Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

July 1, 1934 · 92 years old

Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Pollack is known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films. During his forty-year career, he received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmy…

Known For

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Eyes Wide Shut

Eyes Wide Shut

1999 · 2h 39m · Movie

A Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife's admission of unfulfilled longing.

7.5
2
The Reader

The Reader

2008 · 2h 4m · Movie

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

7.6
3
The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley

1999 · 2h 19m · Movie

In late 1950s New York, a young underachiever named Tom Ripley is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.

7.4
4
Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton

2007 · 1h 59m · Movie

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.

7.2
5
Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain

2003 · 2h 34m · Movie

In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.

7.2
6
The Firm

The Firm

1993 · 2h 34m · Movie

A law school graduate uncovers a sinister secret about the Memphis firm that made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

6.9
7
Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

1995 · 2h 16m · Movie

In Georgian era England, wealthy Mr. Dashwood dies leaving his second wife and three daughters destitute. The ladies move to a modest cottage where the two older daughters vie for the attention of various suitors in search of true...

7.7
8
Tootsie

Tootsie

1982 · 1h 56m · Movie

Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.

7.4
9
The Interpreter

The Interpreter

2005 · 2h 8m · Movie

Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.

6.4
10
Out of Africa

Out of Africa

1985 · 2h 41m · Movie

In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.

7.1
11
Made of Honor

Made of Honor

2008 · 1h 41m · Movie

Hannah surprises Tom, her best friend who is secretly in love with her, with the news of her engagement to a wealthy man. Things take a complicated turn when she asks Tom to be her main attendant.

5.9
12
Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes

2002 · 1h 38m · Movie

A young lawyer and a businessman share a small automobile accident, and their mutual road rage escalates into a feud.

6.5
13
Sliding Doors

Sliding Doors

1998 · 1h 39m · Movie

After personal and professional setbacks, a woman experiences an alternate reality.

6.7
14
The Player

The Player

1992 · 2h 4m · Movie

A hotshot Hollywood studio executive starts receiving death threats from a rejected writer.

7.5
15
Three Days of the Condor

Three Days of the Condor

1975 · 1h 57m · Movie

A bookish CIA researcher in Manhattan finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.

7.4
16
Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent

1990 · 2h 7m · Movie

As a lawyer investigates the murder of a colleague, he finds himself more connected to the crime than anyone else.

6.9
17
Sabrina

Sabrina

1995 · 2h 7m · Movie

An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it.

6.3
18
Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993 · 1h 49m · Movie

A prepubescent chess prodigy is encouraged to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

7.4
19
Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson

1972 · 1h 48m · Movie

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.

7.6
20
Leatherheads

Leatherheads

2008 · 1h 54m · Movie

In 1925, an enterprising pro football player convinces America's too-good-to-be-true college football hero to play for his team and keep the league from going under.

6.0
21
Husbands and Wives

Husbands and Wives

1992 · 1h 48m · Movie

When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.

7.5
22
Dead Again

Dead Again

1991 · 1h 47m · Movie

A woman who has lost her memory is taken in by a Los Angeles orphanage, and a private eye is enlisted to track down her identity, but he soon finds that he might have a past life connection to her that endangers their lives.

6.8
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The Quiet American

The Quiet American

2002 · 1h 41m · Movie

A veteran English journalist and a young man vie for the affection of a beautiful Vietnamese woman in the 1950s.

7.0
24
The Way We Were

The Way We Were

1973 · 1h 58m · Movie

During post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs.

7.0
25
Birthday Girl

Birthday Girl

2001 · 1h 33m · Movie

A thirtysomething bank clerk from St Albans has his small-town life exploded by the arrival of his Russian mail-order bride.

6.0
26
Heaven

Heaven

2002 · 1h 37m · Movie

A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.

6.9
27
The Fabulous Baker Boys

The Fabulous Baker Boys

1989 · 1h 54m · Movie

The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.

6.9
28
Random Hearts

Random Hearts

1999 · 2h 13m · Movie

Police Sergeant Dutch Van Den Broek and U.S. Representative Kay Chandler lose their spouses in a plane crash, and they soon discover that their spouses were having an affair with each other.

5.4
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Breaking and Entering

Breaking and Entering

2006 · 2h 0m · Movie

A landscape architect's dealings with a young thief cause him to re-evaluate his life.

6.5
30
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969 · 2h 9m · Movie

The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in a grueling and inhumane dance marathon.

7.8
31
Iris

Iris

2001 · 1h 31m · Movie

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

7.0
32
Margaret

Margaret

2011 · 2h 30m · Movie

A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people's lives.

6.5
33
Recount

Recount

2008 · 1h 56m · Movie

A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. Presidential election, and the subsequent recounts in Florida.

7.3
34
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

2001 · 2h 22m · Movie

The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.

8.0
35
Catch a Fire

Catch a Fire

2006 · 1h 41m · Movie

A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.

6.7
36
The Electric Horseman

The Electric Horseman

1979 · 2h 1m · Movie

A rodeo star past his prime steals his company's horse and rides into the desert, accompanied by a feisty reporter.

6.4