Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

Birthday:Aug 16, 1945
Place of birth:Chicago, Illinois, USA

Filmography

2026
Fantasy Life

Fantasy Life

Comedy Romance Drama
Upcoming

20261h 31min

Director: Matthew Shear

An anxious law school dropout (Matthew Shear) stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters and falls for the girls' mother (Amanda Peet), an actress in a rocky marriage. A smart, New York-set romantic comedy co-starring Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet, and Holland Taylor. Winner of the SXSW Narrative Feature Audience Award.

2018
Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

Adventure Comedy Animation Adventure Epic Stop-Motion Animation
7.8

20181h 41min

United States, Germany

Director: Wes Anderson

In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.

2014
The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men

War Drama History Action World War II
6.1

20141h 58min

Germany, United States

Director: George Clooney

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?

2013
Fading Gigolo

Fading Gigolo

Comedy Adult Comedy
6.2

20131h 30min

United States

Director: John Turturro

Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.

2012
Girl Most Likely

Girl Most Likely

Comedy Dark Comedy
5.7

20121h 43min

United States

Director: Robert Pulcini

A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother.


Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom

Comedy Drama Romance Coming-of-Age Drama Romantic Comedy
7.8

20121h 34min

United States

Director: Wes Anderson

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

2007
No Reservations

No Reservations

Comedy Romance Drama Romantic Comedy Family Drama
6.3

20071h 44min

United States

Director: Scott Hicks

Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined her staff. Though romance blooms in the face of rivalry, Kate needs to look outside the kitchen to find true happiness.

2005
Capote

Capote

Crime Drama Historical Drama
7.3

20051h 54min

United States, Canada

Director: Bennett Miller

A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".

2003
A Mighty Wind

A Mighty Wind

Comedy Music Ensemble Comedy Narrative Musical
7.2

20031h 32min

United States

Director: Christopher Guest

Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.

2001
Gosford Park

Gosford Park

Drama Mystery Thriller Whodunit Historical Drama
7.2

20012h 17min

Italy, United States

Director: Robert Altman

In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.