Direction: Frank Oz

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Frank Oz. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


In & of Itself

2020 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Frank Oz

Cast Derek DelGaudio

Plot Storyteller and Conceptual Magician Derek DelGaudio attempts to understand the illusory nature of identity and answer the deceptively simple question 'Who am I?'

7.4

185 votes

7.4

185 votes

The Dark Crystal

1982 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Jim Henson · Frank Oz

Plot Another planet, another time. 1000 years ago the Dark Crystal was damaged by one of the Urskeks and an age of chaos began. Now the time of the great conjunction...

7.0

15K votes

7.0

15K votes

Death at a Funeral

2007 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Frank Oz

Cast Matthew Macfadyen · Keeley Hawes · Andy Nyman · Ewen Bremner

Plot On the morning of their father's funeral, the family and friends of the deceased each arrive with his or her own roiling anxieties. Son Daniel knows he will have to...

6.7

30K votes

6.7

30K votes

Little Shop of Horrors

1986 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Frank Oz

Cast Rick Moranis · Ellen Greene · Steve Martin · Vincent Gardenia

Plot Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr....

6.7

12K votes

6.7

12K votes

The Score

2001 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Frank Oz

Cast Robert De Niro · Edward Norton · Marlon Brando · Angela Bassett

Plot Nick Wells (De Niro) is ready retire from his successful career as a professional thief, settle down with his girlfriend Diane (Bassett), and concentrate on running his Montreal jazz club....

6.4

20K votes

6.4

20K votes

Leverage (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Chris Downey · John Rogers · Dean Devlin · Jonathan Frakes

Cast Timothy Hutton · Christian Kane · Gina Bellman · Aldis Hodge

Plot TV Series (2008-2012). 5 Seasons. 77 Episodes. A crew of high-tech crooks attempt to steal from wealthy criminals and corrupt businessmen.

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

1988 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Frank Oz

Cast Michael Caine · Steve Martin · Glenne Headly · Anton Rodgers

Plot Freddy Benson, a con(fidence) man, lives off women by waking their compassion with shocking stories about his fake fate. One day in beautiful Beaumont sur Mer, he meets Lawrence Jamieson,...

6.3

5K votes

6.3

5K votes

What About Bob?

1991 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Frank Oz

Cast Bill Murray · Richard Dreyfuss · Julie Hagerty · Charlie Korsmo

Plot Bob Wiley is a neurotic man, who has a habit of clinging onto his therapists. His last one not being able to deal with him sends him to Leo Marvin....

6.1

3K votes

6.1

3K votes

In & Out

1997 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Frank Oz

Cast Kevin Kline · Matt Dillon · Joan Cusack · Tom Selleck

Plot Life is sweet for high-school English teacher and sports coach Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline); he's still living where he grew up, he has a good relationship with his father (Wilford...

5.9

15K votes

5.9

15K votes

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Frank Oz

Cast The Muppets · Art Carney · James Coco · Dabney Coleman

Plot The Muppets graduate from college and decide to take their senior revue on the road. They hit the streets of Manhattan trying to sell their show to producers, finally finding...

5.8

1K votes

5.8

1K votes

The Indian in the Cupboard

1995 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Frank Oz

Cast Hal Scardino · Litefoot · Lindsay Crouse · Richard Jenkins

Plot On his ninth birthday a boy receives many presents. Two of them first seem to be less important: an old cupboard from his brother and a little Indian figure made...

5.4

5K votes

5.4

5K votes

Bowfinger

1999 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Frank Oz

Cast Steve Martin · Eddie Murphy · Heather Graham · Christine Baranski

Plot When grasping director Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) finally finds the 'perfect' script, a cheesy sci-fi story called "Chubby Rain", he decides to put everything on the line and give it...

5.1

9K votes

5.1

9K votes

Housesitter

1992 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Frank Oz

Cast Steve Martin · Goldie Hawn · Dana Delany · Julie Harris

Plot Martin plays an architect who builds his dream house for his high school sweetheart (Dana Delany), then surprises her with a marriage proposal--both of which she rejects. Distraught, he goes...

4.6

5K votes

4.6

5K votes

The Stepford Wives

2004 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Frank Oz

Cast Nicole Kidman · Bette Midler · Matthew Broderick · Christopher Walken

Plot Joanna Eberhart (Kidman) and her husband (Broderick) move from Manhattan to the upper class suburb of Stepford, Connecticut. But Stepford has a secret: all of the wives are way too...

4.4

13K votes

4.4

13K votes

Little Shop (TV Series)

1991 · Series · 25 min. · United States

Direction Frank Oz · Karen Peterson

Cast Harvey Atkin · Jennie Kwan · Don Francks · Linda Sorenson

Plot Little Shop was a 1991 animated television series about a teenager and a giant talking plant that ate everything in sight. Little Shop was based on the 1986 film Little...

4.2

66 votes

4.2

66 votes