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Director: Roy Boulting    More Info
Starring: Peter Sellers, Lila Kedrova, Curd Jurgens, Beatrice Romand, Rex Stallings, Jenny Hanley, Gabriella Licudi, Francoise Pascal, Rula Lenska, Daphne Lawson

 In this comedy about World War II, Peter Sellers takes on the roles of Hitler, Prince Kyoto, British Major Robinson, and three others. The story takes place in Madame Grenier's (Lila Kedrova) anti-Nazi whorehouse in occupied Paris. Madame Grenier hides Robinson in her brothel and assists him in ridding the world of Nazis by exterminating them in the bedrooms.

Director: Sidney Poitier    More Info
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor, Rosalind Cash, Roscoe Lee Browne, Paula Kelly, Johnny Sekka, Calvin Lockhart

 When Steve Jackson (Sidney Poitier) and Wardell Franklin (Bill Cosby) are robbed at Madame Zenobia's (Lee Chamberlin) gambling club, they try to regain their losses after learning that Steve's wallet contains a winning lottery ticket worth $50,000. They hire incompetent private eye Sharp Eye Washington (Richard Pryor) to help find the crooks and must deal with mob kingpin Greechie Dan Beauford (Harry Belafonte) who runs the town. Two sequels, "Let's Do It Again" and "A Piece of the Action," followed this comedy.

Director: Juan Luis Bunuel    More Info
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Adalberto Maria Merli, Jacques Weber, Jose Sacristan, Laura Betti, Emma Cohen, Angel Alvarez, Pilar Torres

 Francoise (Catherine Deneuve), a popular writer, meets the rich, elderly Perrot (Fernando Rey). Perrot is not a fan of the arts, nor, for that matter, does he care much for women. When he starts to meddle into her affairs, he finds out that there is more to Francoise that he realized. An at-times confusing comedy/drama. The director is the son of the well-known Luis Bunuel.

Director: Mel Brooks    More Info
Starring: Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Gene Hackman, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, Liam Dunn

 This is a great satirical look at Frankenstein as seen through the eyes of comedy when the Monster (Peter Boyle) comes across as a sympathetic creature who elicits many laughs. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) is the grandson of the infamous Frankenstein and has inherited his Transylvanian estate. He moves in and meets hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman), assistant Inga (Teri Garr), and housekeeper Frau Blucher (Cloris Leachman). Frankenstein creates his Monster, but Igor has stolen the wrong brain, and problems–and humor–are a certainty.

Director: Thomas McGuane    More Info
Starring: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Margot Kidder, Burgess Meredith, Harry Dean Stanton, Sylvia Miles, Elizabeth Ashley, William Hickey, Louise Latham, Joe Spinell

 Set in Key West, this is the film adaptation of Thomas McGuane's novel about competition between captains of fishing boats.

Director: Ivan Passer    More Info
Starring: Karen Black, Omar Sharif, Joseph Bottoms, Elma Karlowa, Bernhard Wicki, Heinz Ehrenfreund, Volker Prechtel, Erich Padalewski, Robert L. Abrams, Franz Muxeneder

 Omar Sharif plays a sex-crazed financier, Andre Ferren, who takes one step too far with his lover Susan Winters (Karen Black)when he talks her into marrying Rolf (Bernhard Wicki) after Andre's advice to Rolf causes him to lose money–a decision that leads to their being targeted by Rolf.

Director: Gene Wilder    More Info
Starring: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Leo McKern, Roy Kinnear, John Le Mesurier, Douglas Wilmer, Thorley Walters, George Silver

 Sherlock Holmes' (Douglas Wilmer) older brother, Sigerson (Gene Wilder), is not pleased with living in his brother's shadow. When Sherlock and his assistant, Dr. Watson (Thorley Walters), leave on an assignment, Sherlock sends a case involving missing government documents to Sigerson. Teaming up with Scotland Yard detective Orville Slacker (Marty Feldman), who claims to have photographic hearing, and seductive Jenny Hill (Madeline Kahn), Sigerson sets out to solve the case. It turns out that Sherlock and Dr. Watson really are on the case and work to save Sigerson from destruction.

