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Jim Abrahams - filmography


  • First Do No Harm on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Fred Ward,  Seth Adkins
    Director: Jim Abrahams
    Certificate: PG
    In this alternately heartbreaking and uplifting drama inspired by actual events, a small town Midwest family discovers that their youngest son suffers from epilepsy. Left without hope after their insurance runs out, the mother presses on, studies everything she can find about the illness, and, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 61% from 265 members
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  • Hot Shots Part Deux on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Charlie Sheen,  Lloyd Bridges,  Valeria Golino
    Director: Jim Abrahams
    Certificate: PG
    A spot-on parody of TOP GUN, HOT SHOTS! follows the expolits of ace pilot Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen), who is obsessed with living down his father's disastrous reputation and winning the heart of beautiful psychiatrist Ramada (Valeria Golino) from professional and romantic rival Kent Gregory (..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 69% from 1,260 members
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  • Hot Shots on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Charlie Sheen,  Lloyd Bridges,  Valeria Golino
    Director: Jim Abrahams
    Certificate: PG
    Charlie Sheen stars in this TOP GUN spoof by the folks who created AIRPLANE and NAKED GUN, playing Topper Harley, a heartthrob fighter pilot assigned to the Navy on a secret mission, the details of which never entirely become clear. The jokes come fast and furious as Topper attempts to clear his ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 72% from 1,072 members
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  • Big Business on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Bette Midler,  Lily Tomlin,  Edward Herrmann
    Director: Jim Abrahams
    Certificate: PG
    Two sets of female twins are mixed up at birth. One set becomes the chief executives of a Manhattan conglomerate, while the other set succeeds at becoming poor country bumpkins. They all accidentally meet up at New York's Plaza Hotel, and from then on it's chaos all the way...
    Rate this: 3.0 66% from 622 members
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  • Airplane! on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Robert Hays,  Julie Hagerty,  Lloyd Bridges
    Director: Jim Abrahams,  David Zucker,  Jerry Zucker
    Certificate: 15
    The spoof comedy that set the gold standard for all that followed it, AIRPLANE takes shots at the slew of disaster movies that peppered cinemas in the 70s. When the passengers and crew of a jet are incapacitated due to food poisoning, a rogue pilot (who has a drinking problem and is afraid of ..read more »
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Jim Abrahams - downloads


  • Top Secret! for Download (1984)
    Starring: Christopher Villiers,  Jeremy Kemp,  Lucy Gutteridge
    Director: Jim Abrahams,  David Zucker,  Jerry Zucker
    Certificate: 15
    Rent from: £2.99
    Run time: 86 minutes
    Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker--of AIRPLANE! and NAKED GUN fame--wrote and directed this genre-hopping slapstick juggernaut which lampoons World War II spy films and Elvis movies, making many other satirical stops along the way. East Germany is planning a cultural festival, and invites rock-and-roll ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.0 82% from 5 members
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Jim Abrahams facts

5 most recent films


Mafia! - 3.0 stars
First Do No Harm - 3.0 stars
Hot Shots Part Deux - 3.5 stars
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael - 3.0 stars
Hot Shots - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films


Hot Shots - 3.5 stars
Airplane! - 3.5 stars
Hot Shots Part Deux - 3.5 stars
Ruthless People - 3.5 stars
Top Secret - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Mafia! - 3.0 stars
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael - 3.0 stars
First Do No Harm - 3.0 stars
Big Business - 3.0 stars
Top Secret - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Lloyd Bridges - 4 times - show films
Omar Sharif - 2 times - show films
Val Kilmer - 2 times - show films
Bette Midler - 2 times - show films
Michael Gough - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors


David Zucker - 4 times - show films
Jerry Zucker - 4 times - show films