List of the best Jay O. Sanders movies: DC Noir(2019), The Dissection of Thanksgiving(2008), The Big Green(1995), The Last Brickmaker in America(2001), For Richer or Poorer(1997), The Matchmaker(1997), Zenith(2010), Greetings From the Shore(2007), Half Nelson(2006), Daylight(1996), Wrestling With Alligators(1998), Wheels of Terror(1987) ... ...
Crime, Drama
2019
93 Minutes
Sgt. Peters
Four short stories revolve around a murder plot, a veteran city cop, a drug deal gone wrong and a heroic act.
Comedy
Germany
2008
97 Minutes
Kathleen Quinlan Jay O. Sanders Troy Hall Kevin Logie Deshja Driggs Robert T. Bogue Marisa Coughlan Amy Jo Steele Aaron Fili Frankie Juliano Sarah Kate Jackson
Joe Cravens family has been killed and he has been kidnapped by a ninja clan when he was about 3 years old. He has been trained to become a ninja. He fulfilled numerous missions and became ... See full summary »
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1995
99 Minutes
Coach Jay Huffer
Steve Guttenberg Olivia d'Abo Jay O. Sanders John Terry Chauncey Leopardi Patrick Renna Billy L. Sullivan Yareli Arizmendi Bug Hall Jessie Robertson Anthony Esquivel
teacher sheriff coach student soccer player mother heartwarming playful texas small town school soccer field household bar soccer misfits teaching friendship self-esteem family
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.
Drama
Canada
2001
97 Minutes
Mike
Sidney Poitier Wendy Crewson Jay O. Sanders Mary Alice Bernie Casey Cody Newton Piper Laurie Duke Ernsberger Tom Nowicki Mert Hatfield Terry Loughlin
Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of the Gulf War in the Middle East.
Comedy
USA
1997
115 Minutes
Samuel Yoder
Tim Allen Kirstie Alley Jay O. Sanders Michael Lerner Wayne Knight Larry Miller Miguel Nunez Megan Cavanagh John Pyper-Ferguson Carrie Preston Ethan Phillips
husband wife accountant amish man amish woman real estate developer cheeky lighthearted amusing heartwarming new york city apartment pennsylvania farm big city country house amish culture wealth culture clash marital problems
A real estate hustler and his wife hide from the IRS among the Amish.
Comedy
Ireland|UK|USA
1997
96 Minutes
Senator John McGlory
Janeane Garofalo David O'Hara Milo O'Shea Jay O. Sanders Rosaleen Linehan Paul Hickey Maria Doyle Kennedy Saffron Burrows Denis Leary Jimmy Keogh
senator assistant journalist estranged wife matchmaker chief of staff amusing charming heartwarming ireland village boston office party matchmaking political campaign unlikely romance irish society family bloodline business trip
Marcy is an assistant to Senator John McGlory, who is having problems with a re-election campaign. Desperate for Irish votes, McGlory's chief of staff Nick sends Marcy to Ireland to trace ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2010
93 Minutes
Oberts
Ana Asensio Michael Cates Arthur French Jay O. Sanders Peter Scanavino Tim Biancalana Ohene Cornelius
A retro-futuristic steam-punk thriller, about two men in two time periods, whose search for the same grand conspiracy leads them to question their own humanity.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
2007
118 Minutes
Commodore Callaghan
Still reeling from the death of her father, a young girl spends one last summer at the Jersey Shore before heading off to college. But when her plans fall apart, the girl stumbles into a ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2006
106 Minutes
Russ
Ryan Gosling Shareeka Epps Anthony Mackie Deborah Rush Jay O. Sanders Nicole Vicius Denis O'Hare Monique Gabriela Curnen Starla Benford Tina Holmes Karen Chilton
teacher co-worker student drug addict friend emotional dark middle school brooklyn, n.y. bar locker room drug addiction friendship education dysfunction family discovery fall 2000s
An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1996
115 Minutes
Steven Crighton
Sylvester Stallone Amy Brenneman Viggo Mortensen Dan Hedaya Jay O. Sanders Karen Young Claire Bloom Vanessa Bell Calloway Renoly Santiago Colin Fox Danielle Harris
cab driver thief police officer survivor girlfriend elderly woman thrilling melodramatic tense new jersey new york city tunnel river staircase underground leadership disaster survival trapped teamwork
Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.
