Direction: Sydney Pollack
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Sydney Pollack. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 26
Jeremiah Johnson
1972 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Robert Redford · Will Geer · Allyn Ann McLerie · Stefan Gierasch
Synopsis Jeremiah Johnson (1972) follows a disillusioned war veteran who seeks solitude in the untamed Rocky Mountains during the mid-1800s. Embracing the harsh wilderness, he learns survival skills from a seasoned trapper and befriends a grieving widow and her son. As...
7.6
11K votes
7.6
11K votes
Out of Africa
1985 · Movie · 160 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Meryl Streep · Robert Redford · Klaus Maria Brandauer · Michael Kitchen
Synopsis Out of Africa (1985) follows the life of Karen Blixen, a Danish woman who moves to Kenya in the early 20th century to start a coffee plantation with her husband. Amidst the breathtaking landscapes, she navigates the challenges of colonial...
7.4
63K votes
7.4
63K votes
The Yakuza
1974 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Robert Mitchum · Ken Takakura · Brian Keith · Herb Edelman
Synopsis Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia...
7.3
4K votes
7.3
4K votes
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969 · Movie · 121 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Jane Fonda · Michael Sarrazin · Susannah York · Red Buttons
Synopsis They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) is a grim drama set during the Great Depression, following a group of desperate contestants in a grueling dance marathon. The story centers on Robert, a disillusioned young man, and Gloria, a cynical aspiring...
7.3
6K votes
7.3
6K votes
Tootsie
1982 · Movie · 119 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Dustin Hoffman · Jessica Lange · Geena Davis · Charles Durning
Synopsis In Tootsie (1982), a struggling actor named Michael Dorsey, desperate for work, disguises himself as a woman named Dorothy Michaels to land a role on a popular soap opera. As Dorothy, Michael becomes a sensation, but his double life grows...
7.1
40K votes
7.1
40K votes
Three Days of the Condor
1975 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Robert Redford · Faye Dunaway · Cliff Robertson · Max von Sydow
Synopsis A man named Turner works for the CIA reading books and postulating possible scenarios that could be applied to inteliigence work. He goes out to get lunch but when he returns everyone at the center has been killed. He calls...
7.0
8K votes
7.0
8K 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 Way We Were
1973 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Robert Redford · Barbra Streisand · Bradford Dillman · Viveca Lindfors
Synopsis The Way We Were (1973) follows the passionate yet tumultuous love story between Katie, a fiercely idealistic and politically active woman, and Hubbell, a charming, carefree writer. Set against the backdrop of America from the 1930s to the 1950s, their...
6.8
6K votes
6.8
6K votes
This Property is Condemned
1966 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Robert Redford · Natalie Wood · Kate Reid · Charles Bronson
Synopsis In the Depression-era drama, Owen Legate (Redford) is a railroad official who comes to backwater Dodson, Mississippi, with a pocketful of pink slips for the yard employees. Wood portrays the town flirt whose affair with Legate ignites her mother's -...
6.6
2K votes
6.6
2K votes
The Firm
1993 · Movie · 154 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Tom Cruise · Gene Hackman · Jeanne Tripplehorn · Holly Hunter
Synopsis The Firm (1993) follows Mitch McDeere, a young and ambitious Harvard Law graduate who joins a prestigious law firm in Memphis. Initially, the job seems like a dream come true, offering wealth and status. However, Mitch soon discovers that the...
6.6
39K votes
6.6
39K votes
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2005 · Documentary · 83 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Frank O. Gehry · Sydney Pollack · Michael Eisner · Bob Geldof
Synopsis This is a love letter from one artist to another. Sydney Pollack, who knew little about architecture except what he himself admired, was invited by his friend, the renowned architect Frank Gehry, to make a documentary about Gehry's life and...
6.4
343 votes
6.4
343 votes
The Slender Thread
1965 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Sidney Poitier · Anne Bancroft · Telly Savalas · Steven Hill
Synopsis Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when at the clinic alone, a woman calls up the number and tells Alan that she needs to talk to someone. She informs Alan she took a...
6.4
105 votes
6.4
105 votes
Absence of Malice
1981 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Paul Newman · Sally Field · Melinda Dillon · Bob Balaban
Synopsis While investigating the death of a local union leader, an ambitious young reporter (Sally Field as Megan) becomes involved in a dangerous triangle of love, deceit, and national espionage. After all story leads fall through, shady government agent Rosen cajoles...
6.3
2K votes
6.3
2K votes
The Scalphunters
1968 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Burt Lancaster · Shelley Winters · Telly Savalas · Ossie Davis
6.1
775 votes
6.1
775 votes
The Interpreter
2005 · Movie · 128 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Nicole Kidman · Sean Penn · Catherine Keener · Sydney Pollack
Synopsis In this suspense thriller Ms. Kidman plays a United Nations interpreter who overhears a death threat against an African head of state about to address the General Assembly, and Mr. Penn plays a federal agent assigned to protect her while...
6.0
25K votes
6.0
25K votes
The Electric Horseman
1979 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Robert Redford · Jane Fonda · Valerie Perrine · Willie Nelson
Synopsis Sonny Steele used to be a rodeo star, but his next appearance is to be on a Las Vegas stage, wearing a suit covered in lights, advertising a breakfast cereal. When he finds out they are going drug the horse...
6.0
1K votes
6.0
1K votes
Havana
1990 · Movie · 130 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Robert Redford · Lena Olin · Alan Arkin · Raul Julia
Synopsis Director Sydney Pollack and Robert Redford join forces to tell the story of high-rolling gambler Jack Weil. Hoping to be pushed to the edge in a place ripe for action, Weil heads to Havana at Christmastime, 1958. Cuba is experiencing...
5.7
3K votes
5.7
3K votes
Bobby Deerfield
1977 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Al Pacino · Marthe Keller · Anny Duperey · Walter McGinn
Synopsis In this drama based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1961 novel 'Heaven Has No Favorites', Al Pacino stars as jaded racecar driver Bobby Deerfield. While Deerfield's stamina and adroit driving skill propel him to champion status, his lover Lillian (Marthe Keller)...
5.6
466 votes
5.6
466 votes
Castle Keep
1969 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Burt Lancaster · Patrick O'Neal · Jean-Pierre Aumont · Peter Falk
Synopsis IIWW. Belgium, year 1944. An exhausted major and his tiny unit drag into an Ardennes Forest castle for some much-needed rest. The aristocratic owner of Castle Keep has married his niece, but is unable to produce an heir. Much troubled...
5.5
625 votes
5.5
625 votes
Sabrina
1995 · Movie · 127 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Harrison Ford · Julia Ormond · Greg Kinnear · Nancy Marchand
Synopsis Sabrina (1995) follows the story of Sabrina Fairchild, the shy daughter of a chauffeur working for the wealthy Larrabee family. After spending two years in Paris, Sabrina returns as a sophisticated and confident woman, catching the attention of the younger...
5.2
12K votes
5.2
12K votes