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- DirectorWalker StuartStarsAlan ArkinAndrew DuncanA Puerto Rican guitar player finds the difficulties of living in New York City so a social worker tries to help him.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsCarl ReinerEva Marie SaintAlan ArkinWithout hostile intent, a Soviet submarine runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.
- DirectorPaul LeafStarsAlan ArkinAnthony HollandA pretzel seller is trapped by a sociology student.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsShirley MacLainePeter SellersElspeth MarchSeven portraits of different types of women.
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsAudrey HepburnAlan ArkinRichard CrennaA recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment.
- DirectorBud YorkinStarsAlan ArkinFrank FinlayDelia BoccardoA string of robberies has occurred in Britain and it's up to Inspector Clouseau to catch the criminal.
- DirectorRobert Ellis MillerStarsAlan ArkinSondra LockeChuck McCannWhen deaf-mute Singer moves to a new town to be near his hospitalized friend, he makes an indelible impression on the lives of those around him.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsAlan ArkinRita MorenoReuben FigueroaA Puerto Rican widower concocts an extraordinary plan for making a better life for his two motherless sons.
- DirectorJack SheaStarsGuy StockwellSusan OliverLarry StorchEarthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.
- DirectorMike NicholsStarsAlan ArkinMartin BalsamRichard BenjaminA man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.
- DirectorAlan ArkinStarsElliott GouldMarcia RoddVincent GardeniaPitch black comedy about a young nihilistic New Yorker coping with pervasive urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty water pipes, electrical blackouts, paranoia and ethnic-racial conflict during a typical summer of the 1970s.
- DirectorGene SaksStarsAlan ArkinSally KellermanPaula PrentissA middle aged restaurateur begins to feel the desire to roam and realizes that one day each week, his mother's apartment will be empty all afternoon. He makes several attempts at seduction, only to learn that it is much more complicated and difficult than he could have imagined.
- DirectorVernon ZimmermanStarsAlan ArkinPaul BenedictDonna AndersonThe story of a long-distance trucker and his experiences on the road.
- DirectorRichard RushStarsAlan ArkinJames CaanLoretta SwitSan Francisco police detectives Freebie and Bean are determined to bust local crime boss Red Meyers at any cost, even if this means destroying the whole city in the process.
- DirectorCy HowardStarsPaul SorvinoMichael LearnedBob DishyA beautiful woman kidnaps a random family man at gunpoint ("for kicks"), drives him to a secluded spot, orders his to strip naked, and then rapes him in the back seat of her car, before sending him on his way naked. He reports the incident to the authorities as a rape, but they either don't believe him, or, if they do, can't understand why he would consider it a crime - a reaction he also gets from his friends and family.
- DirectorDick RichardsStarsAlan ArkinSally KellermanMackenzie PhillipsHapless driving instructor and former Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty, living in squalor near Hollywood, California, doesn't put up too much of a fight when two ladies hitch a ride and attempt to kidnap him in their attempt to get to New Orleans; while initially put off, Rafferty finds he's charmed by the kooky pair of misfits and the three of them drive to Las Vegas, Nevada and later Tucson, Arizona, where their bond eventually unravels.
- DirectorHoward ZieffStarsJeff BridgesAndy GriffithDonald PleasenceDuring the 1930s, Lewis Tate aspires to be the next great American Western writer. When he travels to California, he's recruited by Bert Kessler, a Hollywood unit manager, to star in a series of low-rent Westerns.
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsAlan ArkinVanessa RedgraveRobert DuvallTo treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.
- DirectorAlan ArkinStarsAlan ArkinRob ReinerVincent GardeniaBenny and his wife Ruthie are getting set to drive down to Florida, but Benny needs someone to look after his store while he's gone. Though he doesn't think much of him, Benny hands the responsibility over to his son, Russel. While Russel doesn't get much respect from his parents, he's better off than his brother, Ezra, whom Benny has gone so far as to disown. Ezra is currently battling with his work (coach of a high school basketball team that hasn't won in ages) and his wife (who keeps nagging him that she wants to have a baby as soon as possible) at the same time.
