The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
Comedy
A big-time Texas wheeler-dealer runs out of money, and goes to New York City to raise $1.5 million.
Starring: James Garner, Lee Remick, Phil Harris, Chill Wills, Jim Backus, Louis Nye
Director: Arthur Hiller
Taking Care of Business (1990)
Comedy
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
Starring: Jim Belushi, Charles Grodin, Anne De Salvo, Stephen Elliott, Hector Elizondo, Veronica Hamel
Director: Arthur Hiller
Carpool (1996)
Comedy
Rollicking comedy about a harried businessman and a hapless crook who collide on the biggest day of both their careers. A workaholic advertising executive is stuck driving the neighborhood carpool on the day of a make-or-break presentation. A down-on-his-luck carnival owner, fleeing a bungled robbery, takes the exec and his van full of kids hostage and begins a comic day-long chase through the city streets, where the two men learn some unexpected lessons and forge an unlikely friendship.
Starring: Tom Arnold, David Paymer, Rhea Perlman, Rod Steiger, Kim Coates, Rachael Leigh Cook
Director: Arthur Hiller
Married to It (1991)
Comedy | Drama
Tale of three different couples (Yuppies, Hippies, and Society Folk) who find some common ground and become friends after being assigned to the same school project. Their lives are turned upside down by divorce, indictment, and sex but their friendship remains strong.
Starring: Beau Bridges, Stockard Channing, Robert Sean Leonard, Mary Stuart Masterson, Cybill Shepherd, Ron Silver
Director: Arthur Hiller
The Hospital (1971)
Comedy | Drama | Mystery
Black comedy in which a suicidal doctor struggles to find meaning in his life while a murderer stalks the halls of his hospital.
Starring: George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Robert Walden, Barnard Hughes, Stephen Elliott
Director: Arthur Hiller
Outrageous Fortune (1987)
Comedy
Lauren (Shelley Long) is refinement, regimentation, and ballet slippers. Sandy (Bette Midler) is brassy, bossy, and stiletto heels. They meet and it's hate at first sight. But these two opposites are shocked to discover a common bond: They share the same boyfriend — a handsome schoolteacher (Peter Coyote) who mysteriously and conveniently disappears. Mr. Right wronged them… and when they decide to track the scoundrel down, they're thrown together in a cross-country pursuit for better or worse… mosty for worse!
Starring: Shelley Long, Bette Midler, Peter Coyote, Robert Prosky, John Schuck, George Carlin
Director: Arthur Hiller
Popi (1969)
Comedy | Drama
Abraham is a Puerto Rican single parent with two boys. He is becoming very worried about them living in their run down neighborhood when one day he notices that Cubans who escape are lionized and given exceptional benefits. He thinks up a plot to have his sons washed ashore as cuban immigrants who will be adopted by rich anglos.
Starring: Alan Arkin, Rita Moreno, Reuben Figueroa, Miguel Alejandro, Arny Freeman
Director: Arthur Hiller
Romantic Comedy (1983)
Comedy
Two of the screen's finest comic actors, Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen, star as successful writing partners whose timing is perfect on stage but amusingly pathetic in their love life.
Starring: Dudley Moore, Mary Steenburgen, Frances Sternhagen, Robyn Douglass, Ron Leibman, Alexander Lockwood
Director: Arthur Hiller
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Comedy | Drama | War
Satirical romantic dramedy about a war-time romance between a London widow and an American Navy officer who specializes in procuring hard-to-find luxury goods for a top U.S. admiral. As D-Day approaches, the relationship encounters unlikely obstacles.
Starring: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell, Keenan Wynn
Director: Arthur Hiller
Man of La Mancha / L'uomo della Mancha (1972)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
This musical version of Don Quixote is framed by an incident allegedly from the life of its author, Miguel de Cervantes. Don Quixote is the mad, aging nobleman who embarrasses his respectable family by his adventures. Backed by his faithful sidekick Sancho Panza, he duels windmills and defends his perfect lady Dulcinea (who is actually a downtrodden whore named Aldonza).
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Harry Andrews, John Castle
Director: Arthur Hiller
The In-Laws (1979)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
With his daughter about to marry, Manhattan dentist Sheldon Kornpett is getting in over his head. The groom's father Vince Ricardo (who may/may not be CIA) has been in over his head so long he may have lost it totally.
Starring: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Michael Lembeck, James Hong
Director: Arthur Hiller
The Out of Towners / The Out-of-Towners (1970)
Comedy
George and Gwen Kellerman live in the small, quiet town of Twin Oaks, Ohio with their two young children and pet dog. George has a strong sense of what is right and wrong, especially as it applies to himself and Gwen, but he still looks to her for validation. Working for a plastics company, George believes he is a shoo-in for the company's Vice-President of Sales, New York Division job, a position located in New York City. George is looking forward to their future life in New York City, with all the amenities and benefits living in the big city has to offer. For George's 9 am interview, George and Gwen plan on taking a flight that lands in New York at 8 pm the evening before, which gives them time for dinner at New York's finest restaurant, The Four Seasons, and a comfortable night's stay at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel before the interview. But nothing on this trip goes according to plan. In fact, what can go wrong, does. Because of circumstances, it even looks as if George may miss his…
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis
Director: Arthur Hiller
National Lampoon's Pucked / Pucked (2006)
Comedy | Sport
Frank Hopper (Bon Jovi) is a former lawyer, long-term loser and constant dreamer – and frankly, probably just not all that bright. When he receives a credit card in the mail, he believes he's hit the jackpot. It's not long before he's working his way toward financing his dream – an all-woman hockey team. He's also put himself in debt to the tune of more than $300,000. Naturally, he winds up in court when his plan backfires.
Starring: Jon Bon Jovi, Estella Warren, David Faustino, Curtis Armstrong, Nora Dunn, Cary Elwes, Pat Kilbane, Danielle James
Director: Arthur Hiller
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Love Story (1970)
Drama | Romance
Against his fathers wishes, upper-class Harvard student Oliver marries Jenny, a girl from a poor Italian family. After some struggle, Oliver finishes law school and the young couple are about to start a family when Jenny is found to be gravely ill.
Starring: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland
Director: Arthur Hiller
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
A blind man and a deaf man are mistakenly accused of murder and must work together to find the real killers.
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Starring: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Kevin Spacey, Joan Severance, Anthony Zerbe
Director: Arthur Hiller
