Austin Pendleton Movies

Short Circuit

66/100

Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.

Guarding Tess

62/100

A former U.S. First Lady wants a particular Secret Service agent to head her bodyguard detail, even though he can't stand her.

The 4th Floor

57/100

A woman inherits a rent-controlled apartment and is terrorized by a neighbor.

Joe the King

67/100

A disadvantaged, abused, neglected, exploited but basically decent kid slips into criminality while trying to cope with his harsh, inescapable reality.

Wishcraft

52/100

A high school student named Brett Bumpers receives a mysterious package one day. He does not know who gave it to him, but after a while he finds out that the totem within the package can ... See full summary »

Strip Search

64/100

Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.

Simon

63/100

A group of scientist take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwash experiment. After that they try to convince him that he was a living-being from another planet.

7 Splinters in Time

33/100

A detective investigates a murder, only to find that the victim is... himself. Soon, he discovers multiple versions of himself, not all of them friendly.

5-25-77

68/100

Alienated, hopeful-filmmaker Pat Johnson's epic story growing up in rural Illinois, falling in love, and becoming the first fan of the movie that changed everything.

The Last of the Cowboys

53/100

This movie is about an aging trucker named Elegant John Howard. Howard decides he and his truck Elenor has one more good run in them, and with the help of a hitchhiker and a few others he will make it happen.

Lovely by Surprise

65/100

A truly unique and visually stunning take on meta-fiction, Lovely By Surprise follows the journey of novelist Marian Walker as she attempts to finish her first novel.

In den Fängen der Gewalt

61/100

In a world where two men in close proximity will eventually draw guns, Rico "BULLET" Burke finds himself at a crossroads. Having long ago ruined his brilliant collegiate football career ... See full summary »

The Fanatics

60/100

The city of Quimby Falls is already going downhill when the owner of the local professional football team, the Buzzards, decides to bail out and move the franchise elsewhere.

Talk to Me

70/100

Richard, a successful New York accountant whose idea of exercise is to go to the movies and to whom Central Park is the great outdoors...

Black Box

82/100

A grad student in theatre directs a group of undergrads in an adaptation of a 1980s young adult novel, altering them all in unexpected ways.

Charlie Hoboken

49/100

An ambitious young man willing to do anything to achieve success and win financial independence feels doomed to the insurance business...

King Rat

A comedy-drama, King Rat examines the possibility that years after graduation - whether it's ten years or thirty - we may be stuck with the same issues we had before crossing that stage at commencement.

You're Gonna Love It Here

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