Paramount Pictures (Firm)
1) Beastly
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer star in this modern day take on a classic fable in which a spoiled and shallow high school student, empowered by his own physical appearance, messes with the wrong classmate. He soon finds himself transformed into someone as unattractive on the outside as he is on the inside. Now, he has one year to find someone who can see past the surface and love him, or he will remain BEASTLY forever. His only hope could be an...
3) Real Life
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Albert Brooks, in his directorial debut, presents a hilarious account of what happens to a typical American family when a group of filmmakers moves in with them to record "REAL LIFE." Brooks heads up the crew that invades the Phoenix household of Charles Grodin, Frances Lee McCain and their children. The results are disastrous...and hysterically funny. *"Albert Brooks's first and funniest feature." - J. Hoberman, **Village Voice***
4) The Bellboy
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1960.
Description
Stanley’s a bellboy at the popular Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, quietly performing his duties with the occasional blunder. Then one day, a big star of the screen resembling the bumbling bellboy, arrives at the hotel. In this comedy classic (the directorial debut of Jerry Lewis) not a single word of dialogue is spoken by the main character until the very end of the film, paying a brilliant tribute to the silent clowns of early cinema.
5) The Patsy
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1964.
Description
When a star comedian dies, his comedy team, decides to train a nobody to fill the shoes of the Star in a big TV show (a Patsy). But the man they choose, bellboy Stanley Belt, can't do anything right. The big TV show is getting closer, and Stanley gets worse all the time.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Eight-year-old Sophie is the girl on the bus that everyone teases. Julien is the little boy that comes to her rescue. He, too, is an outcast of sorts, struggling to cope with the loss of his dying mother. Together, they invent an outrageous game of "Dare" to keep their spirits alive. Their game becomes a glorious mutual addiction. It binds them together as it tears them apart. As their feelings for each other grow through childhood into adulthood,...
7) Dragonslayer
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1981.
Description
Back in the days when everyone believed in magic, a horrifying fire-breathing dragon terrorized the sixth-century British countryside. The only hope for the beleaguered citizens is an aging sorcerer (Sir Ralph Richardson). But when he is killed before he can save the people, the task falls on his young apprentice, Galen (Peter MacNicol). Galen's mission is complicated by resistance from the king - and by falling in love - but his biggest challenge...
8) The Ring
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
When four teenagers all meet with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching a videotape, investigative reporter Rachel Keller tracks down the video... and watches it.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1982.
Description
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: THE FABULOUS STAINS is a film about three teenage girls, played by Diane Lane, Laura Dern and Marin Kanter, who start a punk band.The media and disaffected teens mistake the acerbic rants of an obnoxious teenage punk rocker as a rallying cry for the women of America, launching her and her talentless group to national stardom.
10) Cinderfella
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1960.
Description
In a hilarious twist on the timeless fairy tale, the irrepressible Jerry Lewis plays the title role of CINDERFELLA – a hard-working and honest lad mistreated by his wicked stepmother (Judith Anderson) and his two boorish stepbrothers (Henry Silva, Robert Hutton). But miracles do happen – especially when your Fairy Godfather is the one-and-only Ed Wynn! With a little – okay, a lot – of wizardry and magic, the wacky Wynn manages to transform...
11) Prospero's Books
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1991.
Description
Prospero is a magician who gets to keep only a small fragment of his enormous library when he is exiled with his daughter to an enchanted island. Soon problems arise when Prospero's daughter falls in love with the wrong man.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1972.
Description
Legendary Bruce Lee's only complete directorial film is packed action and epic fight scenes. Lee pays a visit to family members who own a restaurant in Italy. But mobsters who want the land the eatery is built on harass the owners, forcing Lee to defend his family as only he can. Lee, for the sake of his loved ones, must battle a U.S. karate expert (Chuck Norris) in an epic fight at a Roman coliseum.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
The year was 1962. Teens twist at the Peppermint Lounge. John Glenn orbits Earth. Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single game. And Elvis digs the possibilities of GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! This Time he's a charter-boat skipper who helps tourists land the big ones. Of course, plenty of beautiful girls (including Stella Stevens) want to land Elvis. But there's something Elvis likes almost as much as romance - a boat! He yearns for a sleek sailboat...
14) Phase IV
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1974.
Description
This eerie tale about super-intelligent ants marks the feature film directorial debut of noted designer Saul Bass (Psycho). The story concerns two scientists who install themselves in an ant-proof dome full of computer equipment that interprets the ants' communications. When the men spread yellow poison over the area, annihilating millions of ants, the surviving ants find an antidote to the poison and, even stronger, they strike back.
15) The Confession
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1970.
Description
Anton Ludvik, aka Gerard, is vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. He realizes he is watched and followed. One day, he is arrested and put into jail, in solitary confinement. Will be shown the mental tortures during the investigations and how a faithful top-ranking civil servant is made to confess to treason. Based on the true story of Czechoslovakian communist Artur London, this is not an anticommunist film but a plea against totalitaism....
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
One of Japan's most beloved characters returns in this bold tale of Zatoichi—the blind, nomadic samurai whose sword made him a hero and whose courage made him a legend. His appearance may be humble, but his gift for lightning-fast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision makes him the perfect weapon. After Zatoichi wanders into a town run by sinister gangs and a powerful assailant, he discovers two geishas avenging their parents' murder.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
The true story of one woman's effort to keep her family afloat under difficult circumstances comes to the screen in this bittersweet comedy drama. Evelyn Ryan (Julianne Moore) was a woman of intelligence, talent, and pluck living in the small town of Defiance, OH, in the 1950s. Evelyn was married to Kelly Ryan (Woody Harrelson), a man who gave her ten children but not much else. It was seemingly up to Evelyn to support the family, but with ten kids...
18) Rat Race
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2001.
Description
An all-star comedy cast brings laughs from start to finish when a casino tycoon gives six money-crazed contestants the chance to win {dollar}2 million in a race from Las Vegas to New Mexico. Who will win this dash for the cash is anybody's guess, but one thing is for sure - it's going to be a hilarious ride.
19) Goat
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Reeling from a terrifying assault over the summer, 19-year-old Brad Land (Ben Schnetzer) starts college determined to get his life back to normal. His brother, Brett (Nick Jonas), is already established on campus and with a fraternity that allures Brad with its promise of protection, popularity, and life-long friendships. Brad is desperate to belong but as he sets out to join the fraternity his brother exhibits reservations, a sentiment that threatens...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Aviation and sports come together in STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND. This 1955 American film is starring James Stewart and June Allyson, and is directed by Anthony Mann. Robert "Dutch" Holland (James Stewart) is a professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals. As a former B-29 bomber pilot during World War II, he is also an officer on inactive status in the United States Air Force Reserve. During spring training in St. Petersburg, Florida, he is...