List of the best Sydney Pollack movies: They Shoot Horses, Don't They?(1969), The Swimmer(1968), Tootsie(1982), Out of Africa(1985), This Property Is Condemned(1966), The Slender Thread(1965), Absence of Malice(1981), The Firm(1993), The Electric Horseman(1979), The Interpreter(2005), Sabrina(1995), Bobby Deerfield(1977) ... ...
Drama
USA
1969
121 Minutes
Director
Jane Fonda Michael Sarrazin Susannah York Gig Young Red Buttons Bonnie Bedelia Bruce Dern Michael Conrad Al Lewis Robert Fields Severn Darden
failed actress sailor bombshell farmer wife emcee bleak disturbing ballroom santa monica, calif. dance marathon great depression underdog wretched excess 1930s
The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.
Drama
USA
1968
94 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Janet Landgard Janice Rule Tony Bickley Marge Champion Bill Fiore Kim Hunter Joan Rivers
advertising executive old flame babysitter friend housewife bleak dreamy disturbing suburbia connecticut swimming pool failure family dysfunction suburban life midlife crisis lost loves quest discovery fall 1960s
A man spends a summer day swimming as many pools as he can all over a quiet suburban town.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
USA
1982
111 Minutes
Producer
Dustin Hoffman Jessica Lange Teri Garr Dabney Coleman Charles Durning Bill Murray Sydney Pollack George Gaynes Geena Davis Doris Belack Ellen Foley
actor actress agent director roommate girlfriend amusing charming new york city television studio apartment restaurant family home love triangle deception cross-dressing actors transformation love 1980s
Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
Romance, Biography, Drama
USA|UK
1985
160 Minutes
Director
Meryl Streep Robert Redford Klaus Maria Brandauer Michael Kitchen Malick Bowens Joseph Thiaka Stephen Kinyanjui Michael Gough Suzanna Hamilton Rachel Kempson Graham Crowden
aristocrat hunter husband lord lady native emotional tender africa kenya denmark agriculture romance hunting africa infidelity adventure love 1940s
In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
Drama
USA
1966
110 Minutes
Director
Natalie Wood Robert Redford Charles Bronson Kate Reid Mary Badham Robert Blake Alan Baxter Dabney Coleman Jon Provost
southern belle mother businessman lover wealthy man melodramatic solemn mississippi new orleans small town mother/daughter relationship love triangle betrayal big business reputation railroad forbidden love rivalry temptation revenge
The dramatic love story of small-town Mississippi girl Alva Starr and railroad official Owen Legate, set during the Great Depression.
Drama
USA
1965
98 Minutes
Director
Sidney Poitier Anne Bancroft Telly Savalas Steven Hill Indus Arthur Greg Jarvis Robert F. Hoy John Benson Paul Newlan Ed Asner Jason Wingreen
college student volunteer wife detective psychiatrist emotional brooding seattle call center depression desperation suicide investigation marriage volunteerism fall rescue 1960s
College volunteer Alan Dyson is working alone at the crisis center one evening when he receives a telephone call from suicidal caller Inga Dyson.
Drama
USA
1981
116 Minutes
Director
Paul Newman Sally Field Bob Balaban Melinda Dillon Luther Adler Barry Primus Josef Sommer John Harkins Don Hood Wilford Brimley
reporter murderer storekeeper agent dark intricate miami store boat court murder mafia newspapers investigation affair mystery pursuit 1980s
When a prosecutor leaks a false story that a liquor warehouse owner is involved in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1993
154 Minutes
Director
Tom Cruise Jeanne Tripplehorn Gene Hackman Holly Hunter Ed Harris Hal Holbrook Terry Kinney Wilford Brimley David Strathairn Gary Busey Steven Hill
lawyer fbi agent coworker boss mafia boss intricate suspenseful prison office harvard university apartment lawlessness corruption greed surveillance paranoia mafia rise fall revenge
A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.
Comedy, Western
USA
1979
120 Minutes
Director
Robert Redford Jane Fonda Willie Nelson Valerie Perrine John Saxon Nicolas Coster Allan Arbus Wilford Brimley Will Hare Basil Hoffman Timothy Scott
rodeo rider reporter farmer old flame corporate stooge spirited brash las vegas desert escape consumerism pride romance honor rodeo adventure escape love 1970s
A rodeo star past his prime steals his company's horse and rides into the desert, with a feisty reporter accompanying him.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|France|Germany|USA
2005
123 Minutes
Director
Nicole Kidman Sean Penn Catherine Keener Jesper Christensen Yvan Attal Michael Wright Earl Cameron George Harris Tsai Chin Clyde Kusatsu Eric Keenleyside
interpreter secret service agent president diplomat police chief suspenseful intricate thrilling united nations new york city matobo espionage assassination plot political intrigue diplomacy violence international conspiracy mystery revenge 2000s
Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.
Romance
Germany|USA
1995
127 Minutes
Director
Harrison Ford Julia Ormond Greg Kinnear Nancy Marchand John Wood Richard Crenna Angie Dickinson Lauren Holly Fanny Ardant Dana Ivey Valérie Lemercier
playboy chauffeur daughter brother industrialist love interest charming passionate amusing long island, n.y. new york city paris love triangle sibling rivalry wealth class distinctions love love transformation rivalry
An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it.
Romance
USA
1977
124 Minutes
Director
Al Pacino Marthe Keller Walter McGinn Anny Duperey Romolo Valli Stephan Meldegg Jaime Sanchez Norman Neilsen
race car driver love interest friend uncle brother dark moving brash melodramatic racetrack hospital switzerland europe new romance car racing determination chance meeting mortality illness love
Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.
Comedy, Western
1968
102 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Shelley Winters Ossie Davis Telly Savalas Dabney Coleman Paul Picerni Armando Silvestre Nick Cravat
trapper slave native american thief outlaw amusing offbeat thrilling mexico american west slavery friendship escape race relations violence greed quest pursuit revenge 1860s
A fur trader (Burt Lancaster) and a cultured slave (Ossie Davis) have run-ins with Indians and marauders.
Drama
UK|USA
1999
159 Minutes
Victor Ziegler
Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman Sydney Pollack Marie Richardson Rade Serbedzija Todd Field Vinessa Shaw Alan Cumming Sky Dumont Fay Masterson Leelee Sobieski
doctor curator husband wife sexy man sexy woman chilling sultry tense shocking new york city apartment mansion city apartment bedroom street husband/wife relationship sex cult sadomasochism
A New York City doctor embarks on a harrowing, night-long odyssey of sexual and moral discovery after his wife reveals a painful secret to him.
Drama
USA
2007
120 Minutes
Producer
George Clooney Tom Wilkinson Tilda Swinton Sydney Pollack Ken Howard Michael O'Keefe Denis O'Hare Julie White Jennifer Van Dyck Frank Wood Bill Raymond
fixer lawyer police officer gambler brother wife intense suspenseful westchester, n.y. new york city lawsuit lawyers deception betrayal injustice mental illness quest pursuit 2000s
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.
Romance, Comedy
USA|UK
2008
101 Minutes
Thomas Sr.
Patrick Dempsey Michelle Monaghan Kevin McKidd Kathleen Quinlan Sydney Pollack Kadeem Hardison Chris Messina Richmond Arquette Busy Philipps Whitney Cummings Emily Nelson
inventor businessman best friend painter fiancé maid of honor amusing charming lighthearted hilarious heartwarming bedroom locker room taxicab pub bridge wedding romance dating secrets
A guy in love with an engaged woman tries to win her over after she asks him to be her maid of honor.
Drama
USA
1992
93 Minutes
Jack
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Juliette Lewis Blythe Danner Judy Davis Liam Neeson Sydney Pollack Lysette Anthony Cristi Conaway Timothy Jerome Ron Rifkin
husband wife professor aerobics instructor amusing witty unrestrained new york city divorce relationships middle age infidelity temptation discovery love 1990s
When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.
Documentary, Music
USA
2018
87 Minutes
Aretha Franklin James Cleveland Cornell Dupree Bernard Purdie James A. Broomfield Lucy Ayers Sydney Pollack Alexander Hamilton
A documentary presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
USA
1982
111 Minutes
Producer
Dustin Hoffman Jessica Lange Teri Garr Dabney Coleman Charles Durning Bill Murray Sydney Pollack George Gaynes Geena Davis Doris Belack Ellen Foley
actor actress agent director roommate girlfriend amusing charming new york city television studio apartment restaurant family home love triangle deception cross-dressing actors transformation love 1980s
Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
Comedy
2006
105 Minutes
Brian Sobinski
Cécile de France Valérie Lemercier Albert Dupontel Claude Brasseur Dani Christopher Thompson Laura Morante Sydney Pollack Suzanne Flon Annelise Hesme Michel Vuillermoz
waitress pianist actress director reporter emotional moving intricate paris restaurant concert stage hospital family art friendship wealth may-december romance marriage discovery love
A waitress (Cécile De France) observes the lives of a classical pianist (Albert Dupontel), an art collector, an actress (Valérie Lemercier) and other famous clientele.