The best Ron Silver’s comedy movies

Ron Silver

Ron Silver

02/07/1946- 15/03/2009
Today we present the best Ron Silver’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 Ron Silver’s movies.
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Romancing the Stone

Romancing the Stone
6.9/10
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.

Garbo Talks

Garbo Talks
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 12/10/1984
  • Character: Gilbert Rolfe
When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe (Ron Silver) finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle (Anne Bancroft), has one last wish: to meet the great Greta Garbo. Gilbert, wanting to do this last thing for her, sets out on a wild goose chase through the streets of New York City to track down the iconic star, at the expense of his personal life and much to the chagrin of his wife, Lisa (Carrie Fisher). Can he find Garbo before it's too late?

The Ten

The Ten
4.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/08/2007
  • Character: Fielding Barnes
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.

Semi-Tough

Semi-Tough
5.9/10
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.

Find Me Guilty

Find Me Guilty
7/10
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.

Tunnel Vision

Tunnel Vision
5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 12/03/1976
  • Character: Dr. Manuel Labor
A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely crack you up! This outrageous and irreverent spoof of television launched the careers of some of the greatest comedians of all time.

Girl 6

Girl 6
5.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/03/1996
  • Character: Director #2 - LA
A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.

Best Friends

Best Friends
5.5/10
When a professional couple, who have lived and worked together for many years, finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpected difficulties. They soon find that being married is often quite different from being "best friends."

Mr. Saturday Night

Mr. Saturday Night
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 23/09/1992
  • Character: Larry Meyerson
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of the world has forgotten the golden days of Buddy Young, and that there just may not be room in the business for an old comic like himself.

Married to It

Married to It
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 26/03/1993
  • Character: Leo Rothenberg
Tale of three different couples (Yuppies, Hippies, and Society Folk) who find some common ground and become friends after being assigned to the same school project. Their lives are turned upside down by divorce, indictment, and sex but their friendship remains strong.

Lovesick

Lovesick
5.2/10
Forget about accountants who want to fly, professors whose brains are being zapped by aliens and bored housewives passing the time. The one all-consuming problem Manhattan psychiatrist Saul Benjamin has is himself! Saul (Dudley Moore) and Chloe (Elizabeth McGovern), one of his patients, are in love. The situation could get him bounced from his profession but for lovers of romantic comedy, it's all delightful.

Enemies, A Love Story

Enemies, A Love Story
6.6/10
A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.

Oh, God! You Devil

Oh, God! You Devil
5.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 07/11/1984
  • Character: Gary Frantz
George Burns is back as God, but oops, here he is as Satan, too. A young rock star is ready to sell his soul to Satan, and Satan is all too happy to oblige. Oops! Seems the fellow was watched over by God as a baby, so now the almighty and his nemesis have to duke it out over the soul. Written by Steve Derby

Ratz

Ratz
5.9/10
Like lots of young ladies their age, Marci (Vanessa Lengies) and Summer (Caroline Elliott) have boys on their feverish brains. But the closer the girls get to their school's Spring Fling dance, the further they seem from finding dates. A desperate search for dance partners doesn't turn up any leads until the duo finds a magic ring. Aided by their newfound powers, they transform two pet rats into teen dreamboats -- with nightmarish results.

When Billie Beat Bobby

When Billie Beat Bobby
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 16/04/2001
  • Character: Bobby Riggs
.The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist Billie Jean King.

Festival in Cannes

Festival in Cannes
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 03/11/2001
  • Character: Rick Yorkin
Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she'll use Millie, an aging French star. But, Rick, a big producer, needs Millie for a small part in a fall movie or he loses his star, Tom Hanks. Is Kaz for real? Can Rick sweet-talk Alice and sabotage Kaz to keep Millie from taking that deal? Millie consults with Victor, her ex, about which picture to make, Rick needs money, an ingenue named Blue is discovered, Kaz hits on Victor's new love, and Rick's factotum connects with Blue. Knives go in various backs. Wheels spin. Which deals - and pairings - will be consummated?

The Return of the World's Greatest Detective

The Return of the World's Greatest Detective
6.5/10
A Los Angeles cop falls off his motorcycle, strikes his head and wakes up believing himself to be Sherlock Holmes. Along with the social worker who is treating him, he sets out to solve the murder of an embezzler.

Eat and Run

Eat and Run
4.6/10
A humanoid alien lands on earth, and soon discovers he likes to eat Italian. Italian people, that is. Incompetent detective McSorely is the only one with a clue about what's going on, and even his grasp of the situation isn't too firm. The rest of the police force thinks he's crazy, while the alien continues sampling the Italian cuisine of New York City.

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