 60% (3) Be Kind Rewind 102 min PG-13 [Comedy] [Michel Gondry] [22 Feb 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 65%, Metacritic: 52%, External Reviews Awards: 4 nominations. Actors: Danny Glover, Jack Black, Mia Farrow, Yasiin Bey Writer: Michel Gondry External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: UK, France, USA Plot: In Passaic, NJ, Elroy Fletcher runs a video store in a condemned building he claims was the birthplace of Fats Waller. Fletcher goes on a Waller centennial trip, leaving his foster son Mike in charge of the store. Mike's peculiar friend Jerry tries to sabotage a power station and nearly electrocutes himself, getting magnetized in the process. He inadvertently erases every tape in the store. Mike and Jerry hatch an plan to hide the disaster by making a homemade 'Ghostbusters' to rent to a woman whom Fletcher will be phoning to check on them. Soon, with help, their homemade versions of films develop a cult following. Will this new business save the store and the building? What about Fats? Rotten Tomatoes: Jerry is a junkyard worker who attempts to sabotage a power plant that he believes is melting his brain. But, when his plan goes awry, the magnetic field that he creates accidentally erases all of the videotapes in a local video store where his best friend Mike works. Fearing that the mishap will cost Mike his job, the two friends team up to keep the store's only loyal customer--a little old lady with a tenuous grasp on reality--from realizing what has happened by recreating and re-filming every movie that she decides to rent. From 'Back to the Future,' to 'Robocop,' to 'Rush Hour,' to 'The Lion King,' Jerry and Mike become the biggest stars in their neighborhood by starring in the biggest movies ever made. 1 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  40% (3) Arthur and the Invisibles 94 min PG [Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy] [Luc Besson] [12 Jan 2007]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 60%, Rotten Tomatoes: 22%, Metacritic: 39%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations. Actors: Freddie Highmore, Madonna, Mia Farrow, Penny Balfour, Ron Crawford Writer: Céline Garcia, Luc Besson, Luc Besson (book), Patrice Garcia (creator: characters and settings), Georges Bouchelagem (creator: characters and settings), Philippe Rouchier (creator: characters and settings), Nicolas Fructus (creator: characters and settings) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: France Plot: Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur's grandfather returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks. Rotten Tomatoes: On the heels of his first foray into romantic comedy, versatile French filmmaker Luc Besson breaks new ground yet again with this computer-animated, family-friendly adaptation of his own children's book Arthur and the Minimoys. Arthur is a wide-eyed ten-year-old whose vivid imagination is fueled by the colorful bedtime stories his grandmother reads to him each night. His dreams are filled with images of African tribes and the remarkable inventions detailed in the enigmatic book that his grandfather left behind after mysteriously disappearing four years ago. Arthur and his family are in danger of losing their home to an unscrupulous real-estate developer, but if there is any truth to the tales of a treasure hidden deep beneath their garden and the tiny, fairy-like creatures that his grandmother so frequently sketches, there may still be hope of saving their home before it's too late. Now, with nothing to guide him but the clues left behind by his grandfather, Arthur will set out to find the mythical world of Seven Kingdoms, where the Minimoys are said to dwell, and ensure that his troubled family always has a place to call home. An imaginative children's fantasy in the vein of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Arthur and the Invisibles features the voices of David Bowie, Snoop Dogg, Madonna, Mia Farrow, and Freddie Highmore. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 2 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 49% (2) Miami Rhapsody 95 min PG-13 [Comedy] [David Frankel] [27 Jan 1995]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 54%, Rotten Tomatoes: 45%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Antonio Banderas, Gil Bellows, Mia Farrow, Sarah Jessica Parker Writer: David Frankel External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Gwyn Marcus has always wanted a marriage like her parents. She has just accepted the proposal of her boyfriend Matt, but she has misgivings about their future together. Her fear of commitment grows as she learns of the various affairs that her family is having. With her sister getting married and her brother already married, her mother is growing concerned about Gwyn's being the last single person in the family. But the more she thinks about marriage, the more she must search for the balance between career, marriage and family. Rotten Tomatoes: The discovery of marital troubles in her family causes a young woman to question her own upcoming nuptials in this clever romantic comedy. Sarah Jessica Parker stars as Gwyn, a bright, slightly neurotic advertising copywriter who is initially thrilled when her boyfriend Matt (Gil Bellows) finally proposes. Soon afterwards, however, she learns that her mother Nina (Mia Farrow) is indulging in an extra-marital affair with a handsome Latin stud (Antonio Banderas). This is only the first of several shocking revelations, as Gwyn soon learns of infidelity by her father (Paul Mazursky), brother (Kevin Pollack), and even newlywed sister (Carla Gugino). These indiscretions make Gwyn question the validity of the entire institution of marriage and doubt her own future. Director David Frankel, who also penned the screenplay, follows in the footsteps of Woody Allen in using introspective dialogue to detail the romantic troubles of a wealthy, neurotic Jewish family; practiced performances and a colorful use of Miami locations give the film its own personality. 