List of the best Sam Shepard movies: The Right Stuff(1983), Voyager(1991), Blackthorn(2011), Fool for Love(1985), Silent Tongue(1994), Far North(1988), Cold in July(2014), Defenseless(1991), Never Here(2017), Country(1984), The Only Thrill(1997), Walker Payne(2006) ... ...
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1983
193 Minutes
Sam Shepard Scott Glenn Ed Harris Dennis Quaid Fred Ward Barbara Hershey Kim Stanley Veronica Cartwright Jane Dornacker
astronaut wife john glenn alan shepard chuck yeager inspiring emotional california outer space spacecraft outer space nasa space travel courage technology discovery adventure rise quest 1960s
The story of the original Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program.
6.7/10
Drama
Germany|France|Greece
1991
117 Minutes
Walter Faber
Sam Shepard Julie Delpy Barbara Sukowa Dieter Kirchlechner Traci Lind Deborra-Lee Furness August Zirner Thomas Heinze Bill Dunn
engineer lover brother daughter student passionate emotional dark ship europe island airport greece hospital affair plane crash death incest travel romance
April 1957: Rational engineer Faber's plane crashes in Mexico. He learns that he became a dad in 1938. He takes a ship from NYC to France and meets cute, young Sabeth. Fate?
6.5/10
Action, Western, Adventure
Spain|France|Bolivia|UK
2011
98 Minutes
James Blackthorn, Butch Cassidy
Sam Shepard Eduardo Noriega Stephen Rea Magaly Solier Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Padraic Delaney Dominique McElligott Luis Bredow
outlaw butch cassidy young man thrilling on the run bolivia sam shepard adventure exile pursuit 1920s
In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1985
105 Minutes
Sam Shepard Kim Basinger Harry Dean Stanton Randy Quaid Martha Crawford Louise Egolf Sura Cox Jonathan Skinner April Russell Deborah McNaughton Lon Hill
woman man half brother lover ex-boyfriend adult brash dark intense emotional melodramatic gripping united states motel las vegas love relationships incest fighting past loves
May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.
5.3/10
Western
France|Netherlands|UK|USA
1994
102 Minutes
Director
Alan Bates Richard Harris Dermot Mulroney River Phoenix Sheila Tousey Jeri Arredondo Bill Irwin David Shiner Timothy Scott Tantoo Cardinal
Mad with grief after the death of his Kiowa wife, Talbot awaits death under a tree with her body beside him. She begins to haunt him because he won't burn her. His father, who bought him the wife, thinks her sister might reason with him.
4.9/10
Drama
USA
1988
90 Minutes
Director
Jessica Lange Charles Durning Tess Harper Donald Moffat Ann Wedgeworth Patricia Arquette Nina Draxten
father daughter sister uncle mother teen girl bleak melodramatic tense duluth, minn. family home hospital room family dysfunction father/daughter relationship injury alzheimer's disease alcoholism teenage rebellion growing up transformation
After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.
6.8/10
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA|France
2014
109 Minutes
Michael C. Hall Sam Shepard Vinessa Shaw Don Johnson Nick Damici Wyatt Russell Brogan Hall Lanny Flaherty
father ex-convict criminal murderer thrilling tense bleak gritty united states crime scene texas countryside country road police station crime murder fatherhood past crimes violence pursuit
When a protective father meets a murderous ex-con, both need to deviate from the path they are on as they soon find themselves entangled in a downwards spiral of lies and violence while having to confront their own inner psyche.
5.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1991
106 Minutes
Barbara Hershey Sam Shepard Mary Beth Hurt J.T. Walsh Kellie Overbey Jay O. Sanders John Kapelos Sheree North Randy Brooks
A lawyer is hired to defend an old college friend accused of murdering her husband.
4.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
110 Minutes
Mireille Enos Sam Shepard Goran Visnjic Vincent Piazza Nina Arianda Ana Nogueira Desmin Borges Jarek Truszczynski Sami Lati
Disturbing events lead an artist who photographs strangers to suspect that someone out there is watching HER. Boundaries blur between real and imaginary, crime and art, the watcher and the watched.
Drama
1984
109 Minutes
husband wife farmer activist powerful somber iowa small town farm activism alcoholism farming class conflict sacrifice quest 1980s
Iowa farmers (Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Wilford Brimley) survive a tornado, then learn they have 30 days to pay off a government loan or else.
Drama
1997
103 Minutes
Diane Keaton Sam Shepard Diane Lane Robert Patrick Tate Donovan Sharon Lawrence Stacey Travis
A small-town store owner (Sam Shepard) with a comatose wife shares a long-term relationship with his seamstress (Diane Keaton).
Drama
2006
117 Minutes
Jason Patric Sam Shepard KaDee Strickland Drea de Matteo Guy Boyd Gabrielle Brennan Jarrod Bruce Bruce Dern Chelsea Lopez
An unemployed miner (Jason Patric) is forced to make an agonizing decision when his ex-wife threatens to leave town and take their two daughters with her.
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1978
95 Minutes
The Farmer
Richard Gere Brooke Adams Sam Shepard Linda Manz Robert Wilke Jackie Shultis Stuart Margolin Timothy Scott Richard Libertini Doug Kershaw
worker sister girlfriend farmer wealthy man sad emotional dark texas chicago farm factory river fugitives jealousy farming illness love triangle deception escape
A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
7.5/10
Western, Drama, History
USA|Canada|UK
2007
160 Minutes
Frank James
Brad Pitt Casey Affleck Sam Shepard Mary-Louise Parker Sam Rockwell Paul Schneider Jeremy Renner Garret Dillahunt Zooey Deschanel Michael Parks Ted Levine
jesse james robber wife child brutal intense wild the west outlaws family death hero worship discovery forbidden love transformation 1880s
Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.
7.5/10
Documentary, Biography
USA|Switzerland
2012
77 Minutes
Harry Dean Stanton David Lynch Sam Shepard Kris Kristofferson Wim Wenders Deborah Harry
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction is a mesmerizing, impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his own ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates
2010
107 Minutes
Sam Plame
Naomi Watts Sean Penn Sam Shepard Ty Burrell David Andrews Brooke Smith Noah Emmerich Bruce McGill Michael Kelly Liraz Charchi Khaled Nabawy
cia agent wife husband writer diplomat government official thrilling tense suspenseful washington, d.c. new york city government offices city home secret identity journalism corruption leaked information chase betrayal
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1987
111 Minutes
Dr. Jeff Cooper
Diane Keaton Harold Ramis Sam Shepard Sam Wanamaker James Spader Pat Hingle Britt Leach Mary Gross Victoria Jackson Paxton Whitehead Annie Golden
businesswoman baby boyfriend love interest charming heartwarming new york city vermont adoption small business corporate office life romance parenthood discovery sacrifice 1980s
The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.
5.9/10
Drama
USA
2000
111 Minutes
Ghost
Ethan Hawke Kyle MacLachlan Sam Shepard Diane Venora Bill Murray Liev Schreiber Julia Stiles Karl Geary Paula Malcomson Steve Zahn Dechen Thurman
ceo son mother uncle ghost love interest dark tense new york city office apartment murder revenge betrayal madness deception business revenge 2000s
Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.
5.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2004
95 Minutes
Sheriff Jack Kolb
Val Kilmer Neve Campbell Sam Shepard Noble Willingham Amy Smart Gil Bellows Giancarlo Esposito Faye Dunaway
amnesiac sheriff doctor fiancée nurse deputy tense emotional thrilling new mexico small town ranch alabama desert hospital assassination plot conspiracy paranoia accident deception
At the hospital, Frank comes out of a coma with amnesia. The sheriff wants to know who shot him. Later Frank remembers that something's happening to the president. Who is Frank?
5.5/10
Drama
USA
1990
94 Minutes
Lucy
Dermot Mulroney Lili Taylor Sam Shepard Valerie Perrine Bill Pullman Burt Young Sheila McCarthy Mary Kay Place Kevin Tighe Delroy Lindo Benjamin Bratt
teenager drifter friend mother father criminal thrilling gritty montana wyoming household prairie dysfunction family friendship journey quest discovery adventure 1990s
Road-movie from Montana to Wyoming. A gullible, innocent young man (Mulroney) assists a versatile girl (Taylor) on her long quest to get her brother out of jail.
Biography
1982
140 Minutes
Harry York
Jessica Lange Kim Stanley Sam Shepard Bart Burns Jonathan Banks Bonnie Bartlett James Brodhead J.J. Chaback Jordan Charney Donald Craig Sarah Cunningham
actress director mental patient doctor mother tv personality bleak disturbing emotional moving new york city hollywood, calif. seattle mental institution rebellion abuse acting redemption addiction fall
Actress Frances Farmer (Jessica Lange) makes trouble in 1930s and '40s Hollywood; her mother (Kim Stanley) commits her to a barbaric asylum.
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2010
83 Minutes
James Harrison
Dermot Mulroney Diane Kruger Rosanna Arquette Sam Shepard Vincent Perez Jordi Mollá Cesar Ramos Mia Stallard
father daughter engaging mexico underworld moving life criminals quest
A couple goes to dangerous lengths to find a lung donor for their daughter.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1986
104 Minutes
Doc Porter
Diane Keaton Jessica Lange Sissy Spacek Sam Shepard Tess Harper David Carpenter Hurd Hatfield Beeson Carroll Jean Willard Tom Mason Gregory Travis
sister mother grandfather singer sibling heartwarming engaging profound deep south household mississippi family dysfunction crime sister relationship relationships suicide love sacrifice 1980s
Three southern sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.
5.6/10
Romance
USA|Ireland
2008
90 Minutes
Wilder
Uma Thurman Colin Firth Jeffrey Dean Morgan Sam Shepard Isabella Rossellini Keir Dullea Justina Machado Brooke Adams Lindsay Sloane Ajay Naidu Sarita Choudhury
radio host fireman fiancée neighbor fiancé amusing engaging new york city household marriage secret practical jokes love triangle discovery love revenge 2000s
When talk radio host Emma Lloyd advises one of her listeners to break up with her boyfriend, the jilted ex sets about getting his revenge.
7.1/10
Documentary, Music
USA
2008
109 Minutes
Patti Smith Lenny Kaye Tony Shanahan Tom Verlaine Sam Shepard Philip Glass
An intimate portrait of poet, painter, musician and singer Patti Smith that mirrors the essence of the artist herself.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller, Action
South Africa|USA|Japan
2012
115 Minutes
Harlan Whitford
Denzel Washington Ryan Reynolds Vera Farmiga Brendan Gleeson Sam Shepard Ruben Blades Nora Arnezeder Robert Patrick Liam Cunningham Joel Kinnaman Fares Fares
cia agent rogue agent boss mercenary british intelligence agent girlfriend thrilling suspenseful tense intense cape town, south africa safe house pentagon embassy shantytown cape town espionage car chase betrayal on the run
A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.
6.7/10
Drama, History
USA
1999
126 Minutes
Arthur Chambers
Ethan Hawke James Cromwell Richard Jenkins James Rebhorn Sam Shepard Eric Thal Max von Sydow Youki Kudoh Rick Yune Jan Rubes Celia Weston
japanese-american fisherman newspaper reporter wife love interest judge somber endearing emotional profound pacific northwest fishing village household courtroom drowning murder postwar america discrimination family feud unrequited love
A Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.
5.9/10
Drama
USA
2013
110 Minutes
Mr. Stubbs
Jim Caviezel Chiwetel Ejiofor Jaimie Alexander Bradley Whitford Sam Shepard Tracey Walter Jack McBrayer Hal Holbrook Simone Griffeth
slave hunter wealthy man love interest southerner moving tense touching charming engaging america savannah, ga. slavery duck hunting wealth poverty loss of money heritage friendship pursuit
Drama about the friendship between an Oxford-educated Southerner and a former black slave in turn-of-the-century Savannah.
5.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
103 Minutes
Sheriff Morris
Diane Keaton Kevin Kline Dianne Wiest Richard Jenkins Sam Shepard Mark Duplass Elisabeth Moss Ayelet Zurer Jay Ali
surgeon wife daughter veterinarian dog family member emotional heartwarming household freeway veterinarian's office utah forest troubled marriage family dysfunction pets lost dog romance relationships transformation
The story of a woman who loves her dog more than her husband. And then her husband loses the dog.
6.6/10
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Greece
2016
111 Minutes
Calvin Meyer
Michael Shannon Joel Edgerton Kirsten Dunst Jaeden Martell Adam Driver Sam Shepard Bill Camp Scott Haze Sean Bridgers Dana Gourrier Paul Sparks
father son cult member young boy army officer tense thrilling on the run road army base family home car government building united states escape cult father/son relationship special power government secrets running away
A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers.
Drama
2001
99 Minutes
Frank Gilmore Sr.
Giovanni Ribisi Elias Koteas Amy Madigan Eric Bogosian Lee Tergesen Sam Shepard Terry Beaver Vivienne Shub Tom Quinn Rosemary Knower William Zielenski
brother murderer death row inmate journalist mother chilling gripping shocking utah prison courtroom household capital punishment death sentence brother relationship violence gary gilmore media circus rescue discovery
The brother of condemned killer Gary Gilmore comes to terms with his brother's crimes and his family's violent legacy.
7.8/10
Drama, Romance
USA
2004
124 Minutes
Frank Calhoun
Ryan Gosling Rachel McAdams James Garner Gena Rowlands James Marsden Kevin Connolly Sam Shepard Joan Allen David Thornton Jamie Anne Allman Heather Wahlquist
old man old woman nurse rich girl mill worker soldier emotional touching rousing south carolina small town mansion love triangle class distinctions love world war ii reunion second chance love transformation
A poor yet passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman, giving her a sense of freedom, but they are soon separated because of their social differences.
7.7/10
War, Drama
USA|UK
2001
144 Minutes
Garrison
Josh Hartnett Ewan McGregor Tom Sizemore Eric Bana William Fichtner Ewen Bremner Sam Shepard Gabriel Casseus Kim Coates Hugh Dancy Ron Eldard
soldier warrior military officer rebel gritty thrilling tense somalia violence starvation explosion battle showdown armed conflict quest rescue pursuit 1990s
160 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.
7.4/10
Adventure, Drama
USA
2013
130 Minutes
Tom Blankenship
Matthew McConaughey Tye Sheridan Jacob Lofland Reese Witherspoon Michael Shannon Sarah Paulson Sam Shepard Ray McKinnon Paul Sparks Joe Don Baker Stuart Greer
teenager best friend fugitive bounty hunter girlfriend emotional gutsy thrilling arkansas mississippi river island hideout on the run hiding first crush murder investigation coming of age escape love pursuit
Two young boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the vigilantes that are on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.
6.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2013
116 Minutes
Gerald "Red" Baze
Christian Bale Woody Harrelson Casey Affleck Forest Whitaker Willem Dafoe Zoe Saldana Sam Shepard Dendrie Taylor
veteran blue-collar worker criminal brother father police officer intense emotional prison rural community woods brother relationship crime syndicate steel industry revenge transformation 2010s
When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn't follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice.
6.1/10
Drama, History
USA
2016
114 Minutes
Mr. Anderson
Nat Wolff James Franco Selena Gomez Vincent D'Onofrio Robert Duvall Ed Harris Sam Shepard Josh Hutcherson John Savage Ashley Greene Bryan Cranston
migrant worker landowner police officer union boss rousing inspiring melodramatic engaging california field house farm woods migrant experience struggle great depression democracy strike social activism fall
An activist gets caught up in the labor movement for farm workers in California during the 1930s.
4.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2006
85 Minutes
Ed Mills
Sarah Michelle Gellar Peter O'Brien Adam Scott Kate Beahan J.C. MacKenzie Erinn Allison Sam Shepard Katherine Willis Brad Leland Frank Ertl Peyton Hayslip
businesswoman father widower murder victim killer ex-boyfriend disturbing frightening intense st. louis car texas farmhouse small town barn business trip visions murder mysterious past nightmares
Joanna Mills, a traveling business woman, begins having nightmares of a murder that occurred 15 years ago. Soon she is drawn to an old farmhouse, where the murder took place.
7.3/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
118 Minutes
Spud Jones
Sally Field Dolly Parton Shirley MacLaine Daryl Hannah Olympia Dukakis Julia Roberts Tom Skerritt Sam Shepard Dylan McDermott Kevin J. O'Connor Bill McCutcheon
bride beautician mother friend widow husband heartwarming somber uplifting amusing moving charming louisiana beauty salon hospital small town family home wedding female bonding pregnancy
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1970
87 Minutes
Taylor Mead Sally Kirkland Tally Brown Frank Cavestani Abbie Hoffman Ultra Violet Candy Darling Paul Fagan Sam Shepard Susanna Baumgard Jane Holzer
In 1969, Taylor Mead complained to his friend artist Wynn Chamberlain that Andy Warhol had never paid him for any of the work he had done for him and Wynn said he would make a film ... See full synopsis »
7.2/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2013
119 Minutes
Meryl Streep Julia Roberts Ewan McGregor Chris Cooper Abigail Breslin Benedict Cumberbatch Juliette Lewis Margo Martindale Dermot Mulroney Julianne Nicholson Sam Shepard
matriarch daughter husband cancer patient poet cook playful emotional melodramatic oklahoma funeral rural community addiction family dysfunction family gathering funeral cancer mother/daughter relationship fall sacrifice
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
6.2/10
Crime, Drama
USA
2012
97 Minutes
Brad Pitt Scoot McNairy Ben Mendelsohn Richard Jenkins James Gandolfini Ray Liotta Vincent Curatola Slaine Max Casella Trevor Long Sam Shepard
criminal mafioso thug partner mob boss enforcer cool cheeky intense city street organized crime heist hired killers rivalry pursuit 2010s
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
6.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2001
124 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Robin Wright Aaron Eckhart Patricia Clarkson Benicio Del Toro Dale Dickey Costas Mandylor Helen Mirren Tom Noonan Michael O'Keefe Vanessa Redgrave
detective serial killer girl witness suspenseful dark mountain restaurant church gas station promises murder mental illness child abuse retirement obsession mystery pursuit 2000s
A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.
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