A troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school after the death of his single mother. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who recognises a unique talent in this young boy as he pushes him to discover his creative heart and soul in music.

Death of a Salesman

1985

English

7.2

♡ 20

100%

parent child relationship

profession

Volker Schlöndorff Director

John Malkovich as Biff Loman

Stephen Lang as Harold 'Happy' Loman

Jon Polito as Howard Wagner

Dustin Hoffman as William 'Willy' Loman

Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's long-suffering wife Linda, and Biff and Happy, his troubled sons and his life.

Becoming Mike Nichols

2016

English

7.1

♡ 6

70%

69%

Action

Documentary

Douglas McGrath Director

Dustin Hoffman as Ben Braddock

Robert Redford as Self

Mildred Natwick as Self

Meryl Streep as Suzanne Vale

This intimate portrait of director, producer, and improvisational comedy icon Mike Nichols shows his final and historic interviews filmed just months before his death. Director Douglas McGrath documents Nichols’s early life, as he opens up to his friend, director Jack O’Brien, about the storied beginnings of his career.

The Devil's Arithmetic

1999

English

6.3

♡ 10

68%

Action

based on novel or book

Donna Deitch Director

Kirsten Dunst as Hannah Stern

Brittany Murphy as Rivkah

Dustin Hoffman as Self

Louis Negin as Uncle Morris

An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports her back to a Nazi death camp in 1941. There she meets a young girl named Rivkah, a fellow captive in the camp. As Rivkah and Hannah struggle to survive in the face of daily atrocities, they form an unbreakable bond.

The Point

1971

English

7.5

♡ 15

89%

Fred Wolf Director

Alan Thicke as Narrator / Father

Dustin Hoffman as Narrator / Father

Paul Frees as Oblio's Father / Pointed Man's Right Head / King / Leaf Man / Villagers

Joan Gerber as Oblio's Mother

Years ago, there was a place called The Land of Point, because everything in The Land of Point had one: the barns, the houses, the cars, everything, even the people. Everyone in The Land of Point had a point at the top of its head. Everyone, that is, except Oblio, who was born round-headed. Since he had no point, Oblio, along with his trusty dog, Arrow, was banished to the Pointless Forest. Join them to see what wonders await these two intrepid travelers as they make their way on their amazing, song-filled journey of discovery!

Straight Time

1978

English

7.4

♡ 24

82%

los angeles, california

Dustin Hoffman Director

John Colton as Beach Boy #2

Jake Busey as Henry Darin

Dustin Hoffman as Max Dembo

Gary Busey as Willy Darin

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.

Visual Acoustics

2008

English

7.4

♡ 4

Action

Documentary

Eric Bricker Director

Kelly Lynch as Self

Dante Spinotti as Self

Tom Ford as Self

Dustin Hoffman as Self - Narrator

Visual Acoustics celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world's greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. Shulman, who passed away this year, captured the work of nearly every modern and progressive architect since the 1930s including Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, John Lautner and Frank Gehry. His images epitomized the singular beauty of Southern California's modernist movement and brought its iconic structures to the attention of the general public. This unique film is both a testament to the evolution of modern architecture and a joyful portrait of the magnetic, whip-smart gentleman who chronicled it with his unforgettable images.

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

1989

English

8.1

♡ 4

100%

Rob Epstein Director

Julie Harris as Frankie Addams

Dustin Hoffman as Narrator

Eddie Murphy as Self

Tom Brokaw as Self - News Reporter

On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS prepare panels to be added to a large-scale memorial quilt project. Drawing from the sea of names memorialized, director Robert Epstein focuses on the lives of six people. Alongside the intimate profiles offered, through news footage and interviews, Epstein puts the AIDS crisis in the larger context of social and government response to the disease.

American Masters Arthur Miller: Private Conversations

7.2

Christian Blackwood Director

John Malkovich as Self / Biff

Stephen Lang as Self - Happy

Arthur Miller as Self - The Playwright

Dustin Hoffman as Self / Willy Loman

Playwright Arthur Miller, director Volker Schlöndorff and actor Dustin Hoffman are seen creating the Roxbury Productions and Punch Productions teleplay Death of a Salesman (1985).

Led Zeppelin Played Here

2014

English

6.8

♡ 6

Jeff Krulik Director

Dustin Hoffman as Self

Pete Townshend as Self

Alec Baldwin as Self

Lynda Carter as Self

1969. Man lands on the moon. Half a million strong at Woodstock....and Led Zeppelin perform in the gym of the Wheaton Youth Center in front of 50 confused teenagers. Or did they? Filmmaker Jeff Krulik chronicles an enduring Maryland legend, of the very night this concert was alleged to have taken place, January 20, 1969, during the first Presidential Inauguration of Richard Nixon. Led Zeppelin Played Here presents a mid-Atlantic version of what was happening nationwide as the rock concert industry took shape. Featuring interviews with rock writers, musicians, and fans, and several who claim they were witnessing history that night.

Sam & Kate

2022

English

6.2

♡ 5

73%

Darren Le Gallo Director

Dustin Hoffman as Bill

Darren Le Gallo as Coffee Patron

Henry Thomas as Ron

Sissy Spacek as Tina

Bill is an ailing larger-than-life father being taken care of by his son Sam, who has returned home to care for him. While home, Sam falls for a local woman, Kate. At the same time, Bill starts to fall for her mom, Tina.

Last Chance Harvey

2008

English

6.6

♡ 4

71%

parent child relationship

Romance

wedding

work

Joel Hopkins Director

Wendy Mae Brown as Aggie

Nadia Cameron-Blakey as Attractive Woman

Dustin Hoffman as Harvey Shine

Emma Thompson as Kate Walker

In London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his plane to New York, and thus loses his job. While drowning his sorrows in the airport pub, Harvey meets Kate, a British government worker stuck in an endless cycle of work, phone calls from her mother, and blind dates. A connection forms between the unhappy pair, who soon find themselves falling in love.

John and Mary

1969

English

6.5

♡ 2

38%

Peter Yates Director

Alix Elias as Jane

Dustin Hoffman as John

Olympia Dukakis as John's Mother

Marian Mercer as Mags Elliot

John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.

As They Made Us

2022

English

5.8

♡ 18

81%

Mayim Bialik Director

Dianna Agron as Abigail

Candice Bergen as Barbara

Dustin Hoffman as Eugene

Simon Helberg as Nathan

Abigail, a divorced mother of two, is struggling to balance the dynamics within her dysfunctional family as she attempts to cultivate new love.

American Buffalo

1996

English

5.8

♡ 5

69%

Michael Corrente Director

Sean Nelson as Bob

Dennis Franz as Don

Dustin Hoffman as Teach

Three inner-city losers plan a robbery of a valuable coin in a seedy second-hand junk shop.

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

2007

English

6.2

♡ 34

39%

Zach Helm Director

Jonathan Potts as Dr. Dunn, Who Gives People Sedatives

Jason Bateman as Henry Weston, the Mutant

Natalie Portman as Molly Mahoney, The Composer

Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Edward Magorium, Avid Shoe-Wearer

Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—the strangest, most fantastic and most wonderful toy store in the world. After Mr. Magorium bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once-remarkable Emporium.