Leslie Nielsen was an acclaimed Canadian actor who was noted for his deadpan comedy in both films and television. Popularly known as the Laurence Olivier of spoofs, Nielsen worked as an actor, producer and comedian in his life.
Nielsen’s early career in television was mostly uneventful. In 1956, he got his big break in films with the Michael Curtiz-directed musical film ‘The Vagabond King’. Though the film fared averagely, it subsequently led him to bag a role in the science fiction film ‘The Forbidden Planet’, which was a box office blockbuster. The success of the film led to his future filmography that consisted of several hit movies such as ‘Ransom!’, ‘The Opposite Sex’ and ‘Hot Summer Night’. Meanwhile, Nielsen made several television appearances in ‘Justice’, ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’, ‘Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea’, ‘The Virginian’, and ‘The Wild Wild West’.
‘The Poseidon Adventure’ sealed Nielsen’s reputation as a serious actor. He then was seen in a number of legendary roles in films like ‘Airplane!’ and ‘The Naked Gun’ series. However, what followed was a streak of unsuccessful films such as ‘Repossessed’, ‘2001: A Space Travesty’, ‘Wrongfully Accused’ and ‘Dracula: Dead and Loving It’.
Ex-fighter pilot Ted Striker with a drinking problem is dumped by his stewardess girlfriend Elaine. He buys a ticket on her flight to win her back. Unfortunately, the entire crew and passengers are incapacitated by food poisoning. Ted, along with Elaine and the autopilot, an inflatable doll named Otto must find a way to land the plane safely.
Clumsy Police Squad! detective Frank Drebin, while investigating a murder attempt on his partner Nordberg, visits the office of influential businessman Vincent Ludwig and becomes attracted to Ludwig's sexy assistant Jane Spencer. Meanwhile, Ludwig, who is also a drug lord and criminal mastermind, plans to mind-control a baseball player into assassinating Queen Elizabeth II during her American tour.
Forbidden Planet is a science fiction adventure thriller film which revolves around a starship crew that decides to investigate the silence of a distant planet’s colony. They soon find that only two survivors are remaining, along with a robot.
Music Within is a biographical comedy drama film which revolves around the story of Richard Pimentel, a brilliant public speaker, who had lost his hearing ability. The film revolves around the various struggles that he went through in his personal and professional life, and how he began advocating for disability rights.
While sailing from New York City to Athens, an ocean liner is hit by tsunami and overturns. Trapped in the dining room, most of the survivors elect to stay put until helps come, while a passionate priest, who believes that God helps those who help themselves, decides to find a way out. A few of the passengers also follow him.
The second installment in The Naked Gun film series, the movie follows the comically bumbling Police Lt. Frank Drebin and his adventures as he attempts to stop the villainous Quentin Hapsburg from harming the president. Upon its release, it took the top spot at the box office and became one of the year’s biggest hits.
Creepshow is an anthology horror film, which tells five different terrifying stories inspired by the EC horror comic books of the 1960s.
When widowed millionaire Rosie, a generous giver, decides to buy a closed theater where her late husband had proposed her, Rosie’s mercenary daughters, Mildred and Edith, worried about their inheritance, plan to institutionalize her and declare her insane. As Rosie’s loving granddaughter, Daphne, learns about the wicked plan, she, along with Rosie’s lawyer friend Oliver Stevenson, helps Rosie win in the court.
Claudia Draper is a call girl who has been charged with the murder of a client. Her mother and her stepfather wants to have her declared insane, so that she can avoid being sent to jail. However, Claudia rejects this approach, since she doesn’t want to be put in a mental institution. Eventually the attorney hired by her parents is attacked by Claudia, and therefore a public defender named Aaron Levinsky takes on her case instead, and he tries to prove that she is not insane.
The last movie in The Naked Gun film series opens with cop Frank Drebin retiring from his job to devote more time to his personal life. However, he secretly desires to make a comeback. So when his former associates reach out to him seeking his help to catch a bomber who is planning to blow up the Academy Awards, he grabs the opportunity and goes undercover to stop the attack.
In 1944, while entertaining American soldiers in Belgium, the members of a US symphonic orchestra are captured by the Germans. While they are waiting to be executed, a music-loving German general orders them to hold a special concert for the Nazis. Realizing that they have time till the concert is over, they start hatching a plan for their escape.
After a series of mysterious murders take place, an occult expert is called by the police along with his assistant to help them uncover what is going on.
Bill Partain, an out-of-work reporter on his honeymoon, learns about a bank heist pulled off by notorious criminal Ellis. Being in the vicinity, Partain decides to track down Ellis and get his interview which can help him land a new job. Despite the locals being protective about Ellis, Partain manages to reach him, but after a sudden twist he finds himself taken hostage.
Beau Geste is an action adventure drama film, which tells the story of three adopted English brothers who join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. Their superior Sergeant Markoff, turns out to be a harsh and tyrannical officer, but when Arabs attack their fort, they must throw their rivalries aside, while battling for their lives.
Wrongfully Accused is an action comedy thriller film which tells the story of a man named Ryan, who is framed for a murder he didn’t commit. In order to prove his innocence, and to expose the true culprits, he escapes while he is being taken to prison.
