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1. Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991)
PG | 96 min | Comedy
A girl fed up with her quirky, disfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to spend time with each other.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Dan Futterman, Patricia Kalember, Jenny Lewis
Votes: 2,108 | Gross: $0.27M
2. Loverboy (1989)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy
Randy is still unfocused after 2 years in college. When his dad refuses to keep paying his tuition, he gets a job delivering pizzas. Several alluring cougars pay him $200 for pizza delivery and "services rendered." As for their husbands.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Kate Jackson, Robert Ginty, Nancy Valen
Votes: 8,794 | Gross: $3.96M
3. Sisters (1991–1996)
60 min | Drama
Follows the lives and loves of four close, but very different, sisters of the Reed family living in Winnetka, Illinois.
Stars: Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, Sela Ward, Elizabeth Hoffman
Votes: 2,294
4. Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–1987)
50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A miscellany of numerous classic fairy tales' adaptations.
Stars: Shelley Duvall, John Achorn, Patrick DeSantis, David McCharen
Votes: 2,517
5. Crossing Delancey (1988)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
A Manhattan single meets a man through her Jewish grandmother's matchmaker.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Reizl Bozyk, Jeroen Krabbé
Votes: 4,968 | Gross: $16.26M
6. Between the Lines (1977)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The lives and tribulations of a staff of an independent newspaper in Boston who're struggling financially. Unbeknownst to them, they are about to be taken over by a big publisher; an idea they despise.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: John Heard, Lindsay Crouse, Jeff Goldblum, Jill Eikenberry
Votes: 1,360
7. Hester Street (1975)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Romance
In 1896, a Russian Jewish woman immigrates to New York's Lower East Side to reunite with her Americanized husband, but has difficulty assimilating.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Steven Keats, Carol Kane, Mel Howard, Dorrie Kavanaugh
Votes: 1,876 | Gross: $5.00M
8. Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan
Votes: 1,650
9. On the Yard (1978)
R | 102 min | Drama
In prison, one prisoner buys some smokes from another. Then he admits he can't pay for it and becomes indebted to him and the interest is rising daily.
Director: Raphael D. Silver | Stars: John Heard, Thomas G. Waites, Mike Kellin, Richard Bright
Votes: 268
10. Finnegan Begin Again (1985 TV Movie)
115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mike Finnegan is nearing retirement and taking care of his senile wife. He can't get her to allow him to throw anything out and their house has become unmanageable. He meets Liz DeHaan, who... See full summary »
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Robert Preston, Sam Waterston, Sylvia Sidney
Votes: 477
11. Charms for the Easy Life (2002 TV Movie)
111 min | Drama
The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Mimi Rogers, Susan May Pratt, Geordie Johnson
Votes: 496
12. Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 45 min | Drama
Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern, Bernice gives her much more than she bargained for.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Shelley Duvall, Veronica Cartwright, Bud Cort, Lane Binkley
Votes: 461
13. A Fish in the Bathtub (1998)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy
An exasperated son and daughter plays mediator and matchmaker for her elderly, eccentric parents, who just cannot stop annoying each other.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Mark Ruffalo, Jane Adams
Votes: 561
14. The Oscars (2021 TV Special)
TV-14 | 150 min | Music
The top movies of the past year are honored at the 93rd Academy Awards, with Mank (2020), in the lead with 10 nominations, as well as The Father (2020), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Nomadland (2020) and Sound of Metal (2019).
Director: Glenn Weiss | Stars: Zendaya, Vanessa Kirby, Brad Pitt, Ariana DeBose
Votes: 1,226
15. Invisible Child (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
A woman from London starts working for a family as a nanny and discovers that the mother thinks she has an imaginary child called Maggie.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Rita Wilson, Victor Garber, Tushka Bergen, Mae Whitman
Votes: 826
16. Hunger Point (2003 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama
A family is pushed to its limits when one of the daughters' lives is blighted by an eating disorder.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Christina Hendricks, Susan May Pratt, John Getz
Votes: 660
17. Working in the Theatre (1976– )
60 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
Bringing together performers, directors, playwrights, designers, choreographers, producers and behind-the-scenes personnel from the American and international theatre, the program offers a ... See full summary »
Stars: Jean Dalrymple, George White, Brendan Gill, Ted Chapin
Votes: 46
18. In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, War
A Rabbi in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland in 1942 fights to maintain his stance of peace and acceptance of his fellow man despite the growing turmoil and atrocities created by the Germans. ... See full summary »
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Charles Dance, Elina Löwensohn, Chad Lowe
Votes: 363
19. A Private Matter (1992 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 88 min | Drama
The story of Sherri Finkbine, a woman who sought a medically recommended abortion and endured a firestorm of public controversy about her decision.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Aidan Quinn, Estelle Parsons, Sheila McCarthy
Votes: 316
20. How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days (1984 TV Movie)
58 min | Comedy
A kid strives to be perfect, and in the end realizes that individuality is more fun.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Wallace Shawn, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Hermione Gingold, Sarah Boyd
Votes: 89
21. Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991 TV Movie)
79 min | Drama
Three dramatic stories inside the walls of a women's prison.
Directors: Donna Deitch, Joan Micklin Silver, Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Lolita Davidovich, Silvana Gallardo, Kimberly Scott, Edith Fields
Votes: 195
22. Limbo (1972)
PG | 112 min | Drama
Deals with the problems facing a group of women married to men who are missing in Vietnam action.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Kate Jackson, Katherine Justice, Stuart Margolin, Hazel Medina
Votes: 69
23. Calling the Shots (1988)
100 min | Documentary
Analysis of women's role in the film industry today. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.
Directors: Janis Cole, Holly Dale | Stars: Karen Arthur, Lizzie Borden, Barbara Boyle, Joyce Chopra
Votes: 18
24. Elie Wiesel Goes Home (1996)
108 min | Documentary
A documentary chronicling the adolescent years of Elie Wiesel and the history of his sufferings. Eliezer was fifteen when Fascism brutally altered his life forever. Fifty years later, he ... See full summary »
Director: Judit Elek | Stars: Elie Wiesel, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tamás Fodor, William Hurt
Votes: 31
25. The Frontier Experience (1975)
25 min | Short, Drama
1869. A widow and her family struggle to eke out a living in the bleak and largely uninhabited Kansas plains.
Director: Barbara Loden | Stars: Barbara Loden, Roger Hoffman
Votes: 59
26. The Immigrant Experience: The Long Long Journey (1972)
28 min | Short, Drama, Family
A family of Polish immigrants has a difficult time adjusting to life in the United States. The story centers on the son, named Janek, who has trouble fitting in at school and with his family.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: John Kowalczyck, Thomas Kubiak, Joan Kendall, Jane McCloud
Votes: 19
27. The Case of the Elevator Duck (1974)
17 min | Short, Drama
Young Gilbert lives in an urban apartment building. One day he discovers a duck in the building's elevator. Gilbert decides to keep the duck, but to keep his new friend secret from his ... See full summary »
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Robert Lee Grant, Bee Jay, Jackie Torres, Walter Grant
Votes: 12
28. The Fur Coat Club (1973)
18 min | Short, Comedy
Two young girls with a passion for touching fur coats become locked inside a furrier's shop after hours when two burglars break in.
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Emily Chase, Claudia Silver
Votes: 12
29. Joan Micklin Silver - Begegnung mit der New Yorker Filmregisseurin (1983)
46 min
Director: Katja Raganelli | Star: Joan Micklin Silver
30. 50 Years of Action! (1986)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Douglass M. Stewart Jr. | Stars: Richard Crenna, Morris R. Abrams, Stanley Ackerman, Woody Allen
31.
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–1987)
Episode:
The Nightingale
(1983)
54 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A kitchen maid and nightingale help save the emperor with the power of song and friendship.
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Mick Jagger, Bud Cort, Barbara Hershey, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 166
32.
Sisters (1991–1996)
Episode:
For Everything a Season: Part 1
(1995)
Drama
Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, Sheila Kelley, Sela Ward
33.
Working in the Theatre (1976– )
Episode:
Playwright, Director & Choreographer
(1984)
Documentary, Talk-Show
Stars: Julianne Boyd, Martin Charnin, Gregory Mosher, Joan Micklin Silver