Movie Listings by Genre

Director: Jim Abrahams    More Info
Starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Barbara Billingsley, Kenneth Tobey, Ethel Merman, James Hong

 Leslie Nielsen found his niche as a character actor in this parody of the "Airport" disaster movies. When the passengers and its crew get sick from the food, the fate of the plane depends on a combat fatigued pilot (Robert Hays) and his long-lost love (Julie Hagerty) who also happens to be a stewardess on the flight. Great cliches, gags, and sly humor.

Director: Lewis Teague    More Info
Starring: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo, Dean Jagger, Jack Carter, Perry Lang, Henry Silva, Sue Lyon, Angel Tompkins, Sydney Lassick

 In this comedy/horror film, Ramon the alligator was flushed down the toilet when he was a baby. He has grown up in the sewer where he has managed to survive on corpses of laboratory animals. Now, Ramon has evolved into a monster that feeds on the citizens of his Midwestern city.

Director: William Richert    More Info
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Belinda Bauer, Ned Beatty, Steven Keats, Bianca Jagger, John Glover, Mascha Gonska, Michael Durrell, Eva Maria Meineke, Gunter Meisner

 In this offbeat satire on big business, Harry (Jeff Bridges) is a low-level corporate loser who decides to get even with the "system," including his rich corporate in-laws. The film was re-edited and rereleased twice under the titles of "American Success" and "Success."

Director: Buddy Van Horn    More Info
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Ruth Gordon, William Smith, Harry Guardino, Michael Cavanaugh, Barry Corbin, Roy Jenson, Bill McKinney

 Clint Eastwood is back as Philo with Clyde the orangutan in this funny sequel to "Every Which Way But Loose". Now the fisticuffs king is enticed into fighting for a ton of money. Entertaining film with a hilarious performance by Ruth Gordon.

Director: John Landis    More Info
Starring: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Steven Spielberg, James Brown, Henry Gibson, Frank Oz, Kathleen Freeman, Charles Napier

 Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi play Elwood and Jake Blues (of "Saturday Night Live" fame) who are reunited after Jake gets out of jail. They discover that the Catholic children's home where they grew up is in financial trouble and decide to get their band back together and put on a concert to raise money. In the process, they turn Chicago upside down.

Director: Clint Eastwood    More Info
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers, Sam Bottoms, Bill McKinney, Sierra Pecheur, William Prince, Walter Barnes, Woodrow Parfrey

 The wild adventures of Clint Eastwood and the shabby traveling Wild West show. Sondra Locke is the wealthy love interest.

Director: Harold Ramis    More Info
Starring: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Bill Murray, Michael O'Keefe, Sarah Holcomb, Scott Colomby, Cindy Morgan, Dan Resin, Henry Wilcoxon

 Rodney Dangerfield plays a rich, obnoxious, land developer who joins a posh country club in hopes of buying it. Chevy Chase takes on the role of a golf champ/playboy who never keeps his score. Bill Murray plays the groundskeeper who fights a losing battle against gophers, and Ted Knight is great as the scatter-brained club president in this silly, but entertaining, film. Dangerfield steals the show.

Director: Richard Lang    More Info
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek, Michael Brandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Edward Winter, Paul Regina, K Callan, Rod Colbin, Steve Eastin

 This poor attempt at humor involves male-swapping between Adam (Anthony Hopkins) and Karen (Shirley MacLaine) Evans and Lindsey Rutledge (Bo Derek). Saved from Bomb status only by Shirley and Bo.

Director: Tommy Chong    More Info
Starring: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Evelyn Guerrero, Betty Kennedy, Sy Kramer, Rikki Marin, Phil Hartman

 Cheech and Chong's unique brand of humor is displayed in this movie that followed "Up in Smoke." Crude, but probably will be a hit with Cheech and Chong fans.

