Martin Ritt

Stanley & Iris
6.4

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 ...
Nuts
6.6

Nuts

Nov. 20, 1987

Nuts

A high-class call girl kills a customer in self-defense. To avoid scandal, her parents try to have her declared mentally incompetent. Not helping ...
Murphy’s Romance
7.0

Murphy’s Romance

Dec. 25, 1985

Murphy’s Romance

Emma is a divorced woman with a teen aged boy who moves into a small town and tries to make a go of a horse ranch. Murphy is the town druggist ...
Cross Creek
7.0

Cross Creek

Sep. 21, 1983

Cross Creek

The portrait of a woman who, at the edge of survival, found a world of meaning.
Back Roads
5.6

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 ...
Casey’s Shadow
6.2

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 ...
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.
Pete ‘n’ Tillie
6.3

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.
Sounder
7.6

Sounder

Sep. 24, 1972

Sounder

The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, ...
The Molly Maguires
6.9

The Molly Maguires

Feb. 08, 1970

The Molly Maguires

Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish emigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires, fights against the ...