Movie Listings by Genre

Director: Burt Kennedy    More Info
Starring: Hulk Hogan, Christopher Lloyd, Shelley Duvall, Larry Miller, William Ball, JoAnn Dearing, Jack Elam, Roy Dotrice, Tony Longo, Michael Faustino

 Intergalactic hero Shep (Hulk Hogan) lands his damaged spaceship on Earth and tries to "fit in" but is conspicuous due to his larger-than-human size. Meanwhile, Charlie (Christopher Lloyd) and his family are in need of cash, so they decide to rent out a small apartment in their backyard. Guess who rents the apartment and becomes the family's protector?

Director: Anthony Hickox    More Info
Starring: Morgan Brittany, Bruce Campbell, David Carradine, John Ireland, Bert Remsen, M. Emmet Walsh, Maxwell Caulfield, Deborah Foreman, Jim Metzler, Dabbs Greer

 It's been a hassle, all those years with vampires vs. humans. So, it seemed the right time for the vampires to live in peace in an old ghost town with their sun block 30, etc., and artificial blood made from plants. When the blood plant does not produce enough blood, its designer David Harrison (Jim Metzler) and his wife Sarah (Morgan Brittany) arrive in the ghost town and find themselves in the middle of trouble. There are those fundamentalists, led by Jefferson (John Ireland), who want the real thing and are ready to rise up against the peaceful vampire leader, Count Mardulak (David Carradine), who ordered the blood plant as a method of integrating the vampires into the human world. War it shall be.

Director: Rod Daniel    More Info
Starring: Joe Pesci, Vincent Gardenia, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Ruben Blades, Stacey Travis, Carole Shelley, Kenn Michael, Paul Benjamin, Beatrice Winde, Carol Jean Lewis

 Wealthy slumlord Louie Kritski (Joe Pesci) owns a rundown tenement building to which the court orders him to make needed repairs. But when he is also ordered to take up residence in the building for 120 days, Louie gets a firsthand look at life on the other side of the tracks.

Director: Hal Hartley    More Info
Starring: Martin Donovan, Mary B. Ward, Matt Malloy, Merritt Nelson, Julie Sukman, Gary Sauer, James Michael McCauley, John MacKay, Thomas J. Edwards, George Feaster

 Jude (Martin Donovan) is a college professor just going through the motions in his literature class, and Sofie is the only one of his students who listens to his lectures. Sophie is writing a story about Jude, and he falls in love with her. Their story provides a pleasant film that was originally shown on PBS' "American Playhouse."

Director: Michael Jenkins    More Info
Starring: Bryan Brown, Karen Allen, Justin Rosniak, Chris Haywood, Bill Kerr, Bruce Spence, Bruce Myles, Paul Chubb, Peter Hehir, Don Barker

 Harry (Bryan Brown) leaves prison with a plan in hand for his next con job. Arriving at his destination–a small Australian coastal town–he proceeds to sweet-talk the locals into investing in the recovery of a sunken ship and building a theme park. But, he didn't expect to fall in love and start having pangs of guilt. Sound familiar?

Director: Blake Edwards    More Info
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams, Lorraine Bracco, Perry King, Tony Roberts, Lysette Anthony, Bruce Payne, Victoria Mahoney, Basil Hoffman

 After male chauvinist Steve Brooks (Perry King) is drowned in the hot tub by his three former girlfriends, he goes to purgatory and is given the chance for redemption by returning to Earth as a woman. Steve comes back to Earth as Amanda Brooks (Ellen Barkin) and is forced to realize what it is like to be a woman targeted by macho males, and he tries to adjust to his new body.

Director: Bud Cort    More Info
Starring: Bud Cort, James Brolin, Kim Adams, Carol Kane, Pamella D'Pella, Brian Thompson, Rhea Perlman, Woody Harrelson, Martin Mull, Roberta Wallach

 Hippie poet Ted Whitley (Bud Cort) spends his time in 1974 on the boardwalk at Venice Beach, California, where he delivers his poetry inspirations. One day, Ted sees a vision: beautiful, bikini clad Linda (Kim Adams) emerging from the sea. Ted entertains Linda with his poetry and decides to pursue her. Linda does not share Ted's interest, and soon Ted resorts to using obscene phone calls and stalking–all of which terrorize Linda–to make Linda forever his.

Director: Michael Pressman    More Info
Starring: Paige Turco, David Warner, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden, Kenn Scott, Mark Caso, Ernie Reyes Jr., Francois Chau, Raymond Serra, Frank Welker

 The teenage mutant ninja turtles–Michelangelo (Michelan Sisti), Donatello (Leif Tilden), Leonardo (Mark Caso), and Raphael (Ken Scott)–are living with television reporter April O"Neil (Paige Turco). April interviews Professor Jordan Perry (David Warner) who has information on the ooze that transformed the mutated turtles into teenagers. The evil Shredder (Francois Chau) is still the leader of the Foot gang, and they kidnap Perry along with the last canister of the ooze as part of their plot to create dangerous mutants. Armed with Perry's anti-mutant antidote, the turtles set out, once again, to stop Shredder from performing his dastardly deeds.

