 The American President 1995  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Fantasy
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Anna Deavere Smith, David Paymer, Richard Dreyfuss, Samantha Mathis, John Mahoney, Shawna Waldron, Anne Haney, Nina Siemaszko, Wendie Malick, Beau Billingslea, Joshua Malina
This Bill Clinton-like American President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) deals with media attention along with criticism when he (a widower) becomes involved with environmental lobbyist Sydney Wade (Annette Bening). Political enemies, including Kansas Senator Bob Rumson (Richard Dreyfuss), have a field day when Shepherd and Wade begin their love affair. This film provides great satire on today's made-for-TV Washington, D.C., politics and how issues get lost in the race for ratings.
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Article 99 1992  R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Deutch
Cast: 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. This "M*A*S*H" wannabe isn't.
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 Atlantis: The Lost Empire 2001  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Family / Fantasy
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Cast: Michael J. Fox, James Garner, Cree Summer, Don Novello, Phil Morris, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Florence Stanley, David Ogden Stiers, John Mahoney, Corey Burton, Leonard Nimoy, Jim Varney, Jim Cummings
Young Milo Thatch (Michael J. Fox) joins an expedition that is searching for the lost continent of Atlantis. While Milo is intent on scientific research, other members of the team–Commander Lyle T. Rourke (James Garner) and Helga Sinclair (Claudia Christian)–have plans for wealth gained from knowledge of Atlantis' mystical power source. Good animated Disney fare.
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Barton Fink 1991 R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney, Tony Shalhoub, Jon Polito, Steve Buscemi, Richard Portnow, David Warrilow, Christopher Murney, I.M. Hobson
When New York playwright Barton Fink (John Turturro) goes to Hollywood, he checks into a seedy hotel and becomes friends with Charlie Meadows (John Goodman). Fink has trouble writing his story, and, instead of getting over writer's block, he becomes a murder suspect. The film received three Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actor Michael Lerner for his role as the studio chief.
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Betrayed 1988   R, 128 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, John Mahoney, Betsy Blair, Ted Levine, Jeffrey DeMunn, Albert Hall, David Clennon, Richard Libertini
An FBI agent (Debra Winger), posing as an itinerant farm worker to expose a right-wing organization's involvement in the killing of a television personality, falls in love with a farmer and discovers that he's a racist murderer.
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The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy 2000 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery
Director: Greg Berlanti
Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Andrew Keegan, John Mahoney, Dean Cain, Matt McGrath, Zach Braff, Ben Weber, Billy Porter, Mary McCormack, Nia Long, Justin Theroux, Robert Arce
The gay singles scene in West Hollywood is the setting for a promising photographer, Dennis (Timothy Olyphant), and his friends to drive each other crazy, help each other out, and hop from bed to bed. Of particular note is that, miraculously, not one character in this story appears to fear the diseases rampant among those practicing this lifestyle.
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Dan in Real Life 2007 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Peter Hedges
Cast: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, Alison Pill, Brittany Robertson, Marlene Lawston, Dianne Wiest, John Mahoney, Emily Blunt, Norbert Leo Butz, Amy Ryan, Jessica Hecht, Frank Wood
Widowed Dan Burns (Steve Carell) is a New Jersey newspaper advice columnist who is raising his three rebellious daughters–Jane (Alison Pill), Cara (Brittany Robertson), and Lilly (Marlene Lawston). Dan and the girls head for a family reunion in Rhode Island, and after settling in Dan takes a break from the festivities and visits a local book store. While looking for a newspaper, Dan meets and is instantly attracted to Marie (Juliette Binoche). However, a few hours later Marie shows up at the reunion, and Dan learns that Marie is his brother Mitch's (Dane Cook) new girlfriend. Now, amidst awkward moments, the fun and suffering begin as Dan and Marie try to hide their attraction to each other.
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 Dinner at Eight 1989 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ron Lagomarsino
Cast: Lauren Bacall, Marsha Mason, Charles Durning, Ellen Greene, Harry Hamlin, John Mahoney, Joel Brooks, Tim Kazurinsky, Stacy Edwards, Lenore Kasdorf, Kelly Connell, Jane Alden, Julia Sweeney
This made-for-TV update of the 1933 version, which is based on the George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber play, is adequately done, but the first version certainly is better. It tells the story of a social-climber (Marsha Mason) getting ready to throw an extravagant dinner party for the elite. Lauren Bacall is great as a "trash" novelist.
