Morning Glory (
2010) | IMDb:
6.5
A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.
Starring:
Rachel McAdams
,
Harrison Ford
,
Diane Keaton
,
Patrick Wilson
,
Jeff Goldblum
,
John Pankow
The Extra Man (
2010) | IMDb:
5.8
A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.
Bride Wars (
2009) | IMDb:
5.5
Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.
Starring:
Kate Hudson
,
Anne Hathaway
,
Bryan Greenberg
,
Chris Pratt
,
Steve Howey
,
Candice Bergen
Life as a House (
2001) | IMDb:
7.5
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
Starring:
Kevin Kline
,
Hayden Christensen
,
Kristin Scott Thomas
,
Jena Malone
,
Mary Steenburgen
,
Ian Somerhalder
The Object of My Affection (
1998) | IMDb:
6
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.
Year of the Gun (
1991) | IMDb:
5.6
American novelist David Raybourne accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill David, he and his photojournalist friend must struggle to stay alive.
Starring:
Andrew McCarthy
,
Valeria Golino
,
Sharon Stone
,
John Pankow
,
Mattia Sbragia
,
Pietro Bontempo
Mortal Thoughts (
1991) | IMDb:
5.7
A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who steals from his wife, Joyce, and promises her close friend Cynthia Kellogg that she'll be the next target of his rage. At a group outing, James bleeds to death after someone cuts his throat. But because he's such a terrible human being, police aren't sure which of his acquaintances decided to kill him.
Talk Radio (
1988) | IMDb:
7.2
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Starring:
Eric Bogosian
,
Ellen Greene
,
Leslie Hope
,
John C. McGinley
,
Alec Baldwin
,
John Pankow
Monkey Shines (
1988) | IMDb:
6.2
A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.
Starring:
Jason Beghe
,
John Pankow
,
Kate McNeil
,
Joyce Van Patten
,
Christine Forrest
,
Stephen Root
Directed by:
George A. Romero
*batteries not included (
1987) | IMDb:
6.6
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
Starring:
Hume Cronyn
,
Jessica Tandy
,
Frank McRae
,
Elizabeth Peña
,
Michael Carmine
,
Dennis Boutsikaris
Directed by:
Matthew Robbins
The Secret of My Success (
1987) | IMDb:
6.5
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room.
Starring:
Michael J. Fox
,
Helen Slater
,
Richard Jordan
,
Margaret Whitton
,
John Pankow
,
Christopher Murney
To Live and Die in L.A. (
1985) | IMDb:
7.3
When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.
Starring:
William Petersen
,
Willem Dafoe
,
John Pankow
,
Debra Feuer
,
John Turturro
,
Dean Stockwell
Rambo: First Blood Part II (
1985) | IMDb:
6.5
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
Richard Crenna
,
Charles Napier
,
Steven Berkoff
,
Julia Nickson
,
Martin Kove
The Hunger (
1983) | IMDb:
6.6
Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.
Starring:
Catherine Deneuve
,
David Bowie
,
Susan Sarandon
,
Cliff DeYoung
,
Beth Ehlers
,
Dan Hedaya