Alice 1990  PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Mia Farrow, Joe Mantegna, Alec Baldwin, Blythe Danner, Judy Davis, William Hurt, Cybill Shepherd, Bernadette Peters, Gwen Verdon, Keye Luke
Alice (Mia Farrow) is an upscale Manhattan housewife who has been married for 16 years to Doug (William Hurt). She has lived a life with few problems, until events take a turn when she starts fantasizing about a stranger (Joe Mantegna) and considers an affair with him. Her Oriental herbalist, Dr. Yang (Keye Luke), gives Alice herbs that, among other things, make her invisible and cause men to fall for her. Alice plunges into her make-believe "Wonderland" but ultimately comes to terms with reality.
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 Annie Hall 1977  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Colleen Dewhurst, Janet Margolin, Shelley Duvall, Christopher Walken, Donald Symington, Helen Ludlam, Hy Anzell
Woody Allen's Academy Award-winning film is centered on the problems of a stand-up comedian's (Allen) love life with an endearingly genuine woman, Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). While the film explores highs and lows in their relationship, the viewer is constantly reminded of the gentle humor of life. From the master of the "I wish I'd said that" movies, Woody Allen: "I don't want to live in a city where the only cultural advantage is that you can make a right turn on a red light." In addition to Best Picture, Oscars also went to Woody Allen for his directing and to Diane Keaton for Best Actress. Allen was nominated for Best Actor.
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Another Woman 1988  PG, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, John Houseman, Blythe Danner, Betty Buckley, Martha Plimpton, Sandy Dennis, David Ogden Stiers, Philip Bosco, Harris Yulin, Frances Conroy, Fred Melamed, Kenneth Welsh
Facing a mid-life crisis, successful Professor Marion Post (Gena Rowlands) is writing a book and is forced to come to terms with her own frailties and associations with her family. When she listens in on the sessions of the psychiatrist in the office next door as he counsels Hope (Mia Farrow), Marion is reminded of her of her own problems. A fine performance by Rowlands in this Woody Allen drama.
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 Antz 1998 PG, 83 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Cast: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Bancroft, Jane Curtin, Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Jennifer Lopez, Sharon Stone, Christopher Walken, Sylvester Stallone
This entirely computer-generated film features Z (voice of Woody Allen) as a nonconformist ant that falls in love with Bala (Sharon Stone). But Bala is engaged to the power-mad General Mandible (Gene Hackman), so Z trades places with a warrior ant, Weaver (Sylvester Stallone), to impress Bala and enters a battle to the death against the superior termites. Will Z ever see Bala again? Will democracy reign in the insect world?
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 Anything Else 2003  R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Danny DeVito, Stockard Channing, Jimmy Fallon, Fisher Stevens, David Conrad, KaDee Strickland, Adrian Grenier, Erica Leerhsen, Anthony Arkin
Comedy writer Jerry Falk (Jason Biggs) has broken up with his girlfriend and is now enduring a messy love affair with Amanda (Christina Ricci), which included her mother (Stockard Channing) moving in with them. Jason questions the meaning of his life and affair during conversations with his mentor, David Bobel (Woody Allen), as they stroll through Central Park. Although his advice is not always wise, David tries to guide Jason and turn his life around.
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 Bananas 1971 PG, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Carlos Montalban, Louise Lasser, Jacobo Morales, Sylvester Stallone, Charlotte Rae, Allen Garfield, Rene Enriquez, Miguel Angel Suarez, Nati Abascal, David Ortiz, Jack Axelrod, Howard Cosell, Roger Grimsby, Stanley Ackerman
This bizarre early Woody Allen comedy is about war and politics in South America. Fielding Marsh (Woody Allen) unwittingly becomes involved in a revolution in San Marcos and ends up its president–only to be later charged with fraud.
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Broadway Danny Rose 1984 PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte, Sandy Baron, Milton Berle, Craig Vandenburgh, Herb Reynolds, Paul Greco, Danny Aiello
Danny Rose (Woody Allen) is a theatrical manager who tries to revive the career of singer Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte). In the process, Danny gets involved with a bleached blonde (Mia Farrow) and the Mafia in this very funny Woody Allen flick.
