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Neil Simon
Writer 1927 - 2018

Neil Simon

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He has received three Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

25 titles
The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

Richard Benjamin 2004 1h 43m

The Goodbye Girl is a contemporary turn on Neil Simon's Academy Award-nominated classic film about a dumped-on divorcee and an aspiring actor who become unwilling roommates.

The Odd Couple II

The Odd Couple II

Howard Deutch 1998 1h 37m 5.7

It has been seventeen years now since Oscar and Felix saw each other for the last time. Oscar is living in Florida, Felix in New York. One day, Oscar is called by his son Brucey who invites him to his wedding to Felix' daughter Hannah next Sunday in California.

The Sunshine Boys

The Sunshine Boys

John Erman 1996 1h 30m 6.0

Two aging comedians who acrimoniously dissolved their act eight years earlier must overcome their differences when they have the chance for a lucrative movie comeback.

Lost in Yonkers

Lost in Yonkers

Martha Coolidge 1993 1h 54m 6.5

In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.

Broadway Bound

Broadway Bound

Paul Bogart 1992 1h 30m

Eugene and Stanley Jerome try to break into show biz as comedy writers while their parents' marriage ends.

The Marrying Man

The Marrying Man

Jerry Rees 1991 1h 56m 5.0

Charley Pearl, wealthy heir and gadabout, is slated to marry Adele, the daughter of a Hollywood tycoon. But, during a wild bachelor party in Las Vegas, Charley strikes up a flirtation with nightclub crooner Vicki Anderson that soon leads to her bedroom.

Biloxi Blues

Biloxi Blues

Mike Nichols 1988 1h 46m 6.8

During the Second World War, Eugene enlists in the US Army during the last year of the War and is sent to basic training in Biloxi Mississippi. There he must live with a variety of fellow soldiers while enduring the whims of a mentally unstable drill sergeant.

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Gene Saks 1986 1h 48m

Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his brother, Stanley, whom he looks up to and admires. He goes through the hardships of puberty, sexual fantasy, and living the life of a poor boy in a crowded house.

I Ought to Be in Pictures

I Ought to Be in Pictures

Herbert Ross 1982 1h 48m

Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years.

Only When I Laugh

Only When I Laugh

Glenn Jordan 1981 2h

A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance the terrors of returning to work with the demands of all around her with humor and insight, while staying off the booze.

Seems Like Old Times

Seems Like Old Times

Jay Sandrich 1980 1h 42m 7.0

After being falsely accused of robbing a bank, a writer seeks the help of his lawyer ex-wife to clear his name. However, hilarity ensues when he must hide from her husband, who’s throwing a party for law enforcement officials.

Chapter Two

Chapter Two

Robert Moore 1979 2h 7m

George Schneider is an author whose wife had just died. His brother Leo gives him the number of Jennie Malone, and somehow they hit it off. And just when things are moving along, the memory of his first wife comes between them.

The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

Robert Moore 1978 1h 32m 8.0

Spoofing the entire 1940s detective genre, and his own performances as a bumbling private detective, Peter Falk plays Lou Pekinpaugh, a San Francisco private detective accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress, the partner's wife, Georgia Merkle.

California Suite

California Suite

Herbert Ross 1978 1h 43m 8.0

Misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

Herbert Ross 1977 1h 51m 7.5

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.

Murder by Death

Murder by Death

Robert Moore 1976 1h 34m 7.7

Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.

The Sunshine Boys

The Sunshine Boys

Herbert Ross 1975 1h 51m 6.0

Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo.

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Melvin Frank 1975 1h 38m 6.5

Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.

The Heartbreak Kid

The Heartbreak Kid

Elaine May 1972 1h 45m

Three days into his Miami honeymoon, New York Jewish Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms him in his opinion that he has made a serious mistake and he decides he wants Kelly instead. Her rich father is less than keen and lets everyone - including Lenny - know that he hates everything about him and the way he is going on.

Last of the Red Hot Lovers

Last of the Red Hot Lovers

Gene Saks 1972 1h 38m 5.0

A middle aged restaurateur begins to feel the desire to roam and realizes that one day each week, his mother's apartment will be empty all afternoon. He makes several attempts at seduction, only to learn that it is much more complicated and difficult than he could have imagined.

Plaza Suite

Plaza Suite

Arthur Hiller 1971 1h 54m 6.5

Three vignettes, each set in room 719 of New York's Plaza Hotel, make up this comedy.

The Out of Towners

The Out of Towners

Arthur Hiller 1970 1h 38m 6.5

George & Gwen Kellerman make a trip to New York, where George is going to start a new job, it turns out to be a trip to hell.

The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple

Gene Saks 1968 1h 46m 6.9

Felix Ungar has just broken up with his wife. Despondent, he goes to kill himself but is saved by his friend Oscar Madison. With nowhere else to go, Felix is urged by Oscar to move in with him, at least for a while. The only problem is that Felix is neat, tidy, and neurotic, whereas Oscar is slovenly and casual.

Barefoot in the Park

Barefoot in the Park

Gene Saks 1967 1h 46m 6.8

Corie (Jane Fonda) is the young housewife trying to keep life exciting while making a home for her and her husband, Paul (Robert Redford), on the fifth floor of a Greenwich Village walkup apartment. He's working hard at starting his career as lawyer; she's eager to be romantic and spontaneous; and the two have plenty to squabble about.

Caccia alla volpe

Caccia alla volpe

Vittorio De Sica 1966 1h 48m 4.0

The Fox (Peter Sellers) a criminal mastermind pretends to be a director making a film in order to smuggle in to Italy a stolen gold shipment.

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