Syrup

2013

English

5.5

♡ 31

25%

Aram Rappaport Director

Justine Cotsonas as Kit the Marketer

Jack Gilpin as Mister Jamieson

Amber Heard as Six

Brittany Snow as Three

A slacker hatches a million-dollar idea. But, in order to see it through, he has to learn to trust his attractive corporate counterpart. Based on Max Barry's novel.

Barcelona

1994

English

7.0

♡ 9

83%

cousin cousin relationship

Whit Stillman Director

Hellena Taylor as Greta

Mira Sorvino as Marta Ferrer

Taylor Nichols as Ted Boynton

Jack Gilpin as The Consul

During the 1980s, uptight Ted Boynton is a salesman working in the Barcelona office of a Chicago-based company. He receives an unexpected visit from his cousin Fred, a naval officer who has come to Spain on a public relations mission for a U.S. fleet. Not exactly friends in the past, Ted and Fred strike up relationships with women in the Spanish city and experience conflicts -- Ted with his employer, and Fred with the Barcelona community.

Quick Change

1990

English

6.8

♡ 25

84%

Bill Murray Director

Bill Murray as Grimm

Stanley Tucci as Johnny

Victor Argo as Skelton

Jack Gilpin as Yuppie Hostage

With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.

Cherry

1999

English

5.4

♡ 2

55%

Action

Comedy

Romance

Jon Glascoe Director

Jake Weber as Dr. Beverly Kirk

Donovan Leitch Jr. as Eddie

Shalom Harlow as Leila Sweet

Jack Gilpin as The Preacher

At age 19, a young woman is jilted at the altar. This leads to a declaration that she will swear off men forever. Now 10 years later, she suddenly decides she would like to have a child. She advertises in the newspaper for potential mates, whether by traditional methods or by sperm donors, but gets nothing but losers. However, two neighborhood men vie for her attention - her gynecologist and a professional clown.

White Mile

1994

English

5.8

♡ 5

23%

Robert Butler Director

Nigel Gibbs as Director

Peter Gallagher as Jack Robbins

Brian Markinson as Marty Rosenstock

Jack Gilpin as Peter Wiederhorn

An ad-agency boss (Alan Alda) leads a white-water-rafting trip into danger.

The Dream Team

1989

English

6.5

♡ 32

50%

Howard Zieff Director

Jack Gilpin as Dr. Talmer

James Remar as Gianelli

Christopher Lloyd as Henry Sikorsky

Tico Wells as Station Attendant

Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.

A Little White Lie

2023

English

5.9

♡ 13

35%

77%

Action

Comedy

Michael Maren Director

Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Delta Jones

Jack Gilpin as Narrator

Michael Shannon as Shriver

Kate Hudson as Simone Cleary

A handyman living in New York City is mistaken for a famous and famously reclusive writer and brought to a university where he is to deliver a keynote address.

Reversal of Fortune

1990

English

7.2

♡ 17

92%

78%

Action

based on memoir or autobiography

based on novel or book

Barbet Schroeder Director

Jeremy Irons as Claus von Bulow

Stephen Mailer as Elon Dershowitz

Jack Gilpin as Peter MacIntosh

Annabella Sciorra as Sarah

Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.

The Life Before Her Eyes

2007

English

6.2

♡ 13

24%

Vadim Perelman Director

Uma Thurman as Diana

Oscar Isaac as Marcus

Jack Gilpin as Mr. McCleod

Sherman Alpert as Professor

As the 15th anniversary of a fatal high school shooting approaches, former pupil Diana McFee is haunted by memories of the tragedy. After losing her best friend Maureen in the attack, Diana has been profoundly affected by the incident - her seemingly perfect life shaped by the events of that day.

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

1987

English

5.1

♡ 15

7%

Joe Roth Director

Jack Gilpin as Mr. Comstock

James Cromwell as Mr. Skolnick

Donald Gibb as Ogre

Ellen Marguerite Cullivan as Socialite

The members of the Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity travel to Fort Lauderdale for a fraternity conference. They'll have to beat off the attacks of their rival frat, the Alphas, if they want to maintain their self-respect -- and, of course, if they want to get anywhere with the pretty girls!

She-Devil

1989

English

5.7

♡ 23

48%

Susan Seidelman Director

A Martinez as Garcia

Linda Hunt as Hooper

Jack Gilpin as Larry

Meryl Streep as Mary Fisher

A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.

21

2008

English

6.8

♡ 111

36%

Robert Luketic Director

Jack Gilpin as Bob Phillips

Laurence Fishburne as Cole Williams

Kate Bosworth as Jill

Chris Palermo as Strip Club Patron

Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 tuition as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor to a small but secretive club of five students, Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa to count cards at blackjack.

Funny Farm

1988

English

6.2

♡ 18

64%

51%

Action

based on novel or book

city country contrast

George Roy Hill Director

Jack Gilpin as Bud Culbertson

Kevin Conway as Crum Petree, the Mailman

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Elizabeth's Student

Joseph Maher as Michael Sinclair

Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.

Heartburn

1986

English

6.1

♡ 14

46%

Action

based on memoir or autobiography

Comedy

Drama

husband wife relationship

infidelity

journalist

semi autobiographical

Mike Nichols Director

Kenneth Welsh as Dr. Appel

Jack Gilpin as Ellis

Natasha Lyonne as Rachel's Niece

Christian Clemenson as Sidney

She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.

Hiding Out

1987

English

6.3

♡ 18

38%

Bob Giraldi Director

Jon Cryer as Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser

John Spencer as Bakey

Jack Gilpin as Dr. Gusick

Oliver Cotton as Killer

A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. Andrew Morenski must become Max Hauser and go back to high school for protection from the mob.