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Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American screenwriter, director, actor, and producer of film and television. His best-known films include "The Natural" (1984), "Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987), "Rain Man" (1988), "Sleepers" (1996), and "Wag the Dog" (1997). more

Directed [28]
Starred In [10]
Produced [18]
Written [14]
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Rain Man
(1988)
Drama
Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
Runtime:
134 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen, Jack Murdock
8.0
89%
65
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Sleepers
(1996)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Runtime:
147 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon, Jason Patric, Ron Eldard
7.6
73%
49
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Good Morning, Vietnam
(1987)
Comedy, Drama, War
Radio funny man Adrian Cronauer is sent to Vietnam to bring a little comedy back into the lives of the soldiers. After setting up shop, Cronauer delights the G.I.s but shocks his superior officer, Sergeant Major Dickerson, with his irreverent take on the war. While Dickerson attempts to censor Cronauer's broadcasts, Cronauer pursues a ...
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran, Chintara Sukapatana, Bruno Kirby
7.3
91%
67
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Wag the Dog
(1997)
Comedy, Drama
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Barry Levinson, David Koechner
Cast:
Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson
7.1
86%
73
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The Natural
(1984)
Drama
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
Runtime:
137 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Robert Duvall
7.5
82%
61
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You Don't Know Jack
(2010)
Drama, TV Movie
Jack Kervorkian is one of the most polarizing figures in modern US history, a man whose passionate belief that people have the right to die has brought him both praise and vilification.
Runtime:
134 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Danny Huston, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Brenda Vaccaro, Eric Lange
7.7
90%
N/A
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Bandits
(2001)
Comedy, Crime
Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.
Runtime:
123 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Bruce Willis, Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Troy Garity
6.5
64%
60
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Sphere
(1998)
Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
A spacecraft is discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists and experts is assembled and taken to the Habitat, a state-of-the-art underwater living environment, to investigate.
Runtime:
134 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyote, Liev Schreiber
6.1
11%
35
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Bugsy
(1991)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gamb...
Runtime:
134 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould
6.8
84%
80
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Diner
(1982)
Comedy, Drama
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly
7.1
93%
82
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Disclosure
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Runtime:
123 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Dylan Baker, Jacqueline Kim
6.1
59%
58
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Young Sherlock Holmes
(1985)
Adventure
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Susan Fleetwood
6.8
64%
65
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Man of the Year
(2006)
Comedy, Romance, Thriller
The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president and expose corruption in Washington. His stunt goes further than he expects when he actually wins the election, but a software engineer suspects that a computer glitch is responsible for his surprising victory.
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum
6.2
21%
39
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The Wizard of Lies
(2017)
Crime, Drama, History, TV Movie, Thriller
A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.
Runtime:
133 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Robert De Niro, Lily Rabe, Kristen Connolly, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hank Azaria
6.8
73%
N/A
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What Just Happened
(2008)
Comedy, Drama
During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete his latest projects. A demanding studio boss demands extensive changes to a movie starring Sean Penn, while another chief won't greenlight a project unless star Bruce Willis shaves his b...
Runtime:
104 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Bruce Willis, Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Robin Wright, Stanley Tucci
5.6
50%
N/A
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The Bay
(2012)
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Two million fish washed ashore. One thousand blackbirds dropped from the sky. On July 4, 2009 a deadly menace swept through the quaint seaside town of Claridge, Maryland, but the harrowing story of what happened that Independence Day has never been told—until now. The authorities believed they had buried the truth about the tragedy tha...
Runtime:
84 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Kristen Connolly, Will Rogers, Michael Beasley, Christopher Denham, Kenny Alfonso
5.6
77%
65
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Tin Men
(1987)
Comedy, Drama
A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney, Jackie Gayle
6.6
77%
75
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Avalon
(1990)
Drama, Family
Avalon is the third in Levinson's semi-autobiographical series of four "Baltimore Films": Diner (1982), Tin Men (1987), Avalon (1990), and Liberty Heights (1999). The film is set in Baltimore in the early 1950s and explores the themes of Jewish assimilation into American life.
Runtime:
126 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Leo Fuchs, Eve Gordon, Lou Jacobi, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elizabeth Perkins
7.2
85%
68
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Liberty Heights
(1999)
Drama
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben's brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten wi...
Runtime:
127 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Adrien Brody, Ben Foster, Orlando Jones, Bebe Neuwirth, Joe Mantegna
7.1
87%
75
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Toys
(1992)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the operation with an iron fist and builds weapons disguised as toys.
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, Jack Warden
5.1
30%
40
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Envy
(2004)
Comedy
A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success.
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Rachel Weisz, Christopher Walken, Amy Poehler
4.8
8%
31
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Rock the Kasbah
(2015)
Comedy, Music, War
A washed-up music producer finds one last shot at redemption with a golden-voiced young girl in Afghanistan. However, when jealousy gets the better of a disgruntled ex-boyfriend, he decides to oppose the young star with talent of his own.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Zooey Deschanel, Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson, Taylor Kinney
5.5
9%
29
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The Humbling
(2014)
Comedy, Drama
Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace with her.
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Greta Gerwig, Al Pacino, Mandy Patinkin, Kyra Sedgwick, Charles Grodin
5.6
51%
59
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An Everlasting Piece
(2000)
Comedy, Crime
Colin (Barry McEvoy) is a Catholic and George (Brian O'Byrne) is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead they became business partners. After persuading a mad wig salesman, known as the Scalper (Billy Connolly), to sell them his leads, the two embark on a series of house calls
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Barry McEvoy, Brían F. O'Byrne, Anna Friel, Pauline McLynn, Ruth McCabe
6.3
48%
56
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Jimmy Hollywood
(1994)
Comedy
Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crime-fighter, aided by his sidekick William, who has suffered a head wound and has problems with short-term memory. Jimmy's vigilante alter ego soon becomes a media wonder--but Jimmy remains a total unknown and his long-suffering girl frien...
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
Cast:
Joe Pesci, Christian Slater, Victoria Abril
5.3
14%
N/A
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The Band That Wouldn't Die
(2009)
Documentary
In late March of 1984, a moving company secretly packed up the Baltimore Colts’ belongings and its fleet of vans sneaked off in the darkness of the early morning. Leaving a city of deeply devoted fans in shock and disbelief. What caused owner Robert Irsay to turn his back on a town that was as closely linked to its team as any in the N...
Runtime:
53 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
6.8
N/A
N/A
Hindsight Is 20/20...
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Hindsight Is 20/20...
(2004)
Animation, Comedy
Jerry Seinfeld and an animated Superman continue their humorous banter during a road trip. When Jerry's keys get locked in his car, not even Superman's helpful suggestions can prevail over the roadside service offered by Jerry's credit card company.
Runtime:
5 min
7.3
N/A
N/A
PoliWood
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PoliWood
(2009)
Documentary
An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election year.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Barry Levinson
6.3
N/A
N/A