I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind such blockbusters as “Ace Ventura,” “Liar Liar,” “The Nutty Professor,” and “Bruce Almighty.” However, in I AM, Shadyac steps in front of the camera to recount what happened to him after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged with a new sense of purpose, determined to share his own awakening to his prior life of excess and greed, and to investigate how he as an individual, and we as a race, could improve the way we live and walk in the world.

Brian Banks

2018

English

7.2

♡ 23

64%

Tom Shadyac Director

Tiffany Dupont as Alissa Bjerkhoel

Aldis Hodge as Brian Banks

Morgan Freeman as Jerome Johnson

Xosha Roquemore as Kennisha Rice

An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is falsely accused of rape and sent to prison.

Patch Adams

1998

English

6.9

♡ 59

22%

73%

1970s

Action

based on novel or book

Tom Shadyac Director

Barry Shabaka Henley as Emmet

Dot-Marie Jones as Miss Meat

Robin Williams as Patch Adams

Randy Oglesby as Pinstriped Man

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.

The Nutty Professor

1996

English

5.7

♡ 53

63%

Tom Shadyac Director

Michael Rothhaar as Doctor

Roy Werner as Guy in Crowd

Eddie Murphy as Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Lance Perkins / Papa Klump / Mama Klump / Grandma Klump / Ernie Klump

Steve Monroe as Student

When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.

Bruce Almighty

2003

English

6.8

♡ 198

48%

Tom Shadyac Director

Sally Kirkland as Anita

Jim Carrey as Bruce Nolan

Morgan Freeman as God

Rolando Molina as Hood

Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, NY, but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules God — and the Almighty responds, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers.

Liar Liar

1997

English

6.9

♡ 190

83%

Tom Shadyac Director

Randy Oglesby as Detective Bryson

Jim Carrey as Fletcher Reede

Amanda Donohoe as Miranda

Jim Jansen as Pilot

Forced by his son's birthday wish, fast-talking attorney and habitual liar Fletcher Reede must tell the truth for the next 24 hours.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1994

English

6.9

♡ 188

47%

human animal relationship

miami, florida

slapstick

stupidity

Tom Shadyac Director

Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura

Courteney Cox as Melissa Robinson

Bill Zuckert as Mr. Finkle

Noble Willingham as Riddle

He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!