American Playhouse Movies

  • 1988
    Stand and Deliver

    Stand and Deliver

    Stand and Deliver

    7.61988HD

    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
    Ethan Frome

    Ethan Frome

    Ethan Frome

    5.61993HD

    Married couple, Ethan and Zeena, are in need an extra hand around the house due to Zeena's debilitated body and constant illness. The young woman who...

    Ethan Frome
  • 1993
    Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

    6.961993HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1988
    The Thin Blue Line

    The Thin Blue Line

    The Thin Blue Line

    7.71988HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1989
    Longtime Companion

    Longtime Companion

    Longtime Companion

    6.81989HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1983
    El Norte

    El Norte

    El Norte

    7.21983HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1983
    The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

    The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

    The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

    6.81983HD

    Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in...

    The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
  • 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
  • 1989
    A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

    81989HD

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

    A Raisin in the Sun
  • 1985
    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Go Tell It on the Mountain

    51985HD

    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
  • 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. Ten years later, he wants to make amends to the man...

    Golden Gate