List of the best Larry Peerce movies: One Potato, Two Potato(1964), The Other Side of the Mountain(1975), Goodbye, Columbus(1969), The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2(1978), The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson(1990), The Bell Jar(1979), The Sporting Club(1971), Ash Wednesday(1973), Hard to Hold(1984), Wired(1989), The Big T.N.T. Show(1966), Christmas Every Day(1996) ... ...
Drama
USA
1964
92 Minutes
Director
Barbara Barrie Bernie Hamilton Richard Mulligan Harry Bellaver Marti Mericka Robert Earl Jones Vinnette Carroll Anthony Spinelli
mother man father judge ex-husband child disheartening touching powerful ohio court factory farm race relations family court battles love custody quest forbidden love
Study of interracial marriage in the 1960's. A white divorcĂ©e falls in love with and marries an African-American man. When her ex-husband sues for custody of her child, arguing that a mixed... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1975
101 Minutes
Director
Marilyn Hassett Beau Bridges Belinda Montgomery Nan Martin Bill Bryant Dabney Coleman Dori Brenner Griffin Dunne Bill Vint Hampton Fancher William Roerick
skier pilot fiancé mother doctor friend inspiring emotional gripping utah mountain household hospital rehabilitation clinic skiing accident paralysis depression recovery new life
Young ski champion Jill Kinmont is left paralyzed after a tragic skiing accident. Her best friend suffers the same fate after contracting polio. Jill must slowly put her life back together again with the help of those close to her.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1969
105 Minutes
Director
Richard Benjamin Ali MacGraw Jack Klugman Nan Martin Michael Meyers Lori Shelle Monroe Arnold Kay Cummings Sylvie Strause Royce Wallace
clerk college student mother father young boy quirky moving profound new jersey family home motel culture clash morality pregnancy romance growing up forbidden love temptation 1950s
An intelligent graduate and working-class army veteran has an affair and clashes with a 'nouveau riche' young woman, who does not care about birth control or the use of any other precautions to avoid pregnancy.
Biography
USA
1978
100 Minutes
Director
Marilyn Hassett Timothy Bottoms Nan Martin Belinda Montgomery Gretchen Corbett Bill Bryant
disabled person pretty woman mother truck driver touching inspiring california small town romance disability recovery grief love discovery 1970s
Several years after the deaths of Dick Buek and her father, Jill Kinmont and her mother leave Los Angeles to spend their summer in their hometown of Bishop, California. They rent a summer ... See full summary »
Drama
UK|France|Germany|USA
1990
97 Minutes
Director
Andre Braugher Ruby Dee Stan Shaw Daniel Stern Kasi Lemmons J.A. Preston Steven Williams Bruce Dern
army officer african-american baseball player mother attorney joe louis passionate rousing inspiring emotional fort hood, texas army base courtroom bus jackie robinson segregation court-martial racism military life family
Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat whom mysterious Dr. Ramirez and his hideous sidekick want as their latest victim.
Biography
USA
1979
112 Minutes
Director
Marilyn Hassett Julie Harris Anne Jackson Barbara Barrie Robert Klein Donna Mitchell Mary Louise Weller Scott McKay Jameson Parker Thaao Penghlis
As the horrors beneath the idealized 1950's come about, a successful young woman finds herself having a serious mental breakdown when she returns to New England.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1971
105 Minutes
Director
Robert Fields Nicolas Coster Margaret Blye
The new groundskeeper at the Centennial Sporting Club decides to do something about the very odd goings-on there.
Drama
USA
1973
99 Minutes
Director
wife husband playboy plastic surgeon emotional somber melodramatic doctor's office switzerland ski resort lodge plastic surgery middle age failing marriage love interest desperation discovery transformation temptation 1970s
Barbara Sawyer (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) gets secret plastic surgery in Switzerland in an attempt to save her marriage to Mark Sawyer (Henry Fonda), but he doesn't seem interested in meeting ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1984
93 Minutes
Director
Rick Springfield Janet Eilber Patti Hansen
A famous rock star falls in love with a child psychologist who has ears only for the classics, and has never heard of him.
Biography
USA|New Zealand
1989
108 Minutes
Director
Michael Chiklis Ray Sharkey J.T. Walsh Patti D'Arbanville Lucinda Jenney Alex Rocco Gary Groomes Jere Burns Clyde Kusatsu
The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career, while journalist Bob Woodward researches Belushi's life as he prepares to write a book about the late comic actor.
Documentary
1966
93 Minutes
Director
Director Larry Peerce films 12 1960s acts performing blues, rock, folk and country at Hollywood's Moulin Rouge.
Other, Comedy
1996
96 Minutes
Director
Robert Hays Erik von Detten Bess Armstrong Yvonne Zima Robert Curtis-Brown Robin Riker
A self-absorbed 13-year-old (Erik von Detten) must relive the holiday, day after day, until he appreciates its meaning.
Romance
2001
96 Minutes
Director
Roma Downey Tim Matheson Michael Nouri Rachel York Daniel Lugo Jayce Bartok Kerry Butler Patricia Kilgarriff Sean Arbuckle Tara Nulty Craig Lawlor
The children of a couple (Roma Downey, Tim Matheson) on the brink of divorce send their parents on a trip in hopes of rekindling the romance.
Mystery & Thriller
1976
116 Minutes
Director
Charlton Heston John Cassavetes Beau Bridges Marilyn Hassett David Janssen Jack Klugman Gena Rowlands Walter Pidgeon Brock Peters David Groh Mitchell Ryan
police captain swat officer gambler pickpocket girlfriend sniper brutal tense gripping dark los angeles coliseum tower football game command center los angeles terrorism disaster shooting spree hysteria race against time
A police captain (Charlton Heston) and a SWAT sergeant (John Cassavetes) try to stop a sniper perched above the scoreboard in a packed football stadium.
Comedy
1990
97 Minutes
Director
Julia Duffy Ed Marinaro Morgan Fairchild Douglas Barr Jane Carr Marla Gibbs David Groh Robin Mattson Edie McClurg Joan Van Ark Cindy Williams
An upscale suburban mother (Julia Duffy) guides a detective (Ed Marinaro) on a case of murder by sandwich at a PTA luncheon.