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Taxi Driver

(1976)

Crime, Drama

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.

Runtime:

114 min

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel

8.2

96%

94

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Finding Nemo

(2003)

Animation, Family

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich

Cast:

Albert Brooks, Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould

8.1

99%

90

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Drive

(2011)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he's been warming up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio. When Irene's husband gets out of jail, he enlists Driver's help in a million-dollar heist. The job goes horribly wrong, and...

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

Nicolas Winding Refn

Cast:

Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston

7.8

93%

78

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The Simpsons Movie

(2007)

Animation, Comedy, Family

After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.

Runtime:

87 min

Director:

David Silverman

Cast:

Dan Castellaneta, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

7.3

87%

80

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Finding Dory

(2016)

Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family

Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?

Runtime:

97 min

Director:

Andrew Stanton

Cast:

Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Ty Burrell

7.4

94%

77

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Terms of Endearment

(1983)

Comedy, Drama

Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.

Runtime:

132 min

Director:

James L. Brooks

Cast:

Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels

7.4

78%

79

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Out of Sight

(1998)

Comedy, Crime, Romance

Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.

Runtime:

123 min

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Cast:

George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle

7.0

93%

85

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Concussion

(2015)

Drama, History

A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one ...

Runtime:

123 min

Director:

Peter Landesman

Cast:

Will Smith, Bitsie Tulloch, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Matthew Willig

7.1

60%

55

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The Secret Life of Pets

(2016)

Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family

The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.

Runtime:

87 min

Director:

Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney

Cast:

Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Bobby Moynihan, Bobby Moynihan

6.6

74%

61

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A Most Violent Year

(2014)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to des...

Runtime:

125 min

Director:

J.C. Chandor

Cast:

Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac, Albert Brooks, David Oyelowo, Catalina Sandino Moreno

7.0

89%

79

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Broadcast News

(1987)

Comedy, Romance

Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news ...

Runtime:

133 min

Director:

James L. Brooks

Cast:

William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Robert Prosky, Joan Cusack

7.2

98%

84

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This Is 40

(2012)

Comedy

Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.

Runtime:

134 min

6.2

N/A

59

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The Secret Life of Pets 2

(2019)

Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family

Max the terrier must cope with some major life changes when his owner gets married and has a baby. When the family takes a trip to the countryside, nervous Max has numerous run-ins with canine-intolerant cows, hostile foxes and a scary turkey. Luckily for Max, he soon catches a break when he meets Rooster, a gruff farm dog who tries to...

Runtime:

86 min

Director:

Chris Renaud

Cast:

Patton Oswalt, Eric Stonestreet, Jenny Slate, Kevin Hart, Harrison Ford

6.5

61%

55

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Spies in Disguise

(2019)

Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family

Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is… not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance su...

Runtime:

102 min

Cast:

Tom Holland, Toru Uchikado, Tom Holland, Ben Mendelsohn, Rashida Jones

6.8

N/A

54

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Twilight Zone: The Movie

(1983)

Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

1959. Friday nights. We time-travelled. Witnessed surprising twists. Entertained aliens. Experienced fear. And first journeyed to the "Twilight Zone" of Rod Serling's memorable TV series. And guided by four imaginative moviemakers, we travelled there again in 1983. Directors John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, and George Miller f...

Runtime:

101 min

Director:

Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, John Landis, George Miller

Cast:

Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Albert Brooks, Vic Morrow, Scatman Crothers

6.5

58%

44

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Defending Your Life

(1991)

Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

In an afterlife resembling the present-day US, people must prove their worth by showing in court how they have demonstrated courage.

Runtime:

112 min

Director:

Albert Brooks

Cast:

Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, Michael Durrell

7.2

97%

63

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Private Benjamin

(1980)

Comedy

A sheltered young high society woman joins the army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.

Runtime:

109 min

Director:

Howard Zieff

Cast:

Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Mary Kay Place

6.2

82%

59

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Doctor Dolittle

(1998)

Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous ...