- DirectorJán KadárStarsAlan ArkinRoger E. MosleyMorgan WoodwardA disturbed, but highly intelligent man is sent to a criminally insane hospital to serve time and rehabilitate. But when he arrives, he discovers it's in fact a closed world where brutality is an everyday occurrence.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsAlan ArkinRichard JordanDonald PleasenceBased on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied asylum and returned to the Soviets, charged with treason, and sentenced to ten years of hard labor. It was later discovered and verified that his mother had been born in Brooklyn and gone to Lithuania at a young age, which meant she was a U. S. citizen. As a result, Kudirka was declared a U. S. citizen and in 1974 released by the Soviets.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsPeter FalkAlan ArkinRichard LibertiniOn the eve of their children's marriage, NYC in-laws Sheldon Kornpett and Vince Ricardo embark on a series of misadventures involving the CIA, the Treasury Department and Central American dictators.
- DirectorMenahem GolanStarsAlan ArkinLouise FletcherValerie PerrineYasha is a Jewish stage magician who tours through eastern Europe while destroying his career through personal problems. He has one more chance at theatrical success, but he needs to do a brand new trick in a Warsaw theater.
- DirectorMarshall BrickmanStarsAlan ArkinMadeline KahnAustin PendletonA group of scientists takes Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwash experiment. After that they try to convince him that he is a being from another planet.
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsAdam ArkinRoz KellyEd McMahonA popular high school football player becomes a werewolf after a trip to Romania, and struggles to come to terms with his new reality.
- DirectorEric TillStarsAlan ArkinMariette HartleyMonica ParkerA couple fights for justice to get their injured daughter out of a foster care center.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsAlan ArkinCarol BurnettJack WardenFlash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances, but in the streets, for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day they find stolen government documents forgotten some place. They decide to return them to their legal owners, but instead of the expected reward money, all they get is a load of trouble.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsJeff BridgesMia FarrowAngela LansburyA beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.
- DirectorPhilippe MoraStarsAlan ArkinChristopher LeeKate FitzpatrickDuring WWII, Captain Invincible fought against Nazis using superpowers. Later falsely accused of communism, he retires in Australia. When a secret US weapon gets stolen, he's called back but struggles with alcoholism.
- DirectorMichael Ray RhodesStarsMartin SheenAlan ArkinEileen BrennanThe story of Artaban, the fourth Magi, who spends his life looking for Jesus his King.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsJames WoodsGabrielle LazureAlan ArkinThe story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to his more complicated grown-up life.
- DirectorHarvey MillerStarsSteve GuttenbergAlan ArkinJulie HagertyUnable to gain acceptance into an American medical school, aspiring physician Jeff Marx studies abroad in a small Latin American medical program run by the country's dictator.
- DirectorJohn KortyStarsAlan ArkinArmand AssanteJon PolitoThe movie, and true story, is about how Harold began working for the garbage industry in New Jersey only to find out that it was run by the Mafia. Having been in and out of jail most of his life, Harold feared more jail time and so went to the FBI. Harold went undercover to get as much illegal information that he could. The information he got helped put away dozens of Mafia men. Harold is currently in the witness protection program.
- DirectorJohn CassavetesAndrew BergmanStarsPeter FalkAlan ArkinBeverly D'AngeloInsurance agent plots with client to kill her nutty husband.
- DirectorJack GoldStarsAlan ArkinJoanna PaculaRutger HauerGerman death camp in Sobibor, Poland, killed two hundred fifty thousand Jews. It had the most successful prisoner escape in World War II on October 14, 1943.
- DirectorGwen ArnerStarsMark-Paul GosselaarTaylor FryJulie Hagerty14-year-old Chris Mills throws a wrench in his parents' plans to divorce by hiring Archie Corelli, an auto-mechanic by day and a lawyer by night, to sue his parents and ultimately disrupt their plans to end their marriage.
- DirectorJoe RothStarsPatrick DempseyArye GrossDaniel SternThree bickering brothers who don't get along reluctantly go on a cross country road trip together to deliver a car in time for their mother's birthday.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppWinona RyderDianne WiestThe solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsRobert RedfordLena OlinAlan ArkinIn 1950s Cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement.
- DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsBilly CampbellJennifer ConnellyAlan ArkinA young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high-flying masked hero.
- DirectorJames FoleyStarsAl PacinoJack LemmonAlec BaldwinAn examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.
