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Woody Allen

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Golden Age of Comedy (TV Series)Golden Age of Comedy (TV Series) (1949-1960)
Feat. Groucho Marx, Humphrey Bogart, Bob Hope
Treasure trove of broadcast comedy classics from America's variety show golden age. Includes a bonus sixth disc with rare standup performances from…
What's New PussycatWhat's New Pussycat (1965)
Dir. Clive Donner
Feat. Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Woody Allen
Early Woody Allen script sees shrink Peter Sellers trying to help Peter O'Toole with his woman–problems.
What's Up, Tiger Lily?What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Tatsuya Mihashi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama
Woody Allen's first feature post–dubs a B–grade Japanese gangster flick, no doubt improving it immensely. A novelty act this might be,…
Casino RoyaleCasino Royale (1967)
Dir. John Huston, others
Feat. David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen
Black–sheep of the Bond movies, this is in fact an elaborate send–up, whose chaotic production–history is obvious in the…
Take the Money and RunTake the Money and Run (1969) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen
Woody's first film as do–it–all is a collection of hilarious gags about the life of a would–be thief.
BananasBananas (1971)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen
A bizarre storyline lands Woody in the middle of a South American revolution.
Dick Cavett Show, The - Comic LegendsDick Cavett Show, The - Comic Legends (1971-1974)
Feat. Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Bill Cosby
Talk–show series hosted by Johnny Carson apprentice Dick Cavett, whose penchant for comic artists brought about a number of legendary…
Everything You Wanted to Know About SexEverything You Wanted to Know About Sex (Everything you always wanted to know about sex* *But were afraid to ask) (1972) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen
Woody Allen concocts seven hilarious sketches on the nature of sex.
Play It Again, SamPlay It Again, Sam (1972) Aro Favourite
Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
Probably Woody Allen's funniest film is this tale of a nerdish film critic who is aided by the ghost of Bogart to find love after his wife divorces…
SleeperSleeper (1973) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
Woody Allen plays a health–food shop owner who is frozen and awakened 200 years later in a fascist state. His campy version of the future…
Love and DeathLove and Death (1975) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
Woody Allen's finely wrought parody of 'War and Peace'.
Front, TheFront, The (1976)
Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Woody Allen
Woody Allen in a rare pure acting role plays a young cashier asked to 'front' for a blacklisted writer during the McCarthy era. Satire at its most…
Annie HallAnnie Hall (1977) Aro Favourite
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
The 'hall'mark of Woody Allen's career – it won him an Oscar for Best Picture and made him a household name. It's a hilarious send–up of…
InteriorsInteriors (1978)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, Diane Keaton
Three daughters are shaken when their father leaves his refined, unstable wife for a lively but vulgar divorcee. Allen's first serious film.
ManhattanManhattan (1979) Aro Favourite
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway
This classy introspective comedy from Woody Allen tributes his beloved city while his neurotic alter–ego searches for romantic and intellectual…
Stardust MemoriesStardust Memories (1980)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper
Serio–comic look at the fame and 'successes' of a Woody Allen–ish filmmaker.
Midsummer Night's Sex ComedyMidsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Jose Ferrer
A breezy romp in the fresh fields of a country estate with three ill–assorted couples at the turn of the century. Under–rated Woody Allen…
ZeligZelig (1983) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow
Woody seamlessly fuses newsreel footage with new material for this mock–documentary on the fictional life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig.…
Broadway Danny RoseBroadway Danny Rose (1984)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow
Woody is a well–meaning show–biz agent who signs up any odd–ball with an act on the notion that they may pay long–term…
Purple Rose of CairoPurple Rose of Cairo (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello
Exceptional comic fantasy about a depression–era housewife (Mia Farrow) whose solace in the movies blossoms into a romance with a screen…
Hannah and Her SistersHannah and Her Sisters (1986) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Dianne Wiest
Spot–on romantic comedy from Woody Allen, aligning another witty and perceptive script with a stellar cast.
Radio DaysRadio Days (1987)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Julie Kavner
Woody Allen revisits his childhood days in the golden era of radio.
SeptemberSeptember (1987) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Denholm Elliott, Dianne Wiest, Mia Farrow
A weekend gathering of friends proves to be an emotionally taxing experience when true feelings are gradually exposed. An under–rated serious…
Another WomanAnother Woman (1988)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Ian Holm
Gena Rowlands heads a cast of Woody Allen regulars in this absorbing Bergman–esque portrait of a successful professor who is forced to reflect…
Crimes and MisdemeanorsCrimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Aro Favourite
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston, Mia Farrow
Premium Woody Allen combines the best of his comedic and dramatic worlds. Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston, Mia Farrow and Woody himself do justice to…
New York StoriesNew York Stories (1989)
Dir. Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Marvin Chatinover, Mae Questel
Three unrelated tales from the collective genius of the Big Apple's most respected modern film–makers.
AliceAlice (1990)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Mia Farrow
Whimsical fantasy tale of a rich, bored housewife who takes on a new lease on life when prescibed with mind–altering herbs from a Chinese…
Scenes from a MallScenes from a Mall (1991)
Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Bette Midler, Woody Allen
Bette Midler and Woody Allen pair as an affluent married couple of 14 years who lock horns in a shopping mall when they discover they've had…
Shadows and FogShadows and Fog (1991)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, John Malkovich, Kathy Bates
Woody, John Malkovich, Kathy Bates, John Cusack, Jodie Foster and Madonna cast their prominent shadows for his droll tale of mystery stranglers,…
Husbands and WivesHusbands and Wives (1992)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack, Liam Neeson
A Woody Allen 'art–imitates–life' parable about aging intellectuals with the twenty–year itch. Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack and Liam…
Manhattan Murder MysteryManhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Alan Alda
Woody Allen reunites with Diane Keaton as insecure marrieds who get involved in solving what could be a neighbourhood murder. Alan Alda and Anjelica…
Bullets Over BroadwayBullets Over Broadway (1995) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri
Woody takes a welcome acting reprieve here and the result should win him back lapsed fans. A much younger Cusack assumes the Woody persona – a…
Sunshine Boys, TheSunshine Boys, The (1995)
Dir. John Erman
Feat. Woody Allen, Peter Falk, Sarah Jessica Parker
Second adaptation of Neil Simon's play about two aging comedy legends who are cajoled into reforming their long–severed partnership. Woody…
Mighty AphroditeMighty Aphrodite (1995)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Helena Bonham Carter, Mira Sorvino
An ironic Greek chorus punctuates Woody Allen's familiar Manhattan–set comedy of betrayals and affairs. This time though, the implications of…
Everyone Says I Love YouEveryone Says I Love You (1996) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Alan Alda, Goldie Hawn, Julia Roberts
Woody Allen finds refreshing harmonies amongst his familiar cast of upper–crust Manhattan–ites, with a wide–eyed take on the…
Deconstructing HarryDeconstructing Harry (1998)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Bob Balaban
Woody Allen's most unruly comedy in years is an excoriating satire on his 'public–image': morally–depraved author Harry Blok, in a…
Wild Man BluesWild Man Blues (1998) Recommended
Dir. Barbara Kopple
Feat. Woody Allen
Affably entertaining documentary that follows Woody Allen 'on tour' through Europe in 1996 aboard his musical side–act, a New Orleans Jazz Band…
AntzAntz (1998) Recommended
Dir. Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Feat. Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone
Fully computer–animated family film takes best advantage of current technology, and successfully implants the voice and persona of Woody Allen…
CelebrityCelebrity (1999)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Melanie Griffith
Assembling another largish retinue of actors eager to 'do a Woody', Allen swings his long–lens round onto the world of celebrity…
Picking Up the PiecesPicking Up the Pieces (1999)
Dir. Alfonso Arau
Feat. Sharon Stone, Woody Allen, Cheech Marin
When the pieces of a dismembered Sharon Stone are dumped on the Mexican border one of her hands goes astray and is soon being worshiped by the locals…
Sweet and LowdownSweet and Lowdown (1999) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman
Possibly Woody Allen's most critically appreciated film since BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, this mock–u–drama concerns the life, loves and music…
Small Time CrooksSmall Time Crooks (2000) Aro Favourite
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Hugh Grant
Woody Allen throws back to his earlier, funnier days and proves conclusively that his revered wit or ability to spin a good, unpretentious yarn…
Stanley Kubrick - A Life in PicturesStanley Kubrick - A Life in Pictures (2001) Recommended
