Movies by Richard Dreyfuss
As part of the cast:
-
Coma (2012)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Burstyn, James Woods …
Directed by: Mikail Salomon
In this made-for-TV thriller, a young doctor becomes suspicious when healthy patients in her hospital start falling into comas after routine procedures. She soon uncovers something sinister…
-
Shakespeare High (2011)
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Val Kilmer, Mare Winningham …
Directed by: Alex Rotaru
Featuring input from actor Kevin Spacey and other program alumni, this documentary follows a diverse group of underprivileged California youth as they escape the violence of their…
-
Piranha (2010)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames, Elisabeth Shue …
Directed by: Alexandre Aja
Ravenous piranhas with razor-sharp teeth terrorize Lake Havasu vacationers in director Alexandre Aja's remake of Joe Dante's campy 1978 horror film, itself a satire of Steven…
-
Leaves of Grass (2010)
Cast: Edward Norton, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon …
Directed by: Tim Blake Nelson
Edward Norton stars in this quirky tale centered on a respected Ivy League professor who's lured back to Oklahoma to help his equally brilliant twin brother -- who grows the world's…
-
Red (2010)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich …
Directed by: Robert Schwentke
After trading in his professional past as a black-ops CIA operative for a new identity, Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) is basking in normality. But he's forced to return to old habits when…
-
My Life in Ruins (2009)
Cast: Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis …
Directed by: Donald Petrie
Love takes root amid the ruins of ancient Greece in this rom-com starring Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Richard Dreyfuss and Rachel Dratch. Greek-American travel guide Georgia…
-
The Lightkeepers (2009)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Blythe Danner, Mamie Gummer …
Directed by: Daniel Adams
Richard Dreyfuss stars as solitary lighthouse keeper Seth Atkins, who no longer thinks he needs women until well-kept Ruth (Mamie Gummer) and her housekeeper, Mrs. Bascom (Blythe Danner),…
-
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
Cast: Al Pacino, Gene Hackman, Robert De Niro …
Directed by: Richard Shepard
An exemplar of his acting generation yet a name largely unknown, John Cazale made only five films, but each earned Oscar nominations. With the aid of co-stars and friends, this poignant…
-
W. (2008)
Cast: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Thandie Newton …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Featuring an all-star cast, director Oliver Stone's satiric retrospective chronicles the life and political career of George W. Bush, from his troubles as a young adult through his…
-
Rona Barrett's Hollywood: Nothing But the Truth (2008)
Cast: Rona Barrett, Cher, Robin Williams …
Through intimate one-on-one interviews, celebrity journalist Rona Barrett learns the secrets and dreams of Hollywood legends such as Cher, Raquel Welch, Robin Williams, John Travolta, John…
-
America Betrayed (2008)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Barack Obama, John McCain …
Directed by: Leslie Carde
In this searing documentary, investigative reporter Leslie Cardé shines a light on America's crumbling roads, bridges and dams and exposes how self-serving politicians have…
-
A Wayfarer's Journey: Listening to Mahler (2007)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Kathleen Chalfont
Directed by: Ruth Yorkin Drazen
Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss lends his voice as the late-19th-century Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, who overcame a difficult childhood by using music as his therapy. Nearly 100…
-
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo (2007)
Cast: John A. Alonzo, Sally Field, Michael Crichton …
Directed by: Axel Schill
Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressionistic American movies of the late 1960s and '70s. Director Axel Schill's…
-
Suburban Girl (2007)
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alec Baldwin, Audra Blaser …
Directed by: Marc Klein
Neophyte book editor Brett Eisenberg (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is paying her dues in New York's literary world when she catches the eye of Archie Knox (Alec Baldwin), a publishing mogul…
-
Poseidon (2006)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Josh Lucas, Emmy Rossum …
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Battling the elements once again, Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm) re-creates Ronald Neame's 1972 action classic with help from an ensemble cast that includes Kurt Russell, Richard…
-
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…
-
Silver City (2004)
