James Thurber Movies

A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream...

Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she...

This version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles Lindbergh's feat of nonstop flying around the...

Based on James Thurber's short-story about a mild, henpecked man who, while preparing his breakfast, looks out the window and sees a unicorn eating...

Shapely burlesque dancer Hot Garters Gertie aka Angela Gardner meets her future drama professor. Her new landlady proves to be the professor's wife....

A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous...

A sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, averse to commitment, falls for a single mother of three — the only woman who can stand his strong...

The first major documentary film on James Thurber's life and work includes a look at the humorist's accomplishments as a journalist, playwright,...

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also...

A scared kid starts all kinds of trouble. Kids' "horror" film based on the story by James Thurber.

The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football star in the game

Alice travels to Paris and hears five stories adapted from children's picture books in this anthology film. The books adapted include: "Anatole,"...

Just after a young unknown American becomes the first on the Moon returns, he dies in an accident. He's laid to rest with full honours, but only the...

The sick princess promises the king to recover if he gets the moon from the sky. A resourceful buffoon easily finds a way out.