List of the best Maria O'Brien movies: Promised a Miracle(1988), Your Mother Wears Combat Boots(1989), Smile(1975), When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth(1970) ... ...
Drama
1988
96 Minutes
Donna
Rosanna Arquette Judge Reinhold Tom Bower Giovanni Ribisi Gary Bayer Maria O'Brien
father mother son pastor disturbing emotional california household church courtroom faith religious beliefs medicine death diabetes trial wretched excess fall 1970s
California parents (Rosanna Arquette, Judge Reinhold) face manslaughter charges in 1974 after treating their diabetic son with prayer.
Comedy
1989
95 Minutes
Carla
Barbara Eden David Kaufman Héctor Elizondo Meagen Fay Richard McGregor Conchata Ferrell Maria O'Brien Kate Benton Annabelle Gurwitch Matthew Ansara Tom Morga
A distraught widow, who's upset that her son decided to leave college to become a soldier, joins him at boot camp with the sole purpose of passing the intense training course with a mutual agreement he will quit and return to college if she finishes.
Comedy
1975
113 Minutes
Maria
Bruce Dern Barbara Feldon Michael Kidd Geoffrey Lewis Nicholas Pryor Colleen Camp Joan Prather Denise Nickerson Annette O'Toole Maria O'Brien Melanie Griffith
executive husband judge contestant choreographer offbeat uneasy amusing california runway beauty pageant attempted suicide competition quest 1970s
A California pageant is full of sincere hopefuls and ambitious promoters in this satire targeting beauty contests.
Sci-Fi
UK
1970
96 Minutes
Angela Dorian Robin Hawdon Patrick Allen Drewe Henley Sean Caffrey Magda Konopka Imogen Hassall Patrick Holt Jan Rossini Carol Hawkins Maria O'Brien
caveman beautiful woman tribesman fisherman jealous woman campy wild outlandish beach earth dinosaurs survival ritual sacrifice love triangle monsters adventure escape stone age
Sanna escapes being sacrificed and meets Tara. Together, they live in a seaside tribe that worships the Sun God and survive the dangers of the creatures from the Mesozoic era.