12 Movies Directed by Shawn Levy

Big Fat Liar

Big Fat Liar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-02-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (27335 Reviews)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Cast:

Writer:

Dan Schneider (story)

Brian Robbins (story)

Dan Schneider (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A take on the classic tale 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf', this is the story of a 14-year-old boy named Jason Shephard who lies for the fun of it. He loses an important story assignment entitled 'Big Fat Liar' in movie producer Marty Wolf's limo, which Wolf then turns into a film. When Jason sees a movie preview of his story, he and his best friend Kaylee go to Los Angeles to make Wolf confess to using his story, to clear his name, and to get him out of having to attend summer school. The teen liar then has to match wits with Wolf, who also turns out to be a big liar.

Jett Jackson: The Movie

Jett Jackson: The Movie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-06-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (795 Reviews)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Fullplot:

Jett Jackson, who is the star of Silverstone, is considering quitting Silverstone when it is given a three year extension. During the filming of the last episode, Jett is accidently sucked into Silverstone's world when a prop malfunctions. Silverstone is zapped into Jett's world as well. In Silverstone's world, Jett has to save the world from Dr. Kragg's evil plans.

Just Married

Just Married

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-01-10

Languages:

English, Italian, French, German

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (53670 Reviews)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Fullplot:

A happy young couple, Sarah and Tom marry against the wishes of Sarah's friends and family and go to Europe for their Honeymoon. Unfortunately for them, Sarah's parents send Sarah's ex-boyfriend Peter Prentis to break up the happy marriage.

Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-12-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (69130 Reviews)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Genres:

ComedyFamily

Cast:

Writer:

Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. (novel)

Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (novel)

Craig Titley (screen story)

Sam Harper (screenplay)

Joel Cohen (screenplay)

Alec Sokolow (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The Bakers, a family of 14, move from small-town Illinois to the big city after Tom Baker gets his dream job to coach his alma mater's football team. Meanwhile, his wife also gets her dream of getting her book published. While she's away promoting the book, Tom has a hard time keeping the house in order while at the same time coaching his football team, as the once happy family starts falling apart.

The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-02-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Czech Republic

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (60995 Reviews)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Cast:

Writer:

Len Blum (screenplay)

Steve Martin (screenplay)

Len Blum (story)

Michael Saltzman (story)

Maurice Richlin (characters)

Blake Edwards (characters)

Fullplot:

When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Insp. Dreyfus assigns the worst police inspector Jacques Clouseau to the case. His intention is to give a diversion to the press, while he uses his best men to chase the killer and thief. He assigns Gendarme Gilbert Ponton to work with Clouseau and inform each step of the investigation. When Clouseau is nominated with honor to the highest prize in France, Dreyfus decides to humiliate Clouseau and take him out of the case. However Clouseau has already solved the mystery.

Real Steel

Real Steel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-10-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, India

Runtime:

127 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (236271 Reviews)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Cast:

Writer:

John Gatins (screenplay)

Dan Gilroy (story)

Jeremy Leven (story)

Richard Matheson (short story "Steel")

Fullplot:

In the near future when people become uninterested in boxing and similar sports, a new sport is created - Robot boxing wherein robots battle each other while being controlled by someone. Charlie Kenton, a former boxer who's trying to make it in the new sport, not only doesn't do well, he is very deeply in the red. When he learns that his ex, mother of his son Max, dies, he goes to figure out what to do with him. His ex's sister wants to take him in but Charlie has first say in the matter. Charlie asks her husband for money so he can buy a new Robot in exchange for turning Max over to them. He takes Max for the summer. And Max improves his control of his robot. But when the robot is destroyed, they go to a scrap yard to get parts. Max finds an old generation robot named Atom and restores him. Max wants Atom to fight but Charlie tells him he won't last a round. However, Atom wins. And it isn't long before Atom is getting major bouts. Max gets Charlie to teach Atom how to fight, and the father and son bond strenghtens.

Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-12-22

Languages:

English, Italian, Hebrew

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (209185 Reviews)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Cast:

Writer:

Robert Ben Garant (screenplay)

Thomas Lennon (screenplay)

Robert Ben Garant (screen story)

Thomas Lennon (screen story)

Milan Trenc (book)

Fullplot:

In New York, unemployed and divorced Larry Daley is a complete loser. His son Nick is very disappointed with his father who is going to be evicted. Larry accepts the job of night watchman in the Museum of Natural History and takes the place of three old security guards that have just retired in order to raise some money and pay his bills. On his first shift, Larry soon realizes that everything at the museum is not as it seems as the statues begin to come to life after the sun sets. The Museum transforms into complete chaos with the inexperienced Larry in charge as he learns that an old Egyptian stone that came to the Museum in 1950 brings these statues to life until dawn. When Larry brings his son to spend a night with him, the three old guards break into the Museum to try to steal the magical stone. Larry organizes all the historic characters to help him stop the criminals and save the museum.

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-05-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (116946 Reviews)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Cast:

Writer:

Robert Ben Garant

Thomas Lennon

Robert Ben Garant (characters)

Thomas Lennon (characters)

Fullplot:

Ben Stiller returns as night watchman Larry Daily, now a successful business man, who gets back to the museum just in time to find that he needs to get his friends out of trouble. This new installment takes us to the Smithsonian, and introduces us to new characters, such as Amelia Earhart, General Custer, and many more!

Date Night

Date Night

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-04-09

Languages:

English, Hebrew

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (119459 Reviews)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Fullplot:

Phil and Claire Foster are a couple who have been married for several years. Their days consists of them taking care of their children and going to work and coming home and going to bed. But they find time to have a date night wherein they go out and spend some time together. When another couple they know announce that they're separating because they're in a rut, Phil feels that he and Claire could be too. So when date night comes Phil decides to do something different. So they go into the city and try to get into a new popular restaurant. But when it's full and still wanting to do this, Phil decides to take the reservation of a couple who doesn't show up. While they're having dinner two men approach them and instructs them to stand up and go with them. They think the men are with the restaurant and want to talk to them about taking someone else's reservation. But it appears the couple whose reservation they took crossed someone and the two men work for this person. The men are after something, but whatever it is they don't have it.

This Is Where I Leave You

This Is Where I Leave You

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-09-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (42370 Reviews)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Jonathan Tropper (screenplay)

Jonathan Tropper (novel)

Fullplot:

When their father passes away, four grown siblings, bruised and banged up by their respective adult lives, are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. Confronting their history and the frayed states of their relationships among the people who know and love them best, they ultimately reconnect in hysterical and emotionally affecting ways amid the chaos, humor, heartache and redemption that only families can provide-driving us insane even as they remind us of our truest, and often best, selves.

The Internship

The Internship

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-06-07

Languages:

English, Tagalog, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (145858 Reviews)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Vince Vaughn (screenplay)

Jared Stern (screenplay)

Vince Vaughn (story)

Fullplot:

Billy (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Owen Wilson) are salesmen whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital world. Trying to prove they are not obsolete, they defy the odds by talking their way into a coveted internship at Google, along with a battalion of brilliant college students. But, gaining entrance to this utopia is only half the battle. Now they must compete with a group of the nation's most elite, tech-savvy geniuses to prove that necessity really is the mother of re-invention.

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-12-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (51748 Reviews)

Director:

Shawn Levy

Cast:

Writer:

David Guion (screenplay)

Michael Handelman (screenplay)

Mark Friedman (story)

David Guion (story)

Michael Handelman (story)

Thomas Lennon (characters)

Robert Ben Garant (characters)

Fullplot:

At the Museum of Natural History, there's new exhibit being unveiled. Larry Daley who manages the night exhibit because the exhibits come to life because of the Tablet of Ahkmenrah, is in charge of the presentation. But when the exhibits go wild, Larry finds himself in trouble. He learns that the Tablet is corroding so he does some research and learns that Cecil, the former museum guard was at the site when the Tablet was discovered. He tells Larry that they were warned that if they remove it could mean the end. Larry realizes it means the end of magic. He talks to Ahkmenrah who says that he doesn't know anything. Only his father the Pharoah knows the Tablet's secrets. He learns that the Pharoah was sent to the London museum. So he convinces, Dr. McPhee the museum curator to help send him to London. He goes and takes Ahkmenrah with him but some of the others like Teddy Roosevelt, Attila, Octavius, and Jedediah come with him.

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