Sam Shepard Movies

The story of a man coming to terms with the sins and secrets of his notorious brother and, in the process, exploring the legacy of violence in his...

A divorced mother of two boys is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town during World War II. Her friendship with a Navy sailor...

April 1957: Rational engineer Faber's plane crashes in Mexico, where he learns that he became a father in 1938. He takes a ship from NYC to France...

Mad with grief after the death of his Kiowa wife, Roe awaits death under a tree with her body beside him. She begins to haunt him because he won't...

Savannah is the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river....

In Montana, naive teenager George longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional parents push him over the edge. When George meets...

Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to...

A movie adaptation of the Sam Shepard play Ages Of The Moon.

Julius Orlovsky, after spending years in a New York mental hospital, emerges catatonic and must rely on his brother Peter, who lives with poet Allen...

Produced by multiple EMMY® Award-winning executive producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman (HBO’s John Adams and The Pacific), and EMMY®...

A woman is waiting in a motel for her boyfriend, when an old flame turns up and tries to take her back to the life she is trying to leave behind.

Joe, an overwrought rancher is striving from his harsh upbringing, trying make a better life for his family. When his business falters, Joe fears his...

Filmed play about two very different brothers, one a criminal and the other a screen-writing family man who becomes appalled by his wayward brother's...

A story about people whose lives are connected by typewriters. A meditation on creativity and technology featuring Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam...

The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. She becomes an...

After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.

Nearly every possible element to making the film Black Hawk Down (2001) is examined here in great detail. Both behind the scenes material and...

A divorced female marine officer with two small children begins an affair with a senior officer.

A documentary portrait of Michangelo Antonioni based on Roland Barthes' essay.

A young mother is plagued by a tragic mistake and alienates her little boy. A brilliant writer is released from prison after serving a 15-year...