Search results for "Bob Balaban"
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
IMDb: 4.6
89

A young nurse takes care of an elderly author who lives in a haunted house.

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse
IMDb: 7.1
105

German American artist Eva Hesse (1936 – 1970) created her innovative art in latex and fiberglass in the whirling aesthetic vortex of 1960s New York. Her flowing forms were in…

Genre: Documentary
Everything Is Copy

Everything Is Copy

Everything Is Copy
IMDb: 7.4
89

A candid portrait of writer/director Nora Ephron, directed by her son, journalist Jacob Bernstein.

Genre: Documentary
Fading Gigolo

Fading Gigolo

Fading Gigolo
IMDb: 6.2
90

Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his “manager”, the duo quickly finds…

Genre: Comedy
The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men
IMDb: 6.1
118

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom
IMDb: 7.8
94

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring Austin Pendleton

Starring Austin Pendleton

Starring Austin Pendleton
IMDb: 7.2
87

A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.

Genre: Documentary
Girl Most Likely

Girl Most Likely

Girl Most Likely
IMDb: 5.7
103

A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother.

Genre: Comedy
Thin Ice

Thin Ice

Thin Ice
IMDb: 6.2
93

A dishonest insurance salesman’s life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rage

Rage

Rage
IMDb: 4.7
98

A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Howl

Howl

Howl
IMDb: 6.6
84

It’s San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led…

Genre: Drama
Recount

Recount

Recount
IMDb: 7.3
116

In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add “hanging chad” to…

Dedication

Dedication

Dedication
IMDb: 6.6
95

A modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children’s book is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after his best friend and collaborator…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
No Reservations

No Reservations

No Reservations
IMDb: 6.3
104

Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water
IMDb: 5.5
110

Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime…

Capote

Capote

Capote
IMDb: 7.3
114

A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book “In Cold Blood”.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Marie and Bruce

Marie and Bruce

Marie and Bruce
IMDb: 4.5
90

A day in the life of a couple trapped in a sadomasochistic relationship. When Marie decides to break up with Bruce, their conversation devolves into a torrent of foul-mouthed rippings…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
A Mighty Wind

A Mighty Wind

A Mighty Wind
IMDb: 7.2
91

Director Christopher Guest reunites the team from “Best In Show” and “Waiting for Guffman” to tell the story of ’60s-era folk musicians, who, inspired by the death of their former…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Gosford Park

Gosford Park

Gosford Park
IMDb: 7.2
137

In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these…

The Majestic

The Majestic

The Majestic
IMDb: 6.9
152

Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Mexican

The Mexican

The Mexican
IMDb: 6.1
123

Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as “the…

Best in Show

Best in Show

Best in Show
IMDb: 7.5
90

The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part…

Genre: Comedy
The Monster Hunter

The Monster Hunter

The Monster Hunter
IMDb: 5.3
88

Residents of an East Texas town react strangely when a serial killer invades their small town world.

Genre: Comedy, Horror
Ghost World

Ghost World

Ghost World
IMDb: 7.3
111

Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Three to Tango

Three to Tango

Three to Tango
IMDb: 6.1
98

Oscar and Peter land a career-making opportunity when a Chicago tycoon chooses them to compete for the design of a cultural center. The tycoon mistakenly believes that Oscar is gay…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar
IMDb: 6.5
120

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry
IMDb: 7.3
96

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Waiting for Guffman

Waiting for Guffman

Waiting for Guffman
IMDb: 7.4
84

Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be…

Genre: Comedy, Music
The Late Shift

The Late Shift

The Late Shift
IMDb: 6.7
95

David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from “The Tonight Show.”

Dead Bang

Dead Bang

Dead Bang
IMDb: 6.1
105

Los Angeles homicide detective Jerry Beck searches for the murderer who killed a police officer on Christmas Eve. The investigation takes Beck inside the violent world of hate groups and…

End of the Line

End of the Line

End of the Line
IMDb: 5.6
103

When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.

Genre: Action, Drama
2010

2010

2010
IMDb: 6.7
116

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and…

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Whose Life Is It Anyway?
IMDb: 7.3
119

Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do…

Genre: Drama
Prince of the City

Prince of the City

Prince of the City
IMDb: 7.4
167

New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Absence of Malice

Absence of Malice

Absence of Malice
IMDb: 6.9
116

Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Altered States

Altered States

Altered States
IMDb: 6.9
102

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that…

Girlfriends

Girlfriends

Girlfriends
IMDb: 7.2
86

A photographer and her best friend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
IMDb: 7.6
135

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

Report to the Commissioner

Report to the Commissioner

Report to the Commissioner
IMDb: 6.7
112

Police officer Patty Butler, alias “Chicklet,” is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas ‘Stick’ Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she’s…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Bank Shot

The Bank Shot

The Bank Shot
IMDb: 5.4
83

A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal the…

Genre: Comedy, Crime