John Badham
Pub. Date
1977
Description
Tony is an undereducated Brooklyn teenager who is bored with his daytime job. The highlight of his week is going to the local disco, where he is the king of the dance floor. Tony meets Stephanie at the disco and they agree to dance together in a competition. Stephanie resists Tony's attempts to romance her, as she aspires to greater things. Gradually, Tony also becomes disillusioned with the life he is leading and he and Stephanie decide to help one...
5) Stakeout
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Description
Two plainclothes cops are convinced that a dangerous escaped convict is headed for his ex-girlfriend's apartment. They "stakeout" her apartment and the watch remains routine until one of the detectives falls in love with the woman under surveillance.
6) War games
Pub. Date
1983.
Description
Young electronics wizard David Lightman unwittingly hooks into America's supersecret wargames computer and the world is suddenly threatened with nuclear annihilation.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Stakeout: Two Seattle detectives watch the home of a woman whose ex-boyfriend is a violent escaped convict, hoping he'll return to her.
Another stakeout: Two detectives and an assistant D.A. pose as a typical suburban family so they can keep tabs on a mob witness hiding out next door.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Bird on a wire : Two people forced to surface from the Witness Protection Program are being chased by their old enemies.
Death becomes her : Two women compete for the same man, and in the process both take a drug that makes them immortal, with disastrous results.
Housesitter : Shortly after an architect's girlfriend turns down his marriage proposal, he encounters a woman who decides on her own to move into his empty dream house and pass herself...
10) Nick of time
Pub. Date
1995.
Description
No sooner does accountant Gene Watson arrive at L.A.'s Union Station with his six-year-old daughter than he's plunged into a nightmare. Two shadowy strangers separate Watson from his little girl, slap a gun into his hand and present a devil's bargain: kill a top government official before she leaves a nearby political rally-- or never again see his beloved child.
11) Blue Thunder
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Chosen to test Blue Thunder, Frank Murphy is amazed by the capabilities of the high-speed, high-tech chopper. It can see through walls, record a whisper or level a city block. Distrusting the military mentality behind Blue Thunder, Murphy and his partner learn the remarkable craft is slated for use as the ultimate weapon in surveillance and crowd control.
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Drop zone: A suspended U.S. Marshal enters the daredevil world of sky-diving to track down a cadre of techno terrorists.
Hard rain: Set during a massive flood started by a dam accident in a small time, Christian Slater is an armored truck guard who gets robbed by Morgan Freeman. He manages to get away with the money, hides it, and tries to tell the sheriff about the robbery. The sheriff does not believe him, so Slater has to escape, get to the money,...
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
The secret of my success: a mail room boy tries to climb the corporate ladder by posing as an executive.
For love or money: A concierge finds trouble when he falls in love with the mistress of one of his financial backers.
The hard way: A movie star and a hard-boiled detective join forces to find a killer.
Career opportunities: A small-town hustler is locked inside a store with a beautiful, wealthy woman.
Casual sex?: Two women embark on a quest...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
The secret of my success: A mail room worker finds a new way up the corporate ladder in this crazy comedy of romantic mergers and mistaken identities.
The hard way: A pampered star teams up with a tough detective in order to change his image, but he finds that much more is at stake when they track a killer.
For love or money: In this romantic comedy, a hotel concierge falls for the mistress of a shady investor and must choose between his lifelong...
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Four motion pictures starring John Travolta.
Grease: Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?
Saturday Night Fever: Anxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the...