10 Movies Directed by Richard Benjamin

My Favorite Year

My Favorite Year

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-10-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (6693 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Norman Steinberg (screenplay)

Dennis Palumbo (screenplay)

Dennis Palumbo (story)

Fullplot:

Benjy Stone is the junior writer on the top rated variety/comedy show, in the mid 50s (the early years). Its a new medium and the rules were not fully established. Alan Swann, an Erol Flynn type actor with a drinking problem is to be that weeks guest star. When King Kaiser, the headliner wants to throw Swann off the show, Benjy makes a pitch to save his childhood hero, and is made Swann's babysitter. On top of this, a union boss doesn't care for Kaiser's parody of him and has plans to stop the show.

City Heat

City Heat

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-12-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (6495 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Blake Edwards (story)

Blake Edwards

Joseph Stinson

Fullplot:

Kansas City in the 1930s: private investigator Mike Murphy's partner is brutally murdered when he tries to blackmail a mobster with his secret accounting records. When a rival gang boss goes after the missing records, ex-policeman Murphy is forced to team up again with his ex-partner Lieutenant Speer, even though they can't stand each other, to fight both gangs before KC erupts in a mob war.

Racing with the Moon

Racing with the Moon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-03-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (3124 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Henry and Nicky are small town pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be wealthy. Mischievious and irresponsible, Nicky gets into trouble which forces the other two to become involved, testing their relationship, as well as the friendship between the boys.

My Stepmother Is an Alien

My Stepmother Is an Alien

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-12-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (20063 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jerico

Herschel Weingrod

Timothy Harris

Jonathan Reynolds

Fullplot:

An alien is sent on a secret mission to Earth, where she appears as a gorgeous, attractive, and single lady. Her mission is to make contact with a rather nerdy young scientist, who's quite overwhelmed by her attentions, and isn't aware of the connection between her arrival and his work.

Mermaids

Mermaids

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-12-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (20687 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Patty Dann (novel)

June Roberts (screenplay)

Fullplot:

After yet another failed relationship, Mrs. Flax (Cher) ups her family to the east coast to start all over again. Reluctantly dragged along with her is her daughter Charlotte - going through a very confusing time of her life - who wants to become a nun, and instead falls in love with a quiet, mild-mannered church employee, to the mixed response of her mother. Set at around the time of the Kennedy Assassination.

Made in America

Made in America

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-05-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, France

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.9 (11349 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Marcia Brandwynne (story)

Nadine Schiff (story)

Holly Goldberg Sloan (story)

Holly Goldberg Sloan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.

Milk Money

Milk Money

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-08-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (8688 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Young Frank and his pals get an idea for the ultimate in excitement. They decide to pool their savings, bicycle to the nearby Big City, and hire some woman of the streets to strip for them. Things do not work out that simply, but they do meet V, a Hooker With A Heart Of Gold, who ends up giving them a ride home. Soon she is living in Frank's treehouse, unbeknownst to Frank's widowed father Tom, who thinks she is one of Frank's teachers. Soon, however, the evil Waltzer comes looking for V.

Mrs. Winterbourne

Mrs. Winterbourne

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (5300 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Cornell Woolrich (novel)

Phoef Sutton (screenplay)

Lisa-Maria Radano (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Connie Doyle is eighteen and pregnant when her boyfriend kicks her out. She accidentally ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife Patricia who is pregnant. The train wrecks and she wakes up in the hospital to find out that it's been assumed that she's Patricia. Hugh's mother takes her in and she falls in love with Hugh's brother Bill. Just when she thinks everything is going her way, her ex-boyfriend shows up.

The Pentagon Wars

The Pentagon Wars

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-02-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2241 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyWar

Cast:

Writer:

James Burton (book)

Jamie Malanowski (teleplay)

Martyn Burke (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Air Force Lt. Col. John Burton was assigned to evaluate the usefulness of the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, an Army troop carrier/scout vehicle that, in its final redesign, was effectively a deathtrap for its occupants. Burton keeps trying to execute a proper live-fire armor test on it but is constantly subverted by his temporary commanding officer, Army Maj. Gen. Partridge, in order to get it under construction and in the field.

The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-01-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (1016 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Musical dancer on the way out (at 36) Paula McFadden had it swell with actor Tony DeSanti, but instead of taking her to Hollywood he gets a European movie part. He even sublets their (his) New York apartment to Elliot Garfield, who generously lets her stay, even keeping the master bedroom. Pragmatic pre-teen daughter Lucy soon takes to his charm, but Paula remains determined to hate all actors. Despite the stress of a Broadway Shakespeare lead he must play too queer for Frisco, he's determined to snatch romance from ingratitude.

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