Cast: Austin Pendleton
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Austin Pendleton. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 62
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,...
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
Tales from the Crypt: Doctor of Horror (TV)
1995 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
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