Movies by Woody Allen
As part of the cast:
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To Rome With Love (2012)
Cast: Woody Allen, Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen Page …
Directed by: Woody Allen
This Woody Allen comedy interweaves four dramatic tales set in Rome -- in one of which Allen plays a dad meeting his daughter's Italian in-laws to-be. Other cast members include Roberto…
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Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
Cast: Woody Allen, Letty Aronson, Antonio Banderas …
Directed by: Robert B. Weide
Iconic and influential director-writer-comedian Woody Allen granted unprecedented access for this in-depth profile of his award-winning career and controversial personal life. Highlights…
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...But Film Is My Mistress (2010)
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Ingmar Bergman, Woody Allen …
Directed by: Stig Björkman
Eight films by Ingmar Bergman are examined in this documentary that compares finished scenes with rare, behind-the-scenes footage of the legendary director at work, with commentary by…
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Brother Theodore (2007)
Cast: Woody Allen, Penn Jillette, Henry Gibson …
Directed by: Jeff Sumerel
Filmmaker Jeff Sumerel delivers an in-depth portrait of entertainer Theodore Gottlieb, known to audiences as Brother Theodore. Throughout his career, Theodore, who escaped the Nazis and came…
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Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2007)
Cast: Philip Glass, Ravi Shankar, Woody Allen …
Directed by: Scott Hicks
Filmmaker Scott Hicks takes you behind the scenes to spend a year in the life of legendary composer Philip Glass as he travels the globe writing and recording music. Featuring exclusive…
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Scoop (2006)
Cast: Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman …
Directed by: Woody Allen
While visiting friends in London, American journalism student Jade Spence (Scarlett Johansson) beats out Britain's top reporters by exposing a story involving murder and magic. But just…
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The Outsider (2006)
Cast: Woody Allen, Robert Downey Jr., Neve Campbell …
Directed by: Nicholas Jarecki
Following maverick writer-director James Toback through the process of making his 2004 drama When Will I Be Loved, this documentary provides a fascinating look inside the world of filmmaking.…
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Sidney Bechet: Treat It Gentle (2006)
Cast: Sidney Bechet, Wynton Marsalis, Woody Allen …
Jazz pioneer Sidney Bechet collaborated with many icons of 20th-century American music, including Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith. This engaging portrait retraces the soprano…
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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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Jack Paar: As I Was Saying ... and More! (2003)
Cast: Jack Paar, Judy Garland, John F. Kennedy …
Directed by: Michael Macari Jr.
This release takes a look at the life of the famous late comedian who, through his career as a radio star and as original host of "The Tonight Show," amused the world with his legendary…
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Hollywood Ending (2002)
Cast: Woody Allen, Téa Leoni, Mark Rydell …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Woody Allen plays Val Waxman, a once-famous film director who's down on his luck and just needs one good picture to bring his career back. But when Val gets an offer to make a big film,…
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Magic of Fellini (2002)
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Claudia Cardinale, Anita Ekberg …
Italian film great Federico Fellini inspired countless moviemakers after him, and this tribute is a testament to his overwhelming influence. Crammed with interviews, this illustration of…
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Cast: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Helen Hunt …
Directed by: Woody Allen
A top insurance investigator spars with a consultant his company hires -- until a dinner-theater hypnosis gag turns them into momentary lovebirds. But the magician's spell also makes…
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
Cast: Woody Allen, Alex Cox, Peter Ustinov …
Directed by: Jan Harlan
Stanley Kubrick's frequent collaborator and brother-in-law, Jan Harlan, offers a fascinating inside look at the genius behind such films as 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange,…
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Small Time Crooks (2000)
Cast: Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Michael Rapaport …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Ray (writer-director Woody Allen) is an incompetent crook with big dreams and a low IQ. When he sets up his wife, Frenchy (Golden Globe nominee Tracey Ullman), in a storefront to cover his…
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Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Cheech Marin, Fran Drescher …
Directed by: Alfonso Arau
Woody Allen plays a kosher butcher (wearing cowboy boots and a Stetson, no less) who slices and dices his philandering wife (Sharon Stone) but loses track of her hand -- which becomes…
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The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy (2000)
Cast: Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Woody Allen …