Director: Ridley Scott    More Info
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brad Pitt, Timothy Carhart, Lucinda Jenney, Ken Swofford

 Thelma (Geena Davis) convinces housewife Louise (Susan Sarandan) to leave her husband Darryl (Christopher McDonald) at home and go off together on a weekend camping trip. After a series of mishaps, they now find themselves escaping police in their 1966 Thunderbird. As they attempt their escape to Mexico, they end up deeper and deeper in trouble. In addition to an Oscar for Best Writing, there were five nominations, including two for Best Actress (Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon) and Director.

Director: Francesca Archibugi    More Info
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Sandrine Bonnaire, Zoe Incrocci, Giorgio Tirabassi, Victor Cavallo, Veronica Lazar, Lara Pranzoni, Paolo Panelli, Giovanna Ralli, Gisella Burinato

 Widowed Professor Bruschi (Marcello Mastroianni) is a Communist living an orderly life. But chaos enters the professor's quiet world when his four-year-old granddaughter (Lara Pranzoni) is dropped off on his doorstep. Not only must the professor deal with the toddler, his son's (Giorgio Tirabassi) ex- lover, Stella (Sandrine Bonnaire), joins the household, and with her arrival comes a destructive influence. For a short time the professor's life changes, but nothing lasts forever.

Director: Charles(3) Lane    More Info
Starring: Lenny Henry, Frank Langella, Charles(3) Lane, J.T. Walsh, James Earl Jones, Michael McKena, Melvin Van Peebles, Bill Raymond, Andreas Katsulas, Peggy Lipton

 Miles Pope (Lenny Henry) is a New York actor who disguises himself as a white hit man to escape gangster Carver (Frank Langella). British comedian Lenny Henry really makes this movie work as he provides some good moments of humor.

Director: Frank Oz    More Info
Starring: Bill Murray, Julie Hagerty, Richard Dreyfuss, Charlie Korsmo, Tom Aldredge, Kathryn Erbe, Roger Bowen, Doris Belack, Susan Willis, Fran Brill

 Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) is off his rocker–but lovable. He becomes compulsively attracted to Dr. Leo Martin (Richard Dreyfuss) who has no desire to befriend Bob. When Martin leaves for vacation at Lake Winnipesaukee, the neurotic Bob follows and drives Martin crazy with his constant attention.

Director: Jon Turteltaub    More Info
Starring: Victor Wong, Michael Treanor, Max Elliott Slade, Chad Power, Rand Kingsley, Alan McRae, Margarita Franco, Kate Sargeant, Professor Toru Tanaka, Joel Swetow

 This is a good adventure story for both kids and adults. The plot concerns three brothers Rocky,Colt, Tum Tum (Michael Treanor, Max Elliott Slade, and Chad Power) who are kidnapped and use martial arts skills taught to them by their grandfather Mori Tanaka(Victor Wong) and outwit their kidnappers.

Director: Howard Deutch    More Info
Starring: Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Lea Thompson, John C. McGinley, John Mahoney, Keith David, Kathy Baker, Eli Wallach, Noble Willingham

 Funding cutbacks have made matters worse at the VA hospital where Dr. Richard Sturgess (Ray Liotta) works. The red tape is awesome, and "Article 99" states that care can be given only if it can be shown that the problem is military-related. But, Dr. Sturgess and his cohorts find ways of getting around this problem.

Director: Art Wolff    More Info
Starring: Suzanne Pleshette, Debbie Reynolds, Courteney Cox, John Terlesky, Doug McClure, Mary Jo Catlett, Leigh Lawson, Jeff Olson, Nancey Silvers, Krista Garfono Capri

 After Katherine (Courteney Cox) has a baby, she opts to go back to work and leave the baby in the hands of her mother (Suzanne Pleshette) and mother-in-law (Debbie Reynolds). And the battle begins–with the grandmothers fighting and arguing over who is best qualified to raise the baby.

Director: Brian Levant    More Info
Starring: Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Dean Jones, Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, Nicholle Tom, Christopher Castile, Sarah Rose Karr, David Duchovny, Nancy Fish

 A puppy finds its way into the household of George and Alice Newton (Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt) and, after pleading from the kids–Ryce, Ted and Emily (Nicholle Tom, Christopher Castile, and Sarah Rose Karr)–is allowed to stay. The pup grows into a big, bumbling St. Bernard, which keeps the family busy. Meanwhile, the sleazy animal experimenter Herman Varnick (Dean Jones), from whom the puppy escaped, still needs specimens.

