Buck Henry — Actor (15)
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Serendipity (2001) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Serendipity
director: Peter Chelsom actor: John Cusack / Kate Beckinsale …
other title: Serendipity - Quando l'amore è magia / Lunefulde lykke …
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.
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Gloria (1980) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
Gloria
director: John Cassavetes actor: Gena Rowlands / Buck Henry …
other title: Una notte d'estate (Gloria) / Glória …
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
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Heaven Can Wait (1978) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Heaven Can Wait
director: Warren Beatty / Buck Henry actor: Warren Beatty / Julie Christie …
other title: Il paradiso può attendere / O Céu Pode Esperar …
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.
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Short Cuts (1993) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Short Cuts
director: Robert Altman actor: Andie MacDowell / Bruce Davison …
other title: America oggi / Short Cuts - Os Americanos …
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
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Catch-22 (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Catch-22
director: Mike Nichols actor: Alan Arkin / Martin Balsam …
other title: Comma 22 / Punkt 22 …
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation.
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Grumpy Old Men (1993) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Grumpy Old Men
director: Donald Petrie actor: Jack Lemmon / Walter Matthau …
other title: Due irresistibili brontoloni / Gnavne gamle mænd …
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.
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Taking Off (1971) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Taking Off
director: Miloš Forman actor: Lynn Carlin / Buck Henry …
other title: Juventud sin esperanza / Os Amores de Uma Adolescente
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
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To Die For (1995) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban NeoDB WikiData
To Die For
director: Gus Van Sant actor: Nicole Kidman / Matt Dillon …
other title: Da morire / Disposta a Tudo …
Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.
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Candy (1968) [Movie] TMDB
Candy
director: Christian Marquand actor: Ewa Aulin / Charles Aznavour …
other title: Candy e il suo pazzo mondo
A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations while searching for the meaning of life.
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Eating Raoul (1982) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Eating Raoul
director: Paul Bartel actor: Paul Bartel / Mary Woronov …
other title: Tudo por Dinheiro / ¿Y si nos comemos a Raúl? …
A prudish married couple feel put upon by the swingers living in their apartment building. One night, by accident, they discover a way to both rid themselves of the “perverts” down the hall and simultaneously realize their dream of opening a restaurant.
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The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Absent-Minded Waiter
director: Carl Gottlieb actor: Steve Martin / Teri Garr …
other title: Den fjollede tjener
Bernie Cates requests the services of the most absent-minded waiter he's ever seen, who pours water before setting the glasses, endlessly repeats questions, brings wrong orders, and ruins everything- but the bill.
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Aria (1987) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Aria
director: Nicolas Roeg / Charles Sturridge … actor: John Hurt / Theresa Russell …
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound, and is an interpretation of the particular aria.
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I Miss Sonia Henie (1971) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Nedostaje mi Sonja Henie
director: Frederick Wiseman / Karpo Aćimović Godina … actor: Brooke Hayward / Sonja Henie …
other title: Nedostaje mi Sonja Henie / I Miss Sonja Henie
One camera in one setting, one attic and eight young directors – the result is a unique Dadaistic collage of seven short sketches. The original task for each filmmaker was to keep each short under three minutes, to set it in one hotel room, and to include the sentence “I miss Sonja Henie." This experimental film was shot over a single night at the international film festival FEST in Beograd in 1971.