Meek, owlish Felix and strident, catty Doris live in the same apartment building. His incessant typing bothers her; her gentlemen callers bother him. Felix informs the landlord of her activities, so Doris moves in on Felix. When they both get thrown out, they move in with Barney... until they drive him out! That's when Felix and Doris finally decide to put theory into practice. But do opposites attract?

The Turning Point

1977

English

6.8

♡ 8

63%

Herbert Ross Director

Leslie Browne as Emilia

Anne Bancroft as Emma Jacklin

Bob Harks as Waiter

Tom Skerritt as Wayne

As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an international ballet icon. But when Deedee's teenage daughter is invited to join Emma's dance company and begins an affair with a young Russian star, the two women are forced to confront the choices they've made, the resentments they've hidden and the emotional truths they must face at the turning point.

Nijinsky

1980

English

6.6

♡ 2

50%

mental desintegration

Music

Romance

Herbert Ross Director

Ronald Pickup as Igor Stravinsky

Jeremy Irons as Mikhail Fokine

Leslie Browne as Romola de Pulsky

Vernon Dobtcheff as Sergei Grigoriev

A ballet dancer struggles with his homosexuality and the increasing allure of a young ballerina who seeks to draw him away from his domineering lover.

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...

Play It Again, Sam

1972

English

7.6

♡ 25

97%

Herbert Ross Director

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund

Diane Keaton as Linda

Susan Anspach as Nancy

Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine

A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married couple and his illusory idol, Humphrey Bogart.

California Suite

1978

English

6.2

♡ 13

50%

45%

academy awards

academy awards (oscars)

Action

based on play or musical

husband wife relationship

Romance

Herbert Ross Director

Maggie Smith as Diana Barrie

Lupe Ontiveros as Maid

Michael Caine as Sidney Cochran

Tawny Moyer as Stewardess

The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

The Secret of My Success

1987

English

6.5

♡ 21

46%

Herbert Ross Director

John Pankow as Fred Melrose

Richard Jordan as Howard Prescott

John Capodice as Man in KRS Building

Mercedes Ruehl as Sheila

Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room.

Protocol

1984

English

5.5

♡ 6

33%

Herbert Ross Director

Kathleen York as Charmaine

Keith Szarabajka as Crowe

Jean Smart as Ella

Gail Strickland as Mrs. St. John

A Washington waitress saves the Emir of Ohtar's life, launching her diplomatic career and a scandal.

Funny Lady

1975

English

6.2

♡ 14

55%

Herbert Ross Director

James Caan as Billy Rose

Larry Arnold as Billy's Night Club Maître d'

Raymond Guth as Buffalo Handler

Joshua Shelley as Painter

Famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the Great Depression she has trouble finding work as an artist, but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns a nightclub.

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976

English

6.6

♡ 4

78%

69%

Adventure

based on novel or book

Herbert Ross Director

John Bird as Berger

Robert Duvall as Dr. John H. Watson

Harry Fielder as Drunk Man

Anna Quayle as Freda

Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.

Undercover Blues

1993

English

6.1

♡ 23

37%

new orleans, louisiana

vacation

Herbert Ross Director

Dennis Quaid as Jeff Blue

Stanley Tucci as Muerte

Obba Babatundé as Sawyer

Marshall Bell as Sikes

When fun-loving American agents Jeff and Jane Blue are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decide to skip the sitter and give their bouncing baby girl the adventure of a lifetime.

Max Dugan Returns

1983

English

6.7

♡ 7

71%

Herbert Ross Director

Kiefer Sutherland as Bill

Bradley Lieberman as Boy

Irene Olga López as Grocer's Wife

Dody Goodman as Mrs. Litke

An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.

Pennies from Heaven

1981

English

6.5

♡ 5

83%

Herbert Ross Director

Twink Caplan as Bank Customer

John Karlen as The Detective

Christopher Walken as Tom

M.C. Gainey as Young Policeman

During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher.

Footloose

1984

English

6.6

♡ 53

55%

father daughter relationship

Music

Romance

volkswagen beetle

Herbert Ross Director

Kevin Bacon as Ren

John Lithgow as Rev. Shaw Moore

Dianne Wiest as Vi Moore

John Laughlin as Woody

When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.

The Goodbye Girl

1977

English

7.4

♡ 14

77%

manhattan, new york city

Herbert Ross Director

Richard Dreyfuss as Elliot Garfield

Robert Costanzo as Liquor Store Salesman

Anita Dangler as Mrs. Morganweiss

Raymond J. Barry as Richard III Cast

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.

The Sunshine Boys

1975

English

7.1

♡ 10

69%

72%

Action

based on play or musical

Herbert Ross Director

F. Murray Abraham as Mechanic

Howard Hesseman as Mr. Walsh, Commerical Director

Steve Allen as Narrator on Fictional TV Program

Walter Matthau as Willy Clark

Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshine Boys back together again.

Boys on the Side

1995

English

6.5

♡ 19

73%

Herbert Ross Director

Matthew McConaughey as Abe

James Remar as Alex

Drew Barrymore as Holly

Julian Neil as Nightclub Owner

After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Jane's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.

T.R. Baskin

♡ 1

Herbert Ross Director

Marcia Rodd as Dayle Wigoda

Peter Boyle as Jack Mitchell

James Caan as Larry Moore

Candice Bergen as T. R. Baskin

Enthusiastic young woman runs away to Chicago to start a new life. She is soon confronted with the emotional coldness of the big city and has to search for her place in the scheme of things.

The Last of Sheila

1973

English

7.2

♡ 16

90%

Herbert Ross Director

Ian McShane as Anthony

James Coburn as Clinton

Joan Hackett as Lee

James Mason as Philip

A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game — but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.

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True Colors

The Owl and the Pussycat

The Turning Point

Nijinsky

My Blue Heaven

Play It Again, Sam

California Suite

The Secret of My Success

Protocol

Funny Lady

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Undercover Blues

Max Dugan Returns

Pennies from Heaven

Footloose

The Goodbye Girl

The Sunshine Boys

Boys on the Side

T.R. Baskin

The Last of Sheila