Allen Garfield

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The Conversation

(1974)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulti...

Runtime:

113 min

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Cast:

Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Frederic Forrest, Cindy Williams, Harrison Ford

7.8

96%

85

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The Ninth Gate

(1999)

Mystery, Thriller

An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of the book, 'The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows' brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and satanic worship.

Runtime:

133 min

Director:

Roman Polanski

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Barbara Jefford

6.7

43%

44

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Beverly Hills Cop II

(1987)

Action, Comedy, Crime

Axel heads for the land of sunshine and palm trees to find out who shot police Captain Andrew Bogomil. Thanks to a couple of old friends, Axel's investigation uncovers a series of robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.

Runtime:

103 min

Director:

Tony Scott

Cast:

Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox

6.5

47%

48

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The Majestic

(2001)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

Runtime:

152 min

Director:

Frank Darabont

Cast:

Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Laurie Holden, David Ogden Stiers, Hal Holbrook

6.9

42%

27

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Nashville

(1975)

Comedy, Drama, Music

The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress— connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.

Runtime:

160 min

Director:

Robert Altman

Cast:

David Arkin, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley

7.7

91%

96

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Bananas

(1971)

Comedy

When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.

Runtime:

82 min

Director:

Woody Allen

Cast:

Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalbán, Nati Abascal, Jacobo Morales

7.0

83%

67

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Dick Tracy

(1990)

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

Runtime:

105 min

Director:

Warren Beatty

Cast:

Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, Madonna, Charlie Korsmo, Glenne Headly

6.1

63%

68

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The Front Page

(1974)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

Runtime:

105 min

Director:

Billy Wilder

Cast:

Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia

7.3

65%

62

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The Cotton Club

(1984)

Crime, Drama

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

Runtime:

127 min

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Cast:

Richard Gere, Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins

6.6

77%

68

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The Candidate

(1972)

Comedy, Drama

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

Runtime:

110 min

Director:

Michael Ritchie

Cast:

Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas, Don Porter, Allen Garfield

7.0

88%

66

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Until the End of the World

(1991)

Action, Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

Set in 1999, Claire's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with some bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way she runs into another fugitive from the law Dr. Farber, an American who is being chased by the CIA. They want to confiscate a device his father invented which allows a...

Runtime:

287 min

Director:

Wim Wenders

Cast:

Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt, Tom Waits, Chick Ortega, Max von Sydow

6.8

88%

63

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The Stunt Man

(1980)

Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller

While on the run from the police, Steve Railsback hides in a group of moviemakers where he pretends to be a stunt man. Both aided and endangered by the director he avoids both the police and sudden death as a stuntman. The mixture of real danger and fantasy of the movie is an interesting twist for the viewer as the two blend in individ...

Runtime:

131 min

Director:

Richard Rush

Cast:

Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Allen Garfield, Alex Rocco

7.2

89%

N/A

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Let It Ride

(1989)

Comedy

An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day.

Runtime:

90 min

Director:

Joe Pytka

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Jennifer Tilly, David Johansen, Teri Garr, Allen Garfield

6.8

27%

33

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Diabolique

(1996)

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed attempt to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The strain starts to tell on the two women as a retired police investigator who is looking into the disappearance on a whim begins to t...

Runtime:

107 min

Director:

Jeremiah S. Chechik

Cast:

Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates, Spalding Gray

5.5

18%

N/A

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Continental Divide

(1981)

Comedy, Romance

A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.

Runtime:

103 min

Director:

Michael Apted

Cast:

John Belushi, Blair Brown, Allen Garfield, Carlin Glynn, Tony Ganios

6.1

78%

N/A

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The State of Things

(1982)

Drama

On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956) . The producer is nowhere to be found and director Munro attempts to find him in hopes of being able to finish the film.

Runtime:

125 min

Director:

Wim Wenders

Cast:

Isabelle Weingarten, Rebecca Pauly, Jeffrey Kime, Geoffrey Carey, Camila Mora-Scheihing

7.2

N/A

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The Brink's Job

(1978)

Comedy, Crime

In 1950, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commits the robbery of the century. Led by Tony Pino (Peter Falk), a petty thief fresh out of prison, and Joe McGinnis (Peter Boyle), who specializes in planning lucrative capers, the gang robs Brink's main office in Boston of more than $2 million. However, things begin to go awry when ...

