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Dan Hedaya
Actor 86 years old

Dan Hedaya

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Dan Hedaya (born July 24, 1940) is an American actor. While a student at Tufts University, he began performing at the campus theater. He often plays sleazy villains or uptight, wisecracking individuals; two of his best-known roles are as a cuckolded husband in the Coen... Read full bio →

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

David Yates 2016 2h 13m 6.6

In 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York during his worldwide tour to research and rescue magical creatures as something mysterious leaves trails of destruction in the city, threatening to expose the wizarding world.

Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail

Curtis Hanson 2011 1h 37m 5.5

Based on the bestselling book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, 'Too Big to Fail' offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.

The Extra Man

The Extra Man

Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman 2010 1h 48m 1.0

A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.

Strangers with Candy

Strangers with Candy

Paul Dinello 2005 1h 26m 7.0

A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.

Robots

Robots

Chris Wedge 2005 1h 30m 6.6

Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place … until the evil Ratchet takes over Big Weld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams -- like those of his friends, including motor-mouthed Fender -- are in danger of becoming obsolete.

American Cousins

American Cousins

Don Coutts 2003 1h 55m

Two American mafiosi, Gino and Settimo, take refuge in the Glasgow cafe owned by their Scottish/Italian cousin, but he isn't the tough guy they'd expected.

Swimfan

Swimfan

John Polson 2002 1h 24m 4.0

Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison Bell. Madison, the new girl in town, quickly sets her sights on the impressionable Ben.

Mulholland Dr.

Mulholland Dr.

David Lynch 2001 2h 27m 8.8

After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.

Down

Down

Dick Maas 2001 1h 51m 4.5

There is a dangerous secret presence occurring in a mysterious elevator in New York City's Millennium building, and the death toll is rising. When a mechanic and a reporter (Naomi Watts) go to investigate, they find a vicious enemy and a previously unknown secret that puts them in great peril.

The Crew

The Crew

Michael Dinner 2000 1h 28m 5.5

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

Shaft

Shaft

John Singleton 2000 1h 39m 5.9

A remake of the 1971 Blaxploitation classic. Samuel L. Jackson played in Richard Roundtree’s roll as John Shaft – the dark-skinned super-cop Afro-American hero who only follows his own rules.

The Hurricane

The Hurricane

Norman Jewison 1999 2h 26m 7.1

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Dick

Dick

Andrew Fleming 1999 1h 34m 6.0

Comedy about two high school girls who wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate scandal.

A Night at the Roxbury

A Night at the Roxbury

John Fortenberry 1998 1h 22m 7.3

Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they're routinely unsuccessful until a chance run-in with Richard Grieco gets them inside the swank Roxbury club.

A Civil Action

A Civil Action

Steven Zaillian 1998 1h 55m 6.2

Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to "get rid of" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and his clients' goals, in order to continue the case against all odds.

The Second Civil War

The Second Civil War

Joe Dante 1997 1h 37m 8.0

When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho defies the president and closes the state's border.

In & Out

In & Out

Frank Oz 1997 1h 30m 6.9

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

Alien: Resurrection

Alien: Resurrection

Jean-Pierre Jeunet 1997 1h 49m 7.0

200 years after her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful human/Alien hybrid clone who must continue her war against the Aliens.

A Life Less Ordinary

A Life Less Ordinary

Danny Boyle 1997 1h 43m 6.9

Ewan McGregor stars as a cleaning man in L.A. who takes his boss's daughter hostage after being fired and replaced by a robot. Two "angels" who are in charge of human relationships on earth, offer some unsolicited help to bring this unlikely couple together.

The First Wives Club

The First Wives Club

Hugh Wilson 1996 1h 42m 6.2

Three friends get dumped by their husbands. All husbands leave their wive for a younger woman. The friends swere to take revenge and form the first wives club.

Ransom

Ransom

Ron Howard 1996 2h 1m 6.3

When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.

Marvin's Room

Marvin's Room

Jerry Zaks 1996 1h 38m 6.1
Freeway

Freeway

Matthew Bright 1996 1h 44m 7.1

A twisted take on 'Little Red Riding Hood' with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker in an attempt to get to her grandmother's house - while also being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer/pedophile.

Daylight

Daylight

Rob Cohen 1996 1h 55m 6.0

A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril.

To Die For

To Die For

Gus Van Sant 1995 1h 46m 8.1

Susan wants to work in television and will therefore do anything it takes, even if it means killing her husband. A very dark comedy from independent director Gus Van Sant with a brilliant Nichole Kidman in the leading role.

The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

Bryan Singer 1995 1h 46m 8.6

A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career crooks in a seemingly random police lineup.

