The Chain
Your life in their vans.
Genres
Overview
Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
92 min
Release Date
1984-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
6.8
Warren Mitchell
Bamber
Bernard Hill
Nick
Gary Waldhorn
Tornado
Tony Westrope
Paul
Leo McKern
Thomas
Denis Lawson
Keith
David Troughton
Dudley
Phyllis Logan
Alison
Nigel Hawthorne
Mr Thorn
Anna Massey
Betty
Billie Whitelaw
Mrs. Andreos
Judy Parfitt
Deidre
Maurice Denham
Grandpa
Rita Wolf
Carrie
Herbert Norville
Des
Carmen Munroe
Des's Mum
Ron Pember
Stan
John Rowe
Alex
Matthew Blakstad
Mark
Charlotte Long
Rosemary
Jade Magri
Tasha
Anne Tirard
Homeless Old Lady
Patsy Smart
Old Lady
Mark Dignam
Ambrose
Alex Tetteh-Lartey
Edgar
Robin Summers
Policeman
Vicky Licorish
Myra
Steven Woodcock
Gary
Paddy Joyce
Carpet Layer
Ben Onwukwe
1st Removal Man
James Coyle
2nd Removal Man
George Rossi
3rd Removal Man
Graham Jarvis
Foxx
Darliah Wood
Bozo
Kim Clifford
Dingy
Michael Mulkerrin
Clampsman
Christopher Ettridge
Removal Man
Bill Thomas
Postman
Bob Holness
Newsreader (voice)
5.8
Are We Done Yet?
Newlyweds Nick and Suzanne decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a contractor with a bizarre approach to business.
2007-04-04 | en
7.4
The Strategy of the Snail
A group of tenants facing eviction due to a city renovation unite to fight back, but as they clash with the landlord and his ruthless attorney, they each transform into the opposite of who they once were.
1993-12-25 | es
6.0
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Deuce Bigalow is a less than attractive, down on his luck aquarium cleaner. One day he wrecks the house of a gigolo and needs quick money to repair it. The only way he can make it is to become a gigolo himself, taking on an unusual mix of female clients. He encounters a couple of problems, though. He falls in love with one of his unusual clients, and a sleazy police officer is hot on his trail.
1999-12-10 | en
6.9
Breakdown
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.
1997-05-02 | en
6.7
Welcome to the Sticks
Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues, in the Far North of France...
2008-02-20 | fr
6.9
Lemon Tree
Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defence minister and his wife move next door, forcing the Secret Service to order the trees' removal for security. The stoic Salma seeks assistance from the Palestinian Authority, Israeli army, and a young attorney, Ziad Daud, who takes the case. In this allegory, does David stand a chance against Goliath?
2008-02-08 | he
6.1
The Brady Bunch Movie
The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
1995-02-16 | en
6.4
Weekend at Bernie's
Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
1989-07-05 | en
6.8
A Love Song for Bobby Long
A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.
2004-09-02 | en
6.7
Waitress
A small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life.
2007-05-25 | en
5.9
Evil Nanny
A couple hires a live-in nanny to watch the offspring while they work. At first, everything goes perfectly, but when an unsafe incident means the parents no longer want the nanny around, they find out this nanny is savvy at not being evicted from her live-in situation. So savvy, in fact, that she can make these parents' lives a true nightmare.
2016-12-27 | en
6.5
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.
1986-03-26 | en
5.2
Down to You
College coeds in New York City, Al, the son of a celebrity chef, and Imogen, a talented artist, become smitten the second they lay eyes on one another at a bar. However, the road to happiness is not a smooth one. Outside forces, including a predatory porn star who wants to lure Al into her bed, threaten to pull apart the young lovers before their romance has a chance to really flourish.
2000-01-21 | en
6.0
5 Flights Up
A long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away.
2014-05-10 | en
6.1
The Perfect Man
Holly is tired of moving every time her mom Jean breaks up with yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man, an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her self-esteem.
2005-06-17 | en
2.0
Soft Toilet Seats
Arne buys a house in suburban Los Angeles, only to discover that the previous owner died in a grisly manner. Then he gets a visit from the dead woman's best friend, who is convinced that she didn't commit suicide. Together, they investigate what Tilly is sure must be a murder, and come up against the toughest moral dilemma of their lives.
1999-12-03 | en
5.9
Dios los cría
Mrs. Nínive Cánovas Cannesi (Marshall) comes back from a long tour visiting Europe and not even realizes that her house is being inhabited by two jobless and homeless bandits (Tin Tán and Tun Tún) with master keys who had been living there worry free. They all share the house for a period of time, unknowingly to each other, in a series of well crafted and perfectly timed scenes where Catita and Tin Tán can be in the same room without seeing each other... When Tin Tán notices her presence, poses as the help, intercepting the real employees and sending to the north pole, literally. So now that Catita has them at her service, she can take time for her real goal, the foundation of a House for old people so they can live happy until the day they die, but Tin Tán and Tun Tún keep getting in her way and complicating everything...
1953-09-15 | es
6.6
Rappakal
Saraswathiyamma is the head of a noble family that treats her servant Krishnan as one of her own sons. When her relatives conspire to sell her house, she and Krishnan set out to save it.
2005-06-24 | ml
7.0
Meet Me in St. Louis
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
1944-11-28 | en
7.3
Nosferatu the Vampyre
A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.
1979-01-17 | de