Chris Cooper Movies

Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take pla...

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon...

A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.

Documentary about the impact left by John Sayles’ 1987 film Matewan, about a shooting between company gun thugs and union organizers in Southern West...

The extraordinary life of beloved acting teacher and theatre producer Wynn Handman is recalled in this portrait of a provocative, innovative artist.

Dramatization of the true-life story of a woman who fights for custody of her children while awaiting trial for the murder of her husband, who happens...

Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. As a fractured nation mourned, a manhunt closed in...

A homeless family of three sleeps on a TV production stage, by day looking for a job. One day somebody finds them.

A determined young woman, crippled with a severe hunchback, will stop at nothing to fulfill her dream of seeing the world. This is the story of how sh...

A promotional short documentary on the making of the film American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball.

A small town schoolteacher is hunted by a paroled con who holds the secret of her dark past.

The life and career of Clarence Darrow, the noted American lawyer and civil libertarian.

A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.

This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn...

Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directo...

John Webb is recently widowed and living alone on the farm he and his brother used to share. He rarely sees his daughters, Jacqueline and Grace Ann, a...

John Sayles came to West Virginia to make his film MATEWAN, about the gun fight over labor in the coal fields. The film has had a lasting impact on lo...

Two young men during World War I set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen.