Search results for "John G. Avildsen"
Slow Dancing In The Big City

Slow Dancing In The Big City

Slow Dancing In The Big City
IMDb: 5.1
110

An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.

Genre: Drama, Romance
For Keeps

For Keeps

For Keeps
IMDb: 6
98

Darcy, editor at her highschool paper, and her long-term boyfriend Stan are in their last months of school and already have found places in good colleges. Recently they started to…

Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
8 Seconds

8 Seconds

8 Seconds
IMDb: 6.6
105

This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.

The Power of One

The Power of One

The Power of One
IMDb: 7.2
127

PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family’s political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with…

Genre: Drama
Lean On Me

Lean On Me

Lean On Me
IMDb: 7.4
108

When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he’s faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school…

Genre: Drama
The Karate Kid Part II

The Karate Kid Part II

The Karate Kid Part II
IMDb: 6.1
113

After discovering that his father is at death’s door, Mr. Miyagi sets out to Japan, to see him with Daniel. Upon arriving, Miyagi must confront an old rival. Meanwhile, Daniel…

Rocky

Rocky

Rocky
IMDb: 8.1
120

When world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers choose palooka Rocky Balboa, an uneducated…

Genre: Action, Drama
Joe

Joe

Joe
IMDb: 6.8
107

Ad executive Bill Compton confronts and murders his daughter’s drug-dealing boyfriend. Wandering into a local bar, Bill encounters a drunken, bigoted factory worker with a bloodlust, Joe Curran. When Bill…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Hurry Sundown

Hurry Sundown

Hurry Sundown
IMDb: 5.8
146

Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land is owned by…

Genre: Drama
The Formula

The Formula

The Formula
IMDb: 5.6
117

A detective uncovers a formula that was devised by the Nazis in WW II to make gasoline from synthetic products, thereby eliminating the necessity for oil–and oil companies. A major…

Genre: Thriller
A Night in Heaven

A Night in Heaven

A Night in Heaven
IMDb: 4.3
86

Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an abundance of sexual frustration. Her sister drags her to a male strip-club for a girls-night out, where…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Save the Tiger

Save the Tiger

Save the Tiger
IMDb: 6.9
100

A businessman’s professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.

Genre: Drama
Inferno

Inferno

Inferno
IMDb: 5.2
95

Eddie Lomax (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend Johnny (Danny Trejo). Riding his motorcycle into a…

Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Rocky V

Rocky V

Rocky V
IMDb: 5.3
104

A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training…

Genre: Drama
The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid
IMDb: 7.3
126

After some violent confrontations with his new classmates, Daniel LaRusso learns karate from Japanese handyman Mr. Miyagi, in order to defend himself.

Genre: Action, Drama, Family
The Karate Kid Part III

The Karate Kid Part III

The Karate Kid Part III
IMDb: 5.3
112

Despondent over the closing of his karate school, Cobra Kai teacher John Kreese joins a ruthless businessman and martial artist to get revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.

Neighbors

Neighbors

Neighbors
IMDb: 5.6
94

One man’s quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the word go it is obvious…

Genre: Comedy
Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Happy New Year
IMDb: 5.9
85

Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance