Shirley Knight Movies

A woman places an ad in the "Soldier of Fortune" magazine to hire a contract killer.

Martha "Red" Tierney used to be a hot-shot reporter, but that was before alcohol took over her life. One morning Martha's son, Jonathan, leaves for...

A girl goes to Harvard and joins the debate team. She has to deal with a ton of issues, from boyfriends, to ethnicity, to religion, to sexual...

The story of Buzz Aldrin, the second astronaut to walk on the moon, and the problems he had after his return to Earth, including the breakup of his...

A psychopath calls the police before he kills, in between sessions with his father-figure analyst.

Two teens become romantically involved as they train for a skating championship.

Keith and Kim Lussier are a childless couple who are given custody of a 3-month-old foster child, Brittany. However, tragedy strikes when Kim dies of...

It has been nine years since Bancroft's character shot Brown's son. She goes to the prison to vent her rage at him over what he did, and discovers...

With his life already in shambles — his girlfriend just dumped him, he's lost his acting gig, and his cat is seriously ill — sad-sack...

A dark comedy/drama about a daughter struggling with her mothers rapid descent into Alzheimers.

During the Civil War, a Quaker couple risks their lives by helping runaway slaves.

A depressed young man struggles to move on and escape haunting memories of his girlfriend, killed ten years ago in a train accident.

Frank Elgin's career in the theater is all washed up — but his friend Bernie thinks he can make a comeback, as long as his wife Georgie doesn't...

Joyce would appear to have everything to live for: two young children, an executive husband and a nice home, but...

Determined to pay off his debts, Mark Twain sets off on a lecture tour.

A young conservative black man, minding his own business, rides a nearly empty subway car. The only other passenger, a blonde vixen looking for...

In 1974, five former activists from the 1960s meet in a bar, but do not relate. Each is lost in his or her own memories of more hopeful,...

A doctor and his pregnant young wife move into a small New Mexico town. At first the locals are friendly and pleased to see them, but soon the wife...

A woman's unfulfilling marriage leads her into a passionate affair with a wealthy extramarital lover.

Sibling rivalry and other conflicts are revealed as one daughter, now a successful modern artist living in New York, returns to visit her Texas...