John Lithgow

Late Night (2019)

Legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women separated by culture and generation are united by their love of a biting punchline.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Nisha Ganatra

Stars: Emma Thompson | Amy Ryan | John Lithgow | Mindy Kaling | Reid Scott

Pet Sematary (2019)

As: Jud Crandall

Louis Creed, his wife Rachel and their two children Gage and Ellie move to a rural home where they are welcomed and enlightened about the eerie 'Pet Sematary' located nearby. After the tragedy of their cat being killed by a truck, Louis resorts to burying it in the mysterious pet cemetery, which is definitely not as it seems, as it proves to the Creeds that sometimes dead is better.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Dennis Widmyer | Kevin Kolsch

Stars: Amy Seimetz | Jason Clarke | John Lithgow | Jeté Laurence | Lucas Lavoie

The Tomorrow Man (2019)

As: Ed Hemsler

Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner spends her life shopping for things she may never use. In a small town somewhere in America, these two people will try to find love while trying not to get lost in each other’s stuff.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Noble Jones

Stars: Katie Aselton | Derek Cecil | Blythe Danner | John Lithgow | Sophie Thatcher

Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

As: Fergus

After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects for making music with your mouth. But when they get the chance to reunite for an overseas USO tour, this group of awesome nerds will come together to make some music, and some questionable decisions, one last time.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Trish Sie

Stars: Anna Kendrick | Elizabeth Banks | Hailee Steinfeld | Brittany Snow | Rebel Wilson

Daddy's Home 2 (2017)

As: Don Whitaker

Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Sean Anders

Stars: Mel Gibson | Will Ferrell | Linda Cardellini | Mark Wahlberg | John Lithgow

Beatriz at Dinner (2017)

As: Doug Strutt

Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide, and neither will ever be the same.

Runtime: 82 min.

Directed by: Miguel Arteta

Stars: Amy Landecker | Salma Hayek | John Lithgow | Connie Britton | Jay Duplass

Miss Sloane (2016)

As: Congressman Ron M. Sperling

An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

Runtime: 132 min.

Directed by: John Madden

Stars: Mark Strong | Alison Pill | Jessica Chastain | Michael Stuhlbarg | Gugu Mbatha-Raw

The Accountant (2016)

As: Lamar Black

As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.

Runtime: 128 min.

Directed by: Gavin O'Connor

Stars: J.K. Simmons | Anna Kendrick | Ben Affleck | Jon Bernthal | Cynthia Addai-Robinson

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)

From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Gregory Doran | Bridget Caldwell | Robin Mason | Tim Taggart

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch | Joseph Fiennes | Judi Dench | David Tennant | Catherine Tate

Best of Enemies (2015)

As: Himself

A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our ...

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: Morgan Neville | Robert Gordon

Stars: Dick Cavett | John Lithgow | Gore Vidal | Kelsey Grammer | William F. Buckley

9 Kisses (2014)

As: Man in Club

2014's best actors pair up in a series of intimate encounters.

Runtime: 9 min.

Directed by: Elaine Constantine

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch | Reese Witherspoon | Laura Dern | Steve Carell | Jenny Slate

Interstellar (2014)

As: Donald

Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

Runtime: 169 min.

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Michael Caine | Anne Hathaway | Jessica Chastain | Casey Affleck | Matthew McConaughey

Love is Strange (2014)

As: Ben

After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Ira Sachs

Stars: Charlie Tahan | Alfred Molina | John Lithgow | Marisa Tomei | Darren E. Burrows

The Homesman (2014)

As: Reverend Dowd

When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women ...

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: Tommy Lee Jones

Stars: Miranda Otto | Grace Gummer | Tommy Lee Jones | Hilary Swank | Meryl Streep

Timms Valley (2013)

As: Ol' Gregory Timms

A scripted comedy set in the fictional town of Timms Valley, Wisconsin, where the lives and livelihoods of its citizens are intertwined with the fate of the town's biggest employer, Timms Industrial Piping. When the company's founder and CEO goes missing in a plane crash, the lives of the characters are turned upside down. Shot in stop-motion animation with baby dolls repurposed as an array ...

Runtime: 22 min.

Directed by: Steve Conrad

Stars: Hank Azaria | Elizabeth Banks | Maria Bamford | Dana DeLorenzo | Lance Barber

Marvin Hamlisch: The Way He Was (2013)

As: Himself

When Marvin Hamlisch passed away in August 2012 the worlds of music, theatre and cinema lost a talent the likes of which we may never see again. Seemingly destined for greatness, Hamlisch was accepted into New York’s Juilliard School as a 6-year-old musical prodigy and rapidly developed into a phenomenon. With instantly classic hits ‘The Way We Were’ and ‘Nobody Does It Better’ and scores for ...

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Dori Berinstein

Stars: Steven Soderbergh | Barbra Streisand | Marvin Hamlisch | Idina Menzel | Tim Rice

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate (2013)

As: Posket

Academy Award nominee and Tony Award-winner John Lithgow (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Shrek, 3rd Rock from the Sun) takes the title role in Arthur Wing Pinero’s uproarious Victorian farce, directed by Olivier Award-winner Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You and Into the Woods, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London). In a similar vein to the National Theatre’s smash-hit classic comedies, She Stoops to ...

Directed by: Timothy Sheader

Stars: Christina Cole | John Lithgow | Nicholas Blane | Nicholas Burns | Nancy Carroll

This Is 40 (2012)

As: Oliver

Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.

Runtime: 134 min.

Directed by: Judd Apatow

Stars: Megan Fox | Leslie Mann | Maude Apatow | Paul Rudd | Jason Segel

The Campaign (2012)

As: Glen Motch

Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Jay Roach

Stars: Will Ferrell | Zach Galifianakis | Jason Sudeikis | Dylan McDermott | Sarah Baker

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

As: Charles Rodman

Scientist Will Rodman is determined to find a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease which has slowly consumed his father. Will feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest serum on apes, noticing dramatic increases in intelligence and brain activity in the primate subjects – especially Caesar, his pet chimpanzee.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Rupert Wyatt

Stars: Brian Cox | Andy Serkis | Freida Pinto | James Franco | John Lithgow

Leap Year (2010)

As: Jack Brady

When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead ...

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Anand Tucker

Stars: Adam Scott | Amy Adams | Matthew Goode | John Lithgow | Flaminia Cinque

Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

As: Edgar West

In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping-a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door-until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: P.J. Hogan

Stars: Krysten Ritter | Joan Cusack | Hugh Dancy | John Goodman | Isla Fisher

Car of the Future (2008)

As: Narrator

Click and Clack from NPR's Car Talk look at the future of motor vehicle transportation. New designs, new construction materials and new fuel sources are all discussed. Social and Political issues are also touched on lightly.

Runtime: 54 min.

Directed by: Joseph Seamans

Stars: John Lithgow | Tom Magliozzi | Ray Magliozzi

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)

Going behind the curtain to capture the most controversial, passionate, risky and high-profile Broadway season in decades.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Dori Berinstein

Stars: Alan Cumming | Kristin Chenoweth | Edie Falco | Stephanie D'Abruzzo | Raúl Esparza

Dreamgirls (2006)

As: Jerry Harris

Three young women – Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson – dream of becoming pop stars and they get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.

Runtime: 130 min.

Directed by: Bill Condon

Stars: Danny Glover | Eddie Murphy | Jamie Foxx | Beyoncé Knowles | Jennifer Hudson

Kinsey (2004)

As: Alfred Seguine Kinsey

Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into the mystery of human behavior.

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Bill Condon

Stars: Laura Linney | Timothy Hutton | Liam Neeson | Peter Sarsgaard | Chris O'Donnell

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

As: Blake Edwards

The professional and personal life of actor and comedian Peter Sellers was a turbulent one. His early movie fame was based primarily on his comic characterizations, often of bumbling and foreign-accented persons, characters which he embodied. As his movie fame rose, he began to lose his own personal identity to his movie characters, leading to self-doubt of himself as a person.

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: Stephen Hopkins

Stars: Emily Watson | Geoffrey Rush | Charlize Theron | John Lithgow | Miriam Margolyes

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad (2003)

As: Ghost of Farquaad (voice)

Lord Farquaad was eaten by the dragon, but his ghost has returned, and he's still evil. With the help of his henchman, Thelonious, he kidnaps Fiona. Shrek and the donkey set out to save her, with help from the dragon, before she goes over a waterfall on a raft.