Dir. Jan Harlan
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Woody Allen, Jack Nicholson
Authorised by his family, a 'biography' of the great, reclusive, obsessive film–maker, whose genius is attested by the likes of…
Curse of the Jade Scorpion, TheCurse of the Jade Scorpion, The (2001)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd
Woody comfortably ambles through this genial spoof of a 40s detective film, playing a renowned insurance investigator who falls prey to a…
Hollywood EndingHollywood Ending (2002)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Tea Leoni, George Hamilton
Dir. Allen turns the lense onto his own business in an ever–characteristic comedy about a struggling film director (Allen) whose comeback…
Anything ElseAnything Else (2003)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci
Woody Allen returns to his home turf tracking the urban mores of various Manhattan–ites, in a fairly slight comic venture which follows the…
Melinda and MelindaMelinda and Melinda (2004)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Woody Allen's tweaks his formula in a clever conceit that alternates a comic and tragic version of the same romantic story. Australian actress…
Match PointMatch Point (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Scarlett Johansson
Widely touted as Woody Allen's finest film since the mid–80's, this is also his least characteristic – set in London and entirely…
ScoopScoop (2006)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Woody Allen
Following his success with MATCH POINT, Woody Allen returns to London with young muse Scarlett Johansson for this feather–lite…
Cassandra's DreamCassandra's Dream (2007)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson
Woody Allen–directed suspense, rounding out his recent penchant for London–set thrillers, starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell as…
Vicky Cristina BarcelonaVicky Cristina Barcelona (Vicky Christina Barcelona) (2008) Aro Favourite
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem
Woody Allen proves he hasn't lost his touch with this refreshing and vital rom–com that follows two American gal–pals who fall for the…
Whatever WorksWhatever Works (2009)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson
Caustic comedian Larry David teams up with Woody Allen in this cringe–inducing black comedy about a cranky, middle–aged…
You Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerYou Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin
Not so much a serious Woody Allen film as a funny one without any jokes. An ensemble of fine actors stumble through a series of scenes with only a…
Midnight in ParisMidnight in Paris (2011) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates
High class whimsy from Woody Allen with Woody–surrogate honours going this time to Owen Wilson as a frustrated hack screenwriter magically…
Woody Allen - A DocumentaryWoody Allen - A Documentary (2012) Recommended
Dir. Robert. B. Weide
Feat. Woody Allen
Candid look at the life and times of Woody Allen covers his career from fledgling comic writer to iconic director with a series of revealing…
To Rome with LoveTo Rome with Love (2012)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig
Woody Allen's love affair with Europe continues with this Italian picaresque set to tune of the romances, adventures and predicaments of various Rome…
Blue JasmineBlue Jasmine (2013) Aro Favourite
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin
Another jewel from 'late period' Woody Allen with Cate Blanchett also in fine form as a down–at–heel socialite who moves to San Francisco…
Fading GigoloFading Gigolo (2013)
Dir. John Turturro
Feat. John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sofia Vergara
John Turturro is a struggling Brooklyn bookstore owner who contrives with his best friend (played by Woody Allen) to set up a male prostitution…
Magic in the MoonlightMagic in the Moonlight (2014)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden
Colin Firth plays a magician recruited to expose a fraudulent spiritualist (Emma Stone) in Woody Allen's latest period charmer.
Irrational ManIrrational Man (2015)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey
Existential drama for the more ardent Woody Allen fan, with Joaquin Phoenix as a tormented philosophy professor who considers murdering a corrupt…
Cafe SocietyCafe Society (2016) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Jeannie Berlin
Diverting valentine to the 1930s from Woody Allen, in his 49th film, following Bronx–born Jesse Eisenberg through romantic, familial and…
Wonder WheelWonder Wheel (2017)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Kate Winslet, Juno Temple, Justin Timberlake
Woody Allen's 50th film(!) is yet another nostalgia–tinged drama, this time set on Coney Island in the 1950s, where a lifeguard tells the story…
A Rainy Day in New YorkA Rainy Day in New York (2019)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez
Whimsical rom–com set in New York and following a young college student (Timothée Chalamet) and his romantic exploits with his film student…

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