John Cassavetes Movies

A British woman marries an American writer in spite of her family's disapproval and goes to live with him on a tropical island.

Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close...

Two closely-bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.

A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in...

Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff...

The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned...

A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of...

Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.

A Vietnam veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder breaks out of a VA hospital and goes on a road trip with a sympathetic traveler to...

Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her...

A social worker tries to end juvenile crime by getting involved with a street gang.

Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run...

General George S. Patton died in a car accident in 1945. But was his death actually a murder. Is he targeted by Nazis angered by Germany's defeat?...

An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager.

Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she'll ever find love. After shaggy-haired...

A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave the country together. But...

One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The...

An historical film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king that united all ancient Greek tribes and led them against the...

Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His...

An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and...