List of the best James Karen movies: America's Most Haunted(2013), Return of the Living Dead Part II(1988), Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster(1965), The Return of the Living Dead(1985), The Unborn(1991), Time Walker(1982), Hardbodies 2(1986), The Pursuit of Happyness(2006), Invaders From Mars(1986), Hercules in New York(1970), Tough and Deadly(1995), Dark and Stormy Night(2009) ... ...
Comedy, Horror
USA
2013
85 Minutes
Ralph George
James Karen Brittany Risner David Gries Daniel Falicki Amy McFadden Brad Norman Joe Anderson Dave Lyzenga Jimmy Meritt Sue Ellen Pabst
A primary care clinic in Minnesota becomes a crossroads for perseverant refugees and their devoted doctors. We get an intimate look at the failing health and remarkable lives of Lem Thor, a... See full summary »
Horror, Comedy
USA
1988
89 Minutes
Ed
James Karen Thom Mathews Michael Kenworthy Marsha Dietlein Dana Ashbrook Philip Bruns Suzanne Snyder Allan Trautman
Curious kids unearth the barrels that previously helped revive the dead, which proves the second time's an undead charm.
Sci-Fi
USA
1965
75 Minutes
Dr. Adam Steele
James Karen Nancy Marshall Robert Reilly Marilyn Hanold Lou Cutell David Kernan
princess martian young woman invader space traveler robot spirited campy mars outer space spacecraft puerto rico seaside alien invasion saving the world science gone awry repopulation space travel quest adventure
A Martian princess and a doctor replace the women on Mars, destroyed by atomic war, by raiding Puerto Rico while a shot down android terrorizes all.
Horror, Comedy
USA
1985
91 Minutes
Clu Gulager James Karen Don Calfa Thom Mathews Beverly Randolph John Philbin Jewel Shepard Miguel Nunez Brian Peck Linnea Quigley Mark Venturini
foreman employee friend boss mortician teenager campy gory outlandish creepy warehouse louisville, ky. party zombies military secrets scientific experiments infectious disease survival discovery escape
When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
Horror
USA
1991
84 Minutes
Dr. Richard Meyerling
Brooke Adams Jeffrey Hayenga James Karen K Callan Jane Cameron Kathy Griffin Wendy Kamenoff Laura Stockman Jonathan Emerson Janice Kent Matt Roe
A couple struggling to conceive visit a miracle doctor as a last hope for having a child. The wife gets pregnant, but after the initial joy comes horror, as she slowly discovers the nightmarish truth behind the doctor's success.
Sci-Fi
USA
1982
83 Minutes
Dr. Wendell J. Rossmore
Ben Murphy Nina Axelrod Kevin Brophy James Karen Robert Random Austin Stoker Clint Young Shari Belafonte Antoinette Bower Jason Williams
An alien, buried in King Tut's tomb, terrorizes a college campus.
Comedy
USA
1986
88 Minutes
Logan
Brad Zutaut Sam Temeles Curtis Scott Wilmot James Karen Roberta Collins Fabiana Udenio Brenda Bakke
friend filmmaker director fiancée sexy woman actor playful wild lighthearted greece beach film set filmmaking sex romantic dilemma fantasy relationships lust love temptation
A film crew is travelling from America to Greece to produce a movie. Before their work is done they will have to face many unusual situations, along with numerous opportunities for the ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2006
116 Minutes
Martin Frohm
Will Smith Jaden Smith Thandie Newton Brian Howe James Karen Dan Castellaneta Kurt Fuller Takayo Fischer Kevin West Domenic Bove Scott Klace
salesman son boss stockbroker wife emotional dark san francisco hotel stadium office parenthood homelessness eviction ambition financial crisis discovery sacrifice fall 1980s
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Sci-Fi
USA
1986
98 Minutes
Gen. Climet Wilson
Karen Black Hunter Carson Laraine Newman Timothy Bottoms James Karen Louise Fletcher Bud Cort Jimmy Hunt
A boy tries to stop aliens who have taken over his town and are attempting to brainwash its inhabitants.
Comedy
USA
1970
90 Minutes
Professor Camden
Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Stang Deborah Loomis Taina Elg James Karen Ernest Graves Tanny McDonald
hercules zeus greek god young woman airy amusing hilarious charming positive olympus new york restaurant father/son relationship greek mythology comedy new life boredom discovery love transformation
Hercules is sent to Earth where he finds true love and starts a promising career in the bodybuilder business.
Action
1995
92 Minutes
Winston Briggers
Billy Blanks Roddy Piper Richard Norton Charles Kahlenberg James Karen Sal Landi Phil Morris
A private eye (Roddy Piper) helps an amnesiac CIA agent (Billy Blanks) elude mobsters who don't want him to regain his memory of their drug operation.
Comedy
USA
2009
93 Minutes
Seyton Ethelquake
Jim Beaver Brian Howe Fay Masterson Daniel Roebuck Betty Garrett James Karen Marvin Kaplan H. M. Wynant Bruce French Tom Allen Andrew Parks
In the 1930s the family of old Sinas Cavinder, gathered for the reading of his will, find themselves being murdered by a mysterious phantom while two rival reporters compete for the story.
Horror
USA
1991
92 Minutes
Uncle Harry, Mr. Jenkins
Sean Astin Michael Ray Bower Ralph Drischell Jason Horst Joshua Jon Miller James Karen Marilyn Pitzer Evan Arnold Dana Ashbrook Kathy MacQuarrie Bill Erwin
Two brothers camping with their cousin try to frighten each other by telling stories. There are two main narrations: one involves strange happenings at an elementary school; the other, a ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1997
98 Minutes
William Tager
Joshua Beckett Marcia Cross Phillip Brock Polly Draper Liz Sheridan Liza D'Agostino James Karen Annie Korzen
A sexy, free spirit meets her match in a photographer and serial bachelor. Both of them turn up the personal fires, but neither can commit. Starring Marcia Cross and Joshua Beckett.
Romance, Drama
1999
92 Minutes
Phil Morton
Nancy Travis Scott Bairstow Jamie Renée Smith Holland Taylor Merrill Holtzman Viveka Davis James Karen Kip Gilman Alessandra Torresani
terminally ill person busboy mother daughter father love interest emotional sad moving touching chicago california town cancer terminal illness doomed romance unlikely romance family death love
A single mother with a terminal illness decides to live with her daughter in California, where she falls for a younger busboy.
Drama
1972
103 Minutes
Child Psychiatrist
Joan Hackett Robert Klein Scott Jacoby Jeanne Tanzy Gene Hayes Phoebe Dorin James Karen Randy Digeronimo Frank Fiore Bill Herndon William Shust
The new man (Robert Klein) in a New York widow's (Joan Hackett) life upsets her unusual relationship with her 10-year-old son (Scott Jacoby).
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1979
122 Minutes
Mac Churchill
Jane Fonda Jack Lemmon Michael Douglas Scott Brady James Hampton Peter Donat Wilford Brimley James Karen
news reporter camera operator nuclear physicist supervisor cameraman gripping gutsy intense thrilling suspenseful tense california nuclear power plant newsroom car television studio home nuclear meltdown nuclear safety cover-up
A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.
Horror
USA
1990
92 Minutes
Carl's Dad
Liane Curtis Lezlie Deane James Daughton Ken Abraham Dana Ashbrook Anthony Barrile Alba Francesca James Karen Daphna Kastner Jack West Brad Zutaut
The inventor of the condom-- now God's bounty hunter- is tasked with tracking down and capturing the Devil, who has possessed the body of a high school wallflower in order to feed on human souls via sex.
Sci-Fi
USA
1993
93 Minutes
Kafka
Vivian Schilling Martin Kove Bill Paxton Sam Clay Scott Thompson Brion James Sydney Lassick James Karen
Horror anthology about a psychiatrist who uses virtual reality to probe the minds of three unsuspecting patients, a paranoid woman home alone, a meek man with a roommate from hell (Paxton) and a man obsessed with his own death.
Horror
1995
81 Minutes
Governor
William Katt Alexandra Paul Monte Markham Darleen Carr Mila Kuniss Soleil Moon Frye Kehli O'Byrne James Karen Drancy Jackson Billie Worley Shannon Farrara
A government tank containing genetically engineered piranha is unwittingly emptied into a river that flows past a resort area.
Comedy, Horror
2018
90 Minutes
Frank Teague
Scout Taylor-Compton Kenny Gage Kyle Jones Sid Haig Bill Moseley Robert LaSardo Rebecca Marshall James William O'Halloran Ben Whalen James Karen Lynn Lowry
A woman gives birth to more than she bargained for when her little monster comes into the world with her own nasty little bite.
Drama
1970
90 Minutes
Mr. Tucker
Melvyn Douglas Gene Hackman Dorothy Stickney Estelle Parsons Elizabeth Hubbard Lovelady Powell Daniel Keyes Conrad Bain Jon Richards James Karen
father son mother fiancée sister college professor moving tender emotional bleak touching brooding new york city parents' house diner hospital father/son relationship independence family grief
A middle-aged New York professor (Gene Hackman) loses his mother (Dorothy Stickney) and reaches out to his bitter father (Melvyn Douglas).
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|Australia
2006
154 Minutes
Brandon Routh Kate Bosworth James Marsden Frank Langella Eva Marie Saint Parker Posey Kal Penn Sam Huntington Kevin Spacey Tristan Lake Leabu James Karen
superhero love interest villain mastermind thrilling suspenseful new york city newsroom hideout rescue love deception superheroes quest future
Superman returns to Earth after spending five years in space examining his homeworld Krypton. But he finds things have changed while he was gone, and he must once again prove himself important to the world.
