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Hud (1962)
7.9/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal
Paul Newman is Hud, a man at odds with his father, tradition and himself. Patricia Neal and Melvyn Douglas both won Academy Awards for their roles as... Read more
Norma Rae (1979)
7.4/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Ron Leibman
In an Oscar-winning performance, Sally Field is unforgettable as Norma Rae, the Southern millworker who revolutionises a small town and discovers a po... Read more
Hombre (1966)
7.4/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento
A trip by stagecoach across Arizona brings together a disparate group of passengers, including a corrupt Indian agent (Fredric March), his wife (Barba... Read more
Nuts (1987)
6.7/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton, Eli Wallach, Robert Webbe...
Barbra Streisand is a high priced prostitute arrested for murder. Richard Dreyfuss is the lawyer appointed to defend her. Her wealthy parents, Karl Ma... Read more
The Molly Maguires (1969)
6.9/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Richard Harris, Sean Connery, Samantha Eggar
'The Molly Maguires' was a secret society of militant coal miners who battled their exploitation by mine owners with violence, intimidation...and some... Read more
Paris Blues (1961)
6.7/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Joanne Woodward, Louis Armstrong, Paul Newman, Serge Reggiani, Sidney Poitier, D...
From the smoky cellar bistros of Paris' Left Bank comes this tender, bittersweet tale of two American expatriate jazz musicians (Paul Newman, Sidney P... Read more
Stanley and Iris (1990)
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz
A sensitive film about illiteracy and isolation. Jane Fonda begins a wary relationship with Robert De Niro as she teaches him to read. Directed with f... Read more
The Long Hot Summer (1958)
7.5/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Anthony Franciosa, Joanne Woodward, Lee Remick, Orson Welles, P...
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward first met while making this adaptation of several William Faulkner stories. Newman is the wanderer who takes a job on... Read more
The Front (1976)
7.4/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Andrea Marcovicci, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy, Woody Allen, Zero Mostel
This acclaimed comedy with a serious theme stars Woody Allen, in a rare non-Allen vehicle, as Howard Prince, a cashier who is convinced to 'front' for... Read more
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965)
7.7/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner
Perhaps the best of the Cold War spy movies. Good writing coupled with magnetic performances make it that rare film based on a novel that is the equal... Read more
Sounder (1972)
7.6/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Taj Mahal
Set in rural Louisiana during the Depression, "Sounder" is the heartfelt story of a sharecropper family struggling to overcome adversity. After steali... Read more
Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
6.3/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page, Barry Nelson
Tillie Shlai's not looking forward to meeting yet another blind date. This one's name being Pete Seltzer. Pete and Tillie are not a match made in heav... Read more