Sam Shepard
42 titles
Filmography
42 results

Inhale
(2010)With his daughter dying of a lung disease, district attorney Paul Stanton enters the deadly Mexican underworld in search of an illegal organ transplant.

Bright Angel
(1990)Desperate to escape his abusive home life in Montana, a teenage boy joins a drifter girl on a road trip to Wyoming to bail her brother out of jail.

Out of the Furnace
(2013)When his ex-Marine little brother disappears after joining a notorious crime syndicate, a Rust Belt steelworker gets armed and goes after him.

The Good Old Boys
(1995)Academy Award® winner* Tommy Lee Jones writes, as well as stars and makes his directorial debut in this rousing turn-of-the-century Western based on Elmer Kelton's popular novel.

Trudell
(2005)The film traces poet John Trudell's (1946-2015) life from his childhood in Omaha, Nebraska, through his role as one of leaders of the Occupation of Alcatraz and Radio Free Alcatraz in 1969, to serving as Chairman of the American Indian Movement from 1973-1979. It also covers his rebirth as a poet after his wife died in a house fire suspected as arson.

Crimes of the Heart
(1986)Three sisters return to their eccentric home after one of the sisters kills her abusive husband. Old bonds and tensions soon arise between the women.

Hamlet
(2000)A dour production of Shakespeare’s play produced for German TV. A prince returns home for his father’s funeral and doesn’t like what he finds.

The Accidental Husband
(2008)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.

Stealth
(2005)Three of the world’s best pilots are partnered with a high-tech pilotless warplane, but soon it becomes clear that the machine has a mind of its own.

Mud
(2013)Two young boys become the only friends of a charismatic fugitive hiding out on a Mississippi River island and trying to reunite with his girlfriend.

The Pledge
(2001)A recently retired detective cannot get over an unsolved murder case, so he abandons his personal plans and devotes his new life to finding justice.

Safe House
(2012)For the past year, rookie CIA agent Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) has been eager to prove himself while cooling his heels at an inactive South African post. He gets the chance when Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington), a turncoat operative, is brought to Weston's safe house for debriefing. But soon after Frost's arrival, mercenaries attack, and Weston and Frost barely escape with their lives.

Savannah
(2013)Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) In this compelling true story, charismatic Ward Allen (Jim Caviezel) turns his back on his plantation upbringing to make his living off the land. With his close company, freed slave Christmas Moultrie (Chiwetel Ejiofor)

The Return
(2006)Sarah Michelle Gellar stars in this shocking supernatural thriller about woman haunted by terrifying visions where she can see and feel the brutal murder of a woman she's never met.

Patti Smith: Dream of Life
(2008)Eleven years in the making, Patti Smith: Dream of Life is a unique and intimate portrait of the renowned singer, songwriter, poet and activist. Patti Smith's music, poetry, and politics are fearless, funny, raw, and original. A beautiful collage of images, memories and performances illuminate the complexities, and captures the essence, of this distinctive, legendary icon. The film follows Patti Smith's punk-icon roots in the 70s through the trials of daily life and untimely deaths that have formed her life and art. Smith tells the story of her early days in New York City and the people that are dearest to her including her late husband Fred Sonic Smith, Allen Ginsburg, Robert Mapplethorpe, and others, her family, and the political causes for which she so deeply struggled.

Swordfish
(2001)A charismatic and dangerous CIA operative is determined to get his hands on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account, and coerces a computer hacker just released from prison to help.
Curtain Call
(1998)Stevenson Lowe’s (James Spader) girlfriend Julia wants to get married. But all thoughts of proposing are quickly scared out of him by a couple of grouchy ghosts who have the marriage from hell. They are Max and Lilly Gale (ACADEMY AWARD winners Michael Caine and Maggie Smith), the original residents of Stevenson’s newly purchased brownstone. They have no intention of leaving to make room for the young couple. When Julia decides she's waited long enough for a proposal, she leaves Stevenson and his crazy ghost stories behind. True love gets a spirited test as Stevenson’s afterlife houseguests try to reunite the young lovers.

This So-Called Disaster
(2003)Michael Almereyda's engrossing behind-the-scenes doc follows famed playwright Sam Shepard as he mounts a challenging new play starring Sean Penn, Nick Nolte and Woody Harrelson.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
(2007)Robert Ford tries hard to join the Missouri outlaw gang led by his longtime hero, the legendary Jesse James. However, he soon grows resentful of the bandit, ultimately hatching a plan to kill him and take his place.

Midnight Special
(2016)A father (Michael Shannon) goes on the run to protect his young son Alton (Jaeden Lieberher), and uncover the truth behind the boy’s special powers.