Sam Shepard Movies

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. She becomes an...

An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintaining a family.

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

A small-town store owner with a comatose wife shares a long-term relationship with his seamstress.

Ruffian is an American made-for-television movie that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Champion thoroughbred filly Ruffian who went...

A divorced female marine officer with two small children begins an affair with a senior officer.

Julius Orlovsky, after spending years in a New York mental hospital, emerges catatonic and must rely on his brother Peter, who lives with poet Allen...

A documentary portrait of Michangelo Antonioni based on Roland Barthes' essay.

An intimate portrait of poet, painter, musician and singer Patti Smith that mirrors the essence of the artist herself.

Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to...

Joe, an overwrought rancher is striving from his harsh upbringing, trying make a better life for his family. When his business falters, Joe fears his...

A young mother is plagued by a tragic mistake and alienates her little boy. A brilliant writer is released from prison after serving a 15-year...

Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gil has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous,...

Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning play in a production by The New Group. Dodge and Halie try to hang on to their farmland and their sanity while...

Caleb Gare (Sam Shepard) is a farmer obsessed with owning as much land as he can and controlling his entire family. This becomes more complicated...

Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm...

The story of a man coming to terms with the sins and secrets of his notorious brother and, in the process, exploring the legacy of violence in his...

After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.

Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE and the personal involvement...