Martin Ritt

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Stanley & Iris
6.3

Stanley & Iris

Feb. 09, 1990

Stanley & Iris

An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his ...
Murphy’s Romance
7

Murphy’s Romance

Dec. 25, 1985

Murphy’s Romance

Emma, a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona. She befriends Murphy, the older local ...
Cross Creek
6.9

Cross Creek

Sep. 21, 1983

Cross Creek

In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida’s backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and ...
Back Roads
5.7

Back Roads

Mar. 13, 1981

Back Roads

A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
Norma Rae
7.3

Norma Rae

Mar. 02, 1979

Norma Rae

Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the ...
The Front
7.3

The Front

Sep. 17, 1976

The Front

A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Conrack
7.3

Conrack

Mar. 27, 1974

Conrack

A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the coast of South Carolina, populated mostly by ...
Sounder
7.5

Sounder

Sep. 24, 1972

Sounder

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for ...
Pete ‘n’ Tillie
6.2

Pete ‘n’ Tillie

Dec. 17, 1972

Pete ‘n’ Tillie

A fun-loving bachelor woos and weds a secretary, but the bonds of this marriage aren’t strong enough to stop his philandering from continuing.
The Molly Maguires
6.8

The Molly Maguires

Feb. 08, 1970

The Molly Maguires

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless ...
The Great White Hope
6.9

The Great White Hope

Oct. 11, 1970

The Great White Hope

A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
The Brotherhood
6.1

The Brotherhood

Dec. 01, 1968

The Brotherhood

The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and ...
Hombre
7.4

Hombre

Mar. 21, 1967

Hombre

John Russell, disdained by his “respectable” fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope ...
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
7.5

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
The Outrage
6.2

The Outrage

Oct. 07, 1964

The Outrage

At a disused railway station, three men — a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector — discuss the recent trial and sentencing of the ...
Hud
7.8

Hud

May. 28, 1963

Hud

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, ...
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
6.3

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark ...
Paris Blues
6.7

Paris Blues

Sep. 27, 1961

Paris Blues

During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music ...
The Sound and the Fury
6.2

The Sound and the Fury

Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, ...
Five Branded Women
6.6

Five Branded Women

Mar. 15, 1960

Five Branded Women

Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms ...
The Black Orchid
6.4

The Black Orchid

Feb. 12, 1959

The Black Orchid

An aging widower fights family disapproval when he falls in love with a gangster’s widow.
The Long, Hot Summer
7.3

The Long, Hot Summer

May. 17, 1958

The Long, Hot Summer

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
No Down Payment
7.1

No Down Payment

Oct. 30, 1957

No Down Payment

The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined. Among the unhappy couples are ...
Edge of the City
7.2

Edge of the City

Jan. 04, 1957

Edge of the City

An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager.
Nuts
6.6

Nuts

Nov. 20, 1987

Nuts

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.
Casey’s Shadow
6.1

Casey’s Shadow

Jan. 01, 1978

Casey’s Shadow

Casey’s family raises and trains race horses, and their latest undersized foal named Casey’s Shadow does not seem to have a lot going ...