Movies directed by Michael Ritchie

The Bad News Bears (1976)

102 mins     Comedy, Family, Sport      

"The Bad News Bears" is a sports movie about Little League Baseball and like the majority of sports movies it is an underdog story and being about Little League Baseball it's an underdog sports movie featuring a bunch of kids...

The Island (1980)

108 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

What a curious movie "The Island" is starting with a cheesy opening scene which culminates in a fishing boat being attacked by pirates in a canoe with a scene which could have come right out of a shock horror with an axe endi...

Fletch (1985)

98 mins     Comedy, Crime, Mystery      

Whilst Chevy Chase has not been in what I would call a good movie for a long time there was a period when he was one of America's top comedians, making quality movies which have become comedy classics. One of those movies is ...

The Golden Child (1986)

94 mins     Action , Adventure , Comedy      

The thing about "The Golden Child" is that if you approach it expecting a mystical adventure movie first and a comedy second you are going to end up disappointed. Because in reality "The Golden Child" is a comedy and one whic...

Fletch Lives (1989)

95 mins     Comedy, Crime, Mystery      

I really enjoyed "Fletch" and rate it as one of Chevy Chase's better movies as someone who is not a big Chevy Chase fan. But the sequel "Fletch Lives" whilst in truth more of the same just didn't do it for me as well, still e...