Richard Portnow Movies

A destitute Frank Sinatra pursues sultry starlet Ava Gardner while campaigning for the lead in 'From Here to Eternity'.

Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfriends who are serving time at the nearby state...

A brilliant mathematician travels through time and space in search of the knowledge that would allow him to control his life and alter the events of...

The Hollowheads are a strange, futuristic family that live in a Jetsons type world complete with many cool gadgets. Henry is hoping for a promotion...

Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".

Samuel and his friends along with his trusted dog Athena have to go for the adventure of a lifetime, matching wits with a mob boss to solve Oscar's...

A documentary examining the life of Robert L. Ripley (played by an actor), the man who created the "Believe It Or Not" series.

Ray investigates the murder of a psychiatrist.

In New York two detectives of the 87th precinct are initially baffled by the brutal, ritualistic slayings of several young women. Through good...

On his last night on the job, an unsuspecting LA cab driver gets roped into helping a wealthy investment banker cover up a brutal crime.

In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.

"The Indian" is a touching drama about a negligent father who must face the son he abandoned years earlier, and the emotional wreckage he caused, in...

A New York detective and a victim's colleague hunt a killer who preys on single women.

Transplanted from New York, Duke and his brother Frankie Romano live in a rundown LA apartment with their alcoholic mother (Karen Black).

A down-on-her luck prostitute embarks on a wild adventure that puts her in contact with the Mafia.

A filmmaker picks a "real" subject to shoot, and when she sees Guy on the street, she latches onto him. At first, Guy is enraged that someone is just...

An elderly couple will stop at nothing to make it to the bank.

When his son is kidnapped a man has to face his past demons in speaking to a Mafia don about it.

A talented team of basketball players made up of little people enters a tournament to help a teammate's son go to college.

In a twist on a Dickens novel, we meet Holly, a tightly-wound businesswoman who's spent her life running from the ghosts of her past. But this...