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 Bullets Over Broadway 1994 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Mary-Louise Parker, Rob Reiner, Jennifer Tilly, Jim Broadbent, Chazz Palminteri, Alan Arkin, Jack Warden, Carl Reiner, Tracey Ullman, Debi Mazar
Woody Allen uses the Roaring 20s as the backdrop for struggling playwright David Shayne (John Cusack), who must choose between integrity and financial success. His intentions become confused when the Mob provides financial backing for his new play under the condition that there is a role for one gangster's girlfriend, Olive (Jennifer Tilly). Dianne Wiest received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and six nominations were received, including Best Director, Supporting Actress (Jennifer Tilly), and Supporting Actor (Chazz Palminteri).
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Casino Royale 1967  N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: John Huston, Val Guest, Ken Hughes, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish
Cast: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Daliah Lavi, John Huston, George Raft, Joanna Pettet, Charles Boyer, Kurt Kasznar, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Peter O'Toole
Special Agent 007 James Bond (David Niven) is enjoying retirement when he is coaxed back into the Secret Service after M is slain. Bond's mission is to smash the spy organization SMERSH, which is headed by the evil Le Chiffre (Orson Welles), and to accomplish that goal, agents converge on Casino Royale. Burt Bacharach provided the good musical score. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song ("The Look of Love").
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Cassandra's Dream 2007 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Hayley Atwell, Sally Hawkins, Tom Wilkinson, Philip Davis, John Benfield, Clare Higgins, Peter-Hugo Daly, Ashley Madekwe, Andrew Howard, Keith Smee, Lee Whitlock
Terry (Colin Farrell) is an alcoholic gambler who works as an auto mechanic and has just bought a house with his girlfriend Kate (Sally Hawkins). His brother Ian (Ewan McGregor), who works for his father's (John Benfield) London restaurant, has fallen for actress Angela Stark (Hayley Atwell) who thinks he has money. Needing cash, these working-class London brothers make a deal with their wealthy Uncle Howard (Tom Wilkinson). They will murder his business associate in return for a large sum of cash. The murder goes as planned but leaves Terry suffering from guilt over the act. Can Ian help Terry find a way to live with it, or will their dark secret be revealed?
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Celebrity 1998 R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Hank Azaria, Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Melanie Griffith, Famke Janssen, Michael Lerner, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth, Winona Ryder
Kenneth Branagh mimics the Woody Allen persona in this film, which is a multi-layered story about people who want fame and notoriety. In reality, their methods to achieve that goal affect not only themselves but also the people around them.
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Company Man 2000  PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Askin, Douglas McGrath
Cast: Douglas McGrath, Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro, Anthony LaPaglia, Ryan Phillippe, Denis Leary, Woody Allen, Alan Cumming, Heather Matarazzo, Paul(2) Guilfoyle
A 1960s' high-school teacher, Allen Quimp (Douglas McGrath), wants his wife, Daisy (Sigourney Weaver), to quit bugging him to "make something of himself." Following an implausible series of events, Allen is actually recruited as a planner of the Bay of Pigs invasion in the plot to overthrow Fidel Castro.
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Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Claire Bloom, Jerry Orbach, Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston, Dolores Sutton, Sam Waterston, Joanna Gleason, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Gregg Edelman, Daryl Hannah, Kenny Vance, Joel Fogel
A New York City doctor, Judah Rosenthal (Martin Landau), tries to end an affair, but his mistress Dolores Paley (Anjelica Huston) has other ideas. When Dolores threatens to expose his infidelity to his wife (Claire Bloom), Judah confides in his brother Jack (Jerry Orbach) who has ties to organized crime. Jack suggests that Judah have Dolores murdered. Meanwhile, documentary filmmaker Clifford Stern (Woody Allen) is commissioned to make a film about his brother-in-law Lester (Alan Alda) who is a successful TV producer, and both Clifford and Lester fall for TV producer Halley Reed (Mia Farrow). All of the characters represent different sides of human frailities that result in everything from murder to comedy. Another of Woody's hits for which he received Oscar nominations for Director and Writing. Landau was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 2001 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Helen Hunt, Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Berkley, Wallace Shawn, David Ogden Stiers, Brian Markinson, John Schuck, Peter Linari
North Coast Casualty and Fidelity Insurance Company investigator C.W. Briggs (Woody Allen) and his nemesis, Betty Ann "Fitz" Fitzgerald (Helen Hunt), are hypnotized by Voltan (David Ogden Stiers) who gives them the post-hypnotic suggestions to fall in love and for C.W. to rob the houses he has burglar proofed.
