Dan Aykroyd
Untitled Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel (2023)
The untitled Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel is an upcoming American supernatural comedy film directed by Gil Kenan from a screenplay co-written by Jason Reitman and Kenan. It serves as the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and the fifth film in the Ghostbusters franchise. The film stars Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Celeste O'Connor, Carrie...
Starring: Anne Bancroft•Sidney Poitier•Mckenna Grace•Jack Lemmon•Vic Morrow•Walter Matthau•Jessica Tandy•Debbie Reynolds•Tuesday Weld•James Garner
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a 2021 American supernatural comedy film directed by Jason Reitman from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gil Kenan. It is the sequel to Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), and the fourth film in the Ghostbusters franchise. The film stars Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, and Paul Rudd, alongside Bill Mur...
Starring: Anne Bancroft•Sidney Poitier•Mckenna Grace•Jack Lemmon•Vic Morrow•Walter Matthau•Tuesday Weld•James Garner•Christopher Plummer•James Brown
Tammy (2014)
Tammy is a 2014 American road comedy film directed and co-written by Ben Falcone and produced, co-written by, and starring Melissa McCarthy as the title character. The film also stars Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney, Gary Cole, Mark Duplass, Nat Faxon, Toni Collette, Sandra Oh, with Dan Aykroyd, and Kathy Bates. The film tells the story of a woman n...
Starring: Warren Oates•Mckenna Grace•Dyan Cannon•Octavia Spencer•Tom Poston•Kathleen Freeman
Get on Up (2014)
Get on Up is a 2014 American biographical musical drama film about the life of singer James Brown and is directed by Tate Taylor and written by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth. Produced by Brian Grazer, Mick Jagger, Taylor and Victoria Pearman, the film stars an ensemble cast featuring Chadwick Boseman as Brown, Nelsan Ellis as Bobby Byrd, Dan Aykro...
Starring: Mckenna Grace•Charles Grodin•Woody Allen•Toshirō Mifune•Gene Hackman•Alan Arkin
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Behind the Candelabra is a 2013 American biographical drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh. It dramatizes the last ten years in the life of pianist Liberace and the relationship that he had with Scott Thorson. It is based on Thorson's memoir, Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace (1988). Richard LaGravenese wrote the screenplay. Jerry We...
Starring: Anthony Hopkins•Dom DeLuise•Bernie Casey•Michael Douglas•Mckenna Grace•Susan Sarandon•Elizabeth Berkley•Sylvester Stallone•Randy Quaid•John Lithgow
The Campaign (2012)
The Campaign is a 2012 American political satire comedy film directed by Jay Roach, written by Shawn Harwell and Chris Henchy and stars Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis as two North Carolinians vying for a seat in Congress. The film was released on August 10, 2012, by Warner Bros Pictures, to mixed reviews from critics.
Starring: Ned Beatty•Mckenna Grace•John Ritter•Steve Lawrence•Vernee Watson-Johnson•Tim Matheson•Chevy Chase•Teri Garr•Scatman Crothers
Yogi Bear (2010)
Yogi Bear is a 2010 American 3D live-action/computer-animated comedy film directed by Eric Brevig and written by Brad Copeland, Joshua Sternin and Jennifer Ventimilia. Based on the Hanna-Barbera animated television series The Yogi Bear Show, the film stars Anna Faris, Tom Cavanagh, T.J. Miller, Nate Corddry and Andrew Daly, alongside the voices of ...
Starring: Mckenna Grace•Héctor Elizondo•Carrie Fisher•Ernie Hudson•M. Emmet Walsh•Kathleen Quinlan•Dennis Dugan•Albert Brooks•Charlotte Crossley•John Heard
Julie & Julia (2009)
Julie & Julia is a 2009 American biographical comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, and Chris Messina. The film contrasts the life of chef Julia Child in the early years of her culinary career with the life of young New Yorker Julie Powell, who aspires to cook all 524 recipes in Child...
Starring: Austin Pendleton•Brian Dennehy•Mckenna Grace•Bo Derek•Fran Drescher•Annie Potts•Frances Sternhagen•John Belushi•Jamie Lee Curtis•Nancy Allen
War, Inc. (2008)
War, Inc. is a 2008 American political action comedy film directed by Joshua Seftel and starring John Cusack and Hilary Duff. Cusack also co-wrote and produced the film.
