Cast: James Karen

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring James Karen. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Opening Night

1977 · Movie · 143 min. · United States

Direction John Cassavetes

Cast Gena Rowlands · Ben Gazzara · John Cassavetes · Joan Blondell

Plot A young woman gets killed in an accident trying to meet her favorite actress Myrtle Gordon after a play. Then Myrtle Gordon felt responsible for the killing leading her down...

Max

7.7

3K votes

7.7

3K votes

The Pursuit of Happyness

2006 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Gabriele Muccino

Cast Will Smith · Thandie Newton · Jaden Smith · Dan Castellaneta

Plot Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a family man struggling to make ends meet. Despite his valiant attempts to help keep the family afloat, the mother (Thandie Newton) of his five-year-old...

7.5

81K votes

7.5

81K votes

Film (S)

1965 · Movie · 22 min. · United States

Direction Alan Schneider

Cast Buster Keaton · Nell Harrison · James Karen · Susan Reed

Plot A twenty-minute, almost totally silent film (no dialogue or music, one 'shhh!') in which Buster Keaton attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye. But, as the film is based...

7.1

638 votes

7.1

638 votes

Frances

1982 · Movie · 134 min. · United States

Direction Graeme Clifford

Cast Jessica Lange · Sam Shepard · Kim Stanley · Bart Burns

Plot This is the true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood, and her later downfall and ill health which were the result of blacklisting. An inspirational account...

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

The Great Buster

2018 · Documentary · 102 min. · United States

Direction Peter Bogdanovich

Cast Buster Keaton · Mel Brooks · Dick Cavett · James Curtis

Plot "The Great Buster" celebrates the life and career of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and influential filmmakers, Buster Keaton. Stunning restorations of archival works bring Keaton’s magic to life on...

6.9

453 votes

6.9

453 votes

Universal Horror (TV)

1998 · Documentary · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Kevin Brownlow

Cast Christopher Adamson · Ray Bradbury · Nina Foch · James Karen

Plot A documentary examining the early days of horror films, particularly those crafted at Universal Studios during the 1930s.

6.8

121 votes

6.8

121 votes

Poltergeist

1982 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Tobe Hooper

Cast Heather O'Rourke · JoBeth Williams · Craig T. Nelson · Beatrice Straight

Plot Realtor Steve Freeling and his family have moved into a new house on the Cuesta Verde development estate. But there they find that their new house is haunted. This proves...

6.8

31K votes

6.8

31K votes

Capricorn One

1978 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Peter Hyams

Cast Elliott Gould · James Brolin · Brenda Vaccaro · Sam Waterston

Plot The government fakes a Mars landing then sets out to kill the astronauts involved.

6.4

3K votes

6.4

3K votes

The Larry Sanders Show (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Larry Sanders · Dennis Klein · Todd Holland · Ken Kwapis

Cast Garry Shandling · Jeffrey Tambor · Rip Torn · Wallace Langham

Plot The Larry Sanders Show is a satirical television sitcom that originally aired from August 1992 to May 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the United States. It starred...

Max

6.4

85 votes

6.4

85 votes

The Return of the Living Dead

1985 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Dan O'Bannon

Cast Clu Gulager · James Karen · Don Calfa · Thom Mathews

Plot Morgue attendant Frank tells Freddy, the new guy on the job, that the story of ‘Night of the Living Dead’ was a fictionalization of events that actually happened and shows...

6.2

4K votes

6.2

4K votes

Any Given Sunday

1999 · Movie · 162 min. · United States

Direction Oliver Stone

Cast Al Pacino · Cameron Diaz · Dennis Quaid · James Woods

Plot "Any Given Sunday" is a behind the scenes look at the life and death struggles of modern day gladiators and those who lead them.

6.2

18K votes

6.2

18K votes

Ned and Stacey (TV Series)

1995 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Michael J. Weithorn · Rob Schiller · Rick Beren · Pamela Fryman

Cast Thomas Haden Church · Debra Messing · Greg Germann · Nadia Dajani

Plot Ned & Stacey is a US television sitcom that aired on the FOX network from 1995 to 1997. It starred Thomas Haden Church and Debra Messing. The major thread of...

5.9

59 votes

5.9

59 votes

Jagged Edge

1985 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Richard Marquand

Cast Glenn Close · Jeff Bridges · Peter Coyote · Robert Loggia

Plot After a wealthy socialite is found brutally murdered, her manipulative husband becomes the prime suspect. An attractive attorney takes his case, and their relationship quickly evolves into what on the...

5.8

2K votes

5.8

2K votes

Sympathy for Delicious

2010 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Mark Ruffalo

Cast Christopher Thornton · Orlando Bloom · Juliette Lewis · Mark Ruffalo

Plot A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.

5.4

149 votes

5.4

149 votes

Up Close & Personal

1996 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Jon Avnet

Cast Michelle Pfeiffer · Robert Redford · Kate Nelligan · Stockard Channing

Plot Aspiring on-air reporter Tally Atwater (Michelle Pfieffer) may be lovely and ambitious, but she lacks talent. That changes, however, after Warren Justice (Robert Redford), a former White House correspondent turned...

5.3

5K votes

5.3

5K votes

Return of the Living Dead II

1988 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Ken Wiederhorn

Cast James Karen · Thom Mathews · Michael Kenworthy · Marsha Dietlien

Plot Two canisters of zombifying gas fall from the back of a military convoy as it passes through a small town and roll down into a drainage culvert near the town’s...

5.2

2K votes

5.2

2K votes

Three's a Crowd (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 24 min. · United States

Direction Dave Powers

Cast John Ritter · Mary Cadorette · Robert Mandan · Alan Campbell

Plot This series continues where Three's Company ended. Jack Tripper met Vicky Bradford and fell in love with her at first sight. In the last episode he proposed marriage but due...

4.9

26 votes

4.9

26 votes

Invaders From Mars

1986 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Tobe Hooper

Cast Hunter Carson · Karen Black · Louise Fletcher · Timothy Bottoms

Plot A small boy witnesses a flying saucer land near his house. The next day, his dad starts acting weird, and has a strange incision in the back of his neck....

4.8

1K votes

4.8

1K votes

Girl

1998 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Jonathan Kahn

Cast Dominique Swain · Sean Patrick Flanery · Summer Phoenix · Tara Reid

Plot Andrea Marr is a bright, straight-A, mature, 18-year-old high school senior on the verge of womanhood who decides to abandon her sheltered, boring lifestyle and her bookish friend Darcy for...

4.7

48 votes

4.7

48 votes

The Willies

1990 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Brian Peck

Cast Sean Astin · Jason Horst · Joshua Miller · James Karen

Plot Two brothers camping with their cousin try to frighten each other by telling stories. There are two main narrations: one involves strange happenings at an elementary school; the other, a...

4.6

87 votes

4.6

87 votes