Director: Norman Tokar    More Info
Starring: Don Knotts, Tim Conway, Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, Slim Pickens, David Wayne, Harry Morgan, John McGiver, Don Knight, Clay O'Brien

 In this Disney film, three spirited children are "inherited" by frontier gambler Russell Donovan (Bill Bixby) who agrees to an in-name-only marriage to Magnolia Dusty Clydesdale (Susan Clark) because he needs help with the children. When the children discover gold worth millions in their late father's mine, they get involved with bumbling bank robbers Theodore Ogelvie and Amos (Don Knotts and Tim Conway) who agree to steal the gold, which is being held in the bank for safe keeping.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich    More Info
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Madeline Kahn, Duilio Del Prete, Eileen Brennan, John Hillerman, Mildred Natwick, M. Emmet Walsh, Quinn K. Redeker, J. Edward McKinley

 Millionaire Michael Oliver Pritchard III (Burt Reynolds) meets and falls in love with singer Kitty O'Kelly (Madeline Kahn), and they meet Brooke Carter (Cybill Shepherd) and her boyfriend, gambler Johnny Spanish (Dulio Del Prete). The couples become friends, and when Brooke's maid Elizabeth (Eileen Brennan) becomes involved with Michael's valet, Rodney James (John Hillerman), that makes three couples who are ready to sing Cole Porter songs and dance at any moment in this satire on 1930s' musical comedies.

Director: Phil Roman    More Info
Starring: Duncan Watson, Stephen Shea, Bill Melendez, Melanie Kohn, Linda Ercoli, Greg Felton, Lynn Mortensen

 Valentine's Day is coming, and Charlie Brown hopes that the Little Red Haired Girl will send him a Valentine. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang have big decisions to make about their own special cards.

Director: David Giler    More Info
Starring: George Segal, Stephane Audran, Lionel Stander, Lee Patrick, Elisha Cook Jr., Signe Hasso, Felix Silla, John Abbott, Connie Kreski, Titus Napoleon

 Sam Spade Jr. (George Segal) has inherited his father's private-detective business and, like his father before him, becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding a falcon statue in this takeoff of good ol' "Maltese Falcon."

Director: L.Q. Jones    More Info
Starring: Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Jason Robards, Tim McIntire, Charles McGraw, Alvy Moore, Helene Winston, Hal Baylor, Ron Feinberg, Michael Rupert

 After the world is almost destroyed in 2024, Don Johnson and his talking dog discover a group of impotent humans who want him to father a new generation.

Director: Michael Schultz    More Info
Starring: Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis, Corin Rogers, Maurice Leon Havis, Joseph Carter Wilson, Sherman Smith, Norman Gibson, Steven Williams

 Set in 1964, this is the story of teens–Preach (Glynn Turman) and basketball star Cochise (Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs)–who attend Cooley Vocational High School on Chicago's North Side. With friends Willie, Pooter, and Tyrone (Maurice Leon Davis, Corin Rogers, and Joseph Carter Wilson), they express their youthful emotions by pulling harmless scams around their neighborhood. As they end their last year in high school, they overstep their bounds and are falsely accused of stealing a car after taking a joy ride with hoods. This film became the basis for TV's "What's Happening!" series.

Director: Jonathan Demme    More Info
Starring: Cloris Leachman, Stuart Whitman, Ann Sothern, Jim Backus, Don Most, Linda Purl, Sally Kirkland, Dick Miller, Harry Northrup, John Aprea

 This story begins in Arkansas during 1932 when Sheba's (Ann Sothern) husband, Daniel (Clint Kimbrough) is killed, and Sheba takes her daughter Melba (Dinah Englund) to California. Later, in 1958, Melba (now played by Cloris Leachman) and Sheba close their beauty salon because they cannot pay the rent. Melba now has a teenage daughter, Cheryl (Linda Purl), who is pregnant, and the three women take off on a cross-country crime spree. Along the way, they pick up Jim Bob (Stuart Whitman) who aids and abets them in their criminal activities. 1950s sounds and sights highlight this film.

Director: Sidney Lumet    More Info
Starring: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Sully Boyar, Penelope Allen, James Broderick, Gary Springer, Lance Henriksen

 In order to finance a sex-change operation, Sonny (Al Pacino) and his accomplice Sal (John Cazale) attempt to rob a bank. But, the bank vault is empty, and now the bank is surrounded by police. Sonny's solution: hold the bank employees hostage–not a good idea because events quickly get out of control. The film is excellent as it touches emotions from comedy to pathos. The film received several Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Actor (Pacino), Director, and Supporting Actor (Chris Sarandon) and won the award for Best Writing.

Director: Mike Nichols    More Info
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Stockard Channing, Florence Stanley, Richard B. Shull, Thomas Newman, John Fiedler, Scatman Crothers, Dub Taylor, Ian Wolfe

 Oscar (Jack Nicholson) and Nicky (Warren Beatty) are con men who hatch a plot to get their hands on the fortune of heiress Freddie (Stockard Channing). No matter what they do, their plans always seem to fail in this pretty good funny film. Nicholson as usual, is great and makes this film worth watching.

