Curse of the Starving Class (1994)
• September 13th, 1994 • 1h 42min
Drama
Overview
Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm family. Dad's a foul talking drunk and Mom is desperately trying to save what's left of their family life.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Tin Drum
Released on: 1979-05-02
Drama, History, War
In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of...
Central Station
Released on: 1998-04-03
Drama
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a you...
Together
Released on: 2000-08-25
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The...
Policewoman
Released on: 2000-05-10
Drama
A young police woman is faced with the difficulties between her responsibilities at work and her per...
Aparajito
Released on: 1956-10-11
Drama
Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As...
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Released on: 1919-05-13
Drama, Romance
The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal a...
Word of God
Released on: 2017-09-28
Comedy, Drama
It is the 1980s. Jens and his brothers live in a single-family house in Risskov, a suburb of Aarhus,...
The Story of an African Farm
Released on: 2004-10-08
Drama, Family
The 1870's. South Africa. Life is normal at the farm on the slopes of a Karoo Kopje.Things change wh...
Field of Dreams
Released on: 1989-04-21
Drama, Fantasy
Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a...
The Country Girl
Released on: 1954-12-15
Drama
An actor on the skids is given one more chance to regain his stardom, as well as his self-respect, y...
One Cop's Journey
Released on: 2022-03-29
Drama
A police officer struggles with stress, depression, and substance abuse before finding salvation in ...
Pleasantville
Released on: 1998-09-17
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white worl...
Signs
Released on: 2002-08-02
Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something mor...
Soft Side
Released on: 2025-12-02
Action, Drama, Comedy
Angry and brooding school drop-out, Hunter Hall, spends his nights driving and picking fights when a...
Half Past Ten
Released on: 2008-12-01
Drama
An alcoholic married man discovers he has fallen out of love with his moody wife.
The Green Promise
Released on: 1949-03-22
Drama
A stubborn farmer is raising his children alone. When his oldest daughter gets a suitor, the father ...
Empire of the Sun
Released on: 1987-12-09
Drama, History, War
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all...
Tomer & Elias
Released on: 2016-07-08
Drama
Coming of age film about Sven, a boy who feels trapped in his own family which only consists of duos...
Suicide Kings
Released on: 1997-09-06
Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ra...
The Squid and the Whale
Released on: 2005-10-05
Comedy, Drama
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale te...