List of the best Donald Petrie movies: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days(2003), Mystic Pizza(1988), The Associate(1996), Opportunity Knocks(1990), Little Italy(2018), Just My Luck(2006), Richie Rich(1994), The Favor(1994), The Hearse(1980), H.O.T.S.(1979) ... ...
Romance
USA|Germany
2003
116 Minutes
Director
Kate Hudson Matthew McConaughey Adam Goldberg Michael Michele Shalom Harlow Bebe Neuwirth Robert Klein Kathryn Hahn Thomas Lennon Annie Parisse
journalist executive co-worker editor boss columnist lighthearted mushy amusing new york city office apartment journalism social experiment relationships opposites attract dating romance love pursuit
Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive and ladies' man who, to win a big campaign, bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days.
Romance
USA
1988
102 Minutes
Director
Julia Roberts Annabeth Gish Lili Taylor Vincent D'Onofrio William R. Moses Adam Storke Conchata Ferrell Joanna Merlin Geraldine Leer Porscha Radcliffe
teenager waitress friend boyfriend fiancé mother emotional heartwarming quirky amusing restaurant new england house small town connecticut home love commitment teen angst class conflict
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic.
Comedy
USA
1996
114 Minutes
Director
Whoopi Goldberg Dianne Wiest Eli Wallach Tim Daly Helen Hanft George Morfogen Zeljko Ivanek Miles Chapin
investment banker protégé boss secretary hilarious inspiring new york city wall street sexism racism working woman impersonation underdog rise 1990s
A comedy about making it on Wall Street. Prejudices are hard to break and Laurel Ayres quickly learns that in order for people to take her seriously she has to work for an older white man or be one.
Comedy
USA
1990
101 Minutes
Director
Dana Carvey Robert Loggia Todd Graff Julia Campbell Milo O'Shea James Tolkan Doris Belack Sally Gracie Mike Bacarella John M. Watson Sr. Beatrice Fredman
con artist friend factory owner beautiful woman businessman thug cheeky endearing playful stage party trailer office house pool hall con game romance assumed identity petty crime debt
Two con men hide out in a house while the owner is away; one of them assumes the identity of the absent house sitter when the owner's relatives come to visit, only for further complications to set in.
Romance
Canada|USA
2018
102 Minutes
Director
Emma Roberts Hayden Christensen Alyssa Milano Adam Ferrara Gary Basaraba Linda Kash Andrew Phung Cristina Rosato Danny Aiello Andrea Martin
young woman young man italian father mother airy amusing charming heartwarming emotional hilarious restaurant little italy, n.y. italy kitchen family feud romance food competition family secrets
A young couple must navigate a blossoming romance, amidst a war between their families' competing pizza restaurants.
Romance
USA
2006
103 Minutes
Director
Lindsay Lohan Chris Pine Samaire Armstrong Bree Turner Faizon Love Makenzie Vega Chris Carmack Missi Pyle Jaqueline Fleming Dane Rhodes Tovah Feldshuh
public relations specialist young woman band manager music executive friend boss amusing lighthearted charming creative hilarious manhattan, n.y. jail costume party office apartment elevator luck trading places romance
Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his.
Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
1994
95 Minutes
Director
Macaulay Culkin John Larroquette Edward Herrmann Jonathan Hyde Christine Ebersole Stephi Lineburg Michael McShane Chelcie Ross Mariangela Pino Michael Maccarone Joel Robinson
rich kid mother father butler friend villain lighthearted amusing emotional madcap heartwarming mansion factory restaurant wealth friendship loneliness missing persons scam richie rich
A rich young boy finds his family targeted in an inside job and must use his cunning to save them.
Romance
USA
1994
97 Minutes
Director
Harley Jane Kozak Elizabeth McGovern Bill Pullman Brad Pitt Ken Wahl Larry Miller Holland Taylor
wife husband friend artist old flame drifter amusing cheeky emotional united states suburbia neighborhood house love triangle marriage monogamy seduction high-school reunion high-school crush love
With 15 year reunion coming up, Kathy has sexual fantasies of her high school sweetheart. She's married, so she sends her BFF to check him out and report back. Things get complicated.
Horror
USA
1980
100 Minutes
Luke
Trish Van Devere Joseph Cotten David Gautreaux Donald Hotton Med Flory Donald Petrie Christopher McDonald Perry Lang Frederic Franklyn Olive Dunbar Al Hansen
divorcée niece ghost devil worshipper driver suitor creepy uneasy suspenseful haunted house church small town car funeral devil worship haunting possession stalking nervous breakdown occult
A schoolteacher moves into her deceased aunt's home in a small town, only to find herself plagued by supernatural occurrences and unexplained hostility from the local townspeople connected to her aunt's past.
Comedy
USA
1979
95 Minutes
Doug
Susan Kiger Lisa London Pamela Jean Bryant Kimberly Cameron Mary Steelsmith Angela Aames Lindsay Bloom K.C. Winkler Donald Petrie
College exploitation film focusing on the wild escapades of the women of H.O.T.S. Sorority. The antics include but are certainly not limited to a wet t-shirt contest, a sky-diving episode, ... See full summary »