Harold Ramis
Director, Actor
- SCTV (TV Series) (Second City TV) (1976-1983)
- Feat. John Candy, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy…
- Somewhat ahead of its time, this classic media satire consisted of mock broadcasts from an obscure Canadian TV Station 'Second City TV', located in…
- Caddyshack (1980)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray…
- Rude and crude golfing hi–jinks, often deliriously funny. Perhaps most famous for the infantile chocolate–bar in the swimming pool scene.
- Stripes (1981)
- Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates…
- In a moment of weakness and despair, a slobbish Bill Murray enlists in the US Army and spends the rest of the movie humourously regretting the…
- National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid, John Candy
- Inaugurating a series that would yield two more vacations/sequels, this moderately amusing gagfest follows the travails of Chevy Chase and family as…
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver…
- Blockbuster supernatural comedy follows the lives of three flaky paranormal investigators who find themselves in countless gooey situations. The…
- Club Paradise (1986)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Harold Ramis, Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole…
- Robin Williams retreats to a tropical Caribbean island, helping to renovate a run–down resort at the mercy of ruthless developers. With Jimmy…
- Stealing Home (1988)
- Dir. Steven Kampmann
Feat. Mark Harmon, Blair Brown, Jonathan Silverman…
- Coming–of–age romantic drama about a washed up baseball player (Mark Harmon) who finds out his childhood love (Jodie Foster) has…
- Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
- Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver…
- A cash–in for sure, but as much fun as the original, with the paranormal pests here thriving on all the "bad vibes" of grumpy Manhattanites.…
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott…
- Bill Murray is perfectly cast as a cranky TV weatherman who gets stranded in a tin–pot town, where he wakes every day in the same day, over and…
- Multiplicity (1996)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin…
- This attempt to repeat the successful formula of GROUNDHOG DAY falls short by making less of its high concept. Instead, its left to ride on the comic…
- 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…
- Bedazzled (2000)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley
- None–too–dazzling remake of the Peter Cook–Dudley Moore classic, with office schmuck Brendan Fraser seduced into a Faustian pact by…
- Orange County (2002)
- Dir. Jake Kasdan
Feat. Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Harold Ramis…
- Wannabe teen author Colin Hanks (son of Tom) aspires to an ivory–tower creative–writing course but first must extricate himself from a…
- 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…
- Ice Harvest, The (2005)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen…
- A chilled–out study in sleaze and crime with partners John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton contriving a way to lift $2 million from a Mob client…
- Year One (2009)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt…
- Jack Black and Michael Cera marginally miss the mark as a couple of cavemen who become unlikely participants in some of history's most pivotal…