Amadeus 1984  PG, 158 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones, Cynthia Nixon, Kenny(2) Baker, Vincent Schiavelli, Charles Kay, Kenneth McMillan
This Oscar-winning Best Picture tells the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) from the voice of Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), a fellow composer who is awed by Mozart's effortless genius but who is also jealous of it. Meanwhile, the madcap Mozart remains forever the child who delights in his wonderful gift. Oscars also went to Abraham (Best Actor) and Director Milos Forman; Hulce was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar.
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 Beetle Juice 1988  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Musical
aka: Beetlejuice
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Glenn Shadix, Jeffrey Jones, Sylvia Sidney, Robert Goulet, Annie McEnroe, Maurice Page, Hugo Stanger, Rachel Mittelman, Patrice Martinez, Cindy Daly
This is Tim Burton's wacky film about a dead couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) haunting their own house and trying to rid it of the new owners and their tasteless post-modern renovations. After their own attempts fail, they hire Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), a deranged lunatic of a ghost with an overactive libido. Lots of good special effects and some hilarious scenes.
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The Crucible 1996 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison, Rob Campbell, Jeffrey Jones, Peter Vaughan, Karron Graves, Charlayne Woodard, Frances Conroy, Elizabeth Lawrence, George Gaynes, Mary Pat Gleason, Robert Breuler
Based on Arthur Miller's classic play about the Salem witch trials, this is an excellent film concerning the effects caused by jealousy and religion in old Massachusetts. Paul Scofield stands out as Judge Danforth who is determined to rid evil from Salem, and Winona Ryder is very convincing as Abigail Williams who deceives, lies, and wreaks havoc in order to steal her ex-lover who is the husband (Daniel Day-Lewis) of hated rival Elizabeth Proctor (Joan Allen).
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Devil's Advocate 1997 R, 138 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Craig T. Nelson, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey, Delroy Lindo, Connie Nielsen, Tamara Tunie, Debra Monk, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Vyto Ruginis, Laura Harrington, Pamela Gray, George Wyner
Based on Andrew Neiderman's novel, this film concerns the head of a New York law firm, John Milton (Al Pacino) and his developing relationship with protege Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) who is a young, Southern lawyer. Kevin's mother Alice (Judith Ivey) considers New York to be a city of demons and has reservations about Kevin working in New York, but Kevin, with guidance from John, works his way up the corporate ladder. Meanwhile, Kevin's neglected wife, Mary Ann (Charlize Theron), falls under the influence of neighbor Jackie (Tamara Tunie) and begins to see evil visions. Now, Kevin is attracted to Christabella (Connie Neilson) who works at his office. What is happening to Kevin's world? Could it be the work of the demons that his mother warned him about?
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Dr. Dolittle 2 2001  PG, 82 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Steve Carr
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Kristen Wilson, Jeffrey Jones, Kevin Pollak, Raven-Symone, Kyla Pratt, Steve Zahn, Lisa Kudrow, Norm MacDonald, Molly Shannon, Lil' Zane, Denise Dowse, James Avery, Andy Richter, Victor Raider-Wexler
Eddie Murphy returns in his role of Dr. John Dolittle, still enjoying his magical power of being able to talk to animals. This time around, he attempts to introduce a circus bear into the wilds where it is hoped the bear will mate with an endangered Pacific Western bear and, hopefully, prevent extinction of the species.
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Easy Money 1983 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Signorelli
Cast: Rodney Dangerfield, Candice Azzara, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Val Avery, Tom Noonan, Jeffrey Jones, Tom Ewell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeff Altman
Rodney Dangerfield inherits a 10 million dollar department store, but can collect only if he stops gambling, drinking, smoking dope, and other nasty vices. A few funny situations ensue as Dangerfield tries desperately to fulfill the conditions of the will.
