Direction: Peter Levin

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


Lou Grant (TV Series)

1977 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction James L. Brooks · Allan Burns · Gene Reynolds · Alexander Singer

Cast Ed Asner · Robert Walden · Linda Kelsey · Mason Adams

Synopsis TV Series (1977-1982). 5 Seasons. 114 Episodes. After everyone on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" got fired, Lou Grant went to Los Angeles and became city editor of the L.A. Tribune, owned by Mrs. Pynchon, with whom Lou often has...

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

Direction Peter Levin

Cast Thora Birch · Michael Riley · Robert Bockstael · Makyla Smith

Synopsis Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish...

6.2

120 votes

6.2

120 votes

Family (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Jay Presson Allen · Richard Kinon · Edward Parone · Glenn Jordan

Cast Kristy McNichol · Meredith Baxter · Sada Thompson · James Broderick

Synopsis TV Series (1976-1980). 5 seasons. 86 episodes. The show featured Sada Thompson and James Broderick as Kate and Doug Lawrence, a happily married middle-class couple living in Pasadena, California. Doug is an independent lawyer, and Kate was a housewife (she...

5.8

30 votes

5.8

30 votes

The Guardian (TV Series)

2001 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction David Hollander · Joan Tewkesbury · Steve Gomer · Lou Antonio

Cast Simon Baker · Dabney Coleman · Raphael Sbarge · Alan Rosenberg

Synopsis TV Series (2001-2004). 3 Seasons. 67 Episodes. Nick Fallin (Simon Baker) a corporate attorney sentenced to 1500 hours community service with Legal Services of Pittsburgh as the result of a drug conviction. The plot focused on Nick's community service and...

5.7

1K votes

5.7

1K votes

Cagney & Lacey (TV Series)

1981 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Barbara Avedon · Barbara Corday · Reza Badiyi · Sharron Miller

Cast Tyne Daly · Sharon Gless · Al Waxman · Meg Foster

Synopsis Television police drama starring two female cops as partners. Their contrasting personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) strengthen them as a team, allowing each a different perspective on both personal and professional situations.

5.4

203 votes

5.4

203 votes

Judging Amy (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Amy Brenneman · Bill D'Elia · Connie Tavel · James Hayman

Cast Amy Brenneman · Tyne Daly · Kevin Rahm · Richard T. Jones

Synopsis TV Series (1999-2005). JUDGING AMY is a drama starring Amy Brenneman as a single mother who has left New York behind to become a Family Court judge in Hartford, Connecticut. Judge Amy Gray is divorced and raising her young daughter,...

4.9

631 votes

4.9

631 votes

Direction Burt Kennedy · Barry Crane · John Florea · Bernard L. Kowalski

Cast Richard Dean Anderson · Roger Wilson · Peter Horton · Drake Hogestyn

Synopsis TV Series (1982-1983). 22 episodes. The series told the adventures of a parentless family of rowdy brothers trying to run the family ranch in northern California. Into the chaos came feisty Hannah, who married Adam and took on the task...

4.9

141 votes

4.9

141 votes

Gone to Texas (TV)

1986 · Movie · 144 min. · United States

Direction Peter Levin

Cast Sam Elliott · Claudia Christian · Devon Ericson · Michael C. Gwynne

Synopsis "From personal heartbreak to the epic fight for liberation, the glory of the Old West is captured in this grand life story of Sam Houston, the man whose bravery and vision led to the creation of Texas." -- from back...

4.8

25 votes

4.8

25 votes

A Perfect Day (TV)

2006 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Peter Levin

Cast Rob Lowe · Frances Conroy · Paget Brewster · Christopher Lloyd

Synopsis A family man and suddenly-successful author encounters a mystic stranger who warns him he has only 40 more days to live. Based on a novel by Richard Paul Evans.

4.0

260 votes

4.0

260 votes

And Never Let Her Go (TV)

2001 · Movie · 200 min. · United States

Direction Peter Levin

Cast Mark Harmon · Rachel Ward · Kathryn Morris · Steven Eckholdt

Synopsis The true story of a woman's suspicious disappearance after ending an affair with a powerful, married attorney.

3.5

161 votes

3.5

161 votes

Direction Peter Levin

Cast Mary McDonnell · Gail O'Grady · Nicolas Surovy · RIchard Gilliland

Synopsis Sybil Goldrich had breast cancer and reconstructive surgery, Kathleen Anneken chose to have breast implants. They both suffer from symptoms they were not warned about. Who would have guessed drug companies and the doctors' community is hiding something from the...

3.4

34 votes

3.4

34 votes

Midnight Caller (TV Series)

1988 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Richard Di Lello · Eric Laneuville · James Quinn · James A. Contner

Cast Gary Cole · Dennis Dun · Arthur Taxier · Mykelti Williamson

Synopsis Jack Killian is an ex-cop in San Francisco. He quit the police force after accidentally shooting his partner. He was approached by Devon King, the manager of a local radio station, and accepted a job as a talk-back host. Ever...

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The Starlost (TV Series)

1973 · Series · 60 min. · Canada

Direction Joseph L. Scanlan · Ed Richardson · Harvey Hart · George McCowan

Cast Keir Dullea · Gay Rowan · Robin Ward · William Osler

Synopsis This very low budget TV show (which was shot on video, as opposed to film, as most regular TV shows are) involved a giant spaceship called THE ARK which was composed of hundreds of domes, each of which (supposedly) contained...

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The Marva Collins Story (TV)

1981 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Peter Levin

Cast Cicely Tyson · Morgan Freeman · Roderick Wimberly · Mashaune Hardy

Synopsis In this touching story, a dedicated African-American teacher in an inner-city school in the midwestern United States facing tough odds helps ghetto children to succeed. Meanwhile, she faces an adversarial colleague and a principal who disapproves of her teaching methods.

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Direction Peter Levin

Cast Mickey Rourke · Linda Hamilton · Rip Torn · Eugene Roche

Synopsis Based on the real-life Oregon criminal case which dramatizes the unique dispute in which Greta Rideout instigated the prosecution of her husband, John, charging him with raping her.

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In From the Night (TV)

2006 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Peter Levin

Cast Marcia Gay Harden · Taylor Handley · Thomas Gibson · Kate Nelligan

Synopsis After ten years without contact, Bobby Miller (16) shows up famished, exhausted and nightmare-ridden at would be-author Victoria 'Vicki' Miller's home. He ran away from his wicked, selfish mother Priscilla and spineless dad, Vicky's brother Rob. Their late dad took...

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Trauma Center (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Glen A. Larson · Jerry McNeely · Don Medford · Burt Brinckerhoff

Cast James Naughton · Jack Bannon · Lou Ferrigno · Wendie Malick

Synopsis TV Series (1983). 13 Episodes. The cases of a hospital's specialized emergency department and the paramedics supporting it in the field.

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The Comeback Kid (TV)

1980 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Peter Levin

Cast John Ritter · Susan Dey · Doug McKeon · James Gregory

Synopsis A down and out former minor league ballplayer finds romance and a renewed zest for life when he takes a job coaching a group of underprivileged kids.

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