List of the best Robert Benton movies: Kramer vs. Kramer(1979), Places in the Heart(1984), Nobody's Fool(1994), Feast of Love(2007), Twilight(1998), The Human Stain(2003), Still of the Night(1982), Nadine(1987), Bad Company(1972), Twilight(2003) ... ...
Drama
USA
1979
104 Minutes
Director
Dustin Hoffman Meryl Streep Justin Henry Jane Alexander Howard Duff George Coe JoBeth Williams Howland Chamberlin
father mother son friend lawyer judge emotional heartwarming intense apartment park courtroom new york city office divorce court battles parenthood transformation rivalry quest
Ted Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.
Drama
USA
1984
111 Minutes
Director
Sally Field Lindsay Crouse John Malkovich Ed Harris Amy Madigan Danny Glover Terry O'Quinn Bert Remsen Ray Baker
widow hobo boarder sister brother-in-law child emotional engaging uplifting texas farm boardinghouse farming poverty family friendship infidelity sacrifice underdog rise
In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow, with two small children, tries to run her small 40-acre farm with the help of two disparate people.
Drama
USA
1994
110 Minutes
Director
Paul Newman Jessica Tandy Melanie Griffith Bruce Willis Dylan Walsh Pruitt Taylor Vince Gene Saks Josef Sommer Philip Seymour Hoffman Philip Bosco Margo Martindale
construction worker lawyer barmaid professor landlady charming emotional heartwarming small town bar redemption father/son relationship scam retirement rivalry underdog transformation growing up 1990s
A stubborn man past his prime reflects on his life of strict independence and seeks more from himself.
Romance, Drama
USA
2007
102 Minutes
Director
Morgan Freeman Greg Kinnear Radha Mitchell Selma Blair Alexa Davalos Billy Burke Toby Hemingway Jane Alexander Fred Ward Shannon Lucio Stana Katic
barista business owner real estate agent beautiful woman college professor girlfriend emotional tender sad portland, ore. coffee shop house football field hospital college marriage lesbianism friendship loss intersecting lives
A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. and is described as an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1998
94 Minutes
Director
Paul Newman Susan Sarandon Gene Hackman Reese Witherspoon Stockard Channing James Garner Giancarlo Esposito Liev Schreiber Margo Martindale John Spencer M. Emmet Walsh
private detective movie star friend daughter police officer chauffeur uneasy brooding cool intricate mexico los angeles california mansion malibu, calif. apartment aging friendship infidelity murder
A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.
Drama
Germany|Ireland|USA
2003
106 Minutes
Director
Anthony Hopkins Nicole Kidman Ed Harris Gary Sinise Wentworth Miller Jacinda Barrett Harry Lennix Clark Gregg Anna Deavere Smith Lizan Mitchell Kerry Washington
professor writer janitor husband wife brooding melodramatic passionate small town new england lake cabin college dark secrets race academia writing may-december romance identity fall
When a disgraced former college dean has a romance with a mysterious younger woman haunted by her dark, twisted past, he is forced to confront a shocking fact about his own life that he has kept secret for fifty years.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1982
91 Minutes
Director
Roy Scheider Meryl Streep Jessica Tandy Joe Grifasi Sara Botsford Josef Sommer Rikke Borge Irving Metzman Larry Joshua Tom Norton Raymond Hoxie
psychiatrist curator mistress ex-girlfriend police detective mother chilling suspenseful psychiatrist's office new york city long island, n.y. estate auction house paranoia psychiatry dreams murder case art world forbidden love mystery
A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1987
83 Minutes
Director
Jeff Bridges Kim Basinger Rip Torn Gwen Verdon Glenne Headly Jerry Stiller Jay Patterson William Youmans
beautician photographer police officer model husband thug frenetic hilarious suspenseful austin, texas beauty salon bar photography studio racy photos scam mob blackmail husband/wife relationship second chance quest
In 1950s Texas, a woman trying to recover sexy photos of herself and divorce her husband witnesses a murder and uncovers corrupt land dealings.
Comedy, Western
1972
93 Minutes
Director
Jeff Bridges Barry Brown Jim Davis David Huddleston John Savage Jerry Houser Damon Cofer Joshua Hill Lewis Charles Tyner Geoffrey Lewis Raymond Guth
outlaw soldier farmer con artist sheriff draft dodger bleak thrilling moving american west field woods farm house wagon train american civil war travel survival good vs. evil escape
A young man evading the Civil War encounters a conniving drifter and his lawless gang after venturing into the West.
Crime, Drama
2003
100 Minutes
Director
Ezzatollah Entezami Ahmad Najafi Behnaz Moharrar Ghaziani
An aging, troubled detective (Ezzatollah Entezami) investigates the murder of a woman whose body was found with a photo scrawled with his phone number.