Movies by David Paymer
As part of the cast:
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The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
Cast: Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Alison Brie …
Directed by: Nicholas Stoller
Jason Segel and Emily Blunt star in this contemporary romantic comedy as an engaged young couple who discovers that the more they get to know each other, the more unpredictable their…
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Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Cast: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver …
Directed by: Sam Raimi
After denying a woman an extension on her home loan, Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a turn for the worse. Convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, Christine has only…
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Redbelt (2008)
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Allen, Max Martini …
Directed by: David Mamet
In this riveting character study, a jujitsu master in a financial bind considers entering the arena to compete for cash -- which goes against his values and his integrity. When a gun mishap…
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Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Director Steven Soderbergh and star George Clooney return to Las Vegas for the further -- and purportedly final -- criminal exploits of Danny Ocean (Clooney) and company, with Ellen Barkin…
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Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris …
Directed by: Rod Lurie
When ambitious sports reporter Erik (Josh Hartnett) discovers that a local homeless man named Champ (Samuel L. Jackson) was once a famous boxer who's long been presumed dead, he digs…
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Payback: Straight Up: The Director's Cut (2006)
Cast: David Paymer, Deborah Kara Unger, James Coburn …
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Payback is bad guy Porter's (Mel Gibson) MO after his wife (Deborah Kara Unger) and partner (Gregg Henry) steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Director Brian…
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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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Warm Springs (2005)
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, David Paymer …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Kenneth Branagh) faces personal and political crises in this biopic that begins not long after the future U.S. president is paralyzed by polio. Roosevelt endures…
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School of Life (2005)
Cast: David Paymer, Ryan Reynolds, Kate Vernon …
Directed by: William Dear
Stodgy educator Matt Warner (David Paymer) -- who's determined to carry on his late father's legacy of winning the Teacher of the Year award -- suddenly finds himself competing with…
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Checking Out (2005)
Cast: Peter Falk, Laura San Giacomo, David Paymer …
Directed by: Jeff Hare
Ninety-year-old Morris Applebaum (played by Peter Falk, aka Lt. Columbo) has decided to "check out" on life and gathers his grown-up children to his Manhattan apartment for a final reunion.…
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In Good Company (2004)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson …
Directed by: Paul Weitz
An ad salesman, Dan, must take a junior position after a corporate shakedown. Worse, he now reports to a much younger boss, Carter -- a mandate made more difficult when Carter becomes smitten…
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Balto 3: Wings of Change (2004)
Cast: Maurice LaMarche, Sean Astin, Keith Carradine …
Directed by: Phil Weinstein
Sean Astin, Jean Smart and Kathy Najimy lend their voices to this heartwarming animated adventure that picks up where the first two films in the series leave off. Balto (voiced by Maurice…
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Alex and Emma (2003)
Cast: Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson, Sophie Marceau …
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Novelist Alex Sheldon (Luke Wilson) is stuck between a rock and a hard place: He owes $50,000 in gambling debts, and the only way to pay up is to break through a massive case of writer's…
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Joe and Max (2002)
Cast: Leonard Roberts, Til Schweiger, Peta Wilson …
Directed by: Steve James
In this docudrama based on a true story, American boxer Joe Louis (Leonard Roberts) and German champion Max Schmeling (Til Schweiger) fight each other twice during the 1930s, each coming away…
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RFK (2002)
Cast: Linus Roache, James Cromwell, David Paymer …
Directed by: Robert Dornhelm
This political drama stars Linus Roache as Robert F. Kennedy, the equally complex and accomplished brother of President John F. Kennedy. Director Robert Dornhelm begins the film as JFK's…
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The Burial Society (2002)
Cast: Rob LaBelle, Nicholas Racz, Jan Rubes …
Directed by: Nicholas Racz
Rob LaBelle, Jan Rubes and David Paymer star in this dark thriller about Sheldon Kasner, an unassuming bank employee at Hebrew National Bank, where no one seems to see how deserving he is of…
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For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2001)
Cast: Andy Garcia, Gloria Estefan, David Paymer …
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
