Direction: Mark Rydell

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


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

The Fox

1967 · Movie · 110 min. · Canada

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

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

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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Not rated