Cast: Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Daryl Hannah …
Directed by: John Sayles
Down-home Dicky Pilager (Chris Cooper) can't put a coherent sentence together, but he's running for governor anyway, as a candidate for those looking for an approachable leader. But…
-
Coast to Coast (2004)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Judy Davis, Selma Blair …
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
A long-married couple (Richard Dreyfuss and Judy Davis) admits to long-simmering resentments and ennui that threaten their relationship in this painfully honest drama directed by Paul…
-
Citizen Stan (2004)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Stanley K. Sheinbaum, Robert Scheer …
Directed by: Patty Sharaf
Follow the career of influential activist and negotiator Stanley K. Sheinbaum, whose lengthy résumé includes campaigning to expose the covert Vietnam Project, saving the life of…
-
Johnstown Flood (2003)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Patrick Jordan, Jennifer Lee Dake …
Directed by: Mark Bussler
May 31, 1889, marked the day that the South Fork Dam burst, causing one of the most horrific disasters in American history. The city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was consumed by a 40-foot wall…
-
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (2003)
Cast: Arthur Penn, John Milius, William H. Macy …
Directed by: Kenneth Bowser
Based on former Premiere Magazine writer Peter Biskind's best-seller about moviemaking during the tumultuous, golden era of the 1970s, this film offers insightful comments from many of…
-
Shadow of a Gunman (2003)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Frank Converse, Jack MacGowran …
The Broadway Theatre Archive presents another program in its series of televised plays from the 60s to the 80s. Irish writer Sean O'Casey wrote his Dublin Trilogy and this play is the…
-
Who is Cletis Tout? (2002)
Cast: Christian Slater, Tim Allen, Portia de Rossi …
Directed by: Chris Ver Wiel
Prison escapee Trevor Finch (Christian Slater) assumes the identity of a deceased man, Cletis Tout, but soon discovers that someone had put out a hit on Cletis. Now, Finch and fellow escapee…
-
The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Richard Crenna, Colm Feore …
Directed by: Cyrus Nowrasteh
On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley attempts to assassinate President Ronald Reagan (Richard Crenna) in front of the Washington Hilton. While Reagan is in the hospital, Secretary of State…
-
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys (2001)
Cast: Rick Moranis, Kathleen Barr, Jamie Lee Curtis …
Directed by: Bill Kowalchuk
This computer-animated sequel to the beloved TV special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is an entertaining musical story in which the adorable reindeer and Hermey the Elf (now a dentist)…
-
In Search of Peace: Part 1: 1948-1967 (2001)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Edward Asner, Michael York …
Directed by: Richard Trank
Michael Douglas narrates this documentary look at the first two decades of Israel's existence, with a concentration on the origins of the Middle East conflict. Through archival footage…
-
The Crew (2000)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dan Hedaya …
Directed by: Michael Dinner
Fearing eviction from their beachfront apartment, four retired gangsters must stop their landlord from replacing them with richer tenants. So they fake a mob hit, hoping to frighten the…
-
Fail Safe (2000)
Cast: Hank Azaria, Don Cheadle, Doris Belack …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Directed by Stephen Frears, this televised play broadcast live on CBS is a remake of director Sidney Lumet's 1964 Cold War nail-biter, which follows U.S. officials in a race to stop…
-
Lansky (1999)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Eric Roberts, Anthony LaPaglia …
Directed by: John McNaughton
Famed American playwright David Mamet penned this biopic about the infamous Meyer Lansky (Richard Dreyfuss), a big-city crime boss with a razor-sharp intellect. The film delves into…
-
Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Natasha Lyonne …
Directed by: Todd Holland
In this fun-filled family comedy, recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf (Richard Dreyfuss) has run out of grant money. In order to get more, he must show tangible results from his…
-
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (1998)
Cast: Patrick Malahide, Richard Dreyfuss
Directed by: Peter Jones
Until the 18th century, seafaring explorers, merchants and armies had to navigate the globe without longitude. One man changed all that: unassuming carpenter John Harrison, who developed the…
-
Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)
Cast: Andy Garcia, Ian Holm, James Gandolfini …
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Andy Garcia stars as Sean Casey, a policeman turned lawyer who's handed a career-making case when the district attorney lets him prosecute a cop-killing drug peddler. Sean's father…
-
Oliver Twist (1997)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Elijah Wood, David O'Hara …
Directed by: Tony Bill
Lavish production values inform this TV adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic novel about life on the mean streets of 19th-century London. Young orphan Oliver (Alex Trench) joins a…
-
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Paul Terry, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: Henry Selick
When young orphan James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of the world's biggest peach -- a massive fruit that rolls, floats and flies him away to…
-
Mad Dog Time (1996)
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: Larry Bishop
Vic (Richard Dreyfuss) is a schizophrenic mob boss who arrives home after a brief stint in the hospital. Mickey (Jeff Goldblum), Vic's closest ally, has been seeing Vic's girlfriend…
-
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…
-
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Olympia Dukakis, Glenne Headly …
Directed by: Stephen Herek
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss) takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling:…
-
Silent Fall (1994)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Linda Hamilton, Liv Tyler …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Police arrive at a crime scene to find two dead parents, a sleeping teenager (Liv Tyler) and an autistic boy gripping the murder weapon. To help the cops crack the case, a child psychologist…
-
Another Stakeout (1993)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell …
Directed by: John Badham
In this uproarious sequel, Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) and his partner Bill Reimers (Emilio Estevez) are back -- this time, accompanied by a woman from the district attorney's office…
-
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Mercedes Ruehl, David Strathairn …
Directed by: Martha Coolidge
Richard Dreyfuss and Mercedes Ruehl star in this heartwarming story from Neil Simon that elicits both laughs and tears. In 1942, a widower being hunted by loan sharks decides to leave his two…
-
What About Bob? (1991)
Cast: Bill Murray, Richard Dreyfuss, Julie Hagerty …
Directed by: Frank Oz
Determined to receive treatment, Bob Wiley (Bill Murray), a neurotic New Yorker struggling with a host of paralyzing phobias, follows his psychiatrist on vacation in this quirky family…
-
Prisoner of Honor (1991)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Oliver Reed, Peter Firth …
Directed by: Ken Russell
Framed by an interview years after the events transpired, this made-for-TV drama stars Richard Dreyfuss as Col. Georges Picquart -- the head of French counter-intelligence -- who's…
-
Once Around (1991)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Danny Aiello …
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Renata Bella (Holly Hunter) is feeling the soul-sucking torpor of a dead-end career -- and life -- until she meets whirlwind sales guru Sam Sharpe (Richard Dreyfuss) at a real estate-selling…
-
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Carrie Fisher's scathing confessional novel -- adapted from her best-seller about a woman who becomes addicted to drugs while pursuing a Hollywood acting career -- makes a bitingly funny…
-
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
Cast: Tim Roth, Gary Oldman, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: Tom Stoppard
Director Tom Stoppard turns William Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet" topsy-turvy in this witty, existential puzzle box, presenting the play from the view of trivial characters Rosencrantz…
-
Always (1989)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Directed by Steven Spielberg, this affecting remake of A Guy Named Joe stars Richard Dreyfuss as brash Pete Sandich, a firefighting pilot who dies in the line of duty but returns as a…
-
Let It Ride (1989)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, David Johansen …
Directed by: Joe Pytka
Cabbie and compulsive gambler Jay Trotter (Richard Dreyfuss) promises his long-suffering wife, Pam (Teri Garr), that he'll give up betting on the ponies -- a vow that lasts until he gets…
-
Moon Over Parador (1988)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga …
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
While toiling on a film in the tiny Caribbean country of Parador, Broadway actor Jack Noah (Richard Dreyfuss) is offered a role he can't turn down: impersonating the nation's…
-
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…
-
Stakeout (1987)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe …
Directed by: John Badham
