John Sayles — Playwright (7)
The Brother from Another Planet (1984) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Brother from Another Planet
director: John Sayles actor: Joe Morton / Rosanna Carter
other title: Fratello di un altro pianeta / Der Typ vom anderen Stern
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
Alligator (1980) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Alligator
director: Lewis Teague actor: Robert Forster / Robin Riker
other title: Alligator: Uhyret under byens gader / Der Horror-Alligator
A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.
Piranha (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Piranha
director: Joe Dante actor: Bradford Dillman / Heather Menzies
other title: Piraña / Piranhas
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Matewan (1987) [Movie] NeoDB Sukkertoppen Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Matewan
director: John Sayles actor: Chris Cooper / James Earl Jones
other title: Matewan-massakren
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Spiderwick Chronicles
5.6 (5 ratings) director: Mark Waters actor: Freddie Highmore / Sarah Bolger
other title: Spiderwick - Le cronache / Spiderwick Fortællingerne
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.