Best movies of Penelope Spheeris

Wayne's World(1992)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.



The Little Rascals(1994)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 10

Alfalfa is wooing Darla and his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage the relationship.



Senseless(1998)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A student gets his senses enhanced by an experimental drug. But abuse is not an option.



The Kid & I(2005)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 36

Aaron Roman (Gores) is a teenager with cerebral palsy who dreams of starring in a big-time action movie. When his father (Mantegna) grants Aaron his wish for his 18th birthday, he experiences the reality a bit hard to manage.



Black Sheep(1996)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A gubernatorial candidate hires a wormy special assistant whose only job is to make sure the candidate's well-meaning but incompetent brother doesn't ruin the election.



The Beverly Hillbillies(1993)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A feature adaptation of the classic TV show, when nice guy redneck Jed Clampett strikes it rich when he finds black oil, and moves he and his kin to posh Beverly Hills.



Suburbia(1983)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family...



The Boys Next Door(1985)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trail of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout.



Dudes(1987)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Two punks from the big city, traveling across the country in a Volkswagen bug, embrace the western ethos when they must take revenge against a group of rednecks for killing their friend in ...



Balls to the Wall(2011)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An engaged guy is forced by his future father-in-law to take a side job moonlighting as an exotic dancer in order to pay extravagant wedding neither of them can afford.



Hollywood Vice Squad(1986)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A mother goes to Hollywood to find her runaway daughter. She discovers that the girl has become involved in the pornography industry, and goes to the police to get help in finding her.



Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales(1969)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A white man goes on trial for having raped a black woman.