American Playhouse Movies

  • 1988
    Stand and Deliver

    Stand and Deliver

    Stand and Deliver

    7.611988HD

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

    Stand and Deliver
  • 1993
    Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

    71993HD

    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
    The Thin Blue Line

    The Thin Blue Line

    The Thin Blue Line

    7.6721988HD

    Errol Morris's unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.

    The Thin Blue Line
  • 1995
    Safe

    Safe

    Safe

    71995HD

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

    Safe
  • 1983
    Testament

    Testament

    Testament

    6.41983HD

    It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has...

    Testament
  • 1989
    Longtime Companion

    Longtime Companion

    Longtime Companion

    6.8391989HD

    During the summer of 1981, a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS. What starts as a rumor about a...

    Longtime Companion
  • 1995
    My Family

    My Family

    My Family

    7.61995HD

    Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los...

    My Family
  • 1985
    Smooth Talk

    Smooth Talk

    Smooth Talk

    6.31985HD

    Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered...

    Smooth Talk
  • 1983
    El Norte

    El Norte

    El Norte

    7.1691983HD

    Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the...

    El Norte
  • 1994
    Amateur

    Amateur

    Amateur

    6.31994HD

    A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is...

    Amateur
  • 1991
    Daughters of the Dust

    Daughters of the Dust

    Daughters of the Dust

    6.41991HD

    In 1902, an African-American family living on a sea island off the coast of South Carolina prepares to move to the North.

    Daughters of the Dust
  • 1992
    Simple Men

    Simple Men

    Simple Men

    6.71992HD

    Dennis is a handsome and bookish college student. His brother, Bill, is a roughhewn ladies' man and thief. Together they search for their dad,...

    Simple Men
  • 1991
    Cabeza de Vaca

    Cabeza de Vaca

    Cabeza de Vaca

    6.81991HD

    An international award winning saga of old Mexico. In 1528, a Spanish expedition flounders off the coast of Florida with 600 lives lost. One...

    Cabeza de Vaca
  • 1991
    Into the Woods

    Into the Woods

    Into the Woods

    81991HD

    In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.

    Into the Woods
  • 1989
    Bloodhounds of Broadway

    Bloodhounds of Broadway

    Bloodhounds of Broadway

    5.71989HD

    This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that...

    Bloodhounds of Broadway
  • 1997
    Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

    Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

    Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

    6.81997HD

    Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to create eccentric worlds from their unique...

    Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
  • 1986
    Native Son

    Native Son

    Native Son

    5.61986HD

    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
  • 1995
    ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

    ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

    ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

    5.31995HD

    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
  • 1992
    Surviving Desire

    Surviving Desire

    Surviving Desire

    71992HD

    Jude, a college professor, is obsessed with Sophie, his student. She, in turn, is intrigued by his scholarly charm. Flirtation turns to lust and the...

    Surviving Desire
  • 1995
    Reckless

    Reckless

    Reckless

    6.41995HD

    On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and embarks on a series of strange encounters.

    Reckless