Director: William Bushnell Jr.    More Info
Starring: Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Warren Berlinger, Adam Roarke, E.J. Peaker, Gianni Russo, Martin Kove, H.B. Haggerty, Johnny Haymer, Cherie Latimer

 Prohibition-Era gangster Vic Morono (Jack Palance) owns a nightclub/casino, The Four Deuces. One night Vic's mobsters rob a load of gin from his archrival, mob boss, and also nightclub owner Chico Hamilton (Warren Berlinger), which sets off a violent gang war. Meanwhile, Vic's girlfriend (Carol Lynley) is drawn to a reporter, and their lives will certainly be in danger when the gang warfare ends, and Vic catches on to what is going on.

Director: Herbert Ross    More Info
Starring: Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall, Ben Vereen, Carole Wells, Colleen Camp, Larry Gates, Eugene Troobnick, Heidi O'Rourke

 This sequel to "Funny Girl" again features Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice. This time around she is in a later stage in her relationships with Billy Rose (James Caan) and Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif).

Director: Nicholas Soarro    More Info
Starring: Lynn Redgrave, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Elizabeth Wilson, Tom Poston, Lovelady Powell, Nicholas Pryor, Conrad Janis, George Dzundza, Vincent Schiavelli, Mason Adams

 This film, based on Xaviera Hollander's autobiography, tells the story of a prostitute (Lynn Redgrave) who improves her lot in life and becomes one of New York's leading madams.

Director: Howard Zieff    More Info
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Alan Arkin, Blythe Danner, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Richard B. Shull, Herb Edelman, Alex Rocco, Frank Cady, Matt Clark

 Jeff Bridges aspires to be a writer of Western lore and takes a correspondence course; the course turns out to be a fraud. Through a series of twists and turns, he ends up with stolen cash and, as an escape route, becomes a cowboy on a movie set.

Director: Peter Duffell    More Info
Starring: Telly Savalas, Robert Culp, James Mason, Aldo Ray, Gunter Meisner, Adrian Hoven, Charles Korvin, Richard Warner

 Greed overcomes morality as three men stop at nothing in their quest to steal a cache of gold.

Director: Eldar Ryazanov    More Info
Starring: Andrei Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, Yuriy Yakovlev, Aleksandr Shirvindt, Georgi Burkov, Olga Naumenko, Aleksandr Belyavsky, Liya Akhedzhakova, Lyubov Sokolova, Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya

 This popular made-for-Russian-TV comedy starts with the annual New Year's Eve trip to the bathhouse for Zhenya (Andrei Myagkov) and his friends–despite the fact that he has just proposed marriage and promised a quiet New Year together with his fiancee. After too many drinks, Zhenya mistakenly takes his friend's flight to Leningrad. It turns out that there is an identical address as his in Leningrad, and even his key fits the door. That's when the fun really begins.

Director: Sidney Poitier    More Info
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Calvin Lockhart, John Amos, Jimmie Walker, Ossie Davis, Denise Nicholas, Mel Stewart, Julius Harris, Val Avery

 When the city of Atlanta plans to take away their meeting place, two fraternal lodge members, Clyde Williams and Billy Foster (Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby), try to find a way to finance a new lodge building. Their scheme is to con gamblers by using the occult to turn Bootney Farnsworth (Jimmie Walker) into a winning prizefighter, and Clyde and Billy will win the needed money by betting on him. All goes well until the gamblers figure out what is happening and want their money back. This film follows "Uptown Saturday Night" and is followed by "A Piece of the Action."

Director: Woody Allen    More Info
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Olga Georges-Picot, Harold Gould, Jessica Harper, Shimen Ruskin, James Tolkan, Howard Vernon, Zvee Scooler, Alan Tilvern

 Set during the 1812 Napoleonic invasion of Russia, this film is good satire on Russian politics and literature. Diane Keaton plays the strong Sonja who is loved by the weak, intellectual Boris (Woody Allen). Boris is falsely accused and then executed for the "death" of Napoleon.

Director: Stanley Donen    More Info
Starring: Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, Geoffrey Lewis, Robby Benson, Michael Hordern, John Hillerman, Anthony Holland, John McLiam, Val Avery

 Set during the era of Prohibition, this is a wacky tale of California rumrunners Kibby (Gene Hackman) and Walker (Burt Reynolds) who team up with cabaret entertainer Claire (Liza Minnelli). Walker and Kibby both fall in love with Claire, but she has problems deciding between the two. While escaping from both the crooks and the law, the trio sets sail on a boat, the "Lucky Lady."