3 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  33% (2) Reckless 91 min PG-13 [Comedy, Drama, Fantasy] [Norman René] [17 Nov 1995]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 52%, Rotten Tomatoes: 14%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Juana Barrios, Mia Farrow, Mike Heibeck, Tony Goldwyn Writer: Craig Lucas External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: On Christmas Eve, a regretful husband admits to his high-spirited wife that he has hired a contract killer to take her out. She immediately flees. A nice couple offers her shelter, but everyone have dark secrets in this wacky movie. Rotten Tomatoes: Reckless is a dark, dream-like comedy-fantasy adapted by Craig Lucas from his play that takes place in a strange, hallucinogenic otherworld. Mia Farrow stars as annoying, air-headed housewife Rachel, who discovers on Christmas Eve that her husband Tom (Tony Goldwyn) has arranged for a hit man to murder her. Barely escaping with her life into the snowy wastes of her neighborhood, Rachel crosses paths with a social worker, Lloyd (Scott Glenn), and Lloyd's paraplegic, deaf and mute wife, Pooty (Mary-Louise Parker). Rachel takes up house with the friendly couple, but Lloyd is not quite what he appears to be and the naïve Rachel is forced to flee. This time, her travels take her into contact with a variety of eccentric characters, including game show host Fast Tim Timko (Giancarlo Esposito), the staff of a non-profit group, and a troubled nun. As she crosses America, Rachel visits all 50 states, although she repeatedly ends up in towns called Springfield. Reckless (1995) was the third and final film of director Norman Rene, who passed away the following year. Rene had previously collaborated with Lucas on the films Longtime Companion (1990) and Prelude to a Kiss (1992). 4 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 80% (2) Widows' Peak 101 min PG [Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller] [John Irvin] [13 May 1994]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination. Actors: Adrian Dunbar, Joan Plowright, Mia Farrow, Natasha Richardson Writer: Hugh Leonard (story), Hugh Leonard (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Irish, English Country: UK, Ireland Plot: Edwina has just moved into the neighborhood known as 'Widows' Peak,' so called due to the prevalent marital status of the residents, who tend to be a rather exclusive bunch. The residents are all curious about their new neighbor, but no one can seem to get much information about her, including queen bee Mrs. DC, whose son is busy wooing Edwina. Miss O'Hare and Edwina have an immediate dislike for each other, however, and soon some accidental encounters begin to look like Edwina is trying to ruin her new rival. The problems escalate and the town is in an uproar, but they get no closer to solving the mystery of the newcomer. Rotten Tomatoes: In the Irish town of Kilshannon in the 1920s, a matriarchal clique of widows tightly sets the rules for behavior. Heading the town's ruling circle is the doughty Mrs. Counihan (Joan Plowright). The only non-widow in town is a reclusive middle-aged spinster, Miss O'Hare (Mia Farrow), who seems to be guarding some kind of secret. Crashing into this provincial coterie is dashing, urbane Edwina Broome (Natasha Richardson), who immediately starts feuding with O'Hare, for no apparent good reason. Broome mangles O'Hare's prize roses and bumps her skiff in a boat race. Counihan's dimwitted son, Godfrey (Adrian Dunbar), proposes marriage to Edwina. Eventually, the true motives of all involved are revealed. 5 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  84% (2) Husbands and Wives 108 min R [Comedy, Drama, Romance] [Woody Allen] [18 Sep 1992]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 93%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 13 nominations. Actors: Mia Farrow, Nick Metropolis, Sydney Pollack, Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: When Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because they also are drifting apart and are now being made aware of it. So while Jack and Sally try to go on and meet new people, the marriage of Gabe and Judy gets more and more strained, and they begin to find themselves being attracted to other people. Rotten Tomatoes: One of Woody Allen's most seemingly biographical films, Husbands and Wives opens with upper-middle class Manhattan couple Sally (Judy Davis) and Jack (Sydney Pollack) announcing to their best friends, the Roths, that they are splitting up. Gabe Roth (Allen) and his wife Judy (Mia Farrow) are taken aback by their casual revelation. Jack begins dating his dim, but sexy, aerobics instructor and Sally starts up a tentative romance with Michael (Liam Neeson). Gabe and Judy begin analyzing their marriage, discovering that they might not be meant to stay together. English professor Gabe begins a serious flirtation with a student of his named Rain (Juliette Lewis) and Judy begins to have feelings for Michael. Eventually, Sally and Jack reconcile, but have not improved their relationship. Gabe and Judy end up going their separate ways. Husbands and Wives was seemingly influenced by Ingmar Bergman's Scenes From a Marriage. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi 6 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 57% (2) Shadows and Fog 85 min PG-13 [Comedy] [Woody Allen] [20 Mar 1992]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 48%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination. Actors: David Ogden Stiers, James Rebhorn, Mia Farrow, Michael Kirby, Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: A small and insignificant bookkeeper, Kleinman, is awoken one night by his neighbors who wants his help to track down a strangler who has been killing people all over town. The citizens form vigilance committees, but when Kleinman has dressed, his neighbors have disappeared. Meanwhile a circus has come to town. Irmy and Paul are two of the artists. After a fight, Irmy leaves the circus in the middle of the night. Eventually she meets Kleinman, scared and alone. Rotten Tomatoes: In this Woody Allen film, a city is searching for the person responsible for a series of strangulation murders, and they enlist the help of cowardly clerk Kleinman (Woody Allen). As he helps in the search, he runs across circus performer Irmy (Mia Farrow) and befriends her. However, circumstantial evidence leads the townsfolks to suspect that Kleinman is the killer, and he must struggle to avoid capture. 