Richard Dreyfuss
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American Graffiti (1973)
 
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss 
- Seminal coming–of–age comedy set in '62 spawned a hit TV show (Happy Days), a mega–selling soundtrack and boosted many careers.
 
Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) 
- Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss 
- A baby–faced Richard Dreyfuss excels as a pushy Jewish con–artist / entrepreneur in this teeming, energetic coming–of–age…
 
Jaws (1975)
 
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw 
- Brilliantly executed, famously scary Spielberg pic about a killer fish. Spawned three forgettable sequels (also available!) and dozens of imitations.
 
Inserts (1975) 
- Dir. John Byrum
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper, Bob Hoskins… 
- Talky, tawdry film–within–a–film about a washed–up director (Dreyfuss) who inserts SUSPIRIA's Jessica Harper as a body double…
 
Victory at Entebbe (1976) 
- Dir. Marvin J. Chomsky
Feat. Helmut Berger, Linda Blair, Burt Lancaster… 
- A made–for–television film first broadcast on ABC, depicting the raid on Entebbe Airport in Uganda and the freeing of Israeli hostages…
 
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Special Edition (1977) 
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut 
- Richard Dreyfuss embodies a working class lineman who is chosen by a higher power for some great purpose. With a head full of ambiguous images and…
 
Goodbye Girl, The (1977)
 
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason 
- One of writer Neil Simon's best comedies, contrives another odd couple into sharing a New York apartment: downheel actor Richard Dreyfuss and…
 
Stand by Me (1986)
 
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman… 
- Stephen King adaptation has its darker moments, as four boys journey across 50s rural Maine to see a dead body, but a genuine feeling for childhood…
 
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) 
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss, Bette Midler… 
- Street bum Nick Nolte moves in to the plush home of neurotic fat cat Richard Dreyfuss and family, to amply comedic effect. 
 
Stakeout (1987) 
- Dir. John Badham
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe… 
- Cops Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez run into some well–scripted comic entanglements on surveillance detail.
 
Nuts (1987) 
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton… 
- Barbra Streisand must prove her sanity in order to stand trial for manslaughter. Richard Dreyfuss helps out with some heavy duty courtroom banter.
 
Tin Men (1987) 
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Danny De Vito, Richard Dreyfuss, Barbara Hershey 
- A bitter feud escalates between aluminum–cladding salesm en Danny De Vito and Richard Dreyfuss in the 1950s. Both chinwaggers are in their…
 
Always (1989) 
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, John Goodman, Holly Hunter 
- Heartwarming fantasy about a deceased pilot whose spirit returns to help his best friend pursue the same career and lady. 
 
What About Bob? (1991)
 
- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Bill Murray 
- Psychiatrist Richard Dreyfuss is followed and endlessly harassed on his vacation by a lovable but neurotic Bill Murray. Wonderful lunacy ensues.
 
Once Around (1991) 
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Gena Rowlands… 
- Richard Dreyfuss plays an abrasive, rich braggart who enters into an emotional tug–of–war with the family of fiancee Holly Hunter. 
 
Prisoner of Honour (1991) 
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Oliver Reed, Peter Firth… 
- Fact–based story of a military official Alfred Dreyfuss who was wrongly convicted of espionage in the French army c1900. Richard Dreyfuss (no…
 
Lost in Yonkers (1993) 
- Dir. Martha Coolidge
Feat. Mercedes Ruehl, Richard Dreyfuss 
- Neil Simon's laugh–and–cry theatre piece about two boys carted off to live with their eccentric rellies in '40s New York. Mercedes Reuhl…
 
Silent Fall (1994) 
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss 
- An autistic child is the only witness to a brutal murder. The job of bringing him out of his shell falls to discredited child psychologist Richard…
 
American President, The (1995) 
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen… 
- Appealing romantic comedy in which Michael Douglas, in refreshingly light mode, plays a widowed Mr. President looking for a partner who'll love the…
 
Mr. Holland's Opus (1996) 
- Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly 
- A would–be composer who settled for a career in teaching reflects on an inspirational life's work. Though steeped in nostalgic sentiment,…
 
Trigger Happy (Mad Dog Time) (1996) 
- Dir. Larry Bishop
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Jeff Goldblum, Gabriel Byrne… 
- Grinning mob–boss Richard Dreyfuss is fresh out of the asylum, gunning down wisecracking old friends and enemies alike. Old friends is indeed…
 
