Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

August 16, 1945 · 81 years old

Robert Elmer Balaban, Born: August 16, 1945, Chicago, Illinois, U.S (Height: 5' 5" [1.65 m]). is an American actor, author, comedian, director, and producer. He is best known for his appearances in the Christopher Guest mockumentary comedies Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty…

Known For

53 titles
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Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

2018 · 1h 41m · Movie

Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.

8.1
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Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom

2012 · 1h 34m · Movie

Two 12-year-olds, who live on an island, fall in love with each other and elope into the wilderness. While people set out on a search mission, a violent storm approaching them catches their attention.

7.7
3
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977 · 2h 18m · Movie

An Indiana electric lineman finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

7.6
4
The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch

2021 · 1h 47m · Movie

A collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine" comes to life in a fictional twentieth century French city.

7.3
5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

2018 · 1h 46m · Movie

When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

7.2
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Capote

Capote

2005 · 1h 54m · Movie

In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on ...

7.3
7
The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men

2014 · 1h 58m · Movie

An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.

6.1
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Ghost World

Ghost World

2001 · 1h 51m · Movie

Two eccentric best friends graduate high school and respond to a man's romance-seeking newspaper ad as a gag, only to find their lives becoming increasingly complicated.

7.3
9
The Mexican

The Mexican

2001 · 2h 3m · Movie

A man tries to transport an ancient gun called The Mexican, believed to carry a curse, back across the border, while his girlfriend pressures him to give up his criminal ways.

6.1
10
Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water

2006 · 1h 50m · Movie

Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to...

5.5
11
Gosford Park

Gosford Park

2001 · 2h 17m · Movie

Set in the 1930s, a group of pretentious rich and famous get together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.

7.2
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No Reservations

No Reservations

2007 · 1h 44m · Movie

The life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece.

6.3
13
Best in Show

Best in Show

2000 · 1h 30m · Movie

A behind-the-scenes look into the highly competitive and cut-throat world of dog shows through the eyes of a group of ruthless dog owners.

7.5
14
2010: The Year We Make Contact

2010: The Year We Make Contact

1984 · 1h 56m · Movie

A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer.

6.7
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The Majestic

The Majestic

2001 · 2h 32m · Movie

In 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

6.9
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I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

2016 · 1h 29m · Movie

A nervous nurse who scares easily finds herself caring for an ailing horror novelist while living in a house with hidden secrets.

4.8
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Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry

1997 · 1h 36m · Movie

Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.

7.3
18
Altered States

Altered States

1980 · 1h 42m · Movie

A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.

6.9
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Waiting for Guffman

Waiting for Guffman

1997 · 1h 24m · Movie

An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.

7.4
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A Mighty Wind

A Mighty Wind

2003 · 1h 31m · Movie

Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.

7.2
21
Catch-22

Catch-22

1970 · 2h 2m · Movie

A military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane during World War II so that he can be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.

7.1
22
Fading Gigolo

Fading Gigolo

2013 · 1h 30m · Movie

Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love a...

6.2
23
Mascots

Mascots

2016 · 1h 29m · Movie

A look into the world of competitive mascots.

5.8
24
Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut

2015 · 1h 19m · Movie

Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut's 1966 book "Cinema According to Hitchcock" influenced their work.

7.3
25
Condor

Condor

2018 · 1h 0m · TV Show

A brilliant, young, idealistic CIA analyst finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy that kills everyone else at his office. Can he, with no field experience, stay alive long enough to get to the bottom of it?

7.7
26
The Chair

The Chair

2021 · 30m · TV Show

At a major university, the first woman of color to become chair tries to meet the dizzying demands and high expectations of a failing English department.

7.2
27
Jakob the Liar

Jakob the Liar

1999 · 2h 0m · Movie

During World War II, an ordinary inhabitant of a ghetto fakes news about Allied offensives to inspire hope for other victims of the Nazi regime.

6.5
28
Little Man Tate

Little Man Tate

1991 · 1h 39m · Movie

A single mother raises a child prodigy on her own, struggling to give him every opportunity he needs to express his gift.

6.6
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For Your Consideration

For Your Consideration

2006 · 1h 26m · Movie

Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.

6.3
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For Love or Money

For Love or Money

1993 · 1h 36m · Movie

Doug, a concierge at a luxury Manhattan hotel, saves all his tips toward his plan for a hotel. A potential investor seduces the girl Doug loves with false promises of leaving his wife. Doug's dilemma: hotel project or girl?

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Greedy

Greedy

1994 · 1h 53m · Movie

Rich old Uncle Joe is surrounded by relatives waiting/hoping for him to die while trying to look good and backstabbing the competition. What should he do?

6.3
32
Girl Most Likely

Girl Most Likely

2012 · 1h 43m · Movie

A failed New York playwright awkwardly navigates the transition from Next Big Thing to Last Year's News.

5.7
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Recount

Recount

2008 · 1h 56m · Movie

A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. Presidential election, and the subsequent recounts in Florida.

7.3
34
80 for Brady

80 for Brady

2023 · 1h 38m · Movie

A group of friends made it their life-long mission to go to the Super Bowl and meet NFL superstar Tom Brady.

5.8
35
Howl

Howl

2010 · 1h 24m · Movie

As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.

6.6
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Show Me a Hero

Show Me a Hero

2015 · 1h 0m · TV Show

Nick Wasicsko takes office as mayor of Yonkers in 1987 and has to face the issue of building public housing in the white, middle-class side of town.

7.9