Rat Race (2001)
Adventure | Comedy
John Cleese stars as an eccentric casino owner who devises a contest pitting six teams against each other in a race to claim two million dollars from a locker in New Mexico.
Starring: John Cleese, Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Director: Jerry Zucker
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
Top Secret! (1984)
Comedy
This time Zucker and Abrams are spoofing, most notably, Elvis films and WWII spy movies. Val Kilmer stars as Nick Rivers, a handsome American 50s-style rock and roll singer. While performing in East Germany, he falls in love with a beautiful heroine and becomes involved with the French Resistance.
Starring: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Peter Cushing, Jeremy Kemp, Christopher Villiers, Warren Clarke, Michael Gough
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
First Knight (1995)
Adventure | Drama | Romance
With no ties, no enemies and no fear, Lancelot is the perfect warrior. He comes to Camelot not for glory or knighthood, although he finds both, but for the love of the one woman he cannot have, the beautiful and honorable Lady Guinevere of Leonesse. Guinevere has promised to marry King Arthur not only because his army will protect her country, but because she truly loves him for his wise and gentle ways. As she prepares to enter Camelot as its new queen, a chance encounter with Lancelot awakens conflicting and powerful emotions within her. For Arthur, she represents a once-in-a-lifetime chance at true love and a beloved queen for his kingdom. Likewise, the king comes to see Lancelot as possessing the honor and bravery of a true Knight. He welcomes them both into his city and into his heart, never foreseeing how his great capacity for love and trust opens the doors for his betrayal.
Starring: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, Ralph Ineson
Director: Jerry Zucker
Ghost (1990)
Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
After a man is shot and dies, he — as a ghost — teams with a psychic to uncover the truth behind his murder, and to save his sweetheart from a similar fate.
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Rick Aviles, Vincent Schiavelli
Director: Jerry Zucker
Airplane! (1980)
Comedy | Romance
An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley.
Starring: Robert Hays, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
