Alphabet City 1984  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Amos Poe
Cast: Vincent Spano, Michael Winslow, Kate Vernon, Jami Gertz, Zohra Lampert, Raymond Serra, Kenny Marino, Daniel Jordano, Tom Mardirosian, Christina Marie Denihan
Johnny (Vincent Spano) is an up-and-coming drug dealer on NYC's Lower East Side who is faced with orders from the Mob that involve endangering his own family.
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Police Academy 1984 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hugh Wilson
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Donovan Scott, George Gaynes, David Graf, Marion Ramsey, Michael Winslow, Ted Ross, Andrew Rubin, Leslie Easterbrook, Debralee Scott, Bruce Mahler, Scott Thompson
This satire on police academies contains overblown characters acting out a script that, at times, seems nonexistent. However, it did do well at the box office and spawned many sequels.
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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 1985  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Paris
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Colleen Camp, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, Marion Ramsey, Howard Hesseman, Bob Goldthwait, George Gaynes, Art Metrano, Julie Brown, Peter Van Norden, Ed Herlihy, Tim Kazurinsky
Episode two is just as inane as episode one, but this time the group of inept rookies is set loose on the public.
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Police Academy 3: Back in Training 1986 PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Paris
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, Bob Goldthwait, Art Metrano, Tim Kazurinsky, Leslie Easterbrook, Brant von Hoffman, Bruce Mahler, Scott Thomson, Shawn Weatherly, Ed Nelson
Still just as inane as the first two movies, this one involves rival academies joining forces. Nevertheless, fans flocked to the theaters to see their heroes.
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Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 1987  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Drake
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bob Goldthwait, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Sharon Stone, Marion Ramsey, George Gaynes, Tim Kazurinsky, David Spade, Leslie Easterbrook, Lance Kinsey, G.W. Bailey, Derek McGrath, Billie Bird
In this sequel, Police Academy Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) is determined to recruit civilian volunteers to work with his overworked police force. Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) is assigned the job of training the new volunteers, but problems lie ahead when Captain Harris (G.W. Bailey) schemes to get Lassard's job and is determined to see the "Citizens on Patrol" program fail.
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Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 1988  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Myerson
Cast: Matt McCoy, Janet Jones, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, George Gaynes, Rene Auberjonois, G.W. Bailey, Leslie Easterbrook, Lance Kinsey, Tab Thacker, George R. Robertson, Archie Hahn, James Hampton
As the title states, a group of men in blue are assigned duty on Miami Beach. Good luck to the Miami area, as well as to anyone with enough spare time to watch this one. Steve Guttenberg must also have had enough, since he's absent in this one.
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 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege 1989 PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Bonerz
Cast: Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Marion Ramsey, Matt McCoy, Bruce Mahler, Kenneth Mars, G.W. Bailey, Gerrit Graham, Leslie Easterbrook, George R. Robertson, Lance Kinsey, Brian Seeman, Darwyn Swalve
They are back, and now the bumbling policemen are battling crime against Mr. Big. More silliness prevails in this box office biggie.
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Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow 1994 PG, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Metter
Cast: George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Leslie Easterbrook, G.W. Bailey, Christopher Lee, Ron Perlman, Claire Forlani, Charlie Schlatter, Richard Israel, Gregg Berger, Vladimir Dolinsky, Pamela Guest, Stuart Nisbet, David St. James
So–you thought the "Police Academy" series was gone forever, but you were wrong. This time around, America's worst police force heads to Russia to help uncover the tough computer hacker.
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 Spaceballs 1987  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Michael Winslow, John Hurt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Joan Rivers, Lorene Yarnell, Sal Viscuso, Jim J. Bullock, Leslie Bevis
This is a tongue-in-cheek parody of "Star Wars" in which President Scroob (Mel Brooks) plots the kidnapping of spoiled Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga). Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) is the villain opposed by Lone Star (Bill Pullman) and Barf (John Candy) who is half dog and is his own best friend. This one is "Mel Brooks" all the way.
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 The Trumpet of the Swan 2000 G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family
Director: Terry L. Noss, Richard Rich
Cast: Jason Alexander, Mary Steenburgen, Reese Witherspoon, Seth Green, Carol Burnett, Joe Mantegna, Dee Bradley Baker, Sam Gifaldi, Little Richard, Kath Soucie, Elizabeth Daily, Steve Vinovich, Corey Burton, Michael Winslow
E.B. White's popular children's book comes to the screen in this lackluster version of a family of swans that includes a mute son (voice of Dee Bradley Baker) who learns to communicate–first through the written word and, finally, with a stolen trumpet.
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| 1. Alphabet City (1984)
2. Police Academy (1984)
3. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
4. Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
5. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
6. Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
7. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
8. Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (1994)
9. Spaceballs (1987)
10. The Trumpet of the Swan (2000)
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