 Batman 1989  PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Palance, Michael Gough, Tracey Walter, Jerry Hall, Lee Wallace, William Hootkins, Mac McDonald
Take Michael Keaton as the brooding, romantic millionaire Bruce Wayne/Batman; add Jack Nicholson as the colorful yet demented criminal mastermind, The Joker; put them in dark and sinister Gotham City; and you have the makings of a good film. The Caped Crusader must stop his evil nemesis (in makeup) from wiping out the entire city with acid. Good fun.
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Batman Returns 1992   PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, Michael Murphy, Pat Hingle, Vincent Schiavelli, Cristi Conaway, Paul Reubens, Andrew Bryniarski, Steve Witting, Jan Hooks, Rick Zumwalt
Back out of the Bat Cave into gloomy Gotham City comes Batman (Michael Keaton). This time he must contend with the evil forces of the Penguin (Danny DeVito) and the seductive Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer). As usual, Batman prevails. 1 User Review
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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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 Clean and Sober 1988 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Gordon Caron
Cast: Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman, M. Emmet Walsh, Brian Benben, Luca Bercovici, Tate Donovan, Dakin Matthews, Claudia Christian, Ben Piazza
A real estate agent, Daryl (Michael Keaton), keeps his "edge" by use of drugs and alcohol. He takes money from his company and then, upon awakening one morning, finds his date of the night before has ODed on drugs. He checks into a rehab center–not because of his need, but to hide from the police. His life is changed by the new circumstances.
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Desperate Measures 1998  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Cast: Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden, Erik King, Efrain Figueroa, Joseph Cross, Janel Maloney, Tracey Walter, Richard Riehle
A San Francisco cop, Frank Conner (Andy Garcia), has a son in need of a bone marrow transplant. While searching a national database he finds only one donor–Peter McCabe (Michael Keaton)–a convicted killer. McCabe sees the transplant procedure as his chance for freedom, and he manages to escape from his guards. Now, Conner must capture McCabe while protecting him from physical harm to ensure his son's transplant.
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The Dream Team 1989 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Christopher Lloyd, Stephen Furst, Dennis Boutsikaris, Lorraine Bracco, Milo O'Shea, Philip Bosco, James Remar, Jack Gilpin
This is a confusing film about some mental hospital patients who solve a murder case involving their doctor, who has witnessed a murder. Could be better, but good cast gets the job done.
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First Daughter 2004  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Forest Whitaker
Cast: Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas, Amerie Rogers, Michael Keaton, Margaret Colin, Lela Rochon, Michael Milhoan, Dwayne Adway, Hollis Hill, Ken Moreno, Andrew Caple-Shaw, Barry Livingston
The President's (Michael Keaton) daughter, Samantha (Katie Holmes), tries to live a normal life at Redmond College, and her father helps by sending an undercover agent, James Lansome (Marc Blucas), to watch over Samantha. Of course, they fall in love.
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Game 6 2006 R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Griffin Dunne, Bebe Neuwirth, Catherine O'Hara, Ari Graynor, Shalom Harlow, Roger Rees, Tom Aldredge, Harris Yulin, Nadia Dajani, Lillias White
Successful playwright Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton) is not having a good day: his wife, Lillian (Catherine O'Hara), is considering divorce; his aging father (Tom Aldredge) is in poor health; and Nicky is convinced that his autobiographical play, scheduled to open on Broadway that evening, is going to be panned by drama critic Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.). But, even more important is the fact that his beloved Boston Red Sox are playing the Mets in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series and, despite Nicky's doubts, just might win their first World Series. After getting involved in a series of traffic jams and conversations with foreign cabbies, Nicky misses the opening of his play and sits in a bar watching his baseball team on TV and fearing the worst in all of his worlds.
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Gung Ho 1986 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers, John Turturro, Clint Howard, Rance Howard, Sab Shimono, Rick Overton, So Yamamura
This likable comedy highlights the differences in Japanese and American cultures. Hunt Stevenson (Michael Keaton) attempts to save his hometown by pleading with the Japanese to open an automobile plant. The Japanese finally do, and the plant workers must now adapt to the Japanese style of management.
