The Comedian (
2016) | IMDb:
5.8
An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother and his wife, Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets Harmony, the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul, and the two find inspiration in one another, resulting in surprising consequences.
While We're Young (
2015) | IMDb:
6.3
An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.
Starring:
Ben Stiller
,
Naomi Watts
,
Adam Driver
,
Amanda Seyfried
,
Charles Grodin
,
Adam Horovitz
The Humbling (
2014) | IMDb:
5.6
Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace with her.
Directed by:
Barry Levinson
It Runs in the Family (
1994) | IMDb:
5.6
It is now summer in the Parker family; and the usual amount of numerous events are happening in their separate lives. Ralphie is searching for the perfect top to use to beat the school bully with, the Old Man is in battle with their hillbilly neighbors, the Bumpus, while eagerly awaiting the discovery of the perfect fishing spot, and the Mother is attempting to collect all of the pieces of a glass china set at a local movie theater.
Starring:
Charles Grodin
,
Kieran Culkin
,
Mary Steenburgen
,
Christian Culkin
,
Al Mancini
,
Troy Evans
Directed by:
Bob Clark
Clifford (
1994) | IMDb:
5.4
When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking the boy into his home and introducing him to his future wife, Sarah. Clifford is fixated on the idea of visiting a famed theme park, and Martin, an engineer who helped build the park, makes plans to take him. But, when Clifford reveals himself to be a first-rate brat, his uncle goes bonkers, and a loony inter-generational standoff ensues.
Starring:
Martin Short
,
Charles Grodin
,
Mary Steenburgen
,
Dabney Coleman
,
Richard Kind
,
Jennifer Savidge
Beethoven's 2nd (
1993) | IMDb:
4.9
Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match, Missy, and fathered a family. The only problem is that Missy's owner, Regina, wants to sell the puppies and tear the clan apart. It's up to Beethoven and the Newton kids to save the day and keep everyone together.
Starring:
Charles Grodin
,
Bonnie Hunt
,
Nicholle Tom
,
Christopher Castile
,
Sarah Rose Karr
,
Debi Mazar
So I Married an Axe Murderer (
1993) | IMDb:
6.5
Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.
Starring:
Mike Myers
,
Nancy Travis
,
Anthony LaPaglia
,
Amanda Plummer
,
Brenda Fricker
,
Matt Doherty
Dave (
1993) | IMDb:
6.9
A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.
Taking Care of Business (
1990) | IMDb:
6.4
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
Starring:
Jim Belushi
,
Charles Grodin
,
Anne De Salvo
,
Loryn Locklin
,
Stephen Elliott
,
Hector Elizondo
Directed by:
Arthur Hiller
Midnight Run (
1988) | IMDb:
7.5
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.
Starring:
Robert De Niro
,
Charles Grodin
,
Yaphet Kotto
,
John Ashton
,
Dennis Farina
,
Joe Pantoliano
Ishtar (
1987) | IMDb:
4.6
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.
Starring:
Warren Beatty
,
Dustin Hoffman
,
Isabelle Adjani
,
Charles Grodin
,
Jack Weston
,
Tess Harper
The Woman in Red (
1984) | IMDb:
5.9
When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak out to meet her, he realizes that adultery is not quite as easy as it looks.
Starring:
Gene Wilder
,
Charles Grodin
,
Joseph Bologna
,
Judith Ivey
,
Michael Huddleston
,
Kelly LeBrock
The Great Muppet Caper (
1981) | IMDb:
7.1
Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.
Directed by:
Jim Henson
Heaven Can Wait (
1978) | IMDb:
6.9
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.
King Kong (
1976) | IMDb:
5.9
An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
Starring:
Jeff Bridges
,
Jessica Lange
,
Charles Grodin
,
John Randolph
,
René Auberjonois
,
Julius Harris
Catch-22 (
1970) | IMDb:
7.1
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation.