Best Shelley Long movies
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TOP 16: The Brady Bunch in the White House
Shelley Long as: Carol Brady
Genre: Comedy, Family, TV Movie
Release: 2002
Mike Brady becomes the President of the United States, and names Carol as his V.P..
TOP 15: Dr. T & the Women
Shelley Long as: Carolyn
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2000
A successful Texas gynecologist finds himself amid a bevy of women and their problems – his wife’s breakdown, his daughter's fake marriage, his other daughter’s conspiracy theories, and his secretary’s crush. Craving time for himself, he finds solace in a kind outsider.
TOP 14: Losin' It
Shelley Long as: Kathy
Genre: Comedy
Release: 1983
Set in 1965, four Los Angeles school friends -- Woody, Dave, Spider and Wendell -- go on a series of misadventures when they head to Tijuana, Mexico, for a night of cruisin', causing trouble, and to lose their virginity.
TOP 13: Hello Again
Shelley Long as: Lucy Chadman
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance
Release: 1987
Lucy Chadman (Shelley Long) chokes to death and is resurrected by her loopy sister Zelda (Judith Ivey) on the one year anniversary of her death. Lucy, of course, does not believe she has actually been dead and thinks it is an elaborate hoax until she goes to her apartment and discovers her husband (Corbin Bernsen) married to her gold digging best friend, Kim (Sela Ward).
TOP 12: Troop Beverly Hills
Shelley Long as: Phyllis Nefler
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Release: 1989
A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.
TOP 11: Irreconcilable Differences
Shelley Long as: Lucy Van Patten Brodsky
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1984
Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.
TOP 10: A Very Brady Sequel
Shelley Long as: Carol Brady
Genre: Comedy
Release: 1996
A man claiming to be Carol Brady's long-lost first husband, Roy Martin, shows up at the suburban Brady residence one evening. An impostor, the man is actually determined to steal the Bradys' familiar horse statue, a $20-million ancient Asian artifact.
TOP 9: Don't Tell Her It's Me
Shelley Long as: Lizzie Potts
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Release: 1990
Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tries to set him up with suitable woman. But to do so, she must turn him into an irresistible man. When he falls in love with Emily, Gus takes the identity of a mysterious biker from New Zealand.
TOP 8: Outrageous Fortune
Shelley Long as: Lauren Ames
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery
Release: 1987
Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the same man (who turns out to be a double agent) and follow him across the country to force him to choose between them.
TOP 7: Night Shift
Shelley Long as: Belinda Keaton
Genre: Comedy
Release: 1982
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night .
TOP 6: Caveman
Shelley Long as: Tala
Genre: Comedy, Adventure
Release: 1981
In this comedy, Atouk becomes leader of the misfit cavemen. Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar, and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid
TOP 5: A Holiday Engagement
Shelley Long as: Meredith
Genre: TV Movie, Comedy, Romance
Release: 2011
Thirty-something Hillary Burns has spent her life trying to get the approval of her parents, most specifically her judgmental mother, Meredith Burns, thus far without success. Part of that approval for Hillary is to marry the right man. That's why Hillary is so happy that she is engaged to successful lawyer Jason King, who she will bring home to meet the family for the first time at their Thanksgiving get-together weekend in a week's time. However, Hillary's life starts to fall apart when simultaneously she loses her part-time newspaper writing job when the newspaper itself folds, and Jason dumps her as he tries to focus on his career which is seemingly more important to him than Hillary. On the advice of her best friend Sophie, Hillary - who feels she can't go home without Jason, especially as her two sisters' lives seem to meet their mother's approval - decides...
TOP 4: Best Man Down
Shelley Long as: Gail
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2012
A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony.
TOP 3: The Brady Bunch Movie
Shelley Long as: Carol Brady
Genre: Comedy
Release: 1995
The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
TOP 2: The Money Pit
Shelley Long as: Anna Crowley
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Release: 1986
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.
TOP 1: Christmas in the Heartland
Shelley Long as: Judy Wilkins
Genre: Family
Release: 2017
Kara and Jessie are two teenage girls from very different worlds, but with a little Christmas magic, they find they have much more in common than they ever imagined.