Mr. Saturday Night (
1992) | IMDb:
5.9
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of the world has forgotten the golden days of Buddy Young, and that there just may not be room in the business for an old comic like himself.
City Slickers (
1991) | IMDb:
6.8
Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.
Starring:
Billy Crystal
,
Daniel Stern
,
Bruno Kirby
,
Patricia Wettig
,
Helen Slater
,
Lindsay Crystal
Death Wish 3 (
1985) | IMDb:
5.8
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
Starring:
Charles Bronson
,
Deborah Raffin
,
Ed Lauter
,
Martin Balsam
,
Gavan O'Herlihy
,
Kirk Taylor
The Purple Rose of Cairo (
1985) | IMDb:
7.7
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.
Starring:
Mia Farrow
,
Jeff Daniels
,
Danny Aiello
,
Irving Metzman
,
Stephanie Farrow
,
Edward Herrmann
Broadway Danny Rose (
1984) | IMDb:
7.4
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova, whose career is on the rebound.
Starring:
Woody Allen
,
Mia Farrow
,
Nick Apollo Forte
,
Sandy Baron
,
Corbett Monica
,
Jackie Gayle
Zelig (
1983) | IMDb:
7.7
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
Starring:
Woody Allen
,
Mia Farrow
,
Patrick Horgan
,
John Buckwalter
,
Marvin Chatinover
,
Stanley Swerdlow
Atlantic City (
1980) | IMDb:
7.3
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
Starring:
Burt Lancaster
,
Susan Sarandon
,
Kate Reid
,
Michel Piccoli
,
Hollis McLaren
,
Robert Joy