Chris Cooper Movies

A movie about a valentine to big dreamers whose dreams won’t necessarily come true. Individuality vs. conformity, fantasy vs. reality; but...

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

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

A haggard cowboy reflects upon his life while awaiting his death.

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

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

An anthology film that centres around relationships, love and family. A man misses his flight and instead finds love in quarantine, a lonely...

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...

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 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...

In February, 1945, Primo Levi (1919-1987) and other Auschwitz survivors set off for home. The journey took more then eight months. Sixty years later,...

Featurette on the making of Capote (2005).

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

Preparing for the revival of a hit Broadway show towards the end of a celebrated career, actress Melody Harper is, for the first time in her life,...

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

Three pioneering young adults with intellectual disabilities - Micah, Naieer, and Naomie - challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate...

Nancy Savoca’s second student film follows two twelve-year olds, Bobby (Joey D’Arelli) and Denise (Kelly Cinnante) who run away to...

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...