FIRSTBORN (1984)

 

Directed By Michael Apted

Written By: Ron Koslow 

Cinematography: Ralf D. Mode

Editor: Arthur Schmidt 

Cast: Peter Weller, Christopher Collet, Teri Garr, Corey Haim, Sarah Jessica Parker, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Gartin, James Harper, Josh Hamilton, J.D. Roth

Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way to get rich quick, and declares he's the man of the house now, Jake puts up with it. Until he discovers Sam's illegal activities.

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME - FILE #0070: BABY, IT’S YOU (1983)

 

Written & Directed By: John Sayles Based on a Story by: Amy Robinson  Cinematography: Michael Ballhaus  Editor: Sonya Polonsky 

Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Matthew Modine, Sam McMurray, Tracy Pollan, Frank Vincent, Robert Downey Jr., Caroline Aaron, Fisher Stevens, Joanna Merlin

In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way into a first love romance.  

BOWFINGER (1999)

 

Directed By: Frank Oz Written By: Steve Martin  Cinematography: Ueli Steiger  Editor: Richard Pearson 

Cast: Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Robert Downey Jr., Heather Graham, Christine Baranski, Jamie Kennedy, Terence Stamp, Claude Brooks, Marisol Nichols, Phill Lewis, John Cho

When a desperate movie producer fails to get a major star for his bargain basement film, he decides to shoot the film secretly around him.

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME - FILE #0066: WEIRD SCIENCE (1985)

 

Written & Directed by: John Hughes  Cinematography: Matthew F. leonetti Editor: Chris Lebenzon, Scott Wallace & Mark Warner 

Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly Lebrock, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Jr. Robert Rusler, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson, Vernon wells, Michael Berryman, Britt Leach, Wallace Langham

Two high school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, but she turns their lives upside down.

THE AVENGERS (2012)

Written & Directed By: Joss Whedon 
Story By: Zak Penn & Joss Whedon 
Cinematography: Seamus McGarvey 
Editor: Jeffrey Ford & Lisa Lassek 


Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johanssen, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Alexis Denisof, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jenny Agutter, James Eckhouse, Harry Dean Stanton, Stan Lee 

Nick Fury is the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., an international peace-keeping agency. The agency is a who's who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by Loki and his cohorts, Nick Fury and his team will need all their powers to save the world from disaster which is formed by Loki and his team

ONE NIGHT STAND (1997)

Written, Music & Directed By: Mike Figgis 
Cinematography: Declan Quinn 
Editor: John Smith 

Cast: Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr., Natassja Kinski, Ming-Na Wen, Kyle Maclachlan, Amanda Donohoe, Marcus T. Paulk, Vincent Ward, John Calley, Glenn Plummer, Thomas Haden Church, John Ratzenberger, Annabelle Gurwitch, Julian Sands, Saffron Burrows, Ione Skye, Donovan Leitch, Xander Berkeley 


Los Angeles advertisement director Max visits his friend, artist Charlie, who was diagnosed with A.I.D.S. in New York City. There he meets Karen, they are attracted to each other and after they meet later that day at the concert, they have a passionate night. Then he returns home to Los Angeles to his family, and wife Mimi. A year later, Max returns to New York City again to visit Charlie, who is now dying, and there he meets Karen again, who is married to Charlie's brother Vernon.

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0050: LESS THAN ZERO (1987)

Directed By: Marek Kanievska 
Written By: Harley Payton 
Based on the novel written By: Bret Easton Ellis 
Cinematography By: Edward Lachman 
Editor: Peter E. Berger & Michael Tronick 


Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr. James Spader, Tony Bill, Michael Bowen, Nicholas Pryor, Donna Mitchell, Sarah Buxton, Lisanne Falk, Flea 

Clay, an eighteen-year-old freshman, comes back from his first term at Princeton to spend his Christmas vacation with his broken-up wealthy family in Los Angeles. His former girlfriend, Blair, is now involved with his ex-best-friend, Julian. She warns Clay that Julian needs help: he is using a lot of cocaine and has huge debts. What follows is a look at the youth culture of wealthy post adolescents in Beverly Hills with a strong anti-drug message. Apart from the setting and the names, the film has very little to do with Bret Easton Ellis's book by the same title on which it was based.

