The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfield girl, subsequent career and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.
A biographical story of former U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame.
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.
A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.
An unknown comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime while carrying their first child.
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African American fiancé.
Two F.B.I. Agents, with wildly different styles, arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.
A washed-up actor, who once played a famous superhero, attempts to revive his career by writing and starring in a Broadway play.
A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina winter house after the funeral of one of their friends.
A shy reclusive lady is convinced by an invisible entity to sing. Subsequently, she finds herself noticed by a sleazy talent agent and her talent being showcased on-stage. She also meets a kind but nervous man who becomes her best friend.
In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
When he discovers his adopted son is a genius, a New York sportswriter seeks out the boy's birth mother: a ditzy porn star and prostitute.
A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.