The best Dan Aykroyd’s drama movies

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

01/07/1952 (71 años)
Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers (with John Belushi) and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Aykroyd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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My Girl

My Girl
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 27/11/1991
  • Character: Harry Sultenfuss
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor
6.2/10
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Sneakers

Sneakers
7.1/10
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.

Feeling Minnesota

Feeling Minnesota
5.4/10
Sam Clayton's marriage to ex-stripper Freddie comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red, a club proprietor who once did her a favor. But Freddie falls in love with Jjaks, Sam's brother, and the pair tries to escape the situation together. It isn't long before both Sam and Red catch up with them, resulting in threats against the two of them -- although tension also starts to build between Sam and Red.

Chaplin

Chaplin
7.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/12/1992
  • Character: Mack Sennett
An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.

She's Having a Baby

She's Having a Baby
5.9/10
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.

Into the Night

Into the Night
6.4/10
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.

Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 13/12/1989
  • Character: Boolie Werthan
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters in a time when those types of relationships where shunned.

Shortcut to Happiness

Shortcut to Happiness
5.4/10
In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson sells his novel for US$ 190,000.00 to an editor, Jabez fells envy and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil knocks on his door, fixes the situation and seals a contract with Jabez. His low quality novels have bad reviews but become best-sellers; Jabez enriches; has success with women, but has no time for his friends. Jabez meets with the publisher Daniel Webster who offers him a chance to break the contract with the devil.

Crossroads

Crossroads
3.8/10
Three friends get together and bury a box making a pact to open it at midnight at their high school graduation. In the little town in Georgia that they live in, things soon change. One is little miss perfect, one is an engaged prom queen, and the other is a pregnant outcast. The night of graduation, they open the box and they strike up a conversation. All of a sudden, one brings up the topic of her going to Los Angeles for a record contract audition. They all decide to go together and they leave. With a little money, they set out on the road with a guy named Ben. When one of them tells the other a rumor that he might be a homicidal maniac they are all scared of him. When they reach LA, Lucy falls in love with Ben and against her father's wishes, she stays and she goes to the audition.

Get on Up

Get on Up
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 01/08/2014
  • Character: Ben Bart
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Behind the Candelabra

Behind the Candelabra
7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 26/05/2013
  • Character: Seymour Heller
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.

Stardom

Stardom
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 13/10/2000
  • Character: Barry Levine
A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.

North

North
4.5/10
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.

Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love
6.7/10
After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the lover of the dead pop star, and convinces him to come back to Chicago with her to figure out who killed the singer.

The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth
7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 23/09/2000
  • Character: Augustus 'Gus' Trenor
A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.

The Arrow

The Arrow
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaTV Movie
  • Release: 12/01/1997
  • Character: Crawford Gordon Jr.
The story of the Avro Arrow, the world's fastest fighter plane built in 1950's Canada, and how the project was dropped due to political pressure from the United States.

Diamonds

Diamonds
5.4/10
Mystery about an ex-prizefighter who embarks on a journey to find 13 missing diamonds

This Is My Life

This Is My Life
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 21/02/1992
  • Character: Arnold Moss
Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store, but she dreams of being a comedian. When she inherits some money, she takes the chance and moves with her two children Erica and Opel to New York to perform in small bars. Soon her agent Arnold Moss makes her famous, but while she travels all over USA, her children stay home lonely.

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