Cast: Joseph Maher

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


Frankenweenie (S)

1984 · Movie · 26 min. · United States

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Barret Oliver · Shelley Duvall · Daniel Stern · Joseph Maher

Synopsis When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and...

6.7

6K votes

6.7

6K votes

Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series)

1982 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Peter Medak · Gilbert Cates · Graeme Clifford · Robert Iscove

Cast Shelley Duvall · John Achorn · Patrick DeSantis · David McCharen

Synopsis TV Series (1982-1987). 6 seasons. 27 chapters. At a time when most other shows for children were either low-budget productions or product-inspired cartoons that were little more than half-hour commercials, this program set out to produce high-quality classic entertainment that...

6.4

119 votes

6.4

119 votes

Direction Russell Mulcahy

Cast Catherine O'Hara · Peter MacNicol · Joseph Maher · John Kassir

Synopsis An unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer gets stuck in a strange town for moving violations, and soon learns that the punishment for even petty crimes in the town comes with a gruesome result.

5.7

22 votes

5.7

22 votes

Surviving Picasso

1996 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction James Ivory

Cast Anthony Hopkins · Natascha McElhone · Julianne Moore · Joss Ackland

Synopsis In 1943, a young painter, Françoise Gilot (1921- ) meets Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), already the most celebrated artist in the world. For the next ten years, she is his mistress, bears him two children, is his muse, and paints within...

5.5

2K votes

5.5

2K votes

OK Garage

1998 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Brandon Cole

Cast John Turturro · Lili Taylor · Will Patton · Joseph Maher

Synopsis Goofy romance about a young man (John Turturro) who desires a lingering romance, but shies away every time a woman gets close. His best friend (Will Patton) is an eccentic who keeps lizards in his pocket to scare people away....

5.3

76 votes

5.3

76 votes

For Pete's Sake

1974 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Peter Yates

Cast Barbra Streisand · Michael Sarrazin · Estelle Parsons · Molly Picon

Synopsis Henrietta Robins works out of her home and her husband Pete drives a cab to try to support her. When Pete gets a tip from one of his fellow drivers that a deal will be made by the Americans and...

5.3

49 votes

5.3

49 votes

The Local Stigmatic

1990 · Movie · 56 min. · United States

Direction David F. Wheeler

Cast Al Pacino · Paul Guilfoyle · Joseph Maher · Michael Higgins

Synopsis Two symbiotic sociopaths play obscurely deviant mind games with each other while engaging in perversely brutal acts of violence against victims apparently chosen at random.

5.0

52 votes

5.0

52 votes

I.Q.

1994 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Fred Schepisi

Cast Meg Ryan · Tim Robbins · Walter Matthau · Lou Jacobi

Synopsis Edward Walters, an auto mechanic, falls for the intelligent and beautiful Catherine Boyd. It is love at first sight. There is however a problem, she's engaged to jerk James Moreland. Fortunately, Catherine's uncle likes Ed, and with his friends they...

4.8

4K votes

4.8

4K votes

The Evil That Men Do

1984 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction J. Lee Thompson

Cast Charles Bronson · Theresa Saldana · Joseph Maher · José Ferrer

Synopsis Clement Moloch is a doctor but instead of using his skills to heal; he uses them to torture. He works for governments including the U.S. who wants insurgents dealt with. Now several of his victims want him dead and after...

4.8

395 votes

4.8

395 votes

The Shadow

1994 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Russell Mulcahy

Cast Alec Baldwin · Penelope Ann Miller · John Lone · Tim Curry

Synopsis Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The...

4.7

4K votes

4.7

4K votes

Funny Farm

1988 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction George Roy Hill

Cast Chevy Chase · Madolyn Smith Osborne · Kenny O'Morrison · Joseph Maher

Synopsis Andy and Elizabeth are sick of life in the city, and decide to move to the country. Buying a home near a picturesque town, then soon discover (to their horror) that things are done differently in the country. They must...

4.4

312 votes

4.4

312 votes

My Stepmother is an Alien

1988 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Richard Benjamin

Cast Kim Basinger · Dan Aykroyd · Alyson Hannigan · Jon Lovitz

Synopsis My Stepmother is an Alien (1988) follows a brilliant but eccentric scientist, Steven Mills, who accidentally sends a signal into space while experimenting with a particle accelerator. This signal is intercepted by an alien race, who send Celeste, a beautiful...

4.2

11K votes

4.2

11K votes

Second Chance (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction David W. Duclon · Gary Menteer · Jim Drake · Jim Cox

Cast Matthew Perry · Billy Gallo · Randee Heller · Demian Slade

Synopsis TV Series (1987–1988). 21 episodes. Charles Russell dies, but since he is too good for hell and too bad for heaven, he is given the opportunity to go back to 1987 to assist his younger self, Chazz, in making better...

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Under the Rainbow

1981 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Steve Rash

Cast Chevy Chase · Carrie Fisher · Eve Arden · Joseph Maher

Synopsis In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and...

Not rated

Not rated

Anything But Love (TV Series)

1989 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Robert Berlinger · Michael Lessac · David Trainer · James Widdoes

Cast Jamie Lee Curtis · Richard Lewis · Richard Frank · Ann Magnuson

Synopsis TV Serie (1989–1992). 4 seasons. 56 episodes. Marty and Hannah are two co-workers who are attracted to each other, but don't want to spoil their friendship by starting a romantic relationship.

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Not rated

Little Gloria... Happy at Last (TV)

1982 · Movie · 180 min. · United States

Direction Waris Hussein

Cast Angela Lansbury · Christopher Plummer · Maureen Stapleton · Martin Balsam

Synopsis The story deals with Gloria Vanderbilt's difficult coming-of-age when, at eleven, she was a pawn in a custody battle between her sybaritic mother and her aunt.

Not rated

Not rated

Going Ape!

1981 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Jeremy Joe Kronsberg

Cast Tony Danza · Jessica Walter · Stacey Nelkin · Danny DeVito

Synopsis When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangoutangs. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the apes or just one gets sick or dies...

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Not rated

Killer

1994 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Mark Malone

Cast Anthony LaPaglia · Mimi Rogers · Matt Craven · Peter Boyle

Synopsis A professional assassin, having just "cleaned up" a botched "job," is pressured into another new assignment by his boss. He is beginning to find himself off-balanced and self-questioning about his chosen career, when he is thrown into complete turmoil by...

Not rated

Not rated

Bigfoot (TV)

1987 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Danny Huston

Cast James Sloyan · Gracie Harrison · Joseph Maher · Adam Carl

Synopsis A family goes to the mountains for a few days, and there they meet... Bigfoot!

Not rated

Not rated