Screenplay: Michael Wilson

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Michael Wilson. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


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...

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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