"Allen Bauer Thought He'd Never Find The Right Woman... He Was Only Half Wrong!"

1984

1h 51m

6.3(1401 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Fantasy

Overview

A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.

Where to Watch

Buy

Rent

Links & Resources

IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Videos & Trailers

3 videos

Cast & Crew

60 members

Acting

Tom Hanks

Allen Bauer

Acting

Daryl Hannah

Madison

Acting

Eugene Levy

Walter Kornbluth

Acting

John Candy

Freddie Bauer

Acting

Dody Goodman

Mrs. Stimler

Acting

Shecky Greene

Mr. Buyrite

Acting

Richard B. Shull

Dr. Ross

Acting

Bobby Di Cicco

Jerry

Acting

Howard Morris

Dr. Zidell

Acting

Tony DiBenedetto

Tim, the Doorman

No Image

Acting

Patrick Cronin

Michaelson

Acting

Charles Walker

Michaelson's Partner

Acting

David Knell

Claude

Acting

Jeff Doucette

Junior

Acting

Royce D. Applegate

Buckwalter

Acting

Tony Longo

Augie

No Image

Acting

Nora Denney

Ms. Stein

Acting

Charles Macaulay

The President

Acting

Ronald F. Hoiseck

Dr. Johannsen

No Image

Acting

Lou Tiano

Bartender

No Image

Acting

Joe Grifasi

Manny

Acting

Rance Howard

McCullough

Acting

Corki Grazer

Wife

No Image

Crew

Fred Lerner

Husband

Acting

David Lloyd Nelson

Lt. Ingram

No Image

Acting

Al Chesney

Fat Jack

No Image

Writing

Lowell Ganz

Stan, the Tour Guide

Acting

James Ritz

T.V. Dept. Manager

Acting

Maurice Rice

TV Salesman

No Image

Writing

Babaloo Mandel

Rudy

Acting

Pierre Epstein

Dr. Hess

Acting

Cheryl Howard

Girl at Wedding

Acting

Louisa Marie

Girl at Wedding

No Image

Acting

Valerie Wildman

Wedding Guest

Acting

Christopher Thomas

Wedding Guest

No Image

Acting

Rick Dano

Wedding Guest

Acting

Clint Howard

Wedding Guest

Acting

Ron Kuhlman

Man with Date

Acting

Lori Kessler

Girl with Date

No Image

Acting

Joe Cirillo

Sergeant Munson

Acting

Tom Toner

Parilli

No Image

Acting

Lee Delano

Sergeant Lelandowski

Acting

Migdia Skarsgård Chinea

Wanda

No Image

Acting

Jack Denton

Man by Elevator

No Image

Acting

Nick Cinardo

George

No Image

Acting

Fil Formicola

Policeman

No Image

Acting

Than Wyenn

Mr. Ambrose

Acting

Clare Peck

TV Reporter

No Image

Acting

Eileen Saki

Dr. Fujimoto

No Image

Acting

Jodi Long

Reporter

Acting

Victoria Lucas

Reporter

No Image

Acting

Jeffrey Dreisbach

Reporter

No Image

Acting

Amy Ingersoll

Reporter

No Image

Acting

Daryl Edwards

Reporter

Acting

Jack Hallett

Reporter

Acting

Bill Smitrovich

Ralph Bauer

Acting

Nancy Raffa

Mary Bauer

No Image

Acting

David Kreps

Young Allen

No Image

Acting

Jason Late

Young Freddie

No Image

Acting

Shayla Mackarvich

Young Madison

No Image

Similar Movies

6.9

1942

All Through the Night

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

Movie

7.2

1997

Men in Black

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

Movie

6.4

2002

Men in Black II

Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.

Movie

7.5

1984

Ghostbusters

After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.

Movie

7.4

1989

When Harry Met Sally...

Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that's what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry's fears by remaining friends and admitting they just might be the perfect match for each other?

Movie

6.3

2016

How to Be Single

New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.

Movie

5.8

1999

The Out-of-Towners

The adventures of married couple Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for Henry's job interview.

Movie

6.8

2005

A Lot Like Love

On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to ... lovers?

Movie

6.5

1999

Big Daddy

A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.

Movie

6.6

1976

Bugsy Malone

New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession of a new and deadly weapon, the dreaded "splurge gun". As the custard pies fly, Bugsy Malone, an all-round nice guy, falls for Blousey Brown, a singer at Fat Sam's speakeasy. His designs on her are disrupted by the seductive songstress Tallulah who wants Bugsy for herself.

Movie

7.4

1988

Torch Song Trilogy

Arnold is a gay man working as a drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.

Movie

5.0

1933

Too Much Harmony

A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."

Movie

4.3

1930

Peacock Alley

Claire Tree spends the night in the hotel room of her friend and confidante, saying goodbye to him before her impending marriage the following day. When she returns to the hotel with her husband the following night, the house detective accuses her of prostitution and throws them out. Now Claire must explain everything to her unsympathetic husband.

Movie

5.6

2020

Let Them All Talk

A celebrated author takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew comes along to wrangle the ladies and finds himself involved with a young literary agent.

Movie

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

7.4

1995

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.

Movie

7.2

1993

The Wedding Banquet

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

Movie

7.0

2003

Kitchen Stories

Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.

Movie

5.5

1996

Eddie

Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima

Movie

5.7

2004

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

When the always dramatic Lola and her family move from the center of everything in New York City to the center of a cultural wasteland in suburban New Jersey, she feels her life is simply not worth living! But no matter who or what gets in the way, Lola won't give up on her life's ambition: to be a star! In a crowd-pleasing movie treat bursting with music, dance and excitement, Lola's fun-filled adventure won't be glamorous or easy, but it might just show her that real life could exceed even her wildest dreams!

Movie

4.5

1993

Naked in New York

Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joanne, and to whom you can turn to for help while facing life. From there it flashes back to his memories of his parents, college, house across from a squirrel infested peanut factory, best friend, writing career and Joanne.

Movie

Recommended Movies

6.3

1984

Bachelor Party

On the eve of his wedding to his longtime girlfriend, unassuming nice guy Rick is dragged out for a night of debauchery by his friends.

Movie

5.5

1985

Volunteers

After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with the help of American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle and the beautiful and down-to earth Beth Wexler. What they don't realize is that the bridge is coveted by the U.S. Army, a local Communist force, and a powerful drug lord. Together with the help of At Toon, the only English speaking native, they must fight off the three opposing forces and find out what is right for the villagers, as well as themselves.

Movie

6.5

1986

The Money Pit

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.

Movie

6.7

1982

The World According to Garp

A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.

Movie

6.6

2017

Patti Cake$

Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.

Movie

6.3

1989

Turner & Hooch

Detective Scott Turner has three days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some 'real' cases—not just misdemeanors. When Amos Reed is murdered, Scott sets himself on the case, but the closest thing to a witness to the murder is Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott has to take care of—to avoid Hooch being 'put to sleep'.

Movie

6.8

1963

The Curse of the Crying Woman

A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits.

Movie

5.8

2009

The Girl on the Train

Jeanne is a young woman, striking but otherwise without qualities. Her mother tries to get her a job in the office of a lawyer, Bleistein, her lover years ago. Jeanne fails the interview but falls into a relationship with Franck, a wrestler whose dreams and claims of being in a legitimate business partnership Jeanne is only too happy to believe. When Franck is arrested, he turns on Jeanne for her naivety; she's stung and seeks attention by making up a story of an attack on a train. Is there any way out for her?

Movie

5.6

2007

Then She Found Me

A New York schoolteacher hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her biological mother, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she begins a courtship with the father of one of her students.

Movie

5.9

1985

Tuff Turf

The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.

Movie

5.7

1984

Blame It on Rio

Matthew Hollis is man on holiday in Rio with his best friend. Both men have teenage daughters with them. When Matthew falls for his best friend's amorous daughter named Jennifer, they embark on a secret, if slightly one-sided relationship. Jennifer's father is furious when he finds out about the 'older man' in his daughter's life, and sets out to hunt him down with the aid of Matthew!

Movie

7.4

1987

Matewan

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.

Movie

5.4

1990

Side Out

A law student comes to California for the summer and ends up playing professional volleyball.

Movie

4.9

1988

Splash, Too

A sequel to the popular romantic mermaid drama, in which Allen and Madison return to New York - one to save his business, the other to save a Dolphin in captivity. You can guess which does which.

Movie

5.7

1986

License to Kill

A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and frustrated as they encounter the inevitable bureaucratic delays in bringing the case to trial. Once in the courtroom, they are horror-stricken as the young, hard-pressed district attorney seems unable to overcome the technicalities and maneuverings that the driver's attorney uses to keep his client out of jail and still on the streets as a legal driver. When the judge is forced to rule time and again in favor of the defense, it appears that the driver might escape punishment altogether.

Movie

6.0

2011

Accidentally in Love

Eddie James, a disgruntled actor who wants to do more than play "Mulligan the Rabbit" on a children's TV show, discovers life can change in a heartbeat when he accidentally gets into a car accident with single mother Annie Baker. In the unexpected friendship that develops between them, Eddie tries to help Annie's nearly-blind daughter Taylor get an operation to restore her sight.

Movie

5.6

1970

El Condor

Luke, an escaped convict, and Jaroo, a loner gold prospector, team up with a band of Apache Indians in 19th century Mexico to capture a large, heavily armed fortress for the millions -- or billions -- of dollars in gold that are rumored to be stored within. Written by Brian C. Madsen

Movie

7.0

1941

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?

Movie

7.2

1986

Report to Mother

Purushan, a student on his way to Delhi, becomes obsessed with the tragic suicide of a young drummer. He collects many people to go with him to tell the boy’s mother.

Movie

6.2

1987

3 Men and a Baby

Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.

Movie