List of the best Herbert Ross movies: Play It Again, Sam(1972), The Goodbye Girl(1977), Steel Magnolias(1989), The Turning Point(1977), Goodbye, Mr. Chips(1969), Nijinsky(1980), Footloose(1984), Max Dugan Returns(1983), The Owl and the Pussycat(1970), Pennies From Heaven(1981), True Colors(1991), T.R. Baskin(1971) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1972
87 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Tony Roberts Jerry Lacy Susan Anspach Jennifer Salt Joy Bang Viva Auder Suzanne Zenor Michael Greene Ted Markland
film critic humphrey bogart ex-wife best friend wife witty emotional san francisco apartment club street movie theater relationships identity crisis film ghosts infidelity love underdog 1970s
A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca (1942) attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married couple and his illusory idol, Humphrey Bogart.
Romance
USA
1977
110 Minutes
Director
Richard Dreyfuss Marsha Mason Quinn Cummings Paul Benedict Barbara Rhoades Theresa Merritt Michael Shawn Patricia Pearcy Gene Castle Daniel Levans Nicol Williamson
dancer daughter actor actress witty cheeky mushy new york city apartment stage romance ambition self-esteem loneliness acting love transformation 1970s
After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
118 Minutes
Director
Sally Field Dolly Parton Shirley MacLaine Daryl Hannah Olympia Dukakis Julia Roberts Tom Skerritt Sam Shepard Dylan McDermott Kevin J. O'Connor Bill McCutcheon
bride beautician mother friend widow husband heartwarming somber uplifting amusing moving charming louisiana beauty salon hospital small town family home wedding female bonding pregnancy
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.
Drama
USA
1977
119 Minutes
Director
Shirley MacLaine Anne Bancroft Mikhail Baryshnikov Leslie Browne Tom Skerritt Martha Scott Antoinette Sibley Alexandra Danilova Starr Danias Marshall Thompson James Mitchell
mother ballerina womanizer husband daughter brooding emotional melodramatic passionate new york city oklahoma ballet jealousy family regret resentment rivalry sacrifice 1970s
When her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family.
Musical
USA
1969
151 Minutes
Director
Peter O'Toole Petula Clark Michael Redgrave George Baker Sian Phillips Michael Bryant Jack Hedley Alison Leggatt Clinton Greyn Michael Culver Elspeth Gray
teacher singer headmaster student husband wife tender inspiring england cruise ship school pompeii, italy classroom education marriage romance ambition world war ii class distinctions love
A shy, withdrawn English schoolteacher falls for a flashy showgirl.
Biography, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1980
125 Minutes
Director
Alan Bates George De La Pena Leslie Browne Ronald Pickup Alan Badel Colin Blakely Ronald Lacey Carla Fracci Jeremy Irons Janet Suzman Sian Phillips
Set in the early 1910s at a time of passionate artistic experimentalism, and based on biographical fact, this is the story of Vaslav Nijinsky, the young and brilliant, but headstrong ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1984
107 Minutes
Director
Kevin Bacon Lori Singer John Lithgow Dianne Wiest Chris Penn Sarah Jessica Parker John Laughlin Elizabeth Gorcey Frances Lee McCain Brian Wimmer
newcomer best friend girlfriend student reverend mother inspiring spirited midwest small town high school household city hall church dance rock 'n' roll teenage rebellion repression prom underdog
A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
Comedy
USA
1983
98 Minutes
Director
Marsha Mason Jason Robards Donald Sutherland Matthew Broderick Dody Goodman Sal Viscuso Panchito Gomez Charley Lau Mari Gorman Brian Part Billie Bird
criminal single mother son police detective uplifting amusing los angeles family home baseball field father/daughter relationship redemption regret family dysfunction reunion transformation quest 1980s
An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
Comedy
USA
1970
98 Minutes
Director
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.
Musical, Romance
USA
1981
107 Minutes
Director
Steve Martin Bernadette Peters Christopher Walken Jessica Harper Vernel Bagneris John McMartin John Karlen Jay Garner Robert Fitch Tommy Rall
salesman wife schoolteacher pretty woman homeless person creative melodramatic chicago bank diner aspirations infidelity great depression romance prostitution love discovery 1930s
During the Great Depression, a sheet-music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.
