John G. Avildsen Movies

A short film by John G. Avildsen.

An examination of the Oscar-winning director who brought to life some of cinema's most beloved motion pictures.

Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.

HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from...

Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old...

W.W. Bright is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he...

A documentary about Roger Baldwin, the founder of the ACLU.

The film tells the story of Bill, a young, successful stockbroker who zips off to Greenwich Village on his motorcycle when no one's looking to...

The life of Fumio Demura, the greatest karate master of a generation.

An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.

A three-part omnibus centered around sex and its discontents.

A former comic is on the run from the mob.

John Travolta, Barry Gibb and the Saturday Night Fever cast and crew tell the story behind the mega-hit film. Bruno Tonioli goes through the disco...

The 35th anniversary of the 1976 Oscar-winning film “Rocky” is marked with a TV retrospective in which Sylvester Stallone and others...

An introverted nerd and a violent jock vie for the attentions of a cheerleader.

Documentary on Jack Lemmon featuring interviews with those who knew him and worked with him.

Retrospective documentary on the making of The Karate Kid (1984).

South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Night of the Living Dead's George A. Romero and Spider-Man's Stan Lee share their filmmaking secrets with...

A 30 minute infomercial that originally aired on Comedy Central in 1993. The idea was that by purchasing Troma Inc. movie products you could better...

A struggling writer dumps a pregnant dancer for a well-off socialite. Later, he realizes his true feelings and opts to make amends.