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...
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...
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