Direction: Jeff Kanew

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


Tough Guys

1986 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Kanew

Cast Burt Lancaster · Kirk Douglas · Charles Durning · Alexis Smith

Synopsis Harry and Archie are released from prison ready to collect their Social Security. How could they get into trouble at their age? Let's count the ways; A parole officer who is a famous criminal groupie, Dead end where people don't...

5.8

605 votes

5.8

605 votes

Gotcha!

1985 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Kanew

Cast Anthony Edwards · Linda Fiorentino · Jsu Garcia · Alex Rocco

Synopsis Jonathan plays a game called Gotcha in which he hunts and is hunted by other students with paint guns. After a big win, he goes off for a vacation in France where he meets the sexy Sasha who says she...

5.5

1K votes

5.5

1K votes

Eddie Macon's Run

1983 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Kanew

Cast Kirk Douglas · John Schneider · Lee Purcell · Leah Ayres

Synopsis A young man who was unjustly imprisoned in Texas makes a last, desperate attempt to escape. A tough, relentless cop pursues him.

5.3

147 votes

5.3

147 votes

National Lampoon’s Adam & Eve

2005 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Kanew

Cast Cameron Douglas · Emmanuelle Chriqui · Chad Lindberg · Jake Hoffman

Synopsis Adam is a college senior - and an aspiring singer/songwriter. He meets Eve - a beautiful, bright, talented (as a sports still photographer) college girl. They begin dating. and he quickly learns that, hard as it is to believe of...

4.4

121 votes

4.4

121 votes

Troop Beverly Hills

1989 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Kanew

Cast Shelley Long · Craig T. Nelson · Betty Thomas · Mary Gross

Synopsis As Phyllis, a Beverly Hills housewife, is in the middle of a divorce, she tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's (Hannah) Wilderness Girl troop. Among the girls are Tiffany, (who her father has to...

3.9

331 votes

3.9

331 votes

V.I. Warshawski

1991 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Kanew

Cast Kathleen Turner · Charles Durning · Jay O. Sanders · Angela Goethals

Synopsis Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's daughter,...

3.8

2K votes

3.8

2K votes

Black Rodeo

1972 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Kanew

Cast Muhammad Ali

Synopsis Documentary about a rodeo that takes place, for the most part, in Harlem, New York City.

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Babij Jar

2003 · Movie · 112 min. · Germany

Direction Jeff Kanew

Cast Michael Degen · Barbara De Rossi · Katrin Saß · Axel Milberg

Synopsis The story of two families desperately trying to escape the holcaust as the German army enters Kiev in 1941. Over 33,000 peeople are subsequently massacred at Babij Yar on the outskirts of the city. The film is based on almost...

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Direction Jeff Kanew

Cast Robert Carradine · Lisa Pelikan · Basil Hoffman · Deborah Richter

Synopsis A cop-killer shot while robbing a liquor store tries to charm a nurse into helping him escape.

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Natural Enemies

1979 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Kanew

Cast Hal Holbrook · Louise Fletcher · José Ferrer · Viveca Lindfors

Synopsis A man hires hires five hookers to fulfil a final fantasy before killing himself and his family.

Not rated

Not rated