In the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (Mía Maestro), a fervent supporter of the…
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Focus (2001)
Cast: William H. Macy, Laura Dern, David Paymer …
Directed by: Neal Slavin
Based on Arthur Miller's book about prejudice in World War II America, Focus stars William H. Macy as an overanxious, spineless New Yorker whose decision to purchase badly needed…
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Bartleby (2001)
Cast: David Paymer, Crispin Glover, Glenne Headly …
Directed by: Jonathan Parker
In this update of Herman Melville's classic story "Bartleby the Scrivener," the boss of a public records company begins to unravel after hiring a quiet clerk who increasingly responds to…
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Bounce (2000)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natasha Henstridge …
Directed by: Don Roos
Ad executive Buddy switches airplane tickets with a stranger, who unfortunately dies when that plane crashes. Greatly troubled, Buddy looks up the man's widow, Abby, unexpectedly falls…
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Bait (2000)
Cast: Jamie Foxx, David Morse, Robert Pastorelli …
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Small-time hustler Alvin Sanders (Jamie Foxx) suddenly finds himself at the center of a tug-of-war between the feds and ruthless criminals after he receives a cryptic message from a cell mate…
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State and Main (2000)
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning, Patti LuPone …
Directed by: David Mamet
When frenzied filmmakers descend on the town of Waterford, Vt., they shoot first and ask questions later in writer-director David Mamet's scathing satire of moviemaking, acting and the…
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Enemies of Laughter (2000)
Cast: David Paymer, Judge Reinhold, Rosalind Chao …
Directed by: Joey Travolta
Nerdy-looking Paul (David Paymer) is a neurotic, failed sitcom writer with a lackluster love life. But his best pal (Judge Reinhold) has an idea that might turn things around when he decides…
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Chill Factor (1999)
Cast: Skeet Ulrich, Cuba Gooding Jr., David Paymer …
Directed by: Hugh Johnson
In this thriller, ordinary working stiffs Tim (Skeet Ulrich) and Arlo (Cuba Gooding Jr.) are in a world of trouble -- and face even more unpleasant surprises -- when a deadly chemical is…
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Payback (1999)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello …
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's what Porter (Mel Gibson) is left asking after his wife (Deborah Kara Unger) and partner (Gregg Henry) steal his heist money and leave…
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Partners (1999)
Cast: Vanessa Angel, Jenifer Lewis, David Paymer …
Directed by: Joey Travolta
Geeky programmer Bob (David Paymer) plans to make a fortune selling the valuable software he just stole, but he ends up losing it to dangerous drifter Axel (Casper Van Dien). Although they…
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Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Cast: Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Serbedzija …
Directed by: Ron Underwood
In a remake of the 1949 classic, director Ron Underwood's Oscar-nominated adventure follows Gregg O'Hara's quest to capture a two-ton African gorilla and transport him to a…
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Amistad (1997)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg directed this story about the 1839 revolt aboard Spanish slave ship La Amistad and the uprising's tragic aftermath. An African-born slave (Djimon Hounsou) leads a mutiny…
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The Long Way Home (1997)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Edward Asner, David Paymer …
Directed by: Mark Jonathan Harris
Through interviews with holocaust survivors, newsreel footage, letters, journals and news reports, this Oscar-winning documentary chronicles the hardships faced by the European Jews freed…
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Gang Related (1997)
Cast: James Belushi, Dennis Quaid, James Earl Jones …
Directed by: Jim Kouf
Not averse to stepping over the line, New York cops Divinci (James Belushi) and Rodriguez (Tupac Shakur) do what it takes to clean the hood of drug dealers. But when they accidentally kill an…
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The 6th Man (1997)
Cast: Marlon Wayans, Kadeem Hardison, David Paymer …
Directed by: Randall Miller
Antoine and Kenny Tyler (Kadeem Hardison, Marlon Wayans) are two basketball-playing brothers at the University of Washington. Tragically, Antoine -- the eldest and the hotshot superstar --…
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City Hall (1996)
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda …
Directed by: Harold Becker
This sprawling tale wends its way from New York City's crime-ridden streets to the halls of power after a police shootout leaves innocent people dead. The probe to understand what…
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Unforgettable (1996)
Cast: Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote …
Directed by: John Dahl
Once accused of killing his wife but freed on a technicality, forensic pathologist David Krane (Ray Liotta) is obsessed with learning the truth -- and willing to risk everything to find it in…
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Carpool (1996)
Cast: Tom Arnold, David Paymer, Rhea Perlman …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Endearing Franklin Laszlo (Tom Arnold) is an unlikely bank robber, but that's what he does. During one bungled robbery attempt, he's forced to take some unusual hostages: a bus…
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The American President (1995)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen …
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas), one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette…
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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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Nixon (1995)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
The Watergate scandal toppled the world's most powerful man: United States president Richard Nixon (Anthony Hopkins). Director Oliver Stone re-creates the turbulent days of the early…
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Cagney & Lacey: Together Again (1995)
Cast: Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly, James Naughton …
Directed by: Reza Badiyi
This 1995 movie-length "Cagney & Lacey" special reunites Emmy winners Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly in the roles that reserved their respective places in television history -- Christine Cagney…
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Quiz Show (1994)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Hank Azaria, John Turturro …
Directed by: Robert Redford
Robert Redford directs this infamous true story of Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), who rocketed to national fame as a repeat winner on the TV quiz show "Twenty-One." In the late 1950s,…
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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
Cast: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz …
Directed by: Paul Weiland
It's Mitch Robbins's (Billy Crystal) 40th birthday, and things go from bad to worse when he returns home from the radio station to find his slacker brother Glen (Jon Lovitz)…
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In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994)
Cast: Kathy Najimy, Matt Frewer, Christopher Lloyd …
Directed by: Vincent Paterson
Where in the world is Dr. Seuss? Kathy Najimy joins comic greats Robin Williams, Billy Crystal and Christopher Lloyd in a stellar salute to the father of charmingly loopy wordsmithery. Najimy…
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Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994)
Cast: Tyne Daly, Sharon Gless, James Naughton …
Directed by: James Frawley
Emmy winners Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly return to prime time as Christine Cagney-Burton and Mary Beth Lacey, respectively, in this made-for-television special that finds the former partners…
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Heart and Souls (1993)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard …
Directed by: Ron Underwood
A coldhearted yuppie connects with the ghosts of four people who died as he was being born. Their time in limbo is drawing to a close, and to avoid being dumped by his girlfriend, he must…
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Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Cast: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen …
Directed by: Steven Zaillian
After 7-year-old Josh Waitzken gets hooked on speed chess and becomes a whiz at it, his dad hires an implacable chess master to coach the boy but reassesses his decision when Josh's…
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Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
Cast: Billy Crystal, David Paymer, Julie Warner …
Directed by: Billy Crystal
Actor-director Billy Crystal gives a searing portrayal of fictional comic Buddy Young Jr., a classic borscht belt stand-up comedian whose skills can't sustain a career undermined by his…
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City Slickers (1991)
Cast: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby …
Directed by: Ron Underwood
For a change of pace, three amigos facing midlife crises sign on for a fortnight cattle drive through the Colorado hills. The urbanites' survival depends on a leathery trail boss who…
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Crazy People (1990)
Cast: Dudley Moore, Daryl Hannah, Paul Reiser …
Directed by: Tony Bill
Emory (Dudley Moore) is a stressed-out advertising exec who sets off a company scandal with his unorthodox, but truthful, ad campaigns. Sent to a mental institution, he finds understanding…
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No Way Out (1987)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young …
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
At a Washington, D.C., bash, Navy officer Tom Farrell (Kevin Costner) meets and begins a steamy liaison with Susan Atwell (Sean Young), later learning she's the mistress of Secretary of…
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Irreconcilable Differences (1984)
Cast: Charles Shyer, Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long …
Bloated Hollywood egos and 1980s excess are personified in director Charles Shyer's industry-mocking yet heartfelt comedy starring Drew Barrymore as 10-year-old Casey Brodsky, who…
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The In-Laws (1979)
Cast: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Alan Arkin stars as a dentist who quickly grows skeptical about his daughter's wild claims that her future father-in-law, Vince (Peter Falk), is a CIA agent. But when he's sucked…