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 Ed Wood 1994 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Bill Murray, Vincent D'Onofrio, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, G.D. Spradlin, Mike Starr, Norman Alden
Edward D. Wood (Johnny Depp) has been called the worst director in Hollywood's history. He also has the dubious honor of being responsible for what many consider to be the worst movie ever made ("Plan 9 from Outer Space"). This is the story behind all of the stinkers Wood directed and features his most utilized star, Bela Lugosi (Martin Landau–who won "Best Supporting Actor"). This movie delivers the message: If you are inept and work really hard, you will still be inept!
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Enid Is Sleeping 1990 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Over Her Dead Body
Director: Maurice Phillips
Cast: Elizabeth Perkins, Judge Reinhold, Jeffrey Jones, Maureen Mueller, Rhea Perlman, Brion James, Charles Tyner, Henry Jones, Michael J. Pollard, James Lashly, Nicholas Love, Steven Schwartz-Hartley
Enid (Maureen Mueller) catches her husband (Judge Reinhold) and her younger sister (Elizabeth Perkins) having an affair, a fight ensues, and Enid is killed. Now, there is a corpse, and they must come up with the means for disposing of the body.
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Hughes
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Charlie Sheen, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Cindy Pickett, Edie McClurg, Ben Stein, Del Close, Lyman Ward, Virginia Capers, Richard Edson, Larry Flash Jenkins, Kristy Swanson
Some kids skip school, but very few skip school in the manner of Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick). Ferris calls his friend Cameron (Alan Ruck) who takes his father's classic 1961 Ferrari GT convertible and picks up Ferris and Ferris' girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara). Off they go on their adventure through Chicago that includes visits to Wrigley Field and the Art Institute as Ferris cavorts through a special day that he has reserved for his pleasures. This film will appeal to all ages and inspired a TV sitcom.
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Heartbreakers 2001 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Mirkin
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Anne Bancroft, Jeffrey Jones, Gene Hackman, Nora Dunn, Carrie Fisher, Julio Oscar Mechoso
A mother, Max (Sigourney Weaver), and her daughter, Page (Jennifer Love Hewitt), use seduction as a scam: Max marries a wealthy man, Page seduces him, Max sues and obtains a large divorce settlement. Next day, plans begin for the next victim. Good comedy.
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Houseguest 1995  PG, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Randall Miller
Cast: Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Jeffrey Jones, Kim Greist, Stan Shaw, Tony Longo, Mason Adams, Chauncey Leopardi
With a hit man on his trail, a newly released prison inmate (Sinbad) tries to get lost at a dental convention. He meets a "fellow dentist" (Phil Hartman) who invites him to his home where he came, ate, and STAYED.
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How High 2001 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jesse Dylan
Cast: Method Man, Redman, Lark Voorhies, Obba Babatunde, Fred Willard, Jeffrey Jones, Mike Epps, Anna Maria Horsford, Hector Elizondo, Essence Atkins, Al Shearer, Chuck Deezy, Chris Elwood, T.J. Thyne, Justin Urich
Two stoners–Silas (Method Man) and Jamal (Redman)–rely on pot to increase their intellectual abilities and, in fact, get into Harvard. But once at the university, the pot supply is stolen, which leaves them to rely on their own mental resources.
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Howard the Duck 1986  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Romance
Director: Willard Huyck
Cast: Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Ed Gale, Chip Zien, Tim Rose, Steve Sleap, Peter Baird, Mary Wells, Lisa Sturz, Jordan Prentice, Liz Sagal, Dominique Davalos, Holly Robinson Peete
Comic book character Howard the Duck is brought to "life" in this film. Howard is mistakenly transported to Cleveland from his extraterrestrial homeland. In Cleveland, he meets and befriends a rock star, Beverly Switzler (Lea Thompson), who helps him avoid authorities until he can return to his home.
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 The Hunt for Red October 1990 PG, 137 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill, Richard Jordan, Tim Curry, Joss Ackland, Courtney B. Vance, Jeffrey Jones, Peter Firth, Timothy Carhart, Larry Ferguson, Fred Dalton Thompson, Stellan Skarsgard
Something strange is happening in the U.S.S.R. submarine force: the CIA suspects that one of its submarine captains, Commander Marko Ramius (Sean Connery), is leading his submarine, Red October, on a mission that will start World War III. The U.S. Navy knows the submarine is headed their way, but they can only surmise why. Only one person, CIA operative Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin), comes up with another reason for the mission of Red October. He believes that Ramius is planning to defect and is assigned the job of going out there to find out what is really going on.