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CyberWorld 2000 N/R, 48 min.
Genre: Animation / Documentary
Director: Colin Davies, Elaine Despins
Cast: Jenna Elfman, Dave Foley, Robert Smith, Matt Frewer, Woody Allen, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Sylvester Stallone
Phig (Jenna Elfman) takes viewers on a tour of CyberWorld, a museum of 3-D exhibits in this 48-minute offering on the giant I-Max screen. Amazing animation.
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Deconstructing Harry 1997 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Billy Crystal, Demi Moore, Robin Williams, Judy Davis, Elisabeth Shue, Kirstie Alley, Bob Balaban, Richard Benjamin, Eric Bogosian
Three-times-married Harry Block (Woody Allen) is a novelist, suffering from writer's block, who has no qualms about using his family and friends as material for his stories. Often represented in thin disguises, the subjects of his novels become quite upset.
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Don't Drink the Water 1994 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Woody Allen, Mayim Bialik, Julie Kavner, Dom DeLuise, Edward Herrmann, Josef Sommer, Rosemary Murphy, Austin Pendleton, Robert(2) Stanton, Ed Herlihy, Ed Van Nuys
This is the TV adaptation of Woody Allen's 1960s Broadway comedy of an American family–the Hollanders (Woody Allen, Mayim Bailik, and Julie Kavner)–on vacation that is accused of spying while behind the Iron Curtain in the early 1960s. They take refuge in the American Embassy that is being run by the absent ambassador's worthless son Axel McGee (Michael J. Fox). Dated situations but still with funny moments. Previously filmed in 1969.
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But... 1972 R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, John Carradine, Lou Jacobi, Louise Lasser, Anthony Quayle, Tony Randall, Lynn Redgrave, Burt Reynolds, Gene Wilder, Sidney Miller, Jack Barry, Robert Q. Lewis, Heather MacRae, Elaine Giftos
(Full title: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex * But Were Afraid To Ask) Loosely based on David Reuben's book, seven vignettes are used to showcase topics related to questions most wondered about sex.
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The Front 1976 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Michael Murphy, Andrea Marcovicci, Herschel Bernardi, Remak Ramsay, Josef Sommer, Lloyd Gough, David Margulies, Danny Aiello, Marvin Lichterman, Joshua Shelley
The 1950s' black-listing of suspected Communists in the Hollywood film industry is the focus of this film. Howard Prince (Woody Allen) must deal with his conscience when he agrees to pass off his friends' scripts as his own because of their black-listed status.
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Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Michael Caine, Carrie Fisher, Barbara Hershey, Maureen O'Sullivan, Dianne Wiest, Max von Sydow, Lloyd Nolan, Daniel Stern, Julie Kavnar, Joanna Gleason, J.T. Walsh, John Turturro, Richard Jenkins
Hannah (Mia Farrow) is the glue that holds her neurotic family together. She has had a successful career as an actress and is also an excellent wife and mother. But, when Hannah's husband Elliott (Michael Caine) falls in love with Hannah's sister Lee (Barbara Hershey) who, in turn, leaves her husband Frederick (Max von Sydow), the family hits a crisis point. Meanwhile, Hannah's other sister Holly (Dianne Wiest) has connected with Hannah's ex-husband Mickey (Woody Allen) who fears he has a brain tumor and is obsessed with death. And the trials and triumphs go on and on–from one Thanksgiving Day to another. Oscars were won by Allen (Best Screenplay), Caine (Best Supporting Actor), and Wiest (Best Supporting Actress). The film also received four other nominations, including Best Picture and Director.
