List of the best Gene Saks movies: The Odd Couple(1968), Cactus Flower(1969), Barefoot in the Park(1967), Brighton Beach Memoirs(1986), Mame(1974), A Fine Romance(1991), Last of the Red Hot Lovers(1972), The Prisoner of Second Avenue(1975), A Thousand Clowns(1965), Lovesick(1983), Nobody's Fool(1994) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1968
105 Minutes
Director
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau John Fiedler Herbert Edelman Monica Evans Carole Shelley David Sheiner Larry Haines
cop writer roommate divorcée hilarious witty touching new york city apartment gambling divorce roommates dating friendship suicide rivalry transformation 1960s
Two friends try sharing an apartment, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day.
Comedy
USA
1969
103 Minutes
Director
Walter Matthau Ingrid Bergman Goldie Hawn Jack Weston Rick Lenz Vito Scotti Irene Hervey Eve Bruce Irwin Charone Matthew Saks
dentist mistress nurse author charming hilarious cheeky new york city dentist's office deception romance devotion love attempted suicide love pursuit transformation 1960s
A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.
Comedy
USA
1967
106 Minutes
Director
Robert Redford Jane Fonda Charles Boyer Mildred Natwick Herbert Edelman James Stone Ted Hartley Mabel Albertson Fritz Feld
newlywed husband wife attorney mother neighbor endearing lighthearted madcap new york city greenwich village apartment marital problems newlyweds matchmaking transformation growing up love 1960s
Paul, a conservative young lawyer, marries the vivacious Corie. Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a five-flight New York City walk-up apartment.
Comedy
USA
1986
108 Minutes
Director
Blythe Danner Jonathan Silverman Judith Ivey Stacey Glick Lisa Waltz Bob Dishy Brian Drillinger James Handy Bette Henritze Steven Hill David Margulies
teenager older brother mother father aunt cousin frenetic melodramatic amusing brighton beach, n.y. family home writing family puberty ambition growing up temptation 1930s
Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He goes through the hardships of puberty, sexual fantasy, and living the life of a poor boy in a crowded house.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1974
132 Minutes
Director
Lucille Ball Robert Preston Bea Arthur Bruce Davison Joyce Van Patten Don Porter Audrey Christie Jane Connell Kirby Furlong John McGiver Doria Cook
Following the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.
Romance
Italy
1991
98 Minutes
Director
Julie Andrews Marcello Mastroianni Ian Fitzgibbon Jean-Pierre Castaldi Jean-Jacques Dulon Maria Machado Catherine Jarret Denise Grey Françoise Michaud
An Italian gentleman and a doctor's wife plot to break up their spouses' tryst in Paris.
Comedy
1972
100 Minutes
Director
Alan Arkin Sally Kellerman Paula Prentiss Renee Taylor Bella Bruck Frank Loverde Burt Conroy Charles Woolf Ben Freedman John Batiste Sandy Balson
restaurant owner wife sexpot actress depressed person best friend amusing hedonistic apartment new york city restaurant bar park sexual advances infidelity midlife crisis restaurant business mother/son relationship marriage forbidden love
The balding, middle-aged owner of a seafood restaurant makes three awkward attempts at extramarital romance.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1975
105 Minutes
Harry Edison
Jack Lemmon Anne Bancroft Gene Saks Elizabeth Wilson Florence Stanley Maxine Stuart Ed Peck Gene Blakely Ivor Francis Stack Pierce Sylvester Stallone
housewife ad executive brother amusing quirky new york city apartment depression identity financial crisis marriage fall 1970s
A suddenly-unemployed company executive suffers a nervous breakdown, and his supporting wife tries everything to console him and pick up the slack.
Comedy
USA
1965
118 Minutes
Leo
Jason Robards Barbara Harris Martin Balsam Barry Gordon Gene Saks William Daniels
writer nephew social worker brother amusing spirited witty new york city apartment conformity family child custody growing up quest discovery underdog 1960s
A middle-aged iconoclast, doggedly avoiding the tedium of employment and conventional life, faces the prospect of losing custody of his young ward.
Romance
USA
1983
95 Minutes
Frantic Patient
Dudley Moore Elizabeth McGovern Alec Guinness Christine Baranski Gene Saks Renee Taylor Kent Broadhurst Lester Rawlins Wallace Shawn Suzanne Barrie Anne Kerry
A psychiatrist, who falls in love with a patient, is visited by the spirit of Sigmund Freud, who gives him advice on how to handle it.
Drama
USA
1994
110 Minutes
Wirf
Paul Newman Jessica Tandy Melanie Griffith Bruce Willis Dylan Walsh Pruitt Taylor Vince Gene Saks Josef Sommer Philip Seymour Hoffman Philip Bosco Margo Martindale
construction worker lawyer barmaid professor landlady charming emotional heartwarming small town bar redemption father/son relationship scam retirement rivalry underdog transformation growing up 1990s
A stubborn man past his prime reflects on his life of strict independence and seeks more from himself.