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 Eight Men Out 1988 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: D.B. Sweeney, David Strathairn, Charlie Sheen, John Cusack, John Sayles, Perry Lang, Michael Rooker, John Mahoney, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Clifton James, Don Harvey, Jace Alexander, James Read, Gordon Clapp
In 1919, members of the Chicago White Sox conspired to lose the World Series for personal gain. Known as the "Black Sox" scandal, this is the story of how eight team members deliberately lost the World Series because of a labor dispute with the White Sox owner, Charles Comiskey (Clifton James). Third baseman Buck Weaver (John Cusack) spent years trying to prove his innocence after the eight players were suspended for life.
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The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove 2005 G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
aka: Kronk's New Groove
Director: Saul Andrew Blinkoff, Elliot M. Bour, Robin Steele
Cast: Patrick Warburton, Tracey Ullman, Eartha Kitt, David Spade, John Goodman, Wendie Malick, John Mahoney, John Fiedler, Eli Russell Linnetz, Jessie Flower, Kath Soucie, Tress MacNeille, Jeff Bennett, Patti Deutsch
In this follow-up to "The Emperor's New Groove," Kronk (voice of Patrick Warburton) is now the owner of a restaurant that has not yet established a large clientele. One day, Kronk receives a llama-gram announcing his father's upcoming visit. The news sets Kronk and partner Yzma (voice of Eartha Kitt) into action to make the restaurant appear successful. In the process, a massive cheese explosion erupts in the kitchen, but Kronk's friends come to his aid, and he learns the lesson to be "True to his Groove."
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Frantic 1988 R, 120 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner, Betty Buckley, John Mahoney, Jimmie Ray Weeks, David Huddleston, Yorgo Voyagis, Gerard Klein, Dominique Pinon, Alexandra Stewart, Djiby Soumare, Robert Barr
While American surgeon Doctor Richard Walker (Harrison Ford) is visiting Paris, his wife Sondra (Betty Buckley) disappears from their hotel. This sets off a frantic chain of events leading to a miniature Statue of Liberty: the key to identifying the kidnappers.
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The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charles Durning, Bruce Campbell, John Mahoney, Peter Gallagher, Steve Buscemi, Jon Polito, Joe Grifasi
In a ploy to drive down company stock prices, Mussberger (Paul Newman) plucks Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins) from the mailroom and installs him in the presidential suite. Instead of losing business, Barnes proves himself adept in his new position, and stock prices rise. Different (what else would you expect from the Coen brothers?), 1950s look at big business out of control.
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The Image 1990 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Werner
Cast: Albert Finney, John Mahoney, Kathy Baker, Swoosie Kurtz, Marsha Mason, Spalding Gray, Brett Cullen, Robert Schenkkan, Brad Pitt, Wendie Jo Sperber
TV news anchorman Jason Cromwell (Albert Finney) who, like his counterparts on other stations, is after the high ratings. When he accuses a friend, who happens to be innocent, in a Savings & Loan scandal, the consequences cause him to reevaluate his ethical standards.
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 In the Line of Fire 1993 R, 123 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole, Fred Dalton Thompson, John Mahoney, John Heard, Clyde Kusatsu, Jim Curley, Gregory Alan Williams, Sally Hughes, Tobin Bell, Steve Hytner, Steve Railsback
Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) was a favorite of President J.F. Kennedy and now is involved in a suspenseful chase of would-be assassin Mitch Leary (John Malkovich). Horrigan had not been able to forget the assassination of Kennedy, and when Leary threatens to kill the current President (Jim Curley), Harrigan takes the threat seriously and sees this as a chance to redeem himself after his failure to protect Kennedy. A cat-and-mouse game ensues. Malkovich received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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The Iron Giant 1999  PG, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Brad Bird
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, Christopher McDonald, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, M. Emmet Walsh, Mary Kay Bergman, Ollie Johnston, Jack Angel, Rodger Bumpass
In this animated feature film, set in 1957, a giant mechanical man (voice of Vin Diesel) drops from the sky and lands near a small town in Maine where he is befriended by young Hogarth Hughes (voice of Eli Marienthal). Although Hogarth's neighbors and the U.S. government worry that the robot is a Soviet weapon, by story's end, the message against weapons and war are very clear. The moral is that humans CAN make choices.
