List of the best David Anspaugh movies: Hoosiers(1986), Rudy(1993), Little Red Wagon(2012), The Game of Their Lives(2005), Wisegirls(2002), Moonlight and Valentino(1995), Fresh Horses(1988), Two Against Time(2002) ... ...
Drama
UK|USA
1986
114 Minutes
Director
Gene Hackman Barbara Hershey Dennis Hopper Sheb Wooley Fern Persons Brad Boyle Steve Hollar Brad Long David Neidorf Kent Poole Wade Schenck
basketball coach basketball player high-school student drunk teacher father inspiring heartwarming indiana small town arena basketball court sports competition high school alcoholism redemption underdog rise 1950s
A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship.
Drama
USA
1993
113 Minutes
Director
Sean Astin Ned Beatty Charles S. Dutton Robert Prosky Lili Taylor Jon Favreau Jason Miller Christopher Reed Greta Lind Scott Benjaminson Ron Dean
football player student father tutor best friend coach uplifting charming rousing university of notre dame indiana small town factory football college athletics ambition father/son relationship perseverance growing up underdog
Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame.
Drama
USA
2012
104 Minutes
Director
Chandler Canterbury Anna Gunn Daveigh Chase Frances O'Connor Anthony Reynolds Peter Jurasik Deena Dill Jason Davis Karan Kendrick
With nothing more than a blazing spirit of philanthropy and his beat-up red wagon, Zach sets out to help homeless children in America. In the process, he sweeps his fractured family - and ultimately the entire country - along with him.
Drama, History
USA
2005
96 Minutes
Director
Gerard Butler Wes Bentley Jay Rodan Gavin Rossdale Costas Mandylor Louis Mandylor Jimmy Jean-Louis Patrick Stewart Terry Kinney Tim Vickery Richard Jenik
Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 U.S. soccer team, who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Although no U.S. team has ever won a World Cup title, this story is about the family traditions and passions which shaped the lives of the players who made up this team of underdogs.
Crime, Drama
USA|UK|Canada
2002
96 Minutes
Director
Mira Sorvino Mariah Carey Melora Walters Saul Stein Joseph Siravo Christian Maelen Anthony Alessandro
medical student grandmother waitress mobster undercover cop coworker suspenseful thrilling emotional playful staten island, n.y. apartment restaurant street organized crime restaurant undercover operations female bonding family discovery
A new waitress working at an Italian restaurant in New York City finds herself entangled in a mob-run underworld of drug dealing and murder.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1995
104 Minutes
Director
Elizabeth Perkins Whoopi Goldberg Gwyneth Paltrow Kathleen Turner Jon Bon Jovi Jeremy Sisto Josef Sommer Shadia Simmons
widow friend professor stepmother painter virgin heartwarming amusing tender house suburbia cemetery female bonding recovery death friendship transformation love 1990s
A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.
Romance
USA
1988
105 Minutes
Director
Molly Ringwald Andrew McCarthy Patti D'Arbanville Molly Hagan Doug Hutchison Ben Stiller Leon Russom
A Cincinnati college student breaks off his engagement to his wealthy fiancĂ©e after he falls in love with a backwoods Kentucky girl he meets at a party. She claims to be 20 years old, but ... See full summary »
Drama
2002
96 Minutes
Director
Marlo Thomas Ellen Muth Joe Penny Peter Friedman Karen Robinson Troy Hall Drew Nelson Dan Petronijevic David Eisner Jim Codrington Allegra Fulton
A single woman (Marlo Thomas) must reconcile with her rebellious daughter (Ellen Muth) as they both face life-threatening illnesses.