The Family Man 2000  PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Piven, Saul Rubinek, Josef Sommer, Makenzie Vega, Lisa Thornhill, Harve Presnell, Mary Beth Hurt, Jake and Ryan Milkovich, Amber Valletta, Francine York, Ruth Williamson, Robert Downey Sr.
A Wall Street investment broker, bachelor Jack Campbell (Nicholas Cage), wakes up one day to find that he has a wife, Kate (Tea Leoni), and family. This is the life he would have lived if he had married Kate back in their college days when Kate was his sweetheart. Gradually, Jack realizes that not only is his old life as the free-living bachelor over but he now has the opportunity to enjoy a more fulfilling personal life than he has ever known.
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From Other Worlds 2007  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Barry Strugatz
Cast: Cara Buono, Isaach De Bankole, David Lansbury, Melissa Leo, Joel de la Fuente, Robert Peters, Jonah Meyerson, Quinn Shephard, Robert Downey Sr., Paul Lazar, Sharon Wilkins, Laura Esterman, Lori Tan Chin, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Larry Block
Joanne Schwartzbaum (Clara Buono) is leading a somewhat boring life in Brooklyn with her husband Brian (David Lansbury) and children Linda and Henry (Quinn Shephard and Jonah Meyerson). Then, one night, Joanne walks into the kitchen and is kidnapped by aliens. Afterwards, they remove Joanne's memory of them and leave her on her patio with a fan-shaped bruise on her abdomen. As she tries to sleuth out the mystery, Joanne joins a UFO support group where she meets and joins forces with Abraham (Isaach De Bankole). Together, Joanne and Abraham convince the UFO support group to help them break into the Brooklyn Art Museum in order to steal a certain artifact. Their actions result in saving the whole world.
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Hugo Pool 1997  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Robert Downey Jr., Richard Lewis, Malcolm McDowell, Alyssa Milano, Cathy Moriarty, Sean Penn, Bert Remsen, Chuck Barris, Sean Glenn
Swimming pool attendant Hugo Dugay (Alyssa Milano) lives and works in a world of bizarre clients, including babbling idiot Franz Mazur (Robert Downey Jr.) and wheelchair-bound ALS victim Floyd Gaylen (Patrick Dempsey) with whom she falls in love.
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Johnny Be Good 1988  PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Bud Smith
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Uma Thurman, Paul Gleason, Steve(2) James, Seymour Cassel, Robert Downey Sr., Jennifer Tilly, Michael Greene, Marshall Bell, Deborah May, Michael Alldredge, Jon Stafford, Peter Koch, Howard Cosell
The seamier side of the sport of football is humorously depicted in this film about high-school football star Johnny Walker (Anthony Michael Hall) who rates very high as a draft pick. Johnny receives great offers from many colleges, but he can't decide whether to take an offer or, instead, stay near his girlfriend Georgia Elkans (Uma Thurman), quit football, and attend the local State University.
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The Last Party 1993  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Mark Benjamin
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Sean Penn, Bill Clinton, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, William Baldwin, Christian Slater, Mary Stuart Masterson, Robert Downey Sr., Arnold Schwarzenegger
This documentary examines the 1992 Presidential campaign and the politics of the current era. From Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton to Spike Lee, from G. Gordon Liddy and Ollie North to Arnold Schwarzenegger–they're all here.
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Putney Swope 1969  R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Cast: Arnold Johnson, Laura Greene, Allen Garfield, Antonio Fargas, Mel Brooks, Pepi Hermine, Stan Gottlieb, Allan Arbus
By a fluke, Black advertising man Putney Swope (Arnold Johnson) is elected head of his agency, and he immediately makes changes that rock the "soul" of the industry.
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Rented Lips 1988 R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Cast: Martin Mull, Dick Shawn, Jennifer Tilly, Robert Downey Jr., Mel Welles, Shelley Berman, Edy Williams, June Lockhart, Kenneth Mars, Eileen Brennan, Pat McCormick, Michael Horse, Eric Bruskotter
When filmmakers Archie Powell and Charlie Slater (Martin Mull and Dick Shawn) find that their talents are not appreciated in the field of documentaries, they begin work on a porno movie and meet with many obstacles.
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To Live and Die in L.A. 1985 R, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: William Petersen, Dean Stockwell, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel, Robert Downey Sr., Christopher Allport, Dwier Brown, Steve(2) James, Anne Betancourt, Jack Hoar, Valentin de Vargas, Michael Chong
A counterfeiter, Eric "Rick" Masters (Willem Dafoe), has eluded the police for years. After Rick kills a Secret Service agent, the partner of the deceased agent, Agent Richard Chance (William Petersen), joins forces with Agent John Vukovich (John Pankow), and the violence escalates as they break all the rules and stop at nothing in their pursuit of Rick.
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Up the Academy 1980 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Cast: Ron Leibman, Wendell Brown, Ralph Macchio, Tommy Citera, Tom Poston, Robert Downey Jr., Ian Wolfe, Barbara Bach, Stacy Nelkin, Leonard Frey
Students at the Sheldon R. Weinberg Military Academy rebel against the discipline meted out by the school's Major Vaughn Leisman (Ron Leibman).
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| 1. The Family Man (2000)
2. From Other Worlds (2007)
3. Hugo Pool (1997)
4. Johnny Be Good (1988)
5. The Last Party (1993)
6. Putney Swope (1969)
7. Rented Lips (1988)
8. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
9. Up the Academy (1980)
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