12 Movies Starring Charles Grodin

The Heartbreak Kid

The Heartbreak Kid

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1973-02-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(2488 Reviews)

Director:

Elaine May

Cast:

Writer:

Bruce Jay Friedman (story)

Neil Simon (screenplay)

Fullplot:

King Kong

King Kong

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-12-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

134 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (20784 Reviews)

Director:

John Guillermin

Cast:

Writer:

James Ashmore Creelman

Ruth Rose

Merian C. Cooper (from an idea conceived by)

Edgar Wallace (from an idea conceived by)

Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An expedition of the "Petrox" company, is exploring in search of petrol. A strange island where they arrive is the home of a giant ape, King Kong, that is captured by the expedition in order to make money exhibiting it to the world. When in the U.S. the huge gorilla becomes restless, trying to return home...

It's My Turn

It's My Turn

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-02-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (628 Reviews)

Director:

Claudia Weill

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

A successful but stressed mathematics professor (Clayburgh) goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son (Douglas), a prematurely retired pro baseball player. She must choose between him and her current boyfriend (Grodin), between Chicago and New York, and between research and administration.

It's My Turn

It's My Turn

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-02-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (632 Reviews)

Director:

Claudia Weill

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

A successful but stressed mathematics professor (Clayburgh) goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son (Douglas), a prematurely retired pro baseball player. She must choose between him and her current boyfriend (Grodin), between Chicago and New York, and between research and administration.

Seems Like Old Times

Seems Like Old Times

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-12-19

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (6127 Reviews)

Director:

Jay Sandrich

Fullplot:

Writer Nick Gardenia is kidnapped from his California cliffhouse and forced to rob a bank. Now a fugitive, he seeks help from his ex, Glenda. She is a public defender remarried to a prosecutor, and we get a houseful of hijinks.

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-01-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (3347 Reviews)

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Matheson (novel)

Jane Wagner

Fullplot:

After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over the world. This evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform experiments on her so that they can eventually shrink everyone.

The Woman in Red

The Woman in Red

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-08-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (9187 Reviews)

Director:

Gene Wilder

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Loup Dabadie (screenplay)

Yves Robert (screenplay)

Gene Wilder

Fullplot:

Teddy is a middle-aged man who has a good wife, kids, friends, a fine job and a girlfriend. You could say that he has everything he wants; but he doesn't. One day he sees a gorgeous woman in a red dress, and gets crazy!!! He must have her...

Ishtar

Ishtar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-05-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.1 (8343 Reviews)

Director:

Elaine May

Fullplot:

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

Midnight Run

Midnight Run

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-07-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (50334 Reviews)

Director:

Martin Brest

Fullplot:

Bounty hunter Jack Walsh is sent to find and return bail jumper and former Mafia accountant, Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas. The FBI have had no success in locating The Duke, so when Jack finds him in next to no time, they are a little embarrassed. In order to collect his $100,000 fee, Jack must take The Duke from New York to Los Angeles. However, the Mafia and the FBI have other ideas, as does Marvin, a rival bounty hunter. On their long cross-country trip to LA, the two get to know each other and they build up a strange friendship.

Beethoven

Beethoven

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-04-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (44403 Reviews)

Director:

Brian Levant

Cast:

Writer:

John Hughes

Amy Holden Jones

Fullplot:

The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horrible sideline, which requires lots of dogs for experiments. Beethoven is on the bad doctor's list.

Beethoven's 2nd

Beethoven's 2nd

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-12-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.7 (17288 Reviews)

Director:

Rod Daniel

Cast:

Writer:

John Hughes (characters)

Amy Holden Jones (characters)

Len Blum

Fullplot:

Beethoven becomes a father. But the puppies owner wants to use them and the mother in her divorce bargaining. But the Newton kids steal the puppies. Will they be allowed to keep them? And will they be able to rescue the puppies mother and re-unite her with her family?

Heart and Souls

Heart and Souls

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-08-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (12298 Reviews)

Director:

Ron Underwood

Cast:

Writer:

Gregory Hansen (short film)

Gregory Hansen (screen story)

Erik Hansen (screen story)

Brent Maddock (screen story)

S.S. Wilson (screen story)

Brent Maddock (screenplay)

S.S. Wilson (screenplay)

Gregory Hansen (screenplay)

Erik Hansen (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In 1959, in San Francisco, the telephone operator Penny Washington leaves her three children to work in her night shift. The shy singer Harrison Winslow is afraid of the stage and quits his audition. The waitress Julia is proposed by her boyfriend and she does not accept; then she regrets and leaves her job to seek him out. The smalltime thief Milo Peck tries to retrieve a collection of stamps that he had stolen from a boy. They embark in a bus and the driver Hal distracts while driving and has a serious accident, and driver and passengers die. Meanwhile, Frank Reilly is driving his pregnant wife Eva Reilly to the hospital. Frank successfully escapes from the bus but Eva is nervous and delivers her baby in the car. The souls of the four passengers become the guardian angels and the invisible friends of the boy Thomas Reilly. Seven years later, Penny, Julia, Harrison and Milo conclude that they are harming the boy and they decide to become invisible also to him. Thirty and something years later, Hal returns with his bus to take them four and the quartet learns that they had all those years to resolve the issues of their lives. They ask Hal to stall and give some more time for them to resolve their unfinished lives and they decide to come back to Thomas, who is now a tough businessman and indecisive in his relationship with girlfriend Anne, and ask him to help them to resolve their issues and become free souls. In the end, Thomas also becomes a better man.

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