Cast: Austin Pendleton

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


The Front Page

1974 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Billy Wilder

Cast Jack Lemmon · Walter Matthau · Susan Sarandon · Vincent Gardenia

Synopsis The Front Page (1974) is a comedic tale set in the bustling world of 1920s Chicago journalism. The story follows Hildy Johnson, a sharp-witted reporter eager to leave the newspaper business for a quieter life with his fiancée. However, on...

8.1

24K votes

8.1

24K votes

A Beautiful Mind

2001 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction Ron Howard

Cast Russell Crowe · Jennifer Connelly · Ed Harris · Paul Bettany

Synopsis A Beautiful Mind (2001) tells the inspiring story of John Nash, a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician. As he navigates the challenges of academia and personal relationships, Nash makes groundbreaking contributions to game theory. However, his life takes a dramatic...

7.5

118K votes

7.5

118K votes

What's Up Doc?

1972 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Peter Bogdanovich

Cast Barbra Streisand · Ryan O'Neal · Madeline Kahn · Kenneth Mars

Synopsis What's Up Doc? (1972) is a screwball comedy that follows the chaotic misadventures of four identical plaid overnight bags and their owners in San Francisco. The story centers on a quirky, free-spirited woman who becomes infatuated with a bumbling musicologist....

7.1

11K votes

7.1

11K votes

Billions (TV Series)

2016 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Brian Koppelman · David Levien · Andrew Ross Sorkin · Neil Burger

Cast Paul Giamatti · Damian Lewis · Maggie Siff · David Costabile

Synopsis TV Series (2016-Today). Billions tells the lives of two of New York’s most powerful titans: U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and hedge fund king, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, and the battle between this two powerful NYC figures. Tenacious U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades...

7.1

2K votes

7.1

2K votes

Sue

1997 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Amos Kollek

Cast Anna Thomson · Matthew Powers · Tahnee Welch · Tracee Ellis Ross

Synopsis An unemployed ex-office worker (Anna Thomson) searching for work floats a fragile line of sanity as she struggles to find friendship and companionship. Her tenuous grasp on reality further fluctuates when a man (Matthew Powers) whom she met in a...

6.9

95 votes

6.9

95 votes

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Steven Zaillian

Cast Max Pomeranc · Joe Mantegna · Joan Allen · Ben Kingsley

Synopsis Josh (Max Pomeranc) is a "regular kid" who begins evincing signs of being a genius at chess. His father (Joe Mantegna) encourages this, hoping that it won't fundamentally change his son's healthy outlook on life. But Josh is taken under...

6.8

8K votes

6.8

8K votes

Joe The King

1999 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Frank Whaley

Cast Noah Fleiss · Karen Young · John Leguizamo · Ethan Hawke

Synopsis A destitute 14 year old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother. Petty thefts for food grow into more major...

6.2

297 votes

6.2

297 votes

Mr. and Mrs. Bridge

1990 · Movie · 127 min. · United States

Direction James Ivory

Cast Paul Newman · Joanne Woodward · Blythe Danner · Simon Callow

Synopsis It's about a five member family. The father is a conservative and traditional person who directs the family. The mother is at home, she tries to hold together the family, while Mr. Bridge works as a lawyer. The children have...

6.0

533 votes

6.0

533 votes

My Cousin Vinny

1992 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Jonathan Lynn

Cast Joe Pesci · Marisa Tomei · Ralph Macchio · Mitchell Whitfield

Synopsis Bill Gambini and Stanley Rothenstein are 2 friends from New York University that just received scholarships to UCLA. They decide to drive through the south. Once they arrive in Alabama, they stopped at a local convenience store to pick up...

6.0

3K votes

6.0

3K votes

Strip Search (TV)

2004 · Movie · 55 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lumet

Cast Glenn Close · Maggie Gyllenhaal · Bruno Lastra · Ken Leung

Synopsis The film is built around two main parallel stories, each containing almost identical dialogues. One story line involves Linda Sykes, an American woman detained in the People's Republic of China, being interrogated by a military officer. In the other storyline,...

