Direction: Mark Rydell
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Mark Rydell. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 18
On Golden Pond
1981 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast Henry Fonda · Katharine Hepburn · Jane Fonda · Doug McKeon
Synopsis On Golden Pond (1981) follows an aging couple, Norman and Ethel Thayer, as they spend their summer at their tranquil lakeside cottage. Norman, grappling with the realities of aging and mortality, struggles with his strained relationship with his daughter, Chelsea....
7.3
7K votes
7.3
7K votes
The Fugitive (TV Series)
1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Roy Huggins · Jerry Hopper · Walter Grauman · Alexander Singer
Cast David Janssen · Barry Morse · William Conrad · Paul Birch
Synopsis TV Series (1963-1967). 4 Seasons. 120 Episodes. Dr. Richard Kimble, an Indiana pediatrician, is accused, arrested, tried and convicted of the murder of his wife. Kimble claims he was on his way home from a drive when the murder occurred,...
7.0
1K votes
7.0
1K votes
Cinderella Liberty
1973 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast James Caan · Marsha Mason · Eli Wallach · Kirk Calloway
Synopsis A lonely Navy sailor (James Caan) falls in love with a hooker (Marsha Mason) and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost. She's 32. She drinks too much....
6.5
137 votes
6.5
137 votes
Crime of the Century (TV)
1996 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast Stephen Rea · Isabella Rossellini · J.T. Walsh · Michael Moriarty
Synopsis In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindberg was kidnapped, held for ransom, and murdered. Two years later, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested, convicted, and executed. This film dramatizes the investigation against Hauptmann, the trial,...
6.2
24 votes
6.2
24 votes
The Rose
1979 · Movie · 134 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast Bette Midler · Alan Bates · Frederic Forrest · Harry Dean Stanton
Synopsis Bette Midler stars as Rose in this somber drama loosely based on the life of the late Janis Joplin. She plays an ill-fated singer who succumbs to the pressures of performing by indulging in drugs and alcohol. Her sweetheart Dyer...
6.2
816 votes
6.2
816 votes
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast Sandy Dennis · Keir Dullea · Anne Heywood · Glynne Morris
Synopsis Based on D.H. Lawrence's novella about two young women - sickly, chattering Jill Banford and quiet, strong Ellen March - who are trying, hopelessly, to run a chicken farm in Canada. A gentle but powerful man Paul Renfield who used...
6.2
143 votes
6.2
143 votes
The Cowboys
1972 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast John Wayne · Roscoe Lee Browne · Bruce Dern · Colleen Dewhurst
Synopsis When his cattle drivers abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster....
6.1
811 votes
6.1
811 votes
The River
1984 · Movie · 122 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast Mel Gibson · Sissy Spacek · Shane Bailey · Becky Jo Lynch
Synopsis Mae and Tom Garvey (Sissy Spacek and Mel Gibson, respectively) are farmers at a time (the mid-1980s) when bankers, real estate agents, and nature itself threaten to destroy their way of life in THE RIVER, a powerful film about the...
6.1
2K votes
6.1
2K votes
Gunsmoke (TV Series)
1955 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Andrew V. McLaglen · Harry Harris · Ted Post · Bernard McEveety
Cast James Arness · Milburn Stone · Amanda Blake · Ken Curtis
Synopsis TV Series (1955-1975). 20 Seasons. 635 Episodes. Marshal Matt Dillon is in charge of Dodge City, a town in the wild west where people often have no respect for the law. He deals on a daily basis with the problems...
6.1
88 votes
6.1
88 votes
James Dean: An Invented Life (TV)
2001 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast James Franco · Michael Moriarty · Valentina Cervi · Enrico Colantoni
Synopsis The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.
6.0
502 votes
6.0
502 votes
The Reivers
1969 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast Steve McQueen · Rupert Crosse · Mitch Vogel · Sharon Farrell
Synopsis An old man looks back 60 years to a road trip from rural Mississippi to Memphis, a horse race, and his own coming of age. Lucius's grandfather gets the first automobile in the area, a bright yellow Winton Flyer. While...
5.8
266 votes
5.8
266 votes
For the Boys
1991 · Movie · 148 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast Bette Midler · James Caan · George Segal · Patrick O'Neal
Synopsis With the help of the singer and dancer Dixie Leonhard US-Entertainer Eddie Sparks wants to bring some fun to the soldiers during World War II. Becoming a perfect team they tour from North Africa to the Pacific to act for...
5.8
351 votes
5.8
351 votes
Masters of Science Fiction (TV Series)
2007 · Series · 45 min. · United States
Direction Harold Becker · Michael Tolkin · Mark Rydell · Michael Petroni
Cast Stephen Hawking · John Hurt · Brian Dennehy · James Denton
5.5
57 votes
5.5
57 votes
Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast James Caan · Elliott Gould · Michael Caine · Diane Keaton
Synopsis Two hopelessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the 19th century. They gain the enmity of the most famous bank Robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.
5.2
40 votes
5.2
40 votes
Even Money
2007 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast Kim Basinger · Danny DeVito · Kelsey Grammer · Nick Cannon
Synopsis Even Money is a ferociously compelling drama that follows the lives of nine individuals as their fates become increasingly entwined in a web of addiction and gambling, culminating at one critical moment where their lives will be lost or reclaimed....
5.0
1K votes
5.0
1K votes
A Clean Escape (Masters of Science Fiction Series)
2007 · Movie · 45 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast Judy Davis · Sam Waterston · Allison Hossack · Tom Butler
Synopsis A dying Dr. Deanna Evans refuses to believe that her patient, Robert Havelmann, cannot remember the last 25 years of his life. It remains unclear why she has been so obsessed with this particular patient until the final, shocking conclusion....
4.9
98 votes
4.9
98 votes
Intersection
1994 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast Sharon Stone · Richard Gere · Lolita Davidovich · Martin Landau
Synopsis Known architect Vincent Eastman (Richard Gere) has to choose between his wife of 16 years, Sally (Sharon Stone), with whom spent many years happily married and with a daughter Meaghan (Jennifer Morrison), or his lover, young reporter Olivia (Lolita Davidovich).
4.5
2K votes
4.5
2K votes
Ben Casey (TV Series)
1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction James E. Moser · Leo Penn · Irving Lerner · Sydney Pollack
Cast Vince Edwards · Sam Jaffe · Jeannie Bates · Franchot Tone
Synopsis TV Series (1961-1966). 5 Seasons. 153 Episodes. Gritty realistic hospital drama featuring manly Dr. Casey against the medical establishment, at first under the watchful eye of Dr. Zorba and later under the thumb of Chief of Surgery Dr. Freeland.
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