List of the best Barry Levinson movies: Rain Man(1988), The Wizard of Lies(2017), Good Morning, Vietnam(1987), Avalon(1990), Wag the Dog(1997), Diner(1982), Liberty Heights(1999), Young Sherlock Holmes(1985), Tin Men(1987), An Everlasting Piece(2000), Man of the Year(2006), The Humbling(2014) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1988
133 Minutes
Director
Dustin Hoffman Tom Cruise Valeria Golino Jerry Molen Jack Murdock Michael D. Roberts Ralph Seymour Lucinda Jenney Bonnie Hunt
autistic car dealer doctor girlfriend lawyer emotional moving amusing airport family home highway hospital cincinnati las vegas family wealth road trip illness transformation discovery
Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
Crime, Drama
France|Israel
2017
133 Minutes
Director
Robert De Niro Michelle Pfeiffer Alessandro Nivola Nathan Darrow Kristen Connolly Lily Rabe Hank Azaria Kathrine Narducci Michael Goorjian Kelly AuCoin Geoffrey Cantor
patriarch husband wife criminal family partner financier engaging intense shocking tense united states fraud schemes financial troubles deception crime family investigation biography
A modern-day Shakespearean tale about a famous Tajik musical family, controlled by the charismatic, funny yet overbearing patriarch, Papa Alaev, who at the age of 80 is starting to lose his... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1987
120 Minutes
Director
Robin Williams Forest Whitaker Tung Thanh Tran Chintara Sukapatana Bruno Kirby Robert Wuhl J.T. Walsh Noble Willingham Floyd Vivino
radio host soldier viet cong sergeant lieutenant love interest unrestrained hilarious shocking vietnam radio station jungle street rebellion oppression humanity armed conflict entertainment vietnam war rivalry
In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.
Drama
USA
1990
126 Minutes
Director
Armin Mueller-Stahl Aidan Quinn Elizabeth Perkins Leo Fuchs Eve Gordon Lou Jacobi Joan Plowright Kevin Pollak Israel Rubinek Elijah Wood Grant Gelt
immigrant wife son salesman cousin endearing emotional touching united states baltimore immigration culture clash family family history aspirations ambition growing up discovery rise underdog
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1997
97 Minutes
Director
Dustin Hoffman Robert De Niro Anne Heche Woody Harrelson Denis Leary Willie Nelson Andrea Martin Michael Belson Suzanne Cryer John Michael Higgins Suzie Plakson
spin doctor producer songwriter designer convict adviser crafty amusing washington, d.c. hollywood, calif. mansion soundstage scandal deception war politics media quest fall 1990s
Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1982
110 Minutes
Director
Steve Guttenberg Mickey Rourke Kevin Bacon Tim Daly Ellen Barkin Paul Reiser Kathryn Dowling Michael Tucker Jessica James Colette Blonigan Kelle Kipp
college graduate groom music lover womanizer emotional amusing diner baltimore maturing marriage love friendship youth transformation discovery 1950s
A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1999
127 Minutes
Director
Adrien Brody Ben Foster Orlando Jones Bebe Neuwirth Joe Mantegna Rebekah Jordan David Krumholtz Richard Kline Vincent Guastaferro Justin Chambers Carolyn Murphy
teenager brother father mother love interest charming emotional baltimore suburbia household interracial romance family prejudice race relations shady dealings coming of age forbidden love growing up 1950s
Baltimore, Fall 1954: Schools implement the new integration law. Ben finds the "colored" girl in his class cute - upsetting his Jewish mom and granny. Ben talks to her while his brother looks for his WASP dream girl.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Adventure, Action
USA
1985
109 Minutes
Director
Nicholas Rowe Alan Cox Sophie Ward Anthony Higgins Susan Fleetwood Freddie Jones Nigel Stock
detective friend professor cult leader inventor granddaughter frenetic fascinating amusing suspenseful boarding school pyramid england sherlock holmes murder investigation cult high school friendship discovery mystery
When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.
Comedy
USA
1987
112 Minutes
Director
Richard Dreyfuss Danny DeVito Barbara Hershey John Mahoney Jackie Gayle Stanley Brock Seymour Cassel Bruno Kirby
salesman wife rival offbeat wild witty baltimore infidelity personal vendetta car crash business revenge rivalry 1960s
A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.
Comedy
USA
2000
103 Minutes
Director
Barry McEvoy Brian F. O'Byrne Anna Friel Colum Convey Billy Connolly Pauline McLynn Ruth McCabe Laurence Kinlan Des McAleer
barber friend love interest businessperson convict quirky prison belfast, northern ireland household friendship poetry dogs food war politics rivalry discovery 1980s
Colm is a Catholic, and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast, Northern Ireland in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead, they became business partners. After ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
2006
115 Minutes
Director
Robin Williams Laura Linney Christopher Walken Lewis Black Jeff Goldblum Rick Roberts David Alpay Karen Hines Linda Kash Sasha Roiz Brandon Firla
talk show host presidential candidate president computer programmer fan campaign manager hilarious emotional engaging thrilling amusing dark television studio white house campaign trail hospital party washington, d.c. election political process
A comedian who hosts a news satire program decides to run for president, and a computerized voting machine malfunction gets him elected.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
113 Minutes
Director
Al Pacino Greta Gerwig Kyra Sedgwick Charles Grodin Dianne Wiest Dan Hedaya Nina Arianda Li Jun Li Dylan Baker Billy Porter
Jack Maldonado is an ambitious young Latino man who fueled by misguided nostalgia, buys a small apartment building in the Bronx and moves his boisterous family into the apartments to live ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2009
90 Minutes
Director
Richard Abramowitz Stephen Baldwin Annette Bening Ellen Burstyn Rachael Leigh Cook David Crosby
politician celebrity republicans democrats patriotic engaging witty washington, d.c. hollywood, calif. political campaign celebrities money hollywood fame rivalry rise 2000s
An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election year.
