Direction: Albert Brooks

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


Saturday Night Live (SNL) (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 90 min. · United States

Direction Lorne Michaels · Dick Ebersol · Dave Wilson · Beth McCarthy-Miller

Cast Kevin Nealon · Horatio Sanz · Will Forte · Phil Hartman

Plot TV Series (1975-Present). "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" A late-night comedy show featuring several short skits, parodies of television commercials, a live guest band, and a pop-cultural guest...

7.6

2K votes

7.6

2K votes

Modern Romance

1981 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Albert Brooks

Cast Albert Brooks · Kathryn Harrold · Bruno Kirby · James L. Brooks

Plot Robert was madly in love with Mary. Mary was madly in love with him. Under the circumstances they did the only thing they could do... they broke up. If it's...

7.1

113 votes

7.1

113 votes

Real Life

1979 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Albert Brooks

Cast Dick Haymes · Albert Brooks · Matthew Tobin · J.A. Preston

Plot A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family". However,...

6.6

103 votes

6.6

103 votes

Lost in America

1985 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Albert Brooks

Cast Albert Brooks · Julie Hagerty · Sylvia Farrel · Tina Kincaid

Plot A husband and wife in their 30s decide to quit their jobs, live as free spirits and cruise America in a Winnebago.

6.6

219 votes

6.6

219 votes

Mother

1996 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Albert Brooks

Cast Albert Brooks · Debbie Reynolds · Lisa Kudrow · Rob Morrow

Plot A neurotic, twice divorced sci-fi writer (Albert Brooks) moves back in with his mother (Debbie Reynolds) to solve his personal problems.

6.2

167 votes

6.2

167 votes

Defending your Life

1991 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Albert Brooks

Cast Meryl Streep · Albert Brooks · Rip Torn · Lee Grant

Plot In an afterlife resembling the present-day US, people must prove their worth by showing in court how they have demonstrated courage. Yuppie Daniel Miller is killed in a car accident...

6.1

731 votes

6.1

731 votes

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

2006 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Albert Brooks

Cast Albert Brooks · Sheetal Sheth · John Carroll Lynch · Jon Tenney

Plot LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD is the hilarious story of what happens when the U.S. Government sends comedian Albert Brooks to India and Pakistan to find out what...

5.3

52 votes

5.3

52 votes

The Muse

1999 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Albert Brooks

Cast Albert Brooks · Sharon Stone · Jeff Bridges · Andie MacDowell

Plot What happens when a screenwriter (Brooks) loses his edge, he turns to anyone he can for help... even if it's the mythical "Zeus's Daughter" (Stone). And he's willing to pay,...

4.3

1K votes

4.3

1K votes