lange,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Rip Torn,
Kim Stanley,
David Dukes,
Macon McCalmanRating66%
This adaptation revived the sexual innuendos which had been muted in the 1958 film., 1h38
Directed by Marcel L'Herbier,
Ève Francis,
Jean DrévilleOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Melodrama,
RomanceThemes Films about television,
Théâtre,
Films based on playsActors Charles Boyer,
Gaby Morlay,
Michel Simon,
Paulette Dubost,
Jaque-Catelain,
Jean TouloutRating69%
Philippe Lutcher, an anarchist, fires a shot at Clara Stuart, a famous stage and screen actress, but only wounds her. The star, through affectation and curiosity to know his motives, pleads in his favour at his trial, but he rebuffs her pity. After he has served 18 months in prison, they meet and fall in love. Philippe however does not really believe in Clara's sincerity, and when he sees incidents from their lives becoming part of her latest film, he leaves her. He vows that their love will continue when he sits in the dark and watches her on the cinema screen., 1h37
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about alcoholism,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugsActors Will Ferrell,
Rebecca Hall,
Michael Peña,
Laura Dern,
Stephen Root,
Christopher Jordan WallaceRating63%
Salesman Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell) is fired from his job of 16 years following an unspecified incident in Denver related to his alcoholism. He sits in the parking garage after leaving the office, drinking from a flask. He then takes the Swiss Army Knife he was given as a farewell gift and stabs it into his supervisor's car tires, only to leave the knife (which has his name on it) and run away when he is unable to pull it back out from the tire. He immediately drives to a convenience store and buys a large amount of beer. When he returns home, he finds his wife is gone, the locks have been changed, and his belongings have been strewn all over his front lawn. His wife has left him a letter telling him that she is leaving him, also over the Denver incident, and to not contact her., 1h35
Directed by Steve BuscemiOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about alcoholism,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugsActors Steve Buscemi,
Mark Boone Junior,
Chloë Sevigny,
Carol Kane,
Daniel Baldwin,
Anthony LaPagliaRating70%
The film follows Tommy Basilio (Buscemi), an alcoholic and fixture at the local bar, Trees Lounge, who begins to float after losing his girlfriend of eight years Theresa (Elizabeth Bracco) and his job as a mechanic. His Uncle Al (Seymour Cassel) dies at the wheel of his ice-cream truck while out on his rounds and at the wake following his funeral he indulges in lines of cocaine with his brother and cousins. Tommy takes them to the Trees Lounge to carry on drinking, where a drunken brawl breaks out between his cousin and one of the regulars, Mike (Mark Boone Junior). In the next scene Mike and Tommy are driving away from a late night convenience store after buying more beer. They are discussing how Tommy stole money from Rob (Anthony LaPaglia), the owner of the garage where he lost his job. They discuss how Rob is seeing Tommy's ex-girlfriend who is pregnant and Tommy might be the father but she is telling Rob otherwise., 1h58
Directed by Anthony Drazan,
Anthony DrazanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Films based on playsActors Sean Penn,
Kevin Spacey,
Meg Ryan,
Robin Wright,
Chazz Palminteri,
Garry ShandlingRating57%
The film is an adaptation of David Rabe's play, directed and produced by Tony Drazan, about the intersecting lives of several Hollywood players and wannabes, whose dysfunctional personal lives are more interesting than anything they're peddling to the studios. Rabe wrote the screenplay for the film, condensing the action of the three-hour plus play into two hours and updated the setting from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s., 1h37
Directed by Steve GordonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about alcoholism,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Musical filmsActors Dudley Moore,
Liza Minnelli,
John Gielgud,
Geraldine Fitzgerald,
Jill Eikenberry,
Stephen ElliottRating68%
Arthur Bach (Dudley Moore) is a spoiled alcoholic from New York City who likes to be driven in his chauffeured Rolls-Royce through Central Park. Arthur is heir to a portion of his family's vast fortune, which he is told will be his only if he marries the upper class Susan Johnson (Jill Eikenberry), the daughter of a business acquaintance of his father. He does not love Susan, but his family feels she will make him finally grow up. During a shopping trip in Manhattan, accompanied by his valet Hobson (John Gielgud), Arthur witnesses a young woman, Linda Morolla (Liza Minnelli), shoplifting a necktie. He intercedes with the store security guard (Irving Metzman) on her behalf, and later asks her for a date. Despite his attraction to her, Arthur remains pressured by his family to marry Susan.