Movies by Rick Rosenthal
As part of the cast:
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Nature: Superfish (2008)
Cast: Rick Rosenthal, F. Murray Abraham
Marine biologist and filmmaker Rick Rosenthal dives into the myths and mysteries surrounding the sailfish, swordfish and marlin whose power, speed and grace have long captured the…
As a director:
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Nearing Grace (2005)
Cast: Gregory Smith, David Morse, Jordana Brewster …
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
With 1978 suburban New Jersey as the backdrop, this coming-of-age tale follows gawky teen Henry Nearing (Gregory Smith), who -- after his mother's untimely death -- ponders his future…
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Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Cast: Busta Rhymes, Bianca Kajlich, Thomas Ian Nicholas …
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
In director Rick Rosenthal's second Halloween movie, Michael Myers (Brad Loree) proves to his sister, Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis), that he isn't dead, while television producer…
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Just a Little Harmless Sex (1999)
Cast: Alison Eastwood, Robert Mailhouse, Rachel Hunter …
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
Married man Alan (Robert Mailhouse) stops to help an attractive woman with apparent car trouble. But he doesn't discover she's a prostitute until the cops catch him with his pants…
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Distant Thunder (1988)
Cast: John Lithgow, Ralph Macchio, Kerrie Keane …
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
Fifteen years after returning from Vietnam to live in self-imposed exile, a war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome vows to search for his son. But the emotional reunion…
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Russkies (1987)
Cast: Whip Hubley, Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Billingsley …
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
At the peak of the Cold War, anti-Soviet sentiment is a common bond for the residents of a coastal Florida town. When a Russian sailor (Whip Hubley) washes up on the shore, a group of…
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American Dreamer (1984)
Cast: JoBeth Williams, Tom Conti, Giancarlo Giannini …
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
Bored housewife Cathy Palmer (JoBeth Williams) has ambitions to be a writer and unexpectedly wins a mystery-writing contest to win a free trip Paris. Once there, she gets hit by a car and…
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Bad Boys (1983)
Cast: Sean Penn, Esai Morales, Ally Sheedy …
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
On the mean streets of Chicago, Mick O'Brien (Sean Penn) plays by the rules -- the wrong rules. The only saving grace in his life of crime is his relationship with his girlfriend (Ally…
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Halloween II (1981)
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Charles Cyphers, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
This bloodier sequel picks up where the original ended, with an injured Jamie Lee Curtis recuperating in the hospital from her showdown with murderous psycho Michael Myers. What she…