Movies by Karen Black
As part of the cast:
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Letters from the Big Man (2011)
Cast: Lily Rabe, Jason Butler Harner, Isaac C. Singleton Jr. …
Directed by: Christopher Munch
Scientist and outdoors enthusiast Sarah Smith (Lily Rabe) treks deep into the southern Oregon wilderness, where she encounters a Sasquatch (Isaac C. Singleton Jr.). The two tentatively begin…
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Maria My Love (2011)
Cast: Judy Marte, Karen Black, Brian Rieger …
Directed by: Jasmine McGlade Chazelle
Having forged new connections with her half-sister and a boyfriend in the wake of her mother's death, Ana is motivated to become a positive influence on a stranger. Ana chooses to help a…
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Irene in Time (2009)
Cast: Tanna Frederick, Victoria Tennant, Lanre Idewu …
Directed by: Henry Jaglom
The unique and complex relationship between a father and his daughter yields a profound influence, years later, on the relationships forged between the grown woman and the various men she…
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Repo Chick (2009)
Cast: Jaclyn Jonet, Miguel Sandoval, Chloe Webb …
Directed by: Alex Cox
Although it's not a sequel to Alex Cox's cult classic Repo Man, this highly stylized satire from the iconoclastic director features his trademark quirky humor. After bratty heiress…
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Stuck! (2009)
Cast: Karen Black, Jane Wiedlin, Mink Stole …
Directed by: Steve Balderson
Paying tribute to the "caged heat" B-movie classics of the 1950s featuring innocent and less-than-innocent women stuck together behind prison bars, this intentionally trashy potboiler…
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The Blue Tooth Virgin (2008)
Cast: Austin Peck, Bryce Johnson, Tom Gilroy …
Directed by: Russell Brown
When magazine editor David (Bryce Johnson) reluctantly confesses that he's not too fond of his buddy Sam's (Austin Peck) latest screenplay effort, the admission threatens to destroy…
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No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008)
Cast: László Kovács, Vilmos Zsigmond, Karen Black …
Directed by: James Chressanthis
After improbably chronicling the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, young filmmakers László Kovács and Vilmos Zsigmond fled their homeland and ended up in America, where the pals…
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Hollywood Dreams (2007)
Cast: Tanna Frederick, Justin Kirk, Zack Norman …
Directed by: Henry Jaglom
Fresh off the bus from Iowa, ingenue Margie (Tanna Frederick) arrives in Hollywood with the usual dreams of becoming a star. There, she falls into a romance with fellow actor Robin (Justin…
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Ghost Writer (2007)
Cast: Alan Cumming, David Boreanaz, Anne Heche …
Directed by: Alan Cumming
When he discovers that his boarder -- a promising young novelist (David Boreanaz) who owes months of back rent -- has been taking advantage of his hospitality, frustrated musician John…
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One Long Night (2007)
Cast: Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Ed Begley Jr., Karen Black …
Directed by: David Siqueiros
Traveling to Mexico City for the first time, half-Latino American businessman Richard Macedo (Jon Seda) finds himself the next target of a merciless gang leader (Héctor Suárez…
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Read You Like a Book (2006)
Cast: Robert N. Zagone, Tony Amendola, Barbara Crampton …
Directed by: Robert N. Zagone
A mystical book changes the lives of an independent bookstore's quirky employees and customers by allowing them to undo their biggest blunders in this indie drama that blends mystery,…
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America Brown (2005)
Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Michael Rapaport, Élodie Bouchez …
Directed by: Paul Black
Although his real name is America, high school football star Ricky Brown (Ryan Kwanten) knows nothing about the world but the gridiron and small-town Texas, a lack he hopes to change by…
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Firecracker (2005)
Cast: Mike Patton, Karen Black, Susan Traylor …
Directed by: Steve Balderson
Held hostage on the lonely Kansas prairie by an abusive older brother and a devoutly religious mother, the talented Jimmy (Jak Kendall) feels trapped. But when a traveling sideshow comes to…
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Wanderlust (2005)
