Penelope Spheeris
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1. The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History, Music
A look into the Los Angeles punk rock scene, that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Eugene Tatu, Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline
Votes: 4,868
2. Suburbia (1983)
R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Chris Pedersen, Bill Coyne, Jennifer Clay, Timothy O'Brien
Votes: 6,014
3. The Boys Next Door (1985)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Roy and Bo leave their small California town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to Los Angeles. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trail of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Maxwell Caulfield, Charlie Sheen, Patti D'Arbanville, Christopher McDonald
Votes: 3,618
4. Hollywood Vice Squad (1986)
R | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A mother goes to Hollywood to find her runaway daughter. The Vice Squad discovers that a dangerous gangster has turned the girl into one of his junkie teen prostitutes. The Squad also investigates illegal betting and a BDSM pornographer.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Ronny Cox, Frank Gorshin, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Trish Van Devere
Votes: 656
5. Megadeth: Wake Up Dead (1987 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Video promo for Megadeth: Wake Up Dead.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Megadeth, David Ellefson, Dave Mustaine, Chris Poland
Votes: 36
6. Dudes (1987)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy
Three punk-loving New York City dudes need a change and drive a VW Beetle to California. After rednecks kill one of them in Arizona, they want justice. A cute girl helps them.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Jon Cryer, Daniel Roebuck, Flea, Lee Ving
Votes: 1,701
7. The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary showcase, what life was like for the music artists living during the Los Angeles Heavy Metal scene in the mid and late 1980s.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Gene Simmons, Alice Cooper
Votes: 4,314 | Gross: $0.37M
8. Night Ranger: I Did It for Love (1988 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Jack Blades, Brad Gillis, Kelly Keagy, Night Ranger
Votes: 11
9. Megadeth: In My Darkest Hour (1988 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Music video for Megadeth's In My Darkest Hour from the album So Far, So Good - So What!.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Megadeth, Dave Mustaine, Chuck Behler, David Ellefson
Votes: 23
10. Bonfire: Sword & Stone (1989 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Bonfire performs in the music video "Sword and Stone" from the original motion picture soundtrack for the film Shocker (1989) recorded for SBK Records. The music video features the band ... See full summary »
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Bonfire, Joerg Deisinger, Claus Lessmann, Edgar Patrik
Votes: 7
11. Megadeth: No More Mr. Nice Guy (1990 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Megadeth performs in the music video "No More Mr. Nice Guy" from the original motion picture soundtrack from the film Shocker (1989) recorded for SBK Records. Dave Mustaine plays guitar and... See full summary »
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Megadeth, David Ellefson, Dave Mustaine
Votes: 26
12. Thunder and Mud (1989)
88 min | Documentary, Musical
An entertaining combination of heavy-metal rockers and female mud wrestlers hosted by Jessica Hahn.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Tawn Mastrey, Sam Mann, Jeanne Basone, Jessica Hahn
Votes: 57
13. Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991 TV Movie)
79 min | Drama
Three dramatic stories inside the walls of a women's prison.
Directors: Donna Deitch, Joan Micklin Silver, Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Lolita Davidovich, Silvana Gallardo, Kimberly Scott, Edith Fields
Votes: 195
14. UFO Abductions (1991 TV Movie)
144 min | Documentary
Scrupulously accurate, intelligently conceived, UFOs: The Secret History is the thinking viewer's guide to the UFO phenomenon. Part 3 is an Addendum to the award winning Movie and focuses ... See full summary »
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Mark Laing, Preston Maybank, Tony Salome
Votes: 25
15. Visitors from the Unknown (1991 TV Movie)
47 min | Biography, Sci-Fi
A special reenacting the experiences of people who have had documented encounters with extraterrestrial life forces. A British policeman has a close encounter with a UFO, a wood-cutter ... See full summary »
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: James Earl Jones, Karl Bakke, Stephen Held, Jon Chardiet
Votes: 43
16. Wayne's World (1992)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Music
Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere
Votes: 170,979 | Gross: $121.70M
17. Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody (Wayne's World Version) (1992 Music Video)
6 min | Music
The second music video for "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, which is seen in the movie "Wayne's World" (1992) and shows Wayne, Garth and their friends in a car singing to the song.
