Soundtrack: Marvin Hamlisch

The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Marvin Hamlisch. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.


The Sting

1973 · Movie · 129 min. · United States

Direction George Roy Hill

Cast Robert Redford · Paul Newman · Robert Shaw · Charles Durning

Plot When small-time con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) and his partner, Luther (Robert Earl Jones), unwittingly con a numbers runner courier, they find themselves in danger from mobster Doyle Lonigan...

8.6

98K votes

8.6

98K votes

Fat City

1972 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction John Huston

Cast Stacy Keach · Jeff Bridges · Susan Tyrrell · Candy Clark

Plot The film tells the story of two boxers and their problems. One of them is on the decline of his career while the other one just begins to ascent in...

7.3

3K votes

7.3

3K votes

Take the Money and Run

1969 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Woody Allen · Janet Margolin · Marcel Hillaire · Jacqueline Hyde

Plot Based on a series of interviews with those who knew him, the movie takes us through the life of incompetent petty criminal Virgil Starkwell, who was destined to delinquency from...

7.2

20K votes

7.2

20K votes

Sophie's Choice

1982 · Movie · 157 min. · United States

Direction Alan J. Pakula

Cast Meryl Streep · Kevin Kline · Peter MacNicol · Rita Karin

Plot The year is 1947. Aspiring southern author Stingo (Peter MacNicol) heads to New York to seek his fortune. Moving into a dingy Brooklyn boarding house, Stingo strikes up a friendship...

7.2

7K votes

7.2

7K votes

The Swimmer

1968 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Frank Perry

Cast Burt Lancaster · Janice Rule · Janet Landgard · Tony Bickley

Plot Neddy Merrill has been away for most of the Summer. He reappears at a friends pool. As they talk, someone notices that there are pools spanning the entire valley. He...

7.1

4K votes

7.1

4K votes

Every Little Step

2008 · Documentary · 96 min. · United States

Direction Adam Del Deo · James D. Stern

Plot Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds...

7.0

44 votes

7.0

44 votes

Same Time, Next Year

1978 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Robert Mulligan

Cast Ellen Burstyn · Alan Alda · Ivan Bonar · Cosmo Sardo

Plot A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner. Although both are married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning...

6.9

946 votes

6.9

946 votes

Pennies From Heaven

1981 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Herbert Ross

Cast Steve Martin · Christopher Walken · Bernadette Peters · Jessica Harper

Plot In Chicago during the depression, sheet music salesman, Arthur Parker, is trying to sell his products, but it's not easy to convince unwilling music store owners to buy them. Although...

6.9

858 votes

6.9

858 votes

The Way We Were

1973 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Sydney Pollack

Cast Robert Redford · Barbra Streisand · Bradford Dillman · Viveca Lindfors

Plot This classic film starts out with Katie and Hubbell meeting up after 20 years. There is a flashback showing you that they went to the same college and that they...

6.8

6K votes

6.8

6K votes

Bananas

1971 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Woody Allen · Louise Lasser · Carlos Montalbán · Natividad Abascal

Plot Fielding Mellish, an urbanite who works as a tester of the most absurd inventions, starts dating Nancy, an activist who collects signatures against the dictatorship reigning in a country called...

6.6

14K votes

6.6

14K votes

Behind The Candelabra (TV)

2013 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Steven Soderbergh

Cast Michael Douglas · Matt Damon · Dan Aykroyd · Debbie Reynolds

Plot Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.

Max

6.5

6K votes

6.5

6K votes

A Chorus Line

1985 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Richard Attenborough

Cast Michael Douglas · Terrence Mann · Alyson Reed · Audrey Landers

Plot An adaptation of one of the most successful and unusual musicals of all time. A group of Broadway hopefuls auditioning for a place in the chorus line of a new...

6.5

5K votes

6.5

5K votes

The Prisoner of 2nd Avenue

1975 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

6.4

607 votes

6.4

607 votes

Save the Tiger

1973 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction John G. Avildsen

Cast Jack Lemmon · Jack Gilford · Laurie Heineman · Norman Burton

Plot The film depicts a day and a half in Harry Stoner's life. Harry is down on his luck, and trapped in his own indulgences. He daydreams about his youth, trying...

6.4

613 votes

6.4

613 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

Plot 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...

6.4

119 votes

6.4

119 votes

Frankie & Johnny

1991 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Garry Marshall

Cast Al Pacino · Michelle Pfeiffer · Hector Elizondo · Kate Nelligan

Plot In this adaptation of Terrence McNally's play, Johnny (Al Pacino), an ex-con turned short order cook, woos Frankie (Michelle Pfeiffer), a reluctant plain jane waitress. Set in a dingy Manhattan...

6.3

10K votes

6.3

10K votes

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977 · Movie · 125 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lewis Gilbert

Cast Roger Moore · Barbara Bach · Curd Jürgens · Richard Kiel

Plot The British discover that someone has perfected a way of tracking submerged submarines and is offering the technology to the highest bidder. An international crisis breaks when a Royal Navy...

Max

6.1

6K votes

6.1

6K votes

Ice Castles

1978 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Donald Wrye

Cast Robby Benson · Lynn-Holly Johnson · Colleen Dewhurst · Tom Skerritt

Plot A young girl is on top of the world until a tragic accident dashes her hopes and dreams of becoming a world-class figure skater. Only with the help of those...

5.8

214 votes

5.8

214 votes

Starting Over

1979 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Alan J. Pakula

Cast Burt Reynolds · Jill Clayburgh · Candice Bergen · Charles Durning

Plot His life racked by divorce, Phil Potter learns what it's like to be single, self-sufficient, and lonely once again. When a blind date grows into a serious affair, the romance...

5.8

289 votes

5.8

289 votes

The Mirror Has Two Faces

1996 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Barbra Streisand

Cast Barbra Streisand · Jeff Bridges · Pierce Brosnan · Lauren Bacall

Plot Rose and Gregory, both Columbia University professors meet when Rose's sister answers Gregory's "personals" ad. Several times burned, the handsome-but-boring Gregory believes that sex has ruined his life, and has...

5.8

6K votes

5.8

6K votes