Betsy's Wedding 1990  R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Alda
Cast: Alan Alda, Madeline Kahn, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Joey Bishop, Anthony LaPaglia, Catherine O'Hara, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, Julie Bovasso
Eddie Hopper (Alan Alda) has problems with his contracting business and to add to his predicament, his daughter Betsy (Molly Ringwald) has just announced her engagement. One way out is to let the mob finance his failing housing development and to find "discounts" in wedding supplies. Of course, everything goes awry, but in the meantime it makes for a very funny story.
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 The Breakfast Club 1985 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Hughes
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, John Kapelos, Ron Dean, Tim Gamble, Mercedes Hall, Mary Christian, Perry Crawford
High school students–Andrew (Emilio Estevez), John (Judd Nelson), Allison (Ally Sheedy), Claire (Molly Ringwald), and Brian (Anthony Michael Hall)–serve detention together one Saturday. Although they come from different social groups, they talk through the factors in society that have kept them apart, and new alliances are formed.
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The Brutal Truth 1999  R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Giving Tree
Director: Cameron Thor
Cast: Christina Applegate, Johnathon Schaech, Molly Ringwald, Paul Gleason, Moon Unit Zappa, Brad Harrison, Leslie Horan, Justin Lazard, Tiffany Salerno, Leslie Horan
Emily (Christina Applegate) invites her old high-school friends to her mountain home for a weekend reunion. But–when they arrive, Emily is a no-show. So, they all sit around, drink, and bicker. The next morning, they can't leave due to an earthquake that cuts them off from civilization, and they sit around and go through the same routine.
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Cut 2000  R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Kimble Rendall
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Frank Roberts, Kylie Minogue, Geoff Revell, Jessica Napier, Sarah Kants, Stephen Curry, Matt Russell, Erika Walters, Cathy Adamek
Molly Ringwald deserves the half-star for this otherwise piece of trash. Film students set out to complete a horror film that had been started years before and stopped when the director died. But there was more involved with stopping the film than that, and the students find out when the killing starts. So bad that the film may well develop a cult following.
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For Keeps 1988 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John G. Avildsen
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff, Kenneth Mars, Miriam Flynn, Conchata Ferrell, Sharon Brown, Jack Ong, Sean Frye, Renee Estevez, J. Trevor Edmond
This film could have taken the subject of birth control and teen pregnancy and really made a statement. It did not, and is an insult to today's problems.
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In the Weeds 2000  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Rauch
Cast: Joshua Leonard, Molly Ringwald, Ellen Pompeo, Michael B. Silver, Sam Harris, Eric Bogosian, John Paul Pitoc, Bonnie Root, Kirk Acevedo, Peter Riegert, Caroleen Feeney, Godfrey
The staff of a NYC restaurant, each with his/her own problems and desires, serves up a tepid dish of humor in this tale. They're all here: the obnoxious owner, the psycho head chef, the eager new waitress, the struggling playwright, and the veteran waitress who has seen it all.
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Kimberly 1999 R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Frederic Golchan
Cast: Gabrielle Anwar, Sean Astin, Jason Lewis, Robert Mailhouse, Christopher Rydell, Patty Duke, Molly Ringwald, Lainie Kazan, Edward R. Pressman, Gary Swanson
Kimberly (Gabrielle Anwar), the daughter of an Olympic rowing champion, coaches a four-man crew–and sleeps with each one as well. Soon, she is pregnant and does not know who the father is, but the men help her through her pregnancy as she continues to coach them.
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Malicious 1995 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Ian Corson
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Patrick McGaw, Sarah Lassez, Ryan Michael, Mimi Kuzyk, John Vernon, Rick Henrickson, Jennifer Copping, Joe Maffei, Jerry Wasserman, Jay Brazeau, Marlene Worrall, Stephen E. Miller
Doug Gordon (Patrick McGaw) studies sports medicine but takes a break one night and attends a party where he is seduced by Melissa (Molly Ringwald). Doug considers the affair to be a one-night stand, but Melissa does not agree and takes revenge on Doug's mother (Mimi Kuzyk), his girlfriend Laura (Sarah Lassez), and even his cat.
