5 Movies Starring Ali MacGraw

Goodbye, Columbus

Goodbye, Columbus

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-05-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1250 Reviews)

Director:

Larry Peerce

Cast:

Writer:

Philip Roth (novel)

Arnold Schulman

Fullplot:

A Jewish man and a jewish woman meet and while attracted to each other find that their worlds are very different. She is the archetypical Jewish-American-Princess, very emotionally involved with her parents world and the world they have created for her while he is much less dependent on his family. They begin an affair which brings more differences to the surface.

Love Story

Love Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-12-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (21515 Reviews)

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail. Oliver and Jenny continue to build their life together. Relying only on each other, they believe love can fix anything. But fate has other plans. Soon, what began as a brutally honest friendship becomes the love story of their lives.

The Getaway

The Getaway

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-12-13

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (19487 Reviews)

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Cast:

Writer:

Walter Hill (screenplay)

Jim Thompson (novel)

Fullplot:

Doc McCoy has been granted parole. The catch is that Sheriff Beynon expects a small favor from McCoy for his generosity: robbing another bank! Beynon does not really intend to let McCoy walk away after the heist and neither does co-robber Rudy Butler, but stopping Doc proves a trifle difficult.

Convoy

Convoy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-08-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (10483 Reviews)

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Genres:

ActionDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Bill L. Norton (screen story and screenplay)

Bill Fries (song)

Fullplot:

While driving through the Arizona desert, Albuquerque based independent trucker Martin Penwald - who goes by the handle "Rubber Duck" - along with his fellow truckers "Pig Pen" and "Spider Mike", are entrapped by unscrupulous Sheriff Lyle "Cottonmouth" Wallace using a key tool of the trucker's trade, the citizens' band (CB) radio. Rubber Duck and Cottonmouth have a long, antagonistic history. When this encounter later escalates into a more physical one as Cottonmouth threatens Spider Mike, a man who just wants to get home to his pregnant wife, Rubber Duck and other the truckers involved, including Spider Mike, Pig Pen and "Widow Woman", go on the run, figuring the best thing to do being to head to New Mexico to avoid prosecution. Along for the ride is Melissa, a beautiful photographer who just wanted a ride to the airport. As news of what happened spreads over the CB airwaves, other truckers join their convoy as a show of support. Cottonmouth rallies other law enforcement officers throughout the southwest, they who soon learn that stopping Rubber Duck, the face of the now highly public standoff, is not as easy as shooting him and the truck due to his highly explosive cargo. As the standoff escalates, New Mexico Governor Jerry Haskins joins the fray, he who sees the strong public support for the truckers being something on which he can capitalize politically.

Just Tell Me What You Want

Just Tell Me What You Want

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-01-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (352 Reviews)

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Cast:

Writer:

Jay Presson Allen (novel)

Jay Presson Allen (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A TV producer who is the mistress of her boss, tries to have him make their relationship more permanent, and begins a relationship with a younger man. When her boss hears of this, he tries to stop it, and win her heart again.

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