Sid Caesar produced and starred in two popular 1950s television comedy series -- "Your Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour" -- partnering with talented writers Woody Allen, Mel Brooks and…
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The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room (2000)
Cast: Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Woody Allen …
Offering a glimpse into the creative process behind iconic comedian Sid Caesar's groundbreaking variety shows, this insightful documentary features interviews with his brilliant writing…
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Company Man (2000)
Cast: Douglas McGrath, Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro …
Directed by: Peter Askin, Douglas McGrath
In this spoof about the "true story" behind the Bay of Pigs, Allen Quimp is a schoolteacher with a nagging wife, whom he keeps happy by claiming he's a CIA agent. One thing leads to…
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Light Keeps Me Company (2000)
Cast: Erland Josephson, Sven Nykvist, Susan Sarandon …
Directed by: Carl Gustaf Nykvist
Lovingly directed by his son Carl-Gustaf, Light Keeps Me Company offers an intimate and moving look at the life of the legendary Swedish cinematographer. Film clips, rare home movies, family…
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The Impostors (1998)
Cast: Stanley Tucci, Oliver Platt, Lili Taylor …
Directed by: Stanley Tucci
To elude the wrath of overbearing Broadway star Sir Jeremy Burtom (Alfred Molina), two struggling actors (Oliver Platt and director Stanley Tucci) are forced into a madcap succession of…
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Antz (1998)
Cast: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman …
Directed by: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
In this animated hit, a neurotic worker ant (Woody Allen) in love with a rebellious princess (Sharon Stone) rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier (Sylvester…
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Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Cast: Woody Allen, Elisabeth Shue, Richard Benjamin …
Directed by: Woody Allen
In this mordant 1997 comedy, self-absorbed novelist Harry Block (Woody Allen) sees his literary chickens come home to roost after he pens a roman à clef that offends, enrages and…
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Wild Man Blues (1997)
Cast: Woody Allen, Letty Aronson, Soon-Yi Previn …
Directed by: Barbara Kopple
Oscar-winning documentarian Barbara Kopple captures a different side of iconic director Woody Allen in this unexpected cinematic portrait, which chronicles his life as a traveling jazz…
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Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Cast: Alan Alda, Goldie Hawn, Woody Allen …
Directed by: Woody Allen
In director Woody Allen's Golden Globe-nominated musical comedy of intertwining stories, Steffi (Goldie Hawn) marries Bob (Alan Alda) after her divorce from Joe (Woody Allen), whose…
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Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Cast: Mira Sorvino, Woody Allen, F. Murray Abraham …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Years after adopting a baby, a happily married family man becomes obsessed with learning about the child's birth mother, only to discover she is a high-priced call girl in this superior…
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Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys (1995)
Cast: Woody Allen, Peter Falk, Michael McKean …
Directed by: John Erman
Two former comedians (Woody Allen and Peter Falk) who were once a red-hot team haven't spoken since they split up decades ago. But a chance to earn $75,000 each by playing bit parts in a…
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Don't Drink the Water (1994)
Cast: Ed Herlihy, Michael J. Fox, Josef Sommer …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Woody Allen directs this screen version of his 1960s play about an American family vacationing in Eastern Europe. The Hollanders end up in deep trouble when Walter (Allen) takes a picture of…
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Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Alan Alda …
Directed by: Woody Allen
When an elderly neighbor in good health unexpectedly dies, New Yorker Carol Lipton is convinced that the death was no accident and ropes a few of her friends into investigating, despite…
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Husbands and Wives (1992)
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Director Woody Allen stars with Mia Farrow as a long-married couple whose relationship starts to crumble when their best friends announce they're separating. Festering resentments and…
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Shadows and Fog (1992)
Cast: Michael Kirby, Woody Allen, David Ogden Stiers …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Writer-director Woody Allen stars as nebbish Max Kleinman, whose neighbors wake him asking for help in nabbing a serial strangler. Kleinman agrees, but the vigilantes disappear. As he looks…
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Scenes from a Mall (1991)
Cast: Woody Allen, Bette Midler, Bill Irwin …
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
Woody Allen heads to Los Angeles, this time to play Nick, a successful lawyer married to Bette Midler's Deborah, a best-selling author of a book about marriage. Although careers are in…