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA
2012
84 Minutes
Director
Will Rogers Kristen Connolly Kether Donohue Frank Deal Stephen Kunken Christopher Denham Nansi Aluka Dave Hager
townspeople mutant vacationer sick person government official reporter bleak chilling disturbing frightening tense maryland coast town epidemic virus disaster video diary quarantine mystery
Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.
Comedy
USA
2015
106 Minutes
Director
Bill Murray Arian Moayed Kate Hudson Leem Lubany Bruce Willis Scott Caan Danny McBride Zooey Deschanel Fahim Fazli Taylor Kinney
manager rock star teen girl prostitute war profiteer mercenary cheeky hilarious cool amusing office bar airplane afghanistan hotel afghan village music search destiny bad luck
A down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to compete on the popular television show, Afghan Star.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1994
117 Minutes
Director
Joe Pesci Christian Slater Victoria Abril Jason Beghe John Cothran Armelia McQueen Terri Ivens
unemployed person friend slacker criminal vigilante police officer cheeky spirited hollywood, calif. street aspirations friendship vigilantism fame crime acting transformation pursuit 1990s
A failing actor living in crime infested Los Angeles, frustrated with his career, decides to take the law into his own hands, and becomes the leader of a mock-vigilante group that videotapes criminals and turns them over to the police.
Drama, Biography
2010
130 Minutes
Director
Al Pacino Susan Sarandon Danny Huston Brenda Vaccaro John Goodman Deirdre O'Connell Todd Susman Jennifer Mudge
terminally ill person pathologist technician patient death sister gripping dark protest courtroom jail hospital city home darkness opinion mortality terminal illness murder trial defying expectations
Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian (Al Pacino) as he advocates assisted suicide.
Comedy, Drama
2008
113 Minutes
Director
Robert De Niro Catherine Keener Sean Penn John Turturro Robin Wright Stanley Tucci Kristen Stewart Michael Wincott Bruce Willis Moon Bloodgood Remy Selma
movie producer hollywood producer sean penn gory jungle cannes film festival crisis trouble time transformation
A movie producer (Robert De Niro) tries to engineer a reconciliation with his ex-wife while dealing with a number of problems surrounding his latest projects.
Sci-Fi
1973
93 Minutes
Director
Elliott Gould Jack Gold Trevor Howard Joseph Bova Edward Grover James Noble John Lehne Kaym Tornborg Lyndon Brook Joy Garrett Ivan Desny
Agents (Elliott Gould, Trevor Howard) from each side watch a U.S. scientist (Joseph Bova) sent back as a cyborg by the Soviets after an accident.
Biography, Drama
2018
105 Minutes
Director
Al Pacino Riley Keough Tess Frazer Annie Parisse Kathy Baker Greg Grunberg Kristen Bush Benjamin Cook
football coach victim sexual predator student colleague pedophile shocking emotional endearing gripping university pennsylvania united states sexual abuse football career protection secret truth rivalry
Documentary
USA
2015
88 Minutes
The Director , Himself
Robert Redford Kim Basinger Michael Madsen Barbara Hershey Barry Levinson Mike Starr Wilford Brimley
An average baseball film in the making comes out of seemingly nowhere to become one of the best sports films made of all time. A true testament to the real beauty of Hollywood filmmaking, the way it used to be.
Drama, History
USA
2013
97 Minutes
Justice Potter Stewart
Christopher Plummer Benjamin Walker Frank Langella Danny Glover Ed Begley Jr. Barry Levinson Peter Gerety Pablo Schreiber
Ali's biggest match, his fight with the US government. A film about the politics and hubris surrounding the Vietnam War and the revenge exacted on America's greatest sportsman of the 20th century because he refused to fight in that war.
Drama
USA
1994
130 Minutes
John Turturro Rob Morrow Ralph Fiennes Paul Scofield David Paymer Hank Azaria Christopher McDonald Johann Carlo Elizabeth Wilson Allan Rich Mira Sorvino
jew aristocrat host investigator amusing gripping striking new york city columbia university television studio family home game show investigation cheating historical events fame fall temptation 1950s
A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.
Comedy
USA
1976
86 Minutes
Mel Brooks Marty Feldman Dom DeLuise Bernadette Peters Sid Caesar Harold Gould Ron Carey Carol Arthur Liam Dunn Fritz Feld Chuck McCann
director actor studio head dancer actress playful hysterical hollywood, calif. new york city hospital theater studio silent movies hollywood corporate greed underdog quest rivalry love 1970s
A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.