Steel Toes

2006

English

6.2

♡ 4

61%

David Gow Director

Marina Orsini as Anna Dunkelman

David Strathairn as Danny Dunkelman Ron Lea

Ron Lea as Interviewer

Michael Yarmush as Tong

Rage and intolerance collide with compassion Academy-Award nominated David Strathairn portrays Danny Dunkleman, a Jewish liberal humanist, and the court-appointed lawyer representing Mike Downey, a Neo-Nazi Skinhead on trial for the racially motivated murder of an East Indian immigrant. Steel Toes takes us into the intense and fiery relationship that develops between these two men as they explore their emotional and intellectual differences. Steel Toes is a provocative exploration of the inescapable and insidious presence of racial and religious intolerance in our society.

An Interview with God

2018

English

5.8

♡ 65

66%

Action

Drama

god

husband wife relationship

Perry Lang Director

Charlbi Dean Kriek as Grace

Brenton Thwaites as Paul Asher

Yael Grobglas as Sarah Asher

David Strathairn as The Man

An up-and-coming journalist finds his world and faith increasingly challenged when he's granted the interview of a lifetime – with someone who claims to be God.

Lost in Yonkers

1993

English

6.8

♡ 6

71%

Martha Coolidge Director

Mercedes Ruehl as Bella Kurnitz

David Strathairn as Johnny

Howard Newstate as Kid in Store

Richard Dreyfuss as Louie Kurnitz

In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.

Beyond the Call

1996

English

5.8

♡ 3

80%

Tony Bill Director

Leslie Carlson as Dan

Arliss Howard as Keith O'Brien

Sissy Spacek as Pam O'Brien

David Strathairn as Russell Cates

Russell Gates (David Strahairn) is a Vietnam vet on death row for killing a policeman. His childhood sweetheart, Pam O'Brien (Sissy Spacek), is stunned to learn this and does not believe he could commit such a crime. She writes to him much to the dismay of her husband Keith and becomes obsessed with the case, exploring every avenue that may still be open to the doomed man. The trips to the prison take a toll on both her marriage and her family.

Lincoln@Gettysburg

2013

English

8.2

96%

William Kerr Director

Robert Broski as Abraham Lincoln

David Strathairn as Narrator

David Corradetti as Telegraph Operator 1

Anthony Aroya as William H. Johnson

An examination of how President Abraham Lincoln used contemporary telecommunications to his maximum advantage in the American Civil War.

Blue Car

2002

English

6.6

♡ 5

81%

teacher student relationship

woman director

Karen Moncrieff Director

David Strathairn as Auster

Frances Fisher as Delia

Amy Benedict as Diner Waitress

Sarah Buehler as Georgia

Meg is a gifted but emotionally scarred 18-year-old who finds solace in writing poetry. Mr. Auster, her English teacher, recognizes her talent and encourages her to enter a national poetry contest. As tension at home escalates and Meg struggles to find a way to get to the poetry finals in Florida, Auster's role in her life becomes increasingly complex.

Walkaway Joe

2020

English

5.6

♡ 13

63%

Action

Drama

Tom Wright Director

Andrea Frankle as Becka

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Cal McCarthy

Julie Ann Emery as Gina McCarthy

David Strathairn as Joe Haley

A young boy named Dallas goes on a search for his pool-hustling father after he abandons their family. Dallas is determined to bring his father home when he meets Joe Haley, a drifter wrestling with a past he'd rather forget, who feels responsible for Dallas' safety and reluctantly takes him in.

Holy Silence

2020

English

7.1

♡ 1

Steven Pressman Director

Marco Barricelli as Pope Pius XII

David Strathairn as President Franklin D. Roosevelt

As World War II looms, Pope Pius XI calls on a humble American priest to help him challenge the evils of Nazism and anti-Semitism. But death intervenes, and Pope Pius XII now carries out a very different response to Hitler and the Holocaust.

Fast Color

2018

English

6.1

♡ 40

83%

Julia Hart Director

Christopher Denham as Bill

Lorraine Toussaint as Bo

David Strathairn as Ellis

Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ruth

A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.

Limbo

1999

English

6.9

♡ 7

71%

John Sayles Director

Michael Laskin as Albright

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Donna De Angelo

David Strathairn as Joe Gastineau

Rita Taggart as Lou

Traumatized by a fishing boat accident many years before, Joe Gastineau has given up his hopes for a life beyond the odd jobs he takes to support himself. That quickly changes when nomadic club singer Donna de Angelo and her troubled teen-age daughter enter Joe’s life. Both mother and daughter fall for Joe, increasing the friction between them. The tension continues to build when Joe invites them on a pleasure cruise up the Alaskan coast, discovering too late that the trip may cost them their lives.

Call Me

1988

English

5.3

♡ 12

Sollace Mitchell Director

Olek Krupa as Hennyk

Steven McChattie as Jellybean

David Strathairn as Sam

Steve Buscemi as Switchblade

After agreeing to meet an obscene caller at a bar, a young New York reporter witnesses a murder and becomes an unwilling player in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse.

November Criminals

2017

English

5.3

♡ 97

24%

Action

angry

based on novel or book

Sacha Gervasi Director

Ansel Elgort as Addison Schacht

Catherine Keener as Fiona

Chloë Grace Moretz as Phoebe

David Strathairn as Theo Schacht

When Addison investigates the murder of his friend Kevin with the help of Phoebe, they discover that the truth is darker than they had ever imagined.

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

English

7.2

♡ 146

34%

96%

alcoholism

artist

based on novel or book

Olivia Newman Director

Harris Dickinson as Chase Andrews

Jojo Regina as Little Kya

Billy Slaughter as Social Services Officer

David Strathairn as Tom Milton

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.

Nomadland

2020

English

7.3

♡ 119

93%

82%

Action

affectation

based on novel or book

Chloé Zhao Director

Michael Gilbert as Arizona Extra

Jamie Dimon as Arizona Extra

David Strathairn as Dave

Frances McDormand as Fern

A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

Iceman

1984

English

♡ 11

49%

Action

anthropology

arctic polar circle region

Fred Schepisi Director

David Strathairn as Dr. Singe

Philip Akin as Dr. Vermeil

Danny Glover as Loomis

Stephen E. Miller as Temp Doc

A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befriend the Iceman and learn about the man's past while Dr. Diane Brady and her surgical team want to discover the secret that will allow man to live in a frozen state.

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Steel Toes

An Interview with God

Lost in Yonkers

Beyond the Call

Lincoln@Gettysburg

Blue Car

Walkaway Joe

Holy Silence

Fast Color

Limbo

Call Me

November Criminals

Where the Crawdads Sing

Nomadland

Iceman