Runtime: 13 min.

Directed by: Simon J. Smith

Stars: Mike Myers | Eddie Murphy | Cameron Diaz | Conrad Vernon | John Lithgow

Orange County (2002)

As: Bud Brumder

Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his disfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends the wrong application.

Runtime: 82 min.

Directed by: Jake Kasdan

Stars: Jack Black | Schuyler Fisk | Kyle Howard | Bret Harrison | Colin Hanks

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified (2002)

As: Himself

A documentary found on The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension Special Edition DVD.

Runtime: 22 min.

Directed by: Michael Arick

Stars: Peter Weller | W.D. Richter | Thomas R. Burman | Gregory Jein | Stephen Dane

Shrek (2001)

As: Lord Farquaad (voice)

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Vicky Jenson | Andrew Adamson

Stars: Vincent Cassel | Mike Myers | Eddie Murphy | Cameron Diaz | John Lithgow

Shrek In The Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001)

As: Lord Farquaad (singing voice)

Shrek and his friends enjoy themselves with some Karaoke partying.

Runtime: 3 min.

Directed by: Andrew Adamson | Vicky Jenson

Stars: Christopher Knights | Mike Myers | Eddie Murphy | Guillaume Aretos | John Bisom

Rugrats In Paris (2000)

As: Jean-Claude (voice)

The Rugrats are back! There's Tommy the brave one, Chuckie the timid one, Phil and Lil the odd couple, Dil, and spoiled brat Angelica. This time they're wreaking havoc in Paris, France, where Tommy's dad Stu is summoned after yet another one of his inventions took a dump.

Runtime: 78 min.

Directed by: Stig Bergqvist

Stars: Susan Sarandon | Tara Strong | John Lithgow | Cheryl Chase | E.G. Daily

Don Quixote (2000)

As: Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano

The classic tale of a man's dream, his epic journey, and one true love.

Runtime: 120 min.

Directed by: Peter Yates

Stars: Lambert Wilson | Bob Hoskins | Isabella Rossellini | John Lithgow | Vanessa Williams

95 Worlds and Counting (2000)

As: Narrator

Swimming in Neptune's moons, flying in Uranus' moons, jumping in Mars' moons, living in Jupiter's moons...welcome to the future of the mankind, where you'll see the next worlds for to discover.

Runtime: 60 min.

Stars: John Lithgow

A Civil Action (1998)

As: Judge Walter J. Skinner

Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to "get rid of" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and his clients' goals, in order to continue the case against all odds.

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Steven Zaillian

Stars: William H. Macy | Robert Duvall | Tony Shalhoub | John Travolta | Zeljko Ivanek

Johnny Skidmarks (1998)

As: Sergeant Larry Skovik

Johnny Scardino is working for blackmailers, photographing wealthy guys in seedy motels. One such assignment turns the wrong way and blackmailers die one by one. Is Johnny the next on the list?

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: John Raffo

Stars: Peter Gallagher | John Lithgow | Jack Black | John Kapelos | Frances McDormand

Homegrown (1998)

As: Malcolm / Robert Stockman

Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they learn that their boss has been murdered. They know enough to run, taking with them enough of the crop to pay them for services rendered. Hooking up with go-between Lucy in the next town, they plot their next move.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal

Stars: Jon Bon Jovi | Hank Azaria | Ryan Phillippe | Kelly Lynch | Billy Bob Thornton

Hollow Point (1996)

As: Thomas Livingston

Livingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with huge amounts of money and power. FBI agent Susan and DEA agent Max are trying to stop them.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Sidney J. Furie

Stars: Donald Sutherland | John Lithgow | David Hemblen | Thomas Ian Griffith | Tia Carrere

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996)

As: Narrator

An IMAX production that explores the ground-breaking special effects portrayed in Hollywood films from the very originals to the breathtaking special effects in movies today. Takes the audience on a "behind the scenes" look into what goes on during the production of a movie and how the special effects are created.

Runtime: 40 min.

