List of the best Allen Goorwitz movies: Chief Zabu(2016), Skateboard(1978), Get Crazy(1983), Night Visitor(1989), Hi, Mom(1970), The Patriots(1994), Busting(1974), Continental Divide(1981), Gable and Lombard(1976), The Stunt Man(1980), The Conversation(1974), The Owl and the Pussycat(1970) ... ...
Comedy
2016
80 Minutes
Allen Goorwitz Neil Cohen Zack Norman Allan Arbus
Two New York real-estate hustlers (Allen Garfield, Zack Norman) make a deal with the chief of a Polynesian island.
Action
1978
97 Minutes
Backed into a corner by his bookie, a man hits on the scheme of fielding a professional skateboard team.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1983
92 Minutes
Malcolm McDowell Allen Goorwitz Daniel Stern Gail Edwards Miles Chapin Ed Begley Jr. Stacey Nelkin Bill Henderson Lou Reed
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 ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1989
93 Minutes
Elliott Gould Allen Goorwitz Derek Rydall Michael J. Pollard Richard Roundtree Teresa Van Der Woude Shannon Tweed Brooke Bundy Kathleen Bailey Henry Gibson
high-school student teacher satanist neighbor prostitute police officer creepy brutal school house neighborhood murder deception witnessing murder investigation satanism voyeurism pursuit rivalry wretched excess
A student known for telling stories witnesses a murder, the latest in a series of satanic killings of hookers.
Comedy
1970
87 Minutes
Robert De Niro Allen Goorwitz Jennifer Salt Charles Durning Lara Parker Bruce Price Andy Parker Ricky Parker
vietnam vet neighbor producer black panther resident beautiful woman hilarious shocking offbeat new york city greenwich village apartment street voyeurism veterans black power movement filmmaking race relations political activism temptation
A porno filmmaker (Robert De Niro) learns from a master (Allen Garfield) and turns urban guerrilla in New York.
Adventure
France
1994
144 Minutes
At 18, Ariel Brenner leaves Paris and his family to live in Israel. He secretly joins the Mossad, the Isreali secret service. After years of training, his first mission is in Paris to steal... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1974
92 Minutes
Elliott Gould Robert Blake Allen Goorwitz John Lawrence Cornelia Sharpe Erin O'Reilly Richard X. Slattery William Sylvester Logan Ramsey Michael Lerner
cop partner crime boss police chief cool intense thrilling los angeles police station street crime police work chases guns drug addiction prostitution quest pursuit 1970s
Defying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and use unorthodox methods to achieve results.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1981
103 Minutes
John Belushi Blair Brown Allen Goorwitz Carlin Glynn Tony Ganios Val Avery Liam Russell Everett Smith Bill Henderson Bruce Jarchow Eddie Schwartz
reporter politician police officer editor scientist girlfriend playful heartwarming endearing chicago wyoming rocky mountains train newsroom corruption journalism courtship love adventure love
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
Drama
USA
1976
131 Minutes
James Brolin Jill Clayburgh Allen Goorwitz Red Buttons Melanie Mayron Carol McGinnis S. John Launer Bill Bryant Joanne Linville Noah Keen Morgan Brittany
A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1980
129 Minutes
Peter O'Toole Steve Railsback Barbara Hershey Allen Goorwitz Alex Rocco Sharon Farrell Adam Roarke Philip Bruns Chuck Bail John Garwood James Hess
fugitive actress director stuntman amusing engaging intense hollywood, calif. movie set movie making fugitives dangerous assignment deception adventure discovery underdog 1980s
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1974
113 Minutes
Gene Hackman John Cazale Frederic Forrest Allen Goorwitz Cindy Williams Michael Higgins Elizabeth MacRae Teri Garr Harrison Ford Mark Wheeler Robert Shields
eavesdropper co-worker wealthy man assistant wife lover dark gripping san francisco park apartment office surveillance deception murder mystery pursuit 1970s
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Comedy
USA
1970
98 Minutes
Barbra Streisand George Segal Robert Klein Allen Goorwitz Roz Kelly Jacques Sandulescu Jack Manning Grace Carney Barbara Anson Kim Chan Stan Gottlieb
writer prostitute promiscuous man neighbor old man amusing playful charming new york city apartment building city life friendship roommates eviction unlikely romance temptation love rivalry 1970s
A stuffy author enters into an explosive relationship with his neighbor, a foul-mouthed, freewheeling prostitute.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1978
104 Minutes
Peter Falk Peter Boyle Warren Oates Allen Goorwitz Gena Rowlands Paul Sorvino Sheldon Leonard Gerry Murphy Kevin O'Connor Claudia Peluso Patrick Hines
petty criminal mastermind cop fbi agent airy cool charming boston prison office crime heist true crime quest underdog pursuit 1950s
A fictional retelling of the infamous Brink's Company robbery in Boston, which took place on January 17th, 1950, with a score of $2.700.000, and cost the American taxpayers $29.000.000 to apprehend the culprits with only $58.000 recovered.
Kids & Family, Adventure
France
1983
103 Minutes
Kelly Reno Teri Garr Vincent Spano Allen Goorwitz Woody Strode Ferdinand Mayne Jodi Thelen Doghmi Larbi
young boy stallion friend sheik henchman jockey melodramatic brash thrilling heartwarming morocco airplane stable racetrack human-animal friendship horse racing abduction horses travel animal rights
Walter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up. He ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1976
95 Minutes
Raquel Welch Bill Cosby Harvey Keitel Allen Goorwitz Larry Hagman L.Q. Jones Bruce Davison Dick Butkus Milt Kamen Barra Grant Allan Warnick
ambulance driver ex-cop paramedic boss city official dark offbeat amusing los angeles ambulance city hall staircase competition drug addiction sexual harassment death hostage situation alcohol love rivalry
Competition between privately owned Los Angeles, California ambulance companies is played for humor.
Drama
USA
1986
106 Minutes
Jon Voight JoBeth Williams Ellen Barkin Annabeth Gish Allen Goorwitz Jay Underwood Tressi Loria Ann Risley
teen girl stepfather mother aunt teen boy friend moving emotional tender las vegas household gas station nevada family dysfunction postwar america nuclear weapons testing alcoholism abuse young love growing up
The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her recollections are sometimes less than sweet, particularly those of her troubled and alcoholic... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1973
97 Minutes
James Caan Peter Boyle Sally Kellerman Louise Lasser Allen Goorwitz Richard B. Shull Alex Rocco Alex Henteloff Garry Goodrow Len Lesser Seamon Glass
ex-convict thief band leader store clerk drifter amusing tense thrilling los angeles train farmhouse trailer unlikely allies double-cross shady dealings theft quest mystery 1970s
A car thief gets out on parole from a penitentiary and intends to go straight. Nonetheless, he ends up in a wild goose chase for stolen cash, together with a small-time bandleader and his wife, and a friendly free-spirited woman.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1984
114 Minutes
Drew Barrymore Ryan O'Neal Shelley Long Sam Wanamaker Allen Goorwitz Sharon Stone David Paymer David Graf
father mother daughter director writer filmmaker melodramatic emotional hollywood, calif. household divorce family dysfunction childhood work vs. family infidelity parenthood love discovery 1980s
Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.
Drama
France|Germany
1997
107 Minutes
Heike Makatsch Charles Berling Daniel Craig Seymour Cassel Allen Goorwitz Marie-Christine Barrault Daniel Gélin
musician boyfriend frenchman researcher passionate emotional germany berlin love attraction obsession forbidden love 1990s
Two men become entangled in a torrid love affair with the same woman. Pierre is Miriam's longtime lover. John is desperately searching for clues about his past when he and Miriam have a ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
1993
99 Minutes
Jack Palance Elias Koteas Angelina Jolie Billy Drago Allen Goorwitz Tracey Walter Karen Sheperd Ric Young Renee Allman Sven-Ole Thorsen Jim Youngs
cyborg spy assassin martial artist engaging spirited city corporate headquarters street cybernetics espionage on the run showdown post-apocalypse escape pursuit 2070s
In 2074 a video image (Jack Palance) and a man (Elias Koteas) must save a cyborg (Angelina Jolie) before it self-detonates in an electronics company.
Comedy, Drama
1972
110 Minutes
Robert Redford Peter Boyle Melvyn Douglas Don Porter Allen Goorwitz Quinn Redeker Michael Lerner Karen Carlson Morgan Upton Kenneth Tobey Chris Prey
lawyer campaign manager senator father disheartening brash fascinating powerful california office election political campaign congress manipulation media underdog transformation rivalry 1970s
An image maker (Peter Boyle) grooms the son (Robert Redford) of a political boss (Melvyn Douglas) for a token bid in a U.S. Senate race.
Crime, Drama
USA
2002
93 Minutes
Johnny Green Alison Lohman Jan-Michael Vincent Jonathan Avildsen David Proval Allen Goorwitz Romany Malco Gary Poux
young man sibling ex-girlfriend thrilling street revenge gangs revenge
An Italian street hood gets romantically involved with a woman who is the ex-girlfriend of a leader of a white supremacist gang; after being being brutally attacked by the gang, he seeks revenge via his street connections.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1974
105 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Carol Burnett Susan Sarandon Vincent Gardenia David Wayne Allen Goorwitz Austin Pendleton Charles Durning Harold Gould Herbert Edelman
editor journalist fugitive girlfriend prostitute bumbler amusing cheeky madcap offbeat witty intense chicago newsroom prison train station newspapers journalism deception set-up
A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
Action, Comedy
USA
1987
103 Minutes
Eddie Murphy Judge Reinhold Brigitte Nielsen John Ashton Jürgen Prochnow Ronny Cox Allen Goorwitz Dean Stockwell Paul Reiser Gil Hill Robert Ridgely
detective partner criminal love interest boss hilarious thrilling amusing beverly hills, calif. police station horse track detroit beverly hills big city crime police work culture clash investigation murder unlikely allies
Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it.
Musical, Comedy, Drama
USA
1975
157 Minutes
Keith Carradine Lily Tomlin Karen Black David Arkin Barbara Baxley Ned Beatty Ronee Blakley Timothy Brown Geraldine Chaplin Robert DoQui Shelley Duvall
singer musician lawyer event coordinator politician driver amusing dense spirited nashville, tenn. rally stage music politics marriage infidelity aspirations discovery rise fall
Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.
Drama
USA
1995
101 Minutes
James LeGros Dylan McDermott Quentin Tarantino Nancy Travis James Belushi Janet Carroll David Cross Richard Edson Bobcat Goldthwait Barry Shabaka Henley Lisa Persky
stranger criminal girlfriend partner kingpin agent tense quirky las vegas desert motel casino lounge prison heist prison break search singing supernatural chance meeting
After 3 years in prison, Julian breaks out and returns to Vegas to get his half from the bank robbery and see Lucille again. The Devil took the loot and Tuerto took Lucille.