Dracula: Dead and Loving it is a comedy horror film, which is a parody of the classic vampire story as well as its popular film adaptations. The story revolves around Count Dracula who moves from his castle to Victorian London with his assistant, and is also hunting for flesh blood. He soon comes across two gorgeous young women.
Gunfight in Abilene is a Western film which takes us to the time of the American Civil War. It revolves around Cal Wayne, a Confederate soldier who kills one of his fellow comrades accidentally. After he returns to his hometown, he discovers that his lover, Amy, whom he believed to be dead, is about to marry Grant Evers, the brother of the man whom he killed in the war.
In this satirical movie, news reporter Cindy Campbell learns about a sinister videotape which spells death for its viewers. Cindy has a notion that there is a connection of some sort between the videotape and the crop circles that are mysteriously formed on Tom Logan’s farm. Fearing an alien invasion, she knows she must help the President avert the attack.
A biographical film, based on the life of screen siren, Jean Harlow, this Paramount production opens with Harlow as a struggling extra and bit actress, pushed into the business by her a greedy stepfather and an oblivious mother. Mentored by Arthur Landau, she later rises to fame, only to meet a tragic end.
Harry Walsh is a reporter who uncovers an unusual and interesting medical plot involving an US Senator named Clayton Zachary Wheeler.
A young couple ends up having a baby out of wedlock. They decide to give the baby up for adoption. The girl’s parents decide to adopt their daughter’s child, and in order to do that, they fake a happy marriage.
General Rancor is planning to destroy the world using a missile which he has hid in his secret base. Special agent, Dick Steele, is assigned to stop him once and for all. Steele eventually teams up with a KGB Agent named Veronique and they work together to find the General.
Former DEA Agent Quinlan, who has been removed from the force a few years earlier, for stealing confiscated drug money, is hired by a drug cartel leader, who wants out of the business. He wants to destroy the cartel by leaking information to the DEA, and Quinlan’s job is to tip DEA agents to drug busts. However, things don’t go as planned.
Prom Night is a horror thriller film which revolves around a stalker, who seeks revenge for the death of a young girl, who had died after being bullied and harassed by her four classmates. When the four friends find themselves being stalked after six years, they think that someone knows what had happened six years earlier.
Soul Man is a comedy film which tells the story of Mark Watson, a pampered young boy from a rich family, whose father is unwilling to spend money on his education. He applies for a scholarship but it soon seems that it is only available for African-Americans. Therefore, he decides to use tanning pills to pose as one. He soon realizes that this is going to make people treat him a lot differently.
This musical romance film takes us to 1461, and tells the story of several French nobles, who join forces with the rebellious Duke of Burgundy, and plan to overthrow the King. Soon they decide to enlist the help of Francois Villon, the leader of the Vagabonds, a vigilante group that is known to rob the rich in order to help the poor people.
Following her husband's death, broke and lonely, Cindy Campbell, takes job in a haunted house and falls for her divorced neighbor Tom Ryan. However, when her future plans are disrupted by an alien invasion, she is instructed by the ghost of a Japanese boy to travel to a hidden village to learn how to stop the aliens.
Surf Ninjas is an action adventure comedy film which tells the story of two brothers Johnny and Adam, who discover that they are, in fact, heirs to the throne of an island nation in the South Pacific. However, they will need to overthrow the current monarch, if they want to reclaim the throne.
A spoof of superhero movies like Spiderman, Batman Begins, The X-Men, etc. the movie follows Rick Riker who gains superpowers after being bitten by a radioactive dragonfly. As the superhero Dragonfly, he starts a relationship with Jill and fights off his nemesis, the supervillain Hourglass.
A spoilt rich girl decides to leave her manipulating mother and stay in the Ozarks. She soon falls in love with a man, but her family is totally opposed to the relationship.
A resentful ex-employee floods the city sewers with petrochemicals by opening valves of an oil refinery which was built at the center of the town with a corrupt mayor’s consent. After a major explosion at refinery the fire spreads rapidly throughout the city. Dr. Whitman and Nurse Harper at the city hospital and fire-chief, Risley, fight valiantly to save the disaster victims.
An American Carol is a fantasy comedy film which tells the story of Michael Malone, a liberal filmmaker, who wants to end 4th of July celebrations. His life takes a turn after he is visited by three spirits who teach him the importance of Independence Day.
Mr. Magoo is an American comedy film which tells the story of an eccentric millionaire Mr. Magoo, who suffers from poor eyesight but refuses to wear eyeglasses. His life takes a turn when jewel thieves who robbed a museum, lose their precious ruby, and it ends up in Mr. Magoo’s boat.
Viva Knievel!, In which American stunt performer Evel Knievel appears as himself is a fictional story. Opening with Knievel sneaking into an orphanage to deliver presents, the plot kicks up when he is offered a huge sum to perform in Mexico. He accepts the offer unaware that drug lords have planned to murder him and then use his corpse to transport drugs into US.
After finishing his work for the day, Stan, along with his best friend and his ex-girlfriend, makes their way to a Halloween party. However, things don’t go as planned.
Marshal Richard is a detective who learns that the President of the US has been replaced by a clone. In order to free the actual President, who has been kidnapped by aliens, he is sent to a colony on the Moon.
