Common Ground is a 2000 Showtime television movie directed by Donna Deitch and written by Paula Vogel, Terrence McNally and Harvey Fierstein. It stars Brittany Murphy, Jason Priestley, Steven Weber, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Edward Asner and James Le Gros. The film contains three short stories about gay Americans during different time periods in the fictional town of Homer, Connecticut, and their efforts to find "common ground" or respect from the heterosexual majority. The movie received an R rating from the MPAA for violence, profanity and sexual themes. The film's structure is similar to If These Walls Could Talk and The Hours.

This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy" written by Paula Vogel, a woman (Brittany Murphy) joins the Navy during the 1950's and discovers lesbianism. In "Mr. Roberts", written by Terrence McNally, a teacher (Steven Weber) in a 1970's classroom struggles with his closeted gay status. Finally in "Amos and Andy", a father (Edward Asner) wrestles with his own emotional acceptance of a present day wedding between his son (James Le Gros) and another man. Written by John Sacksteder

Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focuses on an African-American mother determined to get her children a quality education and a white lawyer trying to deal with inner city problems. Written by John Sacksteder