Hal Ashby

Hal Ashby

September 2, 1929 · 97 years old

Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988) was an American film director and editor associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. Before his career as a director, Ashby edited films for Norman Jewison, notably The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), which earned him a…

Known For

10 titles
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Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude

1971 · 1h 31m · Movie

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.

7.8
2
Being There

Being There

1979 · 2h 10m · Movie

After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.

7.9
3
The Last Detail

The Last Detail

1973 · 1h 44m · Movie

Two Navy petty officers are ordered to escort a young enlisted sailor to prison, but decide to treat him to a few entertaining diversions along the way.

7.5
4
The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair

1968 · 1h 42m · Movie

A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with an insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.

6.9
5
Shampoo

Shampoo

1975 · 1h 50m · Movie

On Election Day, 1968, irresponsible hairdresser and ladies' man George Roundy is too busy cutting hair and dealing with his girlfriends and mistress Felicia Karpf, whose husband Lester is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend J...

6.4
6
Coming Home

Coming Home

1978 · 2h 7m · Movie

In 1968 California, a woman whose husband is a Marine officer fighting in Vietnam falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.

7.3
7
8 Million Ways to Die

8 Million Ways to Die

1986 · 1h 55m · Movie

Former police detective Matthew Scudder, still recovering from his alcohol addiction, is seemingly drawn into the Los Angeles criminal underworld after stumbling upon a local drug ring.

5.7
8
Bound for Glory

Bound for Glory

1976 · 2h 27m · Movie

The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.

7.2
9
Lookin' to Get Out

Lookin' to Get Out

1982 · 1h 45m · Movie

Alex has had a good day at the track, a bad night at the poker game and hell have a worse time if the guys he owes catch up with him. So Alex and go-along pal Jerry split for Las Vegas...

5.1
10
Let's Spend the Night Together

Let's Spend the Night Together

1982 · 1h 35m · Movie

The Rolling Stones' shows in Tempe, Arizona and East Rutherford, New Jersey during their 1981 US tour.

6.5