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Hollywood Ending 2002 PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, George Hamilton, Tea Leoni, Debra Messing, Mark Rydell, Treat Williams, Tiffani Thiessen, Barney Cheng, Lu Yu, Isaac Mizrahi
Down-on-his-luck director Val Waxman (Woody Allen) gets a break when offered a big budget film. But, the deal includes working with his ex-wife, Ellie (Tea Leoni). To make matters worse, Val suffers a sudden attack of psychosomatic blindness, but the production goes as scheduled–with more than a little help from Val's friends.
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Husbands and Wives 1992 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack, Juliette Lewis, Liam Neeson, Lysette Anthony, Ron Rifkin, Blythe Danner, Cristi Conaway
This is another brilliant Woody Allen comedy/drama about four individuals whose marriages are undergoing stress; they become interested in each others' mates.
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Interiors 1978  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Diane Keaton, Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt, Geraldine Page, Richard Jordan, E.G. Marshall, Maureen Stapleton, Sam Waterston, Henderson Forsythe
Woody Allen's attempt at drama is good film fare. The plot involves three sisters and their parents whose relationships have deteriorated. The film received five Oscar nominations, including Best Actress (Geraldine Page), Supporting Actress (Maureen Stapleton), and Director.
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Love and Death 1975 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Olga Georges-Picot, Harold Gould, Jessica Harper, Shimen Ruskin, James Tolkan, Howard Vernon, Zvee Scooler, Alan Tilvern
Set during the 1812 Napoleonic invasion of Russia, this film is good satire on Russian politics and literature. Diane Keaton plays the strong Sonja who is loved by the weak, intellectual Boris (Woody Allen). Boris is falsely accused and then executed for the "death" of Napoleon.
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 Manhattan 1979  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, Michael Murphy, Anne Byrne Hoffman, Tisa Farrow, Wallace Shawn, Karen Allen, David Rasche, Karen Ludwig, Michael O'Donoghue, Bella Abzug, Gary Weis
TV comedy writer Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) has divorced his lesbian wife Jill (Meryl Streep), and now she is writing a revealing book about their marriage. Meanwhile, Isaac is dating 17-year-old Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), but when that romance goes nowhere, Isaac hooks up with Mary (Diane Keaton) who just happens to be the mistress of his good friend Yale (Michael Murphy) who, in turn, is already married to Emily. New York City provides the backdrop for humor in this story about over-achieving characters and their short-lived relationships. Mariel Hemingway was nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress). 1 User Review
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| | My vote for the best Woody Allen film | 1fatts 03/26/2007 | My vote for the best Woody Allen.
I was captivated from the opening shot: black and white fireworks over the Manhattan skyline, music by Gershwin.
There is the Allen Jewish-New Yorker-Neurosis stuff and the Allen self-deprecating humour, and it is all good. Better than good is Mariel Hemingway: the actress for sure, but not just the actress. The character. The screenplay. There is an unsentimental understanding that Woody Allen the director has of Woody Allen the character (called 'Isaac Davis" in this version, but Woody Allen is Woody Allen). It is a funny piece, but Isaac is self-centered and essentially selfish, and it costs him a lot and may cost him everything. This all revolves around Tracy (Hemingway) which is written bravely out of rhythm with almost everything else and is ultimately the move moving for it.
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Manhattan Murder Mystery 1993 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston, Jerry Adler, Lynn Cohen, Ron Rifkin, Ira Wheeler, Joy Behar, William Addy
Woody Allen fans will not be disappointed in the humor of this film. Diane Keaton is back and plays the catalyst among a group of friends who decide to investigate the possibility of murder.
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 Match Point 2005 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, Penelope Wilton, Ewen Bremmer, James Nesbitt, Rupert Penry-Jones, Margaret Tyzack, Colin Salmon, Zoe Telford, Alexander Armstrong, Paul Kaye, Simon Kunz
Tennis pro Chris Wilton's (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) career is going nowhere, but when he marries Chloe Hewett (Emily Mortimer), whose family represents upper-class wealth, the union provides his entry into the corporate world. Chris is doing very well in his new profession, but will his attraction to sexy Nola (Scarlett Johansson) cause him to lose everything he has gained as a member of London society?
