List of the best Hal Ashby movies: Being There(1979), Harold and Maude(1971), The Last Detail(1973), Bound for Glory(1976), Shampoo(1975), 8 Million Ways to Die(1986), Let's Spend the Night Together(1982), Second-Hand Hearts(1980), Lookin' to Get Out(1982) ... ...
Comedy
West Germany|USA
1979
130 Minutes
Director
Peter Sellers Shirley MacLaine Jack Warden Melvyn Douglas Richard Dysart Richard Basehart James Noble David Clennon
gardener wealthy man socialite wife president witty endearing offbeat washington, d.c. household garden estate politics high society wealth mistaken identity television discovery 1970s
A simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful businessman and an insider in Washington politics.
Comedy
USA
1971
91 Minutes
Director
Bud Cort Ruth Gordon Cyril Cusack Vivian Pickles Charles Tyner Ellen Geer Eric Christmas Judy Engles Shari Summers
survivor teenager mother quirky dark emotional cemetery household hospital california suicide death older woman-younger man psychoanalysis love rebellion love transformation 1970s
Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1973
105 Minutes
Director
Jack Nicholson Otis Young Randy Quaid Clifton James Michael Moriarty Carol Kane Luana Anders Kathleen Miller Nancy Allen Gerry Salsberg Don McGovern
sailor mother prostitute prisoner petty criminal wild uneasy touching norfolk naval base train new york city brothel male bonding prison navy virginity alcohol road trip adventure
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Biography
USA
1976
147 Minutes
Director
David Carradine Ronny Cox Melinda Dillon Gail Strickland John Lehne Randy Quaid Elizabeth Macey Susan Vaill
songwriter union organizer wife okies farmer positive powerful oklahoma texas california farm stage ambition american dream politics music poverty woody guthrie transformation underdog
The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.
Comedy
USA
1975
112 Minutes
Director
Warren Beatty Julie Christie Goldie Hawn Lee Grant Jack Warden Tony Bill Carrie Fisher Jay Robinson George Furth Ann Weldon Randy Sheer
hairdresser girlfriend lover husband hedonistic offbeat melodramatic hair salon party beverly hills, calif. sex business political campaign infidelity money love wretched excess temptation growing up 1960s
On Election Day, 1968, a hairdresser and ladies' man is too busy cutting hair and dealing with his various girlfriends and his mistress, whose husband he meets and finds out is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend.
Crime, Drama
USA
1986
115 Minutes
Director
Jeff Bridges Rosanna Arquette Alexandra Paul Randy Brooks Andy Garcia Lisa Sloan Christa Denton Vance Valencia Wilfredo Hernandez Luisa Leschin Vyto Ruginis
police officer prostitute drug lord girlfriend wife brooding tense los angeles warehouse household law enforcement disillusionment drug trafficking prostitution corruption trust pursuit wretched excess 1980s
A former police detective, still recovering from his alcohol addiction, is seemingly drawn into L.A's criminal underworld after stumbling upon a local drug ring.
Documentary
1982
90 Minutes
Director
Mick Jagger Keith Richards Charlie Watts Bill Wyman Ronnie Wood Ian Stewart Ian McLagan Ernie Watts Bobby Keys
singer musician rock star celebrity rousing cool confident arizona new jersey concert stage the rolling stones concert tour performance rock 'n' roll discovery 1980s
The Rolling Stones perform many of their greatest hits in this record of three concerts held in New Jersey and Arizona.
Comedy
1980
98 Minutes
Director
Robert Blake Barbara Harris Collin Boone Amber Rose Gold Jessica Stansbury Erica Stansbury Bert Remsen Sondra Blake Shirley Stoler Woodrow Chambliss Gwen Van Dam
A drifter (Robert Blake), his new wife (Barbara Harris) and her awful kids head to California in their beat-up station wagon.
Comedy
1982
105 Minutes
Director
Jon Voight Ann-Margret Burt Young Bert Remsen Jude Farese Allen Keller Richard Bradford Stacey Pickren Samantha Harper Fox Harris
Two New York losers (Jon Voight, Burt Young) flee from hoodlums to Las Vegas, where they scheme to break a casino bank.