List of the best Richard Dreyfuss movies: Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977), American Graffiti(1973), The Goodbye Girl(1977), Mr. Holland's Opus(1995), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz(1974), Lost in Yonkers(1993), The Competition(1980), Tin Men(1987), The Old Man Who Read Love Stories(2001), Always(1989), Inserts(1975), The Big Fix(1978) ... ...
7.6/10
Sci-Fi
USA|UK
1977
135 Minutes
Roy Neary
Richard Dreyfuss François Truffaut Teri Garr Melinda Dillon Cary Guffey Bob Balaban J. Patrick McNamara Warren Kemmerling Roberts Blossom Philip Dodds Shawn Bishop
alien researcher worker mother dark tense suspenseful motel india forest small town aliens military media collaboration conspiracy expedition quest pursuit discovery
Roy Neary, an electric lineman, watches how his quiet and ordinary daily life turns upside down after a close encounter with a UFO.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1973
110 Minutes
Curt Henderson
Richard Dreyfuss Ron Howard Paul Le Mat Charles Martin Smith Cindy Williams Candy Clark Mackenzie Phillips Wolfman Jack Harrison Ford Bo Hopkins Manuel Padilla Jr.
good guy loser dreamer girlfriend dj amusing cool endearing california restaurant car radio station street cars music romance male bonding friendship growing up love
A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
7.4/10
Romance
USA
1977
110 Minutes
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.
7.3/10
Drama, Music
USA
1995
142 Minutes
Glenn Holland
Richard Dreyfuss Glenne Headly Jay Thomas Olympia Dukakis William H. Macy Alicia Witt Jean Louisa Kelly Nicholas John Renner Joseph Lee Anderson Anthony Natale
composer teacher wife student deaf person son uplifting endearing high school portland, ore. redemption education loyalty dreams lifetime achievement family sacrifice love transformation discovery
A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher.
6.8/10
Comedy, Drama
Canada
1974
121 Minutes
Duddy
Richard Dreyfuss Micheline Lanctôt Jack Warden Randy Quaid Joseph Wiseman Denholm Elliott Henry Ramer Joe Silver Zvee Scooler Robert Goodier Allan Rosenthal
jew father uncle girlfriend grandfather gangster cheeky confident witty rousing montreal quebec resort laurentian mountains anti-semitism ambition poverty family dysfunction love honor
In a bid to gain respect, the neglected younger son of a working class Jewish family in Montréal embarks on a series of get-rich-quick schemes to buy land surrounding a lake.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1993
112 Minutes
Uncle Louie
Richard Dreyfuss Mercedes Ruehl Irene Worth David Strathairn Brad Stoll Mike Damus Robert Miranda Jack Laufer Susan Merson
teen boy widower grandmother aunt uncle brother quirky lighthearted amusing yonkers, n.y. apartment siblings family dysfunction unlikely romance family childhood love transformation growing up 1940s
In the summer of 1942, two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother and their childlike aunt in Yonkers, New York.
6.7/10
Romance
USA
1980
126 Minutes
Paul Dietrich
Richard Dreyfuss Amy Irving Lee Remick Sam Wanamaker Joseph Cali Ty Henderson Vickie Kriegler Adam Stern Bea Silvern Philip Sterling Gloria Stroock
pianist love interest teacher mother father prodigy passionate melodramatic touching concert stage classroom house city piano competition conflict of interest music career romance love
Paul Dietrich, at almost 30 years old, is a fading piano prodigy. Heidi Schoonover is a talented young pianist with a promising future. When Paul hears of an upcoming competition that could make his career, he dedicates himself to winning.
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1987
112 Minutes
Bill 'BB' Babowsky
Richard Dreyfuss Danny DeVito Barbara Hershey John Mahoney Jackie Gayle Stanley Brock Seymour Cassel Bruno Kirby
salesman wife rival offbeat wild witty baltimore infidelity personal vendetta car crash business revenge rivalry 1960s
A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.
6.6/10
Drama
Netherlands|France|Spain|Australia
2001
111 Minutes
Richard Dreyfuss Timothy Spall Hugo Weaving Cathy Tyson Victor Bottenbley Frederico Celada Luis Hostalot Guillermo Toledo
old man mayor bartender dentist indigenous person chief calm powerful profound french guiana jungle village hut aging nature hunting cultural differences isolation illiteracy discovery
A man is forced to confront a dangerous female jaguar and his own past through the sacrificial killing of the beast he has grown to love.