EROS (2004)

Directed By: Kar Wai Wong (THE HAND) 
Steven Soderbergh (EQUILIBRIUM) 
Michelangelo Antonioni (THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS) 

Written By: Kar Wai Wong (THE HAND) 
Steven Soderbergh (EQUILIBRIUM) 
Michelangelo Antonioni & Tonino Guerra (THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS) 
THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS Based on the book By: Michelangelo Antonioni 

Cinematography By: Christopher Doyle (THE HAND) 
Steven Soderbergh * As Peter Andrews (EQUILIBRIUM) 
Marco Pontecarvo (THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS) 

Editor: William Chang (THE HAND) 
Steven Soderbergh * Mary Ann Bernard (EQUILIBRIUM) 
Claudio Di Mauro (THE DANGEROUS THREAD OF THINGS) 


Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Alan Arkin, Gong Li, Ele Keats, Chen Chang, Regina Nemni, Luisa Raneri

ONE NIGHT STAND (1997)

Written, Music Score & Directed By: Mike Figgis 
Cinematography By: Declan Quinn 
Editor: John Smith 

 Cast: Wesley Snipes, Natassja Kinski, Robert Downey Jr., Ming-Na Wen, Kyle Maclachlan, Glenn Plummer, Amanda Donahoe, Thomas Haden Church, John Ratzenberger, Annabelle Gurwitch, Julian Sands, Ione Skye, Donovan Leitch Jr., Saffron Burrows

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (1995)

Directed By: Jodie Foster Written By: W.D. Richter Based on a short story by: Chris Radant Cinematography By: Lajos Koltai Editor: Lynzee Klingman Cast: Holly Hunter, Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Robert Downey Jr., Dylan McDermott, Claire Danes, David Strathairn, Cynthia Stevenson, Amy Yasbeck, Steve Guttenberg, Austin Pendleton, Geraldine Chaplin, Shawn Hatosy

HEART & SOULS (1993)

Directed By: Ron Underwood
Written & Story By: Brent Maddock, S.S. Wilson, Gregory Hansen & Erik Hansen
Based on the short film by: Gregory Hansen
Cinematography By: Michael W. Watkins
Editor: O. Nicholas Brown

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Alfre Woodard, Elisabeth Shue, Charles Grodin, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Sizemore, David Paymer

BACK TO SCHOOL (1986)

Directed By: Alan Metter
Written By: Will Poter, Harold Ramis, Steven Kampmann & Peter Torokvei
Story By: Rodney Dangerfield, Dennis Snee & Greg Fields
Cinematography By: Thomas E. Ackerman
Editor: David Rawlins

Cast: Rodney Dangerfield, Burt Young, Robert Downey Jr., Keith Gordon, William Zbaka, Ned Beatty, Sally Kellerman, Robert Picardo, Paxton Whitehead, Sam Kinison, M. Emmett Walsh, Edie McClurg, Adrienne Barbeau

CHARLIE BARTLETT (2007)

Directed By: John Poll
Written By: Gustin Nash
Cinematography By: Paul Sarossy
Editor: Alan Baumgarten

Cast: Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, Kat Dennings, Robert Downey Jr, Tyler Hilton, Jake Epstein, Megan Park, Lauren Collins, Aubrey Graham,

SHERLOCK HOLMES (2009)

Directed By: Guy Ritchie
Written By: Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham & Simon Kinberg
Story By: Michael Robert Johnson & Lionel Wigram
Cinematography By: Phillipe Rousselot
Editor: James Herbert

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, James Fox

DUE DATE (2010)

Directed By: Todd Phillips
Written By: Alan Freedland, Alan R. Cohen, Adam Sztyikel & Todd Phillips
Story By: Alan Freedland & Alan R. Cohen
Cinematography By: Lawrence Sher
Editor: Debra Neil-Fisher

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galafanakis, Juliette Lewis, Jamie Foxx, Danny McBride, Michelle Monaghan, RZA, Matt Walsh, Brody Stevens