7 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  70% (3) Alice 106 min PG-13 [Comedy, Romance] [Woody Allen] [10 Jan 1991]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 77%, Metacritic: 67%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations. Actors: Joe Mantegna, June Squibb, Mia Farrow, William Hurt Writer: Woody Allen External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Cantonese Country: USA Plot: Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults Dr. Yang, an oriental herbalist who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of well-established rut. Rotten Tomatoes: Woody Allen's character study of a well-kept, upscale Manhattan woman (Mia Farrow) takes the title character on a journey through a Wonderland of her own making, in which she learns some truths about herself, her relationships, and the universe in general. Alice leads a comfortable life, except for some nagging aches and pains, but when she visits the mysterious Dr. Yang (Keye Luke), he discovers that what really ails Alice is her own lack of true human experience. Alice has been married for sixteen years to Doug (William Hurt), an emotionally detached stockbroker, and she lives a perfectly maintained life in a perfectly maintained apartment, with a pair of children and the requisite support staff. All that changes when a chance meeting with a neighbor (Joe Mantegna) leads Alice to consider an affair. Dr. Yang, seizing the opportunity, gives Alice herbal potions that make her both invisible and seductive, allowing her to free herself from her inhibitions. Plunging into her new fantasy world, Alice ultimately comes to terms with her family, her husband, and her life. 8 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 68% (2) New York Stories 124 min PG [Comedy, Drama, Romance] [Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese] [10 Mar 1989]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 73%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win. Actors: Mae Questel, Marvin Chatinover, Mia Farrow, Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Woody Allen Writer: Richard Price, Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia Coppola External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: A middle-aged artist obsessed with his pretty young assistant, a precocious 12 year old living in a hotel, and a neurotic lawyer with a possessive mother make up three Gotham tales. Rotten Tomatoes: The omnibus film New York Stories is the product of three powerhouse filmmakers. The film is divided into three stories, each exploring a different aspect of life in the Big Apple. Life Lessons, directed by Martin Scorcese, is a Dostoevsky-like tale of the rarefied Art World, with Nick Nolte as a self-indulgent abstractionist who loves Rosanna Arquette, but can't bring himself to lie to her about her negligible artistic talents. Life Without Zoe, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is more than a little reminiscent of Kay Thompson's Eloise stories, with 12-year-old Zoe (Heather McComb) running amok at the Sherry-Netherland hotel while her parents are embarked upon a world-girdling vacation. The last and is Woody Allen's Oedipus Wrecks, wherein a schnooky lawyer (guess who?) inadvertently 'creates' the Jewish Mother From Hell: thanks to a misguided magic trick, Allen's mama (the incomparable Mae Questel) becomes a huge spectral vision on the New York skyline, telling everyone within earshot about her son's inadequacies. The cinematographer lineup on New York Stories includes Nestor Almendros, Vittorio Storaro and Sven Nykvist. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi 9 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  70% (2) Another Woman 81 min PG [Drama] [Woody Allen] [18 Nov 1988]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 67%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations. Actors: Blythe Danner, Gena Rowlands, Ian Holm, Mia Farrow Writer: Woody Allen External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Having recently turned fifty, Marion feels that she has led a so far blessed life. The well-respected Dean of Philosophy at a women's college, she is currently on sabbatical to write her latest book. Although her first husband Sam died tragically fourteen years ago from a mixture of alcohol and pills, she has recently remarried to Ken, who, married at the time, pursued her, while Ken's writer friend, Larry, also professed his love for her. She has a good relationship with her step-daughter Laura, seemingly better than Laura has with either Ken or Laura's own volatile mother, Kathy. Between her and her brother Paul, Marion always had the attention of their academic father. And she and Ken have a wide circle of friends with who they regularly and willingly socialize. But a series of incidents with these people in her life makes Marion wonder about the decisions that she's made, most specifically whether her cerebral and judgmental nature has been alienating to those around her. One of these incidents is the surprise reunion she has with her best childhood friend, an actress named Claire. But arguably the most illuminating incidents involve encounters with Hope, a despondent patient of her workspace neighbor psychiatrist, whose therapy sessions Marion can hear through the building's ventilation system. The questions become if Marion will fully be able to comprehend the extent to which these decisions have negatively affected her life and relationships, and if so if she can make the necessary changes at this stage in her life path to be more fulfilled. Rotten Tomatoes: A middle-aged university administrator begins to eavesdrop on her psychoanalyst neighbor, and develops a particular fascination with one patient, a younger woman suffering from marital problems. These sessions lead her to recall a former love affair and reevaluate her own life in this reflective drama from director Woody Allen. 