Real Life (1979)

Albert Brooks directs himself as a successful film editor with far too many issues that affects the relationship between him and his remarkably patient girlfriend.

A husband and wife in their 30s decide to quit their jobs, live as free spirits and cruise America in a Winnebago.

A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what makes followers of Islam laugh.

With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who proves to test his patience.

In an afterlife way station resembling a block of hotels, the lives of the recently-deceased are examined in a court-like setting.

A henpecked New Jersey grocer makes plans to move to California to grow oranges, despite the resistance of his overbearing wife.

Three days into his Miami honeymoon, New York Jewish Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms him in his opinion that he has made a serious mistake and he decides he wants Kelly ... See full summary »

The story of a baseball scout who discovers a talented but troubled baseball player.

Ross McElwee sets out to make a documentary about the lingering effects of General Sherman's march of destruction through the South during the Civil War, but is continually sidetracked by ... See full summary »

A first-hand comedy documentary about working the road as a comedian.