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Melinda and Melinda 2004 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, Chloe Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brooke Smith, Zak Orth, Amanda Peet, Wallace Shawn, Larry Pine, Josh Brolin, Daniel Sunjata
As the film skips between the two versions, playwrights Max (Larry Pine) and Sy (Wallace Shawn) take different approaches–one comedy, one tragedy–in telling the story of Melinda (Radha Mitchell) and her efforts to straighten out her life.
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy 1982 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Jose Ferrer, Julie Hagerty, Mary Steenburgen, Tony Roberts, Michael Higgins, Timothy Jenkins, Adam Redfield, Moishe Rosenfeld, Sol Frieder, Boris Zoubok, Thomas Barbour, Kate McGregor-Stewart
Andrew (Woody Allen) and his wife Adrian (Mary Steenburgen) invite Leopold (Jose Ferrer) and his fiancee Ariel (Mia Farrow) to spend the weekend at their country home in upstate New York. During the weekend, another couple–Maxwell (Tony Roberts) and his date Dulcy (Julie Hagerty)–arrives on the scene, and the "couples" manage to dissolve as they become interested in each others' mates.
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Mighty Aphrodite 1995 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Claire Bloom, Helena Bonham Carter, F. Murray Abraham, Olympia Dukakis, Jack Warden, Peter Weller, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rapaport, David Ogden Stiers
Neurotic sports writer Lenny (Woody Allen) and his wife Amanda (Helena Bonham Carter) decide to search for the birth mother of his adopted son after the boy shows signs of brilliance. Surprises await them upon finding the mother. Mira Sorvino won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress and Woody Allen was nominated for the screenplay.
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New York Stories 1989 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen
Cast: Heather McComb, Talia Shire, Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Patrick O'Neal, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Mae Questel, Marvin Chatinover, Jesse Borrego, Ira Wheeler, Jessie Keosian, Larry David, Talia Shire
This film looks at life in New York City from three different perspectives. In "Life Lessons," director Martin Scorsese examines the facets of a great painter's personality, while director Francis Ford Coppola presents one day in the life of a very creative young girl in "Life Without Zoe," and Woody Allen offers "Oedipus Wrecks" about the stereotypical Jewish mother.
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Picking Up the Pieces 2000  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfonso Arau
Cast: Woody Allen, David Schwimmer, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Cheech Marin, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Alfonso Arau, Danny De La Paz, Andy Dick, Sharon Stone
A butcher, Tex Cowley (Woody Allen), hacks up his unfaithful wife (Sharon Stone) and buries her body parts in the desert. But somehow he manages to lose one of her hands. Soon a blind woman trips over the hand, and her vision is restored. She credits the miracle to the hand. It isn't long before tourists, hoping to be healed, flock to town–along with Tex who would like to retrieve the hand before it becomes police evidence against him.
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Play It Again, Sam 1972 PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy, Susan Anspach, Jennifer Salt, Viva, Mari Fletcher, Joy Bang, Michael Greene
After spending years with Allan (Woody Allen) who lives vicariously through the movies, his wife leaves him. His friends, Linda and Dick (Diane Keaton and Tony Roberts) strive to find him a new love interest. He finds one–Allan falls in love with Linda! The ghost of Bogart is Allan's coach through his tribulations.
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The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 PG, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest, Van Johnson, Zoe Caldwell, John Wood, Milo O'Shea, Michael Tucker, Edward Herrmann
A movie hero (Jeff Daniels) stops action and steps out of a film and into the life of a bored housewife (Mia Farrow).
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 Radio Days 1987 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Mia Farrow, Diane Keaton, Jeff Daniels, Tony Roberts, Dianne Wiest, Woody Allen, Seth Green, Julie Kavner, Michael Tucker, Wallace Shawn
This entertaining movie revolves around the pre-World War II era when home entertainment was found sitting around the radio. The film is about memories and how they shape the present.