Cast: Robert Benton, Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich …
Featuring clips from some of the best films ever committed to celluloid, this 2005 documentary from Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman examines how road movies have affected and…
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Straun House (2005)
Cast: Karen Black, Andrew Divoff, John Kassir …
Directed by: Jeff Broadstreet
After being admitted against his will to the Straun House, a psychiatric facility for patients with rage disorder run by a sadistic doctor (Andrew Divoff), Michael Dare (Stephen Polk) becomes…
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Gypsy 83 (2004)
Cast: Sara Rue, Kett Turton, Karen Black …
Directed by: Todd Stephens
In Sandusky, Ohio, teenage photographer Clive (Kett Turton) is on the verge of coming fully out of the closet, while obese twenty-something Gypsy (Sara Rue) loves Stevie Nicks music as much…
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It's Alive 2: It Lives Again / It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive (2004)
Cast: Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd, John P. Ryan …
Directed by: Larry Cohen
In the gory It's Alive 2, one murderous infant isn't enough -- three are now on the loose, all with razor-sharp teeth. In It's Alive 3, the less-than-proud papa (Michael…
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Dixie Lanes (2004)
Cast: Hoyt Axton, Karen Black, Art Hindle …
Directed by: Don Cato
World War II has just ended, and young Everett Laidlaw (Christopher Rydell), who had joined the battle overseas to avoid jail for moonshining, returns home and reunites with his kin. But…
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Tuesday Never Comes (2004)
Cast: Karen Black, Erik Estrada, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs …
Directed by: Jason Holt
Karen Black, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Erik Estrada star in this gritty tale of a narcotics bust that deteriorates into a bloody urban war. After plans for the perfect drug bust go awry, an…
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House of 1,000 Corpses (2003)
Cast: Chad Bannon, Sid Haig, William Bassett …
Directed by: Rob Zombie
Some couples on a road trip stop for gas when they happen upon a museum of monsters and madmen. Initially intrigued, the unsuspecting kids soon become a sick family's source of torturous…
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Miner's Massacre (2003)
Cast: Karen Black, John Phillip Law, Richard Lynch …
Directed by: John Carl Buechler
When prospector Jeremiah Stone died in a gold mine in the 19th century, he placed a curse on the loot inside. Now, a group of twentysomethings stumble on the mine at the same time an…
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Paris (2003)
Cast: Chad Allen, Ling Bai, James Russo …
Directed by: Ramin Niami
Rookie cop Jason Bartok (Chad Allen) goes on the lam after accidentally shooting his corrupt partner, Leon (James Russo). Stopping long enough to grab some stolen money of Leon's, Jason…
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Teknolust (2002)
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, James Urbaniak …
Directed by: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
When Rosetta Stone (Tilda Swinton), a scientist conducting biological research, has a major breakthrough and writes a paper about it, her colleagues suspect that she's already tested her…
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A Light in the Darkness (2002)
Cast: Joel Polis, Geoffrey Lewis, Karen Black …
Directed by: Marshall E. Uzzle
After being released from a state mental institution, Taylor Melnick (Matt Terzian) returns to his hometown, only to find himself haunted by the same issues that drove him to madness. He…
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Hard Luck (2001)
Cast: Kirk Harris, Karen Black, Matthew Faber …
Directed by: Jack Rubio
Mental patient Trevor "Lucky" O'Donnell has spent 7 years locked up and is only a few months away from his release. But when he learns that his childhood friend Eric is dying, Trevor…
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The Independent (2000)
Cast: Jerry Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich …
Directed by: Stephen Kessler
Morty Fineman is an independent schlock film producer with a problem: He's broke and can't finance his new film about a singing serial killer. So he tries to rekindle interest in…
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Oliver Twisted (2000)
