Martin Brest's Best
by TheMovieSmith | created - 21 Jun 2019 | updated - 08 Jul 2019 | PublicWhich of retired director Martin Brest's seven feature films is your favorite?
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1. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
18A | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher
Votes: 158,060 | Gross: $234.76M
2. Midnight Run (1988)
14+ | 126 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the F.B.I., and the Mafia after jumping bail.
Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton
Votes: 72,422 | Gross: $38.41M
3. Scent of a Woman (1992)
PG | 156 min | Drama
A prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated.
Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar
Votes: 250,036 | Gross: $63.90M
4. Meet Joe Black (1998)
PG | 178 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Death, who takes the form of a young man, asks a media mogul to act as a guide to teach him about life on Earth, and in the process, he falls in love with his guide's daughter.
Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber
Votes: 208,833 | Gross: $44.62M
5. Going in Style (1979)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three friends who are living on the dole decide to organize a bank robbery.
Director: Martin Brest | Stars: George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg, Charles Hallahan
Votes: 2,808 | Gross: $26.87M
6. Hot Tomorrows (1977)
73 min | Comedy
A portrait of a young man, Michael, so obsessed with death that he decorates his room with a life-size Grim Reaper. One night Michael's closest buddy, Louis, joins him for an adventure in Hollywood on Christmas Eve.
Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Ken Lerner, Ray Sharkey, Hervé Villechaize, Victor Argo
Votes: 57
7. Gigli (2003)
14A | 121 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Larry Gigli is assigned by a crime boss to kidnap the brother of a prominent district attorney. A beautiful woman known only as Ricki is sent to stay with him to make sure he doesn't mess up the job.
Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha, Terry Camilleri
Votes: 45,572 | Gross: $6.07M
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