Direction: Gene Saks

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


The Odd Couple

1968 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Gene Saks

Cast Jack Lemmon · Walter Matthau · John Fiedler · Herb Edelman

Synopsis Two friends try sharing an apartment, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day. Felix Ungar has just broken up with his wife. Despondant, he goes to kill himself but is saved by his...

7.7

25K votes

7.7

25K votes

Barefoot in the Park

1967 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Gene Saks

Cast Robert Redford · Jane Fonda · Charles Boyer · Mildred Natwick

Synopsis Master of Broadway comedy Neil Simon adapted his hit play about a conservative young lawyer and his off-the-wall bride for this warm film classic. Robert Redford is Mister Straight. Jane Fonda is his new wife, who dedicates her life to...

7.2

16K votes

7.2

16K votes

Cactus Flower

1969 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Gene Saks

Cast Walter Matthau · Ingrid Bergman · Goldie Hawn · Jack Weston

Synopsis Twenty-one year old Toni Simmons and middle aged married dentist Dr. Julian Winston are in love with each other. Toni values honesty above all else, but their relationship is based on a lie: Julian is not married. He initially told...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

Brighton Beach Memoirs

1986 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Gene Saks

Cast Blythe Danner · Bob Dishy · Stacey Glick · Judith Ivey

Synopsis Eugene (Jonathan Silverman) is a teenager who lives in 1937 Brooklyn with his parents (Blythe Danner and Bob Dishy), older brother Stanley (Brian Drillinger), aunt (Judith Ivey) and female cousins (Stacey Glick and Lisa Waltz). Much is made of Eugene's...

6.5

66 votes

6.5

66 votes

Mame

1974 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction Gene Saks

Cast Lucille Ball · Bea Arthur · Robert Preston · Bruce Davison

Synopsis The musical revolves around the antics of Mame Dennis, a fun-loving, wealthy eccentric with a flare for life and a razor sharp wit. Her life is suddenly changed when she becomes the guardian of her late brother's only child, Patrick...

6.3

40 votes

6.3

40 votes

A Fine Romance

1992 · Movie · 97 min. · Italy

Direction Gene Saks

Cast Marcello Mastroianni · Julie Andrews · Jean-Michel Cannone · Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Synopsis An Italian gentleman and a doctor's wife plot to break up their spouses' tryst in Paris.

5.3

22 votes

5.3

22 votes

Bye Bye Birdie (TV)

1995 · Movie · 135 min. · United States

Direction Gene Saks

Cast Jason Alexander · Vanessa Williams · Chynna Phillips · Tyne Daly

Synopsis Rock-and-roll icon Conrad Birdie is about to go into the Army, and plans are being made to arrange his final going-away concert.

Not rated

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Last of the Red Hot Lovers

1972 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Gene Saks

Cast Alan Arkin · Sally Kellerman · Paula Prentiss · Renée Taylor

Synopsis A middle aged restaurateur begins to feel the desire to roam and realizes that one day each week, his mother's apartment will be empty all afternoon. He makes several attempts at seduction, only to learn that it is much more...

Not rated

Not rated