List of the best Larry Cohen movies: Black Caesar(1973), God Told Me To(1976), Hell up in Harlem(1973), Q(1982), The Stuff(1985), Original Gangstas(1996), Perfect Strangers(1984), A Return to Salem's Lot(1987), Wicked Stepmother(1989), It's Alive III: Island of the Alive(1987), The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover(1978), The Winged Serpent(1982) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1973
96 Minutes
Director
Fred Williamson Art Lund Gloria Hendry Julius Harris Val Avery D'Urville Martin Minnie Gentry Philip Roye William Wellman Jr. James Dixon Patrick McAllister
kingpin police officer racist mafia boss reverend brutal unrestrained fiery harlem, n.y. manhattan vengeance racism mafia crime crooked cops revenge rise rivalry 1970s
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime, Drama
USA
1976
91 Minutes
Director
Tony Lo Bianco Sandy Dennis Richard Lynch Deborah Raffin Sylvia Sidney Sam Levene Robert Drivas Mike Kellin
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."
Crime, Drama
USA
1973
96 Minutes
Director
Fred Williamson Julius Harris Gloria Hendry Margaret Avery D'Urville Martin Tony King Gerald Gordon Bobby Ramsen James Dixon Esther Sutherland Charles MacGuire
gangster henchman ex-wife father district attorney politician gritty frenetic harlem, n.y. los angeles new york city street office gang war murder political corruption father/son relationship betrayal power struggle rescue
A gangster in Harlem must rescue his ex-wife, who has been kidnapped by the Mafia.
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA
1982
93 Minutes
Director
Michael Moriarty David Carradine Candy Clark Richard Roundtree John Capodice James Dixon Ron Cey
NYPD detectives Shepard and Powell are working on a bizarre case of a ritualistic Aztec murder. Meanwhile, something big is attacking people of New York and only greedy small time crook Jimmy Quinn knows where its lair is.
Horror, Comedy
USA
1985
87 Minutes
Director
Michael Moriarty Andrea Marcovicci Paul Sorvino Garrett Morris Scott Bloom Danny Aiello Patrick O'Neal Alexander Scourby
A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.
Action
USA
1996
98 Minutes
Director
Fred Williamson Jim Brown Pam Grier Paul Winfield Isabel Sanford Oscar Brown Jr. Richard Roundtree Ron O'Neal Christopher B. Duncan Eddie Bo Smith Jr. Dru Down
football coach gang member father mother teen boy emotional gritty tense gary, ind. los angeles household diner funeral gang war crime spree community murder vigilantism violence quest
When a gang shoots his father, Bookman (Fred Williamson) returns to his hometown, rounds up some of his own people and begins an all-out war to restore the neighborhood to its rightful sense of justice.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1984
94 Minutes
Director
Anne Carlisle Brad Rijn John Woehrle Matthew Stockley Stephen Lack Ann Magnuson
A hit-man tries to seduce the mother of a child who witnessed his most recent kill.
Horror
USA
1987
101 Minutes
Director
Michael Moriarty Ricky Addison Reed Andrew Duggan Samuel Fuller Evelyn Keyes Jill Gatsby June Havoc Ronee Blakley James Dixon David Holbrook
A man and his son vacation to the quiet vampire populated town of Salem's Lot.
Fantasy
USA
1989
92 Minutes
Director
Bette Davis Barbara Carrera Colleen Camp David Rasche Lionel Stander Tom Bosley Shawn Donahue Richard Moll Evelyn Keyes Susie Garrett Laurene Landon
witch daughter cat husband father wife quirky amusing suspenseful emotional household bedroom backyard living room family dysfunction scam seduction remarriage husband/wife relationship magic
A mother and daughter pair of witches wreaks havoc on a suburban family.
Horror
1987
94 Minutes
Director
Michael Moriarty Karen Black Laurene Landon Gerrit Graham James Dixon Neal Israel Macdonald Carey
The father (Michael Moriarty) of a monster baby goes where it and others like it have been banished by the state.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
1978
112 Minutes
Director
Broderick Crawford Dan Dailey Jose Ferrer Michael Parks Ronee Blakley Rip Torn Celeste Holm Michael Sacks Raymond St. Jacques Andrew Duggan John Marley
fbi agent martin luther king jr. robert f. kennedy mobster lover suspenseful shocking raw fascinating washington, d.c. quantico virginia j. edgar hoover political intrigue organized crime secret life homosexuality blackmail rise mystery
The FBI director (Broderick Crawford) tracks the famous and the infamous for decades with his personal aide, Clyde Tolson (Dan Dailey).
Horror
1982
93 Minutes
Director
A fleeing gangland flunky (Michael Moriarty) finds the New York nest of Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, man-eating flying serpent.
Documentary
USA
2010
80 Minutes
Allison Anders Judith M. Brown Larry Cohen Joe Dante Don Edmonds David Hess Jack Hill Jeremy Kasten John Landis Herschell Gordon Lewis
A documentary about the history of exploitation movies, from the silent movie era to the 1970s.