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 Herbie: Fully Loaded 2005 G, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Angela Robinson
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Breckin Meyer, Justin Long, Matt Dillon, Cheryl Hines, Jimmi Simpson, Jill Ritchie, Thomas Lennon, Jeremy Roberts, Patrick Cranshaw, Scoot McNairy
Maggie Peyton's college graduation gift from her father is picked up for $75 at a junkyard, and it turns out to be that free-wheeling Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, Herbie. In the blink of a bug's eye, Maggie and Herbie are competing on the NASCAR circuit.
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Jack Frost 1998  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Troy Miller
Cast: Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Mark Addy, Joseph Cross, Henry Rollins, Scott Kraft, Dweezil Zappa, Eli Marienthal, Andrew Lawrence, Will Rothhaar, Mika Boorem, Benjamin Brock, Taylor Handley, Moon Unit Zappa
Charlie (Joseph Cross) is 11 years old when his father, Jack Frost (Michael Keaton), is killed in an automobile accident just before Christmas. The next year Jack comes back, reincarnated as a snowman, and tries to heal the family and teach Charlie how to deal with life without a father.
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 Jackie Brown 1997  R, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Michael Bowen, Chris Tucker, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Hattie Winston, Sid Haig, Aimee Graham, Tangie Ambrose
Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is an over-the-hill flight attendant caught smuggling money for her arms-dealer boss, Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson). Now the cops want to get their hands on Ordell, and Jackie is faced with doing time or being killed for not keeping her mouth shut. So, she works out a scam to beat them all at their own games. Robert Forster received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Johnny Dangerously 1984 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Amy Heckerling
Cast: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne, Glynnis O'Connor, Dom DeLuise, Danny DeVito, Ray Walston
This satire on 1930s gangster flicks features Michael Keaton as Johnny Kelly who turns to crime when faced with needing money for his mother's (Maureen Stapleton) hospital bills. But, our hero manages to hide his gangster associations from his loving family.
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Mr. Mom 1983  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stan Dragoti
Cast: Teri Garr, Michael Keaton, Martin Mull, Frederick Koehler, Taliesin Jaffe, Ann Jillian, Christopher Lloyd, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Ensign, Graham Jarvis
Husband and wife (Michael Keaton and Teri Garr) switch roles with hilarious results. One very funny moment happens when father chauffeurs the kids to school and is reprimanded by the guard in charge for entering in the exit lane.
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 Much Ado About Nothing 1993 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves, Denzel Washington, Michael Keaton, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Briers, Brian Blessed, Patrick Doyle, Imelda Staunton, Jimmy Yuill, Andy Hockley, Chris Barnes, Phyllida Law
This film will make Shakespeare fans out of even the most dubious. The sound track lingers long after viewing, and the two couples provide insight into two different styles of love.
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Multiplicity 1996 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin, Richard Masur, Zack Duhame, Katie Schlossberg, Eugene Levy, Ann Cusack, John de Lancie, Brian Doyle-Murray
When Doug Kinney (Michael Keaton) finds it is impossible to provide time for both work and family, he has himself cloned so he can be in many places at the same time.
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My Life 1993 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Joel Rubin
Cast: Michael Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Bradley Whitford, Queen Latifah, Haing S. Ngor, Michael Constantine, Lee Garlington, Richard Schiff, Rebecca Schull, Mark Lowenthal
A young couple (Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman) is looking forward to the birth of their first child when the father learns that he is dying of cancer. Wanting to bond with the child he will never know, the father makes a video telling the child about himself.
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Night Shift 1982 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, Kevin Costner, Gina Hecht, Pat Corley, Bobby DiCicco, Nita Talbot, Basil Hoffman, Clint Howard
Two men on the night shift at the city morgue (Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton) decide to add life to their evenings and wallets by becoming pimps for a prostitute-in-need (Shelley Long).
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One Good Cop 1991 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Heywood Gould
Cast: Michael Keaton, Rene Russo, Anthony LaPaglia, Kevin Conway, Rachel Ticotin, Tony Plana, Charlayne Woodard, Benjamin Bratt
After police officer Artie Lewis (Michael Keaton) and his wife, Rita (Rene Russo), adopt Artie's slain partner's three daughters, financial problems inherent in his larger family lure Artie into the underworld of drug dealing.
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Pacific Heights 1990 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Michael Keaton, Matthew Modine, Mako, Nobu McCarthy, Laurie Metcalf, Dorian Harewood, Luca Bercovici, Tippi Hedren, Dan Hedaya
In order to aid financing the restoration of their San Francisco home, a couple (Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine) rents space in their home as apartments. They get more than they bargained for when their socio-path tenant (Michael Keaton) creates major problems.
