John G. Avildsen Movies

After murdering his daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend, a wealthy ad executive stumbles into a bar and strikes up an uneasy alliance with Joe Curran,...

A documentary about Roger Baldwin, the founder of the ACLU.

Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old...

W.W. Bright is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he...

Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.

HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from...

A short film by John G. Avildsen.

John Travolta, Barry Gibb and the Saturday Night Fever cast and crew tell the story behind the mega-hit film. Bruno Tonioli goes through the disco...

A three-part omnibus centered around sex and its discontents.

An examination of the Oscar-winning director who brought to life some of cinema's most beloved motion pictures.

A former comic is on the run from the mob.

An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.

The life of Fumio Demura, the greatest karate master of a generation.

A 30 minute infomercial that originally aired on Comedy Central in 1993. The idea was that by purchasing Troma Inc. movie products you could better...

An introverted nerd and a violent jock vie for the attentions of a cheerleader.

John G. Avildsen pays tribute to cinematographer James Crabe.

A struggling writer dumps a pregnant dancer for a well-off socialite. Later, he realizes his true feelings and opts to make amends.

The 35th anniversary of the 1976 Oscar-winning film “Rocky” is marked with a TV retrospective in which Sylvester Stallone and others...

Roger Pitman is a petty thief who makes a deal with the police to use bait money to trap other criminals. But when he gets the cash, Roger can't...

Retrospective documentary on the making of The Karate Kid (1984).