Runtime:

104 min

Director:

William Friedkin

Cast:

Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Allen Garfield, Warren Oates

6.5

75%

N/A

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Hi, Mom!

(1970)

Comedy, Drama

Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession with making films leads him to fall in with a radical 'Black Power' group, which in turn leads him to carry out a bizarre a...

Runtime:

87 min

Director:

Brian De Palma

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Jennifer Salt, Allen Garfield, Charles Durning, Lara Parker

6.2

73%

N/A

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The Owl and the Pussycat

(1970)

Comedy, Romance

Meek, owlish Felix and strident, catty Doris live in the same apartment building. His incessant typing bothers her; her gentlemen callers bother him. Felix informs the landlord of her activities, so Doris moves in on Felix. When they both get thrown out, they move in with Barney... until they drive him out! That's when Felix and Doris ...

Runtime:

95 min

Director:

Herbert Ross

Cast:

Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein, Allen Garfield, Roz Kelly

6.8

80%

N/A

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Putney Swope

(1969)

Comedy, Drama

Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.

Runtime:

84 min

Director:

Robert Downey Sr.

Cast:

Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Archie Russell, Ramon Gordon, Bert Lawrence

7.0

64%

N/A

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Teachers

(1984)

Comedy, Drama

A teacher tries to overcome his frustration teaching a high-school that seems to be full of flunkies.

Runtime:

107 min

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Cast:

Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Ralph Macchio, Allen Garfield

6.0

62%

N/A

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My Best Friend's Birthday

(1987)

Comedy

My Best Friend's Birthday is a partially lost black-and-white amateur film. The original cut was about 70 minutes long but due to a fire only 36 minutes of the film survived. It is about Mickey, who has been dumped by his girlfriend, and Clarence, who's trying to give his friend an unforgettable birthday.

Runtime:

36 min

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Cast:

Quentin Tarantino, Allen Garfield, Craig Hamann, Al Harrell, Crystal Shaw

5.6

N/A

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Mother, Jugs & Speed

(1976)

Comedy

Mother, Jugs and Speed work for a ambulance company competing for a L.A. city contract.

Runtime:

95 min

Director:

Peter Yates

Cast:

Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield, Larry Hagman

5.9

50%

N/A

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The Patriots

(1994)

Crime, Drama

Ariel, a young French Jew, decides to leave his family to go to Israel and secretly become an agent of Mossad, the Israeli secret service. After years of training, his first mission is in Paris to steal secrets from Remy Prieur, a French atomic scientist.

Runtime:

142 min

Director:

Eric Rochant

Cast:

Yvan Attal, Yvan Attal, Yossi Banai, Nancy Allen, Allen Garfield

7.3

N/A

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The Black Stallion Returns

(1983)

Adventure, Family

"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young American owner, Alec Ramsay (Kelly Reno), he's much more. So, when the amazing animal is stolen, Alec will stop at nothing to get him back. Alec finally unravels the mystery of Black's theft...only to discover that he must overcome even greater odd...

Runtime:

103 min

Director:

Robert Dalva

Cast:

Kelly Reno, Vincent Spano, Allen Garfield, Ferdy Mayne, Teri Garr

6.0

N/A

34

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Irreconcilable Differences

(1984)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.

Runtime:

113 min

Director:

Charles Shyer

Cast:

Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, Drew Barrymore, Sam Wanamaker, Allen Garfield

5.8

62%

N/A

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Wild Side

(1995)

Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller

A bank accountant who moonlights as a high-priced call girl becomes embroiled in the lives of a money launderer, his seductive wife, and his bodyguard.

Runtime:

111 min

Director:

Donald Cammell

Cast:

Christopher Walken, Anne Heche, Joan Chen, Steven Bauer, Allen Garfield

5.6

N/A

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Get Crazy

(1983)

Comedy, Music

Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock and roll from Beverly's schemes.

