List of the best James Darren movies: Gidget Goes Hawaiian(1961), Venus in Furs(1969), For Those Who Think Young(1964), Police Story: Gladiator School(1988), Gidget(1959), Gidget Goes to Rome(1963), All the Young Men(1960), The Gene Krupa Story(1959), Diamond Head(1963), The Brothers Rico(1957), The Guns of Navarone(1961), Lucky(2017) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1961
102 Minutes
Moondoggie
James Darren Deborah Walley Michael Callan Carl Reiner Peggy Cass Eddie Foy Jr. Jeff Donnell Vicki Trickett Joby Baker Don Edmonds
teenager teen girl surfer father mother dancer amusing lighthearted spirited hawaii surfing romance vacation growing up love rivalry 1960s
Francine (Gidget) is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggie" is home from College. When he... See full summary »
Horror
UK|Italy|West Germany
1969
86 Minutes
Jimmy Logan
James Darren Barbara McNair Maria Rohm Klaus Kinski Dennis Price Margaret Lee Aldo Lastretti
A musician finds the corpse of a beautiful woman on the beach. The woman returns from the dead to take revenge on those responsible for her death.
Comedy
USA
1964
96 Minutes
Gardner "Ding" Pruitt III
James Darren Pamela Tiffin Paul Lynde Woody Woodbury Tina Louise Nancy Sinatra Bob Denver Claudia Martin Robert Middleton Ellen Burstyn Louis Quinn
college student playboy uncle grandfather nightclub owner surfer spirited airy playful college dorm teen hangout beach college life beach culture unrequited love class distinctions family secrets blackmail love
A wealthy young man tries to woo a university student, while her two uncles work to popularize a local club.
Crime, Drama
1988
100 Minutes
Director
Robert Conrad Phoebe Allen Jason Bernard
A police officer (Robert Conrad) framed for murder enters prison as a marked man, known and hated by inmates.
Romance
USA
1959
95 Minutes
Sandra Dee James Darren Cliff Robertson Arthur O'Connell The Four Preps Mary LaRoche Joby Baker Tom Laughlin Sue George Bobby Ellis
teenager teen girl surfer father mother amusing charming southern california surfing romance summer love discovery forbidden love growing up underdog 1950s
A young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during one transitive summer.
Comedy
USA
1963
103 Minutes
Moondoggie
Carol Sydes James Darren Cesare Danova Jessie Royce Landis Danielle De Metz Joby Baker Trudi Ames Noreen Corcoran Peter Brooks Lisa Gastoni
Frances, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his friends. However they have to take an... See full summary »
War
USA
1960
87 Minutes
Pvt. Cotton
Alan Ladd Sidney Poitier James Darren Glenn Corbett Mort Sahl Ana St. Clair Paul Richards
marine sergeant lieutenant private soldier emotional tense striking korea battlefield korean war prejudice racial tension military life battle survival rivalry discovery 1950s
During the Korean War, a platoon leader dies, leaving his inexperienced black Sergeant in charge of his squad of belligerent and racist white men.
Biography
1959
101 Minutes
Eddie Sirota
drummer jazz musician girlfriend parent priest friend touching melodramatic emotional uplifting chicago new york city club stage party gene krupa music jazz father/son relationship rise to stardom
The jazz drummer (Sal Mineo) alienates his girlfriend (Susan Kohner) and his buddy (James Darren), goes to jail and makes a comeback.
Drama
USA
1963
107 Minutes
Paul Kahana
Charlton Heston Yvette Mimieux George Chakiris France Nuyen James Darren Aline MacMahon Elizabeth Allen Vaughn Taylor Marc Marno Philip Ahn Harold Fong
In 1950s Hawaii, a bigoted and ruthless land baron, with political ambitions, bans his sister from marrying a native even though he himself has secretly impregnated a native woman.
Crime, Drama
1957
92 Minutes
Johnny Rico
Richard Conte Dianne Foster Kathryn Grant Larry Gates James Darren Argentina Brunetti Lamont Johnson Paul Picerni Harry Bellaver
accountant brother wife mother mafia boss suspenseful thrilling melodramatic miami new york city phoenix organized crime escape murder double-cross deception family mystery rescue revenge
A businessman (Richard Conte) tries to warn his gangster brothers about a syndicate plot to kill them.
Drama, War
UK|USA
1961
157 Minutes
Pvt. Spyros Pappadimos
Gregory Peck David Niven Anthony Quinn Stanley Baker Anthony Quayle James Darren Irene Papas Gia Scala James Robertson Justice Richard Harris
captain explosives expert resistance fighter security head soldier sister engaging tense brash gripping intense greece boat mountain village island cliff sabotage covert operations mountain climbing
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
88 Minutes
Paulie
Harry Dean Stanton David Lynch Ron Livingston Ed Begley Jr. Tom Skerritt Beth Grant James Darren Barry Shabaka Henley Yvonne Huff Hugo Armstrong Bertila Damas
old man veteran intense emotional inspiring heartwarming melodramatic charming village house bar death old age disease loneliness routine discovery quest metamorphosis love
Lucky follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off the map desert town.
Comedy
USA
1957
105 Minutes
Pvt. Widowskas
Jack Lemmon Kathryn Grant Ernie Kovacs Arthur O'Connell Mickey Rooney Dick York James Darren Roger Smith William Leslie Sheridan Comerate L.Q. Jones
private nurse captain corporal sergeant colonel hilarious madcap france hospital countryside inn secret ball deception rules and regulations world war ii romance love quest
In post-WW2 France, U.S. Army hospital private Hogan and Captain Lock try to outwit one another on issues such as wooing pretty nurses, accounting for missing medical supplies, organizing unauthorized dances and influencing their C.O.
Sci-Fi
1971
100 Minutes
Dr. Talty
Stuart Whitman Robert Wagner Rosemary Forsyth Robert Colbert Susana Miranda Burr DeBenning Richard Basehart Joseph Cotten James Darren Paul Stewart
A 21st-century admiral (Stuart Whitman) helms the colony of Pacifica, the first underwater city on Earth.