Convinced that an escaped convict is headed for his ex-girlfriend's home, a pair of detectives stake out her apartment in this buddy-cop comedy. The watch remains fairly routine ...…
-
Nuts (1987)
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
When high-class call girl Claudia Draper (Barbra Streisand) kills a customer in self-defense, her parents (Karl Malden and Maureen Stapleton) attempt to have her declared mentally incompetent…
-
Stand by Me (1986)
Cast: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman …
Directed by: Rob Reiner
In this Rob Reiner dramatization of Stephen King's novella The Body, a writer (Richard Dreyfuss) tells the story of how four boys sought adventure and heroism in the Oregon woods with…
-
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: Paul Mazursky
Dave and Barbara Whiteman (Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler) seem to have it made: He's a successful businessman, and she's a happy homemaker. Together they have a son, a daughter…
-
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Cast: Bob Balaban, John Cassavetes, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: John Badham
Sculptor Ken Harrison (Richard Dreyfuss) is paralyzed in a car accident and left unable to do anything but speak. Now, he just wants to die, but no one will allow it, including his doctor…
-
The Big Fix (1978)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia …
Directed by: Jeremy Kagan
Private eye Moses Wine gets mixed up in murder when a former college flame from Berkeley hires him to investigate a political scandal involving a gubernatorial candidate and an antiwar…
-
The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings …
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Ex-Broadway hoofer Paula (Marsha Mason) lives with her daughter in the New York flat of her most recent lost love -- who has sublet the place. Enter brash actor and sublessee Elliot (Richard…
-
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition (1977)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
When Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) encounters a UFO, he's left with a sunburned face, a skeptical family and a shaken psyche. In an attempt to make sense of what he saw, Roy starts…
-
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition (1977)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
The 1977, 1980 and 1998 versions of Steven Spielberg's seminal sci-fi hit are collected in this exhaustive 30th anniversary edition, which also includes a 20-minute interview with the…
-
Jaws (1975)
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Director Steven Spielberg virtually invented the summer blockbuster with this white-knuckle adaptation of Peter Benchley's novel about an insatiable great white shark that terrorizes the…
-
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden …
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Richard Dreyfuss stars as Duddy Kravitz, a Jewish teenager from Montreal who dreams of carving out a better life for himself, whether that means waiting tables, selling pinball machines or…
-
The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974)
Cast: Sondra Locke, Richard Dreyfuss, Jared Martin …
Directed by: Michael Barry
Richard Dreyfuss stars as Clavius, a frustrated director whose longtime dream is to make a movie portraying Christ as a woman. And he doesn't just mean metaphorically. Suzanne (Sondra…
-
Inserts (1974)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper, Bob Hoskins …
Directed by: John Byrum
Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss stars as a washed-up silent-film director known as "The Boy Wonder" who, after striking out in talkies, moves on to pornography. But with a career…
-
Dillinger (1973)
Cast: Reed Morgan, Roy Jenson, Ben Johnson …
Directed by: John Milius
Notorious bank robber John Dillinger (Warren Oates) has turned into a folk hero among Depression-era Americans, capturing their fancy with the adventures of his criminal gang. But the clock…
-
American Graffiti (1973)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat …
Directed by: George Lucas
Showcasing then-Hollywood-newcomers Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard, director George Lucas weaves together the stories of a disparate group of teenagers as they struggle with…
-
Hello Down There (1969)
Cast: Tony Randall, Janet Leigh, Roddy McDowall …
Directed by: Jack Arnold, Ricou Browning
Scientist Fred Miller (Tony Randall) will do anything in the name of science in this rib-tickling comedy. That's why he's agreed to live for one month underwater, in a home created…
-
The Graduate (1967)
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Dustin Hoffman (in his first major film role) turns in a landmark performance as a naïve college graduate who is seduced by a middle-aged neighbor (Anne Bancroft) but ends up falling in…