The Amati Girls 2000  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anne DeSalvo
Cast: Mercedes Ruehl, Paul Sorvino, Cloris Leachman, Sean Young, Dinah Manoff, Lily Knight, Lee Grant, Mark Harmon, Jamey Sheridan, Marissa Leigh
Three generations of the Amati women, each having her own set of problems, must contend with sisters, mothers, and daughters who don't hesitate to make their own thoughts known. Unfortunately, the good cast cannot compensate for this bad movie.
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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure 1979  G, 122 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Irwin Allen
Cast: Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden, Shirley Knight, Slim Pickens, Shirley Jones, Karl Malden, Mark Harmon
In this sequel to "The Poseidon Adventure," two salvage teams race to recover the sunken ship's cargo of gold and plutonium.
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 Chasing Liberty 2004  PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andy Cadiff
Cast: Mandy Moore, Matthew Goode, Jeremy Piven, Annabella Sciorra, Mark Harmon, Beatrice Rosen, Stark Sands, Tony Jayawardena, Briony Glassco, Sam Ellis, Terence Maynard, Lewis Hancock
While on a trip with her family to the Czech Republic, Anna (Mandy Moore)–the daughter of U.S. President James Foster (Mark Harmon)–eludes her Secret Service protectors. While touring on her own, Anna falls in love with a stranger, Ben Calder (Matthew Goode), who just happens to be an undercover Secret Service agent assigned to protect her.
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Comes a Horseman 1978  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, George Grizzard, Richard Farnsworth, Jim Davis, Mark Harmon, Macon McCalman, James Keach, Basil Hoffman
A Montana land baron wants the acreage of two ranchers because he suspects oil is to be found under the land. The ranchers join forces in resistance, and love enters the picture.
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 Dillinger 1991 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Rupert Wainwright
Cast: Mark Harmon, Sherilyn Fenn, Will Patton, Bruce Abbott, Tom Bower, Patricia Arquette, Xander Berkeley, Vince Edwards, Amy Yasbeck, John Philbin, Yvonne Suhor, Lawrence Tierney, David Neidorf, Joe Guzaldo, Michael Krawic
Mark Harmon takes on the role of bank robber John Dillinger in this version that takes liberties with the story while looking at Dillinger's personal relationships as he lives life on the edge. After his prison sentence is completed, Dillinger is determined to never again serve time while he continues his illegal activities. He does get arrested again but escapes and has plastic surgery to disguise himself. J. Edgar Hoover (Vince Edwards) is determined to capture him, and Dillinger is betrayed by his girlfriend Billie's (Sherilyn Fenn) landlady, which leads to the Feds ending his life outside Chicago's Biograph Theater. Look quickly for Lawrence Tierney–who played Dillinger 1945 film–as a sheriff gunned down by Dillinger's gang.
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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years 1977  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Rosemary Murphy, Walter McGinn, Blair Brown, David Healy, Peggy McCay, Donald Moffat, Mark Harmon, John Beal, Priscilla Pointer, Toni Damay, Barbara Conrad, Morgan Farley, Anna Lee
This sequel has most of the same cast and is every bit as good as the first one. It covers FDR's and Eleanor's (Edward Herrmann and Jane Alexander) years in the White House from 1933 to 1945. Told in flashback as Eleanor attends Franklin's funeral, the stories include Eleanor working for social reform, coming to the aid of polio-stricken Franklin, and learning how to deal with Franklin's domineering mother Sara (Rosemary Murphy). The stories also reflect on FDR pulling the country out of the Depression and his "Day of Infamy" speech in which he declares war on Japan. This sequel received Emmys for Best Director and Outstanding Special.
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 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998 R, 128 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Drama
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Tobey Maguire, Cameron Diaz, Christina Ricci, Katherine Helmond, Harry Dean Stanton, Mark Harmon, Michael Jeter, Penn Jillette, Craig Bierko, Lyle Lovett, Flea
This film is an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's book about a 1971 drug-and-alcohol crazed trip to Las Vegas. Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) and his Samoan attorney Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) set off across the desert to cover a race and then a convention of district attorneys. Duke interviews his subjects and writes stories from his addict mind-set.
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 Freaky Friday 2003  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Waters
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Harold Gould, Chad Michael Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky, Christina Vidal, Ryan Malgarini, Haley Hudson, Rosalind Chao, Lucille Soong, Willie Garson
Psychiatrist Dr. Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her rebellious daughter, Anna (Lindsay Lohan), seldom see eye to eye on anything. One night at a Chinese restaurant, their arguing reaches a fever pitch, and they open identical fortune cookies that are served by a meddling restauranteur. The cookies contained a mystical potion, and the next morning Tess and Anna discover that they are trapped in each others bodies. The solution to their dilemma is to perform one selfless act. Will they manage to figure it out before Tess' wedding on Saturday?
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Let's Get Harry 1986 R, 98 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Rescue
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Robert Duvall, Gary Busey, Mark Harmon, Glenn Frey, Michael Schoeffling, Thomas F. Wilson, Rick Rossovich, Ben Johnson, Matt Clark, Gregory Sierra
A mercenary (Robert Duvall) is hired to help friends rescue Harry (Mark Harmon) from the jungles of South America. Duvall's performance keeps this from bombing out entirely. Director Rosenberg used the infamous pseudonym of "Alan Smithee" for this film, which meant he didn't want to be associated with it.
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Magic in the Water 1995 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Rick Stevenson
Cast: Mark Harmon, Harley Jane Kozak, Joshua Jackson, Sarah Wayne, Willie Nark-Orn, Frank Salsedo, Ben Cardinal, Morris Panych, Adrien Dorval, Mark Acheson, Anthony Towe, John Procaccino, Benjamin Ratner, Tamsin Kelsey, John Procaccino
Set in the resort town of Glenorky, British Columbia, famous for its legendary lake creature "Orky," this story is about a workaholic psychiatrist, Jack Black (Mark Harmon), whose kids Joshua and Ashley (Joshua Jackson and Sarah Wayne) discover that the sea monster is REAL. Will "Orky" help the children get closer to their father, and will the children help "Orky" solve the pollution problems in the lake?
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The Presidio 1988 R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Sean Connery, Mark Harmon, Meg Ryan, Jack Warden, Mark Blum, Dana Gladstone, Jenette Goldstein, Marvin J. McIntyre, Don Calfa, Robert Lesser, John DiSanti, James Hooks Reynolds, Curtis W. Sims, Rick Zumwalt, Rosalyn Marshall
While stationed at the Presidio, Army M.P. Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell (Sean Connery) has run-ins with San Francisco cop Jay Austin (Mark Harmon) over jurisdictional matters. Things really heat up when Harmon becomes interested in Caldwell's pretty daughter Donna (Meg Ryan).
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Stealing Home 1988 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Kampmann, Will Aldis
Cast: Mark Harmon, Blair Brown, Jodie Foster, Harold Ramis, Jonathan Silverman, John Shea, William McNamara, Helen Hunt, Miriam Flynn, Richard Jenkins
Mark Harmon plays a star athlete who has just gotten his life together. He is shocked when he learns that his one true fan (Jodie Foster) has committed suicide.
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Summer School 1987 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas, Patrick Laborteaux, Dean Cameron, Carl Reiner, Ken Olandt, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Kelly Jo Minter, Shawnee Smith, Gary Riley, Fabiana Udenio, Richard Steven Horvitz, Francis X. McCarthy, Tom Troupe
After his fellow teacher Mr. Dearadorian (Carl Reiner) wins big money in the lottery, laid-back P.E. teacher Freddy Shoop (Mark Harmon) is forced to teach summer school to remedial English students. During those summer months, as a result of Shoop's unorthodox teaching style, not only the students but the coach as well learn much about themselves and what it takes to succeed. Director Carl Reiner is able to keep this movie entertaining and funny.
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Sweet Bird of Youth 1989 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Mark Harmon, Rip Torn, Valerie Perrine, Ruta Lee, Seymour Cassel, Kevin Geer, Megan Blake, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Cheryl Paris, Charles Lucia, Teddy Wilson, Tom Nolan
In this version of Tennessee Williams' play, Elizabeth Taylor plays the aging actress Alexandra Del Lago, and Mark Harmon is her young lover Chance Wayne who plans to use her as his steppingstone to success. However, he joins her in sinking into the mire of drugs and alcohol.
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Tuareg: The Desert Warrior 1984 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
aka: Desert Warrior
Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Mark Harmon, Antonio Sabato, Aldo Sambrell, Massimo Vanni, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Claudia Gravy, Luis Prendes, Ritza Brown, Paolo Malco, Ennio Girolami, Manuel Pereiro, Romano Puppo, Emiliano Redondo, Mario De Barros
Nomadic chieftain Gacel Sayah (Mark Harmon) leads a Tuareg tribe in the Sahara Desert. One day, the tribe gives water and shelter to two lost men. Soon, soldiers appear who are hunting down the men and demand that they be turned over to them. Using the sacred law of hospitality, Gacel Sayah refuses, but the soldiers kill one of the men and take away the other. Gacel Sayah now obeys his sacred rule of punishing those who bring harm to his guests and mounts his camel for a trip across the desert seeking justice by hunting down the soldiers.
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Worth Winning 1989 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Will Mackenzie
Cast: Mark Harmon, Madeleine Stowe, Lesley Ann Warren, Maria Holvoe, Mark Blum, Andrea Martin, Tony Longo, Alan Blumenfeld, Devin Ratray, Jon Korkes, Brad Hall, David Brenner
Local TV weatherman Taylor Worth (Mark Harmon) bets his friends that, within three months, he can get three women to accept his proposals of marriage. All goes well for Taylor–until the ladies find out what is happening and seek revenge.
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| 1. The Amati Girls (2000)
2. Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
3. Chasing Liberty (2004)
4. Comes a Horseman (1978)
5. Dillinger (1991)
6. Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
7. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
8. Flamingo Road (1980)
9. Freaky Friday (2003)
10. Let's Get Harry (1986)
aka: The Rescue
11. Magic in the Water (1995)
12. The Presidio (1988)
13. Stealing Home (1988)
14. Summer School (1987)
15. Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)
16. Tuareg: The Desert Warrior (1984)
aka: Desert Warrior
17. Worth Winning (1989)
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