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Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Cast: Woody Allen, Anjelica Huston, Martin Landau …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Respected ophthalmologist Judah (Martin Landau) faces an ugly dilemma when his mistress (Anjelica Huston) threatens to expose their affair. Meanwhile, married filmmaker Cliff (Woody Allen)…
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New York Stories (1989)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Heather McComb …
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen …
Legendary directors Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese take on the Big Apple in this anthology film comprised of three decidedly urban tales that offer a meditation on art,…
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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher, Michael Caine …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Woody Allen's classic tale about three New York City sisters -- Hannah (Mia Farrow), Holly (Dianne Wiest) and Lee (Barbara Hershey) -- begins with a festive Thanksgiving dinner, during…
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Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Woody Allen's a two-bit Manhattan theatrical agent with a client list only a freak show promoter could love. His "ace in the hole," though, is sonorous crooner Lou Canova (Nick Apollo…
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Zelig (1983)
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Buckwalter …
Directed by: Woody Allen
"Human chameleon" Leonard Zelig (Woody Allen) soars to celebrity with his unexplained ability to transform himself into anyone he meets. Zelig finds himself in the unlikeliest of places --…
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Tony Roberts …
Directed by: Woody Allen
While gathered for a weekend party at the country home of a quirky inventor (writer-director Woody Allen) and his wife (Mary Steenburgen), six consenting adults swap beds -- and sexual…
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The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982)
Cast: Gene Kelly, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx …
Directed by: Richard Patterson
Screen legend Gene Kelly narrates this documentary by humor aficionado Robert Weide about the Marx Brothers, one of the funniest comedy teams ever to have graced the screen. Featuring Harpo,…
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Stardust Memories (1980)
Cast: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Woody Allen takes a turn toward Federico Fellini with this stylized and highly autobiographical satire about the travails of celebrity. Allen stars as successful filmmaker Sandy Bates, who…
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Manhattan (1979)
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy …
Directed by: Woody Allen
In the thick of a midlife crisis, television writer Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) finds himself torn between the sweet but far too young Tracy (Mariel Hemingway, who received an Oscar nod for the…
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Annie Hall (1977)
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Winner of four Oscars -- including Best Picture and Best Actress -- director Woody Allen's iconic romantic comedy charts the relationship between neurotic writer Alvy Singer and quirky…
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The Front (1976)
Cast: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
Alfred Miller (Michael Murphy) is a successful television writer whose political views have left him blacklisted from every major network in the McCarthy-era 1950s. Desperate to keep…
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Love and Death (1975)
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Georges Adet …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Writer-director-actor Woody Allen spoofs 19th-century Russian lit (think Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky) in this intellectual comedy -- rumored to be his favorite -- about a faint-hearted hero…
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Sleeper (1973)
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Health-food store owner Miles Monroe (Woody Allen, who also directs) bites the dust in 1973 and ends up cryogenically frozen, only to be defrosted in a dystopian future in which people…
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Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts …
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Herbert Ross brings Woody Allen's play to the big screen, with Allen in the starring role as Casablanca-obsessed film critic Allan Felix, who turns to an imaginary version of Humphrey…
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Bananas (1971)
Cast: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalban …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Neurotic nebbish Fielding Mellish (Woody Allen) follows his dream girl (Louise Lasser) to the fictitious Latin American nation of San Marcos, where he unintentionally becomes a freedom…
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask (1971)
Cast: Woody Allen, John Carradine, Lou Jacobi …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Questions from Dr. David Reuben's once-controversial book of the same name are turned into seven silly Woody Allen-penned vignettes. They feature Allen as a cowardly sperm, Gene Wilder…
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Take the Money and Run (1969)