Runtime:

85 min

Director:

Betty Thomas

Cast:

Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Peter Boyle, Richard Schiff

5.4

42%

46

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The In-Laws

(2003)

Action, Comedy

Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Andrew Fleming

Cast:

Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Ryan Reynolds, Candice Bergen, Lindsay Sloane

5.8

33%

46

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My First Mister

(2001)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Albert Brooks plays a man who is her total opposite, a precise and well-ordered menswear store owner of forty-nine who manages limited expectations and protects lonely secrets with pleasant ri...

Runtime:

109 min

Director:

Christine Lahti

Cast:

Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, John Goodman, Carol Kane, Desmond Harrington

7.2

52%

48

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Lost in America

(1985)

Comedy

David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.

Runtime:

91 min

Director:

Albert Brooks

Cast:

Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Sylvia Farrel, Tina Kincaid, Candy Ann Brown

7.1

97%

76

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Mother

(1996)

Comedy

After two failed marriages a science fiction writer decides that coming to terms with his mother will improve his chances for a successful relationship, so he moves in with her.

Runtime:

104 min

Director:

Albert Brooks

Cast:

Albert Brooks, Debbie Reynolds, Rob Morrow, Lisa Kudrow, Vanessa Williams

6.9

89%

N/A

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The Muse

(1999)

Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

What happens when a screenwriter loses his edge, he turns to anyone he can for help...even if it's the mythical "Zeus's Daughter". And he's willing to pay, albeit reluctantly, whatever price it takes to satisfy this goddess, especially when her advice gets him going again on a sure-fire script. However, this is not the limit of her hel...

Runtime:

97 min

Director:

Albert Brooks

Cast:

Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone, Andie MacDowell, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd

5.6

52%

56

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Modern Romance

(1981)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.

Runtime:

93 min

Director:

Albert Brooks

Cast:

Albert Brooks, Kathryn Harrold, Bruno Kirby, Tyann Means, Jane Hallaren

7.0

85%

N/A

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Real Life

(1979)

Comedy

A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".

Runtime:

99 min

Director:

Albert Brooks

Cast:

Albert Brooks, Dick Haynes, Joseph Schaffler, Phyllis Quinn, Charles Grodin

7.2

88%

56

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The Scout

(1994)

Comedy

When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout, Al Percolo gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska. Soon, the Bronx Bombers put a $55 million contract on the table—provided a psychiatrist can affirm Nebraska's mental stability.

Runtime:

101 min

Director:

Michael Ritchie

Cast:

Brendan Fraser, Albert Brooks, Dianne Wiest, Anne Twomey, Lane Smith

5.3

22%

N/A

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Unfaithfully Yours

(1984)

Comedy, Romance

A composer—who suspects his wife of cheating—plots to kill her and frame it on her lover, but things don't turn out as planned.

Runtime:

96 min

Director:

Howard Zieff

Cast:

Dudley Moore, Nastassja Kinski, Armand Assante, Albert Brooks, Cassie Yates

6.0

20%

N/A

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Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

(2005)

Comedy

To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what makes followers of Islam laugh.

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Albert Brooks

Cast:

Albert Brooks, Amy Ryan, Sheetal Sheth, Fred Dalton Thompson, Penny Marshall

5.4

42%

53

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I'll Do Anything

(1994)

Comedy, Drama

Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy Breslow is made complicated, while the precocious child is overly accustomed to getting h...

Runtime:

115 min

Director:

James L. Brooks

Cast:

Nick Nolte, Whittni Wright, Albert Brooks, Julie Kavner, Tracey Ullman

5.6

61%

N/A

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Critical Care

(1997)

Comedy, Drama

Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million estate? Meanwhile, Werner must contend with his nutty supervisor, who insists that he only car...

Runtime:

107 min

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Cast:

James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Helen Mirren, Albert Brooks, Anne Bancroft

6.0

59%

N/A

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Making Taxi Driver

(1999)

Documentary

A behind the scenes snapshot of the making of one of the greatest films ever made. Filled with trivia, interviews from cast and crew, and more.

Runtime:

71 min

Director:

Laurent Bouzereau

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader

7.3

N/A

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