Paul Benedict

"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.

Dir. Rob Reiner · With Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer

When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.

Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld · With Raúl Juliá, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-on-one combat on the early frontier.

Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.

Dir. Herbert Ross · With Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings

Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.

Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Perry King, James Mason, Susan George

Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.

Dir. Miloš Forman · With Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel

Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in the Family.

Dir. Norman Lear, Michael Ross · With Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker

A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.

Dir. Carl Reiner · With Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner

Arthur loses his fortune for staying with Linda, right as the two were preparing to adopt a child. As their marriage suffers, Arthur plans for a way to get his money back, but first he must sober up and get a real job.

Dir. Bud Yorkin · With Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud

When an abused heiress grows to giant size because of her encounter with aliens, she decides to get revenge on her cheating husband and those who looked down on her.

Dir. Christopher Guest · With Daryl Hannah, Daniel Baldwin, William Windom