Shirley Knight Movies

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

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

Darren McGavin is David Ross, a private investigator playing a game of follow the money. A simple case of embezzling turns bad quickly when bodies...

A young girl dreams of flying, to get away from her neglectful mother, and forms a bond with her mysterious next door neighbor.

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

A young poet wins his first prize of $250, but his family is not supportive.

An innocent, pregnant prison inmate (Shirley Knight) becomes the bad warden's (Andrew Duggan) personal favorite.

Another adaptation of the novel "Tim", about the love that develops between a mentally challenged young man and the older, lonely widow who takes him...

Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied...

A stressed-out writer's getaway is complicated by advances from a lascivious 17-year-old relative.

A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager,...

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 once-successful architect (Philip Baker Hall) has become a grumpy loner, but a young couple plead with him to come out of retirement to rebuild his...

From an Ingmar Bergman script. Previously produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" and for the BBC as "The Lie" (both 1970). In this Emmy...

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.

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...

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

Charlie is a young woman who is thrilled that her favorite Uncle Charlie is coming home for good. But she soon discovers that her namesake, a "Wall...