10 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 79% (3) Radio Days 88 min PG [Comedy] [Woody Allen] [30 Jan 1987]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, Rotten Tomatoes: 88%, Metacritic: 74%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations. Actors: Dianne Wiest, Don Pardo, Martin Rosenblatt, Mia Farrow, Mike Starr, Paul Herman Writer: Woody Allen External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish, Italian Country: USA Plot: Woody Allen's sentimental reminiscence about the golden age of radio. A series of vignettes involving radio personalities is intertwined with the life of a working class family in Rockaway Beach, NY circa 1942. Rotten Tomatoes: Woody Allen's gentle and nostalgic tribute to the glory days of radio and coming-of-age during World War II plays like Fellini's Amarcord filtered through Neil Simon. The nominal star is Seth Green as Joe, a teenage Jewish boy, growing up with a house full of relatives in Brooklyn. Allen cuts between Joe's working class neighborhood of Rockaway Beach, Queens, and the glittery and glamorous world of radio in Manhattan. Joe's favorite radio hero is The Masked Avenger (Wallace Shawn), and he dreams of getting The Masked Avenger Secret Decoder Ring. Using all the money they have collected for Israel, Joe and his friends buy the ring, much to the shock of his mother (Julie Kavner) and the local rabbi. His father (Michael Tucker), a business failure embarrassed to be seen driving a taxi, is an ineffective and distant man. His uncle Abe (Josh Mostel) is obsessed with eating. His Aunt Bea (Dianne Wiest) is obsessed with getting married. All together, these relatives make up a rather chaotic life in Brooklyn for Joe. Interspersed with these family relations are vignettes of radio lore --from the cigarette girl (Mia Farrow) who wants to strike it big in radio, to the 'Name That Tune' jackpot telephone call answered by a burglar, who guesses the right answer and wins the victimized homeowners a cornucopia of valuable prizes. 11 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  65% (2) September 83 min PG [Drama] [Woody Allen] [18 Dec 1987]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 64%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Denholm Elliott, Dianne Wiest, Elaine Stritch, Mia Farrow Writer: Woody Allen External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French Country: USA Plot: Everyone is gathering at Lane's place for the weekend, and everyone's in love. Unfortunately, each beloved loves somebody else, and no one seems to realize it. Rotten Tomatoes: This somber drama presents the events of the course of one weekend at a Vermont country house. Six upper-class men and women travel to the house for a brief retreat, during which their various romantic and emotional troubles dramatically rise to the surface. 12 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 86% (3) Hannah and Her Sisters 107 min PG-13 [Comedy, Drama] [Woody Allen] [14 Mar 1986]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 90%, External Reviews Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 27 nominations. Actors: Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher, Dianne Wiest, Mia Farrow, Michael Caine Writer: Woody Allen External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Hannah, Holly and Lee are adult sisters from a show business family, their boozy actress mother who still believes she's an ingénue that can attract any man she wants, despite still being married to the girls' father, Evan. Hannah, on her second marriage to a man named Elliot, a financial advisor, is the success of the family, taking a break from her acting career to raise her children. Everyone turns to her for advice, while she never talks to others about what she needs or feels. Her first husband, Mickey, is a comedy show writer and hypochondriac, who is going through a crisis as he mistakenly believes he will die soon without a clear belief, as a non-practicing Jew, of what will happen to him in the afterlife. Single Holly is the insecure flaky sister, a struggling and thus continually unemployed actress, who has just started a catering business with her actress friend April, in order to do something constructive with her life. In her own security, Hannah even set up Holly and Mickey together following her own break-up with Mickey, Holly and Mickey's sole date which arguably was the worst night in both their lives. Holly turns to Hannah for everything in her life, including money, despite feeling Hannah overly judgmental about her failures. It's during a catering job that Holly and April meet David, an architect, who seems interested in both of them. Holly's insecurities may threaten her potential relationship with David and friendship with April. Lee, who collects unemployment, is metaphorically the family's piece of clay waiting for the right artist to mold her. She has long lived with artist Frederick, who has contempt for everyone except her, and as such relies on her for whatever his connection to the outside world. This already complex collective becomes even more complex when Elliot contemplates telling Lee that he has fallen in love with her. His attraction to her is as much feeling unneeded by Hannah, who he does not want to hurt regardless of what he decides to do with respect to Lee. Rotten Tomatoes: A Woody Allen Manhattan mosaic, Hannah and Her Sisters concerns the lives, loves, and infidelities among a tightly-knit artistic clan. Hannah (Mia Farrow) regularly