Movies by James L. Brooks
As part of the cast:
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Dreams on Spec (2007)
Cast: Joe Aaron, Deborah Goodwin, David J. Stieve …
Directed by: Daniel Snyder
Daniel Snyder's absorbing documentary follows the journey of three aspiring screenwriters as they struggle to get their careers off the ground and make their dreams come true in the…
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Modern Romance (1981)
Cast: Albert Brooks, Kathryn Harrold, James L. Brooks …
Directed by: Albert Brooks
Writer-director Albert Brooks offers his take on "modern" romance (circa 1981), following the efforts of hopeless neurotic Robert Cole (Brooks) to find and keep a woman's love --…
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How Do You Know (2010)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson …
Directed by: James L. Brooks
Feeling spurned after being cut from the national team due to her age, newly single softball player Lisa (Reese Witherspoon) finds herself in the middle of a heated love triangle, as a…
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Spanglish (2004)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega …
Directed by: James L. Brooks
When a beautiful Mexican housekeeper, Flor (Paz Vega), is hired by a rich Los Angeles family, everyone's life is upended in hilariously zany ways, especially when the parents (Téa…
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As Good as It Gets (1997)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear …
Directed by: James L. Brooks
When acerbic, reclusive and obsessive-compulsive author Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) lets stressed-out single mom and waitress Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt) and gay neighbor Simon Bishop (Greg…
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I'll Do Anything (1994)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Whittni Wright, Albert Brooks …
Directed by: James L. Brooks
Struggling actor Matt Hobbs (Nick Nolte) must come to grips with his priorities and career when he's saddled with the full responsibility of raising his young daughter, Jeannie (Whittni…
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Broadcast News (1987)
Cast: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter …
Directed by: James L. Brooks
In James L. Brooks's Oscar-nominated romantic comedy, three ambitious workaholics are set loose in a network TV newsroom, where their professional and personal lives become hopelessly…
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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…