Direction: Sydney Pollack

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


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

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