List of the best Woody Allen movies: Annie Hall(1977), Manhattan(1979), Hannah and Her Sisters(1986), Crimes and Misdemeanors(1989), The Purple Rose of Cairo(1985), Zelig(1983), Midnight in Paris(2011), Love and Death(1975), Match Point(2005), Play It Again, Sam(1972), Radio Days(1987), Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love(2013) ... ...
Romance
USA
1977
93 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Tony Roberts Carol Kane Paul Simon Colleen Dewhurst Janet Margolin Shelley Duvall Christopher Walken Donald Symington Helen Ludlam
comedian singer rock star actor calm moving quirky witty new york city los angeles theater nightclub apartment show business love sex love 1970s
Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditzy Annie Hall.
Drama, Comedy
USA
1979
96 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Mariel Hemingway Michael Murphy Meryl Streep Anne Byrne Karen Ludwig Michael O'Donoghue Tisa Farrow Helen Hanft Bella Abzug
writer teenager ex-wife friend lover witty playful touching new york city apartment central park delicatessen dating may-december romance loneliness loss love triangle new york city growing up love
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1986
106 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Michael Caine Carrie Fisher Barbara Hershey Lloyd Nolan Maureen O'Sullivan Daniel Stern Max von Sydow Dianne Wiest J.T. Walsh
actress artist caterer writer husband boyfriend calm tender charming central park new york city apartment theater infidelity love triangle romance thanksgiving love transformation 1980s
Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
104 Minutes
Writer
Martin Landau Woody Allen Mia Farrow Alan Alda Anjelica Huston Sam Waterston Joanna Gleason Caroline Aaron Jerry Orbach Claire Bloom Stephanie Roth Haberle
director doctor producer girlfriend wife quirky amusing playful hilarious new york city adultery revenge forbidden love movie making art marriage forbidden love temptation fall rivalry
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1985
82 Minutes
Director
Mia Farrow Jeff Daniels Danny Aiello Dianne Wiest Van Johnson Zoe Caldwell John Wood Milo O'Shea Deborah Rush Irving Metzman John Rothman
waitress husband producer actor archaeologist countess quirky amusing touching new jersey theater apartment street hollywood, calif. airplane loneliness marriage magic great depression poverty
In New Jersey in 1935, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.
Comedy
USA
1983
84 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Garrett M. Brown John Buckwalter Marvin Chatinover Stanley Swerdlow Howard Erskine Michael Jeter Mary Louise Wilson Alice Beardsley Ellen Garrison
patient doctor psychiatrist man love interest quirky playful amusing party hospital new york city germany fame love media medicine historical events rise love transformation
"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.
Romance, Fantasy
Spain|USA|France
2011
94 Minutes
Director
Owen Wilson Rachel McAdams Marion Cotillard Michael Sheen Kathy Bates Adrien Brody Léa Seydoux Nina Arianda Carla Bruni Kurt Fuller Mimi Kennedy
aspiring writer fiancée salvador dali gertrude stein ernest hemingway f. scott fitzgerald lighthearted quirky amusing emotional paris apartment café park restaurant france vacation time travel jazz age disillusionment
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Comedy
USA
1975
85 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Georges Adet Frank Adu Edmund Ardisson Féodor Atkine Albert Augier Yves Barsacq Lloyd Battista Jack Berard George Birt
peasant cousin military officer soldier merchant witty amusing russia village countryside battlefield family home love war meaning of life assassination love underdog 19th century
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
Drama
UK|USA|Ireland|Luxembourg|France
2005
124 Minutes
Director
Scarlett Johansson Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Emily Mortimer Matthew Goode Brian Cox Penelope Wilton Ewen Bremner James Nesbitt Rupert Penry-Jones Margaret Tyzack
tennis player student sister father wife girlfriend somber powerful london opera house country house museum greed social climbing infidelity pregnancy murder morality transformation wretched excess
At a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for an actress who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law.
