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Charles Shyer has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Parent Trap.
The Parent Trap
1998 · Movie · Writer
Top 9%Disney+ · Included
Smokey and the Bandit
1977 · Movie · Writer
Top 15%Netflix · Included
Father of the Bride
1991 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 45%Netflix · Included
Father of the Bride Part II
1995 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 57%Netflix · Included
The Noel Diary
2022 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 64%Netflix · Included
Private Benjamin
1980 · Movie · Writer
Top 72%Tubi · Free w/ ads
Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.
Dir. Nancy Meyers · With Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
Dir. Hal Needham · With Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed
George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 22 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter. His wife tries to make him happy for Annie, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner takes over the ceremony, he becomes slightly insane.
Dir. Charles Shyer · With Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter's wedding, he receives the news that she's pregnant ... and that George's wife is expecting too. He was planning on selling their home, but that's a plan that—like George—will have to change with the arrival of both a grandchild and a kid of his own.
Dir. Charles Shyer · With Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short
Cleaning out his childhood home at Christmas, a novelist meets a woman searching for her birth mother. Will an old diary unlock their pasts — and hearts?
Dir. Charles Shyer · With Justin Hartley, Barrett Doss, Bonnie Bedelia
A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
Dir. Howard Zieff · With Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante
J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and working towards partner at her firm. She has a live-in relationship with Steven, a successful investment broker who, along with J.C., agreed children aren't part of the plan. J.C.'s life takes an unexpected turn when a distant relative dies and the will appoints her the caretaker of their baby girl, Elizabeth. The baby's sudden arrival causes Steven to leave, breaking off their relationship. Juggling power lunches and powdered formula, she is soon forced off the fast track by a conniving colleague and a bigoted boss. But she won't stay down for long. She'll prove to the world that a woman can have it all and on her own terms too!
Dir. Charles Shyer · With Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout, she remains in contact with this mysterious person, who needs Terry's help save his life.
Dir. Penny Marshall · With Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, John Wood
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him.
Dir. Jack Nicholson · With Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd
A tale of a philosophical womanizer who is forced to question his seemingly carefree existence.
Dir. Charles Shyer · With Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Omar Epps
On their way to Monte Carlo, Monaco, Marilyn and her husband, Neil, meet several other married couples, including Julian and Phoebe, who are traveling with a lost dog they plan to return to its wealthy owner for a large reward. But, when the dog's mistress is murdered, the travelers become the prime suspects, and Inspector Bonnard is determined to track them all down.
Dir. Eugene Levy · With John Candy, Jim Belushi, Cybill Shepherd
After a twist of fate brings their families together for Christmas, Charlotte sets out to prove her old friend Jackie's life is too good to be true.
Dir. Mary Lambert · With Brandy Norwood, Heather Graham, Jason Biggs
Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy.
Dir. Charles Shyer · With Nick Nolte, Julia Roberts, Saul Rubinek
