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Adam Sandler
Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, musician, screenwriter and film producer. He is the founder of Happy Madison Productions, a film production company that also developed the television series Rules of Engagement.
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Funny People
Funny People is an American comedy-drama film, written, co-produced, and directed by Judd Apatow, and starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen as stand-up comedians. The film was released on July 31, 2009 in North America, and on August 28, 2009 in the...
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50 First Dates
50 First Dates is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Peter Segal, and starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.
Henry Roth (Adam Sandler), a womanizing marine-life veterinarian living in Hawaii, meets Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore), an art...
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Airheads
Airheads is a comedy film released on August 5, 1994. It was written by Rich Wilkes and directed by Michael Lehmann.
It stars Brendan Fraser, Adam Sandler, and Steve Buscemi as a group of loser musicians called The Lone Rangers who take a radio...
Anger Management
Anger Management is a 2003 comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson, directed by Peter Segal and written by David S Dorfman. It was produced by Revolution Studios in association with Sandler's production company Happy Madison Productions...
Big Daddy
Big Daddy is an American comedy-drama film directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler, which was released on June 25, 1999 by Columbia Pictures.
Sonny Koufax (Sandler) is a carefree, unmotivated slob, who has declined to take on adult roles...
Billy Madison
Billy Madison is a 1995 comedy film starring Adam Sandler in the title role about a slacker who must go back to school in order to take over his father's company. The comedy also features Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel, Bridgette Wilson, Chris Farley...
Bulletproof
Bulletproof is a 1996 American action comedy film directed by Ernest Dickerson, and starring Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, James Caan and Jeep Swenson.
Archie Moses (Adam Sandler) is a small time crook working for a large drug importer and car dealer...
Click
In Columbia Pictures/Revolution Studios’ comedy Click, Adam Sandler portrays Michael Newman, a family man whose busy career as an architect doesn’t leave much time for his wife, Donna (Kate Beckinsale), and two kids. Unable to figure out which of...
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Crood Awakening
Crood Awakening is an upcoming animated film being produced by DreamWorks Animation. The original script was co-written by John Cleese and Kirk DeMicco, and the project began as a coproduction with Aardman Animations. On October 3, 2006 (a month...
Eight Crazy Nights
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights is a 2002 American animated musical comedy with Adam Sandler about the magic of the holidays. It was produced by Sandler's production company Happy Madison and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. While the movie...
Happy Gilmore
Happy Gilmore is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler as the title character. This film is number 97 on Bravo's 100 funniest movies.
Happy Gilmore (Sandler) is an aspiring ice hockey player who...
Little Nicky
Little Nicky is a 2000 comedy film directed by Steven Brill. It stars Adam Sandler as Nicky, one of Satan's three sons, The first Happy Madison Film relased with a PG-13 rating by the MPAA.
The movie begins with a peeper (Jon Lovitz) sitting in a...
Mixed Nuts
Mixed Nuts is a motion picture comedy directed by Nora Ephron, released to theaters in the United States on December 21, 1994. Its cast includes Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Rita Wilson, Garry Shandling and Adam Sandler.
The film was neither a...
Mr Deeds
Mr. Deeds is a 2002 comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder, and is a remake of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. The movie features Peter Gallagher, John Turturro and Steve Buscemi, with small roles by John McEnroe and Al Sharpton and a brief,...
Spanglish
Spanglish is a 2004 American comedy-drama film written and directed by James L. Brooks, and starring Adam Sandler, Paz Vega, and Téa Leoni. It was released in the United States on December 17, 2004 by Columbia Pictures, and in other countries over...
The Longest Yard
The Longest Yard is a 2005 American sports comedy remake of the 1974 film of the same name. The movie features inmates at a prison who play football against their guards. Adam Sandler plays the protagonist, Paul Crewe, an ex pro-football quarterback...
The Waterboy
The Waterboy is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Frank Coraci. It stars Adam Sandler alongside Henry Winkler, Kathy Bates, Jerry Reed, and Fairuza Balk. Lynn Swann, Lawrence Taylor, Jimmy Johnson, Bill Cowher, Paul Wight and Rob Schneider...
The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer is a 1998 film written by Tim Herlihy and directed by Frank Coraci. Set in the 1980s, the film stars Adam Sandler as Robbie Hart, a wedding singer and Drew Barrymore as Julia Sullivan, the object of his affections.
