Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

October 29, 1947 · 78 years old

Richard Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an American actor. He has starred in film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s, including the films American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goodbye Girl, Stakeout, Always, What About Bob? and Mr. Holland's Opus. He…

Known For

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Jaws

Jaws

1975 · 2h 4m · Movie

When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to the local police chief, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.

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Stand by Me

Stand by Me

1986 · 1h 29m · Movie

A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.

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RED

RED

2010 · 1h 51m · Movie

When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last-ditch effort to survive and uncover the assailants.

7.0
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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.

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Polar

Polar

2019 · 1h 58m · Movie

A retiring assassin suddenly finds himself on the receiving end of a hit, contracted by none other than his own employer seeking to cash in on the pensions of aging employees.

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Poseidon

Poseidon

2006 · 1h 38m · Movie

On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for their lives as they attempt to escape the sinking ship.

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American Graffiti

American Graffiti

1973 · 1h 50m · Movie

A group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals.

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Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D

2010 · 1h 28m · Movie

After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents.

5.5
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James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

1996 · 1h 19m · Movie

An orphan who lives with his two cruel aunts befriends anthropomorphic bugs who live inside a giant peach, and they embark on a journey to New York City.

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What About Bob?

What About Bob?

1991 · 1h 39m · Movie

A successful psychotherapist loses his mind after one of his most dependent patients, an obsessive-compulsive neurotic, tracks him down during his family vacation.

7.0
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Quiz Show

Quiz Show

1994 · 2h 13m · Movie

A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.

7.5
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Book Club

Book Club

2018 · 1h 44m · Movie

Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.

5.9
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The American President

The American President

1995 · 1h 54m · Movie

A widowered U.S. President running for reelection and an environmental lobbyist fall in love. It's all above-board, but "politics is perception," and sparks fly anyway.

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W.

W.

2008 · 2h 9m · Movie

A chronicle of the life and Presidency of George W. Bush.

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Mr. Holland's Opus

Mr. Holland's Opus

1995 · 2h 24m · Movie

A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher.

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Paranoia

Paranoia

2013 · 1h 46m · Movie

An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price: he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.

5.6
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Spielberg

Spielberg

2017 · 2h 27m · Movie

A documentary on Steven Spielberg, filmmaker. Includes interviews with relatives, film critics, peers and people who have worked with him.

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Always

Always

1989 · 2h 2m · Movie

The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.

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Stakeout

Stakeout

1987 · 1h 57m · Movie

Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.

6.7
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Leaves of Grass

Leaves of Grass

2009 · 1h 45m · Movie

An Ivy League professor is lured back to his Oklahoma hometown, where his twin brother, a small-time pot grower, has concocted a scheme to take down a local drug lord.

6.4
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

1991 · 1h 57m · Movie

Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

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Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

1990 · 1h 41m · Movie

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.

6.7
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The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

1977 · 1h 51m · Movie

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, unemployed dancer Paula McFadden and her ten-year-old daughter Lucy are forced to live with struggling off-Broadway actor Elliot Garfield, who is subletting their apartment.

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Very Good Girls

Very Good Girls

2013 · 1h 31m · Movie

Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.

5.9
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Another Stakeout

Another Stakeout

1993 · 1h 48m · Movie

Immature detectives Chris Lecce and Bill Reimers are joined by pesky assistant district attorney Gina Garrett in staking out a lakeside home where Mafia trial witness Luella Delano is believed to be heading.

5.6
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Tin Man

Tin Man

2007 · 2m · TV Show

A re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's classic "The Wizard of Oz."

7.0
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The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

2019 · 1h 38m · Movie

When retired talent manager Al Hart is reunited with his first client, Buddy Green, a comic who quit show business 50 years ago, he convinces Buddy to escape their retirement community and hit the road for a cross-country comedy t...

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Daughter of the Wolf

Daughter of the Wolf

2019 · 1h 28m · Movie

A military veteran hunts the men who kidnapped her son.

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Zipper

Zipper

2015 · 1h 52m · Movie

A successful family man with a blossoming political career loses all sense of morality when he becomes addicted to using an escort agency.

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Tin Men

Tin Men

1987 · 1h 52m · Movie

A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.

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Night Falls on Manhattan

Night Falls on Manhattan

1997 · 1h 53m · Movie

A newly elected District Attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

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Nuts

Nuts

1987 · 1h 56m · Movie

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

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Let It Ride

Let It Ride

1989 · 1h 30m · Movie

A nosy cab driver gets a hot tip on a race horse and wins big, but he can't seem to stop gambling. Will he go broke or walk home with a pretty penny?

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Moon Over Parador

Moon Over Parador

1988 · 1h 43m · Movie

A U.S. actor gets a gig in South American Parador. When the dictator dies, he's forced to play him for real and gets his mistress. Can they change Parador?

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The Crew

The Crew

2000 · 1h 28m · Movie

Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.

5.6
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Krippendorf's Tribe

Krippendorf's Tribe

1998 · 1h 34m · Movie

An anthropologist creates a fictitious lost New Guinea tribe using his family members to cover up his misuse of grant monies.

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