Movie Listings by Genre

Director: Arthur Hiller    More Info
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Sandy Baron, Anne Meara, Ann Prentiss, Graham Jarvis, Ron Carey, Philip Bruns, Billy Dee Williams, Paul Dooley

 Heading for a job interview in N.Y.C., a couple, George and Gwen Kellerman (Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis), leave their quiet neighborhood in Ohio and meet with disasters. Dennis' oft-heard description of each and every new misfortune that they encounter is "Oh, My God!" This is a very funny film.

Director: George McCowan    More Info
Starring: Walter Brennan, Fred Astaire, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, Chill Wills, Lana Wood, Paul Richards, Parley Baer, Walter Burke, Lillian Bronson

 The old-timer Texas Rangers (Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, and Chill Wills–without Pat O'Brien) are at it again as they head to Waco to help another retired Ranger (Fred Astaire) in his rehabilitation–from being the town drunk. Again, it's fun, though inane. Astaire, in his only "western" role, is excellent–complete with mustache.

Director: Herbert Ross    More Info
Starring: Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein, Allen Garfield, Roz Kelly, Stan Gottlieb, Buck Henry

 Dopey prostitute Doris (Barbra Streisand) and introverted bookstore clerk Felix (George Segal) become roommates when she loses her own apartment. Sparks fly while this unlikely couple gets together.

Director: Morton Lewis    More Info
Starring: Henriette Holm, Sylvester Stallone, Barbara Strom, Frank Micelli, Jodi Van Prang, Nicholas Warren

 This film is notable only for showcasing a new talent–Sylvester Stallone. He plays oversexed Stud who has a continuing parade of women passing through his pad. He and his roommate, Kitty (Henriette Holm), have a party/orgy featuring sex, pot smoking, and noise. Various versions of varying degrees of porn exist. The video title ("Italian Stallion") was released in 1976 to take advantage of Stallone's popularity.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse    More Info
Starring: Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Martha Raye, Mama Cass Elliot, Billy Barty, Roberto Gamonet, Sharon Baird, Johnny Silver, Andy Ratoucheff, Felix Silla

 This film version of the Saturday morning kids' TV show features many of the same players. In this story, Jimmy (Jack Wild) takes his magic flute to a land where plants and animals can speak, and he meets the good dragon Pufnstuf (Roberto Gamonet). All goes well–until the evil Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes) steals Jimmy's flute so that she will be named "Witch of the Year" at the Witches Convention. Jimmy, Pufnstuf, and friends must now retrieve the flute from Witchiepoo's enchanted castle.

Director: Jens Jorgen Thorsen    More Info
Starring: Paul Valjean, Wayne Rodda, Ulla Koppel, Avi Sagild, Susanne Krage, Louise White, Petronella, Elsebeth Reingaard, Lisbet Lundquist, Olaf Ussing

 Based on a Henry Miller novel, this Danish production tells the story of Joey (Paul Valjean) who does his best to live on sex alone as he proceeds from one adventure to another. Obviously not for the young ones nor is the racy musical score.

Director: Mario Bava    More Info
Starring: Brett Halsey, Charles Southwood, Marilu Tolo, Teodoro Corra, Guido Lollobrigida, Isa Miranda, Bruno Corazzari, Federico Boido, Franco Pesce, Mauro Bosco

 This comedy/spaghetti Western rip-off of the popular Westerns of the time follows gunslingers Roy Colt (Brett Halsey) and Winchester Jack (Charles Southwood) as they start out by saving a native American prostitute, Mahila (Marilu Tolo), from a murder charge. The trio, along with Monseignor (Teodoro Corra) and his outlaw gang, search for a buried fortune. Some good Bava touches, especially interesting photo shots.

Director: Bud Yorkin    More Info
Starring: Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Victor Spinetti, Orson Welles, Graham Stark, Harry Fowler, Murray Melvin

 Set during the French Revolution, this is a good comedy about two sets of twins–one set from an aristocratic family and the other set from a poor family–who were mixed at birth. Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland take on dual roles for both sets of twins: Philippe and Pierre and Claude and Charles.

