List of the best Paul Benedict movies: Deadhead Miles(1971), The Goodbye Girl(1977), The Man With Two Brains(1983), The Double-Barreled Detective Story(1965), Taking Off(1971), Arthur 2: On the Rocks(1988), Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman(1993), The Freshman(1990), Up the Sandbox(1972), The Addams Family(1991), Hustling(1975), This Is Spinal Tap(1984) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1971
93 Minutes
The story of a long-distance trucker and his experiences on the road.
Romance
USA
1977
110 Minutes
Mark
Richard Dreyfuss Marsha Mason Quinn Cummings Paul Benedict Barbara Rhoades Theresa Merritt Michael Shawn Patricia Pearcy Gene Castle Daniel Levans Nicol Williamson
dancer daughter actor actress witty cheeky mushy new york city apartment stage romance ambition self-esteem loneliness acting love transformation 1970s
After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.
Comedy
USA
1983
93 Minutes
Butler
Steve Martin Kathleen Turner David Warner Paul Benedict Richard Brestoff James Cromwell George Furth Peter Hobbs
scientist brain surgeon wife murderer prostitute campy offbeat hilarious vienna elevator emergency room car brain transplants new identity surgery serial murders transformation love discovery 1980s
A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.
Comedy, Western
USA
1965
90 Minutes
Wells Fargo Ferguson
Jeff Siggins Greta Thyssen Hurd Hatfield Jerome Raphael Paul Benedict Severn Darden Ray Reinhardt Louis Waldon Robert Winston Byrne Piven Ernie Austin
Western parody of the original Mark Twain story about Sherlock Holmes in the American West.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1971
93 Minutes
Ben Lockston
Lynn Carlin Buck Henry Linnea Heacock Georgia Engel Audra Lindley Paul Benedict Vincent Schiavelli
mother father runaway neighbor boyfriend amusing hilarious lighthearted suburbia new york city parenthood coming of age marriage running away discovery temptation growing up 1970s
While searching for their runaway teenage daughter, the parents rediscover life's joys as they get acquainted with a self-help group for parents of vanished children.
Comedy
USA
1988
113 Minutes
Fairchild
Dudley Moore Liza Minnelli Geraldine Fitzgerald John Gielgud Stephen Elliott Paul Benedict Cynthia Sikes Kathy Bates Jack Gilford Ted Ross Daniel Greene
alcoholic wife dudley moore engaging park skid row search job life love 1980s
Arthur loses his fortune for staying with Linda, right as the two were preparing to adopt a child. As their marriage suffers, Arthur plans for a way to get his money back, but first he must sober up and get a real job.
Sci-Fi
1993
90 Minutes
Dr. Victor Loeb
Daryl Hannah Daniel Baldwin William Windom Frances Fisher Cristi Conaway Paul Benedict O'Neal Compton Victoria Haas
heiress alien abductee husband cheater mistress father giant doctor tense suspenseful sultry shocking outlandish offbeat house small town marriage family dysfunction science fiction revenge
UFO aliens turn a woman (Daryl Hannah) into a giantess finally able to get even with her husband (Daniel Baldwin) and father (William Windom).
Comedy
USA
1990
102 Minutes
Arthur Fleeber, NYU Professor, Clark's Faculty Advisor
Marlon Brando Matthew Broderick Bruno Kirby Penelope Ann Miller Frank Whaley Jon Polito Paul Benedict Richard Gant Kenneth Welsh Pamela Payton-Wright BD Wong
mafia boss student thief mobster amusing madcap outlandish witty new york city organized crime endangered species corruption discovery growing up 1980s
An N.Y.C. film school student accepts a job with a local mobster who resembles a famous cinema godfather and who takes the young man under his wing, after demanding total loyalty.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1972
97 Minutes
Dr. Beineke
Barbra Streisand David Selby Ariane Heller Gary Smith Jane Hoffman John C. Becher Jacobo Morales Paul Benedict George Irving Pearl Shear Carl Gottlieb
A bored housewife takes refuge in a fantasy world.
Comedy
USA
1991
102 Minutes
Judge Womack
Anjelica Huston Raul Julia Christopher Lloyd Dan Hedaya Elizabeth Wilson Judith Malina Carel Struycken Dana Ivey Paul Benedict Christina Ricci Jimmy Workman
father wife impostor child lawyer loan shark amusing endearing spirited dark family home mansion family impersonation schemes theft unemployment rescue discovery 1990s
Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.
Drama
1975
96 Minutes
Lester Traube
Lee Remick Jill Clayburgh Monte Markham Alex Rocco Melanie Mayron Beverly Hope Atkinson Dick O'Neill Burt Young Paul Benedict John Sylvester White Allan Miller
prostitute pimp reporter cop intense gritty brutal new york city street prostitution journalism corruption crime discovery 1970s
An investigative reporter sets out to expose the real money-makers in the Manhattan prostitution business.
Comedy, Music
USA
1984
82 Minutes
Rob Reiner Michael McKean Christopher Guest Harry Shearer R.J. Parnell David Kaff Tony Hendra Bruno Kirby June Chadwick Fran Drescher Joyce Hyser
musician music lover friend manager groupie witty recording studio concert stage airport music band touring singing party fame rise fall quest 1980s
Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.
Comedy
1975
113 Minutes
Bruce Dern Barbara Feldon Michael Kidd Geoffrey Lewis Nicholas Pryor Colleen Camp Joan Prather Denise Nickerson Annette O'Toole Maria O'Brien Melanie Griffith
executive husband judge contestant choreographer offbeat uneasy amusing california runway beauty pageant attempted suicide competition quest 1970s
A California pageant is full of sincere hopefuls and ambitious promoters in this satire targeting beauty contests.