Movies123 - - Gena Rowlands Movie List

A poor and passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman and gives her a sense of freedom. They soon are separated by their social differences.

Unhook the Stars (1996) Character study about Mildred, an elderly woman who has spent her life caring for others. When her daughter finally leaves home, she finds that, for the first time in her life, she has nobody to worry about - but soon becomes involved in the life of Monica, a young mother who

Birdee Calvert must choose between her morals and her heart after her husband divorces her and a charming young man, who her daughter disapproves of, comes back into her life.

Peter Falk is a blue collar man trying to deal with his wife's mental instability. He fights to keep a semblance of normality in the face of her bizarre behavior, but when her actions affect their children, he has her committed.

Paulie (1998) Paulie, an intelligent parrot who actually talks, relates the story of his struggle to a Russian immigrant who works as a janitor at the research institute where he is housed and neglected. Paulies story begins many years earlier when he is given as a gift to a little girl who stutters

Broken English (2007) Nora Wilder is freaking out. Everyone around her is in a relationship, is married, or has children. Nora is in her thirties, alone with job she's outgrown and a mother who constantly reminds her of it all. Not to mention her best friend Audrey's "perfect marriage". Bu

Wild Iris 2001 A weary young woman, Iris Brevard, is forced to move in with her overbearing mother, Min, following her husbands suicide She finds her only escape from her mothers badgering is to verbally fight back and to hide herself in an alcoholic haze Unfortunately, her young teen son, Lonnie, o

Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution.

Gloria (1980) Mild mannered Jack Dawn has been secretly working as an accountant for the mob. He, his Puerto Rican wife Jeri, his teen-aged daughter Joan and his mother-in-law, all who were planning on going on the run, are murdered by the mob because Jack was going to inform on them to the FBI. Bef

Faces (1968) Richard Forst has grown old. One night, he leaves his wife for Jeannie Rapp, a young woman who does not like friendship. Meanwhile, Richard's wife, Maria, is seduced by Chet, a kind young man from Detroit... A film about the meaningless of life for a certain kind of wealthy middle-aged

Light of Day (1987) The siblings Patty and Joe Rasnick live in an industrial suburb in Cleveland, Ohio. While Patty is focused on their rock band, The Barbusters, Joe also cares for the family and the upbringing of Patty's young son, Benji. Their pious mother reproaches them for their way of life, e

A Child Is Waiting (1963) Psychologist Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of the Crawthorne State Training Institute, one of the first boarding schools for developmentally challenged children. Dr. Clark is sympathetic but demanding of his teachers and students. His approach of tough love is controversial

Hysterical Blindness (2002) In this bittersweet slice of working class single New Jersey life, best friends Debby and Beth (both pushing thirty) go looking for love in the wrong place - namely their favorite bar, Oliver's. Rugged contractor Rick eyes Beth but ends up going home with the more asserti

Night on Earth (1991) A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities. Los Angeles - A talent agent for the movies discovers her cab driver would be perfect to cast, but the cabbie is reluctant to give up her solid cab driver's career. New York - An immigrant cab driver i

Lonely Are the Brave (1962) In order to free his best friend Bondi, Jack Burns lets himself be imprisoned only to find out that Bondi does not want to escape. Thus Burns breaks out on his own and is afterwards being chased by sheriff Johnson with helicopters and jeeps.

Tempest (1982) A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience of his new girlfrie

Another Woman (1988) Having recently turned fifty, Marion feels that she has led a so far blessed life. The well-respected Dean of Philosophy at a women's college, she is currently on sabbatical to write her latest book. Although her first husband Sam died tragically fourteen years ago from a mixtur

Parts Per Billion (2014) The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blinded by their love, Len, Mia, Andy, Esther, Anna and Erik are as flawed and beautiful as any of the billions who are facing thi

Charms for the Easy Life (2002) The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.

Murder Case (1964) A struggling actor auditioning in London learns that his actress-girlfriend who dumped him is married to the play's backer, a rich diamond merchant. They soon rekindle their romance and and plan to get her out of her marriage.

Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) Minnie breaks up with her married boyfriend and becomes disillusioned. However, she begins to learn that there is hope for love and romance in a desperate world when she meets a crazy car-parker named Seymour.

Love Streams (1984) The film describes a few days in the life of the writer Robert Harmon and his sister Sarah. The decadent life of Robert is made of alcohol, cigarettes, and short-time relationships with women; women he interviews for a book, he spends a weekend with at a casino or fall in love wi

Opening Night (1977) A young woman gets killed in an accident trying to meet her favorite actress Myrtle Gordon after a play. Then Myrtle Gordon felt responsible for the killing leading her down to an emotional crisis that interferes with her professional work as an actress.

The Neon Bible (1995) While on a train, a teenage boy thinks about his life and the flamboyant aunt whose friendship acted as an emotional shield from his troubled family. This film evokes the haunting quality of memory while creating a heartfelt portrait of a boy's life in a rural 1940s Southern to

Thursdays Child 1983 Sam Alden is the 17 year old high school star player in baseball who seems to have it all However, his family notices that he is often bothered with fits of coughing Worried, his parents

Ride the Nightmare (1962) A perfect couple's content suburban world is interrupted by a telephone threat ("I'm going to kill you") against the cocksure husband. His past misdeeds unravel his new life, terrifying his unknowing wife.

Grace & Glorie (1998) When a lonely ex-New Yorker moves into the home of a rural senior to act as a hospice worker, the two initially couldn't seem to be less alike. However, as time passes, the two find much kinship including a lost child. Slowly the two build a bond and learn about life.

The Lonely Hours (1963) A mother of three notices that her baby son fascinates the lady renting a room in her home.

The Spiral Road 1962 An arrogant young doctor helps an eccentric older doctor care for natives in the Dutch West Indies circa 1936 Challenged by love, leprosy and black magic, he undergoes a series of ordeals on a spiritual journey through the jungles of Java

The Doubtful Doctor (1960) Ralph Jones visits his doctor with a strange tale of an event that has affected him greatly. After having an argument with his wife he awakens to find himself having apparently gone back in time almost two years. He's back living in his old apartment, has no money and no o

Face of a Stranger 1991 After the death of her husband, Pat learns that he gambled away all of their savings and that shes now destitute She may even have to leave their apartment Much to the embarrassment of

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks 2014 A retired woman hires a dance instructor to give her private dance lessons at her home one per week for six weeks What begins as an antagonistic relationship turns into a close friendship as they dance together

An Early Frost 1985 Set in the mid eighties Michael Pierson, a young gay man, is struck with AIDS in the prime of his life Hes forced to be open about the disease and his homosexuality for the first time with his co workers hes a successful lawyer and family He, and the people around him, must face