John Cassavetes Movies

Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City.

Ghost is an ideological musician who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. However, when he meets and falls in love with beautiful singer Jess Polanski, she comes between him and his band membe

A middle-aged man leaves his wife for another woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner. The film follows their struggles to find love amongst each other.

Husbands is a movie starring Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, and John Cassavetes. After the death of a common friend, three married men leave their lives together, seeking pleasure and freedom and ultimately leaving for London.

Minnie and Moskowitz is a movie starring Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, and Val Avery. A museum curator falls in love with a crazy parking attendant.

A Woman Under the Influence is a movie starring Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, and Fred Draper. Although wife and mother Mabel is loved by her husband Nick, her mental illness places a strain on the marriage.

A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man, when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.

Opening Night is a movie starring Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, and Ben Gazzara. A renowned actress teeters on the edge of a breakdown as she counts down the days toward a big Broadway opening.

Gloria is a movie starring Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry, and Julie Carmen. When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the...

Two closely bound, emotionally wounded souls reunite after years apart.