Director: Hy Averback    More Info
Starring: Brian Keith, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Ivan Dixon, Suzanne Pleshette, Tom Ewell, Bradford Dillman, Arthur O'Connell, Don Ameche, John Fiedler

 Col. Flanders (Don Ameche) must deal with citizens of a small town who are unhappy about the Army missile base located nearby. To help solve the problem, Flanders invites the townsfolk to a party that degenerates into a fistfight between the soldiers and the guests. Meanwhile, a soldier, Shannon Gambroni (Tony Curtis), has fallen for bar maid Ramona (Suzanne Pleshette) who town Sheriff Harve (Ernest Borgnine) considers his property. Harve has Shannon arrested, and Shannon's soldier friends, headed by Michael M. Nace (Brian Keith), take matters into their own hands and use a World War II tank to rescue Shannon.

Director: Roy Boulting    More Info
Starring: Peter Sellers, Goldie Hawn, Tony Britton, Nicky Henson, Diana Dors, Nicola Pagett, Christopher Cazenove, Judy Campbell, John Comer, Gabrielle Drake

 Robert Danvers (Peter Sellers) is a middle-aged TV personality who falls for a young woman, Marion (Goldie Hawn), who is in the middle of big marriage problems.

Director: Enzo Barboni    More Info
Starring: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Farley Granger, Elena Pedemonte, Steffen Zacharias, Dan Sturkie, Gisela Hahn, Ezio Marano, Luciano Rossi, Riccardo Pizzuti

 Drifter Trinity (Terence Hill) arrives in town and learns that his shiftless and lazy brother, Bambino (Bud Spencer), is the sheriff. Land baron Major Harriman (Farley Granger) and Mexican bandits are exploiting Mormon settlers, and Trinity and Bambino work together to take on the bad guys. A funny spoof of spaghetti Westerns. Followed by "Trinity Is Still My Name."

Director: Mel Brooks    More Info
Starring: Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, Mel Brooks, Bridget Brice, Robert Bernal, Diana Coupland, Andreas Voutsinas, Vlada Petric, David Lander

 This story, set in revolutionary Russia, involves a Russian nobleman, Count I.M. Vorobyaninov (Ron Moody), who gets help from a thief, Ostap Bender (Frank Langella), in retrieving 12 chairs of a dining-room set. One of the chairs has a fortune in jewels hidden in the seat. Vorobyaninov had been told about the chairs by his dying mother. Also searching for the jewels is Father Fyodor (Dom DeLouise) who heard the woman's final confession, and he wants to find the jewels to replenish his church.

Director: Don Siegel    More Info
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine, Manuel Fabregas, Alberto Morin, Armando Silvestre, John(2) Kelly, Enrique Lucero, Jose Torvay, Ada Carrasco, David Estuardo

 Hogan (Clint Eastwood) is a cowboy who rescues Sara (Shirley MacLaine) from three cowboys who are preparing to sexually attack her. Sara tells Hogan that she is a Catholic nun, but she is really a prostitute masquerading as a nun. Hogan escorts Sara to a camp for Mexican revolutionaries who are fighting the French, and a plan is devised for Hogan to take Sara to a French fort where a battle ensues.

Director: Melvin Van Peebles    More Info
Starring: Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D'Urville Martin, Mantan Moreland, Erin Moran, Emil Sitka, Ray Ballard, Charles Lampkin, Paul Williams

 Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) is an extremely bigoted White man who wakes up one day to discover that his skin has turned black.

Director: Carl Reiner    More Info
Starring: George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman, Trish Van Devere, Barnard Hughes, Vincent Gardenia, Paul Sorvino, Rob Reiner, Rae Allen, Joe Keyes

 This cult film involves Gordon Hocheiser's (George Segal) attempts to induce a heart attack in his nagging, senile mother (Ruth Gordon). Sick, but fun if you like that kind of humor.

Director: Jerry Lewis    More Info
Starring: Jerry Lewis, Jan Murray, John Wood, Robert Middleton, Sidney Miller, Kaye Ballard, Paul Winchell, Gary Crosby

 A private commando group, made up of 4-Fs, invades Italy during World War II. Jerry, why did you make this one?

Director: Peter Collinson    More Info
Starring: Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Patrick Magee, Gregoire Aslan, Michele Mercier, Horst Janson, Leo Gordon, John Acheson, Paul Stassino, Fikret Hakan

 Adam Dyer (Tony Curtis) and Josh Corey (Charles Bronson) are former U.s. Army soldiers who are now adventurers running into problems in Turkey following political changes at the end of World War I.