Cast: Signe Kiesel, Brian Ahmes, Jason McMahan …
Directed by: Dean Gates
Mary Happ (Karen Black) doesn't have much to complain about; she has a good job, and her kids, Livvy (Signe Kiesel) and Jeff (Brian Ahmes), are happy. But when Oliver (Jason McMahan), a…
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The Donor (2000)
Cast: David Carradine, Karen Black, Pierre Dulat …
Directed by: Jean-Marie Pallardy
Forced to reproduce or be disinherited by his overbearing in-laws, businessman Matt Riordan (Pierre Dulat) and his barren wife (Marina Anderson-Carradine) hire a surrogate mother -- and…
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Red Dirt (1999)
Cast: Dan Montgomery Jr., Aleksa Palladino, Karen Black …
Directed by: Tag Purvis
Diverse sexuality in the Deep South is the theme of this independent drama, which was filmed in Mississippi. Griffith Joseph Burns (Dan Montgomery Jr.) is a young man who's feeling…
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Fallen Arches (1999)
Cast: Carmine Giovinazzo, Justin Louis, Louis Ferreira …
Directed by: Ron Cosentino
Transplanted from New York City, Duke and his brother Frankie live in a run-down Los Angeles apartment with their alcoholic mother. They meet one of their own kind in Nicky, a mobster in…
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Mascara (1999)
Cast: Ione Skye, Lumi Cavazos, Amanda De Cadenet …
Directed by: Linda Kandel
Three very different women (Ione Skye, Lumi Cavazos and Amanda De Cadanet) find that no amount of mascara can hide their hunger for passion or the pain of infidelity as they struggle to…
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Underground Comedy Movie (1999)
Cast: Gena Lee Nolin, Michael Clarke Duncan, Slash …
Directed by: Vince Offer
Infomercial king Vince Offer directs and stars in this widely panned collection of skits that leans heavily toward the scatological. Famous faces include musician Slash, "Baywatch" babe Gena…
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Angel Blue (1998)
Cast: Sam Bottoms, Lisa Eichhorn, Yeniffer Behrens …
Directed by: Steven Kovacs
Dennis (Sam Bottoms) is a handsome, successful and well-liked civic leader who lives in his hometown with his lovely wife (Lisa Eichhorn) and their new baby. When Enrique Vasquez (Marco…
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Dogtown (1998)
Cast: Jon Favreau, Karen Black, Mary Stuart Masterson …
Directed by: George Hickenlooper
After a failed stint as an actor in Hollywood, Philip (Trevor St. John) returns to his hometown, where he's greeted like a conquering hero. He uses his fame to charm his old sweetheart,…
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Stir / Highway Hitcher (1998)
Cast: William Forsythe, Traci Lords, James LeGros …
Directed by: Kurt Voss, Rodion Nakhapetov
This double feature includes a pair of tense thrillers. In Stir, Kelly Bekins (Traci Lords) searches for answers after her husband -- a scientist working on a cure for AIDS -- is brutally…
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Charades (1998)
Cast: Erika Eleniak-Goglia, Karen Black, James Russo …
Directed by: Stephen Eckelberry
After taking a job in the Technoworks shipping department, Barry (Jack Scalia) receives an invitation to his boss's (James Wilder) backyard barbecue. But this is no ordinary outdoor…
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Conceiving Ada (1997)
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Timothy Leary, Karen Black …
Directed by: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
When computer buff Emmy Coer (Francesca Faridany) taps into the subconscious mind of 19th century mathematician Ada Augusta Byron King (Tilda Swinton) -- the poet Lord Byron's long-dead…
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Dinosaur Valley Girls (1997)
Cast: Jeff Rector, Denise Ames, Griffin Drew …
Directed by: Donald F. Glut
Hollywood action star Tony Markham (Jeff Rector) keeps having dreams of a prehistoric land filled with dinosaurs and scantily clad cavewomen. Upon finding a magical amulet, his dreams become…
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First Degree (1997)
Cast: Erika Eleniak, James Wilder, C. Thomas Howell …
Directed by: Stephen Eckelberry
A company barbecue is thrown into disarray (to say the least!) when the boss turns up dead as a result of a failed kidnapping. As the afternoon heats up, clues reveal that someone at the…
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Tons of Trouble (1997)
Cast: John Laughlin, R.D. Call, Lee Purcell …
Directed by: Marina Martins
