Cast: Albert Brooks
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Albert Brooks. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Taxi Driver
1976 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Martin Scorsese
Cast Robert De Niro · Cybill Shepherd · Jodie Foster · Albert Brooks
Plot For psychotic, pistol-packing Vietnam vet Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), New York City seems like a circle of hell. Driving his cab each night through the bleak Manhattan streets, Bickle...
8.1
117K votes
8.1
117K votes
Saturday Night Live (SNL) (TV Series)
1975 · Series · 90 min. · United States
Direction Lorne Michaels · Dick Ebersol · Dave Wilson · Beth McCarthy-Miller
Cast Kevin Nealon · Horatio Sanz · Will Forte · Phil Hartman
Plot TV Series (1975-Present). "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" A late-night comedy show featuring several short skits, parodies of television commercials, a live guest band, and a pop-cultural guest...
7.6
2K votes
7.6
2K votes
Making 'Taxi Driver'
1999 · Documentary · 71 min. · United States
Direction Laurent Bouzereau
Cast Martin Scorsese · Paul Schrader · Peter Boyle · Robert De Niro
Plot This 70-minute documentary delves into the making of Scorsese's film and highlights the many contributions put forth by Taxi Driver's ensemble of talented actors and artisans.
7.4
1K votes
7.4
1K votes
Drive
2011 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast Ryan Gosling · Carey Mulligan · Albert Brooks · Ron Perlman
Plot A mysterious man who has multiple jobs as a garage mechanic, a Hollywood stuntman and a getaway driver seems to be trying to escape his shady past as he falls...
7.2
82K votes
7.2
82K votes
Modern Romance
1981 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Albert Brooks
Cast Albert Brooks · Kathryn Harrold · Bruno Kirby · James L. Brooks
Plot Robert was madly in love with Mary. Mary was madly in love with him. Under the circumstances they did the only thing they could do... they broke up. If it's...
7.1
113 votes
7.1
113 votes
Weeds (TV Series)
2005 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Jenji Kohan · Craig Zisk · Scott Ellis · Michael Trim
Cast Mary-Louise Parker · Justin Kirk · Hunter Parrish · Alexander Gould
Plot TV Series (2005-2012). 8 Seasons. 102 Episodes. Agrestic, CA. Nancy (Mary-Louise Parker) is a newly widowed suburban mother, who ends up selling marijuana to her neighbors — all to maintain...
7.1
20K votes
7.1
20K votes
Terms of Endearment
1983 · Movie · 130 min. · United States
Direction James L. Brooks
Cast Debra Winger · Shirley MacLaine · Jack Nicholson · Danny DeVito
Plot An account of the complex and difficult relationship between a mother (Shirley MacLaine) and a daughter (Debra Winger) as they face life's challenges over three decades.
6.8
21K votes
6.8
21K votes
A Most Violent Year
2014 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction J.C. Chandor
Cast Oscar Isaac · Jessica Chastain · Albert Brooks · David Oyelowo
Plot Set in 1981, which was statistically New York City's most violent year. Immigrant Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) and his wife Anna (Jessica Chastain) try to expand their business and make...
6.6
12K votes
6.6
12K votes
Real Life
1979 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Albert Brooks
Cast Dick Haymes · Albert Brooks · Matthew Tobin · J.A. Preston
Plot A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family". However,...
6.6
103 votes
6.6
103 votes
Lost in America
1985 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Albert Brooks
Cast Albert Brooks · Julie Hagerty · Sylvia Farrel · Tina Kincaid
Plot A husband and wife in their 30s decide to quit their jobs, live as free spirits and cruise America in a Winnebago.
6.6
219 votes
6.6
219 votes
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
2023 · Documentary · 88 min. · United States
Direction Rob Reiner
Cast Albert Brooks
Plot A documentary about the comedian and filmmaker Albert Brooks which includes interviews from Sharon Stone, Larry David, James L Brooks, Conan O'Brien, Sarah Silverman and Jonah Hill.
6.6
42 votes
6.6
42 votes
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction John Landis · Steven Spielberg · Joe Dante · George Miller
Cast Dan Aykroyd · Albert Brooks · Scatman Crothers · John Lithgow
Plot Four horror/sci-fi segments directed by four famous directors which are their own versions of classic stories from Rod Serling's landmark television series
6.4
6K votes
6.4
6K votes
Broadcast News
1987 · Movie · 131 min. · United States
Direction James L. Brooks
Cast William Hurt · Holly Hunter · Albert Brooks · Jack Nicholson
Plot In James L. Brooks’ quirky, romantic comedy, three ambitious workaholics are set loose in a network TV newsroom where their professional and personal lives become hopelessly cross-wired. Tom (William Hurt)...
6.3
7K votes
6.3
7K votes
The Odd Couple (TV Series)
1970 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Jerry Paris · Jack Donohue · Hal Cooper · Mel Ferber
Cast Tony Randall · Jack Klugman · Al Molinaro · Penny Marshall
Plot TV Series (1970-1975). 114 episodios. Two men, a neat freak and a slob separated from their wives, have to live together despite their differences.
6.2
29 votes
6.2
29 votes
Concussion
2015 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Direction Peter Landesman
Cast Will Smith · Gugu Mbatha-Raw · Alec Baldwin · Albert Brooks
Plot Dr. Bennet Omalu was the first to identify chronic brain damage as a factor in the deaths of some National Football League players. The story follows the David-vs.-Goliath journey of...
6.2
10K votes
6.2
10K votes
Mother
1996 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction Albert Brooks
Cast Albert Brooks · Debbie Reynolds · Lisa Kudrow · Rob Morrow
Plot A neurotic, twice divorced sci-fi writer (Albert Brooks) moves back in with his mother (Debbie Reynolds) to solve his personal problems.
6.2
167 votes
6.2
167 votes
Defending your Life
1991 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction Albert Brooks
Cast Meryl Streep · Albert Brooks · Rip Torn · Lee Grant
Plot In an afterlife resembling the present-day US, people must prove their worth by showing in court how they have demonstrated courage. Yuppie Daniel Miller is killed in a car accident...
6.1
731 votes
6.1
731 votes
My First Mister
2001 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Christine Lahti
Cast Albert Brooks · Leelee Sobieski · John Goodman · Desmond Harrington
5.9
720 votes
5.9
720 votes
This Is Forty
2012 · Movie · 134 min. · United States
Direction Judd Apatow
Cast Paul Rudd · Leslie Mann · Chris O'Dowd · Jason Segel
Plot A look at the lives of Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) a few years after the events of Knocked Up. Pete shares a house with three females: his...
5.4
7K votes
5.4
7K votes
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Albert Brooks
Cast Albert Brooks · Sheetal Sheth · John Carroll Lynch · Jon Tenney
Plot LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD is the hilarious story of what happens when the U.S. Government sends comedian Albert Brooks to India and Pakistan to find out what...
5.3
52 votes
5.3
52 votes