Movies by Danny DeVito
As part of the cast:
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Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012)
Cast: Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Betty White …
Directed by: Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda
This animated adaptation of the incisive Dr. Seuss classic features the voice of Danny DeVito as the Lorax, a forest-dwelling creature who labors to prevent the short-sighted Once-ler from…
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Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011)
Cast: Carla Gugino, Zachary Quinto, Josh Hartnett …
Directed by: Sebastian Gutierrez
An all-star cast shines in this indie comedy about a typical night in 10 bars across Los Angeles, where former cop Francine becomes entangled with a group of oddballs, including a murderous…
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Revenge of the Electric Car (2011)
Cast: Tim Robbins, Carlos Ghosn, Danny DeVito …
Directed by: Chris Paine
Four vastly different yet equally driven auto industry visionaries rush to develop and market the first commercially successful electric car in this follow-up to the provocative documentary…
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When in Rome (2010)
Cast: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Huston …
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
After fishing out coins from a water fountain in Italy, cynical New Yorker Beth Harper (Kristen Bell) finds herself being wooed by several ardent suitors. As she deals with the attention,…
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Solitary Man (2009)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito …
Directed by: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Michael Douglas stars as a former car dealership owner who sees his personal and professional lives take a nosedive when the repercussions of years of shady business dealings and chronic…
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House Broken (2009)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Katey Sagal, Skyler Stone …
Directed by: Sam Harper
Career firefighter Cathkart (Danny DeVito) and his wife (Katey Sagal) are ready to embrace their golden years, but push comes to shove when the only way to reclaim the nest from their slacker…
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Bottle Shock (2008)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Chris Pine, Bill Pullman …
Directed by: Randall Miller
France's position as the world's top wine producer went unchallenged until 1976, when the Montelena Winery put California wines on the map -- a story delightfully told in this…
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Guest of Cindy Sherman (2008)
Cast: Cindy Sherman, John Waters, Eric Bogosian …
Directed by: Paul Hasegawa-Overacker, Tom Donahue
With fellow filmmaker Tom Donahue, former "Gallery Beat" host Paul Hasegawa-Overacker chronicles his now-defunct relationship with famously reclusive photographer Cindy Sherman, sharing what…
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Reno 911!: Miami (2007)
Cast: Thomas Lennon, Mary Birdsong, Carlos Alazraqui …
Directed by: Ben Garant
Lt. Jim Dangle (Thomas Lennon) and the rest of the gang from the Washoe County Sheriff's Department are transported from landlocked Reno to the sunny shores of Miami in this big-screen…
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The Good Night (2007)
Cast: Martin Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Penélope Cruz …
Directed by: Jake Paltrow
Reduced to writing jingles after a taste of pop stardom in his 20s, a sad-sack thirtysomething finds an escape from his unhappy wife when he starts having dreams about a gorgeous, mysterious…
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Nobel Son (2007)
Cast: Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy …
Directed by: Randall Miller
About to receive the Nobel Prize in chemistry, Prof. Eli Michaelson learns that kidnappers have snatched his son, a promising grad student. But when the captors demand a ransom -- the $2…
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Just Add Water (2007)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Justin Long, Jonah Hill …
Directed by: Hart Bochner
Ray Tuckby (Dylan Walsh) is hardly happy with the life he's built for himself in Trona, Calif., a sad existence that seems to mirror the bleakness of his surroundings. But everything…
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The OH in Ohio (2006)
Cast: Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Danny DeVito …
Directed by: Billy Kent
After marrying her high school sweetheart (Paul Rudd), Priscilla Chase (Parker Posey) created the perfect life for herself. But she seems to have left something out: her orgasm. Now, with her…
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Deck the Halls (2006)
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Danny DeVito, Kristin Chenoweth …
Directed by: John Whitesell
All Steve (Matthew Broderick) wants to do is live a calm, ordered life in his small New England town. But his new neighbor, Buddy (Danny DeVito), has other plans -- especially when it comes…
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Relative Strangers (2006)
Cast: Neve Campbell, Rose Abdoo, Ron Livingston …
Directed by: Greg Glienna
Best-selling author and successful psychiatrist Dr. Richard Clayton has an enviable life, including devoted parents. But when his conniving brother reveals that Richard is adopted, Richard…
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Even Money (2006)
Cast: Kim Basinger, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker …
Directed by: Mark Rydell
Director Mark Rydell's noirish drama chronicles the intertwining lives of three Atlantic City addicts: a novelist concealing her gambling habit from her hubby, a janitor in hock to a…
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Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2005)
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen …
Directed by: Randall Miller
Writer-director Randall Miller's heart-achingly sweet drama centers on the unsatisfying personal life of protagonist Frank Keane (Robert Carlyle), a sensitive baker who remains deeply…
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Be Cool (2005)