Comedy
USA
1972
87 Minutes
Screenwriter
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Tony Roberts Jerry Lacy Susan Anspach Jennifer Salt Joy Bang Viva Auder Suzanne Zenor Michael Greene Ted Markland
film critic humphrey bogart ex-wife best friend wife witty emotional san francisco apartment club street movie theater relationships identity crisis film ghosts infidelity love underdog 1970s
A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca (1942) attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married couple and his illusory idol, Humphrey Bogart.
Comedy
USA
1987
88 Minutes
Director
Mia Farrow Seth Green Dianne Wiest Julie Kavner Michael Tucker Josh Mostel Wallace Shawn Tito Puente Danny Aiello Jeff Daniels Tony Roberts
teenager aunt singer businessman radio host superhero cheery campy spirited brooklyn, n.y. rockaway beach, n.y. childhood family radio nostalgia growing up adventure 1940s
A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.
Documentary, Biography, Music
USA|UK
2013
85 Minutes
Woody Allen Ann-Margret Lucie Arnaz Carole Bayer Sager Brian d'Arcy James Quincy Jones
Composer, conductor, genius, mensch, Marvin Hamlisch was as close to a modern day Da Vinci as it gets. Hit after hit...'The Way We Were', 'Nobody Does It Better', 'The Sting', 'Chorus Line'... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1992
93 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Juliette Lewis Blythe Danner Judy Davis Liam Neeson Sydney Pollack Lysette Anthony Cristi Conaway Timothy Jerome Ron Rifkin
husband wife professor aerobics instructor amusing witty unrestrained new york city divorce relationships middle age infidelity temptation discovery love 1990s
When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.
Drama
USA
1978
93 Minutes
Director
Diane Keaton Geraldine Page E.G. Marshall Kristin Griffith Mary Beth Hurt Richard Jordan Maureen Stapleton Sam Waterston Henderson Forsythe
mother father sister actress artist author brooding dark touching family home apartment new york divorce family transformation love 1970s
Three sisters find their lives spinning out of control in the wake of their parents' sudden, unexpected divorce.
Comedy
USA
1984
86 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Nick Apollo Forte Craig Vandenburgh Herb Reynolds Paul Greco Frank Renzulli
agent singer mistress client gangster comedian hilarious quirky new york city nightclub delicatessen new jersey show business infidelity jealousy love mistaken identity love triangle quest adventure
In his attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress, a hapless talent agent is mistaken as her lover by a jealous gangster.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1969
85 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Janet Margolin Marcel Hillaire Jacquelyn Hyde Lonny Chapman Jan Merlin James Anderson Howard Storm Mark Gordon Micil Murphy Minnow Moskowitz
criminal wife police officer amusing hilarious san francisco san quentin penitentiary aspirations crime incompetency family marriage quest escape 1960s
The life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber.
Comedy
USA
1993
105 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Alan Alda Anjelica Huston Jerry Adler Lynn Cohen Ron Rifkin Joy Behar Marge Redmond Aida Turturro
husband wife son writer amateur sleuth neighbor amusing playful new york city apartment restaurant movie theater city apartment big city murder investigation marriage romance death city life suspicion
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1976
93 Minutes
Howard Prince
Woody Allen Zero Mostel Herschel Bernardi Michael Murphy Andrea Marcovicci Remak Ramsay Marvin Lichterman Lloyd Gough David Margulies Joshua Shelley Danny Aiello
cashier screenwriter comedian actor neurotic friend rousing witty touching dark moving new york city television studio living space courtroom street diner show business corruption television
In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1980
91 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Charlotte Rampling Jessica Harper Tony Roberts Daniel Stern Amy Wright John Rothman Anne De Salvo
filmmaker actress critic audience member alien comedian amusing witty brooding hotel train train station press conference apartment filmmaking comedy memory midlife crisis fame criticism
While attending a retrospective of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
Drama
USA
2013
98 Minutes
Director
Alec Baldwin Cate Blanchett Louis C.K. Bobby Cannavale Andrew Dice Clay Sally Hawkins Peter Sarsgaard Michael Stuhlbarg Tammy Blanchard Max Casella Alden Ehrenreich
socialite divorcée boyfriend dentist love interest profound emotional dark san francisco apartment dentist's office sister relationship romance divorce new life sibling rivalry love transformation rivalry 2010s
A New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister. She looks a million, but isn't bringing money, peace, or love...