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Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues 1987  TV, 190 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Gambler III: The Legend Continues
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Linda Gray, Jeffrey Jones, George Kennedy, Matt Clark, Charles Durning, Colm Meaney, Dean Stockwell, Marc Alaimo, George American Horse, Terrence Evans
In this, the third episode of the popular "Gambler" series, Brady "The Gambler" Hawkes (Kenny Rogers) and sidekick Billy (Bruce Boxleitner) find that there's corruption in the ranks of the cavalry who steal cattle and blame it on the Sioux. This prompts Brady and Billy into action.
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Mom and Dad Save the World 1992 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Greg Beeman
Cast: Teri Garr, Jeffrey Jones, Jon Lovitz, Dwier Brown, Kathy Ireland, Thalmus Rasulala, Wallace Shawn, Eric Idle, Debbie Lee Carrington, Danny Cooksey, Tony Cox, Ed Gale
Emperor Tod Springo (Jon Lovitz) beams up Marge and Dick Nelson (Teri Garr and Jeffrey Jones) to his planet with plans to make Marge his wife before destroying Earth. But Dick–by reliving Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers adventures–comes to Marge's rescue and, in the process, saves Earth as well.
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 The Pest 1997 PG-13, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Miller
Cast: John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones, Edoardo Ballerini, Freddy Rodriguez, Aries Spears, Tammy Townsend, Joe Morton, Charles Hallahan, Tom McCleister, Ivonne Coll, Pat Skipper, Jorge Luis Abreu, Jennifer Broughton, Yau-Gene Chan, Judyann Elder
A con man (John Leguizamo) enters into a deal where, if he can survive a 24-hour deadly game in which he is the "prey" for a hunter (Jeffrey Jones), he will get $50,000–which he needs to pay off the Scottish mob.
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 Ravenous 1999 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Antonia Bird
Cast: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies, David Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, John Spencer, Stephen Spinella, Neal McDonough, Bill Brochtrup, Sheila Tousey
This story begins when a nearly dead man, Col. Ives/F.W. Colqhoun (Robert Carlyle) staggers into a U.S. Army camp during the Mexican-American War. He tells the story of cannibalism that he just encountered when his party of settlers began to eat each other while stranded in the snow. Convinced they should look for other survivors, the "rescuers" are not prepared for what they find.
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 Sleepy Hollow 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy / Mystery
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Christopher Lee, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Christopher Walken, Richard Griffiths, Marc Pickering, Lisa Marie, Steven Waddington, Claire Skinner
The classic story of Washington Irving's Headless Horseman, who rides through the night on his galloping horse performing his own decapitations, is brought to the screen with Johnny Depp in the starring role of Ichabod Crane who is sent to investigate the crimes. When Ichabod arrives in the small, New York town, he is told that a number of decapitated people have been found, and the townsfolk believe it was the work of the legendary Headless Horseman. Ichabod does not believe the story, and, as he investigates, Ichabod meets and falls in love with Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci) and becomes even more determined to find the murderer as a way to prove his worth to Katrina.
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The Soldier 1982 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action
Director: James Glickenhaus
Cast: Ken Wahl, Klaus Kinski, William Prince, Alberta Watson, Jeremiah Sullivan, Zeljko Ivanek, Steve(2) James, Jeffrey Jones
When the CIA uncovers a plan to destroy the world's oil supply, it calls in its superagent, the Soldier, who takes on the Russian terrorists involved in the plot.
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Stay Tuned 1992 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: John Ritter, Pam Dawber, Jeffrey Jones, David Tom, Eugene Levy, Bob Dishy, Heather McComb, Sandra "Pepa" Denton, Michael Hogan, Erik King
Roy Knable (John Ritter) is a couch potato using his television set to escape the rigors of life. This creates marital problems because his wife Helen (Pam Dawber) is an achiever in the advertising world. Then, up pops Spike (Jeffrey Jones) making a deal for Roy's soul. Before you can say, "Damn Yankees," Roy and Helen are sucked into the satellite disk where they must survive among the comedy shows, adventure movies, and game shows.