Director: Joseph Sargent    More Info
Starring: Dyan Cannon, Robert Blake, Quinn K. Redeker, Michael Lerner, Maxine Stuart, William Lucking, George P. Wilbur, Ellen Gerstein, Patricia Conklin, David Moody

 Madie Levrington (Dyan Cannon) and trucker Charles Callahan (Robert Blake) travel cross-country with their enemies in close pursuit.

Director: Jeff Werner    More Info
Starring: Robby Benson, Linda Grovenor, Charles Durning, Bud Cort, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Coyote

 Benson was one of the writers of this story about a young cab driver whose goal is to become a rock star. Along the way, he encounters a murder and the pursuit of nuclear secrets. Really cheap and poorly acted.

Director: Steven Paul    More Info
Starring: Elliott Gould, Susannah York, Stuart Paul, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kaye Ballard, Robert Hackman, Steven Paul, Twink Caplan, John Diehl, Herbert Rudley

 On his way to a high-school class reunion with his wife Sue (Susannah York) and kids, unhappily married Harry (Elliott Gould) wants to relive the past. Will the trip prove to be a stepping stone to rekindling the couple's love when Harry relives those high-school days many years ago when he and Sue (Michelle Pfeiffer) first met? This film marks Pfeiffer's debut.

Director: Alan Parker    More Info
Starring: Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean, Antonia Franceschi, Boyd Gaines, Anne Meara, Barry Miller, Debbie Allen, Joanna Merlin, Eddie Barth

 This story focuses on students–Coco (Irene Cara), Doris (Maureen Teefy), Montgomery (Paul McCrane), Raul (Barry Miller), and Bruno (Lee Curreri)–at New York High School for the Performing Arts. From auditions through ensuing years at school, they cope with their teenage problems and keep up with academics in their own unique ways as they work through training that may lead to stardom. The film won Academy Awards for Best Musical Score and Song ("Fame").

Director: Anne Bancroft    More Info
Starring: Dom DeLuise, Anne Bancroft, Ron Carey, Candice Azzara, Michael Lombard, Sal Viscuso, Delia Salvi, Robert Costanzo, Estelle Reiner, Richard Karron

 Dominick (Dom DeLuise) decides to diet as a direct result of a fat cousin's death. Along the diet path, he falls in love with Lydia (Candice Azzara) who likes him fat–maybe she sees some early life insurance money!

Director: Piers Haggard    More Info
Starring: Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren, David Tomlinson, Sid Caesar, Simon Williams, Steve Franken, John Le Mesurier, Burt Kwouk

 In Peter Sellers' last film, he plays both the evil Fu Manchu and detective Nayland Smith who is out to prevent Fu Manchu from gaining control of the world. Bad.

Director: Buck Henry    More Info
Starring: Gilda Radner, Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Richard Benjamin, Harvey Korman, Rip Torn, Buck Henry, Fred Willard, Bob Dishy, Austin Pendleton

 This satire on the office of the President of the United States is a funny vehicle for Bob Newhart's talents when he plays the inept leader of the free world.

Director: Mike Hodges    More Info
Starring: Sam J. Jones, Topol, Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Brian Blessed, Peter Wyngarde, Mariangela Melato, Richard O'Brien

 Emperor Ming the Merciless (Max von Sydow) rules the planet Mongo and is plotting to destroy the Earth because he believes it is a threat to his realm. Flash Gordon (Sam J. Jones) teams up with his companion Dale Arden (Melody Anderson) to come to the rescue, and along the way is skyjacked aboard Dr. Zarkov's (Topol) spaceship. Now, Flash Gordon's efforts will require more daring as they are drawn to the planet Mongo where Ming plans to take Dale as his concubine.

Director: Richard T. Heffron    More Info
Starring: Gary Busey, Annette O'Toole, John Calvin, Eddie Albert, Cloris Leachman, Tony Randall, William H. Macy, Roy Jenson, Michael Talbott

 Wes (Gary Busey) leaves his Oklahoma farm to attend college where he meets, falls in love, and pursues Susan (Annette O'Toole).

