Alan Arkin Movies

A miserable man who doesn't believe in the holidays must contend with his 11 children and wife celebrating the most wonderful time of the year.

New York, 1955. A stressed advertising exec feels he has lost his equilibrium, possibly due to recurring erotic dreams of a woman he can’t...

Yasha is a Jewish stage magician who tours through eastern Europe while destroying his career through personal problems. He has one more chance at...

This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to...

A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non...

Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.

Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied...

A middle aged restaurateur begins to feel the desire to roam and realizes that one day each week, his mother's apartment will be empty all afternoon....

Inspired by the idea that the greatest gift one generation can give to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience, 'Wisdom' seeks to create...

Fifteen-year-old Chris Mills isn't too happy with his divorcing parents. In fact, he doesn't want them to split at all, so he hires car repair shop...

Two con men take advantage of an emperor's vanity.

Three middle-aged sisters and their grouchy mother confront issues with men in their lives.

The movie, and true story, is about how Harold began working for the garbage industry in New Jersey only to find out that it was run by the Mafia....

Starring Sigmund Freud is a video memento for Sigmund Freud's little-known film career. Based on an essay John Menick published in Frieze in 2011,...

A family run business is being forced to become a front for the mob. Ronnie (Brian Bloom) stands up against the Cancino family to save his family's...

The overall title for five short sketches by Neil Simon. 1: "The Greasy Diner." The story of a couple who enter a diner, take one look around, then...

People Soup is a 1969 short film written and directed by Alan Arkin, with Adam Arkin and Matthew Arkin. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best...

On his wedding day, in the few remaining hours of his bachelorhood, Barney Kempinski goes off to tour the city and sing his song to life, love and...

A Brazilian bartender is called on to help others in need of his mystical healing

Two actors. On a road. With a tree. An effective description of the world Tony A and Tony Z find themselves inhabiting in Alan Arkin's film. "Samuel...