Josh Mostel films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 15 films on Boxlist

Known for Bad Shabbos, Radio Days and City Slickers.

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Starring Josh Mostel

Bad Shabbos
2025 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental manslaughter gets in the way.
Radio Days
1987 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and...
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City Slickers
1991 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.
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Wall Street
1987 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
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Rounders
1998 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
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Jesus Christ Superstar
1973 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Oscar-nominated film adaptation of the rock opera of the same name, based on the last weeks before the crucifixion of Jesus. The film was directed by Norman Jewison. Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson were nominated for two 1974 Golden Globe...
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Sophie's Choice
1982 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war...
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State of Play
2009 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party's...
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Little Man Tate
1991 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that he is not taken advantage of by people who forget...
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The Money Pit
1986 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their...
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Big Daddy
1999 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.
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Great Expectations
1998 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the surprising...
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The Chase
1994 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a...
Billy Madison
1995 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire, but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to...
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Knockaround Guys
2001 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.
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