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Woody Allen

Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935) is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, writer, musician, and playwright. Allen's distinctive films, which run the gamut from dramas to screwball sex comedies, have made him one of the most respected living American...
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Everyone Says I Love You

Everyone Says I Love You is a (1996) musical film written and directed by Woody Allen. The film features many stars, including Julia Roberts, Alan Alda, Edward Norton, Drew Barrymore, Gaby Hoffmann, Tim Roth, Goldie Hawn, and Natalie Portman. Set in...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 6, 1996

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Runtime:

  • 101 min (60.6 hs )

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Annie Hall

Annie Hall a 1977 American romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script co-written with Marshall Brickman. One of Allen's most popular films, it won numerous awards at the time of its release, including four Academy Awards, and in 2002...

Initial release date:

  • 1977

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 4,000,000 (US$)

Manhattan

Manhattan is a 1979 romantic comedy film about Isaac Davis (Woody Allen), a twice-divorced 42-year-old comedy writer dating a 17-year-old high school girl (Mariel Hemingway). Isaac eventually falls in love with his best friend's mistress (Diane...

Initial release date:

  • 1979

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Runtime:

  • 96 min (58 hs )

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Hannah and Her Sisters

Hannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 comedy-drama film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family, told over two years that begin and end with a family Thanksgiving dinner. The movie was written and directed by Woody Allen and stars Mia...

Initial release date:

  • 1986

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Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 103 min (61.8 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 6,400,000 (US$)

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Screenplay by:

Sweet and Lowdown

Sweet and Lowdown is a 1999 film written and directed by Woody Allen which tells the story of a (fictional) arrogant, obnoxious, alcoholic jazz guitarist named Emmett Ray (played by Sean Penn) who regards himself as perhaps the best guitarist in the...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 4, 1999

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Runtime:

  • 95 min (57 hs )

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Zelig

Zelig is a 1983 American mockumentary written and directed by Woody Allen. Set in the 1920s and 1930s, the film focuses on Leonard Zelig, a nondescript man who has the ability to transform his appearance to that of the people who surround him. He is...

Initial release date:

  • 1983

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Runtime:

  • 79 min (47 hs )

Interiors

Interiors is a 1978 drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. Featured performers are Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, Diane Keaton, E.G. Marshall, Geraldine Page, Maureen Stapleton and Sam Waterston. Page received a BAFTA...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 1978

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Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

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Take the Money and Run

Take the Money and Run is a 1969 comedy film co-written by, directed by, and starring Woody Allen. It is a mockumentary, chronicling the life of Virgil Starkwell, a bungling petty thief. His entry into a life of crime at a young age, his crime spree...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 1969

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Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

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Stardust Memories

Stardust Memories is a 1980 film written and directed by Woody Allen, who considers this to be one of his best films in addition to The Purple Rose of Cairo and Match Point. The film is shot in black-and-white, particularly reminiscent of Federico...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 1980

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Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

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Screenplay by:

Alice

Alice is a 1990 film directed by Woody Allen and starring Joe Mantegna, Mia Farrow and Alec Baldwin. The film is a loose reworking of Federico Fellini's 1965 film Juliet of the Spirits. Alice Tate (Mia Farrow) is an upper-class New York housewife,...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 25, 1990

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Runtime:

  • 102 min (61.2 hs )

Hollywood Ending

Hollywood Ending is a 2002 American film written and directed by Woody Allen, who also plays the principal character. It tells the story of a once-famous film director who suffers hysterical blindness due to the intense pressure of directing. Val...

Initial release date:

  • May 3, 2002

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Runtime:

  • 112 min (67.2 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 16,000,000 (US$)

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Anything Else

Anything Else is a 2003 romantic comedy film. The film was written and directed by Woody Allen, produced by his sister Letty Aronson, and stars Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Woody Allen, Erica Leerhsen, Adrian Grenier and Danny DeVito. Anything Else...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 27, 2003

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Runtime:

  • 108 min (64.8 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 1,800,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Melinda and Melinda

Melinda and Melinda is a 2005 film written and directed by Woody Allen. It was premiered at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The film is set in Manhattan and stars Radha Mitchell as the protagonist Melinda, in two story lines; one...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 18, 2005

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Runtime:

  • 100 min (60 hs )

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Sleeper

Sleeper (1973) is a futuristic science fiction comedy film, written by, directed by, and starring Woody Allen. It is loosely based on the H. G. Wells novel The Sleeper Awakes. Miles Monroe, a jazz musician and health-food store owner living in...

