Peter Riegert
18 titles
Filmography
18 results

National Lampoon's Movie Madness
(1982)Spoofs of genre films depict a horny lawyer in midlife crisis, an angry stripper seeking revenge, and a duo of bumbling cops trailing a serial killer.

The Mask
(1994)Eye-popping comedy about a mild-mannered bank clerk who is transformed into a zoot-suited, cartoon-style creature after finding a strange mask in a river. Wearing the mask gives him superhuman abilities and enables him to defeat all who stand in his way. He vows to woo a beautiful nightclub singer, but is unaware of her criminal intentions.

Local Hero
(1983)Considered one of the best British comedies of all time, featuring a powerhouse performance from Hollywood legend Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert and Peter Capaldi. Houston oil executive Mac is sent to purchase a Scottish town for Happer's American oil company. But before long Mac finds himself being won over by the endearing the locals and he questions if he is on the right side of the transaction.

Crossing Delancey
(1988)A contemporary New York comedy about Isabella, a single independent woman who is caught in a romantic quandary when her grandmother hires a Jewish matchmaker to find her a husband.

The Stranger
(1987)After a car accident, Alice wakes up with amnesia. The only memory she does have is a murder she's witnessed, making her the next target.

Face Down
(1997)A burnt-out private eye takes the seemingly mundane case of a beautiful blonde and quickly gets caught in a whirlwind of lust, blackmail, and murder.

Chilly Scenes of Winter
(1979)After his married girlfriend leaves him, an ordinary guy decides to win her back, aided by his mixed bag of quirky friends and family.

The Baby Dance
(1998)An infertile, wealthy couple from Los Angeles signs a contract with a penniless, pregnant mother of four from Louisiana to adopt her unborn child.

Infinity
(1996)Real-life Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman faces a moral crisis, as he tries to save his ailing wife’s life and work on the atomic bomb.

Gypsy
(1993)Gypsy follows the dreams and efforts of Rose to raise two daughters to perform onstage, and casts an affectionate eye on the hardships of show business life. Bette Midler, stars as the ultimate pushy stage mother, Rose, who seeks stardom for her two young daughters at any cost.

White Irish Drinkers
(2011)A coming of age story set in 1975 working-class Brooklyn, in which two teenage brothers living with their abusive father and their well-meaning but ineffective mother are caught up in a life of petty crime. Older brother Danny concocts a daring scheme to steal enough money for the two to escape, timed around the chaos of an upcoming Rolling Stones concert. The sensitive younger brother, Brian, ultimately has a choice: remain loyal to the brother with whom he shares a powerful love-hate bond, or use his hidden talent as an artist as his own ticket out of their dead-end existence.
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness
(2012)Filmmaker Joseph Dorman presents the life, work and legacy of the Yiddish writer who used the vernacular of the common man.

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
(2002)A once-successful playwright struggles to end his dry spell and write a new play, despite the indignities of middle age and all sorts of interference.

Oscar
(1991)Promising to quit a life of crime is a lot easier said than done.

Hi-Life
(1998)The Hi Life Bar is a romantic comedy starring Eric Stoltz as the catalyst for a wacky chain reaction of events that begins when he lies to his girlfriend so that she will raise the cash to pay off his bookie.
Passed Away
(1992)Thrown for a loop by the unexpected news that Dad (Jack Warden) has suddenly gone to his reward, the grieving Scanlan clan are drawn together in a test of familial endurance that soon has them at each others' throats. As the eldest son.

Passion of Mind
(2000)In New York, she’s Marty. In Paris, she’s Marie. Fantasy and reality become indistinguishable for a widow leading a double life in her dreams.

Surrender, Dorothy
(2006)When her daughter Sara (Davalos) unexpectedly passes away, Natalie (Keaton) retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and some of Sara's friends help her deal with her loss.