The Big Picture (
1989) | IMDb:
6.2
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.
Starring:
Kevin Bacon
,
Emily Longstreth
,
J.T. Walsh
,
Jennifer Jason Leigh
,
Michael McKean
,
Kim Miyori
Big Top Pee-wee (
1988) | IMDb:
5.1
Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front yard. Pee-wee, along with an outlandish cast of animals and circus performers, puts on the best show ever.
Starring:
Paul Reubens
,
Penelope Ann Miller
,
Kris Kristofferson
,
Valeria Golino
,
Benicio del Toro
,
Wayne White
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (
1985) | IMDb:
7
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.
Starring:
Paul Reubens
,
Elizabeth Daily
,
Mark Holton
,
Diane Salinger
,
Judd Omen
,
Irving Hellman
The Man with Two Brains (
1983) | IMDb:
6.4
A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.
Starring:
Steve Martin
,
Kathleen Turner
,
David Warner
,
Paul Benedict
,
Richard Brestoff
,
James Cromwell
Directed by:
Carl Reiner
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (
1982) | IMDb:
6.8
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
Directed by:
Carl Reiner
The Jerk (
1979) | IMDb:
7.1
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
Starring:
Steve Martin
,
Bernadette Peters
,
Catlin Adams
,
Mabel King
,
Richard Ward
,
Carl Gottlieb
Directed by:
Carl Reiner