Initial release date:

  • 1973

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Runtime:

  • 88 min (53 hs )

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Husbands and Wives

Husbands and Wives is a 1992 American film directed and written by Woody Allen. The films stars Allen, Mia Farrow, Sydney Pollack, Judy Davis, Juliette Lewis, Liam Neeson and Blythe Danner. It was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Actress in...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 18, 1992

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Runtime:

  • 108 min (64.8 hs )

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Celebrity

Celebrity is a 1998 American comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. The screenplay focuses on the divergent paths a couple takes following their divorce. Lee Simon is an unsuccessful novelist turned travel writer who immerses himself in...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 7, 1998

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 113 min (67.8 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 12,000,000 (US$)

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Love and Death

Love and Death is a 1975 comedy film by Woody Allen. Starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, Love and Death is a satirical take on Russian epic novels. Coming in between Sleeper and Annie Hall, Love and Death is in many respects an artistic...

Initial release date:

  • 1975

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Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

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New York Stories

New York Stories is an anthology film which was released in the United States in March of 1989. The film consists of three shorts with the central theme being New York City. The first short is Life Lessons, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 10, 1989

Runtime:

  • 124 min (74.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 15,000,000 (US$)

Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway is a 1994 American crime-comedy film written by Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath and directed by Woody Allen. It stars John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri and Jennifer Tilly. The film was nominated for seven Academy...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 14, 1994

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Runtime:

  • 98 min (59 hs )

Screenplay by:

Manhattan Murder Mystery

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) is a comedic murder mystery film directed by and starring Woody Allen and written by Marshall Brickman and Woody Allen. Although a commercial disappointment, it was a critical success, co-star Angelica Huston won a...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 18, 1993

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Runtime:

  • 104 min (62.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 13,500,000 (US$)

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Crimes and Misdemeanors

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) is a black comedy written, directed by and co-starring Woody Allen, alongside Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston, Jerry Orbach, Alan Alda, Sam Waterston and Joanna Gleason. The film was met with critical...

Initial release date:

  • 1989

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Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 107 min (64.2 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 19,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Bananas

Bananas is a 1971 comedy film written by Mickey Rose and Woody Allen, directed by Allen, and starring himself and Louise Lasser. Parts of the plot were based on the book Don Quixote, U.S.A. by Richard P. Powell. It was filmed on location in New York...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 1971

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Runtime:

  • 82 min (49 hs )

Mighty Aphrodite

Mighty Aphrodite is a 1995 American comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. The screenplay was inspired by the mythological tale of Pygmalion. Throughout the film, a Greek chorus narrates and comments on the action, also Oedipus, Jocasta,...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 1995

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Runtime:

  • 95 min (57 hs )

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Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog (1992) is a black and white film directed by Woody Allen and based on his one-act play Death. It stars Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, John Cusack, William H. Macy, Madonna, and Kenneth Mars. It was filmed on a 26,000-square-foot ...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 30, 1992

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Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972) is Woody Allen's fourth film, consisting of a series of short sequences loosely inspired by Dr. David Reuben's book of the same name. The film was an early smash for...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 1972

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Runtime:

  • 87 min (52 hs )

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What's Up, Tiger Lily?

What's Up Tiger Lily?, a 1966 comedy film, is the first film directed by Woody Allen, who also wrote and appeared in it. Allen took International Secret Police: A Barrel of Gunpowder and International Secret Police: Key of Keys, two in a series of...

Initial release date:

  • 1966

Runtime:

  • 80 min (48 hs )

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The Purple Rose of Cairo

The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 film written and directed by Woody Allen. Inspired by Sherlock, Jr., Hellzapoppin' and Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author, it is the tale of a film character who leaves the film and enters the real...

Initial release date:

  • 1985

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 84 min (50 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 15,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

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Small Time Crooks

Small Time Crooks is an American comedy film, released in 2000, starring Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman and Hugh Grant. Allen also wrote and directed the film. The main characters include: Ray and his friends want to lease an old restaurant so they can...

