Search results for "John Sayles"
Go for Sisters

Go for Sisters

Go for Sisters
IMDb: 6.5
123

Bernice and Fontayne grew up so tight they could ‘go for sisters’. After twenty years apart, they are reunited when Bernice is assigned to be Fontayne’s parole officer- just when…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Amigo

Amigo

Amigo
IMDb: 6.4
128

Rafael is a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pressure from a tough-as-nails officer to help…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Honeydripper

Honeydripper

Honeydripper
IMDb: 6.7
124

In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort…

Genre: Drama, Music
Silver City

Silver City

Silver City
IMDb: 6
128

The discovery of a corpse and the ensuing probe by an idealistic journalist threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician’s campaign for governor of Colorado.

Limbo

Limbo

Limbo
IMDb: 7
126

Traumatized by a fishing boat accident many years before, Joe Gastineau has given up his hopes for a life beyond the odd jobs he takes to support himself. That quickly…

Lone Star

Lone Star

Lone Star
IMDb: 7.4
135

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

The Secret of Roan Inish

The Secret of Roan Inish

The Secret of Roan Inish
IMDb: 7.4
103

Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a…

Passion Fish

Passion Fish

Passion Fish
IMDb: 7.3
135

After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her…

Genre: Drama
City of Hope

City of Hope

City of Hope
IMDb: 7.2
129

This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by…

Genre: Drama
Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out

Eight Men Out
IMDb: 7.2
120

Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey – a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players…

Genre: Drama, History
Matewan

Matewan

Matewan
IMDb: 7.9
132

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, “Matewan” celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named “Few Clothes” Johnson…

Genre: Drama, History
The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet
IMDb: 6.7
108

An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth parallels that…

Lianna

Lianna

Lianna
IMDb: 6.9
113

Lianna’s life is a succession of domestic errands and boring faculty parties, however her heaviest cross to bear is dealing with her waning marriage to Dick. In order to find…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Baby It’s You

Baby It’s You

Baby It’s You
IMDb: 6.4
105

In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Return of the Secaucus Seven

Return of the Secaucus Seven

Return of the Secaucus Seven
IMDb: 7
104

Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when…

Genre: Drama