Director: Fernando Trueba    More Info
Starring: Jorge Sanz, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Maribel Verdu, Ariadna Gil, Miriam Diaz Aroca, Penelope Cruz, Gabino Diego, Michel Galabru, Agustin Gonzalez, Chus Lampreave

 Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this sex comedy revolves around army deserter Fernando (Jorge Sanz) who finds refuge with a farmer, Manolo (Fernando Fernan Gomez), and his four beautiful daughters.

Director: Paul Weiland    More Info
Starring: Alan Cumming, Lenny Henry, Rowan Atkinson, John Gabriel, Denis Lill, Beaux Bryant, Kevin Allen, Andree Bernard, Melvyn Bragg, Janet Henfrey

 Bernard Bottle (Alan Cumming) is having a bad day, and even loses his job as an art dealer, when he rubs a tarnished lamp and releases a 2,000-year-old genie, Josephus (Lenny Henry). The two become friends. It is Christmas, and Josephus can give Bernard anything he wishes. Troubles arise when Bernard wishes for the "Mona Lisa," and the police think that he stole it, but Josephus' magic powers take care of the problem.

Director: Joan Micklin Silver    More Info
Starring: Hillary Wolf, David Strathairn, Margaret Whitton, Griffin Dunne, Patricia Kalember, Adrienne Shelly, Dan Futterman, Jenny Lewis, Ben Savage, Sean Blackman

 Thirteen-year-old Laura (Hillary Wolf) gives up on trying to figure out her parents' multiple marriages, divorces, and arguments. Laura runs away from her brother's (Griffin Dunne) home in the woods where new experiences of living on her own teach her how to deal with her feelings about her family. Meanwhile, Laura's worried family members reconcile their differences in the process of searching for her.

Director: Mark Herman    More Info
Starring: Dudley Moore, Bryan Brown, Richard Griffiths, Andreas Katsulas, Patsy Kensit, Alison Steadman, Penelope Wilton, Bronson Pinchot, Jim Carter, Alex Norton

 Three men with similar-sounding last names check into a Venice hotel. Melvyn Orton (Dudley Moore) is a real estate agent with a deal to be made; Mike Lawton (Bryan Brown) is a hit man with a job to perform; and Maurice Horton (Richard Griffiths) has a rendezvous set up by a dating service. Their missions get swapped due to a bellboy (Bronson Pinchot) who has poor English language skills. Weak farce.

Director: Tim Robbins    More Info
Starring: Tim Robbins, Alan Rickman, Giancarlo Esposito, Ray Wise, Rebecca Jenkins, John Ottavino, Pamela Reed, Gore Vidal, James Spader, Helen Hunt

 The election process of United States politics is satirized in this film about conservative folk singer Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins) who decides to run for an office in the U.S. Senate. The story was written and directed by its star, Tim Robbins.

Director: Reginald Hudlin    More Info
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, Martin Lawrence, David Alan Grier, Grace Jones, Geoffrey Holder, Eartha Kitt, Melvin Van Peebles, Chris Rock

 Marcus (Eddie Murphy) is an executive who thrives on attention from women, but he often treats them with indifference. Now, his new boss is a beautiful woman (Robin Givens) who treats him the way he has been treating the opposite sex, and the tables are turned.

Director: Dennis Dugan    More Info
Starring: John Turturro, Bob Nelson, Mel Smith, Nancy Marchand, George De La Pena, John Savident, Spike Alexander, Juliana Donald, Teri Copley, Irene Olga Lopez

 In this redo of the Marx Brothers' "A Night at the Opera," a lawyer (John Turturro), a cab driver (Mel Smith), and a handyman (Bob Nelson) team up to take control of a ballet company run by wealthy Lillian Oglethorpe (Nancy Marchand).

Director: Peter Jackson    More Info
Starring: Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin, Brenda Kendall, Stuart Devenie, Jed Brophy, Stephen Papps, Murray Keane, Glenis Levestam

 Poor Lionel. He takes his girlfriend to the zoo followed by his pain-in-the-behind mother. The mom gets bitten by a poisonous rat monkey that causes her to turn into a zombie. Then, she goes on a feeding frenzy, so the zombies propagate. Lionel hides them from the girlfriend and the rest of the world in his basement, which isn't easy. This is pretty gruesome stuff, comedy or not.

Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui    More Info
Starring: Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Rutger Hauer, Luke Perry, Michele Abrams, Hilary Swank, Paris Vaughan, David Arquette, Randall Batinkoff

 When teenager Buffy (Kristy Swanson) finds out that she is descended from vampire slayers, she learns how to ply her skills. And just in time, too, since L.A. is being invaded by vampires. Some funny scenes, and the film spawned a TV series.