E. L. Doctorow Movies

  • 1981
    Ragtime

    Ragtime

    Ragtime

    71981HD

    A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other...

    Ragtime
  • 1976
    Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

    Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

    Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

    5.41976HD

    Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden...

    Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
  • 2013
    Salinger

    Salinger

    Salinger

    6.32013HD

    An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the...

    Salinger
  • 1991
    Billy Bathgate

    Billy Bathgate

    Billy Bathgate

    5.81991HD

    In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.

    Billy Bathgate
  • 2010
    Jolene

    Jolene

    Jolene

    6.22010HD

    A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling to experience life.

    Jolene
  • 2017
    Wakefield

    Wakefield

    Wakefield

    6.162017HD

    A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months.

    Wakefield
  • 1990
    Bob Fosse: Steam Heat

    Bob Fosse: Steam Heat

    Bob Fosse: Steam Heat

    01990HD

    A documentary profile of director/choreographer Bob Fosse. Includes clips from his films and television specials as well as interviews with Fosse,...

    Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
  • 1967
    Welcome to Hard Times

    Welcome to Hard Times

    Welcome to Hard Times

    51967HD

    A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its survivors to stay and rebuild.

    Welcome to Hard Times
  • 1983
    Daniel

    Daniel

    Daniel

    6.71983HD

    The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in...

    Daniel
  • 2024
    Ragtime Reunion Concert

    Ragtime Reunion Concert

    Ragtime Reunion Concert

    02024HD

    This special event celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Broadway production. Ragtime weaves an electrifying tapestry of three families from vastly...

    Ragtime Reunion Concert
  • 2002
    Ragtime

    Ragtime

    Ragtime

    02002HD

    A new production of EL Doctorow's historical novel, recorded at the Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre. Broadcast as part of BBC4's...

    Ragtime