Piper Laurie
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1932-01-22
Locus Natus: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Et ut: Rosetta Jacobs, Fumio Yamaguchi
The Hustler
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the...
release : 1961.09.25popularis : 11.092
Children of a Lesser God
Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the...
release : 1986.09.13popularis : 19.215
Appointment with Death
Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed...
release : 1988.04.15popularis : 10.303
Acting 'Carrie'
In this documentary, director Brian De Palma and the stars from his film "Carrie" (such as Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving, Piper Laurie, William Katt,...
release : 2001.08.28popularis : 2.243
Other People's Money
When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's...
release : 1991.10.18popularis : 14.717
Carrie
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home....
release : 1976.11.03popularis : 23.749
Tim
Handsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed employer, a woman who had given up on love until...
release : 1979.07.13popularis : 5.264
The Hustler: The Inside Story
A brief overview of The Hustler's making and the players involved.
release : 2002.01.01popularis : 3.647
Allen in Movieland
TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story."
release : 1955.07.02popularis : 1.5
The Faculty
When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst...
release : 1998.12.25popularis : 16.913
The Crossing Guard
Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, swears to kill the man responsible for her death.
release : 1995.11.15popularis : 11.721
Winterset
Immigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Years later, his son Mio sets out to find the truth of...
release : 1959.10.26popularis : 0.529
Return to Oz
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends,...
release : 1985.06.21popularis : 17.148
The Dead Girl
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
release : 2006.11.07popularis : 16.192
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Frank, a retired Irish seaman, and Walter, a retired Cuban barber, are two lonely old men trapped in the emptiness of their own lives. When they meet...
release : 1993.12.17popularis : 3.695
The Bunker
Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle...
release : 1981.04.15popularis : 3.235
Hounddog
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
release : 2007.01.22popularis : 16.405
Hesher
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even...
release : 2010.01.22popularis : 9.449
The Grass Harp
Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in...
release : 1995.09.10popularis : 4.191
Possessed
An 11 year old boy starts throwing temper tantrums, vomiting on and attacking people, and swearing uncontrollably. Furniture begins to move on its...
release : 2000.10.22popularis : 4.732
Francis Goes to the Races
In this funny sequel to the popular Francis the Talking Mule, the talkative Mule and his pal Peter get a job working on a horse-breeder's ranch. They...
release : 1951.05.01popularis : 4.151
Son of Ali Baba
In ancient Persia the son of Ali Baba (of forty thieves fame), Kashma Baba is a military cadet by day and a party goer by night. He falls for a girl...
release : 1952.08.15popularis : 2.542
The Prince Who Was a Thief
An Arabian prince, kidnapped at birth and raised as a thief, plots to regain his throne from his evil uncle in this colorful costume adventure.
release : 1951.05.17popularis : 6.383
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel the repercussions.
release : 1952.06.25popularis : 3.007
Ruby
Strange killings occur at Ruby's drive-in theatre, sixteen years after the murder of her gangster boyfriend.
release : 1977.06.23popularis : 3.726
A Christmas Memory
A new version of Truman Capote's 1956 tale based on his own bittersweet upbringing in Alabama. The story deals with a seven-year-old who forms a...
release : 1997.12.21popularis : 3.573
The Golden Blade
Basra merchant Harun Al-Rashid avenges his father's murder in this adventure set in ancient Bagdad and inspired from the Arabic fairy tales of One...
release : 1953.08.12popularis : 5.97
In the Blink of an Eye
Hamel portrays director Dickoff who suspends her career in order to help a friend who's been in prison for quite some time in connection with a...
release : 1996.03.24popularis : 3.041
Until They Sail
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.
release : 1957.10.08popularis : 11.754
Johnny Dark
A young auto racer competes in a Canada-to-Mexico race in a car he designed himself. Director George Sherman's 1954 film stars Tony Curtis, Piper...
release : 1954.06.25popularis : 2.712
Bad Blood... the Hunger
Several college students embark on a summer of sun and fun, but find that their adventure turns eerily macabre when dark and ancient forces propel...
