The best Gregory Hines’s comedy movies

Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines

14/02/1946- 09/08/2003
Today we present the best Gregory Hines’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Gregory Hines’s movies.
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History of the World: Part I

History of the World: Part I
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/06/1981
  • Character: Josephus
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

Waiting to Exhale

Waiting to Exhale
6/10
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.

Mad Dog Time

Mad Dog Time
5.4/10
With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as vicious rivals threaten the control of the empire.

The Preacher's Wife

The Preacher's Wife
5.7/10
Good natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Rev. Biggs prays to God for help - and help arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.

Running Scared

Running Scared
6.5/10
  • Genre: ActionComedy
  • Release: 27/06/1986
  • Character: Ray Hughes
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.

The Muppets Take Manhattan

The Muppets Take Manhattan
6.8/10
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy won't take no for an answer, launching a search for someone to take them to Broadway.

Renaissance Man

Renaissance Man
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/06/1994
  • Character: Sergeant Cass
An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job: teaching thinking skills to Army recruits. He arrives on base to find that there is no structure set up for the class.

A Rage in Harlem

A Rage in Harlem
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 03/05/1991
  • Character: Goldy
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.

The Cherokee Kid

The Cherokee Kid
6/10
Isaih Turner didn’t want to be a hero-all he wanted was revenge. Orphaned when both his parents were cruelly murdered by the wealthy and powerful Cyrus Bloomington, the young Isaiah grew up with one air in mind: to find the man who killed his folks and take him down.

Good Luck

Good Luck
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 07/03/1997
  • Character: Bernard 'Bern' Lemley
Bernard "Bern" Lemly (Gregory Hines) is fed up with being in a wheelchair and wants more out of life. Meanwhile, former football player Tony "Ole" Olezniak (Vincent D'Onofrio) is stewing after recently losing his sight. The men soon realize they can put their frustrated energy to good use by competing in a whitewater rafting race on Oregon's Rouge River. In the process, they discover their disabilities don't have to destroy their dreams.

Deal of the Century

Deal of the Century
4.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/11/1983
  • Character: Ray Kasternak
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a religious conversion from one of the salesman and a romance that begins to grow between two competitors.

Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground

Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground
6.5/10
The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes. The tales showcase an ensemble of familiar faces, and range from stories of compassion and love to reflections on violence and loss. Among them: a disabled beggar quarrels with a woman and ruins her shoes with his wheelchair, provoking onlookers to wrath and pity; a skittish tourist proves to be her own worst enemy; a newlywed trysts with a mysterious sexpot; a commuter helplessly witnesses a suicide attempt; and, in the most affecting segment, a young woman grieves over her mother's imminent death.

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/11/1981
Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night Live. It was broadcast live from Studio 8H, produced by Lorne Michaels and featured some original cast members of the show.

T Bone N Weasel

T Bone N Weasel
5.1/10
A couple of con men look for paradise in a stolen car.

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