(L to R) Rob Reiner and Christopher Guest in ‘This Is Spinal Tap.’ Photo: Embassy Pictures.
Tragic news from Hollywood as legendary actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner has passed away.
While be began his career as an actor on the groundbreaking 1970’s TV series ‘All in the Family‘, Reiner would go on to become one of the most celebrated directors of his generation helming such classics as ‘This Is Spinal Tap‘, ‘Stand By Me‘, ‘The Princess Bride‘, ‘When Harry Met Sally…‘, ‘Misery‘, and ‘A Few Good Men‘.
“In the heart of the nation’s capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth.”
Release Date: Dec 11, 1992
Run Time: 2 hr 18 min
Budget: $40,000,000
In honor of his passing, Moviefone is counting down every movie Rob Reiner has ever directed, including his last movie, 2025’s ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues‘.
Let’s begin!
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22. ‘North‘ (1994)
Bruce Willis in ‘North’. Photo: Columbia Pictures.
Eleven-year-old North (Elijah Wood) has had it with his parents (Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus). They are always busy with their careers and don’t give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.
“Ever wonder what your life would be like with different parents? A boy named North did.”
Release Date: Jul 22, 1994
Run Time: 1 hr 27 min
Budget: $40,000,000
Jennifer Aniston in ‘Rumor Has It’. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures.
Sarah Huttinger’s (Jennifer Aniston) return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn’t for her – and that maybe the Huttinger family isn’t even hers – as she uncovers secrets that suggest the Huttingers are neither sedate nor proper.
Release Date: Dec 25, 2005
Run Time: 1 hr 37 min
Budget: $70,000,000
(L to R) James Marsden and Woody Harrelson in ‘Shock and Awe’. Photo: Vertical Entertainment.
A group of journalists covering George Bush‘s planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has “weapons of mass destruction.”
“They risked everything to uncover the truth.”
Release Date: Jul 13, 2018
Run Time: 1 hr 30 min
(L to R) Diane Keaton and Michael Douglas in ‘And So It Goes’. Photo: Castle Rock Entertainment.
Nobody likes self-centered realtor Oren Little (Michael Douglas), and he prefers it that way. He’s deliberately mean to anyone who crosses his path and wants nothing more than to sell one final house and retire. His life turns upside-down when his estranged son drops off a granddaughter he never knew existed. Suddenly left in charge of her and with no idea how to take care of a child, he pawns the girl off on his neighbor, Leah (Diane Keaton) — but he eventually learns how to open his heart.
“You could call Oren Little ‘charming’ — except no one does.”
Release Date: Jul 25, 2014
Run Time: 1 hr 34 min
Budget: $18,000,000
Nick Robinson in ‘Being Charlie’. Photo: Castle Rock Entertainment.
Charlie (Nick Robinson) is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he’s given an intervention by his parents and forced to go to an adult rehab. There, he meets a beautiful but troubled girl, Eva (Morgan Saylor), and is forced to battle with drugs, elusive love and divided parents.
“Charlie is reckless. Charlie is defiant. Charlie is adrift.”
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Run Time: 1 hr 37 min
(L to R) Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer in ‘The Story of Us’, Photo: Universal Pictures.
After 15 years of marriage, Katie (Michelle Pfeiffer) and her husband, Ben (Bruce Willis), have grown apart. While they keep up the facade of having a contented marriage, mostly to not worry their children, they aren’t happy together and argue frequently. While the kids are away at camp, Katie and Ben decide to separate and try to reassess their relationship to see if they should stay together or split up for good.
“Can a marriage survive 15 years of marriage?”
Release Date: Oct 15, 1999
Run Time: 1 hr 36 min
Budget: $50,000,000
(L to R) Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson in ‘Alex & Emma’. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures.
Writer Alex Sheldon (Luke Wilson) must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn’t, he won’t get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore (Kate Hudson) and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.
“Is it love… or are they just imagining things?”
Release Date: Jun 20, 2003
Run Time: 1 hr 36 min
Budget: $30,000,000
Morgan Freeman in ‘The Magic of Belle Isle’. Photo: Magnolia Pictures.
In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author (Morgan Freeman) moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother (Virginia Madsen) and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.
“A re-coming of age story.”
Release Date: Jul 6, 2012
Run Time: 1 hr 49 min
14. ‘LBJ‘ (2017)
Woody Harrelson in ‘LBJ’. Photo: Castle Rock Entertainment.
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson (Woody Harrelson) from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
“In America’s darkest hour came an unlikely hero.”
