Buck Henry Movies

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Andie MacDowell

Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: David Bowie

A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a...

Genre: War

Cast: Alan Arkin

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Tim Robbins

When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Gena Rowlands

Bernie Cates requests the services of the most absent-minded waiter he's ever seen, who pours water before setting the glasses, endlessly repeats...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Steve Martin

The Story Of X takes you to the earliest days of adult films when men peddled stag reels and projectors out of the trunks of their cars, then through...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Buck Henry

One camera in one setting, one attic and eight young directors – the result is a unique Dadaistic collage of seven short sketches. The original...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Brooke Hayward

For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jack Lemmon

In the later 1960s, two hippies are forced to leave their friends as they are wanted by the FBI, who sees them as criminals. They hide in the jungle...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Cheech Marin

Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Warren Beatty

Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising and her NY...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Uma Thurman

A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discover a bizarre, if not murderous way to get funding for opening a restaurant.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Paul Bartel

An aspiring actor and his girlfriend handle life's frustrations, while his friend seeks fulfillment with a blonde.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Matthew Modine

Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anne Bancroft

A man in search of his past, and a woman who lives in the moment, are brought together when they pursue the origins of a stray parrot in this comedic...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rachel Nichols

Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose...

Genre: Music

Cast: Lynn Carlin

When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Gilda Radner

On New Year's Eve 1999, as a group of neurotic characters gather at a Greenwich Village apartment, everyone struggles to come to terms with their...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Dan Futterman

This video contains three segments: First, the Oscar-nominated short The absent-minded waiter (1977), then a fake interview with Steve Martin about...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Steve Martin

A naive chicken farmer from New Jersey moves to Greenwich Village to open a coffee house.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tom Aldredge

Driving through New York City in his Sexmobile, Dr. Harrison Rogers of the Bureau of Sexological Investigation, searches out luminary figures in the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Alan Abel

A waitress, a barman and an underwear designer try to rob a New York restaurant where two of them work.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Rosanna Arquette

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mel Brooks

Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Albert Brooks

A nice guy discovers his dark side when his girlfriend reveals her secret weakness.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Anton Yelchin

Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Buck Henry

A struggling artist visits his family on their Montana ranch and finds that his former flame, daughter of a family foe, is now married to an old...

Genre: Drama

Cast: William Petersen

A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent...

Genre: Action

Cast: Matthew Broderick

When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the biggest impact on her life, mostly in a bad way.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Talia Shire

A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Dan Aykroyd

What do Daniel Webster, Dr. Seuss, C. Everett Koop, Robert Frost and 100+ Winter Olympians have in common? They all spent time at Dartmouth College,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Buck Henry

A "play on words" about a fictional political scandal concerning covert arms deals and double-dealing government operatives, satirizing the Watergate...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tim Reid

This short documentary from 2007 features filmmakers, critics and historians discussing the cinematic achievement and ongoing influence of "The...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harold Ramis

A 1992 featurette on the making of "The Graduate."

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dustin Hoffman

Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nicole Kidman

It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers. George and Mike...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: George Kuchar

William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", re-imagined in a child's vision of Hell. "Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space" is a festive yarn, comprised...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Frank Doubleday

Louis and Cynthia Lewis are an insanely rich couple suffering from an acute case of boredom on their private island estate. Louis produces his own...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Roy Dotrice

Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and turns lead to myriad missteps, some with his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Warren Beatty

The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Simon Callow

Before "L.A. Confidential", there was "Shotgun Freeway" -- the groundbreaking 1995 documentary about Los Angeles coming to grips with it's own...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Joan Didion

Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Samuel Fuller

An unhappy car dealer believes that a dime-store philosopher has the answers to life's important questions.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Bruce Willis

A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Laura Kirk

A documentary focusing on the life and career of actor George Segal.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: George Segal

When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Paul Newman

A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just for himself, only to find it haunted by the ghosts...

Genre: Romance

Cast: James Spader

Meek, owlish Felix and strident, catty Doris live in the same apartment building. His incessant typing bothers her; her gentlemen callers bother him....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Barbra Streisand

Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Barbara Hershey

Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John Cusack

Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the people around her. She suffers through her birthday...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kate Manheim

This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Deborah Aquila

A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations while searching for the meaning of life.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Ewa Aulin

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Cast: John Belushi

Dr. Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand...

Genre: Drama

Cast: George C. Scott

"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Sean Astin

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each...

Genre: Music

Cast: John Hurt

A history of Republic Pictures studios, featuring hundreds of clips plus on-camera interviews with stars, director, stuntman, etc.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ed Herlihy

A salute to Playboy Magazine on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary, hosted by founding publisher Hugh Hefner and an all-male guest list.

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Hugh Hefner

The documentary explores the enigma of actress and artist Mary Woronov and chronicles her colorful career trajectory as a ground breaking female...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mary Woronov