The Fantasticks (
2000) | IMDb:
5.6
Widowers Amos and Ben plot to romantically unite Amos' daughter Luiss and Ben's son Matt by pretending to feud and forbidding the teens to associate, knowing they will resist their fathers' interference. As the two youngsters fall in love, the fathers plot to end the 'feud' by hiring a traveling showman to fake an abduction and allow Matt to 'rescue' Luisa.
Starring:
Joel Grey
,
Brad Sullivan
,
Joey McIntyre
,
Jean Louisa Kelly
,
Barnard Hughes
,
Jonathon Morris
Directed by:
Michael Ritchie
Produced by:
Richard Pagano
A Simple Wish (
1997) | IMDb:
5.3
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.
Starring:
Martin Short
,
Kathleen Turner
,
Mara Wilson
,
Robert Pastorelli
,
Deborah Odell
,
Francis Capra
The Scout (
1994) | IMDb:
5.4
When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska. Soon, the New York Yankees put a $55 million contract on the table—provided a psychiatrist can affirm Nebraska's mental stability.
Starring:
Albert Brooks
,
Brendan Fraser
,
Dianne Wiest
,
Anne Twomey
,
Lane Smith
,
Michael Rapaport
Cops & Robbersons (
1994) | IMDb:
5.2
When the police discover that a mob hitman has moved in next door to the Robbersons, they set up a stakeout in the Robbersons' home. Hard-nosed, tough-as-nails Jake Stone and his young partner Tony Moore are assigned to the stakeout, but now it is a question of whether Jake can last long enough to capture the bad guys. The Robbersons want to help, and by doing so, drive Jake crazy.
Starring:
Chevy Chase
,
Jack Palance
,
Dianne Wiest
,
Robert Davi
,
David Barry Gray
,
Jason James Richter
Directed by:
Michael Ritchie
Produced by:
Diggstown (
1992) | IMDb:
6.9
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man who owns most of Diggstown, a boxing-mad town. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hours. Roy 'Honey' Palmer is that man that, at 48, many say he is too old.
Starring:
James Woods
,
Louis Gossett Jr.
,
Oliver Platt
,
Heather Graham
,
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
,
Thomas Wilson Brown
Fletch Lives (
1989) | IMDb:
6.1
Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.
Starring:
Chevy Chase
,
Hal Holbrook
,
Julianne Phillips
,
R. Lee Ermey
,
Richard Libertini
,
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
The Golden Child (
1986) | IMDb:
5.9
After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."
Starring:
Eddie Murphy
,
Charles Dance
,
Charlotte Lewis
,
J.L. Reate
,
Victor Wong
,
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Fletch (
1985) | IMDb:
6.9
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.
Starring:
Chevy Chase
,
Joe Don Baker
,
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
,
Richard Libertini
,
Tim Matheson
,
M. Emmet Walsh
The Island (
1980) | IMDb:
5.3
David Nau leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation in the Caribbean. When reporter Blair Maynard and his son arrive to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats, Nau and his band of raiders decide to induct them into their tribe.
Starring:
Michael Caine
,
David Warner
,
Angela Punch McGregor
,
Frank Middlemass
,
Don Henderson
,
Dudley Sutton
The Bad News Bears (
1976) | IMDb:
7.3
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Starring:
Walter Matthau
,
Tatum O'Neal
,
Vic Morrow
,
Joyce Van Patten
,
Ben Piazza
,
Jackie Earle Haley
Downhill Racer (
1969) | IMDb:
6.3
An ambitious young skier, determined to break all existing records, is contemptuous of the teamwork advocated by the US coach when they go to Europe for the Olympics.
Starring:
Robert Redford
,
Gene Hackman
,
Camilla Sparv
,
Karl Michael Vogler
,
Jim McMullan
,
Kathleen Crowley
Produced by:
Richard Gregson