The Unofficial Science of Home Alone

2022

English

5.3

♡ 2

Alex Hartman Director

James Acaster as Self

Daniel Stern as Self

Guz Khan as Self

Troy Brown as Self

Comedians James Acaster, Guz Khan and Alex Brooker have all been obsessed with the classic 1990 comedy "Home Alone" ever since they were kids. But there's one big burning question that all "Home Alone" fans need answering: would The Wet Bandits have survived Kevin's traps in real life? Well, it's time to find out!

Frankenweenie

1984

English

7.2

♡ 5

74%

Tim Burton Director

Daniel Stern as Ben Frankenstein

Jason Hervey as Frank Dale

Joseph Maher as Mr. Chambers

Shelley Duvall as Susan Frankenstein

When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them (and his parents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been.

Breaking Away

1979

English

7.7

♡ 18

95%

Peter Yates Director

Daniel Stern as Cyril

Paul Dooley as Dad

Dennis Quaid as Mike

John Ashton as Mike's Brother

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.

Celtic Pride

1996

English

5.3

♡ 17

12%

32%

Action

basketball

boston, massachusetts

Tom DeCerchio Director

Darrell Hammond as Chris McCarthy

Daniel Stern as Mike O'Hara

Peter A. Hulne as Pat 'Patty' Fitzsimmons

Scott Lawrence as Ted Hennison

Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.

James vs. His Future Self

2019

English

5.9

♡ 18

100%

62%

Action

changing the past or future

Jeremy Lalonde Director

Cleopatra Coleman as Courtney

Frances Conroy as Dr. Rowley

Daniel Stern as Jimmy

Tommie-Amber Pirie as Meredith

When an uptight time-travelling obsessed young scientist is visited by his nihilistic future self, he's told that he needs to give up his dream of becoming the world's first time traveler, or else. But when he won't go along with the plan, it becomes a wicked battle of man versus himself - literally.

Coupe de Ville

1990

English

6.7

♡ 7

25%

Joe Roth Director

Arye Gross as Buddy Libner

James Gammon as Dr. Sturgeon the Cadillac Surgeon

Daniel Stern as Marvin Libner

Patrick Dempsey as Robert 'Bobby' Libner

Meet the Libner brothers: Marvin, the oldest, is a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Buddy, the middle child, is a timid dreamer. Bobby, the youngest, is a handsome rebel in reform school. As kids, they fought a lot and as adults, they barely speak. In the summer of 1963, their tough and eccentric father, Fred, gives them a task: to bring a 1954 Cadillac, bought for their mother, Betty, from Detroit to Miami. As the trip goes on, the three brothers fight and begin to reconnect with each other, while trying to keep the Caddy in mint condition.

Starting Over

1979

English

6.4

♡ 11

75%

59%

Action

blind date

boston, massachusetts

Alan J. Pakula Director

Kevin Bacon as Husband - Young Couple

Austin Pendleton as Paul

Daniel Stern as Student 2

Wallace Shawn as Workshop Member

After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.

Whip It

2009

English

6.9

♡ 29

86%

Drew Barrymore Director

Ellen Page as Bliss Cavendar

Daniel Stern as Earl Cavendar Eve

Eve as Rosa Sparks

Drew Barrymore as Smashley Simpson

In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.

Get Crazy

1983

English

6.5

♡ 5

65%

Comedy

Music

new year's eve

Allan Arkush Director

Allen Garfield as Max Wolfe

Daniel Stern as Neil Allen

Malcolm McDowell as Reggie Wanker

Stacey Nelkin as Susie Allen

Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock and roll from Beverly's schemes.

Otis

2008

English

5.9

♡ 5

57%

Tony Krantz Director

Jere Burns as Agent Ralph Hotchkiss

Gary Kraus as Mr. Warner

Ashley Johnson as Riley Lawson

Daniel Stern as Will Lawson

After being captured and tortured by the psychopath Otis, teen cheerleader Riley Lawson escapes and informs her parents, who quickly sidestep sluggish FBI agents and take matters into their own hands. But the Lawsons' revenge plan hits a snag when Otis's unusual brother enters the picture.

Hannah and Her Sisters

1986

English

7.8

♡ 37

92%

Woody Allen Director

Daniel Stern as Dusty

Michael Caine as Elliot

Dianne Wiest as Holly

Christian Clemenson as Larry

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

My Blue Heaven

1990

English

6.3

♡ 22

71%

Herbert Ross Director

Melanie Mayron as Crystal Rybak

Joan Cusack as Hannah Stubbs

Joel Polis as U.S. Attorney

Daniel Stern as Will Stubbs

FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...

Bushwhacked

1995

English

5.6

♡ 16

18%

Greg Beeman Director

Jane Morris as Beth Jordan

Daniel Stern as Max Grabelski

Kenny Johnson as State Patrolman

Christopher Curry as Trooper

A inept courier realises he has been used by criminals to deliver money. On the run from both the criminals and police, he poses as a Scout leader and leads a scout group on a hike through the mountains.

Born in East L.A.

1987

English

6.1

♡ 19

40%

Cheech Marin Director

Noble Willingham as Border Patrol Sergeant

Diana Bellamy as Harry's Wife

Paul Rodriguez as Javier

Daniel Stern as Jimmy

Rudy, an American of Hispanic descent, whose south-of-the-border looks show him no mercy during an immigration raid in a migrant worker factory. As his luck goes, he is caught with neither money nor his ID and is deported to Mexico - without speaking a word of Spanish!

Daniel

1983

English

6.6

♡ 5

43%

based on novel or book

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Sidney Lumet Director

Daniel Stern as Artie Sternlicht

Colin Stinton as Dale

Norman Parker as East Bronx Children's Shelter Director

Alan Manson as Isaacson Rally Speaker

The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.

Very Bad Things

1998

English

6.3

♡ 51

40%

Peter Berg Director

Daniel Stern as Adam Berkow

Jon Favreau as Kyle Fisher

Jeremy Piven as Michael Berkow

Christian Slater as Robert Boyd

Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle...

City Slickers

1991

English

6.8

♡ 35

87%

Ron Underwood Director

Noble Willingham as Clay Stone

Jake Gyllenhaal as Danny Robbins

Jayne Meadows as Mitch's Mom

Daniel Stern as Phil Berquist

Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.

Stardust Memories

1980

English

7.2

♡ 18

66%

Woody Allen Director

Daniel Stern as Actor

Roy Brocksmith as Dick Lobel

Sharon Stone as Pretty Girl on train

Cynthia Gibb as Young Girl Fan

While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

Diner

1982

English

7.0

♡ 19

92%

Barry Levinson Director

June Allyson as Jo

Daniel Stern as Laurence 'Shrevie' Schreiber

Mickey Rourke as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell

Kevin Bacon as Timothy Fenwick Jr.

Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.

D.O.A.

1988

English

6.1

♡ 13

62%

Annabel Jankel Director

Dennis Quaid as Dexter Cornell

Daniel Stern as Hal Petersham

Charlotte Rampling as Mrs. Fitzwaring

Robert Knepper as Nicholas Lang

Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller.

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The Unofficial Science of Home Alone

Frankenweenie

Breaking Away

Celtic Pride

James vs. His Future Self

Coupe de Ville

Starting Over

Whip It

Get Crazy

Otis

Hannah and Her Sisters

My Blue Heaven

Bushwhacked

Born in East L.A.

Daniel

Very Bad Things

City Slickers

Stardust Memories

Diner

D.O.A.