12 Movies Directed by Dennis Dugan

Problem Child

Problem Child

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-07-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

81 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (20827 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Genres:

ComedyFamily

Cast:

Writer:

Scott Alexander

Larry Karaszewski

Fullplot:

A young boy is just short of a monster. He is adopted by a loving man and his wacky wife. The laughs keep coming as the boy pushes them to the limits.

Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-02-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(142435 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Genres:

ComedySport

Fullplot:

A Hockey player wannabe finds out that he has the most powerful golf drive in history. He joins the P.G.A. tour to make some money to save grandma's house. The downside is that his hocky player mentality doesn't really go on the P.G.A. tour. Especially with the favorite to win the championship.

Beverly Hills Ninja

Beverly Hills Ninja

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-01-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (28510 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Genres:

ActionComedy

Cast:

Writer:

Mark Feldberg

Mitchell Klebanoff

Fullplot:

Following a ship wreck, a baby is rescued by a clan of Ninja warriors and raised by them as one of their own. But Haru, as he is called, never quite fits in, nor does he manage to make a worthy Ninja. However, the good-natured and persevering Haru, in his own bumbling way, and with some help from Gobei, manages to prove himself to be a winner in the end.

Big Daddy

Big Daddy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-06-25

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (148827 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Steve Franks (story)

Steve Franks (screenplay)

Tim Herlihy (screenplay)

Adam Sandler (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Sonny Koufax is 32 years old. He's a law school graduate. He's got a nice apartment in Manhattan. There's just one problem. He does nothing, except sit on his butt and live off an investment that was the result of a meager lawsuit he won a year ago. But after his fed up girlfriend leaves him, he comes up with the ingenious idea to adopt a five year old boy to showcase his newfound maturity. But things don't go as planned, and Sonny finds himself the unlikely foster father that will change his perspective on just looking out for himself.

The Benchwarmers

The Benchwarmers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-04-07

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

80 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (37969 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Genres:

ComedySport

Cast:

Writer:

Allen Covert

Nick Swardson

Fullplot:

Three guys, all their lives, have been living in the shadow of bullies and are determined not to take it anymore. Now they must train with the help of Mel to take on the most offensive and meanest youth baseball teams.

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-07-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(111858 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Cast:

Writer:

Barry Fanaro (screenplay)

Alexander Payne (screenplay)

Jim Taylor (screenplay)

Lew Gallo (treatment)

Fullplot:

Chuck Levine and Larry Valentine are friends and Brooklyn firefighting partners. Widower Larry, who still mourns the death of his wife Paula, is having problems changing the beneficiary on his insurance policy from Paula's name to his children's. He is worried about his children's future if he were to be killed in the line of duty, and is contemplating quitting his job for something less risky, but he also does not want to forfeit his firefighter's pension as he also see it as a safety net for his children. Larry saves Chuck's life on one of their calls. So when Chuck tells Larry that he owes him one, Larry takes him up on his offer. Larry's favor: despite both being heterosexual, that they enter into a domestic partnership, in name and paper only, to provide that much needed protection for Larry's children. Chronic womanizer Chuck reluctantly but eventually agrees. The one person who knows for a certainty that they are both straight is their boss, Captain Phineas J. Tucker. Their plan hits a snag when Larry believes that they are being investigated by the pension department for possible fraud, which means that Chuck has to move in with him and his kids. They consult the advice of a lawyer, Alex McDonough, who adds an extra layer of complexity to the situation as Chuck in particular is attracted to her and believes she could be the one and only for him. Her legal advice coupled with her wanting Chuck to be her new best girlfriend makes it even harder on him.

Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-11-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

3.4 (55185 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Steve Koren (screenplay)

Adam Sandler (screenplay)

Ben Zook (story)

Fullplot:

Jack Sadelstein is a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, who dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-06-06

Languages:

English, Hebrew

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (144960 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Genres:

ActionComedy

Cast:

Writer:

Adam Sandler

Robert Smigel

Judd Apatow

Fullplot:

Zohan Dvir works as a Special Agent and lives with his orthodox parents in Israel. He wants to give up this life full of dangerous encounters with Palestinians. While in the process of apprehending a Palestinian activist known simply as the Phantom, he fakes his death, hides in a dog-kennel on a plane bound for New York, and decides to try his hand as a hair-stylist. He is refused employment initially, but when he offers to work for free, Dahlia hires him as a cleaner. When a hair-stylist named Debbie quits, Zohan replaces her, winning over elderly female clientèle, and falling in love with Dahlia herself. Before Zohan could propose to her, Dahlia's landlord, Walbridge, who has been raising rents regularly, hires skinhead goons to terrorize the neighborhood, creates misunderstandings between Jews, Muslims, Arabs, and Palestinians, and drives them out, so as to enable him to construct a new building which is topped by a roller coaster. When Zohan decides to confront these skinheads, he does not realize that he is in for quite a few surprises himself.

Grown Ups

Grown Ups

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-06-25

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(165680 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Adam Sandler

Fred Wolf

Fullplot:

In 1978, five 12-year-olds win a CYO basketball championship. Thirty years later, they gather with their families for their coach's funeral and a weekend at a house on a lake where they used to party. By now, each is a grownup with problems and challenges: Marcus is alone and drinks too much. Rob, with three daughters he rarely sees, is always deeply in love until he turns on his next ex-wife. Eric is overweight and out of work. Kurt is a househusband, henpecked by wife and mother-in-law. Lenny is a successful Hollywood agent married to a fashion designer; their kids take privilege for granted. Can the outdoors help these grownups rediscover connections or is this chaos in the making?

Just Go with It

Just Go with It

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-02-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (158087 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Cast:

Writer:

Allan Loeb (screenplay)

Timothy Dowling (screenplay)

I.A.L. Diamond (screenplay)

Abe Burrows (stage play)

Pierre Barillet (French play)

Jean-Pierre Grèdy (French play)

Fullplot:

Danny (Adam Sandler) must engage Katherine (Jennifer Aniston), his faithful assistant, to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife. Danny must pretend that he is married, because he lied to his dream girl, Palmer (Brooklyn Decker) the most gorgeous woman in the world. To keep the woman he loves, covering up one lie soon turns into many lies.

Just Go with It

Just Go with It

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-02-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (158653 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Cast:

Writer:

Allan Loeb (screenplay)

Timothy Dowling (screenplay)

I.A.L. Diamond (screenplay)

Abe Burrows (stage play)

Pierre Barillet (French play)

Jean-Pierre Grèdy (French play)

Fullplot:

Danny (Adam Sandler) must engage Katherine (Jennifer Aniston), his faithful assistant, to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife. Danny must pretend that he is married, because he lied to his dream girl, Palmer (Brooklyn Decker) the most gorgeous woman in the world. To keep the woman he loves, covering up one lie soon turns into many lies.

Grown Ups 2

Grown Ups 2

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-07-12

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (96872 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Fred Wolf

Adam Sandler

Tim Herlihy

Adam Sandler (based on characters created by)

Fred Wolf (based on characters created by)

Fullplot:

After having the greatest time of his life three summers ago, Lenny (Adam Sandler), decides he wants to move his family back to his hometown and have them grow up with his gang of childhood friends and their kids. But between old bullies, new bullies, schizophrenic bus drivers, drunk cops on skis, psycho grade school girlfriends and 400 costumed party crashes he finds out that sometimes crazy follows you.

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