Comedy
USA
1973
88 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Diane Keaton John Beck Marya Small Bartlett Robinson Mary Gregory Chris Forbes Peter Hobbs Spencer Milligan Stanley Ross Brian Avery
storekeeper socialite revolutionary police officer dictator madcap charming amusing lighthearted new york city hospital underworld dystopia fugitives resistance time travel escape transformation 1970s
A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1999
95 Minutes
Director
Sean Penn Samantha Morton Uma Thurman Brian Markinson Anthony LaPaglia Gretchen Mol Vincent Guastaferro John Waters Constance Schulman Kellie Overbey James Urbaniak
guitarist love interest mobster mute person pretty woman amusing emotional cheeky new york city new york state concert stage apartment musicians alcoholism performance eccentricity unlikely romance infidelity love temptation
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
Romance
USA|France
2009
92 Minutes
Director
Larry David Evan Rachel Wood Patricia Clarkson Ed Begley Jr. Michael McKean Henry Cavill John Gallagher Jr. Jessica Hecht Carolyn McCormick Christopher Evan Welch
misanthrope southerner naïve person mother father boyfriend hilarious endearing engaging gripping amusing emotional new york city restaurant hospital party street apartment relationships unlikely romance
A middle-aged, misanthropic divorcée from New York City surprisingly enters a fulfilling, Pygmalion-type relationship with a much younger, unsophisticated Southern girl.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Spain|USA
2008
96 Minutes
Director
Javier Bardem Patricia Clarkson Penélope Cruz Kevin Dunn Rebecca Hall Scarlett Johansson Chris Messina Carrie Preston Pablo Schreiber Zak Orth Abel Folk
ladies' man american painter tourist ex-wife amusing playful emotional barcelona, spain apartment love triangle party art forbidden love temptation 2000s
Two friends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Comedy
USA
1971
82 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Louise Lasser Carlos Montalban Natividad Abascal Jacobo Morales Miguel Suarez David Ortiz Angleró Rene Enriquez Jack Axelrod Charlotte Rae Stanley Ackerman
suitor revolutionary pretty woman activist amusing madcap cheeky new york city jungle san marcos activism revolution rebellion dating new love love underdog transformation 1970s
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
Documentary, Music
USA
1997
105 Minutes
Himself - the Clarinetist
Woody Allen Letty Aronson Dan Barrett Simon Wettenhall John Gill Greg Cohen Cynthia Sayer Eddy Davis John Doumanian Martin Konigsburg Nettie Konigsburg
filmmaker musician wife manager sister lighthearted endearing witty venice, italy paris concert hall hotel turin, italy madrid woody allen jazz touring husband/wife relationship fame adventure
Academy Award-winner Barbara Kopple directs this documentary portrait of Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Woody Allen, seen traveling with friends and fellow musicians during their New... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1995
95 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Helena Bonham Carter Mira Sorvino Michael Rapaport F. Murray Abraham Claire Bloom Olympia Dukakis David Ogden Stiers Jack Warden Peter Weller Dan Moran
sportswriter wife prostitute porn star boy biological mother outlandish witty new york city parenthood adoption greek mythology genius discovery quest 1990s
When he discovers his adopted son is a genius, a New York sportswriter seeks out the boy's birth mother: a ditzy porn star and prostitute.
Comedy
USA
1972
87 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Burt Reynolds Lynn Redgrave John Carradine Lou Jacobi Louise Lasser Anthony Quayle Tony Randall Gene Wilder Erin Fleming Elaine Giftos
doctor queen journalist scientist outlandish amusing laboratory new york city countryside subconscious mind sex love marriage fantasy love quest 1970s
Seven stories are trying to answer the question: what is sex? Or maybe they are not trying.
