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Phoebe Cates - what members say

Fast Times At Ridgemont High review by from Devon, England

Great Cast, Great Film? 25 January 2004
...American Pie is still funny, oh and did i mention that Jennifer Jason Leigh and Phoebe Cates bare some flesh. now theres a bonus!... Read customer review

Bright Lights, Big City review by from West Glamorgan

Hard hitting and a bit sad 3 July 2005
...at as his best friend - the characters being very similar. And I loved to hate Phoebe Cates as Amanda although she doesn't seem to fill the role very well - it is a nothin... Read customer review

The Anniversary Party review by from London, England

Experimental Acting Piece 1 September 2004
...e magical moments and some dreadful moments as well. Kevin Kline and real wife Phoebe Cates and their real children make an appearance. John C Reily gives yet another exc... Read customer review

Phoebe Cates - filmography

The Anniversary Party on DVD (2001)
Starring: Kevin Kline, Gwyneth Paltrow, Alan Cumming
Director: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh
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To celebrate their sixth anniversary, successful novelist Joe Therrian (Alan Cumming) and his wife, famous Hollywood actress Sally (Jennifer Jason Leigh), invite their friends over for a party. Sally and Joe have only recently reconciled after a separation, and the strain in their relationship ..read more »

49% from 1,087 member

Princess Caraboo (1994)
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Phoebe Cates, Kevin Kline
Director: Michael Austin
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Princess Caraboo is kidnapped from her Pacific island palace of luxury and escapes a pirate's ship, swimming for her life into an English village where nobody knows her name and her language. It takes time, and time again for her to tell her story with her hands and eyes, and slowly, the village ..read more »

47% from 37 members
Currently unavailable

Bodies, Rest And Motion (1993)
Starring: Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Tim Roth
Director: Michael Steinberg
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A romantic comedy about four people caught between loving and leaving. Rebelling against his dreary life in a small Arizona town, TV salesman Nick (The Legend of 1900's Tim Roth) abandons his girlfriend, Beth (Singles' Bridget Fonda), and strikes out onto the highway in search of... something else...read more »

50% from 30 members
Currently unavailable

Drop Dead Fred on DVD (1991)
Starring: Rik Mayall, Phoebe Cates, Carrie Fisher
Director: Ate De Jong
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A chaotic comic fantasy about Elizabeth, an ineffectual young woman (Phoebe Cates) who leaves her unfaithful husband and returns home only to be oppressed by her overbearing mother. She comes across one of her childhood toys, a Jack-in-the-box, in which her frustrated mother imprisoned Elizabeth's ..read more »

68% from 4,777 members

Gremlins 2 - The New Batch on DVD (1990)
Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover
Director: Joe Dante
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Here they grow again.

66% from 8,107 members

Shag (1989)
Starring: Phoebe Cates, Page Hannah, Bridget Fonda
Director: Zelda Barron
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The riotous adventures of four Southern belles who discover boys, booze, sex and all-night parties on a crazy weekend that would change their lives forever. When you've done the 'Shag', you'll never want to 'Dirty Dance' again!

63% from 82 members
Currently unavailable

Bright Lights, Big City on DVD (1988)
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Phoebe Cates, Kiefer Sutherland
Director: James Bridges
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The film adaptation of Jay McInerney's best-selling novel stars Michael J. Fox as yuppie New Yorker Jamie Conway, an aspiring writer whose life has fallen apart: His mother (Dianne Wiest) has died, and his model wife (Phoebe Cates) has just left him. At night, Jamie seeks solace in cocaine, alcohol,..read more »

54% from 600 members

Date With an Angel (1987)
Starring: Michael E.Knight, Phoebe Cates, David Dukes
Director: Tom McLoughlin
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Michael E. Knight stars in this romantic comedy as Jim Sanders, a wealthy young man engaged to marry the beautiful but shrewish Patty (Phoebe Cates), when he finds himself playing guardian angel to a guardian angel. The morning after his bachelor party, he wakes up to find that a stunningly ..read more »

54% from 15 members
Currently unavailable

Gremlins - Blu-ray (1984)
Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton
Director: Joe Dante
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Young Billy Peltzer's (Zach Galligan) everyday smalltown life is given a lift when his travelling salesman father Rand (Hoyt Axton) buys him the ultimate Christmas gift in a far-off Chinatown--the mogwai--an adorable little big-eared, furry, brown and white creature. But the old man who sold the ..read more »

77% from 1,969 member

Gremlins on DVD (1984)
Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton
Director: Joe Dante
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Young Billy Peltzer's (Zach Galligan) everyday smalltown life is given a lift when his travelling salesman father Rand (Hoyt Axton) buys him the ultimate Christmas gift in a far-off Chinatown--the mogwai--an adorable little big-eared, furry, brown and white creature. But the old man who sold the ..read more »

70% from 19,168 members

Private School (1983)
Starring: Phoebe Cates, Betsy Russell, Matthew Modine
Director: Noel Black
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Christine (Phoebe Cates), a student at an exclusive all-girls private school, is in love with Jim, who attends an academy for boys nearby. Christine's arch rival Jordan also has her eye on Jim, and she is willing to do whatever she can to steal him away. Jim's uber-slob buddy Bubba is going with ..read more »

45% from 8 members
Currently unavailable

Fast Times At Ridgemont High on DVD (1982)
Starring: Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Director: Amy Heckerling
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Amy Heckerling's adaptation of Cameron Crowe's Fast Times at Ridgemont High is often considered one of the finest films of a disreputable genre (the teen sex comedy), and kick-started the careers of many future stars. The center of this ensemble film is Jennifer Jason Leigh as Stacy Hamilton. She ..read more »

60% from 5,206 members

Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Blu-ray (1982)
Starring: Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Director: Amy Heckerling
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Amy Heckerling's adaptation of Cameron Crowe's Fast Times at Ridgemont High is often considered one of the finest films of a disreputable genre (the teen sex comedy), and kick-started the careers of many future stars. The center of this ensemble film is Jennifer Jason Leigh as Stacy Hamilton. She ..read more »

76% from 14 members
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Phoebe Cates facts

5 most recent films

The Anniversary Party - 2.5 stars
Princess Caraboo - 2.5 stars
Bodies, Rest And Motion - 2.5 stars
Drop Dead Fred - 3.5 stars
Gremlins 2 - The New Batch - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Gremlins - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Gremlins - 3.5 stars
Drop Dead Fred - 3.5 stars
Gremlins 2 - The New Batch - 3.5 stars
Shag - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Private School - 2.5 stars
Princess Caraboo - 2.5 stars
Bodies, Rest And Motion - 2.5 stars
Date With an Angel - 2.5 stars
Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Judge Reinhold - 4 times - show films
Jennifer Jason Leigh - 3 times - show films
Zach Galligan - 3 times - show films
Sean Penn - 2 times - show films
Polly Holliday - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Joe Dante - 3 times - show films
Amy Heckerling - 2 times - show films
Noel Black - 1 times - show films
Zelda Barron - 1 times - show films
Tom McLoughlin - 1 times - show films