List of the best James L. Brooks movies: As Good as It Gets(1997), Terms of Endearment(1983), Broadcast News(1987), How Do You Know(2010), I'll Do Anything(1994), Real Life(1979), Modern Romance(1981) ... ...
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
1997
138 Minutes
Director
Jack Nicholson Helen Hunt Greg Kinnear Cuba Gooding Jr. Skeet Ulrich Shirley Knight Yeardley Smith Lupe Ontiveros
writer artist neighbor waitress psychiatrist dog quirky emotional new york city apartment diner romance friendship homosexuality confrontation obsessive-compulsive disorder redemption discovery love transformation
A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Drama, Comedy
USA
1983
132 Minutes
Director
Shirley MacLaine Debra Winger Jack Nicholson Jeff Daniels Danny DeVito John Lithgow Betty King Lisa Hart Carroll Huckleberry Fox Troy Bishop
mother daughter professor astronaut touching emotional sad small town midwest family home family romance cancer mother/daughter relationship love growing up 1980s
Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love, and her daughter's family problems.
Romance
USA
1987
132 Minutes
Director
William Hurt Albert Brooks Holly Hunter Robert Prosky Lois Chiles Joan Cusack Peter Hackes Christian Clemenson Robert Katims Ed Wheeler Jack Nicholson
producer anchorman love interest reporter rival witty emotional washington, d.c. television studio friendship love triangle television loneliness romance quest love discovery 1980s
Take two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one Producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly.
Romance
USA
2010
121 Minutes
Director
Reese Witherspoon Owen Wilson Paul Rudd Jack Nicholson Kathryn Hahn Mark Linn-Baker Lenny Venito Molly Price Ron McLarty Shelley Conn Domenick Lombardozzi
businessperson athlete baseball player love interest tender lighthearted baseball field apartment street infatuation baseball romance love triangle friendship love pursuit 2010s
After being cut from the U.S.A. softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.
Romance
1994
115 Minutes
Director
Nick Nolte Whittni Wright Albert Brooks Julie Kavner Joely Richardson Tracey Ullman Jeb Brown Joely Fisher
actor ex-wife movie producer daughter love interest divorcée amusing endearing household hollywood, calif. car acting film industry romance father/daughter relationship dating estrangement discovery love 1990s
An actor (Nick Nolte) tries to find work, date two women and please his bratty 6-year-old daughter (Whittni Wright).
Comedy
USA
1979
99 Minutes
Albert Brooks Charles Grodin Frances Lee McCain Dick Haynes Matthew Tobin J.A. Preston Joseph Schaffler Phyllis Quinn Jim Ritz James L. Brooks Johnny Haymer
veterinarian wife child documentarian albert brooks hilarious creative phoenix house veterinarian's office filmmaking reality narcissism family role reversal temptation discovery 1970s
A film crew sets out to record a year in the life of an average family, but things quickly start going wrong.
Comedy
USA
1981
93 Minutes
Albert Brooks Kathryn Harrold Bruno Kirby Tyann Means Jane Hallaren Karen Chandler Dennis Kort Bob Einstein Virginia Feingold Thelma Leeds James L. Brooks
Albert Brooks directs himself as a successful film editor with far too many issues that affects the relationship between him and his remarkably patient girlfriend.