List of the best Barry Miller movies: Saturday Night Fever(1977), Flawless(1999), The Journey of Natty Gann(1985), The Pickle(1993), Fame(1980), The Last Temptation of Christ(1988), Love at Large(1990), Love Affair(1994), Lepke(1975) ... ...
Drama, Music
USA
1977
119 Minutes
Bobby C.
John Travolta Karen Lynn Gorney Barry Miller Joseph Cali Paul Pape Bruce Ornstein Donna Pescow Val Bisoglio Julie Bovasso Martin Shakar Nina Hansen
dancer brother father best friend clerk love interest uplifting gritty cool disco brooklyn, n.y. household dancing competition class distinctions racism social standing father/son relationship family dysfunction rise growing up
Anxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
USA
1999
112 Minutes
Leonard Wilcox
Robert De Niro Philip Seymour Hoffman Barry Miller Chris Bauer Skipp Sudduth Wilson Jermaine Heredia Nashom Benjamin Scott Allen Cooper Rory Cochrane Daphne Rubin-Vega Wanda De Jesus
retiree security guard music teacher gay man transvestite emotional touching new york city apartment hospital homophobia prejudice singing stroke unlikely allies physical therapy discovery transformation 1990s
An ultraconservative security guard suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons, with the drag queen next door.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1985
101 Minutes
Parker
Meredith Salenger John Cusack Ray Wise Lainie Kazan Barry Miller Scatman Crothers Verna Bloom Bruce M. Fischer
In the 1930s, a tomboy runs away from her guardian to join her single father who is 2,000 miles away, where he has found work.
Comedy
USA
1993
103 Minutes
Ronnie Liebowitz
Danny Aiello Diane Cannon Clotilde Courau Shelley Winters Barry Miller Jerry Stiller Chris Penn Little Richard Jodi Long Rebecca Miller Stephen Tobolowsky
Harry Stone (Danny Aiello), a formerly top notch director, has had three disastrous movies in a row. Facing dismissal from the top perch of Hollywood and finacial ruin from back taxes, he ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1980
134 Minutes
Ralph Garci, Raul Garcia
Irene Cara Eddie Barth Lee Curreri Laura Dean Paul McCrane Barry Miller Gene Anthony Ray Maureen Teefy Antonia Franceschi Anne Meara Albert Hague
dancer singer actor parent teacher student uplifting inspiring emotional spirited creative new york city school street stage studio graduation abortion music failure
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
Drama
Canada|USA
1988
164 Minutes
Jeroboam
Willem Dafoe Harvey Keitel Barbara Hershey Paul Greco Verna Bloom Roberts Blossom Barry Miller Irvin Kershner
judas iscariot mary magdalene virgin mary young girl villager pontius pilate profound powerful judea street temple garden of gethsemane jesus christ faith sin revolution betrayal dreams temptation sacrifice
The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.
Romance
USA
1990
97 Minutes
Marty
Tom Berenger Elizabeth Perkins Anne Archer Ted Levine Annette O'Toole Kate Capshaw Ann Magnuson Barry Miller Kevin J. O'Connor Neil Young
private investigator client boyfriend woman wife man witty quirky lighthearted melodramatic pacific northwest airport office city mistaken identity bigamy double life infidelity police work ineptitude
Vampish miss Dolan hires hardboiled P.I. Harry Dobbs to tail her shady boyfriend. Harry realizes that the man leads a double life but then his client disappears. Harry teams up with his own tail, P.I. Stella Wynkowski, to clear things up.
Romance
USA
1994
108 Minutes
Warren Beatty Annette Bening Katharine Hepburn Garry Shandling Chloe Webb Pierce Brosnan Kate Capshaw Paul Mazursky Brenda Vaccaro Glenn Shadix Barry Miller
middle-aged man pretty woman aunt friend athlete singer mushy melodramatic new york city empire state building airplane polynesia romance traveling destiny accident reunion love discovery 1990s
Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. Both engaged to others, they become romantic on board the ship sent to take ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
Israel|USA
1975
109 Minutes
Tony Curtis Anjanette Comer Michael Callan Warren Berlinger Gianni Russo Vic Tayback Mary Wilcox Milton Berle Jack Ackerman Louis Guss Vaughn Meader
Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter is head of Murder Inc., the syndicate that spattered the headlines of the day with blood.