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The Glass Menagerie 1987 A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister

The Long, Hot Summer 1958 Sixty one year old widower Will Varner Orson Welles, in ill health, owns many businesses and property in Frenchmans Bend, Mississippi, including a plantation To him, his children are a disappointment, who he sees as not being able to carry on the Varner name in the style to

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds 1972 From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters, Ruth and Matilda A middle aged widowed eccentric, Beatrice is looking for her life in the classified ads while all about her is

Rachel, Rachel 1968 Thirty five year old spinster and virgin Rachel Cameron is a sad, lonely woman She lives in the small town of Japonica, Connecticut where she grew up She teaches second grade at Japonica Elementary School and lives with her highly demanding widowed mother her funeral director fat

Mr Mrs Bridge 1990 Its about a five member family The father is a conservative and traditional person who directs the family The mother is at home, she tries to hold together the family, while Mr Bridge works as a lawyer The children have just grown up, and the complications are derived from that th

Blind Spot 1993 Drama about a couple Woodward, Weaver and their problematic daughter Linney who is a cocaine addict

Breathing Lessons (1994) A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.

Count Three and Pray (1955) A pastor with a shady past moves into a rural town just after the Civil War.

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973) Rita, a middle aged New York City homemaker, finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her to re-examine her life, as well as her relationships with her mother, her eye doctor husband, her alienated daughter and estranged son.

Momentum (1956) After his boss tells him the firm is close to bankruptcy, Dick Paine agrees to work for half pay. Dick is nagged by his wife Beth into standing up for himself. He goes to his boss and demands the money he has not been paid. His boss refuses to give him the money and Dick must resort

They Might Be Giants (1971) They Might be Giants chronicles the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in modern-day New York City. The fact that Sherlock Holmes is a psychotic paranoid and Dr. Watson is a female psychiatrist fascinated by his case is almost beside the point. Dr. Watson follow

A New Kind of Love (1963) The fashion industry and Paris provide the setting for a comedy surrounding the mistaken impression that Joanne Woodward is a high-priced call girl. Paul Newman is the journalist interviewing her for insights on her profession.

A Fine Madness (1966) Samson Shillitoe, a frustrated poet and a magnet for women, is behind in his alimony payments, and lives with Rhoda, a waitress who stands by him through all his troubles. Samson becomes belligerent when he cannot find the inspiration to finish his big poem so Rhoda tries to ge

Sybil (1976) The story tells of a young woman admitting to having blackouts, fearing they are getting worse. She is diagnosed as suffering from multiple personalities, as a result of severe abuse at the hands of her mother, whom her psychiatrist, Cornelia Wilbur, believes was schizophrenic. The movi

The Three Faces of Eve (1957) Eve White is a quiet, mousy, unassuming wife and mother who keeps suffering from headaches and occasional black outs. Eventually she is sent to see psychiatrist Dr. Luther, and, while under hypnosis, a whole new personality emerges: the racy, wild, fun-loving Eve Black.

No Down Payment (1957) The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined. Among the unhappy couples are ne'er-do-well Jerry Flagg and his long-suffering wife Isabelle, flirtatious Leola Boone and her sadistic husband Troy, hard working He

Winning (1969) Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one--the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing his wife Elora to his rival, Luther Erding, and strains the relationship with his stepson.

The Drowning Pool (1975) Harper is brought to Louisiana bayou country to help out an old girlfriend who is worried that her husband will find out that she is cheating on him. What is more, he finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wan

The Sound and the Fury (1959) Loosely based on the William Faulkner novel, this movie follows the lives and passions of the Compsons: a once-proud Southern family now just barely scraping by both financially and emotionally. Howard passes the time in a bottle; his brother Bengy is child in a man's b

The Fugitive Kind (1960) Having fled New Orleans to avoid arrest, the undeniably alluring Valentine

From the Terrace (1960) Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over w

WUSA (1970) Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in New Orleans. Rheinhardt is content to parrot WUSA's reactionary editorial stance on the air, even if he doesn't agree with it. Rheinhardt finds his cynical detachment challenged by a lady frien

A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) A naive couple and a child arrive to the town on the way to San Antonio, Texas to buy a farm there. There is a poker game between the richest men in the region. The man cannot resist it and though he is a very bad poker player, enters the game betting all the mo

Paris Blues (1961) Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike the US at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they meet and fall in love with two young American girls, Lillian and Connie, who are vacationing in France, R