John G. Avildsen Movies

A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.

Sylvester Stallone and John G. Avildsen narrate behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Rocky" to mark the film's 40th anniversary.

An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.

A struggling writer dumps a pregnant dancer for a well-off socialite. Later, he realizes his true feelings and opts to make amends.

A former comic is on the run from the mob.

A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

Retrospective documentary on the making of The Karate Kid (1984).

Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.

W.W. Bright is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he...

HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from...

Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old...

A three-part omnibus centered around sex and its discontents.

John Travolta, Barry Gibb and the Saturday Night Fever cast and crew tell the story behind the mega-hit film. Bruno Tonioli goes through the disco...

The 35th anniversary of the 1976 Oscar-winning film “Rocky” is marked with a TV retrospective in which Sylvester Stallone and others...

South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Night of the Living Dead's George A. Romero and Spider-Man's Stan Lee share their filmmaking secrets with...

An introverted nerd and a violent jock vie for the attentions of a cheerleader.

A short film by John G. Avildsen.

Documentary on Jack Lemmon featuring interviews with those who knew him and worked with him.

John G. Avildsen has only recently cemented his reputation as the "king of the underdogs," owing to his having directed both Rocky (1976) and The...

Parents in a small, conservative community don't think that the sex drive is a normal thing for children to experience. So much so, that they label...