List of the best John Korty movies: Riverrun(1970), Alex and the Gypsy(1976), Go Ask Alice(1973), A Christmas Without Snow(1980), The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman(1974), Getting Out(1994), Ms. Scrooge(1997) ... ...
Drama
USA
1970
87 Minutes
Director
Louise Ober John McLiam Mark Jenkins
Conscientious objector Dan and student Sarah leave Berkeley for life in San Marino County, away from the horrors of city life. Moving to a sheep farm, the couple anticipates the birth of ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1976
99 Minutes
Director
Jack Lemmon Geneviève Bujold James Woods Gino Ardito Robert Emhardt Joseph X. Flaherty Todd Martin Victor Pinhiero
Alexander Main, a bail bondsman, falls for one of his "customers", a pretty gypsy girl, Maritza, who's been accused of murder.
Drama
1973
74 Minutes
Director
William Shatner Ruth Roman Wendell Burton Julie Adams Andy Griffith Ayn Ruymen Mimi Saffian Jennifer Edwards Jamie Smith Jackson Daniel Michael Mann Robert Carradine
A high-school student documents her struggle to overcome her dependency on drugs in the pages of a diary.
Other, Drama
1980
100 Minutes
Director
Michael Learned John Houseman Ramon Bieri James Cromwell Valerie Curtin Ruth Nelson Beah Richards
divorcée choir director grandmother reverend melodramatic tender san francisco church houseboat hillside divorce self-esteem christmas mother/son relationship singing discovery rise 1980s
A lonely divorcee (Michael Learned) joins a choir and meets its stern director's (John Houseman) challenge of excellence.
Drama
1974
110 Minutes
Director
Cicely Tyson Odetta Richard Dysart Josephine Premice Teddy Airhart Eric Brown Woodrow Chambliss Barbara Chaney Noel Cravenze Joel Fluellen Jerry Green
slave plantation owner corporal boy journalist friend disturbing moving inspiring louisiana cabin plantation field slavery civil rights american civil war violence humanity struggle wretched excess
A 110-year-old former Louisiana slave (Cicely Tyson) reminisces about her life and society from the Civil War to germinating civil rights.
Drama
USA
1994
92 Minutes
Director
Rebecca De Mornay Ellen Burstyn Robert Knepper Carol Mitchell-Leon Richard Jenkins Tandy Cronyn Norm Skaggs Sue Bugden Kevin Dewey Sean Sweeney Jack Swanson
ex-convict woman southerner mother murderer son dark gritty profound prison georgia household bedroom reunion family domestic violence family dysfunction new life prison quest
The arrest of a Prostitute forces her to a "Getting Straight" meeting. After confessing her life leading to the arrest, she realizes she has been helped by the meetings.
Other, Drama
1997
96 Minutes
Director
Cicely Tyson Katherine Helmond Michael Beach John Bourgeois Rae'Ven Larrymore-Kelly Karen Glave Ken James Arsinée Khanjian William Greenblatt Michael J. Reynolds Shaun Austin-Olsen
A contemporary version of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" features a female Ebenita Scrooge (Cicely Tyson).