The best Richard Benjamin’s movies

Richard Benjamin

Richard Benjamin

22/05/1938 (85 años)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella (1959) by Philip Roth, and Westworld (1973). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Benjamin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Westworld

Westworld
6.9/10
In a futuristic resort, wealthy patrons can visit recreations of different time periods and experience their wildest fantasies with life-like robots. But when Richard Benjamin opts for the wild west, he gets more than he bargained for when a gunslinger robot goes berserk.

Catch-22

Catch-22
7.1/10
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation.

Henry Poole Is Here

Henry Poole Is Here
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 15/08/2008
  • Character: Dr. Fancher
Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a 'miracle' by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 12/12/1997
  • Character: Ken
This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

The Last of Sheila

The Last of Sheila
7.2/10
A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game. The game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.

Saturday the 14th

Saturday the 14th
4.6/10
After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house and the family must join together to save themselves and their neighborhood.

Love at First Bite

Love at First Bite
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorrorRomance
  • Release: 26/04/1979
  • Character: Dr. Jeffery Rosenberg / Van Helsing
Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim (the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker). "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg (a descendant of Van Helsing who changed his name for professional reasons?), who may almost certainly, possibly, may be in love with Cindy too.

The Pentagon Wars

The Pentagon Wars
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaWar
  • Release: 28/02/1998
  • Character: Caspar Weinberger (Secretary of Defense)
From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle). There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work.

Marci X

Marci X
3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/08/2003
  • Character: Ben Feld
A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial rappers.

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

How to Beat the High Cost of Living
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 11/07/1980
  • Character: Albert
Oregon, 1980: Jane, Elaine and Louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford the high cost of living. Jane cannot afford a babysitter or get married and if she wants privacy with her boyfriend, she has to sleep in the car. Even worse, her war veteran father comes to live with her to turn her life upside down. Louise lives a happy life with her veterinarian husband, Albert. She runs an antique shop on the side, but since it doesn't take in any profit, the IRS considers it a hobby. She needs to come up with the money to keep it going, or she will be trouble with the IRS. Elaine's husband has left her for another woman and without any money. She is in a constant struggle with banks, power companies, and gas stations. She needs money to get by and also catches the eye of police officer Jack. The local mall is having a contest that features a giant money ball that states it will help fight the inflation.

Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger Hunt
5.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 21/12/1979
  • Character: Stuart Selsome
An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or team, amongst his family and hired help, who wins a madcap scavenger hunt.

The Sunshine Boys

The Sunshine Boys
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/11/1975
  • Character: Ben Clark
Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshine Boys back together again.

Goodbye, Columbus

Goodbye, Columbus
6.4/10
A Jewish man and a jewish woman meet and while attracted to each other find that their worlds are very different. She is the archetypical Jewish-American-Princess, very emotionally involved with her parents world and the world they have created for her while he is much less dependent on his family. They begin an affair which brings more differences to the surface.

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
7.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 27/01/2020
  • Character: Himself
Explore the personal and professional triumphs and challenges of actor Natalie Wood, which have often been overshadowed by her premature death.

Diary of a Mad Housewife

Diary of a Mad Housewife
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 10/08/1970
  • Character: Jonathan Balser
Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful and blatantly sadistic writer.

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
6.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 12/12/2014
  • Character: Self - Filmmaker
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-1985), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.

The Last Married Couple in America

The Last Married Couple in America
5.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/04/1980
  • Character: Marv Cooper
Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and neighbors going through separations and divorces. Seemingly surrounded by people with domestic problems, Jeff and Mari begin to question their own relationship.

The Shrink Is In

The Shrink Is In
5.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/08/2001
  • Character: Samantha's Editor (uncredited)
A young woman impersonates a shrink to win over her Prince Charming.

House Calls

House Calls
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 15/03/1978
  • Character: Dr. Norman Solomon
Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/08/1971
  • Character: William Alren
A stockbroker is stuck in a dreary job and a marriage that's become a dull routine. To cope with the boredom and frustration, he resorts to voyeurism and extramarital love affairs.

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