A Prairie Home Companion (
2006) | IMDb:
6.7
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.
Starring:
Meryl Streep
,
Lily Tomlin
,
Lindsay Lohan
,
Garrison Keillor
,
Woody Harrelson
,
John C. Reilly
The Company (
2003) | IMDb:
6.2
Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.
Starring:
Neve Campbell
,
Malcolm McDowell
,
James Franco
,
Barbara E. Robertson
,
William Dick
,
Susie Cusack
Directed by:
Robert Altman
Gosford Park (
2001) | IMDb:
7.2
In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
Starring:
Maggie Smith
,
Michael Gambon
,
Kristin Scott Thomas
,
Camilla Rutherford
,
Charles Dance
,
Geraldine Somerville
Dr. T & the Women (
2000) | IMDb:
4.7
A successful Texas gynecologist finds himself amid a bevy of women and their problems – his wife’s breakdown, his daughter's fake marriage, his other daughter’s conspiracy theories, and his secretary’s crush. Craving time for himself, he finds solace in a kind outsider.
Directed by:
Robert Altman
Cookie's Fortune (
1999) | IMDb:
6.8
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
Starring:
Glenn Close
,
Julianne Moore
,
Liv Tyler
,
Patricia Neal
,
Chris O'Donnell
,
Charles S. Dutton
Directed by:
Robert Altman
The Gingerbread Man (
1998) | IMDb:
5.7
A successful Savannah defense attorney gets romantically involved with a sexy, mysterious waitress troubled by psychopaths and dark family secrets.
Starring:
Kenneth Branagh
,
Embeth Davidtz
,
Robert Downey Jr.
,
Daryl Hannah
,
Tom Berenger
,
Famke Janssen
Directed by:
Robert Altman
Kansas City (
1996) | IMDb:
6.3
A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
Starring:
Jennifer Jason Leigh
,
Miranda Richardson
,
Harry Belafonte
,
Michael Murphy
,
Dermot Mulroney
,
Steve Buscemi
Directed by:
Robert Altman
Prêt-à-Porter (
1994) | IMDb:
5.2
During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.
Starring:
Marcello Mastroianni
,
Sophia Loren
,
Jean-Pierre Cassel
,
Kim Basinger
,
Chiara Mastroianni
,
Stephen Rea
Directed by:
Robert Altman
Short Cuts (
1993) | IMDb:
7.7
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
Starring:
Andie MacDowell
,
Bruce Davison
,
Jack Lemmon
,
Zane Cassidy
,
Julianne Moore
,
Matthew Modine
Directed by:
Robert Altman
The Player (
1992) | IMDb:
7.5
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
O.C. and Stiggs (
1987) | IMDb:
5.3
O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, but they also plot against it. They seek revenge against the upper-middle-class Schwab family, who embody all they detest: excess.
Directed by:
Robert Altman
Popeye (
1980) | IMDb:
5.3
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.
Starring:
Robin Williams
,
Shelley Duvall
,
Ray Walston
,
Paul Dooley
,
Paul L. Smith
,
Richard Libertini
HealtH (
1980) | IMDb:
5.6
At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convention. As the conference progresses, underhanded tricks, backroom corruption and bizarre personal behavior threaten to undermine the entire affair.
Starring:
Carol Burnett
,
Lauren Bacall
,
Glenda Jackson
,
James Garner
,
Paul Dooley
,
Henry Gibson
Nashville (
1975) | IMDb:
7.6
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
M*A*S*H (
1970) | IMDb:
7.4
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Starring:
Donald Sutherland
,
Elliott Gould
,
Tom Skerritt
,
Sally Kellerman
,
Robert Duvall
,
Roger Bowen