Movies directed by Barry Levinson

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Recently, Barry Levinson's career has been on the skids. After two critical and popular disasters (the overblown, overbudgeted Toys and the lackluster Jimmy Hollywood), the director is in need of a success. With this adaptation of Michael Crichton...

Run Time: 2:08
U.S. Release Date: 1994-12-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, ...
Envy

In Envy, the "Va-poo-rizer" is a liquid that, when sprayed on animal fecal matter, causes the offending substance to disappear. Would that such an invention existed to use on this motion picture… It's remarkably appropriate that Envy is about t...

Run Time: 1:39
U.S. Release Date: 2004-04-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Rachel Weisz, ...
Jimmy Hollywood

Barry Levinson had an idea, and a pretty good one at that: take an actor, have him assume the role of a vigilante, and, as public adulation of his assumed personae escalates, blur the line between being a vigilante and acting the part. Unfortunat...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 1994-03-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Joe Pesci, Christian Slater, Victoria Abril
Man of the Year

Talk about a movie with an identity problem! Man of the Year doesn't know what it wants to be and, because of this indecision calls to mind a well-worn phrase: "Jack of all trades, master of none." The film contains elements of a comedy, a thrille...

Run Time: 1:55
U.S. Release Date: 2006-10-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Situations, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, ...
Natural, The

Sometimes, pure technical accuracy isn't enough. Sometimes, artistry has to be taken into account. One such case in point is Barry Levision's The Natural, arguably the best baseball movie ever made. The film works not because it is flawless in i...

Run Time: 2:14
U.S. Release Date: 1984-05-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mature Themes, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA/SPORTS
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, ...
Rain Man

Rain Man is an oddball buddy/road movie that nearly drowns in a tsunami of sentimentality and predictability. An unabashed crowd-pleaser, the 1989 Best Picture Oscar winner has aged poorly, its marginal likability fading like an old Polaroid s...

Run Time: 2:13
U.S. Release Date: 1988-12-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, ...
Sleepers

Robert DeNiro. Dustin Hoffman. Brad Pitt. Jason Patric. Kevin Bacon. Minnie Driver. With a talented cast like this, it's virtually impossible to envision a bad movie, and, in that regard, Sleepers doesn't surprise or disappoint. This is easi...

Run Time: 2:32
U.S. Release Date: 1996-10-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Vilence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Jason Patric, Bruno Kirby, Dustin Hoffman, ...
Toys

The winner of 1992's "worst film to sport a great trailer" is Toys. The good-natured, humorous spots that advertise this film (featuring Robin Williams in a field delivering quirky, amusing one-liners) bear little resemblance the actual product. ...

Run Time: 2:01
U.S. Release Date: 1992-12-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Mature Themes)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, ...
Wag the Dog

"Why does a dog wag its tail? Because the dog is smarter than the tail. If the tail was smarter, it would wag the dog." Hollywood and Presidential politics - perfect together. Anyone who doubts this simple maxim will face a challenge to their...

Run Time: 1:35
U.S. Release Date: 1997-12-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Robert De Niro, Kirsten Dunst, Suzie Plakson, ...
What Just Happened?

Barry Levinson's Wag the Dog was as pointed, funny, and intelligent a political satire as there has been in the last 15 years. Now, with Robert De Niro once again on board, Levinson has turned his camera toward his own backyard. What Just Happene...

Run Time: 1:47
U.S. Release Date: 2008-10-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Bruce Willis, ...