Carl Reiner — Director (13)
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Oh, God! (1977) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Oh, God!
director: Carl Reiner actor: John Denver / George Burns …
other title: Bentornato Dio! / Åh, Gud! …
When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
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Sibling Rivalry (1990) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Sibling Rivalry
director: Carl Reiner actor: Kirstie Alley / Bill Pullman …
other title: Scappatella con il morto / Eine fast anständige Frau …
Marjorie Turner is suffocating in her marriage and day to day life. An extramarital affair with a stranger seems to be the answer until her paramour has a fatal heart attack, and turns out to be less of a stranger than she could have thought...
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The One and Only (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The One and Only
director: Carl Reiner actor: Henry Winkler / Kim Darby …
other title: Un tipo straordinario / Das charmante Großmaul …
Andy Schmidt manages to win fellow student Mary’s heart, but getting a job after college turns out much harder than expected. Desperate and dreaming of stardom, he tries wrestling.
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Where’s Poppa? (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Where’s Poppa?
director: Carl Reiner actor: George Segal / Ruth Gordon …
other title: Senza un filo di classe / Wo is’ Papa? …
When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears that his batty mom's eccentricities will shortly lead to Louise's departure.
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Enter Laughing (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Enter Laughing
director: Carl Reiner actor: Reni Santoni / José Ferrer …
A machinist's apprentice in Depression-era New York, David dreams of becoming the new Ronald Colman. Defying the wishes of his parents, David lands a nonpaying job in a seedy theatrical production directed by broken-down ham Marlowe.
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Fatal Instinct (1993) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Fatal Instinct
director: Carl Reiner actor: Armand Assante / Sherilyn Fenn …
other title: Fatal Instinct - Prossima apertura / Crazy Instinct …
Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He crosses paths with seductive Lola Cain during an assignment and promptly begins an affair with her. Meanwhile, Ned's wife, Lana, is deep in an affair of her own. Lana and her lover are planning to murder Ned in an elaborate fashion so they can collect on his triple indemnity life insurance policy.
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The Comic (1969) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Comic
director: Carl Reiner actor: Dick Van Dyke / Michele Lee …
other title: Il comico / El cómico …
An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.
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All of Me (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
All of Me
director: Carl Reiner actor: Steve Martin / Lily Tomlin …
other title: Ho sposato un fantasma / Min bedre halvdel …
Just before stubborn millionaire Edwina Cutwater dies, she asks her uptight lawyer, Roger Cobb, to amend her will so that her soul will pass to the young, vibrant Terry Hoskins – but the spiritual transference goes awry. Edwina enters Roger's body instead, forcing him to battle Edwina for control of his own being.
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Summer Rental (1985) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Summer Rental
director: Carl Reiner actor: John Candy / Richard Crenna …
other title: Una vacanza di troppo / Temporada de Verão …
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
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The Jerk (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Jerk
director: Carl Reiner actor: Steve Martin / Bernadette Peters …
other title: Lo straccione / Hvem sa' fjols? …
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
director: Carl Reiner actor: Steve Martin / Rachel Ward …
other title: Il mistero del cadavere scomparso / Bogart Junior …
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
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Summer School (1987) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Summer School
director: Carl Reiner actor: Mark Harmon / Kirstie Alley …
other title: Summer School - Una vacanza da ripetenti / Curso de Verão …
A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with them, and even inspires ardor in some.