List of the best Paul Benjamin movies: Leadbelly(1975), The Education of Sonny Carson(1974), The Fence(1994), The Station Agent(2003), Back in the Day(2004), Occupy, Texas(2016), The Deadly Trackers(1973), Some Kind of Hero(1982), Do the Right Thing(1989), Friday Foster(1975), The Anderson Tapes(1971), Midnight Cowboy(1969) ... ...
Biography
USA
1975
126 Minutes
Wes Ledbetter
Roger E. Mosley Paul Benjamin Madge Sinclair Alan Manson Albert P. Hall Art Evans James Brodhead John Henry Faulk Vivian Bonnell Dana Manno Timothy Pickard
blues singer musician prisoner friend engaging intense louisiana texas prison stage leadbelly performance racism imprisonment blues music underdog discovery 1940s
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1974
105 Minutes
Pops
Hampton Clanton Don Gordon Joyce Walker Paul Benjamin Ram John Holder Thomas Hicks
A gifted young man is caught up in gang life.
Drama
USA
1994
91 Minutes
Del Reston
Billy Wirth Marc Alaimo Erica Gimpel Paul Benjamin Lorenzo Clemons Suli McCullough Raynor Scheine John Hicks Pearce
A former con man learns that it's each time more hard to keep in the right path.
Drama
USA
2003
88 Minutes
Henry Styles
Peter Dinklage Patricia Clarkson Bobby Cannavale Raven Goodwin Paul Benjamin Michelle Williams Josh Pais Richard Kind
dwarf boss vendor wife librarian quirky amusing new jersey train station small town railroad small town small-town life depression transformation underdog 2000s
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Drama
USA
2004
103 Minutes
Cody
Ja Rule Ving Rhames Pam Grier Tatyana Ali Paul Benjamin Tia Carrere Giancarlo Esposito Frank Langella Joe Morton Al Sapienza
Reggie tries to escape his sordid past only to be pulled back for one more heist. When the heist goes bad, it leaves a reverend dead with Reggie left to sort out what happened.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
93 Minutes
Mr. Goodman
Peri Gilpin Janine Turner Lorelei Linklater Reed Birney Nikki Moore Paul Benjamin David Matranga Jen Ponton Libby Villari Luke Robertson
After 7 years away from home and news of his parents' death, a disillusioned Occupier is forced from his tent in Zuccotti Park to upper-middle class Texas, where he must repair his two teenage sisters, his past, and himself.
Western
USA
1973
110 Minutes
Jacob
Richard Harris Rod Taylor Al Lettieri Neville Brand William Smith Paul Benjamin Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Isela Vega Kelly Jean Peters Sean Marshall Read Morgan
sheriff pacifist wife outlaw mexican police officer brash suspenseful powerful emotional american southwest mexico small town family home sheriff's office bank violence manhood law enforcement crime
A Sheriff, who negotiates with bank robbers, ends up getting his family killed during their escape. The Sheriff chases the gang into Mexico on his own. While attempting to exact his vengeance, he is at odds with a Mexican lawman.
Comedy
USA
1982
95 Minutes
Leon
Richard Pryor Margot Kidder Ray Sharkey Ronny Cox Lynne Moody Olivia Cole Paul Benjamin David Adams Martin Azarow Shelly Batt Tim Thomerson
A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country.
Drama
USA
1989
120 Minutes
ML
Danny Aiello Ossie Davis Ruby Dee Richard Edson Giancarlo Esposito Spike Lee Bill Nunn John Turturro Rosie Perez Paul Benjamin Frankie Faison
owner brother son sister young boy gutsy intense witty street restaurant brooklyn, n.y. racism violence civil rights community rivalry 1980s
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Crime, Drama
1975
90 Minutes
Sen. David Lee Hart
Pam Grier Yaphet Kotto Godfrey Cambridge Thalmus Rasulala Eartha Kitt Jim Backus Scatman Crothers Ted Lange Tierre Turner Paul Benjamin
photographer assassin private investigator billionaire friend boss thrilling tense los angeles airport office fashion show assassination racism conspiracy murder investigation politics mystery underdog
Photographer Friday Foster travels to an airport to capture a few shots of the richest black man in the United States. As she takes pictures, she witnesses an assassination attempt on her subject and becomes a target of the assassins.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1971
98 Minutes
Sean Connery Diane Cannon Martin Balsam Ralph Meeker Alan King Christopher Walken Val Avery Richard Williams Garrett Morris Stan Gottlieb Paul Benjamin
burglar ex-girlfriend mafia boss psychopath henchman gripping thrilling suspenseful crafty new york city apartment building crime surveillance robbery dangerous assignment fall temptation pursuit 1970s
After Duke Anderson is released from prison after ten years for taking the rap for a scion of a Mafia family, he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.
Drama
USA
1969
113 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Jon Voight Sylvia Miles John McGiver Brenda Vaccaro Barnard Hughes Ruth White Jennifer Salt Gil Rankin Tom Marlow Bob Balaban
homeless person dishwasher artist wealthy woman girlfriend mother disturbing powerful sad new york city abandoned building loft hotel movie theater miami friendship prostitution city life underdog transformation
A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.