Heist (2001)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A jewel thief's nephew is sent along on a heist to ensure a longtime partner in crime stays honest about the division of the loot.
Starring: Gene Hackman, Rebecca Pidgeon, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Ricky Jay
Director: David Mamet
Tin Men (1987)
Comedy | Drama
A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney
Director: Barry Levinson
All the Wilderness / The Wilderness of James (2014)
Drama
A restless teenager explores the wilderness of his city while struggling with the absence of his father.
Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Danny DeVito, Isabelle Fuhrman, Virginia Madsen, Evan Ross, Hannah Barefoot
Director: Michael Johnson
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Screwed / Ballbusted (2000)
Comedy | Crime
A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.
Starring: Norm MacDonald, Dave Chappelle, Elaine Stritch, Danny DeVito, Daniel Benzali, Sherman Hemsley
Director: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Comedy | Drama
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy.
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Danny DeVito, John Lithgow
Director: James L. Brooks
Deck the Halls / All Lit Up (2006)
Comedy | Family
This holiday comedy is centered around two neighbors in a small New England town who go to war when one of them decides to decorate his house with a so many Christmas lights that they are visible from space. The neighborhood is turned upside down as the families try to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Starring: Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Chenoweth, Kristin Davis, Alia Shawkat, Jorge Garcia
Director: John Whitesell
Ruthless People (1986)
Comedy | Crime
A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.
Starring: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Anita Morris, Bill Pullman, William G. Schilling
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Hotel Noir (2012)
Crime | Drama
Holed up in a hotel room with a case of money he has stolen from the mob a gumshoe awaits his fate. A shower door installation guy checks in to write a memoir on his experiences moonlighting as a portrait painter for pets owned by desperate housewives. Another resident is a lounge singer being stalked by a mobster who in turn has a fling with a call girl who does the rounds of the hotel dressed as a superhero. As the assortment of characters intertwine Hotel Noir materialises as a stylish period homage to hardboiled Hollywood and the unreliable nature of storytelling. The tapestry of conflicting inner monologues adds to a web of intrigue and the heavy atmosphere both sexy and fatalistic occasions a parade of star performers smouldering at their best.
Starring: Malin Akerman, Aaron Behr, Kevin Connolly, Rosario Dawson, Danny DeVito, Robert Forster, Carla Gugino, Rufus Sewell
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Matilda / Roald Dahl's Matilda (1996)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy
See The world from a kid's-eye view with Matilda, a modern fairy tale that mixes hilarious humbor with the magical message of love.
Starring: Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Pam Ferris
Director: Danny DeVito
Hercules (1997)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
The heavenly Hercules is stripped of his immortality and raised on Earth instead of Olympus, where he's forced to take on Hades and assorted monsters.
Starring: Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart, Danny DeVito, James Woods
Narrator: Charlton Heston
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Comedy | Sci-Fi
Amid speculation that a meteorite crashed to Earth from Mars some 15,000 years ago and contains indications of simple life forms, 'Mars Attacks!' offers definitive proof of life on the Angry Red Planet. No single-celled organisms, these alien invaders are the big-brained variety with a flair for ray guns and planetwide pandemonium. Citizens of Earth face their doom with gung-ho valor and brainless abandon as little green men from outer space gleefully terrorize the planet in an all-star, cross-country sci-fi comedy.
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short
Director: Tim Burton
Anything Else (2003)
Comedy | Romance
In medias res: narrator Jerry Falk, a fledgling comedy writer with an inept agent, is about to celebrate an anniversary with his girlfriend Amanda. There's trouble in paradise: she's late (and has already eaten), she's been uninterested in sex for months, and her quixotic mother is moving in with them. Jerry looks back to meeting Amanda and dumping Brooke. A constant is his friendship with another wannabe comedy writer, a 60 year old teacher named David, prone to long walks and advice filled talks. As Amanda and Jerry's relationship founders and her mom's noisy presence makes writing difficult for him, he and David plan something different. Wouldn't anything else be better?
Starring: Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Danny DeVito, Christina Ricci, Jimmy Fallon, Stockard Channing
Director: Woody Allen
Renaissance Man (1994)
Comedy | Drama
A down-on-his-luck businessman desperately takes the only job offered – a teacher in the U.S. Army. His mission: keep a ragtag bunch of underachieving misfits from flunking out of basic training! Be on alert as this unlikely new teacher and his underdog class unexpectedly inspire each other to be all they can be!
Starring: Danny DeVito, Gregory Hines, James Remar, Ed Begley Jr.
Director: Penny Marshall
Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011)
Comedy | Drama
A dentist teams up with a feisty would-be assassin to put the final touches on the plan to kill his wife. Once he makes a play for the assassin's payment, he unknowingly sets off a chain of events that fuels a cross-town journey through the many lounges, bars, strip clubs and the occasional nudist ping pong club scattered across Los Angeles. Along the way, we are introduced to a series of idiosyncratic characters, from gangsters to exotic dancers, from ex-cons to cops, with the odd hatcheck girl and bartender thrown in for good measure.
Starring: Gil Bellows, Xander Berkeley, Alexis Bledel, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rosario Dawson, Danny DeVito, Robert Forster, Carla Gugino, Josh Hartnett, Zachary Quinto
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
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The War of the Roses (1989)
Comedy | Drama
A married couple try everything to get each other to leave the house in a vicious divorce battle.
Starring: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Sean Astin, G.D. Spradlin, Dan Castellaneta
Director: Danny DeVito
Duplex / Our House (2003)
Comedy
Alex Rose and Nancy Kendricks are a young couple who believe they have found their perfect home to start a family in. There is just one problem. An elderly tenant is staying upstairs and won't move out. Alex and Nancy desperately try everything to convince her to leave, but she refuses to move. Soon, their dream home becomes their home of nightmares.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore
Director: Danny DeVito
Man on the Moon (1999)
Biography | Comedy | Drama
A film about the life and career of the eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
Starring: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love
Director: Milos Forman
Hoffa (1992)
Biography | Crime | Drama
Based on the story of legendary union figure Jimmy Hoffa.
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, Frank Whaley, J.T. Walsh, Robert Prosky
Director: Danny DeVito
The Lorax / Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012)
Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
A boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
Starring: Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle, Betty White
Director: Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda
Get Shorty (1995)
Comedy | Crime | Thriller
A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.
Starring: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
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