Cast: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn …
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
In this sequel to Get Shorty, ex-loan shark Chili Palmer sets his sights on the music business. His first client is a singer who's on the lam from the Russian mob, and Chili finds…
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Boffo!: Tinseltown's Bombs & Blockbusters (2005)
Cast: Peter Bart, Steven Spielberg, Charlize Theron …
Directed by: Bill Couturié
With a zillion things that can go wrong (and often do), the line separating blockbusters from bombs in Hollywood is thin indeed. A bevy of industry heavies sheds light on the elements that…
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Anything Else (2003)
Cast: Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Woody Allen …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Jerry Falk (Jason Biggs) is an aspiring writer living in New York City who falls in love at first sight with Amanda (Christina Ricci). Seeking advice, Jerry turns to the aging struggling…
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Big Fish (2003)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup …
Directed by: Tim Burton
In this Tim Burton fantasy based on the novel by Daniel Wallace, William Bloom (Billy Crudup) tries to learn more about his dying father, Edward, by piecing together disparate facts from a…
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Death to Smoochy (2002)
Cast: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito directs this dark comedy set in the dog-eat-dog world of children's television, where kids' show star Rainbow Randolph (Robin Williams) gets fired over a bribery…
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Heist (2001)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo …
Directed by: David Mamet
Duplicity and double crosses are the order of the day in this serpentine thrill ride from venerable writer-director David Mamet. After being caught on security cameras during a robbery at a…
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What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo …
Directed by: Sam Weisman
Wealthy Max Fairbanks (Danny DeVito) wakes one night to find Kevin Caffery (Martin Lawrence) robbing his house. Max swipes Kevin's lucky ring and claims it as his own when he reports the…
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Drowning Mona (2000)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Neve Campbell …
Directed by: Nick Gomez
Bette Midler stars as malicious Mona Dearly, who's the most despised woman in Verplanck, N.Y.: Her husband hates her, her children hate her, and her neighbors hate her. So, when Mona…
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Screwed (2000)
Cast: Norm MacDonald, Dave Chappelle, Elaine Stritch …
Directed by: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
It's a dognapping gone awry when dim-bulb butler Willard Fillmore (Norm Macdonald) and his equally inept friend Rusty Hayes (Dave Chappelle) swipe the mutt of Macdonald's crusty…
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Man on the Moon (1999)
Cast: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love …
Directed by: Milos Forman
Jim Carrey gives the performance of his career as the insanely inventive comedian Andy Kaufman, best known as lovable mechanic Latka Gravas on the 1970s sitcom "Taxi," who shocked audiences…
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The Big Kahuna (1999)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Peter Facinelli …
Directed by: John Swanbeck
Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito are veteran salesmen in a world where cash is king and the deal is scripture. When a born-again employee arrives to help them nab a hot prospect (the big…
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The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Cast: James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst …
Directed by: Sofia Coppola
In sharp response to the lax moral milieu of the mid-1970s, Ronald and Sara Lisbon keep their five alluring, adolescent daughters on a short leash by embracing religion and pushing away the…
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Saturday Night Live: Christmas (1999)
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray …
Join the epic "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" cast of Saturday Night Live regulars in a hilarious compilation of the best holiday moments from the show's Christmas specials. Some of…
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Living Out Loud (1998)
Cast: Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito, Queen Latifah …
Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
A recently divorced woman (Holly Hunter) forms a fragile friendship with her doorman and elevator operator (Danny DeVito), whose life has also seen its share of pain. The two help each other…
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L.A. Confidential (1997)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce …
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
In 1950s Los Angeles, three wildly different cops (Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe and Kevin Spacey) form an uneasy alliance to ferret out deep-seated police corruption. But some people will do…
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Hercules (1997)
Cast: Tate Donovan, Danny DeVito, James Woods …
Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
In Disney's animated take on Greek mythology, the heavenly Hercules is stripped of his immortality and raised on Earth instead of Olympus, where he's forced to take on Hades and…
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The Rainmaker (1997)
Cast: Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes …
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
When Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon), a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an…
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Mars Attacks! (1996)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Tim Burton
Tim Burton directs an all-star cast in this outlandishly funny spoof of 1950s-era sci-fi flicks, featuring bulbous-headed Martians come to Earth hell-bent on world domination and destroying…
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Space Jam (1996)
