Norman Lear Movies

Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Dick Van Dyke

Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to live acts in Las...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dean Martin

The live special event features reenactments of episodes from “The Facts of Life” and “Diff’rent Strokes”.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jennifer Aniston

Pablo blends documentary and animation elements to tell the saga of "famous unknown" Pablo Ferro, a man with a personal journey that spans from...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Jeff Bridges

This documentary explores Bob Einstein’s unlikely discovery and enduring career, sharing the many evolving layers of his comedy from the people...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bob Einstein

This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Deborah Aquila

Explore the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment history. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lucie Arnaz

With unprecedented access to the Mary Tyler Moore Estate, friends, family, and colleagues, Being Mary Tyler Moore constructs an intimate mosaic of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mary Tyler Moore

DVD featurette documenting the success of "All in the Family".

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Norman Lear

DVD featurette documenting the beginnings of "All in the Family"

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Norman Lear

Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Milton Berle

Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi is a play retelling the Jesus story, with Jesus as a gay man living in the 1950s in Corpus Christi, Texas....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nic Arnzen

Twenty-one year old Ben is on a journey - to follow his TV-obsessed dad and explore how television consumption has evolved from one generation to the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ben Kaplan

A documentary on the six-decades long career of a muckraking journalist, who was involved with the radical 196os magazine Ramparts, with the Los...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Robert Scheer

An all-star educational film about the positive side of hiring people with disabilities. A board sit and watch the film Michael Keaton's character's...

Genre:

Cast: Melissa Sue Anderson

On May 8th, 1945, writer, director Norman Corwin broadcast ON A NOTE OF TRIUMPH, an unforgettable homage to the end of war in Europe. This film...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Robert Altman

An epic journey forty years in the making, acclaimed filmmaker, Louie Schwartzberg, the director of Fantastic Fungi, takes us on a transformational,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Louie Schwartzberg

An intimate portrait of Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, tracing his remarkable ascent from a young Boston boy stricken with polio to...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Carl Bernstein

The one-night-only celebration honoring the life and legacy of the famed producer features intimate conversations, special performances and surprise...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Norman Lear

An ET special that features new interviews with stars of the long-running comedies Lear created and never-before-seen interviews from the ET vault....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nischelle Turner

A Case For Kindness is a journey to understand the true nature of Kindness, making a case for why it is our best way forward as a society. The film...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ben Affleck

A portrait of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021), the visionary and fearless US filmmaker — father of actor Robert Downey Jr....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Robert Downey Sr.

The story of a young man's decision to leave the home of his parents for the bachelor pad of his older brother who leads a swinging '60s lifestyle.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Frank Sinatra

Parker Baldwin finds her Christmas plans upended when her network persuades her to spend three days in the wild with survivalist Finn Holt for a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kim Fields

Arguably the most influential creator, writer, and producer in the history of television, Norman Lear brought primetime into step with the times....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Norman Lear

Lifetime's "Intimate Portrait" series shines a spotlight on the Golden Girls -- Bea Arthur, Betty White, Estelle Getty and Rue McClanahan -- with a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Valerie Harper

Irrepressible writer-comedian Carl Reiner, who shows no signs of slowing down at 94, tracks down celebrated nonagenarians, and a few others over 100,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Carl Reiner

From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ruby Dee

In this documentary, artist-filmmaker Nicholas Hondrogen asks people to describe memorable moments of their lives. Some, such as Norman Lear and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Norman Lear

An intimate portrait and saga of four film pioneers--Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack who rose from immigrant poverty through personal tragedies...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Cass Warner

The film is about the formation of a music channel that has shaped modern pop culture. On August 1, 1981, the life of a whole generation of Americans...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Pauly Shore

Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Woody Harrelson

Live performances of classic holiday-themed episodes from Norman Lear's hit shows "All in the Family" and "Good Times."

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Norman Lear

In this uplifitng documentary, stars and musicians from across the industry speak to the power and importance of music in society. Here we examine...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Whoopi Goldberg

Rita Moreno defied both her humble upbringing and relentless racism to become one of a select group who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Rita Moreno

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Carroll O'Connor

The cast of The Princess Bride is together again! The stars of the iconic 1987 fantasy film reunited for a virtual table read hosted by Jason...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Jason Reitman

Biography of Norman Corwin, the great writer, producer and director of the Golden Age of Radio. Actors in his radio plays included Orson Welles,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Norman Corwin

A documentary about Roger Baldwin, the founder of the ACLU.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Roger Baldwin

Pioneers in Skirts is an Emmy-nominated 60-min documentary following filmmaker Ashley Maria’s quest to peel back the layers of obstacles that...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Norman Lear

A close look at television, the ultimate drug, that keeps society turned on and what to expect of the future.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Steven Bochco

The video revolution and its impact on both the public and the family.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mike Farrell

Bob's favorite memories and funniest moments on TV The biggest Stars! ... The biggest laughs! On DVD for the first time, this special 90 minute...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Bob Hope