Night Falls On Manhattan (1997) 
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Andy Garcia, Lena Olin 
- Poking around among the NYPD's rotten apples, this unsettling thriller gouges up about as much police corruption and moral dry–rot as you can…
 
Krippendorf's Tribe (1998) 
- Dir. Todd Holland
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Lily Tomlin 
- Bristled anthropologist Richard Dreyfuss commits scientific fraud to help out with the career and mortgage, making films of an undiscovered New…
 
Fail Safe (2000) 
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss 
- A TV–movie with a difference, this remake of Sidney Lumet's 1964 feature, was acted and broadcast live on American TV, heightening the…
 
Old Man Who Read Love Stories, The (2001) 
- Dir. Rolf De Heer
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Timothy Spall, Hugo Weaving… 
- Acclaimed Australian dir. De Heer seeks to transport his touch for creating dramatic fables into deepest Amazonia, with Dreyfuss playing a cranky…
 
Who is Cletis Tout? (2002) 
- Dir. Chris Ver Wiel
Feat. Christian Slater, Richard Dreyfuss, Portia de Rossi… 
- Shifty, light–headed crime caper features Christian Slater as a grifter mistakingly earmarked for death after he assumes the alias of a…
 
Coast to Coast (2004) 
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Judy Davis, Selma Blair… 
- Audience faves Judy Davis and Richard Dreyfuss play a married couple on the verge of divorce who take a road trip together in this witty but…
 
Silver City (2004) 
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Chris Cooper, Danny Huston, Daryl Hannah… 
- Oddly tangled satire of Bush–era American politics in which a George Dubya soundalike (Cooper) goes on the campaign trail in Colorado, while…
 
Poseidon (2006) 
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss… 
- Pointless, but admittedly lean and racy, this remake of the 1970s disaster epic THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE is set aboard a giant cruise ship which is…
 
Tin Man (TV Mini-series) (2007)
 
- Dir. Nick Willing
Feat. Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough… 
- Futuristic, CGI–rich TV mini–series re–imagining the L. Frank Baum classic THE WIZARD OF OZ.
Quirk bunny Zooey Deschanel (WEEDS,…
 
W. (Bush) (2008) 
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Josh Brolin, Richard Dreyfuss, James Cromwell… 
- Oliver Stone examines the leadership of former U.S. President George W. Bush in this wayward, if strangely compelling account of the Texan’s…
 
My Life In Ruins (2009) 
- Dir. Donald Petrie
Feat. Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis 
- The star of MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING has slimmed down and gone to Greece in this well–intentioned yet ultimately limp rom–com, where she…
 
Leaves of Grass (2009) 
- Dir. Tim Blake Nelson
Feat. Edward Norton, Susan Sarandon, Richard Dreyfuss… 
- Stoner comedy for the philosophically inclined with Edward Norton pulling double duty as an Ivy League professor lured back to his Oklahoma hometown,…
 
Piranha (2010) 
- Dir. Alexandre Aja
Feat. Elisabeth Shue, Richard Dreyfuss, Jerry O'Connell… 
- Stupefyingly gory remake has the man–eating fish dining out on exhibitionist students while Sheriff Shue must do her best to protect the…
 
RED (R.E.D.) (2010)
 
- Dir. Robert Schwentke
Feat. Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren… 
- Entertaining cannon fodder, this is yet another comic book adaptation of assassins on the lam, but one distinguished by its dynamite cast and…
 
Paranoia (2013) 
- Dir. Robert Luketic
Feat. Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Amber Heard… 
- A topical, if rather ineptly produced corporate espionage thriller, centred on an entry–level employee recruited to spy on his company's…
 
Very Good Girls (2013) 
- Dir. Naomi Foner
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Ellen Barkin… 
- Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen play best friends determined to lose their virginity over one long hot summer. A pseudo–serious treatment of…
 
Real History of Science Fiction, The (TV Series) (2014) 
- Feat. Mark Gatiss, William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols…
 
- The story of one of the liveliest and most stimulating genres in popular culture told through its impact on cinema, television and literature. Each…
 
Zipper (2015) 
- Dir. Mora Stephens
Feat. Patrick Wilson, Lena Headey, Ray Winstone… 
- Political drama about a federal prosecutor whose sexual promiscuity threatens to destroy his political future and his life.