- DirectorCharles HaidStarsErnie HarwellMiles PerlichByron ThamesA baseball pitcher who never had quite the professional career he dreamed about is visited by the ghost of his former catcher, for whom he always harbored a secret jealousy. The spirit of the catcher gets him to revisit people and places from his past and gives him a new perspective on his life.
- DirectorMike BinderStarsAlan ArkinMatt CravenDiane LaneSeven friends reunite for a week-long reunion at a summer camp in Ontario they used to attend as children which is now threatened with being closed down.
- DirectorTom MankiewiczStarsTony GoldwynLynn WhitfieldGeorge SegalWhen Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to testify but he is forced to by the police. A cop is ordered to bring him to the court, but before they get there they have to deal with several attacks from killers.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsElijah WoodBruce WillisJason AlexanderSick of the neglect he receives from his mom and dad, a young boy leaves home and travels the world in search of new parents.
- DirectorRobert YoungStarsFrank LangellaAlan ArkinKevin SpaceyHow the brilliant Canadian munitions engineer, Dr. Gerald Bull, agreed to build a super-gun for Saddam Hussein in 1988, when the U.S. cut his funding for the experiment, and how it attracted the attention of several intelligence agencies.
- DirectorJames MelkonianStarsJohn G. BrennanKamal AhmedAlan ArkinA hilarious prank phone call pushes the buttons of an angry mob boss.
- DirectorAndrew DavisStarsAndy GarciaAlan ArkinRachel TicotinRuben and Robby are twin brothers, adopted by Mona, one of the wealthiest - and most eccentric - women in Santa Barbara. Ruben is devoted to Mona, but Robby is more devoted to her money. So when Mona leaves her fortune and estate to Ruben it starts a battle between brothers that soon leads to madness, mayhem, and even attempted murder. On Ruben's side is Lou Perilli an ex-Chicago cop and used car dealer who knows the law - and how to get around it. On Robby's side is ruthless businessman Reed Tyler, who is out to turn a swift profit on Mona's property. Walking a shifty line between them is Eddie Agopian, the family lawyer, who doesn't care which side wins as long as he's on the winner's side. But whether they're stealing big or stealing little, they're all stealing in this hilarious comedy about greed, power... and brotherly love.
- DirectorMichael J.F. ScottStarsAlan ArkinChris SigurdsonMichael RileyThe dog Hector is being left out while a family moves to Vancouver. He escapes from the pound to journey his way back to them.
- DirectorKeith GordonStarsNick NolteSheryl LeeTony RobinowAn American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.
- DirectorGeorge ArmitageStarsJohn CusackMinnie DriverDan AykroydMartin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsAlan ArkinPedro CardosoFernanda TorresBrazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.
- DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsEthan HawkeUma ThurmanJude LawA genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.
- DirectorTamara JenkinsStarsNatasha LyonneAlan ArkinBryna WeissIn 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
- DirectorPeter KassovitzStarsRobin WilliamsHannah Taylor GordonÉva IgóDuring World War II, an ordinary inhabitant of a ghetto fakes news about Allied offensives to inspire hope for other victims of the Nazi regime.
- DirectorJames MerendinoStarsTil SchweigerClaire ForlaniFabrizio BentivoglioA con-man and a wannabe professional magician team up with a waitress and an old professional on their way to Vegas.
- DirectorAaron LipstadtStarsBrian BloomJenya LanoJoseph GianA family run business is being forced to become a front for the mob. Ronnie (Brian Bloom) stands up against the Cancino family to save his families life.
- DirectorLionel ChetwyndStarsWilliam HurtHoward RyshpanCarol ShamyVarian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II.
- DirectorJoe RothStarsJulia RobertsJohn CusackBilly CrystalA movie publicist deals with the messy public split of his movie's co-stars while keeping reporters at bay while a reclusive director holds the film's print hostage.
- DirectorJill SprecherStarsAlan ArkinJohn TurturroMatthew McConaugheyIn New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.
- DirectorRod HolcombStarsJames SpaderClaire ForlaniPaul GiamattiDefense worker Daniel Ellsberg seeks to publish a series of classified government documents detailing the true nature of America's involvement in the Vietnam War.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsAntonio BanderasEion BaileyAlan ArkinHollywood makes a deal with Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to film his war and recreate his life.
- DirectorJohn FerraroJon StoneJim HensonStarsFrank OzCaroll SpinneyJerry NelsonWelcome to a song-filled, smile-making, simply scrumptious video starring everyone's favorite Sesame Street connoisseur de crumbs: Cookie Monster!
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniSteven SoderberghKar-Wai WongStarsRobert Downey Jr.Alan ArkinGong LiThree short films, one each from Directors Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh, and Wong Kar Wai, address the themes of love and sex.
- DirectorChazz PalminteriStarsSusan SarandonPenélope CruzPaul WalkerFive New Yorkers come together on Christmas Eve, seeking a miracle.
- DirectorJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsSteve CarellToni ColletteGreg KinnearA family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
- DirectorRichard LoncraineStarsHarrison FordVirginia MadsenPaul BettanyA security specialist is forced into robbing the bank that he's protecting, as a bid to pay off his family's ransom.
- DirectorMurray RobinsonStarsJohn SchukDavid DempsterJacob PittsPeter is studying to be a Jesuit priest when he is sent to the Gulf Coast to work at a soup kitchen with an older priest and Jill, a beautiful volunteer who makes him rethink taking his vows.
- DirectorMichael LembeckStarsTim AllenMartin ShortElizabeth MitchellSanta, a.k.a. Scott Calvin, is faced with double-duty: how to keep his new family happy and how to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.
- DirectorNeal MillerStarsAlan ArkinLauren HollyGlenne HeadlyA comedy centered on a handyman (Arkin) and his lifelong competition with his neighbor (Pendleton).
- DirectorGavin HoodStarsReese WitherspoonJake GyllenhaalPeter SarsgaardWhen a terrorist bombing in North Africa kills 19 incl. an American, an Egyptian chemical engineer flying from South Africa to his wife in USA, is arrested upon arriving USA. He disappears. His wife asks senator for help.
- DirectorChristine JeffsStarsAmy AdamsEmily BluntAlan ArkinIn order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business -- a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service -- with her unreliable sister.
- DirectorPeter SegalStarsSteve CarellAnne HathawayAlan ArkinMaxwell Smart, a highly intellectual but bumbling spy working for the CONTROL agency, is tasked with preventing a terrorist attack from rival spy agency KAOS.
- DirectorDavid FrankelStarsOwen WilsonJennifer AnistonEric DaneA family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.
- DirectorRebecca MillerStarsRobin WrightAlan ArkinMike BinderAfter her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
- DirectorRaymond De FelittaStarsAndy GarciaJulianna MarguliesSteven StraitPrison guard Vince tells Molly from acting class, that one inmate is his 24 y.o. love child. Vince takes him home to stay with his family - straight A son with fat girl fetish, college dropout/stripper daughter and cute wife.
- DirectorJill SprecherStarsGreg KinnearBilly CrudupAlan ArkinA dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
- DirectorDavid DobkinStarsJason BatemanRyan ReynoldsOlivia WildeDave is a married man with three kids and a loving wife, and Mitch is a single man who is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are peeing in a fountain, lightning strikes and they switch bodies.
- DirectorJames BobinStarsAmy AdamsJason SegelChris CooperA Muppet fanatic with some help from his 2 human compatriots must regroup the Muppet gang to stop an avaricious oil mogul from taking down one of their precious life-longing treasures.
- DirectorBen AffleckStarsBen AffleckBryan CranstonJohn GoodmanActing under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
- DirectorFisher StevensStarsAl PacinoChristopher WalkenAlan ArkinA pair of aging stickup men try to get the old gang back together for one last hurrah before one of the guys takes his last assignment - to kill his comrade.
- DirectorDon ScardinoStarsSteve CarellLuke VanekSteve BuscemiA veteran Vegas magician tries to revive his career after his longtime partner quits, he gets fired from his casino act, and an edgy new "street magician" steals his thunder.
- DirectorAdam BeamerEvan BeamerStarsEthan EmbryMichael GladisClea DuVallThe owners of a failing security company start robbing houses to boost business.
- DirectorGustavo FernándezStarsDanton MelloJuliana PaesMarcos CarusoThrough the spirit of Dr. Fritz, a German doctor who died during the First World War, José Arigó became a hope for a cure for millions of people by performing spiritual surgery, helping about 2 million people.
- DirectorPeter SegalStarsRobert De NiroSylvester StalloneKim BasingerA pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout, thirty years after their last match.
- DirectorCraig GillespieStarsJon HammAasif MandviAlan ArkinA sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball.