List of the best Vincent Gardenia movies: The Odd Squad(1986), Skin Deep(1989), Age-Old Friends(1989), Brass(1985), Moonstruck(1987), Little Murders(1971), Fire Sale(1977), Little Shop of Horrors(1986), Lucky Luciano(1974), The Last Flight of Noah's Ark(1980), The Front Page(1974), Greased Lightning(1977) ... ...
Comedy
Argentina
1986
82 Minutes
General Brigg
Vincent Gardenia Jackie Basehart Johnny Dorelli
During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
Comedy
USA
1989
101 Minutes
John Ritter Vincent Gardenia Alyson Reed Joel Brooks Julianne Phillips Raye Hollit Michael Kidd Chelsea Field
alcoholic wife bartender mother-in-law therapist writer wild hilarious los angeles bar party wedding alcoholism writing writer's block downward spiral sex relationships wretched excess transformation
A womanizing alcoholic writer, whose life seems to be falling apart at the seams, repeatedly finds himself in trouble of one sort or another with the law, ex-girlfriends, and jealous boyfriends.
Comedy, Drama
1989
90 Minutes
Hume Cronyn Vincent Gardenia Esther Rolle Tandy Cronyn Michele Scarabelli
elderly person retiree nurse emotional endearing spirited retirement home aging friendship senility independence disillusionment underdog discovery 1980s
Two buddies (Hume Cronyn, Vincent Gardenia) handle life in a retirement home, with one sound mind and body between them.
Crime, Drama
1985
100 Minutes
Carroll O'Connor Vincent Gardenia Lois Nettleton Jimmy Baio Paul Shenar Anita Gillette
A New York detective chief (Carroll O'Connor) hunts a power broker's hit man, and a sniper preying on the poor and elderly.
Romance
USA
1987
101 Minutes
Cosmo Castorini
Cher Nicolas Cage Vincent Gardenia Olympia Dukakis Danny Aiello Julie Bovasso John Mahoney Louis Guss Feodor Chaliapin Anita Gillette
accountant baker plumber mother professor quirky passionate heartwarming amusing brooklyn, n.y. bakery family home apartment opera house adultery romance midlife crisis family forbidden love transformation
Loretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1971
110 Minutes
Mr. Newquist
Elliott Gould Marcia Rodd Vincent Gardenia Elizabeth Wilson Jon Korkes John Randolph Doris Roberts Lou Jacobi Donald Sutherland Alan Arkin
photographer interior decorator in-law parent brother lieutenant dark quirky amusing new york city subway household marriage tragic death relationships violence opposites attract love transformation 1970s
Pitch black comedy about a young nihilistic New Yorker coping with pervasive urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty water pipes, electrical blackouts, paranoia and ethnic-racial conflict during a typical summer of the 1970s.
Comedy
USA
1977
88 Minutes
Benny Fikus
Alan Arkin Rob Reiner Vincent Gardenia Anjanette Comer Kay Medford Barbara Dana Sid Caesar
father son brother-in-law wife teen boy business owner hilarious quirky madcap store mental institution house florida car arson brother relationship schemes financial troubles insurance fraud family
Benny and his wife Ruthie a getting set to drive down to Florida, but Benny needs someone to look after his store while he's gone. Though he doesn't think much of him, Benny hands the ... See full summary »
Comedy, Musical
USA
1986
93 Minutes
Mr. Mushnik
Rick Moranis Ellen Greene Steve Martin Vincent Gardenia Tichina Arnold Tisha Campbell-Martin Michelle Weeks James Belushi John Candy Christopher Guest Bill Murray
florist coworker dentist man-eating plant campy offbeat dark new york city flower shop dentist's office killer plant love alien rescue transformation rivalry love 1980s
A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.
Biography, Drama, Crime
USA|France|Italy
1974
110 Minutes
Poletti
Gian Maria Volonte Rod Steiger Vincent Gardenia Silverio Blasi Charles Cioffi Larry Gates Magda Konopka Jacques Monod
Biopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1980
97 Minutes
Stoney
Elliott Gould Geneviève Bujold Rick Schroder Vincent Gardenia Tammy Lauren John Fujioka Dana Elcar Ruth Manning
pilot american animal missionary japanese soldier child engaging fascinating heartwarming quirky spirited winsome south pacific island plane ocean army base missionary work escape stranded
When a plane carrying various animals makes a forced landing on a desert island, the only chance to escape is to convert the plane into a boat.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1974
105 Minutes
Sheriff
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Carol Burnett Susan Sarandon Vincent Gardenia David Wayne Allen Goorwitz Austin Pendleton Charles Durning Harold Gould Herbert Edelman
editor journalist fugitive girlfriend prostitute bumbler amusing cheeky madcap offbeat witty intense chicago newsroom prison train station newspapers journalism deception set-up
A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1977
96 Minutes
Sheriff Cotton
Richard Pryor Beau Bridges Pam Grier Cleavon Little Vincent Gardenia Richie Havens Julian Bond Earl Hindman Minnie Gentry Lucy Saroyan Noble Willingham
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.
Crime, Drama
USA
1961
86 Minutes
Dutch Schultz
John Davis Chandler Kay Doubleday Brooke Hayward Neil Nephew Jerry Orbach Vincent Gardenia Telly Savalas Glenn Cannon
hit man mobster dutch schultz pretty woman father stripper intense melodramatic new york city street apartment nightclub hideout mad dog coll mob violence contract killing power struggle ambition unrequited love rise
Story of Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, a notorious gangland killer in the 1930s.
Comedy, Fantasy
USA|Canada
1978
101 Minutes
Krim
Warren Beatty Julie Christie Jack Warden James Mason Diane Cannon Charles Grodin Buck Henry Vincent Gardenia Joseph Maher Hamilton Camp
football player environmentalist millionaire angel coach lighthearted dreamy touching heaven los angeles mansion reincarnation death football love second chance metamorphosis transformation love 1970s
A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.
Drama
France|Italy
1961
110 Minutes
Lipari
Raf Vallone Maureen Stapleton Jean Sorel Carol Lawrence Raymond Pellegrin Morris Carnovsky Harvey Lembeck Mickey Knox Vincent Gardenia
dockworker wife niece cousin italian americans gripping passionate tense new york city waterfront apartment brooklyn, n.y. forbidden love jealousy unrequited love forbidden love rivalry 1960s
Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice and unconsciously in love with Catherine, the niece that they have raised from childhood. Into his house come two ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1972
111 Minutes
Papadakis
Bill Cosby Robert Culp Rosalind Cash Sheila Sullivan Isabel Sanford Ta Ronce Allen Lou Frizzell Robert Mandan Michael Moriarty Vincent Gardenia James Woods
Two Los Angeles private eyes (Bill Cosby, Robert Culp) find a missing woman and follow her to loot from a Pittsburgh bank.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1965
119 Minutes
George Peppard Elizabeth Ashley Roddy McDowall Arthur O'Connell Mona Washbourne Herbert Marshall Robert Webber Charles Drake Sally Kellerman Arte Johnson Bill Walker
A man involved in a car crash and suffering from amnesia, appears he have killed his sleazy nymphomaniac mistress, and is treated hostilely and coldly by his wife and despised by her cousin.
Drama
USA
1961
135 Minutes
Paul Newman Jackie Gleason George C. Scott Piper Laurie Myron McCormick Murray Hamilton Michael Constantine Stefan Gierasch Jake LaMotta Gordon Clark Alexander Rose
hustler sexy woman gambler anti-hero alcoholic writer tense gritty bar california gambling money romance billiards comeback fall rise temptation rivalry 1960s
An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.