Drama
USA
1991
112 Minutes
Director
John Cusack James Spader Imogen Stubbs Mandy Patinkin Richard Widmark Dina Merrill Philip Bosco Paul Guilfoyle
friend roommate girlfriend senator candidate college student powerful rousing melodramatic university virginia ski resort friendship betrayal political intrigue infidelity blackmail class distinctions rivalry discovery
Best friends from law school to election night, their friendship is sorely tested when one learns of another's betrayal.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1971
90 Minutes
Director
An enthusiastic young woman runs away to Chicago to start a new life. She is soon confronted with the emotional coldness of the big city, and has to search for her place in the scheme of things.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1975
136 Minutes
Director
Barbra Streisand James Caan Omar Sharif Roddy McDowall Ben Vereen Carole Wells Larry Gates Heidi O'Rourke Samantha Huffaker Matt Emery Joshua Shelley
singer lyricist ex-husband producer mistress husband amusing spirited melodramatic new york city california cleveland stage household fanny brice jealousy marital problems ambition infidelity broadway
Story of singer Fanny Brice's stormy relationship with showman Billy Rose.
Comedy
USA
1990
95 Minutes
Director
Steve Martin Rick Moranis Joan Cusack Melanie Mayron Carol Kane Bill Irwin William Hickey Deborah Rush
mobster fbi agent criminal ex-husband district attorney neighbor playful offbeat amusing suburbia california nightclub manhattan witness protection culture clash mob divorce new life adventure transformation
An all too uptight FBI agent must protect a larger than life mobster with a heart of gold, currently under witness protection in the suburbs.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
1978
103 Minutes
Director
Alan Alda Jane Fonda Maggie Smith Michael Caine Bill Cosby Walter Matthau Elaine May Richard Pryor Gloria Gifford Sheila Frazier Herbert Edelman
mother father businessperson actress gay/lesbian doctor airy amusing lighthearted los angeles beverly hills hotel divorce infidelity homosexuality show business competition prostitution transformation quest 1970s
Misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1982
107 Minutes
Director
Walter Matthau Ann-Margret Dinah Manoff Lance Guest Lewis Smith Martin Ferrero Eugene Butler Samantha Harper Santos Morales David Faustino Shelby Balik
actress screenwriter hairdresser father daughter girlfriend witty fiery touching brooklyn, n.y. hollywood, calif. family home movie studio father/daughter relationship family dysfunction estrangement show business ambition new town transformation
Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1993
89 Minutes
Director
Kathleen Turner Dennis Quaid Fiona Shaw Stanley Tucci Larry Miller Obba Babatundé Tom Arnold Park Overall Ralph Brown Jan Tríska Saul Rubinek
spy father arms dealer robber police detective visitor lighthearted suspenseful rousing new orleans mine zoo restaurant family spies baby-sitting crime retirement pursuit transformation
A spy couple on maternity leave in New Orleans, entertained by a mugger named Muerte, is called in when Novacek steals explosives.
Musical, Romance
USA
1987
100 Minutes
Director
Mikhail Baryshnikov Leslie Browne Alessandra Ferri Tommy Rall Lynn Seymour Victor Barbee Julie Kent Mariangela Melato
A successful aging dancer takes a young female protegee.
Comedy
1975
111 Minutes
Director
Walter Matthau George Burns Richard Benjamin Lee Meredith Carol Arthur Howard Hesseman Ron Rifkin Fritz Feld Jack Bernardi F. Murray Abraham
comedian performers nephew television producer amusing hilarious witty cheeky television studio new york city new jersey stage comedy show business aging collaboration reunion friendship rivalry 1970s
After a long separation, two former vaudeville partners reunite to renew their friendship and their feud.
Mystery & Thriller
1976
113 Minutes
Director
Nicol Williamson Alan Arkin Robert Duvall Vanessa Redgrave Laurence Olivier Joel Grey Samantha Eggar Jeremy Kemp Charles Gray Georgia Brown Anna Quayle
sherlock holmes doctor watson professor moriarty sigmund freud amusing cheeky quirky suspenseful 221b baker street england vienna psychoanalysis detective investigation kidnapping adventure mystery temptation victorian era
Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) and Dr. Watson (Robert Duvall) help Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin) rescue an abducted patient.
Drama
UK
1931
87 Minutes
The Jackmans
Edmund Gwenn Helen Haye Jill Esmond Phyllis Konstam John Longden Frank Lawton C.V. France Edward Chapman Ronald Frankau Herbert Ross Dora Gregory
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.