Comedy
USA
1992
86 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Mia Farrow John Malkovich Madonna Donald Pleasence Lily Tomlin Jodie Foster Kathy Bates John Cusack Kate Nelligan Fred Gwynne
bookkeeper vigilante sword swallower clown landlady strangler madcap hilarious dark big city apartment circus police station brothel bar false accusations investigation murder manhunt mob mentality
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
Drama
USA|UK|France
2007
108 Minutes
Director
Ewan McGregor Colin Farrell Hayley Atwell Tom Wilkinson Sally Hawkins John Benfield Clare Higgins Philip Davis Jim Carter David Horovitch Cate Fowler
brother actress uncle girlfriend loan shark mother suspenseful melodramatic thrilling london theater restaurant yacht park brotherhood murder debt family schemes crime
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go badly and the two become enemies.
Comedy
USA
2015
94 Minutes
Director
Jamie Blackley Joaquin Phoenix Parker Posey Emma Stone Betsy Aidem Ethan Phillips Robert Petkoff Tom Kemp
professor judge student dark small town college campus philosophy new job affair transformation
A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live when he commits an existential act.
Romance
UK|USA
2006
96 Minutes
Director
Scarlett Johansson Woody Allen Hugh Jackman Ian McShane Charles Dance Romola Garai Julian Glover
reporter student aristocrat serial killer magician ghost amusing gripping uneasy london stage bedroom house swimming pool investigative journalism murder plot affair haunting death blackmail
An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
Drama
USA
1987
82 Minutes
Director
Denholm Elliott Dianne Wiest Mia Farrow Elaine Stritch Sam Waterston Jack Warden Ira Wheeler Jane Cecil Rosemary Murphy
daughter mother stepfather best friend neighbor author dark emotional vermont countryside summerhouse attempted suicide traumatic past unrequited love betrayal loneliness mother/daughter relationship quest forbidden love 1980s
At a summer house in Vermont, neighbor Howard falls in love with Lane, who's in a relationship with Peter, who's falling for Stephanie, who's married with children.
Romance
USA|France
2014
97 Minutes
Director
Colin Firth Emma Stone Marcia Gay Harden Hamish Linklater Eileen Atkins Simon McBurney Jacki Weaver Erica Leerhsen Catherine McCormack Jeremy Shamos
magician spiritualist phony medium friend family member brooding charming creative amusing car beach stage seance dining room planetarium paranormal talent illusions travel
A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
100 Minutes
Director
Radha Mitchell Chloë Sevigny Jonny Lee Miller Will Ferrell Amanda Peet Chiwetel Ejiofor Wallace Shawn Josh Brolin Vinessa Shaw Neil Pepe Stephanie Roth Haberle
woman husband wife friend composer somber witty restaurant party new york city apartment central park love triangle alcoholism affair marital problems storytelling forbidden love temptation metamorphosis
Two alternating stories, one comedy and the other tragedy, about Melinda's attempts to straighten out her life.
Romance
USA|Italy|Spain
2012
111 Minutes
Director
Woody Allen Alec Baldwin Roberto Benigni Judy Davis Jesse Eisenberg Greta Gerwig Elliot Page Antonio Albanese Fabio Armiliato Alessandra Mastronardi Ornella Muti
tourist architect retiree traveler newlywed love interest lighthearted witty rome street outdoors household americans abroad travel romance adventure love 2010s
The lives of some visitors and residents of Rome and the romances, adventures and predicaments they get into.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Spain
2010
98 Minutes
Director
Antonio Banderas Josh Brolin Anthony Hopkins Gemma Jones Freida Pinto Lucy Punch Naomi Watts Roger Ashton-Griffiths Jim Piddock Pauline Collins Celia Imrie
psychic lover daughter ladies' man adulterer writer witty playful amusing heartwarming tender london street park household home art gallery infatuation infidelity mother/child relationship
Sally's parents' marriage breaks up when her father undergoes a mid-life crisis and impulsively weds a prostitute. Meanwhile, Sally's own marriage also begins to disintegrate.
Drama
USA
2017
101 Minutes
Director
Kate Winslet Justin Timberlake Juno Temple James Belushi Max Casella Geneva Carr Tony Sirico Steve Schirripa Jack Gore David Krumholtz
actress waitress carnival worker lifeguard gangster emotional engaging dreamy new york city coney island amusement park restaurant beach family estrangement gangsters amusement parks discovery escape pursuit
On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator, his beleaguered wife, and the visitor who turns their lives upside-down.