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Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front 2006  TV, 85 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Joyce Chopra
Cast: Maya Ritter, Molly Ringwald, David Aaron Baker, Tory Green, Genevieve Farrell, Andrew Chalmers, Sarah Manninen, Sarah Orenstein, Samantha Somer Wilson, Josette Halpert, Amy Stewart, Hannah Fleming
The year is 1944, and Molly (Maya Ritter) is facing hardships. Her father (David Aaron Baker) has recently left to care for World War II soldiers overseas, she is auditioning for a tap dancing lead, and now she finds herself sharing a room with English schoolgirl Emily (Tory Green). As Molly becomes friends with Emily, she realizes that her problems are small in the picture of the world, and she becomes increasingly proud of her father's work during the war. (Review by LW)
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Office Killer 1997 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cindy Sherman
Cast: Carol Kane, Molly Ringwald, Michael Imperioli, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Barbara Sukowa, Eddie Malavarca, David Thornton, Mike Hodge, Alice Drummond, Florina Rodov
Carol Kane takes on the role of a secretary who systematically murders her office mates and stores their bodies in her home.
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The Pick-Up Artist 1987 PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: James Toback
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Molly Ringwald, Dennis Hopper, Danny Aiello, Mildred Dunnock, Harvey Keitel, Vanessa Williams, Robert Towne, Lorraine Bracco, Bob Gunton
Robert Downey Jr. plays the role of a man who has no trouble finding women, and the more the merrier. That was his way of life until he meets Randy Jensen (Molly Ringwald) who has other plans for him. But, Randy just happens to be the daughter of a mobster (Dennis Hopper).
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Pretty in Pink 1986 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Howard Deutch
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, Jim Haynie, Emily Longstreth, Alexa Kenin, Andrew Dice Clay, Kate Vernon, Dweezil Zappa, Margaret Colin, Jamie Anders, Gina Gershon
High-school insecurities are portrayed in this film about Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) from the wrong side of the tracks. She lives with her father (Harry Dean Stanton) and runs around with Iona and Duckie (Annie Potts and Jon Cryer). Andie falls for rich kid Blane McDonnagh (Andrew McCarthy). Blane does ask her to the Senior Prom, but then his friends tease him about his choice for a date.
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 Sixteen Candles 1984 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Hughes
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Dooley, Michael Schoeffling, John Cusack, Gedde Watanabe, Jami Gertz, Blanche Baker, Edward Andrews, Max Showalter, Justin Henry, Haviland Morris, Carlin Glynn, Billie Bird, Carole Cook
Molly Ringwald steals the show as the teenager, Samantha, whose busy family forgets her all-important 16th birthday because it is the evening before her sister's wedding. To make matters worse, her visiting grandparents have taken over Samantha's bedroom. At school, geek (Anthony Michael Hall) will not leave Samantha alone, and Samantha has her eye on hunk Jake (Michael Schoeffling), but she has to take foreign exchange student Long Duc Dong (Gedde Watanabe) to the school dance. However, all is not lost in Samantha's trip into womanhood because Jake begins to pay attention to her.
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Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade 1993  N/R, 30 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Hickenlooper
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald, J.T. Walsh, Jefferson Mays, Suzanne Cryer, Abby Abernathy, Brent Briscoe, Otto Coelho, Abe Dalool, Ron Livingston
In this short story, Carl (Billy Bob Thornton) is about to be released from a mental institution after 25 years; at the age of 13 he had murdered his mother and her lover. He relates his account of this double murder to a reporter.
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Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone 1983 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Andrea Marcovicci, Michael Ironside, Beeson Carroll, Harant Alianak, Deborah Pratt, Aleisa Shirley, Cali Timmins
When three women are captured by the alien dictator Overdog (Michael Ironside), our hero, Wolff (Peter Strauss) blasts off in his spaceship and plans a rescue attempt. Yuck!!!