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The Paper 1994 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, Marisa Tomei, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards, Jason Alexander, Spalding Gray, Catherine O'Hara, Clint Howard
An inside look at life in production of news is seen when Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton) attempts to confront managing editor, Alicia Clark (Glenn Close), as she tries to interfere in his investigation. Big city newspaper stories and how they get published provide the focus for this drama, co-written by "New York Times" senior editor Stephen Koep.
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Quicksand 2001 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Mackenzie
Cast: Michael Caine, Michael Keaton, William Beck, Judith Godreche, Rade Serbedzija, Xander Berkeley, Ivan Marevich, Jake Broder
Bank investigator Martin Raikes (Michael Keaton) heads to Monaco to investigate suspicious bank transactions. He meets a washed-up actor, Jake Mellows (Michael Caine), who is involved with a crime ring, and the investigation heats up.
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A Shot at Glory 2000 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Corrente
Cast: Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton, Ally McCoist, Kirsty Mitchell, Brian Cox, Cole Hauser, Morag Hood, Libby Langdon, John McVeigh, Owen Coyle
Kilnockie Football Club is a second-tier soccer team in Scotland. The owner, American Peter Cameron (Michael Keaton), threatens to move the team away from the loyal town if the team doesn't win the championship, which it has never done. Coach Gordon McLeod (Robert Duvall) has his hands full with making the team a winner–including dealing with a fading, arrogant star that the team has hired and the star's wife, the estranged daughter of the coach.
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Speechless 1994 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Underwood
Cast: Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Bonnie Bedelia, Christopher Reeve, Ernie Hudson, Charles Martin Smith, Gailard Sartain, Ray Baker, Mitch Ryan, Steven Wright
Shades of real life Mary Matalin and James Carville, only this time it is Kevin Vallick (Michael Keaton) and Julia Mann (Geena Davis) representing their respective Republican and Democrat parties. Love amidst politics on the campaign trail is the theme for this "missable" movie.
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The Squeeze 1987  PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roger Young
Cast: Michael Keaton, Rae Dawn Chong, John(2) Davidson, Liane Langland, Leslie Bevis, Meat Loaf, Ronald Guttman, Bobby Bass, Lou Criscuolo, Joe Pantoliano
If you are a Michael Keaton fan, by all means watch this film. Otherwise, taking out the trash might provide a few more laughs as Keaton playes a con-artist who gets mixed up in all kinds of trouble.
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Touch and Go 1986 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Mandel
Cast: Michael Keaton, Maria Conchita Alonso, Ajay Naidu, Maria Tucci, Max Wright, Lara Jill Miller, Ian Hendry, Michael Zelniker, Jere Burns, D.V. DeVincentis
Michael Keaton plays a hockey star who is stopped one night by a group of muggers. The "front" for the muggers happens to be an 11-year-old boy (Ajay Naidu). After fending off the attackers, Keaton takes the 11 year-old home to his mother (Maria Conchita Alonso) and romance blossoms with the mother.
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White Noise 2005 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Cast: Michael Keaton, Chandra West, Deborah Kara Unger, Ian McNeice, Sarah Strange, Nicholas Elia, Mike Dopud, Marsha Regis, Brad Sihvon, Mitchell Kosterman, L. Harvey Gold, Amber Rothwell
This thriller revolves around the efforts of architect Jonathan Rivers (Michael Keaton) as he tries to make use of the phenomena known as EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena), which allows him to decipher voices from his deceased wife Anna (Chandra West).
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| 1. Batman (1989)
2. Batman Returns (1992)
3. Beetle Juice (1988)
aka: Beetlejuice
4. Clean and Sober (1988)
5. Desperate Measures (1998)
6. The Dream Team (1989)
7. First Daughter (2004)
8. Game 6 (2006)
9. Gung Ho (1986)
10. Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
11. Jack Frost (1998)
12. Jackie Brown (1997)
13. Johnny Dangerously (1984)
14. Mr. Mom (1983)
15. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
16. Multiplicity (1996)
17. My Life (1993)
18. Night Shift (1982)
19. One Good Cop (1991)
20. Pacific Heights (1990)
21. The Paper (1994)
22. Quicksand (2001)
23. A Shot at Glory (2000)
24. Speechless (1994)
25. The Squeeze (1987)
26. Touch and Go (1986)
27. White Noise (2005)
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