In this fun family adventure, a pack of helpful kids make it their mission to help a lovable African elephant find its home. One snag: They can't let their mom find out! Will they be…
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Invisible Dad (1997)
Cast: Karen Black, Russ Tamblyn, Daran Norris …
Directed by: Fred Olen Ray
Young Doug's slightly weird father turns invisible after one of his inventions goes haywire -- and that's just the beginning of Doug's wild ride. Doug thinks his dad's…
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Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996)
Cast: Naomi Watts, Jamie Renée Smith, Karen Black …
Directed by: Greg Spence
In this latest and most terrifying chapter of the successful horror series based on Stephen King's chilling tale, the children of a small Midwestern town are once again transformed…
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Crimetime (1996)
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Pete Postlethwaite, Sadie Frost …
Directed by: George Sluizer
A crime reenactment television program becomes a prime-time hit, which encourages the real-life murderer on whom the show is based to go on a murderous spree in hopes that more of his…
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Zapped Again! (1993)
Cast: Todd Eric Andrews, Kelli Williams, Reed Rudy …
Directed by: Douglas Campbell
Kevin (Todd Eric Andrews) is the new guy in town, and he's constantly being taunted by the bullies in his high school. But when they force him to drink some bright green fluid that they…
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Children of the Night (1991)
Cast: Karen Black, Peter DeLuise, Ami Dolenz …
Directed by: Tony Randel
Karen Black, Peter DeLuise and Garrett Morris star in this creepy thriller about the bucolic town of Allburg, which is far from the madding crowd of the big city but is now under siege. Just…
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Quiet Fire (1991)
Cast: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Robert Z'Dar, Karen Black …
Directed by: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Vietnam Veteran Jesse Palmer (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) discovers that his ex-commanding officer, William Whelan (Lance Lindsay), has become a crooked senate candidate who's conspiring to…
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Evil Spirits (1991)
Cast: Karen Black, Virginia Mayo, Anthony Eisley …
Directed by: Gary Graver
Eccentric boardinghouse owner Mrs. Purdy (Karen Black) hosts a collection of quirky characters with apparent grace and compassion -- but as several of her tenants die, Mrs. Purdy makes a tidy…
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Mirror Mirror (1990)
Cast: Karen Black, Yvonne De Carlo, William Sanderson …
Directed by: Marina Sargenti
A recent widow and her young daughter try to put their past behind them by moving into a new house. But they soon realize a mirror that belonged to the house's prior owner is a portal to…
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Club Fed (1990)
Cast: Burt Young, Allen Garfield, Judy Landers …
Directed by: Nat Christian
When a buxom blonde (Judy Landers) takes the rap for her gangster boyfriend's death, she's sent to a minimum-security prison where the inmates live better than most people do on the…
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The Killer's Edge (1990)
Cast: Wings Hauser, Karen Black, Robert Z'Dar …
Directed by: Joseph Merhi
While working with his tough-talking partner (Karen Black) to hunt down the leader of a counterfeiting scam, Los Angeles cop Jack Saxon (Wings Hauser) is confronted with a moral dilemma: As…
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Homer & Eddie (1989)
Cast: James Belushi, Whoopi Goldberg, Jim Mapp …
Directed by: Andrei Konchalovsky
Whoopi Goldberg and James Belushi make an unlikely pair as a psychotic escaped mental patient with an inoperable brain tumor and her mentally impaired companion, respectively, in this…
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The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1988)
Cast: Karen Black, Bruno Ganz, Victor Garber …
Directed by: Jose Maria Sanchez Silva
Larger-than-life American author Ernest Hemingway (Victor Garber) is the subject of this biopic that chronicles the famous writer's life from childhood to his suicide at age 61. Haunted…
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Cut and Run (1985)
Cast: Lisa Blount, Willie Aames, Richard Lynch …
Directed by: Ruggero Deodato