Release Date: Nov 3, 2017
Run Time: 1 hr 38 min
A scene from ‘Flipped’. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures.
When Juli (Madeline Carroll) meets Bryce (Callan McAuliffe) in the second grade, she knows it’s true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she’s ready to give up – until he starts to reconsider.
“You never forget your first love.”
Release Date: Sep 10, 2010
Run Time: 1 hr 29 min
Budget: $14,000,000
(L to R) Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, and Christopher Guest in Bleecker Street’s ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’. Credit: Bleecker Street / Kyle Kaplan.
The now estranged bandmates of Spinal Tap are forced to reunite for one final concert, hoping it will solidify their place in the pantheon of rock ‘n’ roll.
“What comes after 11? We’re about to find out.”
Release Date: Sep 12, 2025
Run Time: 1 hr 24 min
Budget: $22,600,000
(L to R) Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in ‘The Bucket List’. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures.
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and working class mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.
Release Date: Jan 11, 2008
Run Time: 1 hr 37 min
Budget: $45,000,000
(L to R) Whoopi Goldbreg and Alec Baldwin in ‘Ghosts of Mississippi’. Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing.
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers (Whoopi Goldberg) struggle to bring a white supremacist (James Woods) to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
“A forgotten crime. An impossible case. A final chance… for justice.”
Release Date: Dec 20, 1996
Run Time: 2 hr 10 min
Budget: $30,000,000
Albert Brooks in ‘Albert Brooks: Defending My Life’. Photo: HBO.
Reiner profiles Albert Brooks, comedic legend, acclaimed filmmaker, talented character actor and a lifelong friend, who Reiner first met in their high school drama club.
“Comedian. Actor. Filmmaker.”
Release Date: Nov 11, 2023
Run Time: 1 hr 28 min
(L to R) John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga in ‘The Sure Thing’. Photo: Embassy Films Associates.
Gib (John Cusack), a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison (Daphne Zuniga), an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other’s nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they’ve already found before it’s too late.
“A sure thing comes once in a lifetime… but the real thing lasts forever.”
Release Date: Mar 1, 1985
Run Time: 1 hr 35 min
Budget: $4,500,000
(L to R) Michael Douglas and Martin Sheen in ‘The American President’. Photo: Columbia Pictures.
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas), one of the world’s most powerful men, can have anything he wants — and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening), a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd’s attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.
“Why can’t the most powerful man in the world have the one thing he wants most?”
Release Date: Nov 17, 1995
Run Time: 1 hr 53 min
Budget: $62,000,000
(L to R) Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O’Connell and Corey Feldman in ‘Stand by Me’. Photo: Columbia Pictures.
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie (Will Wheaton), Vern (Jerry O’Connell), Chris (River Phoenix) and Teddy (Corey Feldman) encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys’ adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
“For some, it’s the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.”
Release Date: Aug 22, 1986
Run Time: 1 hr 29 min
Budget: $8,000,000
Kathy Bates in ‘Misery’. Photo: Columbia Pictures.
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan) is rescued by a nurse (Kathy Bates) who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
“Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, he’s writing to stay alive.”
Release Date: Nov 30, 1990
Run Time: 1 hr 47 min
Budget: $20,000,000
(L to R) Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in ‘When Harry Met Sally…’ Photo: Columbia Pictures.
Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that’s what Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry’s determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry’s fears by remaining friends and admitting they just might be the perfect match for each other?
“Can two friends sleep together and still love each other in the morning?”
Release Date: Jul 21, 1989
Run Time: 1 hr 36 min
Budget: $16,000,000
(L to R) Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean in ‘This Is Spinal Tap.’ Photo: Embassy Pictures.
“This Is Spinal Tap” shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
“Prepare to crank those amps up to eleven.”
Release Date: Mar 2, 1984
Run Time: 1 hr 22 min
Budget: $2,500,000
(L to R) Cary Elwes and Robin Wright in ‘The Princess Bride’. Photo: 20th Century Fox.
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright) and the dashing Westley (Cary Elwes) must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen (Christopher Guest), murderous princes (Chris Sarandon), Sicilians (Wallace Shawn) and rodents of unusual size. But even death can’t stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
“It’s as real as the feelings you feel.”
Release Date: Oct 9, 1987
Run Time: 1 hr 39 min
Budget: $16,000,000
Tom Cruise in ‘A Few Good Men’. Photo: Columbia Pictures.
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway (Demi Moore), are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep (Jack Nicholson).
“In the heart of the nation’s capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth.”
Release Date: Dec 11, 1992
Run Time: 2 hr 18 min
Budget: $40,000,000
