13 Movies Starring Maury Chaykin

Stars and Bars

Stars and Bars

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-03-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.7 (660 Reviews)

Director:

Pat O'Connor

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

William Boyd (novel)

William Boyd (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A British art expert travels across America in order to purchase a rare Renoir painting in the South but comes across some crazy characters in the process.

The Adjuster

The Adjuster

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-07-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (2464 Reviews)

Director:

Atom Egoyan

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

A reflection about what makes everyone's life unique, through the story of Noah's family. Noah is an adjuster, having sex with his customers. His wife Hera watches pornographic movies for the Board of Censors. They live with their son Simon and Hera's sister in a show-flat. One day, they meet Bubba, who wants to make a movie in their house.

Cutthroat Island

Cutthroat Island

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-12-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, France, Italy, Germany

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (19865 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Frost Beckner (story)

James Gorman (story)

Bruce A. Evans (story)

Raynold Gideon (story)

Robert King (screenplay)

Marc Norman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her piratical raids.

Unstrung Heroes

Unstrung Heroes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-09-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (2685 Reviews)

Director:

Diane Keaton

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Franz Lidz (book)

Richard LaGravenese (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Steven Lidz, unhappy with his home life since his mother got sick, goes and lives with his two crazy Uncles. There he changes and gets closer to his Uncles, but his parents want him home even though he is finally happy and popular.

Mousehunt

Mousehunt

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-12-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (39000 Reviews)

Director:

Gore Verbinski

Genres:

ComedyFamily

Fullplot:

A family film about a mouse that lives in an old house where the geriatric owner dies, and 'Nathan Lane' and Lee Evans have plans for, but they have trouble getting rid of the mouse. It's like Home Alone with a mouse.

Jerry and Tom

Jerry and Tom

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-12-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1516 Reviews)

Director:

Saul Rubinek

Cast:

Writer:

Rick Cleveland (play)

Rick Cleveland (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their profession differs a lot. It shows when Tom is required to kill his old friend Karl.

The Art of War

The Art of War

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-08-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (24513 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Wayne Beach (story)

Wayne Beach (screenplay)

Simon Barry (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Shaw is an operative for the United Nations' covert dirty-tricks squad, using espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. When a shipping container full of dead Vietnamese refugees turns up on the docks and China's ambassador is gunned down at a dinner celebrating a new trade agreement with China and the US, Shaw is framed for the murder and must evade the FBI and Triad gangsters to find out what is really going on.

Bartleby

Bartleby

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-03-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1496 Reviews)

Director:

Jonathan Parker

Cast:

Writer:

Herman Melville (story)

Jonathan Parker (screenplay)

Catherine DiNapoli (screenplay)

Fullplot:

At a public records office, a seemingly normal boss has hired a new employee named Bartleby. Bartleby however, is eccentric and with each passing day, he begins to refuse his boss' orders which only gets worse. Eventually, the boss finds himself clueless as to what to do about Bartleby as he discovers even stranger things about him.

Varian's War

Varian's War

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-04-22

Languages:

English, French, German, Italian

Countries:

UK, USA, Canada

Runtime:

121 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (712 Reviews)

Director:

Lionel Chetwynd

Genres:

DramaWar

Fullplot:

After witnessing the treatment of Jews in Nazi territory made him physically sick, cultured American gentleman Varian Fry starts en emergency rescue commission to raise funds and lobby to help intellectuals and artists, especially Jews, escape from Vichy France -where the Pètain government avoid occupation only by utter collaboration- to the US, and for lack of a better volunteer personally sets out in search of them. First lady Eleanor Roosevelt personally overcomes the reticence of the State Department. In Marseille he finds the people he specifically looked for, such as Marc Chagall, already housed by Harry Bingham, a Jewish US consulate official so he starts screening less obvious candidates and examines with Miriam Davenport and a German social democrat they pass for US clergyman Beamish how some can be rescued legally, others via a clandestine route, while colonel Joubert's State Police is at their trace...

Owning Mahowny

Owning Mahowny

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-09-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada, UK

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (10126 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Gary Stephen Ross (book)

Maurice Chauvet (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.

Hostage

Hostage

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-10-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

9 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (4230 Reviews)

Director:

John Woo

Cast:

Writer:

David Carter

Greg Hahn

Vincent Ngo

Fullplot:

The driver races to locate a kidnapped victim locked in the trunk of an abandoned car somewhere on the water's edge. Linked to her only by cell phone, the driver narrows in on her location in a desperate race against time and tide.

Whitecoats

Whitecoats

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-09-10

Languages:

English, Ukrainian

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (1933 Reviews)

Director:

Dave Thomas

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

The St. Albert's Teaching Hospital, considered the worst in the public health system and administrated by the corrupt Dr. Cyrill Kipp, receives a new group of interns: the clumsy Mike Bonnert, whose parents are prominent doctors and forced him to study in medical school; the wolf Dale Dodd, who has come to the hospital to meet women and falls in love for the nurse Cynthia Skyes; Marlon Thomas, who like to play pranks with his mates; Mira Towers, who aims to be a great surgeon; Christine Lee, a very efficient student and promising doctor; and Mitzi Cole, who works as stripper to pay for her medical school and becomes Mike's girlfriend. Leaded by Sarah Calder, the group spends the year learning how to become medical doctors in an environment of lots of confusion.

Wilby Wonderful

Wilby Wonderful

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-09-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1291 Reviews)

Director:

Daniel MacIvor

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Wilby is the name of a small island in the Canadian Maritimes and the name of the main town located on the island. According to residents, there are two types of people who live on Wilby: islanders (people who were born on Wilby) and non-islanders. Among the townsfolk of Wilby are: single mom and recently returned islander Sandra Anderson, who was known as the girl in town with the reputation, something that has not changed in her adult years; Sandra's teen-aged daughter, Emily, who doesn't want to end up like her mother but can only think about making out with her new boyfriend; Buddy French, the local police officer who is having unspoken marital problems with his non-islander wife, Carol, the town realtor whose controlling behavior is pushing her and others around her on the verge of a nervous breakdown; the Mayor, Brent Fisher, who is secretly planning for his life post politics; dyslexic Duck McDonald, the town handyman; and recently separated non-islander Dan Jarvis who, because of activities at the island's seaside hangout called "The Watch", wants to kill himself if only people would leave him alone. As the townsfolk interact with each other, most are looking for the same thing as summed up by Duck to Emily in speaking about her mother: "She wants to love and be loved, just like all of us".

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.