Short Circuit (
1986) | IMDb:
6.6
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.
Starring:
Ally Sheedy
,
Steve Guttenberg
,
Fisher Stevens
,
Austin Pendleton
,
G.W. Bailey
,
Brian McNamara
My Favorite Year (
1982) | IMDb:
7.3
Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.
Starring:
Peter O'Toole
,
Mark Linn-Baker
,
Jessica Harper
,
Joseph Bologna
,
Bill Macy
,
Lainie Kazan