Joanna Merlin Movies

Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his...

In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.

Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his...

A recently appointed black police commissioner is killed. So, Frank Janek is assigned to investigate.

It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding...

The true-story of Terry Jean Moore, a young woman who is imprisoned for 7 years on account of a "five dollar" robbery. While In prison, she gets...

Family members face hard decisions about the care of their elderly father who needs constant care and can no longer safely live alone, which...

Aspiring teen folk singer is torn whether to continue her singing or to accept an educational scholarship.

On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands...

Mildred and Doris are two middle-aged white women, from very different backgrounds, who become lovers and set up house together. Film explores the...

Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions...

A photographer struggles to make enough money to marry his fiancee, who is starting to believe he's delaying their marriage deliberately.

Malcolm and Lily try to start their lives as they watch Malcolm's grandparents' fall apart.

An Argentinian newspaper publisher is imprisoned by his government for dissent.

The story of Rosalie Bonnano, the daughter of a powerful New York Mafia boss who married the son of her father's rival, another powerful New York...