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Scenes from a Mall 1991 R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Bette Midler, Woody Allen, Bill Irwin, Paul Mazursky, Daren Firestone, Rebecca Nickels, Paul Mazursky, Joan Delaney, Amanda Bruce, Glen Alterman
Nick (Woody Allen) and Deborah Fifer (Bette Midler) are a bizarre couple who discuss and fight about their extramarital affairs while shopping.
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Scoop 2006 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane, Woody Allen, Romola Garai, Kevin McNally, Jim Dunk, Geoff Bell, Christopher Fulford, Nigel Lindsay, Fenella Woolgar, Matt Day, Rupert Frazer
Recently deceased journalist Joe Strombel (Ian McShane) is still able, in his after-life, to uncover a good story. He works through college journalist Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) who, in turn, teams up with two-bit magician Sid Waterman (Woody Allen) to uncover information implicating distinguished British Lord Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman) as the "Tarot Card Killer" who has been terrorizing London.
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 Shadows and Fog 1992 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, Madonna, Kathy Bates, Jodie Foster, Kate Nelligan, Donald Pleasence, Lily Tomlin, John Cusack
This Woody Allen comedy/mystery is about a would-be hero, Max Kleinman, who turns out to be inept in his efforts to help fellow villagers capture a serial killer.
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Sleeper 1973 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Marya Small, Mary Gregory, Don Keefer, John McLiam, Bartlett Robinson, Peter Hobbs, Chris Forbes
Woody Allen plays a man who has been asleep for 200 years and wakes up in a futuristic world where he becomes involved with a rebel cause and falls in love with a poetess (Diane Keaton).
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Small Time Crooks 2000 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Michael Rapaport, Tony Darrow, Jon Lovitz, Elaine May, Elaine Stritch, Hugh Grant, George Grizzard, Brian McConnachie
Despite Frenchie Winkler's (Tracey Ullman) warning to her husband Ray (Woody Allen) to keep away from criminal activity, Ray has one more plot up his sleeve: buy a cookie store and tunnel from it into the neighboring bank vault. As luck would have it, the bank heist is fraught with problems, but the cookie store becomes a huge success. Tracey and Ray become millionaires, which brings on its own problems.
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Stardust Memories 1980 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Jessica Harper, Charlotte Rampling, Marie-Christine Barrault, Tony Roberts, Daniel Stern, Amy Wright, Cynthia Gibb, John Rothman, Anne DeSalvo
In this Woody Allen film, a director (Woody Allen) has problems dealing with his latest film that reflects what is occurring in his real life.
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The Sunshine Boys 1995 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Erman
Cast: Woody Allen, Peter Falk, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael McKean, Liev Schreiber, Edie Falco, Tyler Noyes, Olga Merediz, Andy Taylor, Jose Soto
Neil Simon updated his 1972 play for this made-for-TV offering about the proposed reunion of two comedians–Al Lewis (Woody Allen) and Willie Clark (Peter Falk)–after they had gone their separate ways. The film suffers in comparison to the original starring Walter Matthau and George Burns.
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Sweet and Lowdown 1999 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman, Brian Markinson, Anthony LaPaglia, Gretchen Mol, Woody Allen, John Waters, James Urbaniak, Vincent Guastaferro
Based on the true story of an obscure jazz musician, Emmett Ray (Sean Penn), who disappeared after the breakup of his marriage to Hattie (Samantha Morton), Woody Allen offers a profile of Ray's life in the form of a mockumentary. Academy Award nominations included Actor (Penn) and Supporting Actress (Morton).
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Take the Money and Run 1969 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Marcel Hillaire, Janet Margolin, Jacquelyn Hyde, Lonny Chapman, Jan Merlin, James Anderson, Howard Storm, Jackson Beck, Mark Gordon, Minnow Moskowitz
Told in documentary style, this early Woody Allen film, about an inept crook, is very amusing.
