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  • Crystal to host the Oscars - 10 November 2011
    -Billy Crystal has been confirmed as the new host of the 2012 Oscars following Eddie Murphy's decision to step down.-The When Harry Met Sally star, who has hosted the Oscars eight times, emerged as the popular choice to replace Murphy hours after the Dreamgirls star an


  • Crystal and Midler team up on the big screen - 7 September 2011
    -Veteran entertainers Billy Crystal and Bette Midler are set to team up as husband and wife in the new film Us & Them.-Midler, who recently dropped out of a biopic about disgraced music mogul Phil Spector due to a back injury, has signed on to play Crystal's estranged


  • Crystal & Mirren spoof When Harry Met Sally in vampire skit - 6 April 2011
    -Billy Crystal and Helen Mirren have teamed up for a new vampire movie trailer spoof, inspired by the comedian's hit 1989 film When Harry Met Sally.-In FunnyOrDie.com's Grampires: When Harry Bit Sharon, Crystal's Harry character is trying to cope with life in an old fo

Billy Crystal - what members say


  • Fathers' Day
  • Fathers' Day review by from London
    Rated - 1.0 stars catastrophic waste of talent 22 May 2005
    ...nd you’ve got yourself a major stinker. It seemed like it couldn’t go wrong: Billy Crystal and Robin Williams, two of the funniest comedians around, teaming up with one o...   Read customer review
  • When Harry Met Sally
  • When Harry Met Sally review by A customer from Beds, england
    Rated - 1.0 stars Victim of Hype?? 9 June 2004
    ...- think tis a victim of its own hype. Meg Ryan was good, as always, but I think Billy Crystal let the film down. It was a fab script and could have been a great film if you ...   Read customer review
  • Analyze This
  • Analyze This review by from KIRKCALDY
    Rated - 4.0 stars 18 August 2004
    ...Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro bounce off each other perfectly throughout this film. I particularly enjoyed it because the humour is character driven as opposed to slapsti...   Read customer review

Billy Crystal - filmography


  • Parental Guidance (2012)
    Starring: Bette Midler,  Marisa Tomei,  Bailee Madison
    Director: Andy Fickman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Artie and Diane Decker are called in by their daughter to help care for their three grandkids. When their old school methods of parenting collide with their grandchildren's' new school and hyper-scheduled way of life, the once-orderly household spins out of control, and Artie and Diane must employ ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Howl's Moving Castle on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Chieko Baisho,  Takuya Kimura,  Akihiro Miwa
    Director: Hayao Miyazaki
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 25,685 members
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  • Analyze That on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Billy Crystal,  Lisa Kudrow
    Director: Harold Ramis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    ANALYZE THAT, the star-studded sequel to 1999's smash comedy hit ANALYZE THIS, reunites neurotic mobster Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) with his former psychiatrist Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal). The anxious mob boss is about to finish his prison sentence but he is suffering a nervous breakdown behind ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 7,850 members
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  • Concert For New York City (2 discs) on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Bowie,  Billy Crystal,  Bon Jovi
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Performed at New York's Madison Square Garden on October 20, 2001, this historic concert was performed to benefit the victims and heroes of the horrendous terrorist attacks of September 11th. An inspiring and uplifting tribute to a great city and its resilient inhabitants, THE CONCERT FOR NEW YORK ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 336 members
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  • 61* (2001)
    Starring: Barry Pepper,  Thomas Jane,  Anthony Michael Hall
    Director: Billy Crystal
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Summer, 1961: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle are on pace to break the most hallowed record in U.S. sports, Babe Ruth's single-season 60 home runs. It's a big story, and the intense, plain-spoken Maris is the bad guy: sports writers bait him and minimize his talent, fans cheer Mantle, the league's ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 6 members
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  • America's Sweethearts on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Catherine Zeta Jones,  John Cusack
    Director: Joe Roth
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS, two wildly popular celebrities who share their love on and off the screen in this farcical romantic comedy. But a messy breakup sends Eddie to a New Age Hollywood healing center and Gwen into the arms of her current ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 13,377 members
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  • Analyze This on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Lisa Kudrow,  Joe Viterelli
    Director: Harold Ramis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Paul Vitti is one of New York's most powerful gangsters. He's grown up in the Mob life and has been well prepared for his future responsibilities by Manetta, his mentor and surrogate father (since his own father was gunned down years before). But when it becomes time for Paul Vitti to assume his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 9,116 members
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  • Deconstructing Harry (1997)
    Starring: Woody Allen,  Demi Moore,  Robin Williams
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Woody Allen wrote, directed, and stars in this very dark comedy about a novelist, Harry Block, who says with admirable honesty, I'm a guy who can't function well in life, but I can in art. So far, Harry has made his way through six psychiatrists and three marriages (one, conveniently enough, with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 4,191 members
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  • Fathers' Day on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Billy Crystal,  Julia Louis-Dreyfus
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Desperate to track down her wayward teenage son, a woman contacts a pair of old flames and tells each that he's the boy's father, setting in motion a forced-buddy, on-the-road romp. Billy Crystal and Robin Williams shared the screen for the first time in this remake of the 1984 French farce "Les ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,133 member
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  • Forget Paris (1995)
    Starring: Billy Crystal,  Debra Winger,  Joe Mantegna
    Director: Billy Crystal
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Mickey Gordon is a NBA Basketball referee, who loves his job and lifestyle. He flies to Paris to find the body of his dead father which the airline has lost. Ellen, is the Public Relations Officer who helps him, and before they both know it, helped by the romantic setting, they start to fall in ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 164 members
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  • Mr Saturday Night on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Billy Crystal,  David Paymer,  Julie Warner
    Director: Billy Crystal
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Billy Crystal stars as the legendary Buddy Young, Jr., an ambitious, wise-cracking comic who claws his way to the top with the help of his reliable brother/manager (David Paymer). MR. SATURDAY NIGHT was Crystal's first movie as a feature film director.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 169 members
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  • City Slickers on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Daniel Stern,  Billy Crystal,  Bruno Kirby
    Director: Ron Underwood
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When a thoroughly urbanised executive (Billy Crystal) is struggling to find meaning in his life, his two best friends (Daniel Stern and Bruno Kirby) find the perfect cure--a fantasy cowboy vacation. The three friends then rope and ride their way down a entertaining trail that leads to a better ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,004 members
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  • When Harry Met Sally on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Billy Crystal,  Meg Ryan,  Carrie Fisher
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... tracks a star-crossed pair as they repeatedly drift apart and meet again over a span of 13 years and gradually fall madly, deeply, passionately into friendship, a friendship ever teetering on the edge of love. Harry meets Sally when they share a car ride to New York City ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 22,305 members
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  • Memories Of Me on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Billy Crystal,  Alan King,  JoBeth Williams
    Director: Henry Winkler
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When a New York heart surgeon has a mild heart-attack, he is encouraged by his girlfriend to visit Los Angeles to reconcile his relationship with his father. Once there, he discovers his father Abe, known in Hollywood as "King of the Extras," is terminally ill and so begins their adventure to do ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 50 members
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  • Throw Momma From The Train on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Billy Crystal,  Danny De Vito,  Anne Ramsey
    Director: Danny De Vito
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN, Owen is a would-be mystery writer who has taken all he can take of Momma. She's driving him mad and somehow she must be eliminated. Larry, Owen's writing teacher hates his ex-wife for stealing his book and becoming a bestselling author. Both men are extremely ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,171 member
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  • The Princess Bride on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Peter Falk,  Peter Cook,  Billy Crystal
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Director Rob Reiner breathes vividly colored cinematic life into William Goldman's THE PRINCESS BRIDE, effectively evoking the wondrous, wide-eyed spirit of the witty 1973 novel. When a sick boy (Fred Savage) receives a visit from his doting grandfather (Peter Falk) who intends to read to him from ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 31,373 members
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  • The Princess Bride - Blu-ray (1987)
    Starring: Peter Falk,  Peter Cook,  Billy Crystal
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: £2.49
    Director Rob Reiner breathes vividly colored cinematic life into William Goldman's THE PRINCESS BRIDE, effectively evoking the wondrous, wide-eyed spirit of the witty 1973 novel. When a sick boy (Fred Savage) receives a visit from his doting grandfather (Peter Falk) who intends to read to him from ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 553 members
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  • Running Scared on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Gregory Hines,  Billy Crystal,  Steven Bauer
    Director: Peter Hyams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    After toiling through years of freezing winters, two undercover cops plan to leave Chicago and retire to a lush tropical island--if they can only make it through their last month of service. But Ray (Gregory Hines) and Danny (Billy Crystal) may have trouble reaching their paradise. A ruthless ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 681 members
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  • This Is Spinal Tap - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: June Chadwick,  Rob Reiner,  Michael McKean
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A brilliant and hilarious documentary-style satire of a has-been British heavy metal band who never really was on an absurd American comeback tour that never quite gets off the ground, THIS IS SPINAL TAP practically birthed the mockumentary style. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,221 member
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  • This Is Spinal Tap on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Andrew Divoff,  Rob Reiner,  Billy Crystal
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A brilliant and hilarious documentary-style satire of a has-been British heavy metal band who never really was on an absurd American comeback tour that never quite gets off the ground, THIS IS SPINAL TAP practically birthed the mockumentary style. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 24,844 members
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  • Animalympics (1980)
    Starring: Harry Shearer,  Michael Fremer,  Billy Crystal
    Director: Steven Lisberger
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Highly entertaining animated story which has all the excitement and action of the real Olympics, but with a twist - the athletes are animals from the four corners of the globe, all competing for gold. The 'live' commentary features the voices of Gilda Radner, Billy Crystal, Harry Shearer and others...read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 9 members
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  • Rabbit Test on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Billy Crystal,  Alex Rocco,  Doris Roberts
    Director: Joan Rivers
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Joan Rivers directs comic Billy Crystal in his feature film debut playing Lionel, the first man ever to get pregnant. Co-written by sharp-tongued Ms Rivers, in one funny scene, a gynaecologist declares: "Call Maintenance, I've got sperm all over my desk again!"
    1.5 stars out of 5 33% from 45 members
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  • The Kings Of Comedy USA on DVD
    Starring: Adam Sandler,  Chris Rock,  Jerry Seinfeld
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Featuring some of the best stand-up routines from many of America's hottest comedians. Featured artists include: Jim Carrey, Adam Sandlrer, Chris Rock, Denis Leary and Jerry Seinfeld.
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 291 members
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Billy Crystal facts

5 most recent films

Monsters University - 4.0 stars
Parental Guidance - 3 stars
Howl's Moving Castle - 4.0 stars
Howl's Moving Castle - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Analyze That - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Howl's Moving Castle - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Monsters, Inc. - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Princess Bride - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Howl's Moving Castle - 4.0 stars
Monsters, Inc. - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Enola Gay - The Men, the Mission Atomic Bomb - 3 stars
Parental Guidance - 3 stars
Rabbit Test - 1.5 stars
Ultimate 80s Collection - Vol. 1 - 2.0 stars
61* - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Mary Gibbs - 7 times - show films
John Goodman - 7 times - show films
Jennifer Tilly - 6 times - show films
James Coburn - 6 times - show films
John Ratzenberger - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Rob Reiner - 8 times - show films
Pete Docter - 7 times - show films
Billy Crystal - 7 times - show films
David Silverman - 6 times - show films
Lee Unkrich - 6 times - show films