Colin Higgins’s Typical Vibe
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Colin Higgins has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Harold and Maude.
Recurring themes

A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.
Dir. Hal Ashby · With Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles

Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.
Dir. Colin Higgins · With Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton

A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.
Dir. Arthur Hiller · With Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor

A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
Dir. Colin Higgins · With Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith

When a Conservative TV crusader threatens to shut down beloved brothel The Chicken Ranch, proprietress Miss Mona Stangley and her girls won't go down without a fight.
Dir. Colin Higgins · With Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise