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...

Max

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.

Max

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

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