List of the best Karel Reisz movies: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning(1960), The Gambler(1974), Sweet Dreams(1985), Isadora(1968), The French Lieutenant's Woman(1981), Who'll Stop the Rain?(1978), Night Must Fall(1964) ... ...
Drama
UK
1960
90 Minutes
Director
Albert Finney Rachel Roberts Shirley Anne Field Hylda Baker Norman Rossington Bryan Pringle Robert Cawdron Edna Morris Elsie Wagstaff Frank Pettitt
factory worker pregnant woman dark raw brooding england nottingham, england factory abortion alcoholism infidelity self-destruction love forbidden love wretched excess growing up 1960s
A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.
Drama
USA
1974
109 Minutes
Director
James Caan Paul Sorvino Lauren Hutton Morris Carnovsky Jacqueline Brookes Burt Young Carmine Caridi Vic Tayback Steven Keats London Lee M. Emmet Walsh
professor mother grandfather girlfriend tense disheartening new york city university casino gambling addiction fixed game basketball secret life fall wretched excess 1970s
Axel Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has lost all of his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then his mother, and finally some bad guys that chase him. Despite all of this, he cannot stop gambling.
Biography
USA
1985
115 Minutes
Director
Jessica Lange Ed Harris Ann Wedgeworth David Clennon James Staley Gary Basaraba John Goodman P.J. Soles
singer celebrity husband manager spirited emotional concert stage virginia nashville, tenn. household country music performance aspirations fame tragic death marriage rise transformation 1960s
The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.
Biography
UK|France
1968
153 Minutes
Director
Vanessa Redgrave James Fox Jason Robards Ivan Tchenko John Fraser Bessie Love Cynthia Harris Vladimir Leskovar Tony Vogel
dancer heir lover poet son daughter emotional spirited sultry london england stage france nice, france modern dance performance fame romance rebellion isadora duncan
A biography of the 1920s dancer Isadora Duncan, who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitude and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
Romance
UK
1981
123 Minutes
Director
Meryl Streep Jeremy Irons Leo McKern Hilton McRae Emily Morgan Charlotte Mitchell Lynsey Baxter Jean Faulds Peter Vaughan Colin Jeavons Liz Smith
actor actress paleontologist brooding emotional melodramatic passionate movie set england affair filmmaking forbidden love art imitating life forbidden love temptation victorian era
Anna and Mike portray two characters in a film set in 19th century England who fall in love despite the fact that Mike's character is engaged.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1978
125 Minutes
Director
Nick Nolte Tuesday Weld Michael Moriarty Anthony Zerbe Richard Masur Ray Sharkey Gail Strickland Charles Haid David Opatoshu
veteran journalist drug dealer federal agent wife suspenseful gutsy gritty thrilling california san francisco vietnam car crooked cops vietnam war drug trafficking schemes heroin disillusionment rivalry
Vietnam veteran Ray Hicks gets conned into helping his buddy John Converse smuggle some heroin, only to wind up on the lam with John's wife when the deal goes sour.
Horror
UK
1964
101 Minutes
Director
Albert Finney Mona Washbourne Susan Hampshire Sheila Hancock Michael Medwin John Gill Joe Gladwin Martin Wyldeck
A psychotic killer gets in the good graces of his aging invalid employer, and worms his way into the affection of her beautiful daughter, with unpleasant results for all.