David Strathairn Movies

An English teacher sells encyclopedias while searching for the meaning of life.

In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.

A haunted Vietnam veteran, living in exile in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, is faced with a life-changing decision after he is visited by a...

A former soap star appears to have a narrator stuck in his head. As he moves in with his sister and works to restart his creative career, he tries to...

A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."

A young woman inherits her father's farm after he dies. Over the years, she overcomes challenges and turns it into a success, all the while yearning...

An examination of how President Abraham Lincoln used contemporary telecommunications to his maximum advantage in the American Civil War.

Set against the backdrop of an international finance deal in New York and Peru, Oliver's Deal is an intense political drama which explores how far...

Meg is a gifted but emotionally scarred 18-year-old who finds solace in writing poetry. Mr. Auster, her English teacher, recognizes her talent and...

A film about non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust.

Fact-based story of a Louisiana priest accused of molesting young parishioners, and of the family of one of his victims, caught between their loyalty...

This adaptation of the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow tells the tale of a mighty Ojibwe leader as he falls in love and strives for peace.

Dominick and Eugene are twins, but Dominick is a little bit slow due do an accident in his youth. They live together, with Dominick working as...

Four small-time, two-bit character actors, all close friends, compete for the same important part in the next Martin Scorsese mob film.

Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to...

Russell Gates (David Strahairn) is a Vietnam vet on death row for killing a policeman. His childhood sweetheart, Pam O'Brien (Sissy Spacek), is...

In a near future society a man claims that his dreams physically change reality. His therapist is confused at first but soon decides to use him for...

Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.

Director Curtis Hanson and his cast and crew discuss the arduous but rewarding process of creating a modern classic.

Abby, a brilliant, young neuroscientist who has recently lost her father, drowns her grief by spending her days working with a monkey named Dorey....