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The Stand 1994 TV, 366 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Stephen King's The Stand
Director: Mick Garris
Cast: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Miguel Ferrer, Ray Walston, Matt Frewer, Rob Lowe
A deadly virus from a government lab decimates most of the world's population, but this end of the world is just the beginning. The few human survivors dream of either the mystical Mother Abigail (Ruby Dee) or of the amiable Randall Flagg (Jamey Sheridan) whose smile seems a bit diabolical. These two characters represent either good or evil; followers on both sides prepare to take a stand.
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Strike It Rich 1990 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Loser Takes All
Director: James Scott
Cast: Robert Lindsay, Molly Ringwald, John Gielgud, Max Wall, Simon de La Brosse, Margi Clarke, Vladek Sheybal, Michel Blanc, Frances de La Tour, Gerard Dimiglio, Marius Goring
Bertram (Robert Lindsay), a math wizard and accountant at a large London firm, meets and falls in love with American Cary (Molly Ringwald). It isn't long before they make wedding plans, and his boss (John Gielgud), impressed with Bertram's skills, offers to pay for a honeymoon in Monte Carlo. Unfortunately, the boss is absent minded and forgets about the couple. Before long they are in need of money, and Bertram uses his skills to come up with a mathematical scheme to win at roulette. Soon they are VERY rich, turning Bertram into a power-hungry man, and predictable events follow.
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 Teaching Mrs. Tingle 1999  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Williamson
Cast: Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Jeffrey Tambor, Barry Watson, Marisa Coughlan, Liz Stauber, Michael McKean, Molly Ringwald, Lesley Ann Warren, Vivica A. Fox
Mrs. Tingle (Helen Mirren) would not ever come close to being elected "Teacher of the Year." But she does not deserve to be murdered, which is exactly what Leigh Ann Watson (Katie Holmes) has in mind if Mrs. Tingle stands in the way of Katie being named Valedictorian.
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Tempest 1982 PG, 145 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman, Raul Julia, Molly Ringwald, Sam Robards, Paul Stewart, Anthony Holland, Jackie Gayle, Jerry Hardin, Lucianne Buchanan, Vassilis Glezakos, Sergio Nicolai, Luigi Laezza
This update of Shakespeare's play features John Cassavetes as New York architect Phillip Dimitrius who leaves his wife, Antonia (Gena Rowlands), and travels to Greece with their daughter Miranda (Molly Ringwald). Phillip meets Greek singer Aretha (Susan Sarandon), and she becomes his lover. Phillip, Aretha, and Miranda fly to a Greek island where all goes well–until Antonia and her friends are shipwrecked and end up marooned on the same island.
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Women & Men: Stories of Seduction 1990 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Director: Frederic Raphael, Tony Richardson, Ken Russell
Cast: Beau Bridges, Elizabeth McGovern, Molly Ringwald, Peter Weller, James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Kyra Sedgwick, Philip O'Brien
This made-for-TV film is really three different stories taken from works of Mary McCarthy, Dorothy Parker, and Ernest Hemingway. Frederic Raphael, Ken Russell, and Tony Richardson each directed one segment. Overall, well done, and a follow-up was made the following year.
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| 1. Betsy's Wedding (1990)
2. The Breakfast Club (1985)
3. The Brutal Truth (1999)
aka: The Giving Tree
4. Cut (2000)
5. For Keeps (1988)
6. Fresh Horses (1988)
7. In the Weeds (2000)
8. Kimberly (1999)
9. Malicious (1995)
10. Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front (2006)
11. Office Killer (1997)
12. The Pick-Up Artist (1987)
13. Pretty in Pink (1986)
14. Sixteen Candles (1984)
15. Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1993)
16. Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
17. The Stand (1994)
aka: Stephen King's The Stand
18. Strike It Rich (1990)
aka: Loser Takes All
19. Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
20. Tempest (1982)
21. Women & Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
aka: Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
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