meets with her sisters Holly (Dianne Wiest) and Lee (Barbara Hershey) to discuss the week's events. It's what they don't always tell each other that forms the film's various subplots. Hannah is married to accountant and financial planner Elliot (Michael Caine), who carries a torch for Lee, who in turn lives with pompous Soho artist Frederick (Max Von Sydow). Meanwhile, Holly, a neurotic actress and eternal loser in love, dates TV producer Mickey (Allen), who used to be married to Hannah and spends most of the film convinced that he's about to die. Appearing in supporting parts are Lloyd Nolan and Maureen O'Sullivan (Farrow's real mom), as the eternally bickering husband-and-wife acting team who are the parents of Hannah and her sisters. The film begins and ends during the family's traditional Thanksgiving dinner, filmed in Farrow's actual New York apartment. Unbilled cameos are contributed by Sam Waterston as one of Wiest's brief amours and Tony Roberts as one of Allen's friends. Hannah and Her Sisters collected Oscars for Michael Caine, Dianne Wiest, and Woody Allen's screenplay. 13 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  81% (3) The Purple Rose of Cairo 82 min PG [Comedy, Fantasy, Romance] [Woody Allen] [19 Apr 1985]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 75%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 14 nominations. Actors: Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman, Jeff Daniels, Mia Farrow Writer: Woody Allen External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey during the Depression and is searching for an escape from her dreary life. Tom Baxter is a dashing young archaeologist in the film 'The Purple Rose of Cairo.' After losing her job Cecilia goes to see the film in hopes of raising her spirits. Much to her surprise Tom Baxter walks off the screen and into her life. There's only one problem..Tom isn't real. Meanwhile Hollywood is up in arms when they dicover that other Tom Baxters are trying to leave the screen in other theatres. Will Tom ever return and finish the film or will he decide to stay in the real world? Rotten Tomatoes: Woody Allen blurs the the boundaries between the real and unreal in this unique comic fantasy. The scene is a small town in the mid-1930s. Trapped in a dead-end job and an abusive marriage, Cecelia (Mia Farrow) regularly seeks refuge in the local movie house. She becomes so enraptured by the latest attraction, an RKO screwball comedy called The Purple Rose of Cairo, that she returns to the theatre day after day. During one of these visits, the film's main character Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels), pauses in his dialogue, turns towards the audience, and says to Cecelia, 'My God, how you must love this picture.' Then he climbs out of the movie, much to the consternation of the rest of the audience and the other characters on screen. Liberated from his customary black-and-white environs, he accompanies Cecelia on a tour of the town, eventually falling in love with her. Meanwhile, the other Purple Rose characters, unable to proceed with the film, carry on a discussion with themselves. Desperately, the RKO executives seek out Gil Shepherd, the actor who played the hero of Purple Rose. Shepherd (also played by Daniels), is sent to Cecelia's hometown to see if he can repair the damage. 14 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 85% (3) Broadway Danny Rose 84 min PG [Comedy] [Woody Allen] [27 Jan 1984]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, Metacritic: 80%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations. Actors: Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte, Sandy Baron, Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Italian, Yiddish Country: USA Plot: Danny Rose is a manager of artists, and although he's not very successful, he nevertheless goes out of his way to help his acts. So when Lou Canova, a singer who has a chance of making a come-back, asks Danny to help him with a problem, Danny helps him. This problem is Lou's mistress Tina. Lou wants Tina to be at his concerts, otherwise he can't perform, but he's married, so Danny has to take her along as if she was his girlfriend. Danny however gets more than he has bargained for when two mobsters come looking for the guy who has hurt their brother by stealing the heart of Tina, the girl he loves. Rotten Tomatoes: A smaller, amusing comedy from writer/director Woody Allen, Broadway Danny Rose begins with a bunch of show business vets sitting around a table at New York's Carnegie Deli and reminiscing about the legendary titular character, a loser of an agent who would represent anyone, including blind xylophonists, piano-playing birds, and has-been crooners with drinking problems. Allen plays Rose as a befuddled, warm-hearted schlub who finally has a shot at getting somewhere when he signs washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova (Nick Apollo Forte) and nearly brings his career back to life. Danny gets him a date at the Waldorf, where Milton Berle is in the audience, looking for guests for his TV special. Canova has a complicated love life, juggling both a wife and a girlfriend. so he enlists Danny to take the girlfriend, Tina Vitale (Mia Farrow), to the concert. But Canova and Tina have a fight, she goes back to her Mafioso boyfriend, and Danny winds up getting chased halfway around New York and New Jersey by the Mob. And of course, once Canova gets his big break, he dumps Danny for another agent. Allen, Forte, and especially Farrow all do strong work with characters that could have easily become stereotypes, and the film has a lighter, warmer touch than the Allen films that preceded it (Stardust Memories and Zelig). 