8 Movies Directed by Christopher Cain

The Stone Boy

The Stone Boy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-04-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (575 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Gina Berriault (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A Midwestern farm family faces major emotional adjustment after a tragedy results in the death of an older brother.

The Principal

The Principal

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-09-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (6316 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Rick Latimer is a teacher who gets a job as the principal of a school with a very bad reputation. In fact, his transfer there is a kind of punishment because he beat his wife's boyfriend. So, Rick finds himself in a school where drugs, knives and guns are very usual things...

Young Guns

Young Guns

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-08-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (39670 Reviews)

Fullplot:

1878 in New Mexico: John Tunstall picks up young gun men from the road to have them work on his ranch, but also to teach them reading and to civilize them. However he's a thorn in the side of the rich rancher Murphy, as he's a competitor in selling cattle. One day he's shot by Murphy's men. Judge Wilson can't do anything, since Sheriff Brady is one of Murphy's men. But attorney Alex persuades him to constitute Tunstall's young friends to Deputies and give them warrants of arrest for the murderers. Instead of arresting them, William Bonney just shoots them down. Soon the 5 guys become famous and William gets the name "Billie the Kid" - but they're also chased by dozens of Murphy's men and the army. The people however honor him as fighter for justice.

The Next Karate Kid

The Next Karate Kid

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-08-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.2 (16680 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Robert Mark Kamen (characters)

Mark Lee

Fullplot:

During a commemoration for Japanese soldiers fighting in the US Army during World War II, Mr. Miyagi meets the widow of his commanding officer. He gets to know her granddaughter Julie, an angry teenager who is still feeling the pain of losing both her parents in an accident and is having problems with her grandmother and her fellow pupils. Mr. Miyagi decides to teach her karate to get her through her pain and issues and back on the right path.

The Amazing Panda Adventure

The Amazing Panda Adventure

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-08-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

84 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (2914 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

John Wilcox (story)

Steven Alldredge (story)

Jeff Rothberg (screenplay)

Laurice Elehwany (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Young American Ryan Tyler visits his zoologist father on a panda preserve in China while on summer vacation and gets involved in the rescue of a baby panda from unscrupulous poachers who want to murder the cub's mother and sell the baby to a zoo. Ling, a young Chinese girl, and her grandfather help in the rescue which, if successful, will ultimately result in saving the reserve from being shut down by officious bureaucrats.

Rose Hill

Rose Hill

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-04-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada, USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (364 Reviews)

Genres:

Western

Cast:

Writer:

Julie Garwood (novel)

Earl W. Wallace (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Four orphan boys running from the law in New York stumble upon a baby in a carriage. They decide to head west and take the baby which they name Mary Rose with them. Eventually they set up a ranch which they name Rose Hill. Mary Rose grows up to be a beautiful woman and gets involved with a man who kills one of her brothers. Her brothers then explain to her that they found her in New York and she returns to find her real family. During this time Rose Hill is falling apart since her oldest brother has fallen ill and her other two brothers have gone their separate ways.

September Dawn

September Dawn

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-08-24

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (2583 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Christopher Cain

Carole Whang Schutter

Fullplot:

A story set against the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the film is based upon the tragedy which occurred in Utah in 1857. A group of settlers, traveling on wagons, was murdered by the native Mormons. All together, about 140 souls of men, women and children, were taken. Amidst this, two young lovers-to-be, one a Mormon and the other one of the doomed settlers from Arkansas, develop a relationship in an atmosphere of suspicion and rancor.

Pure Country 2: The Gift

Pure Country 2: The Gift

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-10-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.9 (524 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Three angels bestow the gift of song to a young girl, who must follow a series of rules in order hold on to it during her rise to fame and fortune.

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