6.4/10
Fantasy
USA
1989
122 Minutes
Pete Sandich
Richard Dreyfuss Holly Hunter Brad Johnson John Goodman Audrey Hepburn Roberts Blossom Keith David Ed Van Nuys Marg Helgenberger Doug McGrath John David Souther
pilot aerial firefighter firemen ghost air traffic controller angel emotional touching uplifting colorado montana plane wildfire afterlife flying romance love metamorphosis sacrifice 1980s
The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.
6.3/10
Drama
UK
1975
100 Minutes
Boy Wonder
Richard Dreyfuss Jessica Harper Veronica Cartwright Bob Hoskins Stephen Davies
A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early 1930s, and confines himself to his decaying mansion to make silent porn flicks.
6.3/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1978
108 Minutes
Producer
Richard Dreyfuss Susan Anspach Bonnie Bedelia John Lithgow Ofelia Medina Nicolas Coster F. Murray Abraham Fritz Weaver Jorge Cervera Jr. Michael Hershewe Rita Karin
private investigator politician ex-hippie ex-girlfriend fugitive father amusing offbeat los angeles office house swimming pool corruption political campaign investigation terrorism counterculture pursuit mystery love
An ex-'60s radical now working as a private eye is hired by an old flame to investigate a political smear campaign. The case becomes more dangerous as it unfolds.
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1988
104 Minutes
Jack Noah, President Alphonse Simms
Richard Dreyfuss Raul Julia Sonia Braga Jonathan Winters Michael Greene Polly Holliday Charo Marianne Sagebrecht Paul Mazursky
look-alike political consultant mistress stuntman dictator revolutionary cheeky quirky creative africa palace greenwich village theater impersonation acting new romance political unrest dictatorship transformation love
A US actor gets a gig in South American Parador. When the dictator dies, he's forced to play him for real and gets his mistress. Can they change Parador?
5.9/10
Drama
Canada
2019
97 Minutes
Richard Dreyfuss Lyriq Bent Krista Bridges Colm Feore Art Hindle Richie Lawrence Graham Greene Jennifer Phipps Joan Gregson
widower astronaut family winsome uplifting spirited rousing inspiring space shuttle loneliness space travel adventure discovery rise 2010s
A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space.
Comedy
2000
87 Minutes
Bobby Bartellemeo
Richard Dreyfuss Burt Reynolds Dan Hedaya Seymour Cassel Carrie-Anne Moss Jennifer Tilly Lainie Kazan Miguel Sandoval Jeremy Piven Casey Siemaszko Matthew Borlenghi
mobster retiree police detective stepmother drug lord tenant madcap hysterical endearing hotel beach retirement home miami organized crime wrongfully accused murder accusation arson drug smuggling schemes quest
Four retired gangsters fabricate a murder scene with a corpse at their apartment complex to keep new tenants away and the rent low.
Drama
1981
118 Minutes
Ken Harrison
artist nurse mother father doctor lawyer brooding intense striking hospital house small town right-to-die paralysis art self-expression legal problems romance discovery metamorphosis
Paralyzed from the neck down by a car accident, a sculptor (Richard Dreyfuss) argues for his right to die.
Comedy
2009
96 Minutes
Richard Dreyfuss Blythe Danner Tom Wisdom Mamie Gummer Bruce Dern
A grumpy sailor (Richard Dreyfuss) and a young stranger (Tom Wisdom) change their negative opinions about women when two move nearby.
Comedy, Drama
2004
108 Minutes
Barnaby Pierce
Richard Dreyfuss Judy Davis Selma Blair Saul Rubinek John Salley Paul Mazursky David Julian Hirsh Fred Ward Maximilian Schell Kathryn Winslow Owen Rotharmel
On the verge of divorce, a man (Richard Dreyfuss) and a woman (Judy Davis) embark on a cross-country road trip to attend their son's wedding.
Drama, Biography
1999
117 Minutes
Meyer Lansky
Richard Dreyfuss Eric Roberts Anthony LaPaglia Beverly D'Angelo Illeana Douglas Max Perlich Ryan Merriman Francis Guinan Stanley DeSantis Jeff Perry Ron Perkins
Immigrant Meyer Lansky (Richard Dreyfuss) grows up on the New York streets and embarks on a life of crime.
Drama, History
1991
88 Minutes
Col. Picquart
Richard Dreyfuss Oliver Reed Peter Firth Jeremy Kemp Brian Blessed Peter Vaughan Kenneth Colley Lindsay Anderson
general doctor army major jew army colonel minister gripping inspiring disheartening prison office courtroom military court big city devil's island framed set-up fight for justice law duty
Georges Picquart (Richard Dreyfuss) dares to defend Jewish Capt. Alfred Dreyfus for treason in 1890s France.