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2008 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Javier Bardem, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Christopher Evan Welch, Chris Messina, Kevin Dunn, Julio Perillan, Zak Orth, Pablo Schreiber, Josep Maria Domenech, Abel Folk, Carrie Preston, Manel Barcelo
Americans Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) are best friends vacationing at the Barcelona home of Vicky's aunt, Judy (Patricia Clarkson), and her husband Mark (Kevin Dunn). Vicky is studious and engaged to level-headed Doug (Chris Messina). Cristina, on the other hand, is a free spirit in search of love. They meet an artist, Juan Antonio (Javier Barden) who invites them to join him for a menage a trois in the town of Oviedo. Christina thinks that is a great idea, moves in with Juan, but ends up in a messy situation when his ex-wife Maria Elena (Penelope Cruz) arrives on the scene and takes up residence with them because she needs Juan's company after a failed suicide attempt. Meanwhile, Vicky, who had gone along for the trip, ends up in a one-night stand with Juan after having a few drinks, and that one night might give Vicky second thoughts about her visiting fiance Doug. Good Woody Allen fare. Penelope Cruz won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Whatever Works 2009 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Begley Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Conleth Hill, Michael McKean, Jessica Hecht, Christopher Evan Welch, Henry Cavill, Carolyn McCormick, John Gallagher Jr., Samantha Bee, Yolonda Ross, Adam Brooks, Lyle Kanouse
Retired physicist Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David) moves to Chinatown to take up a bohemian existence. He meets and falls in love with 21-year-old former beauty queen Melody (Evan Rachel Wood). They marry, but life changes when Melody's mother Marietta (Patricia Clarkson) comes to visit from Tennessee. Melody's father John (Ed Begley Jr.) shows up a short time later, and romantic entanglements become the name of the game.
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What's Up, Tiger Lily? 1966 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi
Cast: Tatsuya Mihashi, Mie Hama, Akiko Wakabayashi, Tadao Nakamura, Woody Allen, China Lee, John Sebastian, Susumu Kurobe, Sachio Sakai, Eisei Amamoto, Frank Buxton, Tetsu Nakamura, Osman Yusuf, Zal Yanovsky, Steve Boone
Woody Allen dubbed Senkichi Taniguchi's Japanese film and replaced the original soundtrack with a new dialogue and entirely different plot. The result is a very amusing satire on spy movies. Suspense is centered on the ludicrous plot involving Suki Yaki (Akiko Wakabayashi) and Terri Yaki (Mie Hama) who try to prevent the evil Shepherd Wong (Tadao Nakamura) from getting his hands on a top-secret recipe for "the world's greatest egg salad."
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Zelig 1983 PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Mary Louise Wilson, Sal Lomita, Michael Jeter, John Rothman, Marvin Chatinover
Leonard Zelig (Woody Allen) is a man who, like a chameleon, assumes personality traits of those he encounters. Dr. Eudora Fletcher (Mia Farrow) tries to help him. Clever, as is often the case with Allen, as he uses pseudo-newsreels from the 1920s to help tell the story.
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2. Annie Hall (1977)
3. Another Woman (1988)
4. Antz (1998)
5. Anything Else (2003)
6. Bananas (1971)
7. Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
8. Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
9. Casino Royale (1967)
10. Cassandra's Dream (2007)
11. Celebrity (1998)
12. Company Man (2000)
13. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
14. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
15. CyberWorld (2000)
16. Deconstructing Harry (1997)
17. Don't Drink the Water (1994)
18. Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
19. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But... (1972)
20. The Front (1976)
21. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
22. Hollywood Ending (2002)
23. Husbands and Wives (1992)
24. Interiors (1978)
25. Love and Death (1975)
26. Manhattan (1979)
27. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
28. Match Point (2005)
29. Melinda and Melinda (2004)
30. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
31. Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
32. New York Stories (1989)
33. Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
34. Play It Again, Sam (1972)
35. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
36. Radio Days (1987)
37. Scenes from a Mall (1991)
38. Scoop (2006)
39. September (1987)
40. Shadows and Fog (1992)
41. Sleeper (1973)
42. Small Time Crooks (2000)
43. Stardust Memories (1980)
44. The Sunshine Boys (1995)
45. Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
46. Take the Money and Run (1969)
47. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
48. Whatever Works (2009)
49. What's New, Pussycat? (1965)
50. What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
51. Wild Man Blues (1998)
52. Zelig (1983)
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