release : 2012.10.26popularis : 6.511
Dangerous Mission
A policeman tries to protect a young woman against a hit man, when she flees New York after witnessing a mob killing.
release : 1954.03.06popularis : 5.989
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of legendary actor Rock Hudson, from his public "ladies' man" persona to...
release : 2023.06.20popularis : 9.25
Tiger Warsaw
Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek...
release : 1988.05.11popularis : 3.17
The Milkman
A dairy owner's son takes a job as milkman with a rival company.
release : 1950.10.17popularis : 3.766
Another Harvest Moon
Another Harvest Moon is a tender drama about four elderly Americans coping with life in a nursing home. FRANK, ELLA, ALICE and JUNE gather each...
release : 2010.10.06popularis : 3.453
No Room for the Groom
Alvah, a young GI who happens to own a vineyard, elopes to Las Vegas with Lee, his housekeeper's daughter. But Alvah's chicken pox postpone the...
release : 1952.06.13popularis : 2.334
Rich in Love
Warren Odom, a rich Southern gentleman, is left in a state of shock when his wife, Helen, leaves him unexpectedly. With Helen gone, Warren's...
release : 1992.09.04popularis : 7.096
Storyville
While investigating his own blackmailing, a young politician uncovers his family's deep secrets.
release : 1992.08.26popularis : 2.275
Smoke Signal
Capt. Harper's cavalry patrol returns to the fort to find it besieged by Ute Indians. The apparent cause is the recapture of Army traitor Brett...
release : 1955.03.01popularis : 7.26
The Last Brickmaker in America
A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost...
release : 2001.09.23popularis : 3.325
Dawn at Socorro
Brett Wade, gambler, gunslinger, and classical pianist, is wounded in a gunfight with the Ferris clan; the doctor finds signs of tuberculosis. En...
release : 1954.09.01popularis : 3.995
Skag
Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his...
release : 1980.01.06popularis : 3.829
Kelly and Me
Failing vaudeville performer, Len, is taken under the wing of the German Shepherd wonder dog, Kelly, and a new act is born. Len hopes all his dreams...
release : 1957.04.10popularis : 2.876
The Mississippi Gambler
Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked...
release : 1953.01.29popularis : 4.089
Distortions
A man goes to speak with a gigolo and is promptly beaten for his trouble. Soon afterward, his wife is told that he burned to death in a car wreck and...
release : 1987.05.10popularis : 1.15
Macbeth
An adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
release : 1981.01.01popularis : 1.12
The Road to Galveston
Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind...
release : 1996.01.24popularis : 2.432
Postcards From The Cast
"Postcards From The Cast" is a featurette originally released in the 2001 DVD release, Twin Peaks: The First Season. It was later re-released in the...
release : 2001.12.18popularis : 1.187
Rainbow
The early life and struggles of Judy Garland (portrayed by Andrea McArdle), and of the film star's trials as a youngster in dealing with the movie...
release : 1978.11.06popularis : 1.67
Dream a Little Dream
Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working on an experiment which will help him move into a place...
release : 1989.03.03popularis : 12.755
Mae West
Biography of the curvaceous and sharp-witted actress who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s-30s with her frank approach to sex.
release : 1982.05.02popularis : 2.561
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
A select group of key creative forces involved in the making of Twin Peaks reveals their take on the fascinating creation and journey of the wildly...
release : 2007.10.30popularis : 5.661
Eulogy
A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets...
release : 2004.10.15popularis : 18.616
The Boss' Son
Bobby Rose has just returned home after graduating business school. He agrees to start working for his father, a successful carpet manufacturer....
release : 1978.10.02popularis : 0.882
Trauma
A young Romanian woman and a recovering drug addict launch an unlikely investigation after her parents are murdered by a vicious serial killer known...
release : 1993.03.12popularis : 7.913
Fighting for My Daughter
Unable to get the police to help, a woman launches her own investigation to save her daughter from a dangerous prostitution ring.
release : 1995.01.09popularis : 2.08
Rising Son
Gus Robinson loves three things: his job, family, and country; but suddenly he's losing all three. When his factory shuts down, Gus faces...
release : 1990.07.23popularis : 1.995
Alone
John Webb is recently widowed and living alone on the farm he and his brother used to share. He rarely sees his daughters, Jacqueline and Grace Ann,...
release : 1997.12.21popularis : 3.093
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
Documentary that explores Argento's film career.
release : 2001.04.15popularis : 1.616
Ain't Misbehavin'
Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man falls for her.
release : 1955.06.30popularis : 2.239
Palmer's Pick Up
Two dimwit owners of a struggling hauling company are approached about hauling a huge, mysterious box across country at the end of the century. The...
release : 1999.02.09popularis : 0.844
Go Toward the Light
A young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS.
release : 1988.11.01popularis : 5.253
The Rage: Carrie 2
Following the suicide of her only friend, outcast teen Rachel Lang's life begins a downward spiral that will not only affect her but take everyone...
release : 1999.03.12popularis : 13.819
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
Based on a true case, this tells the story of two parents in New Jersey whose daughter has lapsed into a coma from which doctors say she will never...
release : 1977.09.26popularis : 0.758
Love, Mary
A teen, who is always in trouble in school and has been sent to reform school, turns her life around when a counselor discovers she is dyslexic.
release : 1985.10.08popularis : 1.866
Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
A legend of the Hollywood Golden Age, Gregory Peck (1916-2003) had an exemplary career, working under some of the greatest directors: Alfred...
release : 2022.11.28popularis : 1.691
Promise
Bob returns home for his mother’s funeral knowing that he must fulfill a promise made 30 years earlier—to care for his younger brother...
release : 1986.12.21popularis : 1.362
The Ninth Day
After World War III a small group of people live in the desert. A young man tries to run away, hoping to find other communities of survivors, but is...
release : 1957.01.10popularis : 0.882
Louisa
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically...
release : 1950.05.31popularis : 3.258
Inherit the Wind
Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
release : 1999.05.29popularis : 8.047
Sad Inheritance
After filling her life with addictions, Christina (Susan Dey) is left with a dead-end job, a deadbeat boyfriend and a bad rapport with her mother...
release : 1993.03.14popularis : 5.503
Midwives
It's a cold and stormy night, and in a house in rural Vermont, midwife Sibyl Danforth is, together with the father and an assistant, in the middle of...
release : 2001.04.02popularis : 4.981
White Boy Rick
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug...
release : 2018.09.14popularis : 20.287
Twin Peaks
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of...
release : 1989.09.03popularis : 9.806
Shadows of Desire
A woman is torn between her love for a gentle man, and her secret passion for his dangerous brother.
release : 1994.09.20popularis : 5.193
St. Patrick's Day
It's your traditional Irish holiday - cousins are having sex, couples are getting divorced, John Michael has brought his boyfriend and Millicent...
release : 1998.01.01popularis : 2.571
Intensity
Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled past. While visiting Laura Templeton's house, a farm in...
release : 1997.08.05popularis : 3.136
Snapshots
Rose spends her days fishing near the beautiful lake house she’s called home for 50 years. She’s not getting any younger and her daughter...
release : 2024.09.02popularis : 4.721
Days of Wine and Roses
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
release : 1958.10.02popularis : 2.045
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Tony Curtis, the man who influenced Elvis Presley and James Dean. A sex symbol, a matinee idol, a powerful and magnetic actor, Tony Curtis was the...
release : 2012.03.20popularis : 1.482
The Mao Game
Growing up neurotic in a Hollywood family
release : 1999.06.04popularis : 1.021
Toughlove
The Charters family falls into despair over their drug-addicted son Gary. They discuss his problems through the "Toughlove" program in searching for...
release : 1985.10.13popularis : 4.151
Mother, Mother
A Blue Ribbon winner at the American Film Festival, this hard-hitting, dramatic production is about the relationship between a young man with AIDS...
release : 1989.01.06popularis : 1.58