The best Richard Benjamin’s comedy movies

Richard Benjamin

Richard Benjamin

22/05/1938 (85 años)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella (1959) by Philip Roth, and Westworld (1973). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Benjamin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Catch-22

Catch-22
7.1/10
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.

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 12/12/1997
  • Character: Ken
This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

Marci X

Marci X
3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/08/2003
  • Character: Ben Feld
A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial rappers.

Love at First Bite

Love at First Bite
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorrorRomance
  • Release: 26/04/1979
  • Character: Dr. Jeffery Rosenberg / Van Helsing
Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim (the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker). "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg (a descendant of Van Helsing who changed his name for professional reasons?), who may almost certainly, possibly, may be in love with Cindy too.

Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger Hunt
5.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 21/12/1979
  • Character: Stuart Selsome
An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or team, amongst his family and hired help, who wins a madcap scavenger hunt.

The Sunshine Boys

The Sunshine Boys
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/11/1975
  • Character: Ben Clark
Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshine Boys back together again.

Saturday the 14th

Saturday the 14th
4.6/10
After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house and the family must join together to save themselves and their neighborhood.

Goodbye, Columbus

Goodbye, Columbus
6.4/10
A Jewish man and a jewish woman meet and while attracted to each other find that their worlds are very different. She is the archetypical Jewish-American-Princess, very emotionally involved with her parents world and the world they have created for her while he is much less dependent on his family. They begin an affair which brings more differences to the surface.

The Pentagon Wars

The Pentagon Wars
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaWar
  • Release: 28/02/1998
  • Character: Caspar Weinberger (Secretary of Defense)
From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle). There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work.

Henry Poole Is Here

Henry Poole Is Here
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 15/08/2008
  • Character: Dr. Fancher
Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a 'miracle' by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.

The Last Married Couple in America

The Last Married Couple in America
5.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/04/1980
  • Character: Marv Cooper
Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and neighbors going through separations and divorces. Seemingly surrounded by people with domestic problems, Jeff and Mari begin to question their own relationship.

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

How to Beat the High Cost of Living
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 11/07/1980
  • Character: Albert
Oregon, 1980: Jane, Elaine and Louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford the high cost of living. Jane cannot afford a babysitter or get married and if she wants privacy with her boyfriend, she has to sleep in the car. Even worse, her war veteran father comes to live with her to turn her life upside down. Louise lives a happy life with her veterinarian husband, Albert. She runs an antique shop on the side, but since it doesn't take in any profit, the IRS considers it a hobby. She needs to come up with the money to keep it going, or she will be trouble with the IRS. Elaine's husband has left her for another woman and without any money. She is in a constant struggle with banks, power companies, and gas stations. She needs money to get by and also catches the eye of police officer Jack. The local mall is having a contest that features a giant money ball that states it will help fight the inflation.

First Family

First Family
4.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/12/1980
  • Character: Press Secretary Bunthorne
The president (Bob Newhart) and his boozing wife (Madeline Kahn) go to Africa to bargain for their abducted daughter's (Gilda Radner) return.

House Calls

House Calls
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 15/03/1978
  • Character: Dr. Norman Solomon
Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.

Diary of a Mad Housewife

Diary of a Mad Housewife
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 10/08/1970
  • Character: Jonathan Balser
Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful and blatantly sadistic writer.

The Steagle

The Steagle
5.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/09/1971
  • Character: Harold Weiss
In the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a mild-mannered professor decides to live out all of his daydreams, travelling across the country and adopting a different persona in each city.

The Shrink Is In

The Shrink Is In
5.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/08/2001
  • Character: Samantha's Editor (uncredited)
A young woman impersonates a shrink to win over her Prince Charming.

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 19/08/1971
  • Character: William Alren
A stockbroker is stuck in a dreary job and a marriage that's become a dull routine. To cope with the boredom and frustration, he resorts to voyeurism and extramarital love affairs.

Witches' Brew

Witches' Brew
4.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 01/01/1980
  • Character: Joshua Lightman
A remake of 1944's Lon Chaney film Weird Woman (the first was Burn, Witch, Burn! in 1962) is more of a horror spoof, as three women use witchcraft to help their professor husbands further their careers. When a higher position becomes available in the university, they turn on each other, and no one is safe!

Portnoy's Complaint

Portnoy's Complaint
5.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 19/06/1972
  • Character: Alexander Portnoy
During a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him. His complaints include his childhood and his family with an emphasis on his mother, his sexual fantasies and the problems that he has with women, and his obsessive feelings about his Judaism.

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