American Playhouse Movie Trailers
Most Popular American Playhouse Trailers
Total trailers found: 63
I Never Sang for My Father Trailer (1988)
15 June 1988
A man who wants to move on with his life by moving to California and marry his girlfriend, finds it difficult as he still lives in the towering shadow of his aging father.
Hyde in Hollywood Trailer (1991)
05 July 1991
A closeted gay movie director/actor in 1939 finds himself the target of the vicious and unscrupulous attacks by a gossip columnist reporter who goes by the name of Hollywood Confidential.
Wings Trailer (1983)
26 April 1983
An elderly woman, a former aviatrix, is gradually recovering from a stroke.
Amateur Trailer (1994)
05 August 1994
A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.
Stand and Deliver Trailer (1988)
11 March 1988
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
Much Ado About Nothing Trailer (1993)
07 May 1993
In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme.
Testament Trailer (1983)
04 November 1983
It's just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California.
The Tender Age Trailer (1986)
07 April 1986
Tim Donovan, a juvenile probation officer for the city of Boston, is assigned the case of Nikki, a troubled teenage girl who's been arrested for Assault & Battery.
Safe Trailer (1995)
23 June 1995
Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness with no clear diagnosis.
Life Under Water Trailer (1989)
12 April 1989
Feeling alienated from the world and his mother, Kip enters a complicated relationship with two girls he meets on the beach.
My Family Trailer (1995)
03 May 1995
Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s.
Bloodhounds of Broadway Trailer (1989)
03 November 1989
On New Year's Eve 1928, in the New York underworld, a gambler sells his body to science, a gangster n
Ethan Frome Trailer (1993)
12 March 1993
Married couple, Ethan and Zeena, are in need an extra hand around the house due to Zeena's debilitated body and constant illness.
The Feud Trailer (1989)
30 September 1989
All Dolph Beeler wanted was a can of paint remover when he went to Bud Bullard's hardware store in Millville.
Roosters Trailer (1993)
01 January 1993
Gallo Morales is the proud patriach returning home after a seven-year stint for manslaughter. Seeking to re-establish his legendary status as a champion breeder, he comes back for the rooster bred by his father.
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart Trailer (1985)
09 August 1985
San Francisco's Richmond District. A widow welcomes the Chinese New Year. 62 years old, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors.
Tales from Hollywood Trailer (1992)
18 October 1992
A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave their country during the Nazi-regime.
Simple Men Trailer (1992)
14 October 1992
Two diametrically opposite brothers set off on a journey to reunite with their estranged father but when their motorcycle breaks down while passing through a small town, they become entangled in local life.
Longtime Companion Trailer (1989)
11 October 1989
During the summer of 1981, a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS.
Golden Gate Trailer (1994)
28 January 1994
A brash 22-year-old FBI agent trumps up charges of Communist-spying against a Chinese laundryman. 10 years later, he wants to make amends to the man and his teenage daughter.
The Thin Blue Line Trailer (1988)
28 August 1988
An unorthodox investigation into the wrongful conviction of Randall Dale Adams for the 1976 murder of Dallas police officer Robert Wood.
Fires in the Mirror Trailer (1993)
28 April 1993
Anna Deveare Smith plays over 30 characters in a re-creation of the racial conflict that erupted in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Fool's Fire Trailer (1992)
25 March 1992
A crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a beautiful dwarf with whom the jester is in love the jester plots a terrible revenge.
Seguin Trailer (1982)
26 January 1982
A dramatization of the life of Juan Seguin, a heroic Mexican-Texan who became entangled in the struggle between two contrasting cultures in the turbulent decade between the Texas Revolution (1836) and the Mexican-American War (1846-1847).
The Silence at Bethany Trailer (1988)
20 January 1988
A young man, searching for meaning and focus in his life, returns to the Mennonite farm community where he was born.
Daughters of the Dust Trailer (1991)
24 January 1991
In 1902, a Gullah family on the Sea Islands off South Carolina decide whether to migrate to the mainland, risking their unique cultural heritage.
Native Son Trailer (1986)
24 December 1986
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Waiting for the Moon Trailer (1987)
15 June 1987
Fictionalized portrait of one of history's great literary couples: Stein & Toklas. Summer 1930s France, Alice tends to ailing Gertrude; they visit Fernande Olivier, Guillaume Apollinaire, others; and Hemingway pops in.
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss Trailer (1988)
05 August 1988
From Jean Shepherd (A Christmas Story) comes the story of 14 year old Ralphie's first job, and the family vacation the family is planning to a rustic fishing cabin on Lake Michigan.
The Roommate Trailer (1984)
20 January 1984
Set in 1952, this tells of two young men who are polar opposites being assigned to the same dorm room at Northwestern University.
Lemon Sky Trailer (1988)
10 February 1988
An out of high school teen from the midwest moves to San Diego, California in the 1950s to live with his estranged father and new family.
Smooth Talk Trailer (1985)
17 November 1985
Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger.
