Movies

Over time, we have collected a number of titles on DVD, blu-ray, online services, other digital media (and a few odd titles on VHS).

This listing is for friends who may wish to drop in and watch a movie or would like to borrow a disc.

Titles with an asterisk (*) are DVDs that belong to Jason.

Click on any title's IMDB# to see a complete description and reviews, courtesy of the Internet Movie Database.

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WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series, Complete)
1978 - TV-PG - Comedy - 30 min - United States - English
The misadventures of the staff of a struggling Top 40 rock radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Directed by: N/A
Written by: Hugh Wilson
Starring: Gary Sandy, Gordon Jump, Loni Anderson
Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 16 nominations total
IMDB # 77097
Bionic Woman, The (TV Series)
1976 - TV-PG - Action, Adventure, Drama - 60 min - United States - English
After fully recovering from her nearly fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.

Directed by: N/A
Written by: Kenneth Johnson
Starring: Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Martin E. Brooks
Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 5 nominations total
IMDB # 73965
Connections (TV Mini-Series)
1978 - N/A - Documentary, History - 50 min - United Kingdom - English
Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."

Directed by: N/A
Written by: N/A
Starring: James Burke, Kenneth Kendall, Bruce Boa
N/A
IMDB # 78588
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
1972 - R - Comedy - 88 min - United States - English, Italian
Seven stories are trying to answer the question: what is sex? Or maybe they are not trying.

Directed by: Woody Allen
Written by: David Reuben, Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, Louise Lasser
1 win & 1 nomination
IMDB # 68555
Jerk, The
1979 - R - Comedy - 94 min - United States - English
A simpleminded, sheltered country boy suddenly decides to leave his family home to experience life in the big city, where his naivete is both his best friend and his worst enemy.

Directed by: Carl Reiner
Written by: Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias
Starring: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams
1 nomination
IMDB # 79367
Catch 22
1970 - R - Comedy, Drama, War - 122 min - United States - English, Italian
A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.

Directed by: Mike Nichols
Written by: Joseph Heller, Buck Henry
Starring: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin
Nominated for 2 BAFTA 5 nominations total
IMDB # 65528
Snoopy Come Home (in Peanuts 4-Movie Collection)
1972 - G - Animation, Adventure, Comedy - 81 min - United States - English
When Snoopy receives a letter from a girl named Lila, who's in a hospital, he goes on a journey with Woodstock to see her.

Directed by: Bill Melendez
Written by: Charles M. Schulz
Starring: Chad Webber, Robin Kohn, Stephen Shea
1 win
IMDB # 69289
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (in Peanuts 4-Movie Collection)
1977 - G - Animation, Adventure, Comedy - 76 min - United States - English
The Peanuts gang goes to summer camp, and they participate in a river-raft race against some cheating bullies.

Directed by: Bill Melendez, Phil Roman
Written by: Charles M. Schulz
Starring: Duncan Watson, Greg Felton, Stuart Brotman
N/A
IMDB # 76591
Smokey and the Bandit
1977 - PG - Action, Adventure, Comedy - 96 min - United States - English
The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor-trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.

Directed by: Hal Needham
Written by: Hal Needham, Robert L. Levy, James Lee Barrett
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 nominations total
IMDB # 76729
Going in Style
1979 - PG - Comedy, Crime, Drama - 97 min - United States - English
Three friends living on the dole decide to rob a bank.

Directed by: Martin Brest
Written by: Martin Brest, Edward Cannon
Starring: George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg
1 win & 1 nomination
IMDB # 79219
Phantasm
1979 - R - Horror, Sci-Fi - 89 min - United States - English
A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

Directed by: Don Coscarelli
Written by: Don Coscarelli
Starring: A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister
2 wins & 2 nominations
IMDB # 79714
La Cage aux Folles
1978 - R - Comedy - 97 min - France, Italy - French
The manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.

Directed by: Édouard Molinaro
Written by: Jean Poiret, Francis Veber, Édouard Molinaro
Starring: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier
Nominated for 3 Oscars. 5 wins & 5 nominations total
IMDB # 77288
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (in The Abominable Dr. Phibes set)
1972 - PG - Comedy, Horror - 89 min - United Kingdom - English
The vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.

Directed by: Robert Fuest
Written by: Robert Fuest, Robert Blees, James Whiton
Starring: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp
1 win & 2 nominations
IMDB # 68503
Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (in The Abominable Dr. Phibes set)
1971 - PG-13 - Comedy, Horror - 94 min - United Kingdom - English, Hebrew
Doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar Anton Phibes seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for the death of his wife.

Directed by: Robert Fuest
Written by: James Whiton, William Goldstein
Starring: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Hugh Griffith
1 win & 2 nominations
IMDB # 66740
Caligula
1979 - Unrated - Drama, History - 156 min - Italy, United States - English
A dramatization of the ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome. We see his ambition, his scheming, his perversion and decadence, his brutality and his lunacy.

Directed by: Tinto Brass
Written by: Gore Vidal, Malcolm McDowell, Masolino D'Amico
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren
2 nominations
IMDB # 80491
Pink Flamingos
1972 - NC-17 - Comedy, Crime - 93 min - United States - English
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".

Directed by: John Waters
Written by: John Waters
Starring: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce
1 win
IMDB # 69089
O Lucky Man!
1973 - R - Comedy, Drama, Fantasy - 178 min - United Kingdom, United States - English
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.

Directed by: Lindsay Anderson
Written by: David Sherwin, Malcolm McDowell
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts
Won 2 BAFTA 3 wins & 2 nominations total
IMDB # 70464
Boys in the Band, The
1970 - R - Drama - 118 min - United States - English
Tempers fray and true selves are revealed when a heterosexual accidentally intrudes on a homosexual party.

Directed by: William Friedkin
Written by: Mart Crowley
Starring: Kenneth Nelson, Peter White, Leonard Frey
3 nominations
IMDB # 65488
Wiz, The
1978 - G - Adventure, Family, Fantasy - 134 min - United States - English
An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.

Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Written by: L. Frank Baum, William F. Brown, Joel Schumacher
Starring: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell
Nominated for 4 Oscars. 2 wins & 11 nominations total
IMDB # 78504
Murder by Death
1976 - PG - Comedy, Crime, Mystery - 95 min - United States - English
Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.

Directed by: Robert Moore
Written by: Neil Simon
Starring: Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers
2 nominations
IMDB # 74937
Man Who Fell to Earth, The
1976 - R - Drama, Sci-Fi - 139 min - United Kingdom - English
An alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications.

Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Written by: Paul Mayersberg, Walter Tevis
Starring: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark
1 win & 4 nominations
IMDB # 74851
Quadrophenia
1979 - R - Drama, Music - 120 min - United Kingdom - English
Jimmy Cooper loathes his job and his parents. He seeks solace with his mod clique, scooter riding, and drugs, only to be disappointed.

Directed by: Franc Roddam
Written by: Dave Humphries, Martin Stellman, Franc Roddam
Starring: Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Phil Davis
N/A
IMDB # 79766
Warriors, The
1979 - R - Action, Crime, Thriller - 93 min - United States - English
A street gang known as The Warriors must fight their way from the Bronx to their home turf on Coney Island when they are falsely accused of assassinating a respected gang leader.

Directed by: Walter Hill
Written by: Sol Yurick, David Shaber, Walter Hill
Starring: Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright
N/A
IMDB # 80120
Superman
1978 - PG - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 143 min - United States, United Kingdom, Canada - English
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

Directed by: Richard Donner
Written by: Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Mario Puzo
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman
Nominated for 3 Oscars. 17 wins & 23 nominations total
IMDB # 78346
Three Days of the Condor
1975 - R - Crime, Mystery, Thriller - 117 min - United States - English, French
A bookish CIA researcher in Manhattan finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.

Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Written by: James Grady, Lorenzo Semple Jr., David Rayfiel
Starring: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 4 nominations total
IMDB # 73802
Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The
1974 - R - Action, Crime, Thriller - 104 min - United States - English, Spanish
Four armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Written by: John Godey, Peter Stone
Starring: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam
Nominated for 2 BAFTA 3 nominations total
IMDB # 72251
Network
1976 - R - Drama - 121 min - United States - English
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.

Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Written by: Paddy Chayefsky
Starring: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch
Won 4 Oscars. 20 wins & 26 nominations total
IMDB # 74958
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors (TV Special)
1972 - N/A - Documentary - 88 min - UK - English
Jon Pertwee presents a look at his own era of Doctor Who. Featuring episodes from the stories "Inferno", "Frontier in Space" and "The Dæmons".

Directed by: N/A
Written by: John Nathan-Turner
Starring: Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Nicholas Courtney, Peter Davison
N/A
IMDB # 297086
Doctor Who: The Robots of Death (TV Show Episode)
1977 - N/A - Documentary - 170 min - UK - English
Tom Baker watches clips of all the serials in which he acted as 'Doctor Who', and provides ad lib anecdotes and reminiscences.

Directed by: John Nathan-Turner
Written by: John Nathan-Turner, Sydney Newman (creator)
Starring: Tom Baker, Janet Fielding, Louise Jameson, John Leeson
N/A
IMDB # 217370
Muppet Show, The (TV Series, Seasons 1-3)
1976 - TV-G - Comedy, Family, Music - 30 min - United States, United Kingdom - English
Kermit the Frog and his fellow Muppets put on a vaudeville show at their theatre, bringing in a famous celebrity to help out for each episode.

Directed by: N/A
Written by: Jim Henson, Jack Burns
Starring: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt
Won 4 Primetime Emmys. 12 wins & 25 nominations total
IMDB # 74028
Star Wars: Episode 4 - A New Hope
1977 - PG - Action, Adventure, Fantasy - 121 min - United States - English
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth ...

Directed by: George Lucas
Written by: George Lucas
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Won 6 Oscars. 65 wins & 31 nominations total
IMDB # 76759
THX 1138 (Director's Cut)
1971 - GP - Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller - 86 min - United States - English
In the 25th century, a time when people have designations instead of names, a man, THX 1138, and a woman, LUH 3417, rebel against their rigidly-controlled society.

Directed by: George Lucas
Written by: George Lucas, Walter Murch
Starring: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley
2 wins & 3 nominations
IMDB # 66434
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The
1975 - R - Comedy, Horror, Musical - 100 min - United Kingdom, United States - English
A newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter.

Directed by: Jim Sharman
Written by: Richard O'Brien, Jim Sharman
Starring: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick
4 wins & 5 nominations
IMDB # 73629
Boy and His Dog, A
1975 - R - Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi - 91 min - United States - English
A young man and his telepathic dog wander a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Directed by: L.Q. Jones
Written by: L.Q. Jones, Harlan Ellison, Wayne Cruseturner
Starring: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Susanne Benton
2 wins & 2 nominations
IMDB # 72730
Black Hole, The
1979 - PG - Action, Sci-Fi - 98 min - United States - English
A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole.

Directed by: Gary Nelson
Written by: Jeb Rosebrook, Bob Barbash, Richard H. Landau
Starring: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 8 nominations total
IMDB # 78869
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