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The Best of Dan Aykroyd
1994
- 1994 · Comedy · 56m
- Ghostbusters (1984) Objectively, there are really only two choices when considering which Dan Aykroyd movie is the best, as well as which one contains his most iconic role.
- The Blues Brothers (1980) It doesn't matter how many "Saturday Night Live"-based movies there have been or how many more there will be — it's hard not to imagine that there will ever be a time that the question "What is the best 'SNL' movie?"
- Driving Miss Daisy (1989) A lot of people forget that Dan Aykroyd is an Oscar nominee, an honor that he received thanks to his supporting role in 1989's "Driving Miss Daisy."
- Trading Places (1983) After "Doctor Detroit" failed to make Dan Aykroyd a solo superstar, he went back to doing what he does best — being part of an ensemble or duo.
- GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) Director: Ivan Reitman, Writers: Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis. Starring Bill Murrray, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver. Originally slated as another vehicle for Aykroyd and Belushi, the film was postponed due to Belushi’s death.
- THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980) Director: John Landis. Writers: John Landis, Dan Aykroyd. Starring John Belushi, Aretha Franklin, James Brown. “The Blues Brothers” was the first of what became many Saturday Night Live characters who would be spun off into feature films.
- TRADING PLACES (1983) Director: John Landis. Writers: Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod. Starring Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche. Two elderly millionaires mess with the lives of a rich investor and a low level con-artist by having them switch places with each others’ lives.
- DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989) Director: Bruce Beresford. Writer: Alfred Uhry. Starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Patti LuPone. Aykroyd became the first male “Saturday Night Live” alumni to earn an Oscar nomination when he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the screen adaptation of this Pulitzer Prize winning play.
- Couch Trip (1988): 5.8
- Gnet (1987): 6.0
- Es Like Us (1985): 6.4
- STBUSTERS II (1989): 6.6
- Great Outdoors (1988): 6.7
- SS Pointe Blank (1997): 7.3
- Ving Miss Daisy (1989): 7.4
- Ding Places (1983): 7.5
- STBUSTERS (1984): 7.8
- Blues Brothers (1980): 7.9
Based on the novel by Ken Kolb, The Couch Tripis a crackpot comedy perfectly suited for Dan Aykroyd’s comic sensibility. Aykroyd stars as John Burns, a former computer hacker confined to a mental hospital. Anxious to get out Burns escapes and makes his way to Los Angeles and ends up performing for a radio talk show. Though the film was considered a...
Dan Aykroyd and a young Tom Hanks star in the buddy comedy film that acts as both parody and homage to the original cop television serial, Dragnet. Aykroyd plays Joe Friday, the nephew of the original Dragnetstar, a Los Angeles Police Department sergeant who begins to investigate a string of bizarre robberies with his new partner. RELATED: Tom Hank...
Aykroyd’s comedic style works well both on its own and with a partner to bounce jokes off. As a result of this, he has more than his fair share of buddy comedies. Spies Like Us stars Aykroyd alongside former Saturday Night Livecastmate Chevy Chase, as two bumbling American intelligence agents who are sent on assignment to the Soviet Union. Aykroyd ...
Following the phenomenal success of Ghostbusters, it seems only natural that a sequel would follow, although it took a great deal of effort and initial objection by the cast and crew. Aykroyd reprises his role as Dr. Raymond Stantz, who along with the rest of the Ghostbustersmust reform to overcome a new impending threat to the safety of New York. ...
Written and produced by the legendary John Hughes and starring funnyman John Candy alongside Aykroyd, The Great Outdoorsis a rollicking vacation comedy. Aykroyd stars as Roman Craig, an investment banker who along with his wife and twin daughters’ crashes Candy’s family vacation at a Wisconsin lake resort. The vacation doesn’t go as planned and Can...
Gross Pointe Blankis one of the most humorous black comedies of the 1990s, thanks in no small part to Aykroyd’s role as the hitman Grocer, the chief rival and antithesis to star John Cusack’s Martin Blank. The film follows Blank, a depressed hitman who finds himself in Grosse Pointe, Michigan for his ten-year high school reunion. RELATED: The 10 Be...
Though not a starring role for Aykroyd, his performance in the critically acclaimed Driving Miss Daisywas enough to net him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 62nd Academy Awards. Aykroyd plays Boolie Werthan, the son of Miss Daisy Werthan, who buys his retired widowed mother a new car and hires a black chauffeur named Hoke to drive her ...
Another outlandish comedy with Aykroyd starring alongside a former Saturday Night Live alumni, Trading Placesis, as the tagline would have you know, “some very funny business”. Aykroyd stars as Louis Winthorpe III, a well-educated managing director who is unwillingly caught in a social experiment where he is fired and framed for illicit activity an...
Dan Aykroyd’s fascination with the paranormal inspired him to write Ghostbusters. With writing help by Harold Ramis, who would also star in the film, and the comedic talents of Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, and Rick Moranis along with the sultry Sigourney Weaver, Ghostbusterswould become one of the greatest American comedies of all time. Aykroyd portr...
Based on characters created by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi during their period on Saturday Night Live, The Blues Brothersis one of the most epic musical comedies in American cinematic history. Aykroyd and Belushi star as Elwood and Jake Blues, blues musicians “on a mission from God” to save the Catholic orphanage in which they grew up from shuttin...
23 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Blues Brothers. 1980 2h 13m R. 7.9 (215K) Rate. 60 Metascore. Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
- The Blues Brothers. John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown. 308 votes. In the eclectic comedy The Blues Brothers, Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) are on a mission from God.
- Ghostbusters. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis. 289 votes. In the 1984 classic, Ghostbusters, three quirky parapsychologists - Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Raymond Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) - find themselves out of work.
- Trading Places. Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy. 265 votes. In the uproarious comedy Trading Places, Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd), an affluent commodities broker, and Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy), a streetwise hustler, find their worlds flipped upside down.
- Ghostbusters II. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver. 205 votes. In Ghostbusters II, the once renowned ghost-fighting team, led by Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), is disbanded and disgraced.
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70 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Love at First Sight. 1977 1h 25m PG. 5.7 (162) Rate. A young woman named Shirley befriends a lonely blind man named Roy. Together, they find love - even though Shirley's father opposes the relationship. Director Rex Bromfield Stars Mary Ann McDonald Dan Aykroyd Jane Mallett. 2. Mr. Mike's Mondo Video. 1979 1h 15m R
Dan Aykroyd movies: 15 greatest films ranked from worst to best. Actor and comedian Dan Aykroyd has had a long and steady career ever since he first began doing improvisational comedy with the famed Second City troupe in both their Chicago and Toronto theaters.
