Paul Bartel Movie Rankings
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 3.0587 out of 4 stars for Usual Suspects
3.0587
After a waterfront explosion, Verbal (Kevin Spacey), an eye-witness and participant tells the story of events leading up to the conflagration. ... more about Usual Suspects
DVD from $9.98 
(12 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.8376 out of 4 stars for Eating Raoul
2.8376
When a Paul enters his apartment to find Mary fighting off a swinger who has gotten into the wrong apartement (and thinks that Mary is just playing hard to get) he hits the man with a frying pan, killing him. ... more about Eating Raoul
DVD from $14.49 
(1 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.7747 out of 4 stars for Escape from L.A.
2.7747
The year is 2013 and Snake Plissken is back from Escape From New York. An earthquake has separated Los Angeles from the mainland. ... more about Escape from L.A.
DVD from $3.90 
(13 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.7713 out of 4 stars for Basquiat
2.7713
Basquiat tells the story of the meteoric rise of youthful artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Starting out as a street artist, living in Thompkins Square Park in a cardboard box, Jean-Michel is "discovered" by Andy Warhol's art world and becomes a star. ... more about Basquiat
DVD from $10.00 
(10 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.7618 out of 4 stars for Chopping Mall
2.7618
A group of teenagers that work at the mall all get together for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock down before they can get out, The robot security system activates after a malfunction and goes on a killing spree. ... more about Chopping Mall
DVD from $8.84 
(8 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.7526 out of 4 stars for Gremlins 2: The New Batch
2.7526
An army of malevolent little monsters take over a high-tech corporate skyscraper when a cute and intelligent exotic pet is exposed to water. The "Mogwai's" owner joins forces with the Trump-like head of the corporation to regain control. ... more about Gremlins 2: The New Batch
DVD from $4.59 
(10 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.7154 out of 4 stars for Hamlet
2.7154
New York, 2000. A specter in the guise of the newly-dead CEO of Denmark Corporation appears to Hamlet, tells of murder most foul, demands revenge, and identifies the killer as Claudius, the new head of Denmark, Hamlet's uncle and now step-father. ... more about Hamlet
DVD from $5.50 
(10 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.7099 out of 4 stars for Piranha
2.7099
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal. ... more about Piranha
DVD from $39.99 
(1 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.6729 out of 4 stars for Hi
2.6729
De Niro plays Vietnam Vet. John Rubin. Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwhich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. ... more about Hi
DVD from $3.00 
(11 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.6631 out of 4 stars for Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
2.6631
Billy, a struggling young gay photographer (who likes Polaroids), tired of being the "other man", falls in love with Gabriel, a waiter and aspiring musician who is probably straight but possibly gay or at least curious. ... more about Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
DVD from $8.04 
(8 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.5301 out of 4 stars for Cannonball!
2.5301
This is another story of the secret Coast to Coast auto race across America The only rule is, the first to finish is the winner. Naturally, anyone driving 55 isn't going to win. They'll need to drive a little faster than that. ... more about Cannonball!
DVD from $8.65 
(11 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.4371 out of 4 stars for Grand Theft Auto
2.4371
Paula Powers, daughter of wealthy gubernatorial candidate Bigby Powers, decides to reject her parents' attempt at matchmaking and run off to Vegas to marry her sweetheart, Sam Freeman. ... more about Grand Theft Auto
DVD from $12.79 
(2 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.4362 out of 4 stars for European Vacation
2.4362
The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and thus pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. ... more about European Vacation
DVD from $3.62 
(11 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.2935 out of 4 stars for Dreamers
2.2935
A bittersweet satire about Hollywood's bottomless capacity for corruption, Dreamers follows the travails of two friends who leave their small Tennessee town for Tinseltown. ... more about Dreamers
DVD from $9.55 
(6 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.2062 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Boulevard
2.2062
Joe Dante directs this story of the glamour, the glitter, the magical allure of Hollywood... and not a speck of it rubs off on Miracle Pictures, where "If it's a good picture, it's a Miracle. ... more about Hollywood Boulevard
DVD from $19.00 
(1 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.1392 out of 4 stars for Amazon Women on the Moon
2.1392
A series of short sketches, most of which parody late-night television and the low-budget movies one often finds there. ... more about Amazon Women on the Moon
DVD from $5.95 
(11 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.0748 out of 4 stars for Joe's Apartment
2.0748
Joe comes from Iowa to New York and, being short of money, wants to find an apartment with very low rent. His quest is successful, but he must share the residence with some 50,000 cockroaches. The insects turn out to be Joe's best friends. ... more about Joe's Apartment
DVD from $4.49 
(10 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 2.0450 out of 4 stars for White Dog
2.0450
Not Available on DVD
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.9938 out of 4 stars for Skeletons
1.9938
A heart attack moves a Pulitzer winning journalist to leave NY for the peace of a small New England town, but he soon finds himself pulled into a case of a man accused of killing his gay lover with the blade of a shovel. ... more about Skeletons
Not Available on DVD
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.9704 out of 4 stars for Jerky Boys
1.9704
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in New York, the trouble begins. ... more about Jerky Boys
Not Available on DVD
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.9681 out of 4 stars for Heart Like a Wheel
1.9681
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream. ... more about Heart Like a Wheel
DVD from $4.42 
(9 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.9383 out of 4 stars for Living End
1.9383
Luke is a gay hustler. Jon is a movie critic. Both are HIV positive. ... more about Living End
Not Available on DVD
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.7351 out of 4 stars for Posse
1.7351
A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father. ... more about Posse
DVD from $2.75 
(13 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.6735 out of 4 stars for Rock 'n' Roll High School
1.6735
Vince Lombardi High School keeps losing principals to nervous breakdowns because of the students' love of rock 'n' roll and their disregard of education. The putative leader of the students is Riff Randell, who loves the music of the Ramones. ... more about Rock 'n' Roll High School
DVD from $8.98 
(4 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.6498 out of 4 stars for Grief
1.6498
We spend a week in the L.A. offices where the daytime TV show "The Love Judge" is written and produced. Jo, the show's large and loud producer, announces she is leaving the show in two weeks. ... more about Grief
Not Available on DVD
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.6375 out of 4 stars for Frankenweenie
1.6375
When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. ... more about Frankenweenie
Not Available on DVD
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.5296 out of 4 stars for Shelf Life
1.5296
Not Available on DVD
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.5051 out of 4 stars for Shakedown
1.5051
A drug dealer shoots a corrupt police officer. Though the drug dealer admits his guilt, he pleads self-defense. His lawyer, Roland Dalton, and a "blue jean cop", Richie Marks, pursue evidence in his favor. ... more about Shakedown
DVD from $2.98 
(10 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.4457 out of 4 stars for Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
1.4457
A divorcee (Mary Woronov), whose house is being fumigated, temporarily moves in with a friend (Jacqueline Bissett), whose husband has recently passed away. ... more about Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Not Available on DVD
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.4292 out of 4 stars for Liquid Dreams
1.4292
In a slightly future America, a woman goes to the big city to visit with her sister, who is dead in her apartment. In order to find out what happened to her sister, she gets a job working at a dance club, a lower notch in the strip joint circuit. ... more about Liquid Dreams
Not Available on DVD
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.4214 out of 4 stars for Get Crazy
1.4214
Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock and roll from Beverly's schemes. ... more about Get Crazy
Not Available on DVD
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.3772 out of 4 stars for Killer Party
1.3772
Three gorgeous babes decide to join a sorority, and a whole bunch of horny guys dump bees in the sorority's back yard where a bunch of girls are naked in the outside hot tub so when the girls jump out the boys use a video camera to take lots of shots of ... more about Killer Party
Not Available on DVD
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.2402 out of 4 stars for Mortuary Academy
1.2402
"Police Academy" clone, about some nerds who inherit an academy for morticians, which is run by a corrupt closet necropheliac. ... more about Mortuary Academy
DVD from $4.50 
(12 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.1461 out of 4 stars for Not Like Us
1.1461
Not Available on DVD
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 1.1301 out of 4 stars for Pope Must Die
1.1301
A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and the reappearance of his old lover. ... more about Pope Must Die
Not Available on DVD
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 0.9919 out of 4 stars for Heartbeeps
0.9919
Val and Aqua are two household servant robots who start feeling emotions for each other. After falling in love, they decide to escape from their servitude and attempt to start a family of their own. ... more about Heartbeeps
DVD from $7.20 
(11 sellers)
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Paul Bartel scores a combined 0.7654 out of 4 stars for Caddyshack II
0.7654
When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a tacky amusement ... more about Caddyshack II
DVD from $2.45 
(12 sellers)