 The Arrival 1996  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Mystery / Thriller
Director: David Twohy
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Ron Silver, Lindsay Crouse, Teri Polo, Tony T. Johnson, Richard Schiff, Leon Rippy, David Villalpando, Phyllis Applegate, Alan Coates, Buddy Joe Hooker, Javier Morga, Catalina Botello, Georg Lillitsch, Maria Luisa Coronel
Radio astronomer Zane Zaminski (Charlie Sheen) works for NASA and believes he is hearing radio signals from aliens. Meanwhile, Llana Green (Lindsay Crouse) tracks global warming and is concerned about rising temperatures in the Arctic and elsewhere. They join forces to get informative answers, but their quest is thwarted at every turn.
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Aspen Extreme 1993  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Patrick Hasburgh
Cast: Paul Gross, Peter Berg, Finola Hughes, Teri Polo, William Russ, Trevor Eve, Martin Kemp, Stewart Finlay-McLennan, Julie Royer, Patrick T. Johnson
Friends T.J. (Paul Gross) and Dexter (Peter Berg) are tired of the Detroit rat race, so T.J. talks Dexter into moving to Colorado to be ski instructors. T.J. becomes popular, attracts a very rich woman (Finola Hughes), and soon moves in with her. Oh, yes, there is a love triangle, with T.J. also falling for disc jockey Robin (Teri Polo). Meanwhile, Dexter gets involved in the drug business and has to be bailed out by T.J. Good scenery, but that's about it for this film.
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 Beyond Borders 2003  R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, Teri Polo, Linus Roache, Yorick van Wageningen, Noah Emmerich, Timothy West, Kate Trotter, Jonathan Higgins, John Gausden, Isabelle Horler, Iain Lee, John Bourgeois, Keelan Anthony, Kalyane Tea
Sarah Jorden (Angelina Jolie) is stirred by Nick Callahan (Clive Owen) to lead a relief effort to Ethiopia. Next, the story moves five years ahead as Sarah crosses paths with Nick again in Cambodia. From this point on, the love story seems to take precedence over the plight of starving children.
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 Domestic Disturbance 2001 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo, Matt O'Leary, Steve Buscemi, Chris Ellis, Nick Loren, James Lashly, Rebecca Tilney, Debra Mooney, Leland L. Jones, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Susan Floyd, William Parry, Suzanne Nystrom
Nice-guy Frank (John Travolta) and Susan (Teri Polo) are divorced but share custody of 12-year-old Jason (James Lashly). On the day of Susan's marriage to Rick (Vince Vaughn), Frank suspects that there is more to Rick than first meets the eye. In fact, Rick is a cold-blooded murderer, and Jason is about to witness Rick's dastardly deed. Now, it's up to Rick to come to Jason's rescue.
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Full Circle 1996 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Danielle Steel's 'Full Circle'
Director: Bethany Rooney
Cast: Teri Polo, Corbin Bernsen, Rod Biermann, Reed Diamond, Erika Slezak, Eric Lutes, Allison Smith, Starletta DuPois, Mark Kiely, James Read, Sue Casey, Alice Carter, Nicolas Coster, Robert Curtis Brown, Mary Kate McGeehan
Traumatized by rape as a young girl, Tana Roberts (Teri Polo) struggles with her past by throwing herself into her career–with an affair along the way ending in disaster and bringing her full circle back to her career world. Based on Danielle Steele's novel.
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Golden Gate 1994  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Madden
Cast: Matt Dillon, Elizabeth Morehead, Bruno Kirby, Teri Polo, Tzi Ma, Jack Shearer, Paddy Morrissey
An innocent man, Chen Jung Song (Tsi Ma), commits suicide when he is accused of being a Communist in the 1950s. Later, his daughter fights to clear his name and becomes involved with Kevin Walker (Matt Dillon), the FBI agent who accused Song of having Communist leanings.
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The House of the Spirits 1993 R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Bille August
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas, Vincent Gallo, Vanessa Redgrave, Maria Conchita Alonso, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sarita Choudhury, Jan Niklas, Teri Polo, Frank(2) Baker, Miriam Colon, Oscar A. Colon
Based on Isabel Allende's novel, this is the tale of 50 years in the lives of three generations of the prominent Trueba family of South America. The story begins in Chile during 1926 when Esteban Trueba (Jeremy Irons) falls in love with Rosa Del Valle (Teri Polo), but she dies. Twenty years later, Esteban meets Rosa's sister Clara (Meryl Streep), and they marry and have a daughter, Blanca. Later, Clara and Blanca (Winona Ryder) move out in order to get away from the violent Esteban. Esteban, who is now a senator, has his sister Ferula (Glenn Close) banned from his home. The country as well as Esteban's family are fighting, but Esteban finally renounces his power and oppression.
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The Marriage Fool 1998 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Love After Death
Director: Charles Matthau
Cast: Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, John Stamos, Teri Polo, Steve Behal, Johanna Black, Christina Collins, Bruce Deller, Kevin Frank, Dawn Greenhalgh
In this made-for-cable TV comedy/drama, widower Frank (Walter Matthau) falls in love with a younger woman, Florence (Carol Burnett). But Frank's son (John Stamos) fights the romance.