Directed by: Ben Burtt

Stars: Shaquille O'Neal | John Lithgow | Paul Michael Glaser | Anthony Daniels

The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)

As: Senator Conyers

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: Robert Markowitz

Stars: Laurence Fishburne | Andre Braugher | Malcolm-Jamal Warner | Courtney B. Vance | Allen Payne

My Brother's Keeper (1995)

As: Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley

A man and his HIV-positive twin take an insurance company to court over a possibly life-saving bone marrow transplant.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Glenn A. Jordan

Stars: Veronica Cartwright | John Lithgow | Annette O'Toole | Richard Masur | Zeljko Ivanek

Redwood Curtain (1995)

As: Laird Riordan

Geri Riordan is adopted, half-Vietnamese, eighteen, and a piano prodigy. She also feels as if she doesn't know who she really is, and when her adopted father dies, she begins to search for her biological father.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: John Korty

Stars: Catherine Hicks | Jeff Daniels | John Lithgow | Debra Monk | Lea Salonga

Silent Fall (1994)

As: Dr. Rene Harlinger

An autistic boy witnesses his parents' double murder. Richard Dreyfuss as a controversial therapist, seeks to probe the child's mind in order to solve the case.

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Bruce Beresford

Stars: Richard Dreyfuss | Linda Hamilton | John Lithgow | J.T. Walsh | Ben Faulkner

Princess Caraboo (1994)

As: Professor Wilkinson

Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it is understood that the woman is a princess from a far away land. She is then welcomed by a family of haughty aristocrats that only wants to heighten their prestige. However, the local reporter is not ...

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Michael Austin

Stars: Kevin Kline | Stephen Rea | John Lithgow | Jim Broadbent | Phoebe Cates

A Good Man in Africa (1994)

As: Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner

Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes himself useful to his boss, the snobbish Arthur Fanshawe, who has no clue about what's going on around him, but who wants to use his secretary to carry on his dirty work, which involves getting one of the most powerful men in the country to do business with his country.The young secretary has ...

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Bruce Beresford

Stars: Sean Connery | Colin Friels | Joanne Whalley | John Lithgow | Diana Rigg

The Pelican Brief (1993)

As: Smith Keen

Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.

Runtime: 141 min.

Directed by: Alan J. Pakula

Stars: Denzel Washington | John Heard | Julia Roberts | Sam Shepard | Tony Goldwyn

Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)

As: Paul Harrington

The beautiful Lauren gets married with an older man. She is unexpectedly confronted with her ex, an escaped criminal.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: William Curran

Stars: Eric Roberts | Richard Edson | John Lithgow | Donald Moffat | Mädchen Amick

The Wrong Man (1993)

As: Phillip Mills

US merchant sailor Alex Walker (Kevin Anderson) is stranded in Mexico, penniless and wanted by the police. He meets and joins up with an unlikely couple - ageing but likeable shit Phillip Mills (John Lithgow) and young sexy, frustated wife Missy (Rosanna Arquette). The three develop a curiously inter-dependent relationship. Meanwhile, Police Captain Diaz and Detective Ortega are closing in and the plot ...

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Jim McBride

Stars: John Lithgow | Rosanna Arquette | Kevin Anderson | Jorge Cervera Jr. | Robert Harper

Cliffhanger (1993)

As: Eric Qualen

A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.

Runtime: 113 min.

Directed by: Renny Harlin

Stars: Michael Rooker | Sylvester Stallone | John Lithgow | Rex Linn | Janine Turner

Raising Cain (1992)

As: Carter / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo

When neighborhood kids begin vanishing, Jenny suspects her child psychologist husband, Carter, may be resuming the deranged experiments his father performed on Carter when he was young. Now, it falls to Jenny to unravel the mystery. And as more children disappear, she fears for her own child's safety.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Brian De Palma

Stars: Steven Bauer | Gregg Henry | John Lithgow | Lolita Davidovich | Frances Sternhagen

At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)

As: Leslie Huben

Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians ...

Runtime: 189 min.

Directed by: Hector Babenco

Stars: Tom Berenger | Aidan Quinn | Tom Waits | John Lithgow | Daryl Hannah

Ricochet (1991)

As: Earl Talbott Blake

An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Russell Mulcahy

Stars: Denzel Washington | Ice-T | Kevin Pollak | John Lithgow | Lindsay Wagner

Memphis Belle (1990)

As: Lt.Col. Bruce Derringer

The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Dresden, a heavily-defended city that invariably causes many Allied casualties

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones

Stars: Billy Zane | Matthew Modine | Tate Donovan | Eric Stoltz | D. B. Sweeney

Ivory Hunters (1990)

As: Robert Carter

Ruthless elephant killers are confronted by determined conservationists.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Joseph Sargent

Stars: James Earl Jones | Isabella Rossellini | John Lithgow

Out Cold (1989)

As: Dave

A comedy about an angry married couple, a private investigator, and a walk-in freezer.

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Malcolm Mowbray

Stars: Randy Quaid | John Lithgow | Teri Garr | Lisa Blount | Bruce McGill

Distant Thunder (1988)

As: Mark Lambert

A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after 10 years, where he's been living like an animal in the forest. He finds himself unprepared for the changes that he will have to cope with, and when the vet tries to contact his son, he realizes that he has caused more damage than he had imagined.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Rick Rosenthal

Stars: Kerrie Keane | John Lithgow | Reb Brown | Ralph Macchio | Janet Margolin

Harry and the Hendersons (1987)

As: George Henderson

Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". They think it's dead so they decide to take it home (there could be some money in this). As you guessed, it isn't dead. Far from being the ferocious monster they fear "Harry" to be, he's a friendly giant.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: William Dear

Stars: John Lithgow | Kevin Peter Hall | Melinda Dillon | Joshua Rudoy | Margaret Langrick

Baby Girl Scott (1987)

As: Neil Scott

The story of the Scotts, a young couple whose first child is born dangerously early, weighing less than a pound and a half. As they endure the anguish and struggle to help keep their baby alive, they discover what real love, courage and triumph are in the face of tragedy.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: John Korty

Stars: John Lithgow | Mimi Kennedy | Mary Beth Hurt | Linda Kelsey | Ronny Cox

Mesmerized (1986)

As: Oliver Thompson

An orphan weds an older man in circa-1900 New Zealand, then finds out he's a miser who spies on her.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Michael Laughlin

Stars: Michael Murphy | John Lithgow | Jodie Foster | Harry Andrews | Dan Shor

The Manhattan Project (1986)

As: John Mathewson

Named after the World War II-era program, the plot revolves around a gifted high school student who decides to construct a nuclear bomb for a national science fair. The film's underlying theme involves the Cold War of the 1980s when government secrecy and mutually assured destruction were key political and military issues.

Runtime: 117 min.

Directed by: Marshall Brickman

Stars: Cynthia Nixon | John Lithgow | John Mahoney | Christopher Collet | Jill Eikenberry

Resting Place (1986)

As: Maj. Kendall Laird

A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war hero. It's Laird's job to help Johnson's parents bury their son. But since the dead hero was black, his parents are turned away by the white racists who maintain the town's "all-white" cemetery.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: John Korty

Stars: Morgan Freeman | John Lithgow | Richard Brooks | Frances Sternhagen | CCH Pounder

Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

As: B.Z.

The first half of this film, set hundreds of years ago, shows how the old man who eventually became Santa Claus was given immortality and chosen to deliver toys to all the children of the world. The second half moves into the modern era, in which Patch, the head elf, strikes out on his own and falls in with an evil toy manufacturer who wants to corner the market and eliminate Santa Claus.

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc

Stars: John Lithgow | Burgess Meredith | David Huddleston | Dudley Moore | Judy Cornwell

2010 (1984)

As: Dr. Walter Curnow

This is a sequel to 2001 A Space Odyssey. It is now 2010 and both the Americans and the Russians are racing to get to Jupiter to investigate the black monolith (similar to the one found in Lunar Crater Clavius) which was found by the U.S.S. Discovery in orbit around Jupiter's moons. The U.S.S. Discovery's orbit is rapidly decaying and it will crash into IO but the Americans cannot get there in time to save ...

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: Peter Hyams

Stars: Helen Mirren | John Lithgow | Bob Balaban | Roy Scheider | Keir Dullea

The Glitter Dome (1984)

As: Sgt. Marty Wellborn

Al Mackey and Marty are homicide cops in Hollywood and hot on the trail of the murderer of a movie mogul that was moonlighting by making child porno pictures. Willie is one of several suspects with motive, opportunity and the evil means to carry out this act. A medal should be in order instead of being arrested

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Stuart Margolin

Stars: John Lithgow | Margot Kidder | James Garner | Stuart Margolin | John Marley

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

As: Lord John Whorfin

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.

Runtime: 103 min.

Directed by: W.D. Richter

Stars: Jeff Goldblum | Peter Weller | Ellen Barkin | Christopher Lloyd | John Lithgow

Footloose (1984)

As: Reverend Shaw Moore

When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock.

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: Herbert Ross

Stars: Dianne Wiest | Kevin Bacon | John Lithgow | Lori Singer | Chris Penn

Terms of Endearment (1983)

As: Sam Burns

Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Breedlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking.

Runtime: 132 min.

Directed by: James L. Brooks

Stars: Shirley MacLaine | Danny DeVito | Jeff Daniels | Jack Nicholson | Debra Winger

The Day After (1983)

As: Joe Huxley

The film portrays a fictional nuclear war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact that rapidly escalates into a full scale exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, as well as several family farms situated next to nearby nuclear missile silos.

Runtime: 127 min.

Directed by: Nicholas Meyer

Stars: John Cullum | John Lithgow | Steve Guttenberg | Jason Robards | JoBeth Williams

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

As: John Valentine (segment "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet")

Four directors collaborated to remake four episodes of the popular television series 'The Twilight Zone' for this movie. The episodes are updated slightly and in color (the television show was in black-and-white), but very true to the originals, where eerie and disturbing situations gradually spin out of control. "A Quality of Mercy", "Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life", and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Joe Dante | George Miller | Steven Spielberg | John Landis

Stars: Kathleen Quinlan | Dan Aykroyd | John Lithgow | Albert Brooks | Vic Morrow

The World According to Garp (1982)

As: Roberta Muldoon

Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women.

Runtime: 136 min.

Directed by: George Roy Hill

Stars: John Lithgow | Hume Cronyn | Robin Williams | Glenn Close | Mary Beth Hurt

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)

As: Mr. Brunner

An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: Jack Hofsiss

Stars: Jill Clayburgh | Joe Pesci | Dianne Wiest | Geraldine Page | Nicol Williamson

Blow Out (1981)

As: Burke

Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and ...

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Brian De Palma

Stars: John Lithgow | Nancy Allen | John Travolta | Dennis Franz | Peter Boyden

All That Jazz (1979)

As: Lucas Sergeant

Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.

Runtime: 123 min.

Directed by: Bob Fosse

Stars: Ben Vereen | Jessica Lange | Roy Scheider | Ann Reinking | Leland Palmer

Rich Kids (1979)

As: Paul Philips

Two 12 year olds, the products of Upper West Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents lives and their own adolescent feelings

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Robert M. Young

Stars: David Selby | John Lithgow | Trini Alvarado | Roberta Maxwell | Jeremy Levy

The Big Fix (1978)

As: Sam Sebastian

Richard Dreyfuss is Moses Wine, a private detective hired to by his former college girlfriend, Susan Anspach, to investigate a political smear campaign. Moses sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results, in this comedy-thriller.

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Jeremy Kagan

Stars: Richard Dreyfuss | John Lithgow | F. Murray Abraham | Bonnie Bedelia | Susan Anspach

Obsession (1976)

As: Robert Lasalle

New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland’s life is shattered when his wife and daughter are tragically killed in a botched kidnap rescue attempt. Many years later whilst visiting Italy he meets and falls in in love with Sandra Portinari, who bears a striking resemblance to his wife.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Brian De Palma

Stars: John Lithgow | Geneviève Bujold | Cliff Robertson | Sylvia Kuumba Williams | Wanda Blackman

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)

As: John

A Harvard graduate transports a load of marijuana from Boston to Berkeley, California.

Runtime: 88 min.

Directed by: Paul Williams

Stars: Barbara Hershey | John Lithgow | Howard Gardner | Robert F. Lyons | Ellen Barber