Into the Woods Trailer (1991)
15 March 1991
In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.
The Killing Floor Trailer (1984)
10 April 1984
During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.
Passion Trailer (1996)
29 September 1996
Giorgio, a young soldier, is in love with Clara. But they are separated when Giorgio is posted far away, where he meets the unhappy, unhealthy, and unattractive Fosca, who develops a passionate love for Giorgio and tries to make him love her.
In a Shallow Grave Trailer (1988)
06 May 1988
Disfigured WWII veteran Garnet Montrose returns from Guadacanal and enlists a drifter to court his former sweetheart through letters, leading to a complex love triangle with unexpected romantic developments.
Tell Me a Riddle Trailer (1980)
15 December 1980
Aging couple David and Eva have lost the spark that once infused their marriage. After nearly four decades together, the elderly duo is feel disconnected and lost.
Stacking Trailer (1987)
22 January 1987
After her father is injured, a teenager and an alcoholic employee struggle to save their financially troubled farm in 1954 Montana.
All the Vermeers in New York Trailer (1992)
01 May 1992
A parable of the missteps of life enacted in the hothouse world of late 1980’s New York, in which the art market and the stock market each boomed, and in process spawned a smorgasbord of “yuppie” delusions which still persist.
Eat a Bowl of Tea Trailer (1989)
21 July 1989
An American-Chinese man brings over his wife from China to America, but the challenges of making a living and adjusting to a new life, plus the attentions of a gambler threaten their marriage.
Sunday in the Park with George Trailer (1986)
16 June 1986
The days leading up to the completion of his most famous painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat is struggling to make meaningful art and maintaining a relationship with his lover, Dot.
Shimmer Trailer (1993)
01 October 1993
The solo actor in Shimmer tells the story by becoming each character in turn. The play takes place in 1956, in a harsh Midwestern juvenile detention center, where two boys befriend each other.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Trailer (1984)
19 August 1984
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident.
Surviving Desire Trailer (1992)
22 January 1992
Jude, a college professor, is obsessed with Sophie, his student. She, in turn, is intrigued by his scholarly charm.
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez Trailer (1983)
19 August 1983
In 1901, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez is forced on the run from Texas Rangers, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days following a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman.
El Norte Trailer (1983)
11 October 1983
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life.
Rachel River Trailer (1989)
20 February 1989
A divorced radio personality in a small Minnesota town returns to her roots and investigates the life of a reclusive, recently deceased woman.
Reckless Trailer (1995)
17 November 1995
On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and embarks on a series of strange encounters.
Cabeza de Vaca Trailer (1991)
11 October 1991
In 1528, a Spanish expedition flounders off the coast of Florida with 600 lives lost. One survivor, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, roams across the American continent searching for his Spanish comrades.
A Flash of Green Trailer (1984)
05 October 1984
A reporter at a local Florida newspaper is torn between his friendship with a corrupt real estate developer and his love for an activist opposing the developer's latest project.
A Raisin in the Sun Trailer (1989)
01 February 1989
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man.
Three Sovereigns for Sarah Trailer (1985)
01 May 1985
Nineteen people were hanged and one man pressed to death, while hundreds went to jail during the "witch hysteria" of 1692.
The Wizard of Loneliness Trailer (1988)
02 September 1988
After his mother dies and father goes to fight in World War II, a young boy moves in with his aunt and uncle who live in the countryside.
Billy Galvin Trailer (1986)
01 November 1986
Conflict arises between a steelworker and his son. The father wants the boy to have a chance to make more of himself than he did, but the son wants to follow in his father's footsteps and become a steel-worker himself.
The Wash Trailer (1988)
17 August 1988
An old, bigoted Japanese-American traditionalist is unable to reconcile the needs of his wife and two daughters with his own conservative view on life, which forces them to leave him in pursuit of their own happiness.
Andre's Mother Trailer (1990)
07 March 1990
Katherine Gerard has lost her son Andre to AIDS. At his memorial service, we follow Katherine confronting the death of her son, the anguish of his lover Cal Porter, and, in flashbacks, the key moments of denial and miscommunication with those closest to her.
Go Tell It on the Mountain Trailer (1984)
31 August 1984
Over a single, pivotal Saturday in 1930s Harlem, 14-year-old John Grimes wrestles with his religious calling and his fraught relationship with his abusive, hypocritical stepfather, Gabriel.
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him Trailer (1995)
05 May 1995
Twelve-year-old Mexican-American Marcos (Jose Alcala) recalls the hardships of the previous year, reflecting on the arduous trek his migrant-worker family made from Texas to the Midwest during harvest season.
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Trailer (1997)
03 October 1997
Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to create eccentric worlds from their unique obsessions, all of which involve animals.
The House of Blue Leaves Trailer (1987)
25 May 1987
On the day in 1965 that the Pope visits New York and masses of people line the streets in adulation, Artie, a zookeeper living in Sunnyside, Queens, thinks it's time for his life to be blessed, too.
