Screenplay: Michael Wilson
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Michael Wilson. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 24
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · Movie · 222 min. · United Kingdom
Direction David Lean
Cast Peter O'Toole · Omar Sharif · Alec Guinness · Jack Hawkins
Synopsis While working on the staff of the British Intelligence in Cairo in 1916, Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) is sent to a mission to establish contact with Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness), leader of the Arab revolt and ally of the British against...
8.0
46K votes
8.0
46K votes
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · Movie · 161 min. · United Kingdom
Direction David Lean
Cast William Holden · Alec Guinness · Jack Hawkins · James Donald
Synopsis The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) follows British prisoners of war in a Japanese camp during World War II. Forced to build a railway bridge, Colonel Nicholson, a principled officer, becomes obsessed with constructing a symbol of British resilience....
7.8
49K votes
7.8
49K votes
Salt of the Earth
1954 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Herbert J. Biberman
Cast Juan Chacón · Will Geer · Rosaura Revueltas · Mervin Williams
Synopsis "Salt of the Earth" is a movie about New Mexico zinc miners and their struggle to improve working conditions. Using local people to re-enact their experiences, Biberman once more found himself fighting Hollywood and US politics as they connived to...
7.7
2K votes
7.7
2K votes
A Place in the Sun
1951 · Movie · 122 min. · United States
Direction George Stevens
Cast Montgomery Clift · Elizabeth Taylor · Shelley Winters · Anne Revere
Synopsis George Eastman (Montgomery Clift), the poor nephew of rich industrialist Charles Eastman (Herbert Heyes), takes a job in his uncle's factory. Despite his family relationship to the owner, the rich Eastman family treats George as an outsider and gives him...
7.6
7K votes
7.6
7K votes
5 Fingers
1952 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast James Mason · Danielle Darrieux · Michael Rennie · Walter Hampden
Synopsis Based on a true story involving espionage in neutral WWII Turkey. The refined and impeccably spoken James Mason plays the traitorous Ulysses Diello, personal valet for the British ambassador to Turkey. Code named Cicero, Mason photographs precious wartime secrets pilfered...
7.6
3K votes
7.6
3K votes
Planet of the Apes
1968 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast Charlton Heston · Roddy McDowall · Kim Hunter · Maurice Evans
Synopsis Complex sociological themes run through this science-fiction classic, about three astronauts marooned on a futuristic planet where apes rule and humans are slaves... The stunned trio discovers that these highly intellectual simians can both walk upright and talk. They have...
7.5
56K votes
7.5
56K votes
Friendly Persuasion
1956 · Movie · 131 min. · United States
Direction William Wyler
Cast Gary Cooper · Dorothy McGuire · Marjorie Main · Anthony Perkins
Synopsis The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religous sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops...
7.0
2K votes
7.0
2K votes
The Sandpiper
1965 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Direction Vincente Minnelli
Cast Elizabeth Taylor · Richard Burton · Eva Marie Saint · Charles Bronson
Synopsis Young Danny Reynolds and his mother Laura (Elizabeth Taylor) live an idyllic life near California's Big Sur. Laura teaches Danny at home. After Danny shoots a deer, authorities take the boy away to live and study in a parochial orphanage/school....
6.6
817 votes
6.6
817 votes
The Two-Headed Spy
1958 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction André De Toth
Cast Jack Hawkins · Gia Scala · Erik Schumann · Alexander Knox
Synopsis World War II spy thriller supposedly based on true story. British secret agent (Jack Hawkins) successfully infiltrates Nazi military, achieves rank of general during WWII. He gains full confidence of entire Nazi high command, including Fuhrer Adolf Hitler himself, save...
6.4
184 votes
6.4
184 votes
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Otto Preminger
Cast Gary Cooper · Charles Bickford · Ralph Bellamy · Rod Steiger
Synopsis The true story of General Billy Mitchell, a pioneering crusader for the Army's fledgling air corp. In spite of an impressive performance during the First World War, the commanders of America's armed forces still think of the airplane as little...
6.3
476 votes
6.3
476 votes
Five Branded Women
1960 · Movie · 115 min. · Italy
Direction Martin Ritt
Cast Jeanne Moreau · Vera Miles · Silvana Mangano · Barbara Bel Geddes
Synopsis Yugoslav partisans grimly crop the hair of a village quintet of women believed to have consorted with the occupational Nazis. Four, for various reasons, have indeed - and their seducer is a lone, swaggering sergeant whom the partisans briskly emasculate....
6.3
100 votes
6.3
100 votes
Octopussy
1983 · Movie · 130 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Glen
Cast Roger Moore · Maud Adams · Louis Jourdan · Kristina Wayborn
Synopsis In Octopussy (1983), James Bond is sent to investigate the murder of a fellow agent, uncovering a plot involving a mysterious circus owner and a Soviet general. The trail leads to a wealthy exiled prince and a dazzling woman named...
5.9
7K votes
5.9
7K votes
For Your Eyes Only
1981 · Movie · 127 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Glen
Cast Roger Moore · Carole Bouquet · Topol · Lynn-Holly Johnson
Synopsis For Your Eyes Only (1981) follows James Bond as he embarks on a mission to recover a stolen encryption device that could jeopardize British intelligence. Along the way, he teams up with a vengeful woman seeking justice for her parents'...
5.9
5K votes
5.9
5K votes
A View to a Kill
1985 · Movie · 131 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Glen
Cast Roger Moore · Christopher Walken · Tanya Roberts · Grace Jones
Synopsis In A View to a Kill (1985), James Bond investigates a wealthy industrialist, Max Zorin, whose cutting-edge microchip technology hides a sinister agenda. As Bond uncovers Zorin's plot to monopolize the global microchip market through devastating means, he teams up...
5.8
6K votes
5.8
6K votes
The Living Daylights
1987 · Movie · 131 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Glen
Cast Timothy Dalton · Maryam d'Abo · Jeroen Krabbé · Joe Don Baker
Synopsis In The Living Daylights (1987), James Bond is tasked with aiding a Soviet defector, but the mission takes a deadly turn when he uncovers a complex arms-dealing conspiracy. Bond travels from Eastern Europe to Morocco and Afghanistan, navigating betrayals and...
5.5
6K votes
5.5
6K votes
Licence to Kill
1989 · Movie · 135 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Glen
Cast Timothy Dalton · Carey Lowell · Robert Davi · Talisa Soto
Synopsis In Licence to Kill (1989), James Bond goes rogue after his friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter, is brutally attacked and his wife is murdered by a powerful drug lord, Franz Sanchez. Stripped of his official status, Bond embarks on a...
5.4
7K votes
5.4
7K votes
Carnival Story
1954 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Kurt Neumann
Cast Anne Baxter · Steve Cochran · Lyle Bettger · George Nader
Synopsis In search of better business, a big American carnival opens in Munich, Germany. Joe the barker befriends attractive pickpocket Willie, finds her a job, and beds her. Then high diver Frank recruits Willie as his assistant. When Frank falls for...
5.3
43 votes
5.3
43 votes
Bar 20
1943 · Movie · 54 min. · United States
Direction Lesley Selander
Cast William Boyd · Andy Clyde · George Reeves · Dustine Farnum
Synopsis Stagecoach robbers take the money Hoppy was going to use to buy cattle so Hoppy, California and Lin go after them.
4.7
29 votes
4.7
29 votes
Che!
1969 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Richard Fleischer
Cast Omar Sharif · Jack Palance · Cesare Danova · Robert Loggia
Synopsis The life of Latin American revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevera (1928-1967), an Argentinean doctor who led Fidel Castro's army in overthrowing the regime of Fulgencio Batista. Che goes off to lead revolutions elsewhere. He is captured and executed by Bolivian counterinsurgency...
4.1
300 votes
4.1
300 votes
Michael Moore Hates America
2004 · Documentary · 125 min. · United States
Direction Michael Wilson
Cast Andrew Breitbart · Peter Damon · Dinesh D'Souza · Sandra Froman
Synopsis Michael Wilson, like the subject of his film, is trying to get an interview with a multi-millionaire; however, in this case, that millionaire is Michael Moore himself.
2.0
81 votes
2.0
81 votes