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Meet the Fockers 2004 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Jay Roach
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Owen Wilson, Bradley & Spencer Pickren, Alanna Ubach, Ray Santiago, Tim Blake Nelson, Shelley Berman, Kali Rocha, Dorie Barton, Jack Plotnick
This sequel to "Meet the Parents" takes place in Florida where hippie parents Bernie and Rozalin Focker (Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand) of the groom-to-be Greg (Ben Stiller) are set to meet the uptight parents Jack and Dina Byrnes (Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner) of the bride-to-be Pam (Teri Polo). Misunderstandings abound as the very different families meet face-to-face in this fun flick.
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Meet the Parents 2000  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Jay Roach
Cast: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Nicole DeHuff, Jon Abrahams, Thomas McCarthy, Phyllis George, James Rebhorn, Owen Wilson, Kali Rocha, Bernie Sheredy, Peter Bartlett, Judah Friedlander, John Elsen
When Greg (Ben Stiller) meets his girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo) at her sister Debbie's (Nicole DeHuff) wedding at Oyster Bay, he intends to use the occasion for asking her father (Robert De Niro) for Pam's hand in marriage. But, from the moment of Greg's arrival, he plunges into an ever-deepening pool of social disasters as he tries to fit into the family's world. This is one very funny movie. Followed by a sequel, "Meet the Fockers."
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Mystery Date 1991 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Wacks
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Teri Polo, Brian McNamara, Fisher Stevens, B.D. Wong, Tony Rosato, Don S. Davis, James Hong, Victor Wong, Ping Wu, Duncan Fraser, Jerry Wasserman
Tom (Ethan Hawke), a shy teen, does not have the courage to ask next door neighbor Geena (Teri Polo) out on a date. But his handsome, successful older brother, Craig (Brian McNamara), does a make-over on Tom; Craig even calls Geena on Tom's behalf and provides his sports car for their evening pleasure. Events turn weird when people react to the couple, thinking that Tom is Craig, which is followed by finding a corpse in the trunk of Craig's car.
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 The Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Romance / Mystery
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Charles Dance, Teri Polo, Ian Richardson, Andrea Ferreol, Adam Storke, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jean Rougerie, Andre Chaumeau, Marie-Therese Orain, Marie-Christine Robert, Marie Lenoir, Anne Roumanoff, Jacques Mars, Jean Dupouy
Charles Dance takes the role of the Phantom in this campy remake of the classic horror story about the disfigured man who haunts the opera house in Paris. Erik (also played by Dance) is the disfigured son of Carrier (Burt Lancaster) who is the dismissed director of the Paris Opera House. Erik lives beneath the opera house and falls in love with beautiful opera singer Christine (Teri Polo). He helps Christine with her career and trains her in an abandoned music room. But, when Christine falls in love with the arrogant Count De Chagny (Adam Storke), Erik seeks vengeance as the masked Phantom.
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Second String 2002 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Lieberman
Cast: Gil Bellows, Jon Voight, Teri Polo, Richard T. Jones, George Eads, Charles Malik Whitfield, Shawn Woods, Lamont Johnson, Mike Ditka, Doug Flutie, Evan Parke
The Buffalo Bills make it to the playoffs–but not without problems. The entire first-string offensive unit gets food poisoning and the team must rely on over-the-hill benchwarmers. Will Coach Ditcher (Jon Voight) bring them together and win the games leading to the Super Bowl and then the Super Bowl itself? Sounds a lot like "The Replacements" with the normal cliches in this made-for-TV film.
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Straight from the Heart 2003 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Cast: Teri Polo, Andrew McCarthy, Patricia Kalember, Greg Evigan, Christine Tucci, David Atkinson, J. Kenneth Campbell, David Jean Thomas, Richard Gross
New York photographer Jordan Donovan (Teri Polo) uses her work as a shield against facing life's problems, while her friend Laurie (Patricia Kalember) searches for a mate for Jordan. Laurie even places a personal ad in a national publication. Meanwhile, Wyoming rancher Tyler Ross (Andrew McCarthy) has difficulty getting over his wife's death. His sister talks him into answering Jordan's ad, and the two meet at his ranch. Though not crazy about each other at first, one can guess that things will turn out fine in this made-for-TV film.
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| 1. The Arrival (1996)
2. Aspen Extreme (1993)
3. Beyond Borders (2003)
4. Domestic Disturbance (2001)
5. Full Circle (1996)
aka: Danielle Steel's 'Full Circle'
6. Golden Gate (1994)
7. The House of the Spirits (1993)
8. The Marriage Fool (1998)
aka: Love After Death
9. Meet the Fockers (2004)
10. Meet the Parents (2000)
11. Mystery Date (1991)
12. The Phantom of the Opera (1990)
13. Second String (2002)
14. Straight from the Heart (2003)
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