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Love Hurts 1991 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Cynthia Sikes, Judith Ivey, John Mahoney, Cloris Leachman, Amy Wright, Mary Griffin, Thomas Allen, Jo Livingston, Annabelle Weenick, Matt Carlton, Peter Van Norden
Divorced and unhappy, Paul (Jeff Daniels) attends his sister Karen's (Amy Wright) wedding and discovers his ex-wife Nancy (Cynthia Sykes) and children Sarah and David (Mary Griffin and Thomas Allen) living with his parents Boomer and Ruth (John Mahoney and Cloris Leachman). Will this be the chance Paul needs to mend the relationship and get his marriage back together?
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The Manhattan Project 1986 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marshall Brickman
Cast: John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon, Jill Eikenberry, Gregg Edelman, Robert Sean Leonard, Sully Boyar, John Mahoney, Richard Council, Robert Schenkkan
In order to take a stand on their concerns about a neighboring nuclear plant, two teenagers (Christopher Collet and Cynthia Nixon) steal plutonium and set out to produce their own atomic bomb.
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 Moonstruck 1987 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia, Danny Aiello, John Mahoney, Julie Bovasso, Louis Guss, Joe Grifasi, Anita Gillette, Leonardo Cimino, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Nada Despotovich, Helen Hanft, Robin Bartlett
Loretta (Cher) is a superstitious woman who feels that bad luck has caused her tragedies in life. She accepts Johnny Commarari's (Danny Aiello) marriage proposal because she wants the security of a husband. After Johnny leaves for a trip to Sicily to visit his dying mother, Loretta meets his brother Ronny (Nicholas Cage), and she finds the great love of her life. Cher and Olympia Dukakis (in the role of Loretta's mother) won Oscars for this film, as did the Writing-Screenplay. Nominations were received for Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Vincent Gardenia as Loretta's father) and Director.
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Primal Fear 1996 R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand, Stanley Anderson, Terry O'Quinn, Steven Bauer, Joe Spano, Andre Braugher, Tony Plana, Jon Seda, Maura Tierney, Reg Rogers
An ambitious defense attorney, Martin Vail (Richard Gere), defends teenage, altar boy Aaron Stampler (Edward Norton) who is accused of the gruesome murder of an archbishop (Stanley Anderson). Once into the case, Vail learns that the prosecuting attorney will be his ex-lover, Janet Venable (Laura Linney), and that the archbishop was involved in deviant sexual activities.
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Reality Bites 1994 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Ben Stiller
Cast: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn, Swoosie Kurtz, Joe Don Baker, John Mahoney, Keith David, Anne Meara, Renee Zellweger, Barry Del Sherman, Andy Dick, Harry O'Reilly, Susan Norfleet
Lelaina (Winona Ryder) was valedictorian of her college class and is working at a Houston television station–a glamorous job, but the pay is low. She and her friends represent the 1990s generation of graduates who really thought that hard work and good grades were all they needed to find good jobs. They do not pound pavement nor do they sit and wait for anyone else to open doors to their futures.
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The Russia House 1990 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Sean Connery, Roy Scheider, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Fox, John Mahoney, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ken Russell, J.T. Walsh, David Threlfall, Michael Kitchen, Mac McDonald, Nicholas Woodeson, Martin Clunes, Ian McNeice, Colin Stinton
When Barley Blair (Sean Connery) is sent a manuscript that reveals Soviet military secrets, he becomes involved in espionage for his government as he leaves on a mission to Russia in search of the author.