The Wedding...
Going Overboard
Going Overboard is a film released on May 11, 1989. It was the first starring role for Adam Sandler. It also features Burt Young, Allen Covert, Billy Zane, Terry Moore, Milton Berle, and a small role by Billy Bob Thornton. The movie frequently ranks...
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry is a 2007 sex screwball comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler and Kevin James. The film was released on July 20, 2007 in the U.S., August 16, 2007 in Australia and on September 21, 2007 in...
Reign Over Me
In Reign Over Me, two former college roommates Charlie Fineman (Adam Sandler) and Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle) run into each other years later and rekindle their friendship. Charlie, who recently lost his wife and children, has retreated from his life...
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You Don't Mess with the Zohan
You Don't Mess with the Zohan is a 2008 comedy film starring Adam Sandler. The film is about Zohan Dvir (Hebrew: זוהן דביר), an Israeli counter terrorist army commando who fakes his own death in order to pursue his dream of becoming a hairstylist in...
The Benchwarmers
The Benchwarmers is a 2006 comedy film that was released on April 7, 2006. It stars Rob Schneider, David Spade and Jon Heder and is directed by Dennis Dugan. It is produced by Happy Madison Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures and...
Shakes the Clown
Shakes the Clown is a 1992 American movie directed and written by Bobcat Goldthwait, who performs the title role. It also features Julie Brown, Blake Clark, Paul Dooley, Kathy Griffin, Florence Henderson, Tom Kenny, Adam Sandler, Scott Herriott,...
Bedtime Stories
Bedtime Stories is a 2008 American family-fantasy-comedy film directed by Adam Shankman that stars Adam Sandler in his first appearance in a family-oriented film. Sandler's production company Happy Madison and Andrew Gunn's company Gunn Films have...
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) is the sequel to the 1999 film Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, from Happy Madison Productions. Rob Schneider returns in the role of the reluctant male prostitute Deuce Bigalow who visits his former pimp T.J. (Eddie...
The Animal
The Animal is a 2001 comedy film, directed by Luke Greenfield. It stars Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, Edward Asner, and John C. McGinley.
Marvin Mange (Rob Schneider) is a meek, uncoordinated man who dreams of being a police officer like his dad...
Coneheads
Coneheads is the title of a 1993 movie based on the Saturday Night Live sketches about the Coneheads. The film was directed by Steve Barron and produced by Lorne Michaels. As was the case with the previous SNL skit-inspired film The Blues Brothers,...
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo is a 1999 comedy film starring Rob Schneider. Other cast members include Eddie Griffin, Amy Poehler, Oded Fehr, Arija Bareikis, and William Forsythe.
A sequel, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, was released on August 12,...
Dirty Work
Dirty Work is a 1998 comedy buddy film starring Norm Macdonald and Artie Lange, and directed by Bob Saget. In the film, long-time friends Mitch (Macdonald) and Sam (Lange) start a successful revenge-for-hire business, and try to earn money for heart...
The Hot Chick
The Hot Chick is a 2002 comedy film starring Rob Schneider as the title character — a criminal who mysteriously switches bodies with a popular teenager. The bulk of the film revolves around "Jessica" and her friends figuring out how to get Jessica's...
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Pauly Shore Is Dead is an American comedy/Mockumentary motion picture released in 2003 starring comedian Pauly Shore. It is a cameo-filled movie in which Shore (playing himself) fakes his own death in order to revitalize his fading career.
The film,...
Grown Ups
Grown Ups (but has gone through several name changes like, Lake House and Phantom Five) is an upcoming comedy starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider, and David Spade. Thirty years after their high school graduation, five good...
Grown Ups
Grown Ups is an upcoming 2010 American ensemble comedy film starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade. James, Rock, Schneider, and Spade have all worked with Sandler on films before, though this is the first film...
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The Zookeeper
Zookeeper is an upcoming 2010 American comedy film starring Kevin James and Rosario Dawson, and featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone, Judd Apatow, Jon Favreau, and Cher. The film is produced by Sandler's production company Happy...
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Punch-Drunk Love
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) is an American surrealist, romantic comedy-drama written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson. Anderson regulars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Luis Guzmán appear.
Sandler won positive...