Starring: Mckenna Grace•Dan Aykroyd•Isabella Acres•Mary McDonnell•Daniel Stern•Steve Martin•Jane Curtin•Aretha Franklin•Ray Charles•Bill Murray
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry is a 2007 American buddy comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan. It stars Adam Sandler and Kevin James as the title characters Chuck and Larry, respectively, two New York City firefighters who pretend to be a gay couple in order to ensure one of their children can receive healthcare; however, things go from bad to wo...
Starring: Tom Hanks•Cathy Moriarty•Mckenna Grace•Kim Cattrall•Chris Farley•Griffin Dunne•Eddie Murphy•Ben Cross•Paul Reiser•Peter MacNicol
50 First Dates (2004)
50 First Dates is a 2004 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Peter Segal and starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore with Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Blake Clark, and Dan Aykroyd in supporting roles. It follows the story of Henry, a womanizing marine veterinarian who falls for an art teacher named Lucy. When he discovers sh...
Starring: Mckenna Grace•Kim Basinger•Harold Ramis•Eddie Murphy•Paul Reiser•Drew Barrymore•Patti LuPone•Ben Kingsley•Demi Moore•Kevin Kline
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Christmas with the Kranks is a 2004 American Christmas comedy film based on the 2001 novel Skipping Christmas by John Grisham. It was directed by Joe Roth, written and produced by Chris Columbus, and starring Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey, and M. Emmet Walsh. The film tells of a couple who dec...
Starring: Mary Kay Place•Alexandra Paul•Rob Lowe•Donna Dixon•Seth Morris•Joe Morton•Mckenna Grace•Danny Glover•Morgan Freeman•John Cusack
Crossroads (2002)
Crossroads is a 2002 American teen drama road film directed by Tamra Davis, from a screenplay by Shonda Rhimes. It stars Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning, Kim Cattrall and Dan Aykroyd. Set in Georgia, it centers on three teenage girls on a cross-country road trip, as they find themselves and their friendship in the process.
Starring: Mckenna Grace•Helen Hunt•Sean Astin•Deborah Rush•John Goodman•Keanu Reeves
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is a 2001 American crime comedy film written, directed and starring Woody Allen. The cast also features Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd, Elizabeth Berkley, John Schuck, Wallace Shawn, David Ogden Stiers and Charlize Theron. The plot concerns an insurance investigator and an efficiency expert who are both hypnotized by a crook...
Starring: Courtney Love•Mckenna Grace•Steve Buscemi•Dana Delany
Earth vs. the Spider (2001)
Earth vs. the Spider is an independently made 1958 American black-and-white science fiction horror film produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon, who also provided the plot upon which the screenplay by George Worthing Yates and Laszlo Gorog was based. Though the title suggests a global crisis, the film focuses entirely on a small town being terroriz...
Starring: Mckenna Grace•Joan Cusack•Bruce Willis
The House of Mirth (2000)
The House of Mirth is a 2000 drama film written and directed by Terence Davies. An adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel The House of Mirth, the film stars Gillian Anderson. It is an international co-production between the United Kingdom, Germany, and United States.
Starring: Mckenna Grace•Dylan McDermott•Iman
Antz (1998)
Antz is a 1998 American computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and Pacific Data Images and released by DreamWorks Pictures. It was directed by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson from a screenplay by Todd Alcott, Chris Weitz, and Paul Weitz. The film features the voices of Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Jennifer Lopez, Sylves...
Starring: Nia Peeples•David Spade•Courtney Love•Celeste O'Connor•Robert Downey, Jr.•Kathy Bates•Mckenna Grace•Kirk Baily•Damon Wayans•Stephanie Faracy
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Blues Brothers 2000 is a 1998 American musical comedy film directed by John Landis from a screenplay written by Landis and Dan Aykroyd, both of whom were also producers, and starring Aykroyd and John Goodman. The film serves as a sequel to the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. It also includes cameo appearances by various musicians.
Starring: Mckenna Grace•Alyson Hannigan•Ving Rhames•Macaulay Culkin•Esther Rolle
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Grosse Pointe Blank is a 1997 American black comedy film directed by George Armitage from a screenplay by Tom Jankiewicz, D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink and John Cusack. It stars Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin and Dan Aykroyd and follows the story of assassin Martin Q. Blank (Cusack), who returns to his titular hometown to attend a high school re...