While tracking down leads for a high-profile scoop about a string of unexplained murders, an American television reporter (Lisa Blount) and her cameraman (Leonard Mann) uncover a link to the…
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Savage Dawn (1985)
Cast: Lance Henriksen, Karen Black, George Kennedy …
Directed by: Simon Nuchtern
A renegade motorcycle gang terrorizes a small Arizona desert town whose residents cower in fear. But when ex-Special Forces veteran Stryker (Lance Henriksen) arrives, the bikers' dark…
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Dead End Drive-In / Cut and Run (1985)
Cast: Karen Black, Lisa Blount, Peter Whitford …
Directed by: Brian Trenchard-Smith, Ruggero Deodato
Ned Manning, Eriq LaSalle ("ER") and Willie Aames ("Charles in Charge") co-star star in this double dose of classic action films. When they find themselves caught in a brutal theater turned…
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Martin's Day (1984)
Cast: Richard Harris, Lindsay Wagner, James Coburn …
Directed by: Alan Gibson
Fateful circumstances lead to a poignant alliance between an escaped prisoner named Martin Stechert (Richard Harris) and the 12-year-old boy (Justin Henry) -- also named Martin -- he takes…
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Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983)
Cast: Karen Black, Michael Emil, Frances Fisher …
Directed by: Henry Jaglom
Karen Black is Zee, an insecure divorcee who begins dating an insensitive bachelor named Eli for what she thinks is just a brief fling. Unexpectedly, Zee and Eli succeed in making a…
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Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
Cast: Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black …
Directed by: Robert Altman
In this finely acted ensemble drama from director Robert Altman, the members of a 1950s James Dean fan club gather in the tiny town of McCarthy, Texas, for a reunion. As the ladies arrive,…
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Miss Right (1981)
Cast: Karen Black, Margot Kidder, Marie-France Pisier …
Determined to find true love, expatriate journalist Terry Bartell (William Tepper, who also wrote the screenplay) dumps all of his girlfriends and goes on a quest for Miss Right in this…
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Capricorn One (1978)
Cast: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro …
Directed by: Peter Hyams
Seconds before launch, the first NASA astronauts bound for Mars are pulled from the capsule and asked to fake the Mars landing instead. The astronauts agree, but as a reporter starts…
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In Praise of Older Women (1978)
Cast: Tom Berenger, Karen Black, Susan Strasberg …
Directed by: George Kaczender
Callow young Andras Vayda (Tom Berenger) is growing up fast in post-World War II Hungary. But he's a sexual anomaly -- at ease with mature ladies yet ill suited to girls his age. Before…
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The Squeeze (1978)
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, Karen Black, Edward Albert …
Directed by: Antonio Margheriti
Lee Van Cleef stars as an ex-safecracker who comes out of retirement for the right price: In exchange for his handiwork, he'll get a cool $1 million. But there's one catch -- the…
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Family Plot (1976)
Cast: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris …
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock's final film (at age 76) is an easygoing suspense mystery. An atypically heroic Bruce Dern (who was in Hitch's Marnie 12 years earlier) plays a cabbie who teams…
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Burnt Offerings (1976)
Cast: Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith …
Directed by: Dan Curtis
The vacationing Marian (Karen Black), David (Lee Montgomery), Ben (Oliver Reed) and Elizabeth (Bette Davis) rent a Victorian mansion in California for the summer and soon discover that all is…
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Crime and Passion (1976)
Cast: Omar Sharif, Karen Black, Joseph Bottoms …
Directed by: Ivan Passer
To save his own skin, embattled financial advisor Andre (Omar Sharif) convinces his mistress, Susan (Karen Black), to marry his outraged client, Rolf (Bernhard Wicki), a wealthy businessman.…
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Trilogy of Terror (1975)
Cast: Robert Burton, Karen Black, Gregory Harrison …
Directed by: Dan Curtis
Karen Black plays four roles in this collection of three creepy tales from the director of the classic serial "Dark Shadows." One of the rare TV movies to attain cult status, Trilogy of…
