List of the best Peter Riegert movies: King of the Corner(2004), The Runestone(1992), Local Hero(1983), Gypsy(1993), The Mask(1994), Crossing Delancey(1988), A Shock to the System(1990), Utz(1992), Pie in the Sky(1995), The Infiltrator(1995), Infinity(1996), Oka! Amerikee(2010) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
New Zealand|USA|Germany
2004
93 Minutes
Director
Peter Riegert Isabella Rossellini Ashley Johnson Eli Wallach Rita Moreno Jake Hoffman Harris Yulin Frank Wood Beverly D'Angelo Eric Bogosian
A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.
Horror
USA
1992
101 Minutes
Capt. Gregory Fanducci
Peter Riegert Joan Severance William Hickey Tim Ryan Mitchell Laurance Lawrence Tierney Chris Young Alexander Godunov
A Norse runestone is discovered in Western Pennsylvania. The prophecy upon it tells of the Norse great wolf Fenrir (Fenris), and that its release from the stone will bring about Ragnarok --... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1983
110 Minutes
Mac
Burt Lancaster Peter Riegert Denis Lawson Fulton Mackay Norman Chancer Peter Capaldi Rikki Fulton Alex Norton Jenny Seagrove Jennifer Black Christopher Rozycki
businessperson fisherman boss innkeeper marine biologist charming amusing endearing heartwarming scotland small town small-town life culture clash meaning of life friendship oil business love transformation 1980s
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Musical
1993
150 Minutes
Bette Midler Peter Riegert Cynthia Gibb Ed Asner Christine Ebersole Michael Jeter Andrea Martin Linda Hart Anna McNeely Jeffrey Broadhurst Tony Shalhoub
mother daughter sister agent vaudevillian burlesque dancer charming spirited backstage family home office stage gypsy rose lee mother/daughter relationship ambition show business burlesque sibling rivalry growing up rise
Stage-mother Mama Rose (Bette Midler) sees one daughter quit, while her other one (Cynthia Gibb) becomes stripper Gypsy Rose Lee.
Comedy
USA
1994
101 Minutes
Lt. Mitch Kellaway
Jim Carrey Cameron Diaz Peter Riegert Peter Greene Amy Yasbeck Richard Jeni Orestes Matacena Tim Bagley Nancy Fish Johnny Williams
bank teller colleague nightclub owner singer goon outlandish cheeky bank nightclub bridge street superhuman abilities alter ego bank heist self-discovery mask temptation metamorphosis love 1990s
Bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is transformed into a manic superhero when he wears a mysterious mask.
Romance
USA
1988
97 Minutes
Sam Posner
Amy Irving Reizl Bozyk Peter Riegert Jeroen Krabbé Sylvia Miles Suzzy Roche George Martin John Bedford Lloyd Claudia Silver David Hyde Pierce Rosemary Harris
bookseller grandmother vendor author heartwarming amusing new york city delicatessen bookstore apartment romance family culture maturing literature love rivalry transformation 1980s
A Manhattan single meets a man through her Jewish grandmother's matchmaker.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1990
91 Minutes
Robert Benham
Michael Caine Elizabeth McGovern Peter Riegert Swoosie Kurtz Will Patton Jenny Wright John McMartin Barbara Baxley Haviland Morris Philip Moon
ad executive middle-aged man young man wife pretty woman dark witty new york city office subway household ageism disillusionment promotion murder accidental killing corporate ladder revenge rivalry 1990s
When you think you're at the top of the corporate ladder and then discover they have managed to pull that ladder away, sometimes you have to take it upon yourself to "level" the playing ... See full summary »
Drama
Germany|Italy|UK
1992
98 Minutes
Marius Fisher
Fisher, a fine art dealer, goes to Prague after the death of a friend, the Baron von Utz, to see if he can obtain some of the pieces of the Baron's priceless Meissen porcelain collection. ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1995
95 Minutes
Dad Dunlap
Josh Charles Anne Heche Peter Riegert Christine Ebersole Wil Wheaton Christine Lahti John Goodman Bob Balaban Dey Young
young man waitress reporter landlady endearing amusing quirky airy los angeles office news childhood friends traffic jam career unrequited love pursuit love 1990s
A whimsical saga of a young man whose two life-consuming passions are unraveling traffic gridlock and an avant-garde dancer. A romantic comedy.
Drama
USA
1995
93 Minutes
Rabbi Cooper
Oliver Platt Arliss Howard Peter Riegert Alan King Michael Byrne Julian Glover Tony Haygarth Anne Reid
journalist neo-nazi teen boy young man racist impostor dark frightening gripping germany refugee camp café investigative journalism undercover operations new identity nazism hate group espionage pursuit quest
After being rescued and brought to an island, a man discovers that its inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange-looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor.
Biography
1996
119 Minutes
Mel Feynman
Matthew Broderick Patricia Arquette Peter Riegert Dori Brenner Peter Michael Goetz Zeljko Ivanek James LeGros Jeffrey Force
physicist sick wife husband mother father moving tender passionate new mexico princeton, n.j. college mit love science tuberculosis nuclear weapons husband/wife relationship love discovery 1940s
Physicist Richard Feynman (Matthew Broderick) falls in love with a schoolmate (Patricia Arquette) and works on the Manhattan Project.
Drama
USA
2010
106 Minutes
Dr. Magure
Kris Marshall Haviland Morris Will Yun Lee Peter Riegert Isaach De Bankolé
The story of Louis Sarno, an American ethno-musicologist who lived among the Bayaka Pygmies in Central Africa for 25 years.