Cast: Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Music-loving nebbish Virgil Starkwell (Woody Allen) launches his criminal career at a young age, but despite his failure to successfully pull off a single bank heist, he continues on an…
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Casino Royale (1967)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven …
Directed by: John Huston, Val Guest, Ken Hughes …
Pressed back into service to foil a sinister world-domination plot and to pass the superspy baton to his dim-bulb nephew, retired agent James Bond (David Niven) commissions a collection of…
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What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
Cast: Tatsuya Mihashi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama …
Directed by: Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi
Woody Allen's first directorial effort started life as a B-grade Japanese spy drama. Allen dubbed in an entirely new soundtrack, featuring brand-new dialogue that turns the story into a…
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What's New Pussycat? (1965)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider …
Directed by: Clive Donner
Skirt-chaser Michael James (Peter O'Toole) longs to be faithful to his fiancée but can't make a commitment with so many ladies swooning over him. He seeks help from a…
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The Best of Sid Caesar (1955)
Cast: Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen …
Featuring some of the best skits from legendary Emmy-winning funnyman Sid Caesar's two live comedy series -- "Caesar's Hour" and "Your Show of Shows" -- this compilation will keep…
As a director:
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To Rome With Love (2012)
Cast: Woody Allen, Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen Page …
Directed by: Woody Allen
This Woody Allen comedy interweaves four dramatic tales set in Rome -- in one of which Allen plays a dad meeting his daughter's Italian in-laws to-be. Other cast members include Roberto…
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Midnight in Paris (2011)
Cast: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard …
Directed by: Woody Allen
In this charming romantic comedy, legendary director Woody Allen focuses his lens on an engaged young couple whose experiences traveling together in Paris make them begin to question the kind…
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin …
Directed by: Woody Allen
After her husband's (Anthony Hopkins) midlife crisis drives him into the arms of a younger woman (Lucy Punch), Helena (Gemma Jones) consults a psychic (Pauline Collins) to learn what…
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Whatever Works (2009)
Cast: Ed Begley Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Larry David …
Directed by: Woody Allen
While falling for a young Southern belle (Evan Rachel Wood), an aging New York City eccentric (Larry David) finds himself caught in a series of bizarre situations involving the girl's…
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Javier Bardem stars in this Golden Globe-winning dramedy from legendary director Woody Allen as a flamboyant painter who finds himself in the middle of a unique relationship with Vicky…
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Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Hayley Atwell …
Directed by: Woody Allen
When two brothers turn to crime to solve their money troubles, they soon find themselves over their heads and pitted against each other in this thriller from Oscar-winning writer-director…
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Scoop (2006)
Cast: Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman …
Directed by: Woody Allen
While visiting friends in London, American journalism student Jade Spence (Scarlett Johansson) beats out Britain's top reporters by exposing a story involving murder and magic. But just…
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Match Point (2005)
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Tennis pro Chris (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) gets mixed up with the darker side of high society in this suspenseful drama with a Hitchcockian flair from writer-director Woody Allen, who sets the…
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Melinda and Melinda (2004)
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, Chloë Sevigny …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Radha Mitchell plays two versions of Melinda, a woman who two writers imagine comes undone at a dinner party in different ways -- one as a comedy, the other as a tragedy -- in this Woody…
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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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Hollywood Ending (2002)
Cast: Woody Allen, Téa Leoni, Mark Rydell …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Woody Allen plays Val Waxman, a once-famous film director who's down on his luck and just needs one good picture to bring his career back. But when Val gets an offer to make a big film,…
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Cast: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Helen Hunt …
Directed by: Woody Allen
A top insurance investigator spars with a consultant his company hires -- until a dinner-theater hypnosis gag turns them into momentary lovebirds. But the magician's spell also makes…
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Small Time Crooks (2000)