Directors: Bruce Gowers, Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Queen, Dana Carvey, John Deacon, Brian May
Votes: 105
18. Danger Theatre (1993)
30 min | Comedy
Danger Theater is a parody of action tv with two shows The Searcher (Then Came Bronson) starring Diedrich Bader and Tropical Punch (Hawaii Five-O) starring Adam West.
Stars: Diedrich Bader, Robert Vaughn, Adam West, Billy Morrissette
Votes: 158
19. The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Family
Nice guy redneck Jed Clampett strikes it rich when he finds black oil. He and his kin move to posh Beverly Hills.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Diedrich Bader, Erika Eleniak, Jim Varney, Cloris Leachman
Votes: 19,823 | Gross: $44.03M
20. The Little Rascals (1994)
PG | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Alfalfa is wooing Darla and his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage the relationship.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Travis Tedford, Bug Hall, Brittany Ashton Holmes, Kevin Jamal Woods
Votes: 56,224 | Gross: $52.13M
21. Black Sheep (1996)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy
A gubernatorial candidate hires a wormy special assistant whose only job is to make sure the candidate's well-meaning but incompetent brother doesn't ruin the election.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Chris Farley, David Spade, Tim Matheson, Christine Ebersole
Votes: 43,705 | Gross: $32.38M
22. The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (1998)
R | 86 min | Documentary, Music
The Decline of Western Civilization III is a 1998 documentary film that follows the gutter punk lifestyle of homeless teenagers.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Flea, Keith Morris, Eyeball, Myke Chambers
Votes: 1,586
23. Senseless (1998)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A student gets his senses enhanced by an experimental drug. But abuse is not an option.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Marlon Wayans, David Spade, Brad Dourif, Esther Scott
Votes: 17,759 | Gross: $13.04M
24. Hollywierd (1999)
Documentary, Horror
Documents the making of BLOOD DOLLS, interviewing members of the cast and crew.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Charles Band, William Paul Burns, Miles A. Copeland III, Arianna Copeland
Votes: 29
25. We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll (2001)
R | 90 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary following the Ozzfest Tour in 1999, with live music and interviews interspersed. Featuring the band members from Black Sabbath, Primus, Slayer, Rob Zombie, Buckethead, System of a Down, Slipknot, Godsmack, and more.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Tom Araya, Blasko, Paul Bostaph, Buckethead
Votes: 140
26. The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
The rise and fall of the Enron company, as seen from the perspective of employee Brian Cruver, based on his book.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Christian Kane, Shannon Elizabeth, Cameron Bancroft, Nancy Anne Sakovich
Votes: 1,033
27.
Cracking Up (2004–2006)
Episode:
Prom Night
(2004)
Comedy
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Molly Shannon, Christopher McDonald, Jake Sandvig
Votes: 54
28. The Kid & I (2005)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy
Aaron Roman (Gores) is a teenager with cerebral palsy who dreams of starring in a big-time action movie. When his father (Mantegna) grants Aaron his wish for his 18th birthday, he experiences the reality a bit hard to manage.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Tom Arnold, Joe Mantegna, Eric Gores, Linda Hamilton
Votes: 1,534
29. Balls to the Wall (2011)
R | 85 min | Comedy
An engaged guy is forced by his future father-in-law to take a side job moonlighting as an exotic dancer in order to pay extravagant wedding neither of them can afford.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Joe Hursley, Jenna Dewan, Dustin Ybarra, Dean Austin
Votes: 570
30. Five (2011 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people's lives.
Directors: Jennifer Aniston, Patty Jenkins, Alicia Keys, Demi Moore, Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Patricia Clarkson, Rosario Dawson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Ginnifer Goodwin
Votes: 1,207
31. The Real St. Nick (2012 TV Movie)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
A pretty psychiatrist is saved from an accident by a man who, after hitting his head on a rock, believes he is Santa Claus. As she nurses him back to health at her institute, he brings the spirit of Christmas to the hospital.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Torrey DeVitto, Callard Harris, Roma Maffia, Kenneth Choi
Votes: 510
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