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Deconstructing Harry

(1997)

Comedy, Drama

This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

Runtime:

96 min

Director:

Woody Allen, Timothy Jerome

Cast:

Woody Allen, Kirstie Alley, Billy Crystal, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Judy Davis

7.4

73%

61

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Westworld

(1973)

Adventure, Science Fiction, Western

In a futuristic resort, wealthy patrons can visit recreations of different time periods and experience their wildest fantasies with life-like robots. But when Richard Benjamin opts for the wild west, he gets more than he bargained for when a gunslinger robot goes berserk.

Runtime:

85 min

Director:

Michael Crichton

Cast:

Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Norman Bartold, Alan Oppenheimer

7.0

85%

77

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Catch-22

(1970)

Comedy, Drama, War

A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation.

Runtime:

121 min

Director:

Mike Nichols

Cast:

Alan Arkin, Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin

7.1

79%

70

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Henry Poole Is Here

(2008)

Comedy, Drama

Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a 'miracle' by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.

Runtime:

99 min

Director:

Mark Pellington

Cast:

Luke Wilson, George Lopez, Radha Mitchell, Morgan Lily, Adriana Barraza

6.4

40%

44

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The Sunshine Boys

(1975)

Comedy

Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshin...

Runtime:

111 min

Director:

Herbert Ross

Cast:

Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith, Carol Arthur

7.1

72%

N/A

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The Last of Sheila

(1973)

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game. The game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.

Runtime:

120 min

Director:

Herbert Ross

Cast:

Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, Joan Hackett, James Mason

7.4

92%

N/A

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The Pentagon Wars

(1998)

Comedy, Drama, War

From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle). There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work.

Runtime:

104 min

Director:

Richard Benjamin

Cast:

Kelsey Grammer, Cary Elwes, Viola Davis, Viola Davis, John C. McGinley

7.3

N/A

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Love at First Bite

(1979)

Comedy, Horror, Romance

Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim (the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker). "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg (a descendant of Van Helsing who changed his name for professional reasons?), who m...

Runtime:

96 min

Director:

Stan Dragoti

Cast:

George Hamilton, Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin, Dick Shawn, Arte Johnson

6.2

70%

62

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Scavenger Hunt

(1979)

Comedy

An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or team, amongst his family and hired help, who wins a madcap scavenger hunt.

Runtime:

116 min

Director:

Michael Schultz

Cast:

Richard Benjamin, Cleavon Little, James Coco, Scatman Crothers, Ruth Gordon

5.9

N/A

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House Calls

(1978)

Comedy, Romance

Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Howard Zieff

Cast:

Walter Matthau, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin, Candice Azzara, Dick O'Neill

6.8

29%

N/A

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Goodbye, Columbus

(1969)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Jewish man and a jewish woman meet and while attracted to each other find that their worlds are very different. She is the archetypical Jewish-American-Princess, very emotionally involved with her parents world and the world they have created for her while he is much less dependent on his family. They begin an affair which brings mor...

Runtime:

102 min

Director:

Larry Peerce

Cast:

Richard Benjamin, Ali MacGraw, Jack Klugman

6.6

100%

N/A

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Diary of a Mad Housewife

(1970)

Comedy, Drama

Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful, and blatantly sadistic writer.

Runtime:

95 min

Director:

Frank Perry

Cast:

Richard Benjamin, Frank Langella, Carrie Snodgress

7.1

77%

N/A

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Saturday the 14th

(1981)

Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house and the family must join together to save themselves and their neighborhood.

Runtime:

75 min

Director:

Howard R. Cohen

Cast:

Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Jeffrey Tambor, Severn Darden, Kari Michaelson

4.7

10%

13

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How to Beat the High Cost of Living

(1980)

Comedy

Oregon, 1980: Jane, Elaine and Louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford the high cost of living. Jane cannot afford a babysitter or get married and if she wants privacy with her boyfriend, she has to sleep in the car. Even worse, her war veteran father comes to live with her to turn her life upside down. Louise...

Runtime:

105 min

5.9

N/A

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The Last Married Couple in America

(1980)

Comedy

Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and neighbors going through separations and divorces. Seemingly surrounded by people with domestic problems, Jeff and Mari begin to question their own relationship.

Runtime:

103 min

Director:

Gilbert Cates

Cast:

George Segal, Natalie Wood, Richard Benjamin, Valerie Harper, Bob Dishy

5.3

N/A

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The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker

(1971)

Comedy

A stockbroker is stuck in a dreary job and a marriage that's become a dull routine. To cope with the boredom and frustration, he resorts to voyeurism and extramarital love affairs.

Runtime:

95 min

Director:

Lawrence Turman

Cast:

Richard Benjamin, Joanna Shimkus, Elizabeth Ashley, Patricia Barry, Tiffany Bolling

6.4

N/A

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Portnoy's Complaint

(1972)

Comedy, Drama

During a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him. His complaints include his childhood and his family with an emphasis on his mother, his sexual fantasies and the problems that he has with women, and his obsessive feelings about his Judaism.

Runtime:

101 min

4.9

N/A

Fame

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Fame

(1978)

Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

A waiter becomes a sudden overnight success as a playwright, and then begins negotiations with an Italian movie director to turn his play into a film. The results are unexpected.

Runtime:

53 min

Director:

Marc Daniels

Cast:

Richard Benjamin, José Ferrer, Raf Vallone

7.0

N/A

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Witches' Brew

(1980)

Comedy, Horror

A remake of 1944's Lon Chaney film Weird Woman (the first was Burn, Witch, Burn! in 1962) is more of a horror spoof, as three women use witchcraft to help their professor husbands further their careers. When a higher position becomes available in the university, they turn on each other, and no one is safe!

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Richard Shorr, Herbert L. Strock

Cast:

Teri Garr, Richard Benjamin, Lana Turner, James Winkler, Kathryn Leigh Scott

4.5

N/A

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First Family

(1980)

Comedy

The president (Bob Newhart) and his boozing wife (Madeline Kahn) go to Africa to bargain for their abducted daughter's (Gilda Radner) return.

Runtime:

97 min

4.1

17%

N/A

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Marci X

(2003)

Comedy

A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial rappers.

Runtime:

84 min

Director:

Richard Benjamin

Cast:

Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans, Richard Benjamin, Jane Krakowski, Christine Baranski

2.8

9%

20

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