Drama
USA
1998
95 Minutes
Rick
Aleksa Palladino Joely Richardson Claire Bloom Sam Trammell Jay O. Sanders Adrienne Shelly Thomas Guiry Nicole Bradin Sloane Shelton Angelica Torn Schuyler Grant
The story is set in 1959, Maddy is a teen-ager who has her first romance with carnival worker Will. Meanwhile her roommate, widow Claire is pregnant by garage owner Rick, whom she doesn't ... See full summary »
Action
1987
101 Minutes
Tiny
David Carradine Don W. Moffett Bruce Davison David Patrick Kelly Jay O. Sanders Keith Szarabajka Oliver Reed Slavko Stimac
Assorted convicts and dissidents from a German penal regiment go behind enemy lines to blow up a Russian ammo train in 1943.
Drama, History
USA|France
1991
189 Minutes
Lou Ivon
Kevin Costner Sissy Spacek Joe Pesci Tommy Lee Jones Gary Oldman Jay O. Sanders Michael Rooker Laurie Metcalf Gary Grubbs John Candy Jack Lemmon
district attorney assassin businessman informant wife passionate spirited new orleans washington, d.c. dallas courtroom conspiracy assassination deception political intrigue historical events trial mystery discovery 1960s
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1991
106 Minutes
Bull Dozer
Barbara Hershey Sam Shepard Mary Beth Hurt J.T. Walsh Kellie Overbey Jay O. Sanders John Kapelos Sheree North Randy Brooks
A lawyer is hired to defend an old college friend accused of murdering her husband.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
USA
2011
114 Minutes
Carl Ferris
Ryan Reynolds Blake Lively Peter Sarsgaard Mark Strong Tim Robbins Jay O. Sanders Taika Waititi Angela Bassett Mike Doyle Nick Jandl Dylan James
test pilot superhero alien scientist friend leader thrilling outlandish emotional spectacular tense earth laboratory apartment alien planet city space supernatural good versus evil heroism
Reckless test pilot Hal Jordan is granted an alien ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers that inducts him into an intergalactic police force, the Green Lantern Corps.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2010
117 Minutes
Whitehouse
Mel Gibson Ray Winstone Danny Huston Bojana Novakovic Shawn Roberts David Aaron Baker Jay O. Sanders Denis O'Hare Damian Young Caterina Scorsone Frank Grillo
single father detective daughter police officer suspect suspenseful tense boston family home government corruption murder deception cover-up revenge mystery pursuit 2000s
As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the murder of his activist daughter, he uncovers a corporate cover-up and government conspiracy that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.
Action, Adventure
USA
2004
123 Minutes
Frank Harris
Dennis Quaid Jake Gyllenhaal Ian Holm Emmy Rossum Sela Ward Dash Mihok Kenneth Welsh Jay O. Sanders Austin Nichols Perry King Nestor Serrano
climatologist son professor meteorologist friend vice president bleak disturbing tense emotional new york city philadelphia library international space station new delhi global disaster climate change survival father/son relationship destruction
Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1982
107 Minutes
Katz
Gene Wilder Gilda Radner Richard Widmark Kathleen Quinlan Robert Prosky Josef Sommer Johnny Sekka Jay O. Sanders
architect government agent spy police officer beautiful woman stranger madcap hysterical playful thrilling new york city taxi boston grand canyon airplane espionage fugitives secret documents murder false accusations
Completely innocent man, Michael Jordon, is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run.
Romance
USA
1979
106 Minutes
Larry
Burt Reynolds Jill Clayburgh Candice Bergen Charles Durning Frances Sternhagen Austin Pendleton Mary Kay Place MacIntyre Dixon Jay O. Sanders Charles Kimbrough Alfie Wise
divorce singer brother sister-in-law schoolteacher charming emotional amusing new york city boston school church divorce love triangle new life midlife crisis rivalry transformation love 1970s
A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This affects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2003
87 Minutes
Kevin's Father
Ryan Williams Clint Palmer Robin Ballard Andrea Hullsman Mark Wunder Rod Finch Donna Straus Shela Jones Jay O. Sanders Wendy Buss Scott Hanks
Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and accomplishing his dream. When hitting rock bottom during the Sundance Film Festival, Clemins' calls upon ... See full summary »
Drama
USA|UK
2008
119 Minutes
Bart Pollock
Leonardo DiCaprio Kate Winslet Kathy Bates Michael Shannon Kathryn Hahn David Harbour Dylan Baker Richard Easton Zoe Kazan Jay O. Sanders Max Casella
salesman housewife co-worker cheater neighbor emotional sad passionate connecticut suburbia office new york city paris marriage class conflict infidelity loneliness family dysfunction depression fall
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.
Biography
USA
1983
122 Minutes
Charles Rawlings
Mary Steenburgen Rip Torn Alfre Woodard Peter Coyote Dana Hill Joanna Miles Iake Eissinmann Cary Guffey Toni Hudson Jay O. Sanders John Hammond
writer husband love interest father daughter maid calm engaging moving florida backwoods small town writing small-town life friendship father/daughter relationship animals rise transformation love
In 1930's Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.
Romance
USA
2006
90 Minutes
Sheriff
Jason Biggs Isla Fisher Joe Pantoliano Joanna Gleason Edward Herrmann Margo Martindale Michael Weston Ebon Moss-Bachrach Heather Goldenhersh Jay O. Sanders Robert Corddry
single man fiancée waitress best friend father mother amusing offbeat quirky staten island, n.y. atlantic city, n.j. marriage mourning romance proposal love adventure discovery 2000s
A guy proposes to his girlfriend, who drops dead. His BFF tries to get him to date other women but he only talks about his dead big love. At a diner he proposes to a cute waitress just to get his BFF off his back. She says yes.
Comedy
USA
1993
84 Minutes
Sheriff McCloud
Andrew Lowery Traci Lind Danny Zorn Edward Herrmann Mary Beth Hurt Matthew Fox Philip Seymour Hoffman Austin Pendleton Cloris Leachman Jay O. Sanders Paul Dooley
A teenage boy comes back from the dead because he is determined to win the most beautiful girl in school.
Romance
1991
120 Minutes
Stephen Taylor
Glenn Close Niels Arestrup Erland Josephson Mosko Alkalai Macha Méril Johanna Ter Steege Maïté Nahyr Victor Poletti Marián Labuda Jay O. Sanders Dieter Laser
opera singer conductor emotional amusing europe opera love satire diplomacy nationalism quest rise
An opera star (Glenn Close) falls for a married Hungarian conductor (Niels Arestrup) trying to do Wagner's "Tannhauser."
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Brazil
2011
110 Minutes
Toni Servillo Remo Girone Sarah Felberbaum Fausto Maria Sciarappa Lino Guanciale Vanessa Compagnucci Renato Carpentieri Gianna Paola Scaffidi Maurizio Marchetti Igor Chernevich Jay O. Sanders
A tale about youth and courage this film tells the story of Luiza,16 year old, who is just tired of hearing about the end of the world. One Christmas eve, her cousin João is shot in a poor ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
2009
98 Minutes
Nia Vardalos John Corbett Stephen Guarino Amir Arison Zoe Kazan Gary Wilmes Mike Starr Jason Mantzoukas Judah Friedlander Rachel Dratch Jay O. Sanders
florist restaurant owner friend love interest gay man lighthearted winsome amusing manhattan, n.y. restaurant park flower shop street brooklyn bridge romance dating valentine's day broken heart rule breaking agreement
A florist, who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man, finds herself wanting more with the new restaurateur in town.
Comedy
1998
107 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Christine Baranski Barnard Hughes Jonathan Silverman Jean Smart Lisa Waltz Mary Beth Peil Doris Belack Ellen Geer Jay O. Sanders
father friend son daughter ex-wife mother madcap hilarious playful florida new york city retirement home los angeles desert car reunion wedding road trip retirement unlikely friendship
A slob (Walter Matthau) and a neat freak (Jack Lemmon), former roommates, meet again years later for their children's wedding.
Drama
2013
108 Minutes
Bruce Dern Geneviève Bujold Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick Brent Crawford Rusty De Wees Jim Fitzpatrick Jessica Hecht Alicia Hunt Mark Margolis John Rothman Jay O. Sanders
boy father grandmother grandfather grandson eccentric amusing engaging vermont farmhouse wilderness adventure discovery secrets wilderness nature enchantment haunted by the past adventure discovery
War, Drama, History
USA
1989
122 Minutes
Matthew Broderick Denzel Washington Morgan Freeman Cary Elwes Jihmi Kennedy Andre Braugher John Finn Alan North Bob Gunton Cliff De Young Christian Baskous
soldier military officer friend slave gravedigger gutsy inspiring military base battlefield hospital maryland south carolina american civil war honor racism slavery social change military quest sacrifice
Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.