Cast: Michael Jordan, Danny DeVito, Wayne Knight …
Directed by: Joe Pytka
Pro-basketball superstar Michael Jordan slams, Bugs Bunny jams and other Looney Tunes stars hoop it up in this rim-rattlin' roundball romp that's an inspired blend of live-action…
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Matilda: Special Edition (1996)
Cast: Jon Lovitz, Danny DeVito, Mara Wilson …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Cursed with obtuse parents and a martinet school principal, 6-year-old Matilda Wormwood immerses herself in books. With so much mental stimulation, she acquires telekinetic abilities -- which…
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Get Shorty (1995)
Cast: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo …
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
When Miami loan shark Chili Palmer (John Travolta) travels to Los Angeles to get money from a "client," he ends up getting involved in the film business. His foot in the door is washed-up…
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Junior (1994)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Emma Thompson …
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Their research threatened when they fail to nab a grant, two fertility doctors, Alex Hesse (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Larry Arbogast (Danny DeVito), test their theory and implant Hesse with…
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Renaissance Man (1994)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Gregory Hines, James Remar …
Directed by: Penny Marshall
In this feel-good comedy, Bill Rago (Danny DeVito), an unemployed advertising executive, accepts a job teaching English to a group of idiotic Army privates. Rago eventually converts them and…
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Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
Cast: Kirstie Alley, John Travolta, Lysette Anthony …
Directed by: Tom Ropelewski
When Samantha LeBon (Lysette Anthony) hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her new employee -- the unsuspecting, blithesome James (John Travolta) -- his wife (Kirstie Alley),…
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Jack the Bear (1993)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Miko Hughes …
Directed by: Marshall Herskovitz
Minor-league television celebrity John Leary (Danny DeVito) leads a peripetic existence with his two sons (Robert J. Steinmiller Jr. and Miko Hughes), moving from one station to another,…
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Batman Returns (1992)
Cast: Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito …
Directed by: Tim Burton
Trouble returns to Gotham in director Tim Burton's sequel as Batman (Michael Keaton) battles three new villains plotting to take over the city, including corrupt businessman Max Shreck…
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Hoffa (1992)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Oscar winner Jack Nicholson stars as infamous Teamster boss James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa in this Academy Award-nominated biopic penned by David Mamet that traces Hoffa's rise through…
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Other People's Money (1991)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck, Penelope Ann Miller …
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Danny DeVito stars as Lawrence Garfield, a pint-sized, rapacious corporate raider conspiring to take over a business run by upright Andrew Jorgenson (Gregory Peck) -- all while putting the…
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The War of the Roses (1989)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito directs and co-stars in this explosive portrayal of a 17-year marriage gone wrong. Oliver (Michael Douglas) and Barbara (Kathleen Turner) Rose are calling it quits as a couple,…
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Twins (1988)
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston …
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
When he discovers that he has a twin he never knew existed, the studious Julius Benedict (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sets out to find his long-lost sibling and is shocked to discover that his…
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Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Struggling mystery writer Larry (Billy Crystal) is exasperated by his mediocre student, Owen (Danny DeVito), who has imagined a gentlemen's agreement to kill Larry's devious ex-wife…
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Tin Men (1987)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
A nostalgic evocation of a simpler era, and perhaps the best of director Barry Levinson's quartet of Baltimore-based film reminiscences, Tin Men immortalizes a fast-talking, early-1960s…
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My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
Cast: Tony Randall, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman …
Directed by: Michael Joens
The popular ponies gallop onto the big screen in this charming animated adventure in which the brave friends must save Dream Valley from evil witch Hydia's purple goo. Will aid from the…
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Ruthless People (1986)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold …
Directed by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker
Unscrupulous Bel-Air millionaire Sam (Danny DeVito) plans to murder his shrewish wife, Barbara (Bette Midler). But when he arrives home to do the deed, he finds she's been kidnapped. The…
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Head Office (1986)
Cast: Judge Reinhold, Lori-Nan Engler, Eddie Albert …
Directed by: Ken Finkleman
In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better…
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Wise Guys (1986)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel …
Directed by: Brian De Palma
When petty crooks Harry Valentini (Danny DeVito) and Moe Dickstein (Joe Piscopo) "borrow" a large sum of cash from a Mafia boss (Dan Hedaya), they head to the track to multiply their stolen…
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My Little Pony (1986)
Cast: Bettina Bush, Scott Menville, Keri Houlihan …