Comedy
USA
2000
91 Minutes
Tex Cowley
Woody Allen Maria Grazia Cucinotta Cheech Marin David Schwimmer Kiefer Sutherland Fran Drescher Lou Diamond Phillips Elliott Gould Tony Plana Richard Edson Joseph Gordon-Levitt
butcher wife priest mayor blind woman cop quirky hilarious madcap new mexico desert town church butcher shop infidelity murder religion strange happenings investigation small-town life
A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.
Documentary
2013
107 Minutes
Woody Allen Hynek Pallas Wes Anderson Francis Ford Coppola Wes Craven Robert De Niro Isabella Rossellini Martin Scorsese Ridley Scott Lars von Trier Alejandro González Iñárritu
Romance, Fantasy
1990
106 Minutes
Director
Mia Farrow Joe Mantegna William Hurt Alec Baldwin Blythe Danner Judy Davis Keye Luke Bernadette Peters Cybill Shepherd Gwen Verdon Julie Kavner
housewife stockbroker musician doctor ghost sister quirky amusing dreamy new york city chinatown apartment office calcutta, india love infidelity magic romance family love
A pampered Manhattan housewife embarks upon a mystical odyssey of self-discovery following a visit to a Chinatown healer.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
104 Minutes
Writer
Martin Landau Woody Allen Mia Farrow Alan Alda Anjelica Huston Sam Waterston Joanna Gleason Caroline Aaron Jerry Orbach Claire Bloom Stephanie Roth Haberle
director doctor producer girlfriend wife quirky amusing playful hilarious new york city adultery revenge forbidden love movie making art marriage forbidden love temptation fall rivalry
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
Documentary
USA
2013
77 Minutes
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Woody Allen Richard Dawkins Daniel C. Dennett Cameron Diaz Ricky Gervais
Renowned scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss cross the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason in the modern world.
Romance
UK|USA
2006
96 Minutes
Director
Scarlett Johansson Woody Allen Hugh Jackman Ian McShane Charles Dance Romola Garai Julian Glover
reporter student aristocrat serial killer magician ghost amusing gripping uneasy london stage bedroom house swimming pool investigative journalism murder plot affair haunting death blackmail
An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2013
98 Minutes
Murray
John Turturro Woody Allen Sharon Stone Sofía Vergara Vanessa Paradis Liev Schreiber Bob Balaban Eugenia Kuzmina
woody allen gigolo don juan woman male prostitute pimp charming rousing confident amusing new york city bedroom big city money greed escort change of lifestyle unintended consequences financial scheme transformation
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
Documentary
USA
2005
70 Minutes
Edward Albee Woody Allen Maya Angelou Amiri Baraka Judy Collins Richie Havens
THE BALLAD OF GREENWICH VILLAGE is a 70 minute documentary that tells the story of the artists, rebels, and bohemians who came to New York's Greenwich Village over many decades, and changed... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1990
87 Minutes
Bette Midler Woody Allen Bill Irwin Daren Firestone Rebecca Nickels Paul Mazursky Gregory Moore Michael Brown
On their 16th anniversary, a married couple's trip to a Beverly Hills mall becomes the stage for personal revelations and deceptions.
Comedy
UK|USA
1967
131 Minutes
Dr. Noah, Jimmy Bond
Robert Parrish Peter Sellers Ken Hughes Ursula Andress David Niven Orson Welles Joanna Pettet Woody Allen Deborah Kerr
james bond secret agent spy femme fatale villain madcap playful england scotland casino espionage assassination deception showdown adventure quest pursuit 1960s
In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.
Comedy
USA
1998
101 Minutes
Oliver Platt Stanley Tucci Teagle F. Bougere Elizabeth Bracco Steve Buscemi Billy Connolly Allan Corduner Hope Davis Dana Ivey Allison Janney Richard Jenkins
comedian sidekick amusing ocean liner new york city deception actors reputation rivalry 1930s
In an attempt to resurrect the slapstick comedy of Laurel and Hardy or The Marx Brothers, Arthur (Stanley Tucci) and Maurice (Oliver Platt) team-up as two out-of-work actors who ... See full summary »