The parallel lives of writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and playwright Tennessee Williams (1911-83): two friends, two geniuses who, while creating sublime works, were haunted by the ghosts of the past, the shadow of constant doubt, the demon of addictions and the blinding, deceptive glare of success.

The Drowning Pool

1975

English

6.5

♡ 10

53%

Stuart Rosenberg Director

Joanne Woodward as Iris Devereaux

Paul Newman as Lew Harper

Gail Strickland as Mavis Kilbourne

Melanie Griffith as Schuyler Devreaux

Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.

Message in a Bottle

1999

English

6.3

♡ 43

32%

Luis Mandoki Director

Paul Newman as Dodge Blake

Kevin Costner as Garret Blake

Hayden Panettiere as Girl on Sinking Boat

Rosemary Murphy as Helen at the B&B

A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.

A New Kind of Love

1963

English

5.7

♡ 8

13%

Melville Shavelson Director

Robert Clary as Frenchman at Restaurant

Thelma Ritter as Lena O'Connor

Joanne Woodward as Samantha Blake

Paul Newman as Steve Sherman

A down-and-out reporter and a fashion designer fall in love in Paris.

Mickybo and Me

2004

English

7.2

♡ 7

87%

Action

based on play or musical

belfast, north ireland

Comedy

Drama

northern ireland

Terry Loane Director

Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy

Ciarán Hinds as Jonjo's Da

Adrian Dunbar as Mickybo's Da

Paul Jennings as Security Guard 2

The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with the consequence that they run away to Australia.

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show

2020

English

7.6

♡ 3

75%

Action

Documentary

History

Yoruba Richen Director

Whoopi Goldberg as Self

Ahmir-Khalib Thompson as Self

Paul Newman as Self

Robin Thede as Self

For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.

Winning

1969

English

6.1

♡ 5

63%

James Goldstone Director

Paul Newman as Capua

Joanne Woodward as Elora

Robert Wagner as Erding

Clu Gulager as Larry

Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one - the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing his wife Elora to his rival, Luther Erding, and strains the relationship with his stepson.

The War at Home

1979

English

7.6

♡ 2

100%

Barry Alexander Brown Director

Henry Kissinger as Self

Paul Newman as Self - 1968 Democratic National Convention

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self - Discusses Domino Theory

John F. Kennedy as Self - Discusses Escalation in Vietnam

Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the Vietnam War. It combines archival footage and interviews with participants that explore the events of the period on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

1976

English

6.1

♡ 11

61%

based on play or musical

Robert Altman Director

Bert Remsen as The Bartender

Kevin McCarthy as The Publicist

Harvey Keitel as The Relative

Paul Newman as The Star

Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer.

Exodus

1960

English

6.7

♡ 13

65%

israeli–palestinian conflict

jewry

palestinian-israeli conflict

War

Otto Preminger Director

Paul Newman as Ari Ben Canaan

Lee J. Cobb as Barak Ben Canaan

Jill Haworth as Karen

Paul Stevens as Reuben

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

Paris Blues

1961

English

6.7

♡ 15

71%

Martin Ritt Director

Joanne Woodward as Lillian Corning

Paul Newman as Ram Bowen

André Luguet as René Bernard

Louis Armstrong as Wild Man Moore

During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

1990

English

6.5

♡ 4

82%

44%

Action

based on novel or book

James Ivory Director

Robert Sean Leonard as Douglas Bridge

Joanne Woodward as India Bridge

Austin Pendleton as Mr. Gadbury

Paul Newman as Walter Bridge

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 children.

What a Way to Go!

1964

English

6.9

♡ 11

25%

J. Lee Thompson Director

Paul Newman as Larry Flint

Tom Conway as Lord Kensington

Marjorie Bennett as Mrs. Freeman

John Roy as Police Officer

A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.

Nobody's Fool

1994

English

7.3

♡ 28

91%

Robert Benton Director

Bruce Willis as Carl Roebuck

Pruitt Taylor Vince as Rub Squeers

Paul Newman as Sully

Melanie Griffith as Toby Roebuck

A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wife. As his estranged son returns, he faces new family responsibilities, while a banker plots to evict him from his home.

Harry & Son

1984

English

5.8

♡ 6

30%

Paul Newman Director

Paul Newman as Harry Keach

Maury Chaykin as Lawrence

Joanne Woodward as Lilly

Morgan Freeman as Siemanowski

Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living. He takes a dim view of his sensitive son Howard's lackadaisical lifestyle and has a strained relationship with his daughter Nina as he does not approve of her husband. When Harry is fired from his job, his life changes drastically as he is made to focus on the relationships around him.

Hombre

1967

English

7.4

♡ 21

94%

Martin Ritt Director

Cameron Mitchell as Braden

Fredric March as Favor

Paul Newman as John Russell

Martin Balsam as Mendez

John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.

Where the Money Is

2000

English

6.3

♡ 10

49%

Marek Kanievska Director

Linda Fiorentino as Carol

Paul Newman as Henry

Susan Barnes as Mrs. Foster

Dermot Mulroney as Wayne

Henry Manning has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned to take care of him at the nursing home, Carol Ann McKay, has a plan of her own.

The Price of Sugar

2007

English

7.4

♡ 2

74%

77%

Action

Documentary

Bill Haney Director

Paul Newman as Narrator

Christopher Hartley as Self

On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches, with little knowledge that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians are under armed guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, most of which ends up in US kitchens. Cutting cane by machete, they work 14 hour days, 7 days a week, frequently without access to decent housing, electricity, clean water, education, healthcare or adequate nutrition. The Price of Sugar follows a charismatic Spanish priest, Father Christopher Hartley, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people, challenging the powerful interests profiting from their work. This film raises key questions about where the products we consume originate, at what human cost they are produced and ultimately, where our responsibility lies.

Fat Man and Little Boy

1989

English

6.5

♡ 18

50%

Roland Joffé Director

Jim True-Frost as Donald Hornig

Mary Pat Gleason as Dora Welsh

Paul Newman as General Leslie R. Groves

John Williams as Mack Stoddard

Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."

Quintet

1979

English

5.0

♡ 5

27%

post-apocalyptic future

Sci-Fi

Robert Altman Director

Bibi Andersson as Ambrosia

Paul Newman as Essex

David Langton as Goldstar

Fernando Rey as Grigor

During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.

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Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation

The Drowning Pool

Message in a Bottle

A New Kind of Love

Mickybo and Me

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show

Winning

The War at Home

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Exodus

Paris Blues

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

What a Way to Go!

Nobody's Fool

Harry & Son

Hombre

Where the Money Is

The Price of Sugar

Fat Man and Little Boy

Quintet