The best Richard Herd’s movies

Richard Herd

Richard Herd

26/09/1932- 26/05/2020
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Get Out

Get Out
7.8/10
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

Joseph: King of Dreams

Joseph: King of Dreams
6.5/10
In this animated retelling of the story from the Bible's Book of Genesis, Joseph's gift of dream interpretation and his brilliantly colored coat inspires jealousy in his brothers.

The Mule

The Mule
7/10
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

All the President's Men

All the President's Men
7.9/10
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Richard Nixon to resign from his post.

F.I.S.T.

F.I.S.T.
6.4/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 26/04/1978
  • Character: Mike Monahan
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
7.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/11/1987
  • Character: Walt
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower ring curtain salesman, Del Griffith.

Sgt. Bilko

Sgt. Bilko
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 29/03/1996
  • Character: Gen. Tennyson
The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Sergeant Ernie Bilko is the leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces.

Summer Rental

Summer Rental
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/08/1985
  • Character: Angus MacLachlan
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.

Hercules in New York

Hercules in New York
3.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/02/1970
  • Character: Television Presenter
Hercules has grown tired of his life on Mount Olympus, and wishes to visit Earth. His father Zeus forbids such a voyage, but a misdirected thunderbolt sends Hercules tumbling down the mountain and into New York City, where he's befriended by Pretzie, who runs a pretzel cart in the park. As Hercules tries to make his way in the big city with Pretzie's help, he runs afoul of a crooked wresling promoter, gets mixed up with gangsters, rides his chariot through Times Square, descends into Hell, and dines at the Automat. Just as Hercules is getting used to life on Earth, his angry father decides it's time the boy came home, and Zeus sends Nemesis and a handful of other gods to retrieve him.

The Onion Field

The Onion Field
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 09/09/1979
  • Character: Beat Cop
An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted by overwhelming survivor's guilt.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
6.6/10
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.

The China Syndrome

The China Syndrome
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 16/03/1979
  • Character: Evan McCormack
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.

Trancers

Trancers
6/10
Angel City trooper Jack Deth is sent back in time from 2247 to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the body of his ancestor. Deth's assignment is to find his archenemy, Whistler, who turns people into zombies, before the fiend is able to kill all the ancestors of the future's governing council.

Gleaming the Cube

Gleaming the Cube
6.2/10
An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater believes he was murdered. It's up to him to solve the case, with a skateboard.

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/07/1977
A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
5.6/10
  • Genre: MysteryThriller
  • Release: 22/10/2005
  • Character: Commissioner Hans Raab
Remake of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920). Shot entirely on green screen. Some exact shots from the 1920 film were superimposed to properly replicate the original. Francis relates the story of traveling magician Dr. Caligari and Cesare. Their arrival in a town coincides with savage killings.

Deal of the Century

Deal of the Century
4.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/11/1983
  • Character: Lyle
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.

Camp Cucamonga

Camp Cucamonga
5.7/10
Standard camp shenanigans and romance amongst the counselors and the campers at a lake front summer camp.

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
5.9/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 11/11/1990
  • Character: Ray Goodrich
After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the exact location and time of when the long awaited earthquake--"The Big One"--will strike southern California. With this information, she must battle city officials to release this information to the general public. Also, she hopes that her family is out of harms way when the quake strikes. Subplots show how other families and people cope with the the tremors that strike before the impending "Big One."

Schizoid

Schizoid
5/10
When Dr. Peter Fales's patients start getting annihilated by an unknown serial killer, he and his daughter Alison both come under suspicion. Julie, a syndicated “Dear Abby”-style columnist, is in one of Dr. Fales's therapy groups. After she receives several ominous letters she not only wonders if Dr. Fales might be behind the killings, she also starts to suspect her estranged husband.

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