Billy Crystal
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- Soap (TV Series) (1977)
- Feat. Billy Crystal, Katherine Helmond, Robert Mulligan…
- Still the best satire of the television soap opera, this initially controversial series enveloped its line–up of characters in plots involving…
- Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) (1982-1985)
- Feat. Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Teri Garr…
- Shelley Duvall curated this popular Cable TV series in eighties (which she also hosts and narrates), attracting an impressive roll call of Hollywood…
- Running Scared (1986)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer
- Two street–wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed…
- Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
- Dir. Danny De Vito
Feat. Billy Crystal, Danny De Vito, Kim Greist…
- Snappy comic spinoff of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN.
- Memories of Me (1988)
- Dir. Henry Winkler
Feat. Billy Crystal, Alan King, JoBeth Williams
- Henry Winkler (The "Fonz" from HAPPY DAYS) directs this sentimental drama with Billy Crystal playing a New York doctor who, after a…
- Billy Crystal - Midnight Train to Moscow (1989)
- Dir. Paul Flaherty
Feat. Billy Crystal
- Billy Crystal explores his Russian roots, with a mockumentary 'Jokenost' tour of Russian and a standup performance live at the Pushkin Theatre.
- When Harry Met Sally (1990)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal
- Thirtysomething favourite that amicably flirts with the subject of platonic relationships between men and women. Meg Ryan's priceless 'fake orgasm'…
- City Slickers (1991)
- Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Billy Crystal
- Crystal and two thirtysomething buddies flee the urban rat–race to rekindle their lost youth – on a cattle drive in the Wild West. Fun,…
- Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
- Dir. Billy Crystal
Feat. Billy Crystal, David Paymer, Helen Hunt…
- A self–parody–come–cautionary tale from Billy Crystal in his directing debut, about a stand–up comedian who has trouble…
- Saturday Night Live - 15th Anniversary Special (1992)
- Feat. Robin Williams, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks…
- Compilation of some of the best sketches from the first fifteen years of the US TV–show 'Saturday Night Live'. This programme was a training…
- City Slickers 2 (The Legend of Curly's Gold) (1994)
- Dir. Paul Weiland
Feat. Billy Crystal
- Passable sequel to the original city–man turns cowboy. Not much plot, but plenty of laughs to be had on the trail.
- Forget Paris (1995)
- Dir. Billy Crystal
Feat. Billy Crystal, Debra Winger
- Billy Crystal hogs this romantic comedy (which also wrote and directed) from co–star Debra Winger in recognising the inherent dilemmas in…
- Fathers' Day (1997)
- Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Robin Williams, Billy Crystal
- Middle–aged slacker Robin Williams and finnicky lawyer Billy Crystal dish up more of the same in this…
- Deconstructing 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…
- Analyze This (1998)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal
- Robert De Niro's serial tendency of playing violent mobmen stands him in good stead for this inspired self–parody, as a mafioso who seeks…
- My Giant (1998)
- Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Billy Crystal, Gheorghe Muresan, Kathleen Quinlan…
- Novelty comedy in which Billy Crystal plays a desperate movie agent who uncovers the next "big" thing in Romania when he meets a giant basketballer…
- Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The (2000)
- Dir. Des McAnuff
Feat. Robert De Niro, Jason Alexander, Rene Russo…
- Cutting–edge technology combines animation with live action for this wacky cross–country romp adapted from a television show…
- America's Sweethearts (2001)
- Dir. Joe Roth
Feat. John Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts…
- Self–satirising amusement wherein Hollywood “golden–couple–who–actually–hate–each–other”, Catherine…
- Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- Dir. Peter Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich
Feat. John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Jennifer Tilly…
- Discovering that children’s screams can be converted into an energy source (‘Scream Heat’), monsters lurk in their closets to feed the…
- Analyze That (2002)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow
- Not bearing up to much analysis, this expectedly familiar sequel to the De Niro–Crystal comedy duet runs on repeat gags but enjoys the humorous…
- Comic Relief - The Greatest and the Latest (2006)
- Feat. Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal…
- Stand–up comedy collection of the greatest moments in 'Comic Relief' history, a comedy show featuring top comedians benefiting important causes…
- Tooth Fairy (2010)
- Dir. Michael Lembeck
Feat. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Ashley Judd, Stephen Merchant…
- Gently funny family comedy has boorish and particularly violent hockey player whisked away to Fairyland where he's given gainful employment as a…
- Small Apartments (2012)
- Dir. Jonas Akerlund
Feat. Matt Lucas, Juno Temple, James Caan…
- Matt Lucas encounters a myriad of weirdos in his attempt to dispose of his landlord’s corpse in this peculiar black comedy. Jonas Akerlund, better…
- Parental Guidance (2012)
- Dir. Andy Fickman
Feat. Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei…
- A broad, uncomplicated family comedy of old–fashioned grandparents struggling to babysit their wired 21st grandchildren.
- Monsters University (2013)
- Dir. Dan Scanlon
Feat. Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi…
- Mike and Sulley's halcyon days as monsters in training are chronicled in this splendid prequel to MONSTERS, INC.
- Standing Up, Falling Down (2019)
- Dir. Matt Ratner
Feat. Billy Crystal, Ben Schwartz, Eloise Mumford…
- A comedy about the unlikely friendship that kindles between a struggling stand–up comedian from L.A., forced to move back home to Eastern Long…