Drama
1997
97 Minutes
Fagin
Richard Dreyfuss Elijah Wood Alex Trench David O'Hara Antoine Byrne Olivia Caffrey Anthony Finnegan Maria Charles Des Braiden Eileen Colgan Eilish Moore
Dickens' London orphan (Alex Trench) is forced to join Fagin's (Richard Dreyfuss) gang of pickpockets, mentored by the Artful Dodger (Elijah Wood).
7.0/10
Comedy
USA
1991
100 Minutes
Bill Murray Richard Dreyfuss Julie Hagerty Charlie Korsmo Kathryn Erbe Tom Aldredge Susan Willis Roger Bowen Fran Brill
psychiatrist patient wife author son daughter hilarious quirky lighthearted madcap new hampshire vacation home new york city lake psychiatrist's office vacation mental illness therapy family nervous breakdown
A successful psychotherapist loses his mind after one of his most dependent patients, an obsessive-compulsive neurotic, tracks him down during his family vacation.
5.6/10
Comedy
USA
2019
98 Minutes
Chevy Chase Richard Dreyfuss Andie MacDowell Kate Micucci Ritchie Montgomery Charles Barber Amy Brassette Kit Willesee
When retired talent manager Al Hart is reunited with his first client, Buddy Green, a comic who quit show business 50 years ago, he convinces Buddy to escape their retirement community and hit the road for a cross-country comedy tour.
5.1/10
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Canada
2019
91 Minutes
Gina Carano Richard Dreyfuss Sydelle Noel Brendan Fehr Brock Morgan Stew McLean Anton Gillis-Adelman Joshua Murdoch Chad Riley
son mother thrilling tense rousing engaging confident wilderness kidnapping ransom inheritance extortion shoot out pursuit rescue 2010s
A military veteran hunts the men who kidnapped her son.
Comedy, Drama
2013
90 Minutes
Dr. Cas Pepper
Tatiana Maslany Richard Dreyfuss Aaron Poole Eric Peterson Christopher Cordell Natalie Radford Corinne Conley Misha Rasaiah
A dying doctor with plans to go out on his own terms takes a reluctant detour with a 22-year-old woman.
8.0/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
USA
1975
124 Minutes
Matt Hooper
Roy Scheider Robert Shaw Richard Dreyfuss Lorraine Gary Murray Hamilton Carl Gottlieb Jeffrey Kramer Susan Backlinie Jonathan Filley Ted Grossman Chris Rebello
captain police officer scientist mayor victim police chief thrilling suspenseful frightening new england boat amity island small town beach ocean man vs. nature deception death fear shark attack
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1990
118 Minutes
The Player
Gary Oldman Tim Roth Richard Dreyfuss Iain Glen Joanna Roth Donald Sumpter Joanna Miles Ljubo Zecevic Ian Richardson Sven Medvesck Vili Matula
hamlet friend partner actor king creative cheeky quirky denmark castle countryside philosophy death acting debate quest rivalry middle ages
Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.
4.8/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
111 Minutes
Yuri
Cuba Gooding Jr. Famke Janssen Richard Dreyfuss Lia Marie Johnson Gregg Bello Katharine McPhee Ken Lerner Sam Thakur
former champion son-in-law photographer russian mobster mobster bleak thrilling mansion swamp gym criminal underworld nightclub boxing ring corruption shattered dreams dangerous job survival witnessing murder power revenge
A former boxing champion and his companions get caught up with Russian mobsters after he witnesses a crime.
4.1/10
Drama
USA
1974
90 Minutes
Clavius
Jared Martin plays an aspiring film maker obsessed with the idea of Christ as a woman, and tries to film his vision with Sondra Locke as his subject. Supposedly based on a song by Leonard ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
2000
97 Minutes
President
George Clooney Noah Wyle Richard Dreyfuss Hank Azaria Brian Dennehy Harvey Keitel Don Cheadle James Cromwell Sam Elliott John Diehl Norman Lloyd
general colonel president translator pilot gripping tense omaha, neb. arctic moscow pentagon white house nuclear war cold war difficult decision international conflict military rivalry rescue 1960s
An Air Force bomber pilot (George Clooney) receives erroneous orders to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA|Canada
2001
92 Minutes
Micah
Christian Slater Tim Allen Portia Di Rossi Richard Dreyfuss Billy Connolly Peter MacNeill Elias Zarou Richard Chevolleau RuPaul Joseph Scoren
forger cellmate girlfriend mobster police officer thief hilarious thrilling madcap prison warehouse apartment building bar subway morgue assassination mistaken identity prison break theft partnership
This is a comedy about mistaken identities, a hitman who sees everything in terms of the movies, and a twenty-year-old diamond heist.