Cast: Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Michael Rapaport …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Ray (writer-director Woody Allen) is an incompetent crook with big dreams and a low IQ. When he sets up his wife, Frenchy (Golden Globe nominee Tracey Ullman), in a storefront to cover his…
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Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Cast: Sean Penn, Anthony LaPaglia, Samantha Morton …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Writer-director Woody Allen peels back the thin skin that separates a thoroughly obnoxious man from his ability to create heavenly music in this fictional biopic about "the world's…
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Celebrity (1998)
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Director Woody Allen turns his caustic wit on the nature of celebrity with this satiric look at people who'll do anything for fame. Kenneth Branagh stars as a version of Allen: a…
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Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Cast: Woody Allen, Elisabeth Shue, Richard Benjamin …
Directed by: Woody Allen
In this mordant 1997 comedy, self-absorbed novelist Harry Block (Woody Allen) sees his literary chickens come home to roost after he pens a roman à clef that offends, enrages and…
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Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Cast: Alan Alda, Goldie Hawn, Woody Allen …
Directed by: Woody Allen
In director Woody Allen's Golden Globe-nominated musical comedy of intertwining stories, Steffi (Goldie Hawn) marries Bob (Alan Alda) after her divorce from Joe (Woody Allen), whose…
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Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Cast: Mira Sorvino, Woody Allen, F. Murray Abraham …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Years after adopting a baby, a happily married family man becomes obsessed with learning about the child's birth mother, only to discover she is a high-priced call girl in this superior…
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Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Cast: John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly …
Directed by: Woody Allen
A hack 1920s playwright (John Cusack) uses a mobster to finance his newest play. But when the gangster's bodyguard (Chazz Palminteri) starts rewriting the play to make it more…
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Don't Drink the Water (1994)
Cast: Ed Herlihy, Michael J. Fox, Josef Sommer …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Woody Allen directs this screen version of his 1960s play about an American family vacationing in Eastern Europe. The Hollanders end up in deep trouble when Walter (Allen) takes a picture of…
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Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Alan Alda …
Directed by: Woody Allen
When an elderly neighbor in good health unexpectedly dies, New Yorker Carol Lipton is convinced that the death was no accident and ropes a few of her friends into investigating, despite…
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Husbands and Wives (1992)
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Director Woody Allen stars with Mia Farrow as a long-married couple whose relationship starts to crumble when their best friends announce they're separating. Festering resentments and…
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Shadows and Fog (1992)
Cast: Michael Kirby, Woody Allen, David Ogden Stiers …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Writer-director Woody Allen stars as nebbish Max Kleinman, whose neighbors wake him asking for help in nabbing a serial strangler. Kleinman agrees, but the vigilantes disappear. As he looks…
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Alice (1990)
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Mia Farrow, William Hurt …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Alice Tate (Mia Farrow) finds herself falling out of love with her stockbroker husband (William Hurt) and in love with a sax player named Joe (Joe Mantegna) in this modern take on &NFi;Alice…
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Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Cast: Woody Allen, Anjelica Huston, Martin Landau …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Respected ophthalmologist Judah (Martin Landau) faces an ugly dilemma when his mistress (Anjelica Huston) threatens to expose their affair. Meanwhile, married filmmaker Cliff (Woody Allen)…
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New York Stories (1989)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Heather McComb …
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen …
Legendary directors Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese take on the Big Apple in this anthology film comprised of three decidedly urban tales that offer a meditation on art,…
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Another Woman (1988)
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm …
Directed by: Woody Allen
A university professor (Gena Rowlands) experiences a midlife crisis, so she rents an apartment next to a psychiatrist's office in order to write a book. There, she inadvertently…
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Radio Days (1987)
Cast: Mia Farrow, Julie Kavner, Dianne Wiest …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Director Woody Allen's Oscar-nominated comedy set in 1940s Brooklyn draws heavily on his youth -- a time when radio was king. Through vignettes woven together by music from the era, the…
