Direction: John Erman

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


Direction Ernest Kinoy · Georg Stanford Brown · Charles S. Dubin · John Erman

Cast Georg Stanford Brown · Olivia de Havilland · Henry Fonda · Marlon Brando

Synopsis 14 Episodes -one hour each-. This series continues the story of Alex Haley's family line from the Post American Civil War era to Alex Haley's genealogical search to discover his roots.

7.4

161 votes

7.4

161 votes

Roots (TV Miniseries)

1977 · Series · 573 min. · United States

Direction Marvin J. Chomsky · John Erman · David Greene · Gilbert Moses

Cast Todd Bridges · Robert Reed · John Amos · Madge Sinclair

Synopsis From the moment the young Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is stolen from his life and ancestral home in 18th-century Africa and brought under inhumane conditions to be auctioned as a slave in America, a line is begun that leads from...

7.3

3K votes

7.3

3K 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

The Outer Limits (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Leslie Stevens · Joseph Stefano · Gerd Oswald · Byron Haskin

Cast Robert Duvall · Robert Culp · Dabney Coleman · Martin Landau

Synopsis TV Series (1963-1965). 49 episodes. Information from wikipedia.org: There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume....

6.8

704 votes

6.8

704 votes

An Early Frost (TV)

1985 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction John Erman

Cast Gena Rowlands · Ben Gazzara · Sylvia Sidney · Aidan Quinn

Synopsis A young lawyer hasn't told his parents about his homosexuality. Now he must tell them--at a time when the diagnosis was still a death sentence--that he has AIDS.

6.4

36 votes

6.4

36 votes

A Streetcar Named Desire (TV)

1984 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction John Erman

Cast Ann-Margret · Treat Williams · Beverly D'Angelo · Erica Yohn

Synopsis Blanche Dubois goes to visit her pregnant sister and husband Stanley in New Orleans. Stanley doesn't like her, and starts pushing her for information on some property he know was left to the sisters. He discovers she has mortgaged the...

6.4

119 votes

6.4

119 votes

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV Series)

1968 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Lee Philips · Gary Nelson · John Erman

Cast Hope Lange · Edward Mulhare · Reta Shaw · Harlen Carraher

Synopsis Lovely young widow Carolyn Muir, her two young children, and the maid discover that the New England seaside house they've moved into is haunted by the former owner, an old salt named Captain Daniel Gregg. Gregg at first resists this...

6.2

23 votes

6.2

23 votes

Marcus Welby, M.D (TV Series)

1969 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Victor · Marc Daniels · Leo Penn · Russ Mayberry

Cast Robert Young · James Brolin · Elena Verdugo · Pamela Hensley

Synopsis (TV Series). 1969-1976. 7 Seasons. 169 Episodes. The show is about doctors Marcus Welby, a general practitioner and Steven Kiley, Welby's young assistant. The two try to treat people as individuals in an age of specialized medicine and uncaring doctors.

6.0

118 votes

6.0

118 votes

My Favorite Martian (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Oscar Rudolph · Leslie Goodwins · John Erman · David Alexander

Cast Ray Walston · Bill Bixby · Pamela Britton · Alan Hewitt

Synopsis A sarcastic Martian comes to live with a hapless young Terran on Earth.

5.8

149 votes

5.8

149 votes

The Sunshine Boys (TV)

1996 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction John Erman

Cast Woody Allen · Peter Falk · Sarah Jessica Parker · Michael McKean

Synopsis Woody Allen and Peter Falk star as the former comedy partners who, after years of animosity, agree to reunite for a big-budget movie, only to have their long-simmering feud boil over again. Sarah Jessica Parker, Edie Falco, Liev Schreiber, and...

5.8

275 votes

5.8

275 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

Stella

1990 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction John Erman

Cast Bette Midler · John Goodman · Trini Alvarado · Stephen Collins

Synopsis Stella is determined, courageous, vulgar, unfashionable...and all her daughter has. Through the trials of teenagehood, to the problems of adulthood, Stella will do anything for Jenny...ending in an selfless, unforgettable sacrifice.

5.8

100 votes

5.8

100 votes

Our Sons (TV)

1991 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction John Erman

Cast Hugh Grant · Zeljko Ivanek · Julie Andrews · Ann-Margret

Synopsis A young man (Donald) is dying of AIDS. His lover (James) asks his mother (Audrey) to go to Fayetteville, Arkansas and tell Donald's mother, who has been estranged from her son for years.

5.7

26 votes

5.7

26 votes

Alex Haley's Queen (TV Miniseries)

1993 · Series · 282 min. · United States

Direction John Erman

Cast Ann-Margret · Halle Berry · Patricia Clarkson · Danny Glover

Synopsis A plantation owner's son falls in love with a slave named Easter and together they have a light-skinned daughter named Queen. As Queen growns up, she faces the struggle of trying to fit into the troubled world around her. She...

5.6

64 votes

5.6

64 votes

That Girl (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Sam Denoff · Bill Persky · Hal Cooper · John Rich

Cast Marlo Thomas · Ted Bessel · Ruth Buzzi · George Carlin

Synopsis TV Series (1965-1971). 5 Seasons. A beloved and landmark television series — and the first to spotlight a young female character taking charge of her life — “That Girl” premiered in 1965 to both critical acclaim for the show, and...

5.5

25 votes

5.5

25 votes

The Flying Nun (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Harry Ackerman · Max Wylie · Jerrold Bernstein · Jerome Courtland

Cast Sally Field · Marge Redmond · Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood · Alejandro Rey

Synopsis TV Series (1967-1970). 82 episodes. The large headgear on 90-pound novice Sister Bertrille, of the convent San Tanco in Puerto Rico, enables her to fly in any stiff breeze. Her gift enables her to aid others, whether they wish it...

5.4

47 votes

5.4

47 votes

Only Love (TV Miniseries)

1998 · Series · 172 min. · United States

Direction John Erman

Cast Marisa Tomei · Rob Morrow · Mathilda May · Jeroen Krabbé

Synopsis 2 Episodes. Matthew Hiller (Rob Morrow), an American doctor from a Detroit working-class background, and Silvia Dalessandro (Matilda May), an Italian doctor whose father presides over an industrial empire, clearly come from opposite sides of the tracks. But when they...

4.5

24 votes

4.5

24 votes

Scarlett (TV Miniseries)

1994 · Series · 360 min. · United States

Direction John Erman

Cast Joanne Whalley · Timothy Dalton · Sean Bean · John Gielgud

Synopsis A sequel to GONE WITH THE WIND in which Scarlett (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) refuses to accept Rhett's rejection and travels to Charleston to win him back. Unable to change his mind, she travels to Ireland, stirring up London society, and vowing...

4.1

981 votes

4.1

981 votes

The Letter (TV)

1982 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

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Carolina Skeletons (TV)

1991 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction John Erman

Cast Louis Gossett Jr. · Bruce Dern · Melissa Leo · Paul Roebling

Synopsis After a long time in the Army, an African-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando believes his brother to have been innocent, and...

Not rated

Not rated