5 Movies Starring Joseph Lawrence

Summer Rental

Summer Rental

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-08-09

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (9462 Reviews)

Director:

Carl Reiner

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Jeremy Stevens

Mark Reisman

Fullplot:

Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.

Oliver & Company

Oliver & Company

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-11-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

74 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (29523 Reviews)

Director:

George Scribner

Cast:

Writer:

Jim Cox (screenplay)

Tim Disney (screenplay)

James Mangold (screenplay)

Vance Gerry (story)

Mike Gabriel (story)

Joe Ranft (story)

Jim Mitchell (story)

Chris Bailey (story)

Kirk Wise (story)

David Michener (story)

Roger Allers (story)

Gary Trousdale (story)

Kevin Lima (story)

Michael Cedeno (story)

Peter Young (story)

Leon Joosen (story)

Gerrit Graham (additional story material)

Sam Graham (additional story material)

Chris Hubbell (additional story material)

Steve Hulett (additional story material)

Danny Mann (additional story material)

Charles Dickens (novel)

Fullplot:

Inspired by Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist". A homeless kitten named Oliver, roams the streets of New York, where he is taken in by a gang of homeless mutts who survive by stealing from others. During one of these criminal acts, Oliver meets a wealthy young girl named Jenny Foxworth. This meeting will forever change his life.

Horse Sense

Horse Sense

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-11-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

TV-G

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (1061 Reviews)

Director:

Greg Beeman

Genres:

DramaFamily

Fullplot:

A spoiled boy named Michael Woods invites his cousin Tommy Biggs to come and spend time with him in L.A. Tommy is thrilled to see his cousin after years of not seeing each other. When Tommy arrives in L.A. Michael ignores Tommy the whole time and makes him feel unwelcome. Then, the housekeeper has a talk with Michael about ignoring Tommy and Michael says he will take Tommy to Disneyland and they would have a good time. On their way to Disneyland his girlfriend Gina, who is a total drama queen and a snob calls him and asks him if he wants to come see her and her father at the racetrack. Michael says yes and takes Tommy to a Kiddie Zone so Michael could go to the racetrack. On the way back to get Tommy, Michael gets in a car accident and writes down the wrong information to the victim. Michael and Tommy get into an argument when Michael gets home and Tommy leaves the next day. Tommy's mother calls Michael's parents to tell him how rude Michael was to Tommy. Then, Michael's parents punish him by sending him to Tommy and his aunt's ranch to work for a month for free. Michael then learns that the ranch is going to be foreclosed at the end of the month, so Michael and Tommy put their differences aside and work together to save the ranch from foreclosure. Michael also learns a valuable lesson about loyalty and love.

Pandora's Box

Pandora's Box

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-09-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(555 Reviews)

Director:

Rob Hardy

Genres:

Thriller

Cast:

Writer:

Gregory Ramon Anderson (screenplay)

Gregory Ramon Anderson (story)

Rob Hardy (screenplay)

William Packer (story)

Fullplot:

Mia DuBois (Calhoun) is a walking clichè--a successful therapist with an unsuccessful marriage. Her husband, Victor (St. John), is more interested in working on his laptop than on her. So she is very receptive to hearing about the wild sex life that her new client Tammy (Wilson) and Tammy's husband enjoyed, before he was murdered. Mia even accepts an invitation from Tammy to Pandora's Box, a no holds barred secret club of sex, drugs, and even more sex. She falls under the spell of a dark, handsome stranger named Hampton (White), a walking streak of sex. But is Hampton all he seems?

Hitched for the Holidays

Hitched for the Holidays

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-11-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (762 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Scott

Genres:

Romance

Fullplot:

When commitment-phobe Rob Marino (Joey Lawrence) breaks up with his girlfriend before Thanksgiving, he is criticized by his big Italian family about his inability to keep a relationship through the holidays. Wanting to prove them wrong and fulfill his dying grandmother's (Paula Shaw) wish to see him happy in love, Rob goes online and finds Julie (Emily Hampshire), another single New Yorker who's meddling Jewish mom (Marilu Henner), has driven her to seek a temporary boyfriend. Rob and Julie agree to pose as a couple through the holidays to get their families off their backs. But things get complicated when Rob's Catholic clan and Julie's Jewish family get involved. With Christmas coming and Hanukkah around the corner, they double their efforts to keep the charade going, only to discover their fake feelings may be a little too real.

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