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 Say Anything 1989  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Cameron Crowe
Cast: John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney, Lili Taylor, Pamela Adlon, Loren Dean, Joan Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Eric Stoltz, Jason Gould, Amy Brooks, Glenn Walker Harris Jr., Charles Walker, Russel Lunday, Polly Platt
Seattle high-school valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye) has received a scholarship, and her doting father James (John Mahoney) is thrilled. But, when Army brat Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) starts dating Diane during the summer, James objects because, according to James, he is an "underachiever." James pressures Diane to stop the relationship with Lloyd in this story that shows how teenage romance can be beautiful, touching, and humorous all at the same time.
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She's the One 1996 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Edward Burns
Cast: Edward Burns, Maxine Bahns, Cameron Diaz, Mike McGlone, John Mahoney, Jennifer Aniston, Malachy McCourt, Leslie Mann, Amanda Peet, Anita Gillette, Frank Vincent, Robert Weil, Tom Tammi, Beatrice Winde, Eugene Osborne Smith
Irish brothers Mickey (Edward Burns) and Francis (Mike McGlone) along with their father (John Mahoney) have problems in relationships with women. Mickey, for example, meets and marries Hope (Maxine Bahns)–all within 24 hours. What Hope failed to tell Mickey is that she expects him to follow her to Paris where she plans to attend the Sorbonne. This film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival.
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Streets of Gold 1986 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Wesley Snipes, Adrian Pasdar, Angela Molina, Elya Baskin, Rainbow Harvest, Adam Nathan, John Mahoney, John McCurry, Frances Foster
One way out of the ghetto is being very good at sports. This movie is about a young Irish boy who sets his sights on being a champion boxer.
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Striking Distance 1993 R, 101 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Cast: Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore, Brion James, Robert Pastorelli, Timothy Busfield, John Mahoney, Tom Atkins, Robert Gould, Andre Braugher, Mike Hodge, Jodi Long, Roscoe Orman, Gareth Williams
Through a series of events, Tom Hardy (Bruce Willis) has been kicked off the Pittsburgh Police force, has lost his close circle of coworkers, and is now part of the Pittsburgh River Rescue Police. There is a serial killer on the loose, and Hardy is sure that the killer is a member of the police force. Without authorization, Hardy teams up with Jo Christman (Sarah Jessica Parker) and sets out to trap the killer.
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Suspect 1987 R, 118 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco, E. Katherine Kerr, Fred Melamed, Bill Cobbs, Michael Beach, Richard Gant
A deaf and mute street person (Liam Neeson) is accused of murder. A Washington, DC public defender (Cher) is given his case. One of the jurors is played by Dennis Quaid and that is where the real action in this film begins–with Cher and Quaid interacting, as the juror investigates and provides input to the defender.
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Tin Men 1987 R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney, Seymour Cassel, Bruno Kirby, J.T. Walsh, Richard Portnow, Matt Craven, Jackie Gayle
Two aluminum siding salesmen (Richard Dreyfuss and Danny DeVito) go to any extreme in an effort to best each other.
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Trapped in Silence 1986 TV, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Tuchner
Cast: Marsha Mason, Kiefer Sutherland, Karen Shallo, Rebecca Schull, Amy Wright, Stephen Pearlman, Ron Silver, Frances Foster, Harsh Nayyar, John McCurry, John Mahoney, Marlyn Mason
In this made-for-TV movie, psychologist Jennifer Hubbell (Marsha Mason) helps a traumatized boy, Kevin Richter (Kiefer Sutherland), out of his refusal to talk due to a life of abuse.
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| 1. The American President (1995)
2. Article 99 (1992)
3. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
4. Barton Fink (1991)
5. Betrayed (1988)
6. The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)
7. Dan in Real Life (2007)
8. Dinner at Eight (1989)
9. Eight Men Out (1988)
10. The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove (2005)
aka: Kronk's New Groove
11. Frantic (1988)
12. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
13. The Image (1990)
14. In the Line of Fire (1993)
15. The Iron Giant (1999)
16. Love Hurts (1991)
17. The Manhattan Project (1986)
18. Moonstruck (1987)
19. Primal Fear (1996)
20. Reality Bites (1994)
21. The Russia House (1990)
22. Say Anything (1989)
23. She's the One (1996)
24. Streets of Gold (1986)
25. Striking Distance (1993)
26. Suspect (1987)
27. Tin Men (1987)
28. Trapped in Silence (1986)
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