Cast: Laraine Newman

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


SNL 40: Saturday Night Live 40 (TV)

2015 · Documentary · 180 min. · United States

Direction Don Roy King

Cast Vanessa Bayer · James Belushi · Win Butler · Fred Armisen

Synopsis Saturday Night Live celebrates 40 years in a star-studded 3-and-a-half hour live special featuring appearances from former and current cast members, past hosts and guest stars. Sketches include Justin & Jimmy Cold Open, Celebrity Jeopardy, The Californians/Buh-Bye, Audience Q&A, Digital...

7.0

323 votes

7.0

323 votes

Direction Peter Browngardt

Cast Eric Bauza · Candi Milo · Peter MacNicol · Laraine Newman

Synopsis Porky and Daffy will save the day, when they uncover a secret alien plan to control minds.

6.1

190 votes

6.1

190 votes

Tom & Jerry: The Lost Dragon

2014 · Movie · 57 min. · United States

Direction Spike Brandt · Tony Cervone

Cast Kelly Stables · Vicki Lewis · Jim Cummings · Laraine Newman

Synopsis Your favorite cat and mouse are back with song, sorcery and slapstick in this enchanted tale with two bonus cartoons. The adventure begins when Tom and Jerry happen upon a mysterious glowing egg. Little do they know, this egg was...

5.3

29 votes

5.3

29 votes

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Griffin Dunne · Fiona Lewis · Laraine Newman · Stephen Shellen

Synopsis At a carnival sideshow, farmer Charlie Hill buys a strange jar that he takes home. His young wife Thedy Sue is frightened by the jar and insists he throw it out. He refuses to part with it because it has...

5.3

276 votes

5.3

276 votes

Direction Robert Iscove

Cast Brian Dennehy · Karen Black · Helen Mirren · John Achorn

Synopsis Falling in love can sometimes make you lose your head-or tail-as the Little Mermaid's (Mork and Mindy's Pam Dawber) is about to find out. It's love at first sight when the Little Mermaid saves a shipwrecked Prince (Everwood's Treat Williams)...

5.2

183 votes

5.2

183 votes

Invaders From Mars

1986 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Tobe Hooper

Cast Hunter Carson · Karen Black · Louise Fletcher · Timothy Bottoms

Synopsis A small boy witnesses a flying saucer land near his house. The next day, his dad starts acting weird, and has a strange incision in the back of his neck. Soon the police, his mom, and a teacher are taken...

4.8

1K votes

4.8

1K votes

Direction Tobe Hooper

Cast Dick Shawn · Laraine Newman · Rick Overton · Jack Carter

Synopsis Public-relations man Joe Willoughby thinks that promoting the Miss Stardust beauty pageant will be a snap, until "Cabbage Man," a representative from outer space, arrives and contends he owns the rights to the title and threatens to eliminate Earth unless...

4.5

226 votes

4.5

226 votes

Perfect

1985 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction James Bridges

Cast John Travolta · Jamie Lee Curtis · Anne DeSalvo · Jann Wenner

Synopsis A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight.

4.0

397 votes

4.0

397 votes

Revenge of the Red Baron

1994 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Robert Gordon

Cast Mickey Rooney · Tobey Maguire · Cliff De Young · Laraine Newman

Synopsis The Red Baron returns in a toy plane to kill the former World War I ace that shot him down.

4.0

44 votes

4.0

44 votes

Coneheads

1993 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Steve Barron

Cast Dan Aykroyd · Jason Alexander · Jane Curtin · Michelle Burke

Synopsis Coneheads (1993) follows the Beldar and Prymaat, an alien couple from the planet Remulak, who crash-land on Earth. Disguising themselves as humans, they adapt to suburban life in New Jersey, raising their daughter Connie. As they navigate everyday human activities...

3.7

13K votes

3.7

13K votes

Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway

1993 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Kevin Tenney

Cast Ami Dolenz · Timothy Gibbs · John Gatins · Laraine Newman

Synopsis A beautiful young woman starts receiving messages through a ouija board, claiming to be from the former occupant of her apartment. The former tenant claims she's been murdered, but there's no record of a murder or even her death.

3.5

30 votes

3.5

30 votes

Problem Child 2

1991 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Brian Levant

Cast John Ritter · Michael Oliver · Jack Warden · Laraine Newman

Synopsis Problem Child 2 (1991) follows the mischievous Junior Healy as he tries to help his adoptive father, Ben, find love again. When Ben meets a kind-hearted woman named Annie, Junior sees his chance to play matchmaker—but his chaotic antics threaten...

3.4

11K votes

3.4

11K votes

Direction Malcolm Leo · Andrew Solt

Cast Dan Aykroyd · Garrett Morris · Laraine Newman · Robin Williams

Synopsis Documentary hosted by Robin Williams about the history of aliens in the movies, made to coincide with the cinema release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

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Wholly Moses!

1980 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Gary Weis

Cast Dudley Moore · Laraine Newman · James Coco · Paul Sand

Synopsis Harvey and Zoey, two tourists travelling through Israel, discover an ancient scroll describing the life of Herschel, the man who was almost Moses. Herschel receives the command from God to free his people from Egyptian slavery, but Moses keeps blundering...

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American Hot Wax

1978 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Floyd Mutrux

Cast Tim McIntire · Fran Drescher · Jay Leno · Laraine Newman

Synopsis American Hot Wax is a 1978 biopic film telling the story of Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed, who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock 'n' roll in the 1950s.

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Love, Gilda

2018 · Documentary · 98 min. · United States

Direction Lisa D'Apolito

Cast Gilda Radner · Chevy Chase · Bill Hader · Amy Poehler

Synopsis Comedienne Gilda Radner (1946-1989) looks back and reflects on her life and career. Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries read by modern day comediennes (including Amy Poehler), LOVE Gilda offers a unique...

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Keep Your Mouth Shut (S)

2018 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

Direction Dan Roe

Cast Thomas Wilson Brown · Laraine Newman · Brett Davern · Sophie Kargman

Synopsis A man witnesses a shocking crime. In exchange for his life, he promises to never tell anyone what he saw.

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I Know That Voice

2013 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Lawrence Shapiro

Cast Charlie Adler · Pamela Adlon · Carlos Alazraqui · Ed Asner

Synopsis Several voice actors discuss their art and their careers.

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This Wife for Hire

1985 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Jim Drake

Cast Pam Dawber · Robert Klein · Laraine Newman · Dick Gautier

Synopsis Marsha Harper (Dawber) is a happily married woman and mother of two children who begins to get restless and longs to return to work. Harper's husband, however, tells her that after so many years as a stay-at-home mom and housewife,...

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Demolition University

1997 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Kevin Tenney

Cast Corey Haim · Ami Dolenz · Laraine Newman · Todd Allen

Synopsis A college student and his friends try to thwart a deranged war veteran's plan to poison the city's water supply.

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Not rated