Starring: Anson Mount•Mckenna Grace•Mary McDonnell•Stanley Tucci
Celtic Pride (1996)
Celtic Pride is a 1996 American sports comedy film written by Judd Apatow and Colin Quinn, and directed by Tom DeCerchio. It stars Daniel Stern and Dan Aykroyd as Mike O'Hara and Jimmy Flaherty, two passionate Boston Celtics fans, and Damon Wayans as Lewis Scott, the Utah Jazz's All-Star shooting guard.
Starring: Mckenna Grace•Reba McEntire•Julie Warner
Feeling Minnesota (1996)
Feeling Minnesota is a 1996 American crime comedy film written and directed by Steven Baigelman. It stars Keanu Reeves, Vincent D'Onofrio, Cameron Diaz, Tuesday Weld, Dan Aykroyd, and Delroy Lindo.
Starring: Delroy Lindo•Mckenna Grace•Marisa Tomei•Bonnie Hunt•Rosie O'Donnell•Nicholas Turturro•Felicity Huffman
Getting Away with Murder (1996)
Getting Away with Murder is a 1996 American black comedy film directed and written by Harvey Miller.
Starring: Austin O'Brien•Gillian Anderson•Mckenna Grace•Michelle Burke
My Fellow Americans (1996)
My Fellow Americans is a 1996 American political comedy film directed by Peter Segal. It stars Jack Lemmon and James Garner as feuding ex-presidents, with Dan Aykroyd, Lauren Bacall, Esther Rolle, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Bradley Whitford and Jeff Yagher in supporting roles. The film is named after the sentence for the traditional opening of pr...
Starring: Nicky Katt•Austin O'Brien•Chandra West•Stuart Wilson•Mckenna Grace
Sgt. Bilko (1996)
Sgt. Bilko is a 1996 American military comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn and written by Andy Breckman. It is an adaptation of the 1950s television series The Phil Silvers Show, often informally called Sgt. Bilko, or simply Bilko, and stars Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman and Glenne Headly.
Starring: Mckenna Grace•Cameron Diaz•Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Tommy Boy (1995)
Tommy Boy is a 1995 American buddy adventure comedy film directed by Peter Segal, written by Bonnie and Terry Turner, produced by Lorne Michaels, and starring former Saturday Night Live castmates and close friends Chris Farley and David Spade. This was the first of many films that Segal has filmed with former SNL castmates. It tells the story of a ...
Starring: Tim Allen•Paul Rudd•Mckenna Grace•Elizabeth Berkley•Chris Farley•Minnie Driver•Allison Janney
Exit to Eden (1994)
Exit to Eden is a 1994 American comedy thriller film directed by Garry Marshall and adapted to the screen by Deborah Amelon and Bob Brunner from Anne Rice's novel of the same name. The original music score was composed by Patrick Doyle.
Starring: Jake Busey•Mckenna Grace•Will Ferrell•Viola Davis•Maya Rudolph•Anna Faris•Amy Adams
My Girl 2 (1994)
My Girl 2 is a 1994 American comedy-drama film starring Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky and Austin O'Brien. A sequel to My Girl (1991), its plot follows a now-teenaged Vada Sultenfuss, who travels from her home in suburban Pennsylvania to Los Angeles to find more information about her deceased mother.
Starring: Seth Morris•Mckenna Grace•Kumail Nanjiani•Britney Spears
North (1994)
North is a 1994 American comedy-drama adventure film directed by Rob Reiner. The story is based on the 1984 novel North: The Tale of a 9-Year-Old Boy Who Becomes a Free Agent and Travels the World in Search of the Perfect Parents by Alan Zweibel, who wrote the screenplay and has a minor role in the film. The cast includes Elijah Wood in the title r...
Starring: Anson Mount•Zoe Saldana•Mckenna Grace•Allen Covert•Vanessa Ferlito•Missi Pyle•Octavia Spencer•Blake Clark•Lusia Strus•Patton Oswalt
Coneheads (1993)
Coneheads is a 1993 American science-fiction comedy film from Paramount Pictures, produced by Lorne Michaels, directed by Steve Barron, and starring Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin and Michelle Burke. The film is based on the NBC Saturday Night Live comedy sketches about aliens stranded on Earth, who have Anglicized their Remulakian surname to "Conehead"....