Nixon

Nixon

Oliver Stone 1995 3h 12m 6.3

An all-star cast powers this epic look at American President Richard M. Nixon, a man carrying both the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands within. From his victorious presidential election to the shocking Watergate scandal that would seal his doom.

Fair Game

Fair Game

Andrew Sipes 1995 1h 31m 4.7

Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her.

Clueless

Clueless

Amy Heckerling 1995 1h 37m 6.7

Cher, a high school student in Beverly Hills, must survive the ups and downs of adolescent life. Her external demeanor at first seems superficial, but rather it hides her wit, charm, and intelligence which help her to deal with relationships, friends, family, school, and the all-important teenage social life.

Midnight Runaround

Midnight Runaround

Frank De Palma 1994 1h 29m

Bounty hunter Jack Walsh heads for a small rural community in Oklahoma to bring back a young bail jumper, only to discover that the entire town has united to defend the young man.

Midnight Run for Your Life

Midnight Run for Your Life

Daniel Sackheim 1994 1h 30m

When an accused murderer flees to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, bounty hunter Jack Walsh is hired to bring her back, unaware that the police, a hitman and a dangerous drug lord are hot on his trail.

Maverick

Maverick

Richard Donner 1994 2h 7m 6.2

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.

Another Midnight Run

Another Midnight Run

James Frawley 1994 1h 32m

Jack Walsh tries to track down two of the top con-artists around. But they know every trick in the book and Jack has trouble bringing them back to LA and getting a $45,000 pay day reward.

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Steven Zaillian 1993 1h 50m 7.5

A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Rookie of the Year

Rookie of the Year

Daniel Stern 1993 1h 43m 5.0

When an accident miraculously gives a boy an incredibly powerful pitching arm, he becomes a major league pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.

Mr. Wonderful

Mr. Wonderful

Anthony Minghella 1993 1h 38m 4.0

Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfill a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends.

For Love or Money

For Love or Money

Barry Sonnenfeld 1993 1h 34m 4.3

In this sparkling romantic comedy, a hotel concierge (Fox) falls for the mistress of a shady investor and must choose between his lifelong dream and the love of his life.

Boiling Point

Boiling Point

James B. Harris 1993 1h 32m 6.0

A pair of sociopath killers take on the police and the mob in order to make one last big score.

Benny & Joon

Benny & Joon

Jeremiah S. Chechik 1993 1h 38m 8.1

A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

Basic Values: Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's

Basic Values: Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's

David Jablin 1993 1h

Newswoman Fay Sommerfield takes a morally outraged look at excessive violence, bad language and sacrilege that pass for entertainment in the early 90s. She illustrates this with clips from (fake) current hit films and music videos.

The Addams Family

The Addams Family

Barry Sonnenfeld 1991 1h 40m 7.3

When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.

Tune in Tomorrow...

Tune in Tomorrow...

Jon Amiel 1990 1h 47m 6.0

Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt Julia, not related by blood, returns home after many years away and Martin falls for her.

Pacific Heights

Pacific Heights

John Schlesinger 1990 1h 42m 6.7

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

Joe Versus the Volcano

Joe Versus the Volcano

John Patrick Shanley 1990 1h 42m 5.0

Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his female co-workder out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.

Wise Guys

Wise Guys

Brian De Palma 1986 1h 32m 4.3

Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.

Running Scared

Running Scared

Peter Hyams 1986 1h 47m 6.0

Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal star in the motion picture that asks the question, How come the bad guys always drive the good cars? The answer has them Running Scared in this lightning-paced comic thriller.

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

Henry Winkler 1986 1h 34m

A country/western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman--and a witch.

Commando

Commando

Mark L. Lester 1985 1h 30m 6.8

John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army.

Tightrope

Tightrope

Richard Tuggle 1984 1h 55m 6.7

Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

W.D. Richter 1984 1h 43m 6.3

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.

Blood Simple.

Blood Simple.

Joel Coen 1984 1h 37m 8.0

A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. But, when blood is involved, nothing is simple.

The Hunger

The Hunger

Tony Scott 1983 1h 37m 6.9

Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.

Endangered Species

Endangered Species

Alan Rudolph 1982 1h 37m

A retired New York cop on vacation in America's West is drawn into a sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.

True Confessions

True Confessions

Ulu Grosbard 1981 1h 48m 6.5

A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute

Night of the Juggler

Night of the Juggler

Robert Butler 1980 1h 41m 7.0

A tough, New York City ex-cop relentlessly searches for his kidnapped teenage daughter whom is held by a twisted psycho after mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Jerry Schatzberg 1979 1h 48m 6.0

Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on.

The Passover Plot

The Passover Plot

Michael Campus 1976 1h 48m

Yeshua of Nazareth carefully plans his own crucifixion — and subsequent resurrection — to strengthen his political position against the Roman occupation of Palestine.

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