5.4/10
Action
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Avi
Ron Perlman Famke Janssen Peter Facinelli Richard Dreyfuss Jacqueline Bisset Guy Burnet Marta Milans Ned Eisenberg
agent hit man love interest crime boss victim villain brash brutal uneasy tense thrilling brooklyn house restaurant bathroom apartment home assassination crime syndicate love
An aging hitman's last job goes sideways, forcing him to redeem himself.
7.7/10
Biography, Drama, Documentary, History
USA
1997
108 Minutes
Robert Altman Allen Daviau André De Toth Richard Dreyfuss Bill Duke
A biography of the life and work of the American architect.
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1990
101 Minutes
Doctor Frankenthal
Meryl Streep Shirley MacLaine Dennis Quaid Gene Hackman Richard Dreyfuss Rob Reiner Mary Wickes Conrad Bain Annette Bening Simon Callow Gary Morton
actress mother director celebrity alcoholic quirky witty endearing hollywood, calif. hospital house show business drugs rehabilitation mother/daughter relationship fame discovery rivalry transformation 1990s
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
Biography, Documentary
2009
39 Minutes
John Cazale Steve Buscemi Francis Ford Coppola Robert De Niro Richard Dreyfuss Olympia Dukakis Gene Hackman Mark Harris Philip Seymour Hoffman Israel Horovitz Carol Kane
6.1/10
Romance
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Einstein
Diane Keaton Jane Fonda Candice Bergen Mary Steenburgen Craig T. Nelson Richard Dreyfuss Alicia Silverstone Katie Aselton Ed Begley Jr. Wallace Shawn Andy Garcia
widow friend lover husband boyfriend older woman amusing hilarious endearing charming sultry touching house restaurant office coast airplane california book lifestyle changes
Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.
6.8/10
Drama
Italy|France|West Germany
1976
150 Minutes
Colonel Yonatan `'Yonni'` Netanyahu
Kirk Douglas Elizabeth Taylor Burt Lancaster Helmut Berger Theodore Bikel Linda Blair Richard Dreyfuss Stefan Gierasch David Groh Julius Harris Helen Hayes
The young student Paolo Passeri is firmly anti-militarist but has to do his military service.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1973
107 Minutes
Baby Face Nelson
Warren Oates Ben Johnson Michelle Phillips Cloris Leachman Harry Dean Stanton Geoffrey Lewis John P. Ryan Richard Dreyfuss Steve Kanaly John Martino Roy Jenson
gangster woman fbi agent crime boss tense shocking spirited house chicago bank bar prison john dillinger bank heist law enforcement gangsters crime fame rise transformation
John Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down.
5.9/10
Comedy
USA
1969
98 Minutes
Harold Webster
Tony Randall Janet Leigh Jim Backus Roddy McDowall Ken Berry Charlotte Rae Kay Cole Richard Dreyfuss Lou Wagner Arnold Stang Harvey Lembeck
scientist family band member businessman record producer rival amusing charming crafty lighthearted madcap playful underwater research base family home scientific experiments rock 'n' roll escape escape quest rivalry
A marine scientist volunteers to have his family live in a prototype underwater home to prove it's practical.
5.4/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2010
88 Minutes
Matt Boyd
Elisabeth Shue Adam Scott Jerry O'Connell Ving Rhames Jessica Szohr Steven R. McQueen Christopher Lloyd Richard Dreyfuss Kelly Brook Riley Steele Paul Scheer
cop scientist mother son cheeky gory wild arizona lake man vs. nature survival fish escape quest rescue 2010s
After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents.
5.7/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|India|France
2013
106 Minutes
Frank Cassidy
Liam Hemsworth Harrison Ford Gary Oldman Amber Heard Lucas Till Embeth Davidtz Julian McMahon Josh Holloway Richard Dreyfuss
business owner rival corporate spy engineer ceo confident tense office skyscraper city corporate culture espionage business scheme secrets adventure rivalry wretched excess 2010s
An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price: he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.
7.0/10
Comedy, Action
USA|China
2010
110 Minutes
Bruce Willis Morgan Freeman John Malkovich Helen Mirren Karl Urban Mary-Louise Parker Brian Cox Julian McMahon Rebecca Pidgeon Ernest Borgnine James Remar
agent assassin fugitive lover witty engaging washington, d.c. kidnapping conspiracy crime revenge affair survival pursuit escape rivalry 2010s
When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last-ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1967
123 Minutes
Barbara Parkins Patty Duke Sharon Tate Paul Burke Tony Scotti Martin Milner Charles Drake Alex Davion Lee Grant Naomi Stevens Robert H. Harris
secretary singer actress attorney husband sister melodramatic fiery unrestrained new england new york city law office stage studio broadway friendship addiction marriage drug addiction suicide
Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.
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