Runtime:

92 min

Director:

Allan Arkush

Cast:

Malcolm McDowell, Allen Garfield, Daniel Stern, Gail Edwards, Miles Chapin

7.0

N/A

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The Organization

(1971)

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.

Runtime:

106 min

Director:

Don Medford

Cast:

Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Sheree North, Fred Beir

6.0

N/A

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Desert Bloom

(1986)

Drama, Family

The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her recollections are sometimes less than sweet, particularly those of her troubled and alcoholic step-father. Her memories of Robin, her first-love, are much happier and she also recalls her colorful Aunt Starr -- who's visit is fun but also de...

Runtime:

105 min

Director:

Eugene Corr

Cast:

Annabeth Gish, Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Ellen Barkin, Jay Underwood

6.6

78%

N/A

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Busting

(1974)

Action, Crime, Drama

Two Los Angeles vice squad officers find themselves up against their corrupt superiors when they try to bring a crime boss to justice. During the course of their investigation, the two cops disguise themselves as gay men and raid a gay bar.

Runtime:

92 min

6.2

N/A

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Miracle Beach

(1992)

Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction

A romantic comedy set in the Southern California beach scene. Down on his luck, Scotty McKay becomes the master of a very lonely genie, who brings him wealth, power and true love. Miracles can happen!

Runtime:

88 min

Director:

Skott Snider

Cast:

Dean Cameron, Ami Dolenz, Felicity Waterman, Brian Perry, Alexis Arquette

5.7

N/A

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Confeso Por Coaccion

(1973)

7.9

N/A

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One Trick Pony

(1980)

Drama

Jonah is an aging rock star trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record label and a talentless producer. At the same time, he's struggling to save his failing marriage.

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Robert M. Young

Cast:

Paul Simon, Blair Brown, Rip Torn, Joan Hackett, Allen Garfield

5.9

N/A

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Absence of the Good

(1999)

Thriller

Salt Lake City homicide detective Caleb Barnes is under increasing pressure from all sides to crack a string of serial killings that have been terrorizing the city. At the same time, Barnes' home life is beginning to crumble in the wake of his son's accidental death. Will he solve the killings before the stress tears him apart?

Runtime:

90 min

Director:

John Flynn

Cast:

Stephen Baldwin, Tyne Daly, Allen Garfield, Shawn Huff, Silas Weir Mitchell

5.3

N/A

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Get to Know Your Rabbit

(1972)

Comedy

A young businessman goes to a magic expert to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators. He becomes a very good tap dancer, but will he be able to get free of his old boss?

Runtime:

91 min

5.5

N/A

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Cry Uncle!

(1971)

Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.

Runtime:

87 min

5.5

N/A

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Obsession

(1997)

Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller

Two men become entangled in a torrid love affair with the same woman. Pierre is Miriam's longtime lover. John is desperately searching for clues about his past when he and Miriam have a fateful encounter in a Berlin train station. The allure of forbidden love becomes irresistible, and an intense love triangle is ignited. Who will Miria...

Runtime:

111 min

Director:

Peter Sehr

Cast:

Heike Makatsch, Daniel Craig, Seymour Cassel, Allen Garfield, Marie-Christine Barrault

5.3

N/A

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Nowhere to Run

(1978)

Drama, TV Movie

Harry's married to Marian and things are not going all that well, so he wants out but somehow feels that a divorce is not the answer. After developing a winning blackjack system, he hatches a plan that takes years of preparation: to fake his death, assume a new identity and win $500,000 at blackjack.

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

Richard Lang

Cast:

David Janssen, Allen Garfield, Linda Evans, John Randolph, Neva Patterson

7.7

N/A

You Ruined My Life

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You Ruined My Life

(1987)

Family, TV Movie

"You Ruined My Life" was a cute TV movie (from the Wonderful World of Disney movies that they show on Saturday or Sunday nights) starring Soleil Moon Frye as Minerva, a spoiled girl who lived in a Las Vegas casino with her Uncle Howie who lets her do whatever she wants. Minerva gets into trouble a lot, and her Aunt Hermione threatens t...

Runtime:

100 min

6.7

N/A

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