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September (1987)
Cast: Denholm Elliott, Dianne Wiest, Mia Farrow …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Mia Farrow shines as Lane, a woman trying to recover from attempted suicide and to blot out a traumatic event from adolescence in auteur Woody Allen's Chekhovian drama. During a rainy…
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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher, Michael Caine …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Woody Allen's classic tale about three New York City sisters -- Hannah (Mia Farrow), Holly (Dianne Wiest) and Lee (Barbara Hershey) -- begins with a festive Thanksgiving dinner, during…
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The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Cast: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stuck in a dead-end job and saddled with an abusive husband, Cecilia (Mia Farrow) depends on the movies for her escape. She sees one picture, The Purple Rose of Cairo, so often that the…
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Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Woody Allen's a two-bit Manhattan theatrical agent with a client list only a freak show promoter could love. His "ace in the hole," though, is sonorous crooner Lou Canova (Nick Apollo…
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Zelig (1983)
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Buckwalter …
Directed by: Woody Allen
"Human chameleon" Leonard Zelig (Woody Allen) soars to celebrity with his unexplained ability to transform himself into anyone he meets. Zelig finds himself in the unlikeliest of places --…
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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Tony Roberts …
Directed by: Woody Allen
While gathered for a weekend party at the country home of a quirky inventor (writer-director Woody Allen) and his wife (Mary Steenburgen), six consenting adults swap beds -- and sexual…
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Stardust Memories (1980)
Cast: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Woody Allen takes a turn toward Federico Fellini with this stylized and highly autobiographical satire about the travails of celebrity. Allen stars as successful filmmaker Sandy Bates, who…
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Manhattan (1979)
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy …
Directed by: Woody Allen
In the thick of a midlife crisis, television writer Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) finds himself torn between the sweet but far too young Tracy (Mariel Hemingway, who received an Oscar nod for the…
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Interiors (1978)
Cast: Diane Keaton, Kristin Griffith, Geraldine Page …
Directed by: Woody Allen
In Woody Allen's first dramatic film, the disintegration of an upper class couple's marriage forces their three grown daughters (Diane Keaton, Mary Beth Hurt and Kristin Griffith)…
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Annie Hall (1977)
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Winner of four Oscars -- including Best Picture and Best Actress -- director Woody Allen's iconic romantic comedy charts the relationship between neurotic writer Alvy Singer and quirky…
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Love and Death (1975)
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Georges Adet …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Writer-director-actor Woody Allen spoofs 19th-century Russian lit (think Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky) in this intellectual comedy -- rumored to be his favorite -- about a faint-hearted hero…
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Sleeper (1973)
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Health-food store owner Miles Monroe (Woody Allen, who also directs) bites the dust in 1973 and ends up cryogenically frozen, only to be defrosted in a dystopian future in which people…
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Bananas (1971)
Cast: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalban …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Neurotic nebbish Fielding Mellish (Woody Allen) follows his dream girl (Louise Lasser) to the fictitious Latin American nation of San Marcos, where he unintentionally becomes a freedom…
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask (1971)
Cast: Woody Allen, John Carradine, Lou Jacobi …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Questions from Dr. David Reuben's once-controversial book of the same name are turned into seven silly Woody Allen-penned vignettes. They feature Allen as a cowardly sperm, Gene Wilder…
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Take the Money and Run (1969)
Cast: Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Music-loving nebbish Virgil Starkwell (Woody Allen) launches his criminal career at a young age, but despite his failure to successfully pull off a single bank heist, he continues on an…
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What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
Cast: Tatsuya Mihashi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama …
Directed by: Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi
Woody Allen's first directorial effort started life as a B-grade Japanese spy drama. Allen dubbed in an entirely new soundtrack, featuring brand-new dialogue that turns the story into a…