The best Michael Higgins’s drama movies

Michael Higgins

Michael Higgins

20/01/1920- 05/11/2008
Today we present the best Michael Higgins’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Michael Higgins’s movies.
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Rumble Fish

Rumble Fish
7.1/10
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.

The Conversation

The Conversation
7.7/10
Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple are in danger.

Ice Castles

Ice Castles
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 09/02/2010
  • Character: Fan
Young, beautiful, talented Alexis Winston comes from nowhere to become a figure skating superstar. But her rise to stardom isn’t easy. She has to push herself, reinvent herself, and most painfully of all, leave her hometown boyfriend behind. When a tragic fall leaves her blind, she needs someone to believe in her, to love her; someone to convince her she has the strength to skate and dream again.

Wind

Wind
6.4/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 11/09/1992
  • Character: Artemus
In 1983, yacht sailor Will Parker leads an American crew financed by millionaire Morgan Weld to defeat during the America's Cup race against an Australian crew. Determined to get the prize back, Will convinces Morgan to finance an experimental boat designed by his ex-girlfriend Kate's new beau, Joe Heisler. When the boat is completed, the Americans head to Australia to reclaim the cup.

Off the Black

Off the Black
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 08/12/2006
  • Character: Al Cook
An aging, disillusioned alcoholic gets a younger friend and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion.

State and Main

State and Main
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 26/08/2000
  • Character: Doc Wilson
A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.

Fort Apache, the Bronx

Fort Apache, the Bronx
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 06/02/1981
  • Character: Heffernan
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. The story follows officer Murphy, who seems to be a tuff cynic, but in truth he's a moralist with a sense for justice.

Seven Minutes in Heaven

Seven Minutes in Heaven
5.9/10
Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who ran away from home after a fight with his stepfather, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Casey, who isn't as faithful as she thinks, while her best friend Polly falls in love with baseball player Zoo Knudsen.

The Arrangement

The Arrangement
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 18/11/1969
  • Character: Michael
Eddie is a very rich man who has everything he wants; money, family, success. But a car crash is all that needs to make him reconsider the life he leads. Searching for the happiness he lost, he remembers his one time lover, Gwen. Meanwhile his wife conspires to take his fortune.

1918

1918
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 26/04/1985
  • Character: Mr. Vaughn
It's 1918, the height of United States involvement in World War I - Liberty Bonds are sold, German immigrants are suspected as traitors or saboteurs, young men everywhere succumb to the patriotism and propaganda and enlist. In a small Texas town, Horace Robedaux feels the pressure - he doesn't want to leave his young wife Elizabeth and their young child Jenny - but Elizabeth's can't-do-anything-right little brother is constantly talking about the war, and Elizabeth's stern father, who opposed the marriage initially, now has plans to take care of his daughter and the child so Horace can fight for his country. But the influenza epidemic sweeping the town (and the nation) may change everyone's plans.

Wanda

Wanda
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 20/02/1971
  • Character: Mr. Dennis
After a string of abusive relationships, Wanda abandons her family and seeks solace in the company of a petty criminal.

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

The Seduction of Joe Tynan
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/08/1979
  • Character: Senator Pardew
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him prepare the case is pretty southern researcher Karen Traynor, and their developing relationship further complicates and compromises his life.

Messengers

Messengers
5.5/10
Dr. Sarah Chapel returns to the small town of Brighton Mills when her father Dr. Robert Chapel unexpectedly dies. His clients and friends miss him, and Sarah discloses that all of them have perfect health; they hear voices when they are sleeping; and they are addicted to the stimulant Tributol. Her further investigation discloses a dark secret about the haunting voices.

The Favor

The Favor
7.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/10/2007
  • Character: Mr. Ritter
A troubled teenager, left alone after his mother's sudden death, is befriended and offered a home by his mom's former boyfriend.

Barnum

Barnum
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaTV Movie
  • Release: 30/11/1986
  • Character: Phineas Taylor
The amazing biography of legendary circus impresario and unparalleled showman, P.T. Barnum.

The Cradle Will Fall

The Cradle Will Fall
5.1/10
Kathy DeMaio checks into the hospital and thinks she sees a body being loaded into the trunk of a car. When the body turns up later and the murderer, Dr. Highley, thinks that DeMaio can identify him, her life is put in jeopardy. Originally made for television and adapted from a novel by Mary Higgins Clark, the interesting twist to this thriller is that several cast members of the daytime soap opera "Guiding Light" play those same roles here.

Terror in the City

Terror in the City
5.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1964
  • Character: Carl
Rural runaway finds himself in Manhattan.

Paul's Case

Paul's Case
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaTV Movie
  • Release: 11/02/1980
  • Character: Paul's Father
Captures the essence of Willa Cather's haunting story of Pittsburgh circa 1900. Lost in a world of fantasy, young working-class Paul dreams of escaping his dreary existence in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh. As fate would have it Paul gets his chance by stealing some money and subsequently running off to glamorous New York City.

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