Mighty Aphrodite (
1995) | IMDb:
7
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.
Starring:
Woody Allen
,
Mira Sorvino
,
Helena Bonham Carter
,
F. Murray Abraham
,
Donald Symington
,
Claire Bloom
Bullets Over Broadway (
1994) | IMDb:
7.4
After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.
Starring:
John Cusack
,
Chazz Palminteri
,
Dianne Wiest
,
Jennifer Tilly
,
Mary-Louise Parker
,
Tracey Ullman
Manhattan Murder Mystery (
1993) | IMDb:
0
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
Shadows and Fog (
1991) | IMDb:
6.7
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
Crimes and Misdemeanors (
1989) | IMDb:
7.8
A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about her insufferably self-centered boss.
Another Woman (
1988) | IMDb:
7.2
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of events she comes to understand how her unemotional attitude towards the people around her affected them and herself.
Radio Days (
1987) | IMDb:
7.4
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.