Movie List for "screenplay"

Killer Joe (2011) Crime Drama Thriller Movie

When a debt puts a young man’s life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance. Year 2011.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Writer: Tracy Letts (screenplay), Tracy Letts (play)
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church

Where the Truth Lies (2005) Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Movie

Karen O’Connor, a young journalist known for her celebrity profiles, is consumed with discovering the truth behind a long-buried incident that affected the lives and careers of showbiz team Vince Collins and Lanny Morris. Year 2005.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Atom Egoyan
Writer: Atom Egoyan (screenplay), Rupert Holmes (novel)
Actors: Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, David Hayman

West Side Story (1961) Crime Drama Musical Romance Movie

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. Year 1961.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance
Director: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Writer: Ernest Lehman (screenplay by), Arthur Laurents (book), Jerome Robbins (play)
Actors: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno

Death Wish (2018) Action Crime Drama Thriller Movie

Dr. Paul Kersey is an experienced trauma surgeon, a man who has spent his life saving lives. After an attack on his family, Paul embarks on his own mission for justice. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Eli Roth
Writer: Joe Carnahan (screenplay by), Brian Garfield (from the novel by), Wendell Mayes (based on the 1974 motion picture by)
Actors: Bruce Willis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone

Sister My Sister (1994) Drama Thriller Movie

Two sisters separated in childhood reunite years later as servants at a household in France. Their happiness to be reunited spirals into an incestuous relationship. Year 1994.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Nancy Meckler
Writer: Wendy Kesselman (play), Wendy Kesselman (screenplay)
Actors: Julie Walters, Joely Richardson, Jodhi May, Sophie Thursfield

Blown Away (1994) Action Crime Drama Thriller Movie

An Irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the Boston bomb squad. Year 1994.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Writer: John Rice (story), Joe Batteer (story), Jay Roach (story), Joe Batteer (screenplay), John Rice (screenplay)
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Lloyd Bridges

Damage (1992) Drama Romance Movie

A member of Parliament falls passionately in love with his son’s fiancée despite the dangers of discovery. Year 1992.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Louis Malle
Writer: David Hare (screenplay), Josephine Hart (novel)
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson, Rupert Graves

Cruel Intentions (1999) Drama Romance Movie

Two vicious step-siblings of an elite Manhattan prep school make a wager: to deflower the new headmaster’s daughter before the start of term. Year 1999.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Roger Kumble
Writer: Choderlos de Laclos (novel), Roger Kumble (screenplay)
Actors: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair

Mission: Impossible (1996) Action Adventure Thriller Movie

An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization. Year 1996.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Writer: Bruce Geller (television series), David Koepp (story), Steven Zaillian (story), David Koepp (screenplay), Robert Towne (screenplay)
Actors: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny

Den of Thieves (2018) Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Movie

An elite unit of the LA County Sheriff’s Dept. and the state’s most successful bank robbery crew clash as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Christian Gudegast
Writer: Christian Gudegast (screenplay by), Christian Gudegast (story by), Paul T. Scheuring (story by)
Actors: Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O’Shea Jackson Jr., 50 Cent

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) Action Adventure Sci-Fi Movie

The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission searches for the only survivor of the previous expedition. He discovers a planet ruled by apes and an underground city run by telepathic humans. Year 1970.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director: Ted Post
Writer: Paul Dehn (story by), Mort Abrahams (story by), Pierre Boulle (based on characters created by), Paul Dehn (screenplay by)
Actors: James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison

The Canterbury Tales (1972) Comedy Drama History Movie

Pasolini’s artistic, sometimes violent, always vividly cinematic retelling of some of Chaucer’s most erotic tales. Year 1972.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer: Pier Paolo Pasolini (screenplay), Geoffrey Chaucer (book)
Actors: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti

Secret Pleasures (2002) Drama Romance Movie

An attractive woman detective, expert in cases of conjugal infidelity is hired by a mysterious millionaire, unaware that she will get involved in a feverish love triangle to gather all the … Year 2002.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Michael Paul Girard
Writer: Michael Paul Girard (screenplay)
Actors: Kim Yates, Rick Majeske, Nikki Fritz, Everett Rodd

Mortal Engines (2018) Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi Thriller Movie

In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Christian Rivers
Writer: Fran Walsh (screenplay by), Philippa Boyens (screenplay by), Peter Jackson (screenplay by), Philip Reeve (based on the book by)
Actors: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae

Lolita (1997) Drama Romance Movie

An English professor falls for a minor , and has to face the consequences of his actions. Year 1997.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Adrian Lyne
Writer: Vladimir Nabokov (novel), Stephen Schiff (screenplay)
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Dominique Swain

The Happytime Murders (2018) Action Comedy Crime Fantasy Mystery Thriller Movie

When the puppet cast of a ’90s children’s TV show begin to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Brian Henson
Writer: Todd Berger (screenplay by), Todd Berger (story by), Dee Austin Robertson (story by)
Actors: Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph, Leslie David Baker