Starring: Mckenna Grace•Kirk Baily•Ned Bellamy
Chaplin (1992)
Chaplin is a 1992 biographical comedy-drama film about the life of English comedian Charlie Chaplin. It was produced and directed by Richard Attenborough and stars Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Dan Aykroyd, Penelope Ann Miller and Kevin Kline. It also features Charlie Chaplin's own daughter, Geraldine Chaplin, in the role of his mother, Hannah C...
Starring: Nelsan Ellis•Mckenna Grace•Tom Cavanagh•Justin Timberlake
Sneakers (1992)
Sneakers is a 1992 American thriller film directed by Phil Alden Robinson, written by Robinson, Walter Parkes, and Lawrence Lasker, and starring Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, and David Strathairn; the film was released by Universal Pictures.
Starring: Craig Robinson•Jason Sudeikis•Mckenna Grace•Andrew Daly•Isabella Acres•Lyubomir Neikov•Sergej Trifunović
My Girl (1991)
My Girl is a 1991 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Howard Zieff, written by Laurice Elehwany, and starring Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin, and Anna Chlumsky in her first role in a major motion picture. The film tells the story of an 11-year-old girl living in Madison, Pennsylvania, during the summer of 1972. The ...
Starring: Seth Morris•Mckenna Grace•Chadwick Boseman•Raymond Ochoa•Melissa McCarthy•Kumail Nanjiani
Nothing but Trouble (1991)
Nothing but Trouble is a 1991 American comedy horror film directed by Dan Aykroyd in his directorial debut, and written by Aykroyd, based on a story by his brother Peter. Chevy Chase and Demi Moore star as yuppies who are taken to court for speeding in the bizarre, financially bankrupt small town of Valkenvania. Aykroyd co-stars as the town's 106-y...
Starring: P. J. Byrne•Mckenna Grace•Finn Wolfhard•Carrie Coon
Loose Cannons (1990)
Loose Cannons is a 1990 American action comedy film written by Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson and Bob Clark, who also directed the film. The film stars Gene Hackman as a hard-nosed cop who is teamed up with a detective with multiple-personality disorder, played by Dan Aykroyd, to uncover a long-lost Nazi sex tape, featuring Adolf Hitl...
Starring: Celeste O'Connor•Ralph Bellamy•Don Ameche•Mckenna Grace•Cab Calloway
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Alfred Uhry, based on his 1987 play of the same name. The film stars Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, and Dan Aykroyd. Freeman reprised his role from the original Off-Broadway production.
Starring: Robert Stack•Mckenna Grace•Jessica Tandy•Harry Morgan•Slim Pickens
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Ghostbusters II is a 1989 American supernatural comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. The film stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts. It is the sequel to the 1984 film Ghostbusters and the second film in the Ghostbusters franchise. Set five years ...
Starring: Anne Bancroft•Sidney Poitier•Mckenna Grace•Jack Lemmon•Vic Morrow•Kevin McCarthy•Albert Brooks•Fran Drescher
Caddyshack II (1988)
Caddyshack II is a 1988 American sports comedy film and a sequel to the 1980 film Caddyshack. Directed by Allan Arkush and written by Harold Ramis and PJ Torokvei, it stars Jackie Mason, Robert Stack, Dyan Cannon, Dina Merrill, Jonathan Silverman, Brian McNamara, Marsha Warfield, Paul Bartel, and Randy Quaid with special appearances by Chevy Chase ...
Starring: Annette Bening•James Brown•Warren Oates•P. J. Byrne•Mckenna Grace•Dyan Cannon•Kathleen Freeman
The Couch Trip (1988)
The Couch Trip is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie. It stars Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin and Donna Dixon. It is loosely based on the 1971 novel The Couch Trip, by Ken Kolb.
Starring: Charles Grodin•Toshirō Mifune•Mckenna Grace•Nancy Allen
The Great Outdoors (1988)
The Great Outdoors is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Howard Deutch, written and produced by John Hughes, and starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy with supporting roles done by Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening, Chris Young, Lucy Deakins, and Robert Prosky. It tells the story of two families spending their week-long vacation at a lake resort ...