Initial release date:

  • May 19, 2000

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Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 18,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is a 2001 film directed, written by, and starring Woody Allen. The cast also features Dan Aykroyd, Elizabeth Berkley, Helen Hunt, John Schuck, Wallace Shawn, David Ogden Stiers, and Charlize Theron. The plot concerns...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 24, 2001

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Runtime:

  • 103 min (61.8 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 26,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Match Point

Match Point (2005) is a dramatic thriller film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox and Penelope Wilton. When tennis pro Chris Wilton begins a...

Initial release date:

  • May 12, 2005

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Runtime:

  • 124 min (74.4 hs )

Screenplay by:

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry is a film by Woody Allen released in 1997. The title of the film comes from the philosophy of Deconstruction, of which many elements are represented throughout the film. This film tells the story of a successful writer called...

Initial release date:

  • 1997

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Runtime:

  • 96 min (58 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 20,000,000 (US$)

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Screenplay by:

Broadway Danny Rose

Broadway Danny Rose is a black and white 1984 Academy Award-nominated comedy written, directed by and starring Woody Allen. It was screened out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. The plot concerns a hapless talent manager who, by...

Initial release date:

  • 1984

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Runtime:

  • 84 min (50 hs )

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A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is a 1982 film written and directed by Woody Allen. The plot is loosely based on Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night. This movie is notable for being the first of thirteen movies that Allen would make starring...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 1982

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Runtime:

  • 88 min (53 hs )

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Radio Days

Radio Days is an 1987 film directed by Woody Allen. The film looks back on American family life during the Golden Age of Radio. Allen narrates the stories of his youth, although he is never seen by the audience. The young Allen is portrayed onscreen...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 30, 1987

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 16,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

September

September is a 1987 film written and directed by Woody Allen. Allen's intention of September was to be like "a play on film," thus the great number of long takes and few camera effects. The movie does not feature Allen as an actor, and is one of his...

Initial release date:

  • 1987

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Runtime:

  • 82 min (49 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Another Woman

Another Woman is a 1988 film written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Gena Rowlands and Mia Farrow and does not feature Allen in an acting role. Marion Post (Gena Rowlands) is a 50 year old philosophy professor. She is married to doctor Ken ...

Initial release date:

  • 1988

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Runtime:

  • 84 min (50 hs )

Produced by:

Don't Drink the Water

Don't Drink the Water is a 1994 television movie written and directed by Woody Allen, based on a play he wrote in the 1960s. This is the second filmed version of the play, after a 1969 theatrical version, starring Jackie Gleason, left Allen...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 18, 1994

Runtime:

  • 92 min (55 hs )

Screenplay by:

Scoop

Scoop is a 2006 romantic comedy/murder mystery written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Ian McShane, and Allen himself. Focus Features released the film, which was rated PG-13 by the MPAA for "some sexual...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 28, 2006

Directed by:

Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 96 min (58 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 4,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story

Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story is a short film directed by Woody Allen in 1971. The film was a satirization of the Richard Nixon administration made in mockumentary style. Allen plays Harvey Wallinger, a thinly disguised version of Henry...

Initial release date:

  • 1971

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Runtime:

  • 25 min (15 hs )

Screenplay by:

Cassandra's Dream

Cassandra's Dream (2007) is a suspense film directed by Woody Allen in the UK, starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell. It was released in 2007 in Europe and in January 2008 in the U.S. The film was premiered in secret at Avilés, Spain on June 18,...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 18, 2008

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Runtime:

  • 110 min (66 hs )

Screenplay by:

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a 2008 drama romantic film written and directed by Woody Allen. The film stars Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall. The plot centers on two American women, Vicky and Cristina, spending a...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 5, 2008

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Runtime:

  • 96 min (58 hs )

Screenplay by:

Whatever Works

Whatever Works is a 2009 comedy film directed and written by Woody Allen, starring Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley, Jr., Michael McKean, and Henry Cavill. Boris Yelnikoff (Larry David), an eccentric, misanthropic...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 19, 2009

Directed by:

Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 92 min (55 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 15,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

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