Director: Richard Brooks    More Info
Starring: Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Frobe, Robert Webber, Scott Brady, Arthur Brauss, Robert Stiles, Wolfgang Kieling, Bob Herron, Hans Hutter

 Hamburg, Germany, bank security expert Joe Collins (Warren Beatty) joins forces with hooker Dawn Divine (Goldie Hawn) to steal $1.5 million from crooks. The crooks include an Army sergeant (Scott Brady), a drug dealer (Arthur Brauss), and an attorney who has been double-crossing the mob (Robert Webber). They have rented bank safety deposit boxes in which to store their loot, and Joe has figured out how to go unnoticed by security cameras and switch the money into Dawn's safety deposit box. All goes well until the crooks catch on, and Joe and Dawn set out on a race across Germany with the crooks in hot pursuit.

Director: Robert Fuest    More Info
Starring: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith, Aubrey Woods, Susan Travers, Alex Scott, Peter Jeffrey, Peter Gilmore

 This horror story centers on Dr. Phibes (Vincent Price) who, with help from his assistant Vulnavia (Virginia North), seeks revenge against the nine doctors who failed to save his wife from death. Phibes' plan involves the Biblical deadly plagues, and doctors are murdered in bizarre killings. Inspector Trout (Peter Jeffrey) is investigating, but will he be able to solve the mysterious murders before chief surgeon Dr. Vesalius (Joseph Cotten) meets his demise?

Director: Ian MacNaughton    More Info
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth

 The British comedy troupe, Monty Python, is featured in this series of sketches taken from their popular BBC TV show.

Director: Woody Allen    More Info
Starring: Woody Allen, Carlos Montalban, Louise Lasser, Jacobo Morales, Sylvester Stallone, Charlotte Rae, Allen Garfield, Rene Enriquez, Miguel Angel Suarez, Nati Abascal

 This bizarre early Woody Allen comedy is about war and politics in South America. Fielding Marsh (Woody Allen) unwittingly becomes involved in a revolution in San Marcos and ends up its president–only to be later charged with fraud.

Director: Robert Butler    More Info
Starring: Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Harry Morgan, Wally Cox, Heather North, Alan Hewitt, John Ritter, Hayden Rorke, Jack Bender, George N. Neise

 A chimpanzee climbs the corporate ladder when Steven Post (Kurt Russell) discovers the chimp's ability to predict which TV shows will become hits. Disney fare.

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder    More Info
Starring: Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Marquard Bohm, Hanna Schygulla, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Hannes Fuchs, Ulli Lommel, Marcella Michelangeli, Kurt Raab

 The cast and crew of a German film company are on location awaiting materials (due to lack of funds) and the director, Jeff (Lou Castel). While they wait, the time is spent drinking, fighting, and sleeping around. When Jeff arrives, the funding has still not shown, and so more of the same antics continue as insights are gained on the filmmakers' lives.

Director: Ivan Passer    More Info
Starring: George Segal, Karen Black, Paula Prentiss, Jay Fletcher, Hector Elizondo, Robert De Niro, Sylvia Syms, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Jose Perez, Jack Hollander

 Heroin addict Jay Jay (George Segal) was a New York City hairdresser who has now turned to crime to support his expensive addiction, and his girlfriend Parm (Karen Black) remains loyal to him. Jay Jay is caught by the police and is told that they will release him if he will work for them as an informant. Jay Jay agrees and goes to work with detective Danny (Robert De Niro) on a sting operation to catch local drug dealer Geek (Hector Elizondo). When they meet, Jay Jay steals some of the drugs for himself, and more problems ensue.

Director: Gerd Oswald    More Info
Starring: Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Cassidy, Joan Delaney, John Astin, Reva Rose, Jay Robinson, Robert Foulk, Brayden Linden, Karen Mae Johnson

 After being evicted from her home, Bunny O'Hare (Bette Davis), wants revenge on the bank. To that end she teams up with Bill Green (Ernest Borgnine) and the two of them disguise themselves as "hippies" and pull off a string of bank robberies.