The delightful inhabitants of Ponyland share a fondness for adventure and making friends in this colorful series based on the popular kids's toys, which finds the little ponies and their…
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The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito …
Directed by: Lewis Teague
In this sequel to Romancing the Stone, romance writer Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) has grown bored traveling the world with her boyfriend, Jack Colton (Michael Douglas), and accepted an…
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Romancing the Stone (1984)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito …
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
When a reclusive romance writer -- whose humdrum life in no way resembles the exploits of her fiery fictional heroines -- learns her sister's been kidnapped, she's soon embroiled in…
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Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Cast: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner …
Directed by: Amy Heckerling
In this gangster spoof set in the 1930s, Johnny Kelly (Michael Keaton) is forced into a life of crime to pay for his ailing mother's medical treatment. In an attempt to hide his new…
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The Mogul (1984)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Gerrit Graham …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito directs and stars in this hilarious film about a successful trucker from New Jersey, Vic De Salvo, who pulls a clever scam to become the producer and star of the nation's…
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Terms of Endearment (1983)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson …
Directed by: James L. Brooks
James L. Brooks directs this Academy Award-winning drama that follows widowed Aurora (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter, Emma (Debra Winger), through the years as they support each other…
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Going Ape! (1981)
Cast: Tony Danza, Jessica Walter, Stacey Nelkin …
Directed by: Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
When circus owner Max passes away, he bequeaths to Foster (Tony Danza) $5 million and three orangutans. But Foster better take good care of the goofy primates or all the money goes to a…
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The Van (1977)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Stuart Getz, Deborah White …
Directed by: Sam Grossman
If you wanted to score babes in the 1970s, you had to have three things: A bitchin' haircut, Led Zeppelin "IV" on the stereo and a custom van (preferably one with a waterbed in the…
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The Pom Pom Girls / The Van (1976)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Deborah White, Marcie Barkin …
Directed by: Sam Grossman, Joseph Ruben
Shag carpet, buxom cheerleaders and 8-tracks abound in this vintage pair of high school comedies from the 1970s. In The Pom Pom Girls, future Revenge of the Nerds star Robert Carradine plays…
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield …
Directed by: Milos Forman
While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian…
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Atlantic City Jackpot (1975)
Cast: Graham Beckel, Laurence Luckinbill, Regina Baff …
Directed by: Chuck Workman
Graham Beckel stars as Roland, an unemployed loser who wants to try his luck one more time at making big money fast. But his plan has nothing to do with poker, or blackjack, or even the…
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Duplex (2003)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Eileen Essel …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
New York City couple Alex and Nancy dream of the departure of their upstairs neighbor, who's hogging a rent-controlled apartment they'd dearly love to have. If she doesn't move…
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Duplex (Full-screen) (2003)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Eileen Essel …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
It's a "dog eat dog" world in New York City real estate in this zany comedy. Or is it "kill or be killed"? That's the case for Alex (Ben Stiller) and Nancy (Drew Barrymore), a…
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Death to Smoochy (2002)
Cast: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito directs this dark comedy set in the dog-eat-dog world of children's television, where kids' show star Rainbow Randolph (Robin Williams) gets fired over a bribery…
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Matilda: Special Edition (1996)
Cast: Jon Lovitz, Danny DeVito, Mara Wilson …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Cursed with obtuse parents and a martinet school principal, 6-year-old Matilda Wormwood immerses herself in books. With so much mental stimulation, she acquires telekinetic abilities -- which…
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Hoffa (1992)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Oscar winner Jack Nicholson stars as infamous Teamster boss James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa in this Academy Award-nominated biopic penned by David Mamet that traces Hoffa's rise through…
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The War of the Roses (1989)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito directs and co-stars in this explosive portrayal of a 17-year marriage gone wrong. Oliver (Michael Douglas) and Barbara (Kathleen Turner) Rose are calling it quits as a couple,…
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Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Struggling mystery writer Larry (Billy Crystal) is exasperated by his mediocre student, Owen (Danny DeVito), who has imagined a gentlemen's agreement to kill Larry's devious ex-wife…
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The Mogul (1984)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Gerrit Graham …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito directs and stars in this hilarious film about a successful trucker from New Jersey, Vic De Salvo, who pulls a clever scam to become the producer and star of the nation's…