Romance
1998
94 Minutes
Dominique Swain Sean Patrick Flanery Summer Phoenix Tara Reid Selma Blair Channon Roe Portia Di Rossi Christopher Masterson David Moslow Rosemary Forsyth James Karen
high-school student teen girl friend singer rock star groupie emotional intense tender amusing seattle nightclub high school household rock 'n' roll teen angst female bonding courtship high school growing up
A Seattle high-school graduate (Dominique Swain) hopes to bed a rock star (Sean Patrick Flanery) before leaving for college in the fall.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1982
114 Minutes
Craig T. Nelson JoBeth Williams Beatrice Straight Dominique Dunne Oliver Robins Heather O'Rourke Zelda Rubinstein Martin Casella Richard Lawson Michael McManus Virginia Kiser
father mother daughter son child parapsychologist creepy chilling fascinating frightening california household abduction ghosts television possession exorcism mystery transformation pursuit
A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
Western
1995
97 Minutes
Leonard Nimoy Dennis Farina Ben Johnson Richard Roundtree Michael Landon Jr. Emily Warfield Brian Leckner Jeff Phillips Jack Elam Dirk Blocker Sonia Satra
A Pinkerton renegade (Dennis Farina) and his gang descend on the Cartwright Ponderosa in pursuit of a reformed outlaw (Leonard Nimoy).
Drama
USA
1987
125 Minutes
Michael Douglas Charlie Sheen Martin Sheen Terence Stamp Sean Young Daryl Hannah Sylvia Miles James Spader Hal Holbrook John C. McGinley Saul Rubinek
stockbroker corporate raider interior decorator father yuppie sexy woman tense intense new york city wall street office apartment penthouse central park insider trading greed culture clash espionage quest rise
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.
Romance
USA
1996
124 Minutes
Robert Redford Michelle Pfeiffer Stockard Channing Joe Mantegna Kate Nelligan Glenn Plummer James Rebhorn Scott Bryce Raymond Cruz Dedee Pfeiffer Miguel Sandoval
television reporter television producer agent ex-wife cameraman rival emotional witty confident tender reno, nev. miami philadelphia television studio prison office ambition fame television journalism
An ambitious young woman, determined to build a career in television journalism, gets good advice from her first boss, and they fall in love.
Sci-Fi, Comedy
USA
2007
88 Minutes
Brian Howe Dan Conroy Andrew Parks Fay Masterson Alison Martin Jennifer Blaire Larry Blamire Betty Garrett Dick Miller Daniel Roebuck Susan McConnell
scientist alien priest colleague sailor townsperson creepy campy hilarious laboratory small town alien invasion research experimental medicine science gone awry mass hysteria metamorphosis escape pursuit 1950s
A small town infestation of crawling alien foreheads that begin attaching to people and taking them over collides with a scientist's experiments to extract foreheadazine and things go horribly horribly wrong.
Biography
1982
140 Minutes
Jessica Lange Kim Stanley Sam Shepard Bart Burns Jonathan Banks Bonnie Bartlett James Brodhead J.J. Chaback Jordan Charney Donald Craig Sarah Cunningham
actress director mental patient doctor mother tv personality bleak disturbing emotional moving new york city hollywood, calif. seattle mental institution rebellion abuse acting redemption addiction fall
Actress Frances Farmer (Jessica Lange) makes trouble in 1930s and '40s Hollywood; her mother (Kim Stanley) commits her to a barbaric asylum.
Drama
USA
1978
145 Minutes
Sylvester Stallone Rod Steiger Peter Boyle Melinda Dillon David Huffman Tony Lo Bianco Kevin Conway Cassie Yates Peter Donat Henry Wilcoxon John Lehne
union boss blue-collar worker mobster senator intense brooding cleveland warehouse labor union organized crime aspirations justice underdog rise rivalry fall 1930s
A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.
Musical
USA
1980
115 Minutes
Neil Diamond Laurence Olivier Lucie Arnaz Catlin Adams Franklin Ajaye Paul Nicholas Sully Boyar Mike Kellin James Booth Luther Waters Rod Gist
cantor father wife agent friend singer inspiring passionate brooklyn, n.y. los angeles synagogue nightclub recording studio bar father/son relationship rebellion music tradition jewish culture dreams
The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.
Drama, History
USA
2000
145 Minutes
Kevin Costner Bruce Greenwood Steven Culp Dylan Baker Michael Fairman Henry Strozier Frank Wood Kevin Conway Tim Kelleher Len Cariou Bill Smitrovich
president secretary of defense diplomat u.s. president first lady engaging suspenseful emotional new york city washington, d.c. airplane big city mission nuclear weapons political intrigue diplomacy politics john f. kennedy rivalry fall
In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis.