Direction: Lee Grant

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Lee Grant. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Staying Together

1989 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Lee Grant

Cast Sean Astin · Dermot Mulroney · Timothy Patrick Quill · Stockard Channing

Plot "A superb ensemble cast" (Daily News) including Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings films), Stockard Channing ("The West Wing"), Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend's Wedding), Tim Quill (Army of...

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72 votes

When Women Kill

1983 · Documentary · 57 min. · United States

Direction Lee Grant

Cast Linda E. Cherry · Leslie Van Houten · Lee Grant

Plot From Oscar Winner Lee Grant, "When Women Kill" explores the lives of women behind bars, and the often impossible circumstances that led them there.

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Battered

1989 · Documentary · 58 min. · United States

Direction Lee Grant

Cast Lisa Bianco · Lee Grant

Plot Lee Grant’s acclaimed 1989 investigation of domestic violence in American Homes. Battered is the powerful, if harrowing portrait of a life lived in constant fear of the people closest to...

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Nobody's Child (TV)

1986 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Lee Grant

Cast Marlo Thomas · Ray Baker · Caroline Kava · Anna Maria Horsford

Plot Fact-based drama about the life of Marie Balter, who spent most of her young life in mental institutions. At age 16, she first attempted suicide and the next 20 years...

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Intimate Portrait

1990 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Lee Grant · Kenny Golde · Gary Tellalian · Mimi Freedman

Cast Linda Emond · Meredith Vieira

Plot TV Series (1990 - 2005). 12 Seasons. 286 Episodes. Find out more about the women you love and admire who have made their mark in movies, music, politics, sports, and...

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Down and Out in America

1986 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Lee Grant

Plot This Academy Award winning film documents the lives of America's homeless population. After poring over the grim statistics, which reveal millions homeless and millions more living in poverty, filmmaker Lee...

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No Place Like Home (TV)

1989 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Lee Grant

Cast Christine Lahti · Jeff Daniels · Kyndra Joy Casper · Lantz Landry

Plot A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire.

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What Sex Am I?

1985 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Lee Grant

Cast Lee Grant

Plot Follows a group of Transgender individuals struggling to make their way in every strata of 1980s America. From finding employment to finding acceptance, the first question the world forces them...

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Tell Me a Riddle

1980 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Lee Grant

Cast Melvyn Douglas · Lila Kedrova · Brooke Adams · Dolores Dorn

Plot Touching story of elderly couple David and Eva who go on one last journey across the USA when they discover Eva is dying, ending up with their granddaughter Jeannie in...

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The Willmar 8

1981 · Documentary · 50 min. · United States

Direction Lee Grant

Plot Risking jobs, friends, family and the opposition of church and community, eight unassuming women begin the longest bank strike in American history.

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