Sam Shepard Movies

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

Ruffian is an American made-for-television movie that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Champion thoroughbred filly Ruffian who went...

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...

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

A small-town store owner with a comatose wife shares a long-term relationship with his seamstress.

The story of a woman who loves her dog more than her husband. And then her husband loses the dog.

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

Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it...

Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the...

Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family...

A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.

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...

Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.

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 family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

An artist whose work involves capturing images of strangers begins to believe she herself is being observed.

Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm...

Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gil has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous,...

An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to...