A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace-- the local hippies, cops, drunks and bowlers must all face the Blob!

The Flamingo Kid

1984

English

6.2

♡ 14

86%

55%

Action

beach resort

brooklyn, new york city

Garry Marshall Director

Richard Stahl as Charlie Cooper

Googy Gress as Freddy

Matt Dillon as Jeffrey Willis

Marisa Tomei as Mandy

Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that family should always come first.

Slaughterhouse-Five

1972

English

6.8

♡ 17

82%

68%

Action

based on novel or book

Comedy

Drama

husband wife relationship

George Roy Hill Director

Richard Stahl as Army Doctor

Warren Frost as Driver

Eugene Roche as Edgar Derby

Perry King as Robert Pilgrim

Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.

Five Easy Pieces

1970

English

7.4

♡ 24

89%

Bob Rafelson Director

William Challee as Nicholas Dupea

Richard Stahl as Recording Engineer

Jack Nicholson as Robert Eroica Dupea

John P. Ryan as Spicer

A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.

Cisco Pike

1971

English

6.5

♡ 7

100%

Bill Norton Director

Richard Stahl as Commercial Director

Harry Dean Stanton as Jesse Dupre

Howard Hesseman as Recording Engineer

Wavy Gravy as Reed

A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.

All Night Long

1981

English

5.5

♡ 3

33%

Jean-Claude Tramont Director

Dennis Quaid as Freddie Dupler

Annie Girardot as French Teacher

Ann Doran as Grandmother Gibbons

Richard Stahl as Pharmacist

Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour drugstore. After he suggests to his teenage son Freddie that he stop having an affair with suburban housewife Cheryl Gibbons, who is a distant cousin, Cheryl tries to seduce George. At home, in front of his mother, Freddie accuses his dad of stealing his girl, because he found Cheryl serving George a meal in the middle of the night, while her husband Bobby was on duty at the fire station. George then separates from his wife Helen, quits his job, moves into a warehouse, and asks Cheryl to move in with him.

Billy Jack

1971

English

6.2

♡ 8

65%

Tom Laughlin Director

Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack

Richard Stahl as Council Chairman

Howard Hesseman as Drama Teacher

Beans Morocco as Student

Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaways.

The Death of Richie

1977

English

6.6

♡ 3

Action

based on a true story

Paul Wendkos Director

Richard Stahl as Arthur Edmunds

Charles Fleischer as Brick

Eileen Brennan as Carol Werner

Barry Miller as Domenic

A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.

Terminal Island

1973

English

5.3

♡ 14

19%

Stephanie Rothman Director

Ena Hartman as Carmen Simms

Tom Selleck as Dr. Norman Milford

Jo Morrow as Newswoman

Richard Stahl as TV Anchorman

In the wake of a Supreme Court decision to outlaw the death penalty, California passes an initiative that designates San Bruno island as a dumping spot for first-degree murder convicts, free to do what they like except leave. The main camp of convicts is controlled by the tyrannical Bobby, who rules with an iron hand, and the women are used as sex slaves. A.J. and a group of more free-minded murderers have escaped and gone into hiding. When A.J. and his men liberate the women from Bobby's custody, tensions mount to an all-out confrontation for control of the island.

High Anxiety

1977

English

6.6

♡ 13

74%

Mel Brooks Director

Richard Stahl as Dr. Baxter

John Dennis as Orderly

Bryan Englund as Orderly #2

Howard Morris as Professor Lilloman

A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.

Overboard

1987

English

6.9

♡ 71

46%

Garry Marshall Director

Paul Tinder as Coast Guard Cutter: Coast Guard Captain

Kurt Russell as Dean Proffitt

Richard Stahl as Elk Cove: Hospital Psychiatrist

Hector Elizondo as Garbage Scow Skipper

Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.

Petulia

1968

English

6.8

♡ 4

85%

Richard Lester Director

Howard Hesseman as Hippie

Austin Pendleton as Intern

Joseph Cotten as Mr. Danner

Richard Stahl as Self

Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, free-spirited young woman. Petulia's vibrant personality hides her fear of her abusive husband, David, whose father is a powerful society figure. As Petulia and Archie's feelings for each other grow, they must decide what it is they truly want.

Savage

1973

English

5.3

♡ 6

Steven Spielberg Director

Carl Gottlieb as Floorman

Warren J. Kemmerling as Lieutenant Chambers

Louise Latham as Marian Stern

Richard Stahl as Photographer

A television reporter uncovers a compromising photograph of a Supreme Court nominee, only for the woman in the picture to die under mysterious circumstances. As he investigates, he’s drawn into a web of political intrigue and media manipulation. Originally conceived as a TV series pilot, the 1973 thriller aired as a standalone film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Martin Landau.