Robert Altman

A Prairie Home Companion
6.7

A Prairie Home Companion

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America’s most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, ...
The Company
6.3

The Company

Sep. 10, 2003

The Company

Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who’s poised to become a principal performer.
Gosford Park
7.2

Gosford Park

Nov. 07, 2001

Gosford Park

Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.
Dr. T and the Women
4.6

Dr. T and the Women

Sep. 13, 2000

Dr. T and the Women

Dr. Sullivan Travis is a man at the top of his game, a rich and successful Dallas gynecologist whose “religion” is women. Dr. T. ...
Cookie’s Fortune
6.8

Cookie’s Fortune

Jan. 22, 1999

Cookie’s Fortune

Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman’s death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
The Gingerbread Man
5.7

The Gingerbread Man

Jan. 23, 1998

The Gingerbread Man

Savannah lawyer Rick Magruder is at a party celebrating his courtroom victory defending a cop killer when a member of the catering staff, Mallory ...
Kansas City
6.4

Kansas City

Aug. 16, 1996

Kansas City

Robert Altman’s story is a riff on race, class, and power cross-cuts between the two kidnappings and the background of corrupt politics and ...
Short Cuts
7.7

Short Cuts

Sep. 05, 1993

Short Cuts

Multi-storied, fish-eyed look at American culture with some 22 characters intersecting–profoundly or fleetingly–through each ...
The Player
7.5

The Player

Apr. 03, 1992

The Player

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected – but which one?
Vincent & Theo
6.9

Vincent & Theo

Dec. 02, 1990

Vincent & Theo

The tragic story of Vincent van Gogh broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. Based on the letters ...
Aria
5.8

Aria

May. 27, 1987

Aria

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. ...
Beyond Therapy
4.8

Beyond Therapy

Feb. 27, 1987

Beyond Therapy

Manhattanites Bruce and Prudence are each looking for a meaningful romantic relationship and have been encouraged by their psychiatrists to find ...
Fool for Love
6.1

Fool for Love

Dec. 06, 1985

Fool for Love

A woman is waiting in a motel for her boyfriend, when an old flame turns up and tries to take her back to the life she is trying to leave behind.
O.C. and Stiggs
5.4

O.C. and Stiggs

Jan. 01, 1985

O.C. and Stiggs

O.C. and Stiggs aren’t your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against it. They seek ...
Secret Honor
7.3

Secret Honor

Sep. 15, 1984

Secret Honor

In this speculative one-man drama, we see former President Richard Milhous Nixon alone in his study, dictating his thoughts into a tape recorder. ...
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
7.2

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

The Disciples of James Dean meet up on the anniversary of his death and mull over their lives in the present and in flashback, revealing the ...
Popeye
5.3

Popeye

Dec. 12, 1980

Popeye

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who’s searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ...
HealtH
5.7

HealtH

Sep. 12, 1980

HealtH

HealtH is set at a health food convention at a Florida luxury hotel, where a powerful political organization is deciding on a new president.
A Perfect Couple
5.9

A Perfect Couple

Apr. 06, 1979

A Perfect Couple

Offbeat but endearing romantic comedy about unlikely match-up (by computer dating) of straitlaced Dooley, under the thumb of overbearing father, ...
Quintet
5.1

Quintet

Feb. 09, 1979

Quintet

During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession ...
A Wedding
7.1

A Wedding

Aug. 29, 1978

A Wedding

Muffin’s wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn’t too sure of the ceremony, only the families ...
3 Women
7.8

3 Women

Apr. 10, 1977

3 Women

An awkward young teen working at a spa becomes overly attached to her fellow worker, a lonely outcast. They hang out at a bar owned by a strange ...
Nashville
7.7

Nashville

Jun. 11, 1975

Nashville

This movie tells the intersecting stories of various people connected to the music business in Nashville. Barbara Jean is the reigning queen of ...
California Split
7.2

California Split

Aug. 07, 1974

California Split

Down-on-his-luck gambler Bill (George Segal) links up with free spirit Charlie (Elliott Gould) at first to have some fun, but then gets into debt ...
Thieves Like Us
7.0

Thieves Like Us

Feb. 11, 1974

Thieves Like Us

Bowie, a youthful convicted murderer, and bank robbers Chicamaw and T-Dub escape from a Mississippi chain gang in the 1930s. They hole up with a ...
Images
7.1

Images

May. 01, 1972

Images

Schizophrenic housewife, engulfed by terrorizing apparitions, kills off each, unknowing if these demons are merely figments of her hallucinatory ...
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
7.7

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Jun. 24, 1971

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation ...
Brewster McCloud
7.0

Brewster McCloud

Dec. 05, 1970

Brewster McCloud

Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the ...