Starring: Mckenna Grace•Finn Wolfhard•Bernie Casey•Dabney Coleman
My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
My Stepmother Is an Alien is a 1988 American science fiction comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin. It stars Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, and Alyson Hannigan. The film follows the story of Celeste, an extraterrestrial woman who is sent on a secret mission to Earth, after her home planet's gravity is mistakenly disrupted by Steven Mills...
Starring: Mckenna Grace•Randy Quaid•Missi Pyle•Ned Beatty
Dragnet (1987)
Dragnet is a 1987 American buddy cop comedy film directed and co-written by Tom Mankiewicz in his directorial debut. Starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks, the film is based on the radio and television crime drama of the same name. The screenplay, both a parody of and homage to the long-running television series, was written by Aykroyd, Mankiewicz, an...
Starring: Ronny Cox•Steve Lawrence•Tim Matheson•Mckenna Grace•Teri Garr•Scatman Crothers•Carrie Fisher
Spies Like Us (1985)
Spies Like Us is a 1985 American spy comedy film directed by John Landis, and starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, and Donna Dixon. The film presents the comic adventures of two novice intelligence agents sent to the Soviet Union. Originally written by Aykroyd and Dave Thomas to star Aykroyd and John Belushi at Universal, the script we...
Starring: Kathleen Quinlan•P. J. Byrne•Mckenna Grace
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, three eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City. It also stars Sigourney Weaver ...
Starring: Anne Bancroft•Sidney Poitier•Mckenna Grace•Jack Lemmon•Vic Morrow•Albert Brooks•Fran Drescher
Doctor Detroit (1983)
Doctor Detroit is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Michael Pressman with writing by Bruce Jay Friedman, Carl Gottlieb, and Robert Boris. The film stars Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Lynn Whitfield, Fran Drescher, and Donna Dixon, with a special appearance by James Brown. It was the first film Aykroyd made after the death of John Belushi, and...
Starring: John Belushi•Mckenna Grace•Nancy Allen
Trading Places (1983)
Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis, with a screenplay by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod. Starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the film tells the story of an upper-class commodities broker (Aykroyd) and a poor street hustler (Murphy) whose lives...
Starring: Aretha Franklin•Ray Charles•Seth Morris•Mckenna Grace•Tom Hanks
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Twilight Zone: The Movie is a 1983 American science fiction anthology film produced by Steven Spielberg and John Landis. Based on Rod Serling's 1959–1964 television series of the same name, the film features four stories directed by Landis, Spielberg, Joe Dante, and George Miller. Landis' segment is an original story created for the film, while the...
Starring: Cathy Moriarty•Jack O'Halloran•Ned Beatty•Peter MacNicol•Kim Basinger•Harold Ramis•Mckenna Grace
Neighbors (1981)
Neighbors is a 1981 American black comedy film based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Berger. It was released through Columbia Pictures, was directed by John G. Avildsen, and starred John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cathy Moriarty, and Kathryn Walker. The film takes liberties with Berger's story and features a more upbeat ending. The screenplay of...
Starring: Nancy Travis•Mckenna Grace•Patti LuPone
The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as his brother Elwood, characters developed from the recurring musical sketch "The Blues Brothers" on NBC variety series Saturday Night Live. The script is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, where it was ...
Starring: Alexandra Paul•Donna Dixon•Rick Moranis•Morgan Freeman•Jonathan Silverman•Nancy Travis•Mckenna Grace•Finn Wolfhard•Jackie Mason•Stephanie Faracy
1941 (1979)
1941 is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. The film stars an ensemble cast including Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Stack, Nancy Allen, and Mickey Rourke in his film debut. The story involves a panic in the Lo...
Starring: Annette Bening•Alyson Hannigan•Esther Rolle•Toshirō Mifune•Ned Beatty•Tim Matheson•Nancy Travis•Teri Garr•Mckenna Grace•Finn Wolfhard
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video is a 1979 American comedy film conceived and directed by Saturday Night Live writer/featured player Michael O'Donoghue. It is a spoof of the controversial 1962 documentary Mondo Cane, showing people doing weird stunts. Many cast members of Saturday Night Live, including Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, Bill Murray, D...
Starring: Nancy Allen•Mckenna Grace•Kirk Baily