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5.8

116 votes

5.8

116 votes

Short Circuit

1986 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction John Badham

Cast Steve Guttenberg · Ally Sheedy · Fisher Stevens · Austin Pendleton

Synopsis In Short Circuit (1986), a military robot named Number 5 is struck by lightning, gaining self-awareness and a childlike curiosity. Fleeing the lab, it befriends a kind woman who helps it hide from scientists and soldiers determined to reclaim it....

5.8

15K votes

5.8

15K votes

The Notorious Bettie Page

2005 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Mary Harron

Cast Gretchen Mol · Chris Bauer · Lili Taylor · Jonathan M. Woodward

Synopsis The most successful pin-up of the 1950s, Bettie Page’s legendary photographs made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and turned her into one of the first sex icons.

5.8

547 votes

5.8

547 votes

The Ballad of The Sad Cafe

1991 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Simon Callow

Cast Vanessa Redgrave · Keith Carradine · Rod Steiger · Cork Hubbert

Synopsis A tangled triangle. In the rural South of the early 20th century, Miss Amelia is the town eccentric, selling corn liquor and dispensing medicine. She takes in her half-sister's son, a diminutive crook-back named Lymon. He suggests they open a...

5.8

98 votes

5.8

98 votes

Starting Over

1979 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Alan J. Pakula

Cast Burt Reynolds · Jill Clayburgh · Candice Bergen · Charles Durning

Synopsis His life racked by divorce, Phil Potter learns what it's like to be single, self-sufficient, and lonely once again. When a blind date grows into a serious affair, the romance is temporarily halted by his hang-up for his ex-wife. Enjoyable...

5.8

289 votes

5.8

289 votes

The Mirror Has Two Faces

1996 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Barbra Streisand

Cast Barbra Streisand · Jeff Bridges · Pierce Brosnan · Lauren Bacall

Synopsis The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) follows Rose, a shy literature professor, and Gregory, a mathematics professor seeking a platonic relationship to avoid emotional complications. They marry based on intellectual compatibility, but Rose yearns for romance. As she transforms her...

5.8

6K votes

5.8

6K votes

The Muppet Movie

1979 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction James Frawley

Cast The Muppets · Charles Durning · Austin Pendleton · Mel Brooks

Synopsis Kermit the Frog is discovered playing banjo in the Florida swamps by a talent agent and told that he has promise. And so Kermit sets out for Hollywood to find fame and fortune. He is joined along the way by...

5.7

979 votes

5.7

979 votes

Fast Food, Fast Women

2000 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Amos Kollek

Cast Anna Thomson · Jamie Harris · Louise Lasser · Victor Argo

Synopsis How important is the truth when falling in love? Bella is a Manhattan café waitress, about to turn 35, stuck in a long-term affair going nowhere. Paul is a widower, facing old age alone. Bella's mother sets her up with...

5.7

265 votes

5.7

265 votes

Direction Larry Wilson

Cast Hank Azaria · Travis Tritt · Ben Stein · Austin Pendleton

Synopsis A Mad Doctor enlists the help of two security guards in a morgue in an attempt to unlock the secrets of the human soul.

5.6

21 votes

5.6

21 votes

Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps

2010 · Movie · 131 min. · United States

Direction Oliver Stone

Cast Shia LaBeouf · Michael Douglas · Carey Mulligan · Josh Brolin

Synopsis In Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps (2010), the film follows Jake Moore, a young and ambitious Wall Street trader, as he navigates the complexities of high finance in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Eager to seek revenge...

5.6

20K votes

5.6

20K votes

She's Funny that Way

2014 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Peter Bogdanovich

Cast Owen Wilson · Imogen Poots · Jennifer Aniston · Will Forte

Synopsis "She´s Funny that Way" follows a hooker turned Broadway actress and the recurring intersection of those two facets of her life. Meanwhile, a Broadway director pays the woman of the night for her sexual services, even though he's married to...

5.3

3K votes

5.3

3K votes