List of the best Mitchell Ryan movies: Uncommon Valor(1983), Christmas Coal Mine Miracle(1977), My Old Man's Place(1971), Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers(1995), Electra Glide in Blue(1973), The Five of Me(1981), Lethal Weapon(1987), High Plains Drifter(1973), Magnum Force(1973), Monte Walsh(1970), Winter People(1989), A Reflection of Fear(1973) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
1983
100 Minutes
Chief Tom Riordan
Mitchell Ryan Ben Murphy Barbara Parkins Rick Lohman Norman Fell Gregory Sierra John Reilly Salome Jens Julie Cobb Belinda Montgomery
A fire chief (Mitchell Ryan) and doctor (Barbara Parkins) face a Salt Lake City hospital set on fire by an arsonist.
Other, Drama, History
1977
97 Minutes
Mitchell Ryan Kurt Russell Don Porter Andrew Prine John Carradine Karen Lamm Melissa Gilbert
Based on the true story of coal miners who became trapped underground in a cave-in on Christmas Eve, 1951.
Drama
USA
1971
93 Minutes
Michael Moriarty Mitchell Ryan William Devane Arthur Kennedy Topo Swope
Two soldiers return from Vietnam with serious PTSD. They decide to go for a couple of days to a peaceful farm owned by the father of one of the men. A psychotic sergeant who also did tours in Nam, joins them. Personalities clash hard.
Horror, Other
USA
1995
88 Minutes
Donald Pleasence Mitchell Ryan Marianne Hagan Paul Rudd Leo Geter George P. Wilbur Devin Gardner Mariah O'Brien
michael myers killer young man psychiatrist mysterious man frightening gory illinois town household supernatural phenomenon superhuman abilities serial murders family history survival discovery pursuit escape 1990s
Six years after Michael Myers last terrorized Haddonfield, he returns there in pursuit of his niece, Jamie Lloyd, who has escaped with her newborn child, for which Michael and a mysterious cult have sinister plans.
Crime, Drama
USA
1973
113 Minutes
Harve Poole
Robert Blake Billy Green Bush Mitchell Ryan Jeannine Riley Elisha Cook Jr. Royal Dano David Wolinski Peter Cetera Terry Kath Lee Loughnane
police officer criminal hippie partner girlfriend uneasy brooding arizona desert highway police station law enforcement culture clash motorcycles aspirations murder investigation mystery underdog pursuit
Bored with his highway traffic duties, Arizona motorcycle patrolman John Wintergreen is assigned to Homicide where his polite investigative style irks his macho boss.
Drama
1981
100 Minutes
Dr. Ralph B. Allison
child veteran prisoner of war mental patient pregnant wife brooding shocking sad mental institution courtroom prison camp korea multiple personality disorder korean war father/son relationship mental illness growing up transformation 1940s
Korean War veteran Henry Hawksworth (David Birney) has four alter egos locked in his mind, from a child to a wife beater.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1987
109 Minutes
General Peter McAllister
Mel Gibson Danny Glover Gary Busey Mitchell Ryan Tom Atkins Darlene Love Traci Wolfe Jackie Swanson
police detective partner criminal daughter prostitute wife tense gritty gutsy los angeles household police station nightclub investigation suicide dangerous assignment drug trafficking organized crime friendship mystery
Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.
Western
USA
1973
105 Minutes
Dave Drake
Clint Eastwood Verna Bloom Mariana Hill Mitchell Ryan Jack Ging Stefan Gierasch Ted Hartley Billy Curtis
drifter outlaw dwarf innkeeper wife bleak gritty border town saloon desert barbershop revenge murder training robbery survival pursuit 1880s
A gun-fighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
USA
1973
124 Minutes
Officer Charlie McCoy
Clint Eastwood Hal Holbrook David Soul Mitchell Ryan Felton Perry Robert Urich Kip Niven Tim Matheson
inspector vigilante rogue lawman police chief criminal police officer dark tense thrilling san francisco police station street vigilantism serial murders corruption police brutality investigation dirty harry mystery pursuit
San Francisco Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is on the trail of vigilante Police Officers who are not above going beyond the law to kill the city's undesirables.
Western
USA
1970
106 Minutes
Shorty Austin
Lee Marvin Jeanne Moreau Jack Palance Mitchell Ryan Jim Davis John Hudkins Raymond Guth John McKee Michael Conrad Tom Heaton G.D. Spradlin
cowboy criminal storekeeper prostitute rancher brooding emotional thrilling wild west arizona ranch store small town house cowboys small-town life changing times settling down disillusionment friendship
An aging cowboy realizes that the West he knew and loved will soon be no more--and that there will be no room for him, either.
Drama
USA
1989
110 Minutes
Drury Campbell
Kurt Russell Kelly McGillis Lloyd Bridges Mitchell Ryan Amelia Burnette Eileen Ryan Lanny Flaherty Don Michael Paul David Dwyer Jeffrey Meek
A young widower moves with his daughter into a North Carolina mountain town in 1934. He quickly takes up with a young woman with an illegitimate baby. First he must prove himself to her ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1973
89 Minutes
Inspector McKenna
Robert Shaw Sally Kellerman Sondra Locke Mary Ure Signe Hasso Mitchell Ryan Gordon Devol Victoria Risk Michael St. Clair Liam Dunn Michelle Marvin
A disturbed young girl starts believing that there is something very sinister at work after her estranged father visits her at her mother and grandmother's house with the woman he plans to marry.
Crime, Drama
USA
1973
100 Minutes
Waters
Robert Mitchum Peter Boyle Richard Jordan Steven Keats Alex Rocco Joe Santos Mitchell Ryan Helena Carroll Peter MacLean Kevin O'Morrison Marvin Lichterman
gunrunner bank robber atf agent bar owner informant brooding tense diner bank park boston crime bank heist mafia gun running betrayal aging temptation wretched excess underdog
After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time.
Drama
USA
1994
101 Minutes
Ray Stevens
Jessica Lange Tommy Lee Jones Powers Boothe Carrie Snodgress Amy Locane Chris O'Donnell Mitchell Ryan Dale Dye Timothy Scott Annie Ross Anna Klemp
scientist colonel daughter wife commander tender gutsy patriotic military base laboratory airplane alabama adultery corruption covert operations mental illness military nuclear weapons sacrifice underdog
Jessica Lange stars in a period drama about a family moving to a military base, and she quickly becomes part of a cover-up involving nuclear bomb tests.
Action
UK|USA
1992
98 Minutes
Simms
Louis Gossett Jr. Rachel McLish Paul Freeman Christopher Cazenove Horst Buchholz Sonny Chiba Fred Dalton Thompson Mitchell Ryan Phill Lewis
pilot colonel pretty woman friend drug lord engaging spirited peru village air show fighter plane hostage situation murder teamwork aviation drug trafficking rescue pursuit 1990s
Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides to fly there with ancient airplanes and friends to free them.
Adventure, Drama, Action
USA
1958
92 Minutes
Jed Moultrie (uncredited)
Robert Mitchum Gene Barry Jacques Aubuchon Keely Smith James Mitchum Trevor Bardette Sandra Knight Betsy Holt Mitchell Ryan Peter Breck
moonshiner driver mechanic treasury agent mobster father cool confident tense tennessee small town family home church hideout moonshine organized crime culture clash family brother relationship illicit business
A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He has to battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison.
Western
UK|USA
1971
108 Minutes
Doc Harrison
Oliver Reed Candice Bergen Gene Hackman Simon Oakland Ronald Howard G.D. Spradlin Bernard Kay Eugenio GarcĂa Mitchell Ryan L.Q. Jones William C. Watson
rancher outlaw wife husband beautiful woman millionaire gritty brutal gripping dark desert house brothel texas jealousy abusive marriage kidnapping murder adultery unusual romance
A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his infidel wife.
Biography, Drama
1989
96 Minutes
Judith Light Lukas Haas George C. Scott Nikki Cox Michael Bowen George Dzundza Valerie Landsburg Sarah Jessica Parker Mitchell Ryan Peter Scolari Grace Zabriskie
aids patient teen boy mother lawyer nurse student heartwarming kokomo, ind. family home hospital school courtroom aids court battles mother/son relationship human rights ryan white quest underdog 1980s
A 13-year-old (Lukas Haas) with AIDS goes to court with his mother (Judith Light) to fight for his right to go to school.
Romance
USA
1997
107 Minutes
John Cusack Minnie Driver Dan Aykroyd Alan Arkin Joan Cusack Jeremy Piven Hank Azaria K. Todd Freeman Michael Cudlitz Benny Urquidez Mitchell Ryan
hit man secretary former lover psychiatrist rival amusing spirited dark michigan small town high school assassination love existential crisis reunion discovery transformation 1990s
Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time.
Mystery & Thriller
1976
116 Minutes
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.