David Shire Movies
- 1978
Straight Time
Straight Time7.1441978HD
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at...
- 1986
Promise
Promise6.81986HD
Bob returns home for his mother’s funeral knowing that he must fulfill a promise made 30 years earlier—to care for his younger brother...
- 1992
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story5.41992HD
An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.
- 1989
The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place6.91989HD
A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
- 2001
These Old Broads
These Old Broads6.12001HD
Network television executive Gavin hopes to reunite celebrated Hollywood stars Piper Grayson, Kate Westbourne, and Addie Holden in a TV special after...
- 1973
Showdown
Showdown6.11973HD
Two men who have been friends since childhood find themselves on opposite ends of the law.
- 1988
Backfire
Backfire5.3641988HD
Mara McAndrew's marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Donnie, a Vietnam veteran, suffers troubling flashbacks about the war, leaving him...
- 1971
Skin Game
Skin Game6.61971HD
Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel...
- 1981
Only When I Laugh
Only When I Laugh5.71981HD
A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance the...
- 1979
The Promise
The Promise61979HD
A rich student's fiancee has her face destroyed by a car accident, and refuses to return to him fearing the loss of his love.
- 2018
Love After Love
Love After Love5.6742018HD
A sixty-something mother and her two adult sons cope and move onward following the death of their larger-than-life father/husband.
- 1986
'night, Mother
'night, Mother7.41986HD
A mother and daughter spend a night together after the daughter reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it.
- 1974
The Healers
The Healers01974HD
The director of an urban medical center faces various major problems during the course of running the hospital.
- 1993
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family21993HD
Stewart and Neil Woodman plot to have their parents murdered.
- 1981
Paternity
Paternity4.81981HD
Buddy Evans manages events at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He is a confirmed bachelor who lives with his housekeeper Celia. After coming...
- 1971
One More Train to Rob
One More Train to Rob5.41971HD
Harker Flet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in money and jewelry from a California train in the...
- 1994
The Companion
The Companion5.21994HD
In the near-distant future, a female romance writer is planning to write her next book in a remote mountain cabin. A friend convinces her to bring...
- 1984
Oh, God! You Devil
Oh, God! You Devil5.6071984HD
George Burns is back as God, but oops, here he is as Satan, too. A young rock star is ready to sell his soul to Satan, and Satan is all too happy to...
- 1991
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Sarah, Plain and Tall7.1071991HD
Kansas, 1910. Widowed farmer Jacob Witting finds that taking care of both his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult to handle...
- 1976
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Harry and Walter Go to New York5.6091976HD
Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century—by gaining the enmity of the most...