Comedy
West Germany|USA
1979
86 Minutes
Eric McMurkin
John Ritter Harvey Korman Nancy Morgan Peter Riegert Fred Willard Zane Buzby Richard Schaal Elvis Costello Chief Dan George Tommy Lasorda Jay Leno
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
Comedy
1981
89 Minutes
Jason Cooper
Henry Jaglom Robby Benson Richard Widmark Ann Dusenberry Peter Riegert Diane Lane Candy Clark Teresa Ganzel Robert Culp Bobby Di Ciccio Fred Willard
husband wife businessman teen girl police officer stripper offbeat amusing lighthearted los angeles office police station family home midlife crisis business rape police work marriage investigation discovery
Three kinds of movies are spoofed in segments on police partners (Robby Benson, Richard Widmark), the Me Generation and a margarine tycoon (Ann Dusenberry).
Drama
USA
2010
109 Minutes
Whitey
Nick Thurston Geoffrey Wigdor Karen Allen Stephen Lang Peter Riegert Leslie Murphy Zachary Booth Lizzy Grant Michael Drayer Ken Jennings
Brooklyn, 1975: two brothers looking for a way out of their working-class neighborhood make a pact to rob a local theater on the night of a Rolling Stones concert.
Romance
USA
2013
100 Minutes
Boneyard Sims
Andy Garcia Vera Farmiga Taissa Farmiga Spencer Lofranco Peter Riegert Tom Skerritt Nicholas Braun Mirjana Jokovic Daniella Garcia Stephen Borrello IV
parent teenager airy amusing charming cheeky heartwarming lighthearted college campus unlikely romance college life growing up love discovery 2010s
Two parents fall in love over the course of a single day while playing hooky from their children's college tour.
Romance
USA
1998
85 Minutes
Minor
Katrin Cartlidge Charles Durning Daryl Hannah Moira Kelly Peter Riegert Campbell Scott Eric Stoltz Anne De Salvo Saundra Santiago Bruce MacVittie Tegan West
Jimmy needs $900 to clear a gambling debt but a series of lies leads to Ray trying to raise the cash from friends who owe him money.
Drama
USA
2008
30 Minutes
Colonel Jefferson
Eric Martin Brown Sig Libowitz Aasif Mandvi Kate Mulgrew Peter Riegert
A serial killer begins the process of grooming a protégé, until outside influences threaten to destroy their sadistic relationship.
Drama
Hong Kong|USA
2016
108 Minutes
Lou Levov
Ewan McGregor Jennifer Connelly Dakota Fanning Valorie Curry Uzo Aduba Rupert Evans Hannah Nordberg Peter Riegert Molly Parker David Strathairn
father businessman wife daughter radical detective brooding emotional intense town house bedroom hotel crime scene protest middle class rebellion explosion search doubt
An All-American college star and his beauty queen wife watch their seemingly perfect life fall apart as their daughter joins the turmoil of '60s America.
Comedy
USA
1992
96 Minutes
Peter Syracusa
Bob Hoskins Jack Warden William Petersen Helen Lloyd Breed Maureen Stapleton Pamela Reed Tim Curry Peter Riegert Blair Brown Patrick Breen Nancy Travis
son sister brother wife mother daughter amusing madcap charming family home funeral home united states family dysfunction funeral religion midlife crisis immigration fall growing up 1990s
A bunch of eccentric relatives gather for their patriarch's funeral.
Romance
UK|USA
1991
97 Minutes
Larry
John Malkovich Andie MacDowell Lolita Davidovich Rudi Davies Joss Ackland Bill Paterson Ricci Harnett Peter Riegert Jack Shepherd Rosemary Martin Roger Lloyd-Pack
boyfriend girlfriend cleaning lady manager witty amusing tense london hotel deception debt insurance fraud theft pride pursuit mystery fall 1990s
This story is about a ne'er do well and his girlfriend search for a thief.
Comedy
USA
1978
109 Minutes
Donald "Boon" Schoenstein
John Belushi Kevin Bacon Donald Sutherland Karen Allen Tim Matheson John Vernon Verna Bloom Thomas Hulce Cesare Danova Peter Riegert Stephen Furst
pledge frat boy dean student teacher underage girl hilarious madcap unrestrained college fraternity house parade sorority cafeteria fraternity debauchery college underdog rivalry growing up
At a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
USA
2011
124 Minutes
Delbert McGinty
Matt Damon Scarlett Johansson Thomas Haden Church Patrick Fugit Colin Ford Elle Fanning Maggie Elizabeth Jones John Michael Higgins Angus Macfadyen Peter Riegert Stephanie Szostak
journalist son daughter zookeeper widower pretty woman amusing heartwarming inspiring zoo southern california family home family relocation animal rescue bereavement second chance love quest 2000s
Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.
Romance
USA
2000
91 Minutes
Josh Leonard Molly Ringwald Ellen Pompeo Bridget Moynahan Eric Bogosian Michael B. Silver Sam Harris John Paul Pitoc Bonnie Root Kirk Acevedo Godfrey
A bistro's wait staff flirts and argues while managing concerns about their lives.
Crime, Drama
USA|Mexico|Germany
2000
147 Minutes
Michael Douglas Don Cheadle Benicio Del Toro Luis Guzman Dennis Quaid Catherine Zeta-Jones Steven Bauer Benjamin Bratt James Brolin Erika Christensen Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez
drug czar cop housewife drug dealer daughter lawyer thrilling gritty courtroom household mexico united states drug trafficking drug addiction corruption investigation quest pursuit 2000s
A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.