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Nashville (1975)
Cast: Lily Tomlin, Ned Beatty, Keith Carradine …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Countless characters, including Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine, Ned Beatty and Karen Black, get caught up in a political rally that takes over Nashville in director Robert Altman's…
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The Day of the Locust (1975)
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Hollywood is where starry-eyed dreamers reach for the sun, and it's where many of them are scorched, too. This 1975 film made an impression for its portrayal of desperados who ache to…
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The Great Gatsby (1974)
Cast: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern …
Directed by: Jack Clayton
Nominated for two Academy Awards in 1974, this movie brings to life F. Scott Fitzgerald's wrenching novel. Mia Farrow stars as Daisy Buchanan, the object of mysterious millionaire Jay…
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Airport 1975 (1974)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Karen Black, Linda Blair …
Directed by: Jack Smight
When a Boeing 747 loses its pilots in a midair collision, lead flight attendant Nancy (Karen Black) is forced to take over its controls. As passengers grow frantic, flight instructor Alan…
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Rhinoceros (1973)
Cast: Gene Wilder, Zero Mostel, Karen Black …
Directed by: Tom O'Horgan
Part of the American Film Theatre series, Rhinoceros showcases the legendary comedic talents of Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder as they transform Eugene Ionesco's absurdist play into screen…
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The Pyx (1973)
Cast: Karen Black, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pilon …
Directed by: Harvey Hart
When police sergeant Jim Henderson (Christopher Plummer) investigates the gruesome murder of drug addict and hooker Elizabeth Lucy (Karen Black), he finds that her death is not an isolated…
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Van Nuys Blvd / Little Laura & Big John (1973)
Cast: Fabian, Karen Black, Paul Gleason …
Directed by: Luke Moberly, William Sachs
Wild behavior on the road is a running theme in this double bill of 1970s drive-in hits. In Van Nuys Blvd., Bobby (Bill Adler) is a small-town teen who gets wrapped up in rowdy nights of drag…
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Cisco Pike (1972)
Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Gene Hackman, Karen Black …
Directed by: Bill L. Norton
When corrupt narc Leo Holland (Gene Hackman) blackmails faded rock star and former drug dealer Cisco Pike (Kris Kristofferson) into selling a 100-kilo stash of stolen marijuana, he's…
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Born to Win (1971)
Cast: George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Karen Black …
Directed by: Ivan Passer
Hustling money wherever he can to support his $100-a-day heroin habit, ex-hairdresser J (George Segal) meets the lovely Parm (Karen Black) while trying to steal her car. Fascinated by…
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Drive, He Said (1971)
Cast: William Tepper, Karen Black, Henry Jaglom …
Directed by: Jack Nicholson
Set at a Vietnam-era Ohio university, Jack Nicholson's directorial debut stars William Tepper as a basketball jock who finds plenty of distraction off the courts bedding a…
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Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
In director Bob Rafelson's penetrating character study, a promising concert pianist (Jack Nicholson) chucks it all to work on a California oil rig but returns home to confront the…
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Airport / Airport 1975 (1970)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg …
Directed by: George Seaton, Jack Smight
The first Airport film focuses on a 12-hour period at a major airport where manager Mel Bakersfeld (Burt Lancaster) must deal with a powerful blizzard, a blocked runway and a mentally…
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Easy Rider (1969)
Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson …
Directed by: Dennis Hopper
With cash from a cocaine sale, two freewheeling hippies hop on their motorcycles and ride across America toward New Orleans, clashing with rednecks and picking up a boozy lawyer along the way…