12 Movies Starring Chevy Chase

Foul Play

Foul Play

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-07-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (9762 Reviews)

Director:

Colin Higgins

Fullplot:

When, unbeknownst to Gloria, a microfilm cassette is left with her by a dying agent, she becomes entangled in a complicated series of events. She's pursued by a dwarf and an albino, and becomes convinced that they are out to kill her. Finally, with the help of San Francisco detective Tony Carlson, she begins to turn the tables on her pursuers. It becomes clear that the nerfarious crew after her are plotting a dastardly deed indeed - to assassinate the Pope as he visits the city to see _The Mikado_. Gloria and Tony must race against time to prevent this terrible crime.

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.

Under the Rainbow

Under the Rainbow

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-07-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (1962 Reviews)

Director:

Steve Rash

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Fred Bauer (story)

Pat Bradley (story)

Pat McCormick (screenplay)

Harry Hurwitz (screenplay)

Martin Smith (screenplay)

Pat Bradley (screenplay)

Fred Bauer (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In 1938 Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins (from the cast of _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_). Secret Service agent Bruce Thorpe and casting director Annie Clark find romance amidst the intrigue and confusion.

Fletch

Fletch

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-05-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (35087 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Ritchie

Cast:

Writer:

Gregory McDonald (novel)

Andrew Bergman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, Los Angeles journalist, really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes articles that have caused several heads to roll in the past. Now, Fletch is at it again: In disguise as a bum, he lives at the beach, researching drugs and their dealing. One day, Fletch is addressed by Alan Stanwyk, a rich man, who asks him, the bum, a favour. For the sum of $50,000, Fletch should kill poor cancer-ridden Mr. Stanwyk with a gun, so that his wife will get the insurance money. What the guy didn't think of was Fletch's real profession. Returning into normal life, Fletch instantly takes up research not only to find out that Mr. Stanwyk is healthy as life itself but he also runs into certain connections between drug dealing at the beach, Alan Stanwyk, his private jet, the police and a very expensive piece of Land in Utah.

National Lampoon's European Vacation

National Lampoon's European Vacation

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-07-26

Languages:

English, Italian, German, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (38559 Reviews)

Director:

Amy Heckerling

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

John Hughes (screenplay)

John Hughes (story)

Robert Klane (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and thus pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language...

Nothing But Trouble

Nothing But Trouble

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-02-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.8 (16635 Reviews)

Director:

Dan Aykroyd

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Aykroyd (story)

Dan Aykroyd (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A financier [Chevy Chase] meets a spurned lover [Demi Moore] and agrees to take her to a business meeting. On the way there, they run a stop sign in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. They are arrested and taken to the local court. But all is not as it seems: the courthouse and the "prison" are a maze of zany booby- traps and deadly contraptions. The antics of the captured couple as they try to escape from the mad judge and his bizarre family make up the rest of this unusual film.

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-02-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, France

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (16137 Reviews)

Director:

John Carpenter

Cast:

Writer:

H.F. Saint (book)

Robert Collector (screenplay)

Dana Olsen (screenplay)

William Goldman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Nick Halloway is accidentally made invisible during an accident. When Jenkins finds out about Nick, he set out to recruit him into the world of espionage, seeing the potential for an invisible CIA agent. When Alice Monroe falls in love with Nick, they are forced to flee the attentions of Jenkins. Nick also has the problem of living invisibly whilst trying to find a cure.

Man of the House

Man of the House

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-03-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.9 (6030 Reviews)

Director:

James Orr

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

David E. Peckinpah (story)

Richard Jefferies (story)

James Orr (screenplay)

Jim Cruickshank (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben tries anything and everything to ruin the "love bubble" which surrounds his mom. However, after Ben and Jack's experiences in the Indian Guides, the two become much closer.

Vegas Vacation

Vegas Vacation

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-02-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (30694 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Kessler

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Elisa Bell (story)

Bob Ducsay (story)

Elisa Bell (screenplay)

Fullplot:

When Clark Griswold puts his mind to something, we soon realize he hasn't got one. Still, nothing stops him when the vacation bug hits. This time, he's chosen Las Vegas, the new family entertainment capital of America! Chevy Chase returns as bubbly, bumbling Clark in Vegas Vacation, a jokers-are-wild laugh fest including two other stars from past Vacations. Beverly D'Angelo is back as wife Ellen, doting on the guy she calls "Sparky," and Randy Quaid again delights as grubby goof ball Cousin Eddie. Ethan Embry (That Thing You Do!) and screen-debuting Marisol Nichols are Griswold teens who love the round-the-clock nightlife - as long as they don't share it with Mom and Dad! From Seigfried and Roy's extravaganza to a Hoover Dam tour, from cruising to losing (Wallace Shawn as a shifty blackjack dealer) to amorous crooning (Wayne Newton falls for Ellen): watch Clark try to keep family and wallet together!

Under the Rainbow

Under the Rainbow

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-07-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (1973 Reviews)

Director:

Steve Rash

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Fred Bauer (story)

Pat Bradley (story)

Pat McCormick (screenplay)

Harry Hurwitz (screenplay)

Martin Smith (screenplay)

Pat Bradley (screenplay)

Fred Bauer (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In 1938 Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins (from the cast of _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_). Secret Service agent Bruce Thorpe and casting director Annie Clark find romance amidst the intrigue and confusion.

Zoom

Zoom

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-08-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.2 (13951 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Hewitt

Cast:

Writer:

Adam Rifkin (screenplay)

David Berenbaum (screenplay)

Adam Rifkin (screen story)

Jason Lethcoe (novel)

Fullplot:

Former superhero Jack Shepard, (also known as Captain Zoom), is called back to work to transform an unlikely group of ragtag kids into a new generation of superheroes at a privacy Academy and save the world from certain destruction. The project holds an audition of would-be members, most of whom possess useless or disgusting powers. In the end, Dylan, a 17-year-old boy who can turn invisible Summer, a 16-year-old girl with telekinetic powers Tucker, a 12-year-old boy with the power to enlarge any part of his body Cindy, a 6-year-old girl with super strength.

Wishin' and Hopin'

Wishin' and Hopin'

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-11-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (478 Reviews)

Director:

Colin Theys

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

John Doolan (screenplay)

Wally Lamb (original story)

Fullplot:

Based on the New York Times best-selling novel by award winning author Wally Lamb. A vivid slice of 1960s life, Wishin' and Hopin' is a wise-and-witty holiday tale that celebrates where we've been-and how far we've come. In the small town of Three Rivers, Connecticut, we go straight into the halls of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School with Felix Funicello, a Catholic school fifth-grader in 1964, whose claim to fame is his cousin Annette Funicello, the famous Mouseketeer and teen movie queen. But grammar and arithmetic move to the back burner this holiday season with the sudden arrivals of substitute teacher Madame Frechette and feisty Russian student Zhenya Kabakova. While Felix learns the meaning of French kissing, cultural misunderstanding, and tableaux vivants, Wishin' and Hopin' barrels toward one outrageous Christmas!

Become a Movie Insider

Join our mailing list and get access to expert analysis, trivia, and recommendations that will elevate your movie-watching experience.

View our privacy policy.