Michael McKean — Actor (46)
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Cracking Up (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Cracking Up
director: Rowby Goren / Chuck Staley actor: Michael Mislove / Prairie Prince …
What would happen if a 9.7 magnitude earthquake were to strike the L.A. area? This is what "Cracking Up" looks at from the lighter side. The movie is composed of individual skits of original material by the actors spun around this hypothetical disaster.
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Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData Douban
Jerry & Marge Go Large
director: David Frankel actor: Bryan Cranston / Annette Bening …
other title: Jerry e Marge giocano alla lotteria / Jerry and Marge Go Large …
The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge, wins $27 million dollars and uses the money to revive their small Michigan town.
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Used Cars (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Used Cars
director: Robert Zemeckis actor: Gerrit Graham / Kurt Russell …
other title: La fantastica sfida / Brugte biler …
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
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Best in Show (2000) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Skybridge WikiData Douban
Best in Show
6.6 (7 ratings) director: Christopher Guest actor: Bob Balaban / Jennifer Coolidge …
other title: Campioni di razza / O Melhor da Exposição …
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives — the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.
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Auto Focus (2002) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Auto Focus
director: Paul Schrader actor: Greg Kinnear / Willem Dafoe …
other title: Desenfocado
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.
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Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
director: Kevin Williamson actor: Katie Holmes / Helen Mirren …
other title: Killing Mrs. Tingle / Tötet Mrs. Tingle! …
A bright high-school senior has her impending status as valedictorian jeopardized when her bitter history teacher, Mrs. Tingle, gives her a poor grade on a project. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. Tingle's class goes awry, mayhem ensues and friendships, loyalties and trust are tested by the teacher's intricate mind-games.
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Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
director: Sean McNamara actor: Steve Guttenberg / Lori Loughlin …
other title: 鬼马小精灵2 / Casper - Un fantasmagorico inizio …
Before he met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor, friendly ghost Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach Casper how to be a proper ghost.
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Nothing to Lose (1997) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb
Nothing to Lose
director: Steve Oedekerk actor: Martin Lawrence / Tim Robbins …
other title: Niente da perdere / Nada a Perder …
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.
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Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Earth Girls Are Easy
director: Julien Temple actor: Geena Davis / Jeff Goldblum …
other title: Le ragazze della Terra sono facili / Zebo, der dritte aus der Sternenmitte …
In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she finds that a trio of aliens have crashed their spaceship into her swimming pool. Once the furry beings are shaved at her girlfriend's salon, the women discover three handsome men underneath. After absorbing the native culture via television, the spacemen are ready to hit the dating scene in 1980s Los Angeles.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData Douban IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
director: Jay Oliva actor: Peter Weller / Ariel Winter …
other title: Batman: Den mørke ridder vender tilbage, del 1 / Batman: O Cavaleiro das Trevas, Parte 1 …
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
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Small Soldiers (1998) [Movie] TMDB Skybridge IMDb
Small Soldiers
director: Joe Dante actor: Gregory Smith / Kiki …
other title: Pequenos Guerreiros / Pequeños guerreros
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
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The Words (2012) [Movie] TMDB
The Words
director: Lee Sternthal / Brian Klugman actor: Bradley Cooper / Zoe Saldaña …
other title: As Palavras / Der Dieb der Worte …
The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing ambition and success above life's most fundamental three words.
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Short Circuit 2 (1988) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Short Circuit 2
director: Kenneth Johnson actor: Tim Blaney / Fisher Stevens …
other title: Corto circuito 2 / Nr. 5 lever stadig …
Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Skybridge
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
director: John Carpenter actor: Chevy Chase / Daryl Hannah …
other title: Avventure di un uomo invisibile / Den usynlige mands erindringer …
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
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Whatever Works (2009) [Movie] Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb Skybridge
Whatever Works
director: Woody Allen actor: Larry David / Evan Rachel Wood …
other title: Basta che funzioni / Mig og Melody …
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works."
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Coneheads (1993) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Coneheads
director: Steve Barron actor: Dan Aykroyd / Jane Curtin …
other title: Teste di cono / Os Cabeças de Cone …
A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France.
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Little Nicky (2000) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Skybridge
Little Nicky
director: Steven Brill actor: Adam Sandler / Patricia Arquette …
other title: Little Nicky - Un diavolo a Manhattan / Nicky, Filho... do Diabo …
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kingdom for themselves. This action closes the portal filtering sinful souls to Hell and causes Satan to wither away. He must send his most weak but beloved son, Little Nicky, to Earth to return his brothers to Hell.
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) [Movie] NeoDB Douban My NeoDB Site TMDB IMDb Skybridge WikiData
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
director: Eric Appel actor: Daniel Radcliffe / Evan Rachel Wood …
other title: Weird - La storia di Al Yankovic / Weird - Die Al Yankovic Story …
Exploring every facet of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle, this biopic takes audiences on a truly unbelievable journey through Yankovic’s life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time.
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This Is Spinal Tap (1984) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB WikiData Douban Skybridge TMDB
This Is Spinal Tap
8.6 (8 ratings) director: Rob Reiner actor: Christopher Guest / Michael McKean …
other title: On the Rocks / Spinal Tap …
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.