15 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  89% (2) Zelig 79 min PG [Comedy] [Woody Allen] [25 Aug 1983]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations. Actors: John Buckwalter, Mia Farrow, Patrick Horgan, Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, German Country: USA Plot: Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others. Rotten Tomatoes: Leonard Zelig, the 'human chameleon', is profiled in this mock-documentary. Director Woody Allen appears as Zelig in scenes that purport to be vintage newsreel clips of the 1920s and 1930s, but are actually clever recreations, 'aged' and scratched-up Citizen Kane-style by special-effects maestros Joel Hynick, Stuart Robinson and R. Greenberg Associates. An appropriately pompous narrator details the life and times of Leonard Zelig, whose overwhelming desire for conformity is manifested in his ability to take on the facial and vocal characteristics of whomever he happens to be around at the moment. He shows up at batting practice with Babe Ruth, among William Randolph Hearst's guests as San Simeon, side by side with Pope Pius at the Vatican, and peering anxiously over the shoulder of Adolf Hitler at the Nuremberg Rally. Becoming a celebrity in his own right, Zelig inspires a song, a dance craze, and a Warner Bros. biopic. Mia Farrow plays Dr. Eudora Fletcher , a psychiatrist who tries to 'reach' Zelig and ultimately falls in love with him (all of Farrow's scenes are in black-and-white and allegedly culled from archive footage; Ellen Garrison, whose resemblance to Farrow is uncanny, plays the older Dr. Fletcher in the interview sequences). In the manner of Reds, the influence of the fictional Leonard Zelig on popular culture is discussed by such real-life notables as Susan Sontag, Irving Howe, Saul Bellow and Dr. Bruno Bettenheim. 16 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 69% (3) The Last Unicorn 92 min G [Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy] [Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.] [19 Nov 1982]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 63%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Alan Arkin, Angela Lansbury, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Tammy Grimes Writer: Peter S. Beagle (screenplay), Peter S. Beagle (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, German Country: UK, France, West Germany, Japan, USA Plot: From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a now middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard... Rotten Tomatoes: A brave unicorn and a magician fight an evil king who is obsessed with attempting to capture the world's unicorns. 17 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  64% (3) A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy 88 min PG [Comedy] [Woody Allen] [16 Jul 1982]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, Rotten Tomatoes: 75%, Metacritic: 51%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: José Ferrer, Julie Hagerty, Mia Farrow, Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, German Country: USA Plot: Centred around a weekend party at the home of inventor Andrew Hobbs and his wife Adrian, attended by randy doctor Maxwell Jordan, his nurse Dulcy, renowned philosopher Dr.Leopold Sturgis and his fiancée, this is a light comedy concerning their various emotional, intellectual and sexual entanglements, loosely based on Ingmar Bergman's 'Smiles of a Summer Night' . Rotten Tomatoes: When three turn-of-the-century couples travel to the country for a weekend, they find more than they bargained for as they deal with a torrent of sexual frustrations as a result their various attractions to each other. 18 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 41% (2) Hurricane 120 min PG [Adventure, Drama] [Jan Troell] [12 Apr 1979]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 45%, Rotten Tomatoes: 38%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Jason Robards, Max von Sydow, Mia Farrow, Trevor Howard Writer: James Norman Hall (novel), Charles Nordhoff (novel), Lorenzo Semple Jr. External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA, Netherlands Plot: The desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and an American painter, against the will of her father. Amid this man-made tension comes a hurricane so devastating, the lives of the lovers and the entire island are imperiled. Rotten Tomatoes: Dino De Laurentiis' big-budget remake of the 1937 John Ford film stars Jason Robards as the governor of an island hit by a nightmarish tropical storm. Renamed Forbidden Paradise for TV syndication. 19 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  77% (2) Death on the Nile 140 min PG [Crime, Drama, Mystery] [John Guillermin] [29 Sep 1978]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations. Actors: Bette Davis, Jane Birkin, Lois Chiles, Mia Farrow, Peter Ustinov, Simon MacCorkindale Writer: Anthony Shaffer (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French, Arabic, German Country: UK Plot: Based on the Agatha Christie novel, our favourite Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, is on a cruise up the Nile. He is surrounded by an interesting assortment of characters, including a wealthy heiress and her husband, on their honeymoon. It appears that everyone hates the heiress... Rotten Tomatoes: Peter Ustinov plays the intrepid Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot in this star-studded and stylish screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's classic mystery tale. On a trip down the Nile, a hateful and arrogant heiress is murdered and any one of a boatload of celebrity suspects, all with motive and something to hide, may have committed the deed. Amongst the suspects are Angela Lansbury as a ditzy romance novelist; Bette Davis as a snobbish socialite with Maggie Smith in tow as her embittered friend; Jack Warden as a comic Swiss doctor with a music hall accent; and Jon Finch as a rabid Marxist. Also on hand to help out is David Niven as Poirot's pal, Colonel Race. 20 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 70% (2) A Wedding 125 min PG [Comedy, Drama] [Robert Altman] [22 Nov 1978]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 70%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 4 nominations. Actors: Amy Stryker, Carol Burnett, Desi Arnaz Jr., Mia Farrow, Paul Dooley Writer: John Considine (screenplay), Patricia Resnick (screenplay), Allan F. Nicholls (screenplay), Robert Altman (screenplay), Robert Altman (from a story by), John Considine (from a story by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Italian Country: USA Plot: Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the aging priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma expires in bed just as the reception starts. Could be quite an occasion. Rotten Tomatoes: Robert Altman's over-frenetic satire on American marriage rituals and hypocrisy concerns the upper-crust marriage between Dino Corelli (Desi Arnaz Jr.) and Muffin Brenner (Amy Stryker). As the film begins, a senile bishop forgets the lines to the wedding ceremony and Nettie Sloan (the groom's grandmother) drops dead in an upstairs bedroom. Nettie's death is not disclosed to the two families who converge at the wedding reception. As the two sets of in-laws slam into each other, the bride and groom disappear in the ensuing whirlwind of chaos as both extended families vie for sexual favors and try to keep hidden never-discussed family secrets. Regina Corelli (Nina Van Pallandt) is revealed to be a drug addict, while Luigi, is endeavoring unsuccessfully to keep his Mafia connections under wraps. Meanwhile, the bride's family, although more down to earth, are revealed to be no better. Tulip Brenner (Carol Burnett) begins to flirt with one of the wedding guests, Mackenzie Goddard (Pat McCormick), while Snooks Brenner (Paul Dooley) acts like a lout and drinks heavily. And flying around the edges of the action like Tinkerbell is Buffy Brenner, the Brenners' youngest daughter, who is pregnant by the groom. As other characters bang into each other -- sexual degenerates, hard-nosed radicals, raw-boned emotional wrecks -- the wedding reception heads for its inevitable nuclear explosion. 21 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  37% (1) Avalanche 91 min PG [Action, Drama] [Corey Allen] [29 Sep 1978]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 37%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Jeanette Nolan, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster, Rock Hudson Writer: Corey Allen, Frances Doel (story), Gavin Lambert External Links: External Links: Wikipedia IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival. 22 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 49% (3) The Great Gatsby 144 min PG [Drama, Romance] [Jack Clayton] [29 Mar 1974]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 41%, Metacritic: 43%, External Reviews Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations. Actors: Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Mia Farrow, Robert Redford Writer: F. Scott Fitzgerald (novel), Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy. Rotten Tomatoes: In this version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's elegiac novel, Robert Redford stars as self-made millionaire Jake Gatsby, who uses his fortune to buy his way into Long Island society. Most of all, Gatsby wants to win back the love of socialite Daisy Buchanan. The attempt is ultimately doomed to failure. 23 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  61% (2) See No Evil 89 min GP [Mystery, Thriller] [Richard Fleischer] [02 Sep 1971]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 56%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Diane Grayson, Dorothy Alison, Mia Farrow, Robin Bailey Writer: Brian Clemens External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: UK Plot: Sarah is a blind girl who has returned to her home, a country manor in which all of the occupants are dead. She unknowingly sleeps overnight, among a houseful of corpses, arising the next morning to quietly creep out of bed, in order not to awaken the other members of the household. Rotten Tomatoes: This riff on Wait Until Dark is a mixed bag but still manages to offer a few surprises. Brian Clemens' script starts off with a clever premise and offers some solid moments of suspense. Unfortunately, See No Evil begins to drift in its final third, when it introduces one too many plot complications to keep the identity of the killer a mystery. As a result, it loses track of its heroine (the viewer will lose track of how many scenes Mia Farrow spends stumbling around and shouting for help during the latter part of the film). That said, Farrow makes a likeable heroine and is surrounded by a professional cast turning in solid performances. Better yet, director Richard Fleischer gets plenty of opportunities to show off his directorial skills during the many setpieces and he's definitely up to the task: the scenes where Farrow faces off with the killer in her deserted house are staged effectively and make great use of sound as a tool for suspense. Ultimately, See No Evil is second-tier thriller material but it is made with enough skill to make a decent time-killer for anyone in the mood for a few thrills. 24 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 55% (2) John and Mary 92 min R [Drama, Romance] [Peter Yates] [14 Dec 1969]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 44%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 2 nominations. Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Mia Farrow, Michael Tolan, Sunny Griffin Writer: John Mortimer (screenplay), Mervyn Jones (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: It's the morning after John and Mary's first sexual encounter with each other, which took place in his New York City loft apartment. They had only met for the first time the previous evening at a crowded trendy pick-up bar. They are both uncomfortable with the situation but don't want to show that discomfort to the other. They both realize that they don't know anything substantial about the other - including not even knowing each other's name - as each tries through whatever secret means to find out with who he/she just slept. As they slowly find out more about the other, they inject their own perception into the information, which is sometimes not quite reality. Over the next few hours, they, together and individually, will try to determine if there is any potential future for them, which includes their thoughts about the current most significant other in their respective lives, one who is more significant than the other, and their feelings about what they think the other person is thinking about their future. Rotten Tomatoes: John and Mary attracted a great deal of press coverage in 1969 for being the one of the first American films in which the male and female leads (Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow) start out the film by spending the night together, rather than holding off until the end. The morning after, the boy and girl wander about New York, wondering if they'll truly commit themselves to one another. Both characters are haunted by unsuccessful earlier affairs, and both have enough hang-ups to fill volumes of psychological textbooks. Come nightfall, John and Mary end up back in bed...and learn each other's names for the first time. John and Mary was considered 'beautiful,' 'progressive' and 'significant' in the permissive 1960s; nowadays it's about as controversial as The CBS Morning News. 25 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  91% (3) Rosemary's Baby 137 min R [Drama, Horror] [Roman Polanski] [17 Oct 1968]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 99%, Metacritic: 96%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 12 nominations. Actors: John Cassavetes, Mia Farrow, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer Writer: Ira Levin (novel), Roman Polanski (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse move into an apartment in an opulent but gothic building in Manhattan. Their landlord Edward 'Hutch' Hutchins attempts to dissuade them from doing so: the building has an unsavory history. They discover that their neighbors are a very friendly elderly couple named Roman and Minnie Castevet, and Guy begins to spend a great deal of time with them. Strange things begin to happen: a young woman Rosemary meets in the laundry commits suicide, Rosemary has strange dreams and hears strange noises and Guy becomes remote and distant. Then Rosemary falls pregnant and begins to suspect that her neighbors have special plans for her child. Rotten Tomatoes: In Roman Polanski's first American film, adapted from Ira Levin's horror bestseller, a young wife comes to believe that her offspring is not of this world. Waifish Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) and her struggling actor husband, Guy (John Cassavetes), move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and only elderly residents. Neighbors Roman and Minnie Castevet (Sidney Blackmer and Ruth Gordon) soon come nosing around to welcome the Woodhouses to the building; despite Rosemary's reservations about their eccentricity and the weird noises that she keeps hearing, Guy starts spending time with the Castevets. Shortly after Guy lands a plum Broadway role, Minnie starts showing up with homemade chocolate mousse for Rosemary. When Rosemary becomes pregnant after a mousse-provoked nightmare of being raped by a beast, the Castevets take a special interest in her welfare. As the sickened Rosemary becomes increasingly isolated, she begins to suspect that the Castevets' circle is not what it seems. The diabolical truth is revealed only after Rosemary gives birth, and the baby is taken away from her. Polanski's camerawork and Richard Sylbert's production design transform the realistic setting (shot on-location in Manhattan's Dakota apartment building) into a sinister projection of Rosemary's fears, chillingly locating supernatural horror in the familiar by leaving the most grotesque frights to the viewer's imagination. This apocalyptic yet darkly comic paranoia about the hallowed institution of childbirth touched a nerve with late-'60s audiences feeling uneasy about traditional norms. Produced by B-horror maestro William Castle, Rosemary's Baby became a critically praised hit, winning Gordon an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Inspiring a wave of satanic horror from The Exorcist (1973) to The Omen (1976), Rosemary's Baby helped usher in the genre's modern era by combining a supernatural story with Alfred Hitchcock's propensity for finding normality horrific. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi 26 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 57% (2) Secret Ceremony 109 min R [Drama, Thriller] [Joseph Losey] [23 Oct 1968]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 50%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination. Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow, Peggy Ashcroft, Robert Mitchum Writer: Marco Denevi (short story 'Ceremonia secreta'), George Tabori (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: UK Plot: Leonora, a prostitute, mourns the death by drowning years earlier of her daughter. She encounters a strange waif-like girl, Cenci, who bears a strong resemblance to her lost child. Cenci is herself struck by the great resemblance of Leonora to her own mother, whose death the mentally unstable Cenci has been unable to accept or even acknowledge. The two women quickly develop a symbiotic relationship, moving in and out of the illusion that each is the lost loved one of the other. The complicating factor is the arrival of Albert, Cenci's stepfather, whose incestuous attachment to her may well be the cause of her mind's unbalance. With Albert's arrival, no one in the strange trio is safe. Rotten Tomatoes: This film was based on a prize-winning short story by Argentine civil servant Marco Denevi. Leonora is an aging prostitute who becomes convinced that Cenci is her daughter -- who supposedly died in infancy. Cenci knows that she is in fact Leonora's niece, but Leonora will not be dissuaded. 27 / 27 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |