List of the best Sam Waterston movies: The Killing Fields(1984), The Man in the Moon(1991), Warning Sign(1985), Please Be Normal(2013), Journey Into Fear(1975), The Nightmare Years(1989), Rancho Deluxe(1975), Anesthesia(2015), The Enemy Within(1994), Sweet Revenge(1976), The Matthew Shepard Story(2002), The Room Upstairs(1987) ... ...
7.8/10
Drama
UK
1984
141 Minutes
Sam Waterston Haing S. Ngor John Malkovich Julian Sands Craig T. Nelson Spalding Gray Bill Paterson Athol Fugard Graham Kennedy Katherine Krapum Chey
journalist interpreter photojournalist wife reporter chilling emotional inspiring cambodia new york city phnom penh journalism war torture friendship genocide khmer rouge escape sacrifice rescue
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1991
99 Minutes
Sam Waterston Tess Harper Gail Strickland Reese Witherspoon Jason London Emily Warfield Bentley Mitchum Ernie Lively
teen girl sister teen boy father mother endearing tender emotional louisiana farm family home field first love love triangle sibling rivalry sister relationship accident betrayal growing up love
A coming of age story set in the south of the U.S. when Elvis was King.
6.2/10
Horror
USA
1985
100 Minutes
Sam Waterston Kathleen Quinlan Yaphet Kotto Jeffrey DeMunn Richard Dysart G.W. Bailey Jerry Hardin Rick Rossovich Cynthia Carle Scott Paulin Keith Szarabajka
A woman working as a security guard in an agricultural research facility finds herself and her co-worker Schmidt fighting to survive against their former friends.
5.4/10
Drama
USA
2013
89 Minutes
Dad
Sam Waterston Dana Eskelson Elisabeth Waterston Louis Cancelmi Evan Enderle Lucy Kaminsky
Victor, a struggling theater director in New York City and his girlfriend Mary are expecting their first child. This places enormous pressure on Victor and a random encounter with a ... See full summary »
5.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
1975
97 Minutes
Mr. Graham
Sam Waterston Zero Mostel Yvette Mimieux Scott Marlowe Ian McShane Joseph Wiseman Shelley Winters Stanley Holloway Donald Pleasence Vincent Price
An American geologist accidentally discovers oil in Turkish mountains. An assassin is sent by someone to eliminate him because of that. He boards a passenger boat to try to escape. However, one of the passengers is the assassin.
Biography, Drama
1989
200 Minutes
foreign correspondent wife husband jew josef goebbels german tense engaging melodramatic germany newsroom street hospital ballroom office third reich journalism censorship political repression world war ii
Journalist William L. Shirer (Sam Waterston) and his wife (Marthe Keller) witness the rise of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany.
6.3/10
Comedy, Western
USA
1975
93 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Sam Waterston Elizabeth Ashley Charlene Dallas Clifton James Slim Pickens Harry Dean Stanton Richard Bright Patti D'Arbanville Maggie Wellman Bert Conway
cattle rustler rancher wife cowboy detective niece hilarious quirky montana ranch prison robbery teamwork bartering boredom ransom deception quest transformation temptation
Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
2015
89 Minutes
Kristen Stewart Sam Waterston Glenn Close Gretchen Mol Tim Blake Nelson Corey Stoll Michael Kenneth Williams K. Todd Freeman Jessica Hecht Hannah Marks Ben Konigsberg
Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.
Mystery & Thriller
1994
86 Minutes
Forest Whitaker Sam Waterston Dana Delany Jason Robards George Dzundza Josef Sommer Isabel Glasser Dakin Matthews
A Marine officer (Forest Whitaker) serving on the Joint Chiefs of Staff suspects his superior of plotting to oust the president (Sam Waterston).
Comedy, Drama
1976
89 Minutes
Stockard Channing Sam Waterston Richard Doughty
A teenage car thief's obsessive quest to own an expensive sports car keeps her lawyer and the police working overtime.
Drama
2002
96 Minutes
Dennis Shepard
Stockard Channing Sam Waterston Shane Meier Kristen Thompson Joseph Ziegler B.J. McLellan David Broadhurst Yani Gellman Damien Atkins Drew Nelson Philip Eddolls
gay man mother father killer attorney friend powerful solemn emotional wyoming court college matthew shepard hate crime homophobia murder grief family transformation love
Parents (Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston) deal with the murder of their homosexual son (Shane Meier) who was beaten and left for dead by two assailants.
Comedy, Drama
1987
97 Minutes
Stockard Channing Sam Waterston Linda Hunt Joan Allen Clancy Brown Sarah Jessica Parker James Handy Jerry O'Connell Devoreaux White Renee Estevez Denice Kumagai
teacher tenant friend student amusing emotional endearing positive boston school boarding house tenants loneliness romance friendship discovery love transformation 1980s
A lonely clinic worker (Stockard Channing) runs a boardinghouse at night and meets a cellist (Sam Waterston) there who changes her life.
7.2/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1980
104 Minutes
Cutter
Walter Matthau Glenda Jackson Sam Waterston Ned Beatty Herbert Lom David Matthau George Baker Ivor Roberts Lucy Saroyan Severn Darden George Pravda
cia agent kgb agent rescue worker mentee publisher playful amusing munich georgia bermuda london airport vacation home espionage cold war government secrets retirement manhunt memoir revenge
Grounded with a desk job by incompetent superiors, a clever CIA agent retires and writes a tell all memoir that will embarrass his bosses, prompting him to go on the run and elude them.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1974
144 Minutes
Nick Carraway
Robert Redford Mia Farrow Sam Waterston Bruce Dern Lois Chiles Karen Black Howard da Silva Roberts Blossom Edward Herrmann Kathryn Leigh Scott
socialite millionaire veteran beautiful woman husband melodramatic sad somber long island, n.y. mansion bungalow new york city love triangle high society decadence adultery failed romance forbidden love fall rivalry
A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his nouveau riche neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.
4.3/10
Drama
USA
1970
89 Minutes
Cameraman
filmmaker college student professor cameraman prostitute transvestite offbeat dark uneasy los angeles university beach street filmmaking film industry illusions reality obsession financial troubles discovery
Student filmmaker lets nothing stand in the way of his getting a studio contract.
Drama
1979
146 Minutes
C.D. Bryan
Carol Burnett Ned Beatty Sam Waterston Dennis Erdman Timothy Hutton Fanny Spiess Sherry Hursey
mother father soldier brother journalist disheartening somber iowa small town farm vietnam war horrors of war death government secrets family quest discovery transformation 1970s
Activist Peg Mullen (Carol Burnett) and her husband (Ned Beatty) seek the truth about their son's death in Vietnam.
Mystery & Thriller
1974
97 Minutes
Michael Elliott
Tuesday Weld Joan Hackett Sam Waterston Lucille Benson Michael Lerner Ed Bernard R. G. Armstrong Lance Kerwin John Levin Jesse Vint William Turner
headmistress husband teacher student tense crafty washington state prep school pool love triangle murder plot double-cross failing marriage infidelity abusive relationship revenge mystery 1970s
A wife (Joan Hackett) and a mistress (Tuesday Weld) conspire to murder the brutal headmaster (Sam Waterston) of a school for boys, then the body disappears.
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1986
111 Minutes
Harry Crandall
Mary Tyler Moore Ted Danson Christine Lahti Sam Waterston Salome Jens Jane Greer James MacKrell
friend tv personality aerobics instructor housewife doctor husband melodramatic tender gym tv station house car affair friendship deception betrayal tragic death redemption forbidden love discovery
Holly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don't know however that they have more in common than they'd like. When tragedy strikes, their relationship is tested.
Drama
1995
91 Minutes
Producer
Jason Patric Thandie Newton Larry Drake Sam Waterston Nesbitt Blaisdell John Doman Terry Nienhuis Dean Rader-Duval Sara-Jane Wylde
A widowed farmer (Jason Patric) on his way home helps a rich man's (Larry Drake) runaway slave girl (Thandie Newton) escape from the South.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1987
82 Minutes
Peter
Denholm Elliott Dianne Wiest Mia Farrow Elaine Stritch Sam Waterston Jack Warden Ira Wheeler Jane Cecil Rosemary Murphy
daughter mother stepfather best friend neighbor author dark emotional vermont countryside summerhouse attempted suicide traumatic past unrequited love betrayal loneliness mother/daughter relationship quest forbidden love 1980s
At a summer house in Vermont, neighbor Howard falls in love with Lane, who's in a relationship with Peter, who's falling for Stephanie, who's married with children.
Crime, Drama
1998
96 Minutes
Jack McCoy
Chris Noth Benjamin Bratt S. Epatha Merkerson Jerry Orbach Sam Waterston John Fiore Dann Florek Dabney Coleman Ice-T Costas Mandylor Tony Musante
detective lieutenant lawyer commander politician gripping new york city street police station courtroom apartment murder redemption mystery pursuit 1990s
Banished to Staten Island, a homicide detective (Chris Noth) hopes a murder case is his ticket back to his Manhattan precinct.
Mystery & Thriller
1971
90 Minutes
Alex
Red Buttons Alice Playten Sylvia Miles Conrad Bain Sam Waterston David Doyle Richard Williams Gilbert Lewis Earl Hindman Ron Carey
A former boxer (Red Buttons) and his daughter (Alice Playten) solve the low-priority case of a slain Greenwich Village prostitute.
7.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
104 Minutes
Ben
Martin Landau Woody Allen Mia Farrow Alan Alda Anjelica Huston Sam Waterston Joanna Gleason Caroline Aaron Jerry Orbach Claire Bloom Stephanie Roth Haberle
director doctor producer girlfriend wife quirky amusing playful hilarious new york city adultery revenge forbidden love movie making art marriage forbidden love temptation fall rivalry
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
6.8/10
Western, Drama, History
USA
1980
218 Minutes
Frank Canton
Kris Kristofferson Christopher Walken Isabelle Huppert John Hurt Jeff Bridges Sam Waterston
sheriff mercenary land baron immigrant madam bleak gritty somber wyoming harvard university boarding house brothel cabin american west class conflict assassination love old west rivalry discovery
During the Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, a sheriff born into wealth does his best to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.
5.2/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2020
81 Minutes
Headmaster Waldorf
William Jackson Harper Marin Ireland Kevin Corrigan Odessa Young Jane Alexander Sam Waterston Jack Kilmer John Ventimiglia Gus Birney Quinn Shephard Jessica Carlson
On a snowy night in 1963, a student goes missing in the woods. As her friends search for her, they confront the shadow projection and demonization that their idyllic school was built on.
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|USA|UK|Canada
2016
132 Minutes
George Dupont
Jessica Chastain Mark Strong Gugu Mbatha-Raw Alison Pill Michael Stuhlbarg Jake Lacy Sam Waterston John Lithgow Chuck Shamata Douglas Smith Meghann Fahy
lobbyist politician government official staff member enemy police officer brooding emotional intense washington, d.c. political rally charity ball office airport street politics power corruption career betrayal
In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when taking on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds winning may come at too high a price.
7.1/10
Biography, Drama, History
USA|China|Canada
2018
120 Minutes
Erwin Griswold
Felicity Jones Armie Hammer Justin Theroux Jack Reynor Cailee Spaeny Stephen Root Sam Waterston Kathy Bates Chris Mulkey Francis X. McCarthy Wendy Crewson
attorney mother husband judge child incredible inspiring emotional confident tense new york city house court party office washington, d.c. gender equality ruth bader ginsberg court battles historical events
The true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1978
93 Minutes
Mike
Diane Keaton Geraldine Page E.G. Marshall Kristin Griffith Mary Beth Hurt Richard Jordan Maureen Stapleton Sam Waterston Henderson Forsythe
mother father sister actress artist author brooding dark touching family home apartment new york divorce family transformation love 1970s
Three sisters find their lives spinning out of control in the wake of their parents' sudden, unexpected divorce.
6.7/10
Comedy
USA
1967
102 Minutes
Dick Van Dyke Barbara Feldon Edith Evans John McGiver Harry Townes John Fiedler Norman Fell Cecil Kellaway Stephen Strimpell Anne Seymour Helen Kleeb
butler secretary philanthropist spinster con artist love interest amusing endearing new york city loyalty con game rescue love luck bankruptcy adventure underdog 1960s
A butler and the staff of an eccentric aged philanthropist whose family wealth is exhausted engage in larceny and crimes to maintain her lifestyle and provide funds for her charitable activities.
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