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 Stuart Little 1999 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Rob Minkoff
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Julia Sweeney, Nathan Lane, Jennifer Tilly, Bruno Kirby, Estelle Getty, Dabney Coleman, Chazz Palminteri, Steve Zahn, David Alan Grier, Stan Freberg, Jeffrey Jones
Based on one of E.B. White's children's classics, this is the light-hearted adventure of a mouse, Stuart (voice of Michael J. Fox), that is adopted by the Little family of NYC. Stuart must overcome obstacles along the way that include his major nemesis, the family cat, Snowbell (voice of Nathan Lane).
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Transylvania 6-5000 1985  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rudy De Luca
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley Jr., Carol Kane, Joseph Bologna, Jeffrey Jones, Geena Davis, Norman Fell, John Byner, Michael Richards, Teresa Ganzel
A pair of reporters (Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley Jr.) is sent to Transylvania to look into the rebirth of the Transylvania monster. This spoof isn't very funny–nor scarry.
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Valmont 1989 R, 137 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk, Sian Phillips, Jeffrey Jones, Henry Thomas, Fabia Drake, T.P. McKenna, Ian McNeice, Isla Blair, Aleta Mitchell
Chodleros de Laclos' classic, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," is again brought to the screen following Stephen Frears' popular version a year earlier and Roger Vadim's 1959 film. Set in 18th-century France, it is the story of corrupt lovers (Colin Firth and Annette Bening) who make bets about being able to have sex with others just for the fun of it.
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Who's Harry Crumb? 1989 PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Flaherty
Cast: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Barry Corbin, Tim Thomerson, Shawnee Smith, James Belushi, Valri Bromfield, Joe Flaherty, Stephen Young
A wealthy heiress has been kidnapped, and the worst possible choice of detectives is working on the case. This "comedy" has very few laughs.
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Who's Your Caddy? 2007  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Michael Paul
Cast: Big Boi, Andy Milonakis, Faizon Love, Jeffrey Jones, James Avery, Tony Cox, Tamala Jones, Jenifer Lewis, Jim Piddock, Sherri Shepherd, Lil' Wayne, Finesse Mitchell
When famous rapper C-Note (Big Boi) is not accepted for membership at a posh country club by the bigoted club president Cummings (Jeffrey Jones), C-Note buys property next to the 17th hole, he gains admission. C-Note and his friends then begin an assault on the club and its snooty members. But Cummings still attempts to revoke C-Note's membership, and the "fun" continues.
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Without a Clue 1988 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Thom Eberhardt
Cast: Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones, Lysette Anthony, Matthew Sim, Paul Freeman, Nigel Davenport, Peter Cook, John Warner
This movie sets up Sherlock Holmes alias Reginald Kincaid (Michael Caine) as an often drunken actor. Who, then, was the actual sleuth? Why, Dr. Watson (Ben Kingsley) of course.
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| 1. Amadeus (1984)
2. Beetle Juice (1988)
aka: Beetlejuice
3. The Crucible (1996)
4. Devil's Advocate (1997)
5. Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
6. Easy Money (1983)
7. Ed Wood (1994)
8. Enid Is Sleeping (1990)
aka: Over Her Dead Body
9. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
10. The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
11. Heartbreakers (2001)
12. Houseguest (1995)
13. How High (2001)
14. Howard the Duck (1986)
15. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
16. Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues (1987)
aka: The Gambler III: The Legend Continues
17. Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
18. Out on a Limb (1992)
19. The Pest (1997)
20. Ravenous (1999)
21. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
22. The Soldier (1982)
23. Stay Tuned (1992)
24. Stuart Little (1999)
25. Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
26. Valmont (1989)
27. Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
28. Who's Your Caddy? (2007)
29. Without a Clue (1988)
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