Martin Ritt

Conrack
7.3

Conrack

1974

Conrack

A young, white teacher is assigned to an isolated island off the coast of South Carolina populated mostly by poor black families. He finds that ...
Paris Blues
6.7

Paris Blues

Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike America at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and ...
Norma Rae
7.4

Norma Rae

1979

Norma Rae

Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the ...
Hombre
7.4

Hombre

1967

Hombre

John Russell, disdained by his “respectable” fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope ...
The Long Hot Summer
7.5

The Long Hot Summer

Ben Quick arrives in Frenchman’s Bend, MS after being kicked out of another town for allegedly burning a barn for revenge. Will Varner owns ...
No Down Payment
6.6

No Down Payment

Set in a California subdivision, the story follows four couples who have bought homes and are neighbors. Among the problems facing the couples ...
Edge of the City
6.6

Edge of the City

An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official.
The Molly Maguires
6.6

The Molly Maguires

Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish emigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires, fights against the ...
Hud
7.4

Hud

1963

Hud

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, ...