List of the best Joyce Van Patten movies: The Stranger Within(1974), Making It(1971), Billy Galvin(1986), The Bad News Bears(1976), I Love You, Alice B. Toklas(1968), Mame(1974), This Must Be the Place(2011), Something Big(1971), The Trouble With Girls(1969), The Goddess(1958), Grown Ups(2010), St. Elmo's Fire(1985) ... ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1974
78 Minutes
Phyllis
Barbara Eden George Grizzard Joyce Van Patten David Doyle Nehemiah Persoff
A family is thrown into turmoil when a grandson convinces his grandfather to teach him to fly.
Drama
USA
1971
97 Minutes
Betty Fuller
Phil, a 17-year-old cocky high school student thinks nothing of using the people around him to satisfy his self-centered needs, until someone in his life gets pregnant.
Drama
1986
94 Minutes
Mae Galvin
Karl Malden Lenny Von Dohlen Joyce Van Patten Toni Kalem Keith Szarabajka Alan North Paul Guilfoyle Barton Heyman
A stubborn Boston ironworker (Karl Malden) wants his son (Lenny Von Dohlen) to be an architect, but his son wants to be an ironworker.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1976
102 Minutes
Cleveland
Walter Matthau Tatum O'Neal Vic Morrow Joyce Van Patten Ben Piazza Jackie Earle Haley Alfred W. Lutter Brandon Cruz Shari Summers Joe Brooks Maurice Marks
coach baseball player son father adversary manager cheeky outlandish heartwarming san fernando valley baseball field california baseball alcoholism father/son relationship children vs. adults troubled youth sportsmanship underdog rivalry
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Comedy
USA
1968
93 Minutes
Joyce
Peter Sellers Jo Van Fleet Leigh Taylor-Young Joyce Van Patten David Arkin Herbert Edelman Salem Ludwig Louis Gottlieb Grady Sutton Jorge Moreno Ed Peck
attorney hippie secretary brother amusing campy hilarious los angeles apartment beach culture clash meaning of life drugs family love discovery temptation transformation 1960s
A thirty-something square falls in love with a hippie and decides to "drop out" himself.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1974
132 Minutes
Sally Cato
Lucille Ball Robert Preston Bea Arthur Bruce Davison Joyce Van Patten Don Porter Audrey Christie Jane Connell Kirby Furlong John McGiver Doria Cook
Following the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.
Drama
Italy|France|Ireland
2011
118 Minutes
Dorothy Shore
Sean Penn Frances McDormand Judd Hirsch Eve Hewson Kerry Condon Harry Dean Stanton Joyce Van Patten Olwen Fouere Shea Whigham Liron Levo Simon Delaney
rock star wife cousin war criminal nazi hunter friend quirky touching witty dublin household new york city united states road music industry death of father nazi hunting road trip discovery pursuit
Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during W.W.II.
Comedy, Western
USA
1971
108 Minutes
Polly Standall
Dean Martin Brian Keith Honor Blackman Carol White Ben Johnson Albert Salmi Don Knight Joyce Van Patten Denver Pyle Merlin Olsen Robert Donner
bandit outlaw sidekick kidnapper wife gang leader lighthearted amusing melodramatic witty engaging patriotic new mexico territory outlaws kidnapping u.s. cavalry betrayal humor gunfight discovery
A man kidnaps the wife of a cavalry commander in order to exchange her for a Gatling gun that's being sold by a gun runner.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1969
104 Minutes
Maude
Elvis Presley Marlyn Mason Nicole Jaffe Sheree North Edward Andrews John Carradine Vincent Price Joyce Van Patten Dabney Coleman John Rubinstein Duke Snider
manager musician showman single mother drugstore manager union organizer airy spirited lighthearted iowa small town union murder scandal small-town life performance sexual harassment love mystery 1920s
Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.
Drama
USA
1958
105 Minutes
Hillary
Kim Stanley Lloyd Bridges Steven Hill Betty Lou Holland Joan Copeland Gerald Hiken Burt Brinckerhoff Joanne Linville Joyce Van Patten Bert Freed Louise Beavers
movie star promoter soldier mother dark somber sad hollywood, calif. the south abandonment depression fame mother/daughter relationship loneliness wretched excess fall 1950s
A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.
Comedy
USA
2010
102 Minutes
Gloria
Adam Sandler Kevin James Chris Rock David Spade Rob Schneider Salma Hayek Maria Bello Maya Rudolph Joyce Van Patten Ebony Jo-Ann Di Quon
agent designer husband wife stay-at-home dad executive endearing lighthearted new hampshire lake amusement park friendship family male bonding marriage meaning of life growing up transformation 2010s
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Drama
USA
1985
108 Minutes
Mrs. Beamish
Rob Lowe Demi Moore Andrew McCarthy Judd Nelson Ally Sheedy Emilio Estevez Mare Winningham Martin Balsam Jon Cutler Joyce Van Patten Andie MacDowell
waiter writer party girl yuppie architect college graduate amusing cheeky cool brash georgetown bar apartment restaurant coming of age post-college life lessons career vs. love self-discovery uncertainty
A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
88 Minutes
Philip Seymour Hoffman Richard Jenkins Christina Hendricks John Turturro Caleb Landry Jones Eddie Marsan Domenick Lombardozzi Glenn Fleshler Molly Price Bridget Barkan Arthur French
A blue collar worker tries to cover things up when his stepson is killed in a suspicious accident, but a local reporter senses that something's amiss.
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
2012
102 Minutes
Kerry Bishé Ed Burns Heather Burns Marsha Dietlein Caitlin Fitzgerald Anita Gillette Thomas Guiry Ed Lauter Mike McGlone Nick Sandow Noah Emmerich
The adult siblings of the Fitzgerald family prepare for their estranged father to return home for Christmas for the first time since he walked out on his family 20 years ago.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
116 Minutes
Owen Wilson Jennifer Aniston Eric Dane Kathleen Turner Alan Arkin Nathan Gamble Haley Bennett Ann Dowd Clarke Peters Finley Jacobsen Lucy Merriam
reporter journalist child dog newlywed dog trainer emotional charming mushy touching amusing heartwarming florida office beach family home pennsylvania family pregnancy deception
A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
92 Minutes
Paul Douglas Richard Basehart Barbara Bel Geddes Debra Paget Agnes Moorehead Robert Keith Howard da Silva Jeffrey Hunter Martin Gabel Grace Kelly Frank Faylen
young man cop psychiatrist girlfriend mother father gritty tense new york city skyscraper hotel office suicide dysfunction depression divorce family rescue fall 1950s
An unhappy man threatens suicide by standing on the ledge of a high-rise building for 14 hours.