Howard Hesseman

Howard Hesseman films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 10 films on Boxlist

Known for This Is Spinal Tap, About Schmidt and The Jerk.

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Starring Howard Hesseman

  1. This Is Spinal Tap

    This Is Spinal Tap

    1984 · Film

    7.5/10 · TMDB

    "This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert...

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  2. About Schmidt

    About Schmidt

    2002 · Film

    6.8/10 · TMDB

    66-year-old Warren Schmidt is a retired insurance salesman and has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. He's not altogether bitter, but not happy either, as everything his wife does...

    Where to watch:Rent or buy
  3. The Jerk

    The Jerk

    1979 · Film

    7.0/10 · TMDB

    After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. The slaphappy jerk...

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  4. Clue

    Clue

    1985 · Film

    7.3/10 · TMDB

    Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must...

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  5. Flight of the Navigator

    Flight of the Navigator

    1986 · Film

    6.9/10 · TMDB

    12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist...

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  6. Shampoo

    Shampoo

    1975 · Film

    6.1/10 · TMDB

    George Roundy is a Beverly Hills hairstylist whose uncontrolled libido stands between him and his ambitions. He wants the security of a relationship. He wants to be a hairdressing "star" and open his own salon. But the fact that he beds...

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  7. The Rocker

    The Rocker

    2008 · Film

    6.0/10 · TMDB

    In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.

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  8. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

    Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

    1985 · Film

    6.0/10 · TMDB

    Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about to hit the streets on their first assignment. Question is, are they ready to do battle with a band of graffiti-tagging terrorists? Time will...

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  9. Private Lessons

    Private Lessons

    1981 · Film

    5.7/10 · TMDB

    Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip's father is out of town for the summer on a "business"...

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  10. All About Steve

    All About Steve

    2009 · Film

    4.9/10 · TMDB

    After one short date, a brilliant crossword constructor decides that a CNN cameraman is her true love. Because the cameraman's job takes him hither and yon, she crisscrosses the country, turning up at media events as she tries to convince...

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