Director: Richard Elfman    More Info
Starring: Herve Villechaize, Susan Tyrrell, Gisele Lindley, Jan Stuart Schwartz, Marie-Pascale Elfman, Virginia Rose, Gene Cunningham, Phil Gordon, Hyman Diamond, Matthew Bright

 The Hercules family has moved into a new home in Venice, California. In the basement is a door they are forbidden to open, but daughter Frenchy (Maria-Pascale Elfman) does not heed the warning, opens the door, and steps inside. She has entered the Sixth Dimension where she catches the eye of King Fausto (Herve Villechaize). But, Queen Doris (Susan Tyrrell) becomes jealous and puts Frenchy in a prison cell with the Ex-Queen (Viva). Now, Frenchy's fate rests with her brother Flash (Phil Gordon) and Grampa Hercules (Hyman Diamond) who try to rescue her. When they fail, her friend Squeezit Henderson (Matthew Bright) steps in, but many problems lie ahead. Music by the Mystic Knights Of The Oingo Boingo–whose founder, Richard Elfman, directed this film.

Director: William Sachs    More Info
Starring: Stephen Macht, Dorothy Stratten, James David Hinton, Avery Schreiber, Ronald Knight, Lionel Mark Smith, Tad Horino, Herb Kaplowitz, Nancy McCauley, Fred Daniel Scott

 This low-budget effort is supposed to be a spoof of the biggie sci-fi flicks of the day, but the rocket fuse must have gotten wet. In the 31st century, the interstellar police are on their way to recover "The Blue Star" jewel. On the way, the crew must fill in the time: a crewmember falls in love with a robot; the captain swallows an egg, which turns out to be an alien; and so it goes. Dorothy Stratten, the Playboy Playmate, plays Galaxina the robot, and Stratten was murdered around the time of this film's premiere.

Director: Jamie Uys    More Info
Starring: Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, Jamie Uys, Louw Verwey, N!xau, Ken Gampu

 Three separate stories make up this movie. The first is about a Coca Cola bottle that fell from an airplane; however, the South African natives think it was thrown from the Gods. The second tale is about a love affair between a teacher and a scientist, and the third involves terrorists. This is a well-presented and inventive film by Jamie Uys, the South African filmmaker.

Director: Ralph Rosenblum    More Info
Starring: Brad Davis, Carol Kane, Howard Da Silva, Reed Birney, John McMartin, William Prince, Sudie Bond, Russell Horton, Henry Fonda

 This made-for-TV tale, based on a James Thurber short story, is about a 1930s aviator who became famous after he flew around the world non-stop. The problem is that he is an illiterate dunderhead, and the media that made him a hero must now make him presentable.

Director: Chen Chi-Hwa    More Info
Starring: Jackie Chan, James Tien, Lung Jun-Er, Wu Ma, Dean Shek

 This comedic parody of the kung fu films of the 1970s follows an orphan (Jackie Chan) as he learns kung fu and then puts it to good use when he joins the team guarding a valuable gemstone. When bandits steal the gem, Jackie goes on a tear and takes care of those baddies.

Director: Alan Roberts    More Info
Starring: Martine Beswick, Chris Lemmon, Adam West, Phil Silvers, Dick Miller, Edie Adams, Richard Deacon

 The infamous prostitute, Xaviera Hollander (Martine Beswick), gathers together other "ladies of the night" in a comic attempt to save a movie from its corrupt executives.

Director: Vincent McEveety    More Info
Starring: Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Charles Martin Smith, Stephen W. Burns, John Vernon, Richard Jaeckel, Alex Rocco, Fritz Feld, Elyssa Davalos, Joaquin Garay III

 The "Love Bug"–the intelligent Volkswagen, Herbie–is back. Pete (Stephen W.Burns) has inherited Herbie, and he and his friend D.J. (Charles Martin Smith) take Herbie to Brazil for the Grand Primio race. Along the way, Herbie plays the matador in a bull ring, and more complications await as they encounter a smuggling ring. But, Herbie, of course, foils its plans to steal the gold.