Directed by Herbert Ross • 1977 • United States
Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings
Richard Dreyfuss delivers an Academy Award–winning performance in this Neil Simon–penned classic in which romance blooms between two complete opposites forced to share a New York City apartment. Elliot Garfield (Dreyfuss) has just arrived in Manhattan to take the acting role of his life: Richard III in an off-off-Broadway production. Former chorus girl Paula McFadden (Marsha Mason) has just been dumped, again. This time her ex has abandoned her, sublet their apartment—to Garfield—and left Paula and her nine-year-old daughter without a job or a place to live. Reluctant to throw a mother and daughter out, Garfield lets the pair stay and—in spite of his eccentric habits—the three form an unconventional home.
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It’s My Turn
Directed by Claudia Weill • 1980 • United States
Starring Jill Clayburgh, Michael Douglas, Charles GrodinDirector Claudia Weill’s follow-up to her ’70s New York classic GIRLFRIENDS is another winningly offbeat look at women searching for fulfillment in the big city. Mathematics professor Kate G...
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Falling in Love
Directed by Ulu Grosbard • 1984 • United States
Starring Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Harvey KeitelThe palpable chemistry between Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro elevates this poignant romance, which plays like a 1980s update of a golden-age Hollywood melodrama. Architectural engineer Frank Ra...
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Something Wild
Directed by Jonathan Demme • 1986 • United States
Starring Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels, Ray LiottaA straitlaced businessman meets a quirky, free-spirited woman at a downtown New York greasy spoon. Her offer of a ride back to his office results in a lunchtime motel rendezvous—just the beginni...
