American Playhouse Filmes

  • 1986
    Sunday in the Park with George

    Sunday in the Park with George

    Sunday in the Park with George

    7.21986HD

    The days leading up to the completion of his most famous painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat is struggling...

    Sunday in the Park with George
  • 1988
    Stand and Deliver

    Stand and Deliver

    Stand and Deliver

    7.6231988HD

    Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts...

    Stand and Deliver
  • 1995
    ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

    ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

    ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

    51995HD

    Twelve-year-old Mexican-American Marcos (Jose Alcala) recalls the hardships of the previous year, reflecting on the arduous trek his migrant-worker...

    ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
  • 1984
    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    6.41984HD

    This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both...

    Go Tell It on the Mountain
  • 1988
    Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss

    Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss

    Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss

    7.11988HD

    From Jean Shepherd (A Christmas Story) comes the story of 14 year old Ralphie's first job, and the family vacation the family is planning to a rustic...

    Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
  • 1988
    The Silence at Bethany

    The Silence at Bethany

    The Silence at Bethany

    01988HD

    A young man, searching for meaning and focus in his life, returns to the Mennonite farm community where he was born.

    The Silence at Bethany
  • 1992
    All the Vermeers in New York

    All the Vermeers in New York

    All the Vermeers in New York

    5.81992HD

    A parable of the missteps of life enacted in the hothouse world of late 1980’s New York, in which the art market and the stock market each...

    All the Vermeers in New York
  • 1984
    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    5.61984HD

    An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy...

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • 1993
    Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

    6.9391993HD

    In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding...

    Much Ado About Nothing
  • 1988
    I Never Sang for My Father

    I Never Sang for My Father

    I Never Sang for My Father

    01988HD

    A man who wants to move on with his life by moving to California and marry his girlfriend, finds it difficult as he still lives in the towering...

    I Never Sang for My Father
  • 1995
    Safe

    Safe

    Safe

    6.9521995HD

    Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness with no clear diagnosis.

    Safe
  • 1986
    Native Son

    Native Son

    Native Son

    51986HD

    In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the...

    Native Son
  • 1994
    Golden Gate

    Golden Gate

    Golden Gate

    41994HD

    A brash 22-year-old FBI agent trumps up charges of Communist-spying against a Chinese laundryman. 10 years later, he wants to make amends to the man...

    Golden Gate
  • 1989
    The Feud

    The Feud

    The Feud

    4.21989HD

    All Dolph Beeler wanted was a can of paint remover when he went to Bud Bullard's hardware store in Millville. But a simple misunderstandling between...

    The Feud
  • 1989
    Eat a Bowl of Tea

    Eat a Bowl of Tea

    Eat a Bowl of Tea

    5.31989HD

    An American-Chinese man brings over his wife from China to America, but the challenges of making a living and adjusting to a new life, plus the...

    Eat a Bowl of Tea
  • 1992
    Tales from Hollywood

    Tales from Hollywood

    Tales from Hollywood

    11992HD

    A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave their country during the Nazi-regime. A young...

    Tales from Hollywood
  • 1985
    Three Sovereigns for Sarah

    Three Sovereigns for Sarah

    Three Sovereigns for Sarah

    01985HD

    Nineteen people were hanged and one man pressed to death, while hundreds went to jail during the "witch hysteria" of 1692. THREE SOVEREIGNS FOR SARAH...

    Three Sovereigns for Sarah
  • 1992
    Fool's Fire

    Fool's Fire

    Fool's Fire

    4.41992HD

    A crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a beautiful dwarf with whom the jester is in love the...

    Fool's Fire
  • 1989
    A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

    7.51989HD

    A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.

    A Raisin in the Sun
  • 1987
    Waiting for the Moon

    Waiting for the Moon

    Waiting for the Moon

    4.3331987HD

    Fictionalized portrait of one of history's great literary couples: Stein & Toklas. Summer 1930s France, Alice tends to ailing Gertrude; they visit...

    Waiting for the Moon