Movie List for "screenplay"

Mystic River (2003) Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Movie

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy. Year 2003.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: Brian Helgeland (screenplay), Dennis Lehane (novel)
Actors: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi Movie

The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. Year 2019.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Dougherty
Writer: Michael Dougherty (screenplay by), Zach Shields (screenplay by), Max Borenstein (story by), Michael Dougherty (story by), Zach Shields (story by)
Actors: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe

The Grifters (1990) Crime Drama Thriller Movie

A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play. Year 1990.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Stephen Frears
Writer: Jim Thompson (novel), Donald E. Westlake (screenplay)
Actors: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Jan Munroe

I Spit on Your Grave (1959) Crime Drama Romance Movie

Joe Grant, a light-skinned African-African, heads to a small Southern town to investigate the lynching death of his brother. He draws the attention of a gorgeous heiress, then learns that she might have been involved in the murder. Year 1959.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Michel Gast
Writer: Boris Vian (screenplay), Jacques Dopagne (screenplay), Louis Sapin (adaptation), Luska Eliroff (adaptation), Michel Gast (adaptation)
Actors: Christian Marquand, Antonella Lualdi, Fernand Ledoux, Renate Ewert

A Dangerous Method (2011) Biography Drama Romance Thriller Movie

A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis. Year 2011.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: David Cronenberg
Writer: Christopher Hampton (screenplay), Christopher Hampton (play), John Kerr (book)
Actors: Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Vincent Cassel

Kiss Me (2011) Drama Romance Movie

A young woman engaged to be married finds herself in an affair with her soon-to-be stepmother’s lesbian daughter. Year 2011.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Alexandra-Therese Keining
Writer: Alexandra-Therese Keining (screenplay), Josefine Tengblad (idea), Alexandra-Therese Keining (idea)
Actors: Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjönes, Krister Henriksson, Lena Endre

Miss Bala (2019) Action Crime Drama Thriller Movie

Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. Based on the Spanish-language film. Year 2019.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Writer: Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (screenplay by)
Actors: Gina Rodriguez, Thomas Dekker, Vivian Chan, Barbarella Pardo

Crypto (2019) Crime Drama Thriller Movie

Demoted back to his hometown, a young Wall Street banker is drawn into investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in Upstate New York, affecting both his personal life and business career. Year 2019.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: John Stalberg Jr.
Writer: Carlyle Eubank (screenplay by), David Frigerio (screenplay by), Jeff Ingber (story by)
Actors: Beau Knapp, Luke Hemsworth, Jill Hennessy, Alexis Bledel

Beloved (1998) Drama History Horror Movie

Based on the book by Toni Morrison, in which a slave is visited by the spirit of a mysterious young woman Year 1998.

Generes: Drama, History, Horror
Director: Jonathan Demme
Writer: Toni Morrison (novel), Akosua Busia (screenplay), Richard LaGravenese (screenplay), Adam Brooks (screenplay)
Actors: Yada Beener, Emil Pinnock, Calen Johnson, Oprah Winfrey

Kilma, Queen of the Amazons (1976) Action Adventure Comedy Romance Movie

A sailor escapes a mutiny on his ship and finds himself stranded on a jungle island–with a tribe of gorgeous amazon women. Year 1976.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Director: Miguel Iglesias
Writer: Miguel Cussó (story & screenplay), Miguel Iglesias (story & screenplay)
Actors: Eva Miller, Frank Braña, Claudia Gravy, Luis Induni

Submission (1976) Drama War Movie

In wartime France, pharmacist Eliane begins an affair with her shop assistant Armand, but she soon becomes dominated by him. He demands more and more from her, humiliating her and putting her family at risk. Year 1976.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Salvatore Samperi
Writer: Ottavio Jemma (screenplay), Salvatore Samperi (screenplay & story)
Actors: Franco Nero, Lisa Gastoni, Raymond Pellegrin, Andréa Ferréol

Sleeping Beauty (2011) Drama Romance Thriller Movie

A haunting portrait of Lucy, a young university student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of unspoken desires. Year 2011.

Generes: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Julia Leigh
Writer: Yasunari Kawabata (idea), Julia Leigh (screenplay)
Actors: Bridgette Barrett, Rachael Blake, Hannah Bella Bowden, Emily Browning

Boxing Helena (1993) Drama Mystery Romance Thriller Movie

A surgeon becomes obsessed with the seductive woman he once was in an affair with. Refusing to accept that she has moved on, he amputates her limbs and holds her captive in his mansion. Year 1993.

Generes: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Director: Jennifer Lynch
Writer: Philippe Caland (story), Jennifer Lynch (screenplay)
Actors: Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn, Bill Paxton, Kurtwood Smith

The Paperboy (2012) Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Movie

A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate. Year 2012.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Lee Daniels
Writer: Peter Dexter (screenplay by), Lee Daniels (screenplay by), Peter Dexter (based on the novel by)
Actors: Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack

Leave No Trace (2018) Drama Movie

A father and his thirteen-year-old daughter are living an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon when a small mistake derails their lives forever. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama
Director: Debra Granik
Writer: Debra Granik (screenplay by), Anne Rosellini (screenplay by), Peter Rock (based on the novel “My Abandonment” by)
Actors: Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster, Jeffery Rifflard, Derek John Drescher

Mission: Impossible II (2000) Action Adventure Thriller Movie

IMF agent Ethan Hunt is sent to Sydney to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called “Chimera”. Year 2000.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director: John Woo
Writer: Bruce Geller (creator television series Mission: Impossible), Ronald D. Moore (story), Brannon Braga (story), Robert Towne (screenplay)
Actors: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames