Direction: Joan Darling

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


Amazing Stories (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 25 min. · United States

Direction Steven Spielberg · Lesli Linka Glatter · Phil Joanou · Paul Bartel

Cast Priscilla Pointer · Brad Bird · Douglas Seale · JoAnn Willette

Plot TV Series (1985-1987). 2 Seasons. 45 Episodes. Television series created, produced, and twice directed by Steven Spielberg. Truly amazing, and sometimes odd stories are narrated. Many famous actors and actresses...

6.9

6K votes

6.9

6K votes

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 120 min. · United States

Direction Jules Irving · Bill Bixby · Ted Post · James Sheldon

Cast Peter Strauss · Gregg Henry · James Carroll Jordan · Susan Sullivan

Plot TV Series (1976-1977). 21 episodes. This is the sequel to the mini-series, RICH MAN, POOR MAN.

6.3

54 votes

6.3

54 votes

The Sitter (Amazing Stories) (TV)

1986 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Joan Darling

Cast Mabel King · Seth Green · Joshua Rudoy · Wendy Phillips

Plot A Jamaican babysitter (King) uses voodoo to tame a pair of mischievous, stir-crazy boys (Green & Rudoy).

5.1

318 votes

5.1

318 votes

What If...? (Amazing Stories) (TV)

1986 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Joan Darling

Cast Jake Hart · Clare Kirkconnell · Tom McConnelly · Ric Cane

Plot Ignored by his self-absorbed, social-climbing parents, 5-year-old Jonah Kelley wanders his lonely, sterile house and then the outside world, searching for someone who will see him, while things and people...

5.1

201 votes

5.1

201 votes

First Love

1977 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Joan Darling

Cast William Katt · Susan Dey · John Heard · Beverly D'Angelo

Plot The story follows Elgin, a college student who experiences his first romantic and sexual relationship with older coed, Caroline. Caroline must choose between an older man she is seeing and...

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Together We Stand (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Will Mackenzie · Andrew D. Weyman · Herbert Kenwith · Alan Bergmann

Cast Dee Wallace · Jonathan Ke Quan · Scott Grimes · Katie O'Neill

Plot David Randall and his wife Lori, had two kids, adopted daughter Amy (Katie O'Neill) and biological son Jack (Scott Grimes). After seeing how well the Randall family did with an...

Not rated

Not rated

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Bob Lally · Joan Darling · Jim Drake · Nessa Hyams

Cast Louise Lasser · Dabney Coleman · Mary Kay Place · Greg Mullavy

Plot TV Series. 2 seasons. Set in fictional Fernwood, Ohio, this deliriously demented serial focused on the beleaguered heroine Mary Hartman, an average American housewife. In the first year, Mary suffered...

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Not rated

Jack's Place (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Kristoffer Tabori · Helaine Head · Charles Siebert · Miles Watkins

Cast Hal Linden · Finola Hughes · John Dye · Amanda Peterson

Plot Jack Evans, a former jazz musician, opens a restaurant where Chelsea is the waitress and Greg is the bartender. Romance is served along with food.

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Not rated