List of the best Arthur Penn movies: The Miracle Worker(1962), Bonnie and Clyde(1967), Little Big Man(1970), The Chase(1966), Night Moves(1975), Visions of Eight(1973), The Missouri Breaks(1976), The Left Handed Gun(1958), Mickey One(1965), Alice's Restaurant(1969), Dead of Winter(1986), Target(1985) ... ...
Biography, Drama
USA
1962
106 Minutes
Director
Anne Bancroft Patty Duke Victor Jory Inga Swenson Andrew Prine Kathleen Comegys Beah Richards Jack Hollander
young girl teacher mother father inspiring emotional incredible uplifting powerful alabama family home blindness deafness daunting task teaching rescue transformation quest 1880s
The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
Crime, Drama
USA
1967
111 Minutes
Director
Warren Beatty Faye Dunaway Michael J. Pollard Gene Hackman Estelle Parsons Denver Pyle Dub Taylor Evans Evans Gene Wilder James Stiver Clyde Howdy
thief police officer partner tense shocking small town louisiana hideout death robbery love wretched excess pursuit 1930s
Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Western
USA
1970
150 Minutes
Director
Dustin Hoffman Faye Dunaway Chief Dan George Martin Balsam Richard Mulligan Jeff Corey Aimee Eccles Kelly Jean Peters Carol Androsky Robert Little Star Cal Bellini
indian gunslinger historian reverend snake-oil salesman pioneer wild amusing emotional saloon village deadwood, s.d. stagecoach household plains american west race relations indian life prejudice injustice
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.
Drama
USA
1966
135 Minutes
Director
Marlon Brando Jane Fonda Robert Redford E.G. Marshall Angie Dickinson Janice Rule Miriam Hopkins Martha Hyer Richard Bradford Robert Duvall James Fox
sheriff businessman fugitive wife lackey son tense dark brutal striking thrilling melodramatic texas small town prison swamp on the run home american south prison break
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1975
99 Minutes
Director
Gene Hackman Jennifer Warren Melanie Griffith Susan Clark Ed Binns Harris Yulin Kenneth Mars John Crawford Janet Ward James Woods Dennis Dugan
private investigator runaway mechanic pilot actress stepfather uneasy brooding intricate los angeles florida keys boat investigation mystery infidelity pursuit 1970s
Los Angeles private investigator Harry Moseby is hired by a client to find her runaway teenage daughter. Moseby tracks the daughter down, only to stumble upon something much more intriguing and sinister.
Documentary
West Germany|USA
1973
105 Minutes
Director
John Schlesinger Claude Lelouch Milos Forman Michel Pfleghar
olympic athlete boxer weightlifter gymnast rousing engaging munich olympics olympic village stadium olympic games competition losing sports winning transformation underdog sacrifice rivalry 1970s
Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich. The segments include Claude Lelouch's take on Olympic losers and ... See full summary »
Western, Drama
USA
1976
125 Minutes
Director
Marlon Brando Jack Nicholson Randy Quaid Kathleen Lloyd Frederic Forrest Harry Dean Stanton John McLiam John P. Ryan Sam Gilman Steve Franken Richard Bradford
thief land baron daughter bounty hunter farmer gritty offbeat tense railway ranch camp forest montana horse thieves farming old west train robbery love revenge escape
Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.
Crime, Western, Drama
USA
1958
102 Minutes
Director
Paul Newman Lita Milan John Dehner Hurd Hatfield James Congdon James Best Colin Keith-Johnston John Dierkes Wally Brown Ainslie Pryor Martin Garralaga
outlaw pat garrett friend wife sheriff rancher brooding tense new mexico territory wild west small town ranch billy the kid fugitives stand-off murder friendship frontier justice quest pursuit
After his employer is murdered by rival cattlemen, a troubled and uneducated young cowboy vows revenge on the murderers.
Crime, Drama
USA
1965
93 Minutes
Director
comedian nightclub owner tenant woman mobster offbeat brooding emotional nightclub apartment restaurant detroit chicago mafia paranoia on the run stand-up comedy gambling friendship escape
After the mob tries to kill him for an unknown reason, a comedian steals the identity of a homeless man and goes on the run.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1969
111 Minutes
Director
Arlo Guthrie Pat Quinn James Broderick Michael McClanathan Geoff Outlaw Tina Chen Kathleen Dabney Monroe Arnold
activist hippie singer quirky madcap restaurant courtroom counterculture protest vietnam war military draft music underdog adventure 1960s
A cinematic adaption of Arlo Guthrie's classic song story.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1986
100 Minutes
Director
Mary Steenburgen Roddy McDowall Jan Rubes William Russ Ken Pogue Wayne Robson
actress assistant doctor husband police officer chilling tense dark mansion new york city upstate new york blackmail screen test audition video tape doppelganger kidnapping mystery escape wretched excess
A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1985
117 Minutes
Director
Gene Hackman Matt Dillon Gayle Hunnicutt Herbert Berghof Josef Sommer Viktoria Fyodorova
businessman race car driver wife cia agent spy son cool intense thrilling europe dallas airport hotel abandoned building kidnapping secret life reconnaissance retribution chase family
When American Donna Lloyd is kidnapped during a trip to Europe, her son Chris and her husband Walter start searching for her.