Mel Stuart Movies

When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie...

This biopic about actress Sophia Loren covers her life from childhood through international stardom, her marriage to Carlo Ponti following a romantic...

A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey finds himself on a Southern chain gang.

Bill, an intellectually disabled man, ventures out into the world for the first time, having spent most of his life in a dreary inner city...

A documentary about men who are courageous enough to risk their lives undertaking challenges, sports-related and not, that are at the limit of human...

Acclaimed producer David L. Wolper presents this landmark documentary (based on Theodore H. White's best-selling book) that analyzes Democrat Lyndon...

The story of the 1960 US Presidential election

A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.

A young woman has difficulty understanding why her husband walks out on her. Alone for the first time, she finds life difficult to cope with and for...

The work of the US police force and the problem of fighting rising crime across the country.

This documentary showcases Hitler's strategy for conquering hearts and minds by exploiting people's capacity to hate, something as relevant in our...

1964 American documentary film about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage...

Retrospective documentary on the making of the cult classic "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."

A dramatic re-creation of the four-day span preceding and following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November, 1963, drawn from authenticated...

A college professor, his wife, and daughter go the the wilds of Africa to live, and study the rare white lions of the region.

Rafe Esquith, 1992 American Teacher of the Year and National Medal of Arts recipient, teaches 5th-grade children whose parents don't speak English at...

Documentary about teenage life in the mid-60s.

Sleep experts explore how the discovery of REM (rapid eye movement) opened up a fascinating new field of research on dreams, sleep disorders and more.

A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder