Screenplay: Hugh Wheeler

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


Direction Terry Hughes · Harold Prince

Cast Angela Lansbury · George Hearn · Cris Groenendaal · Sara Woods

Synopsis Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (TV) (1982) follows the tale of Benjamin Barker, who, after being unjustly exiled, returns to his hometown of London under the alias Sweeney Todd. Driven by a desire to uncover the truth...

7.1

256 votes

7.1

256 votes

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Johnny Depp · Helena Bonham Carter · Alan Rickman · Sacha Baron Cohen

Synopsis Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) delves into the chilling tale of Benjamin Barker, also known as Sweeney Todd, who returns to London after a wrongful imprisonment. He establishes a barber shop in the heart of the...

6.8

67K votes

6.8

67K votes

Black Widow

1954 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Nunnally Johnson

Cast Ginger Rogers · Van Heflin · Gene Tierney · George Raft

Synopsis Black Widow (1954) follows the gripping tale of a young aspiring actress (Peggy Ann Gardner) who meets a tragic end, leading investigators to cast a shadow of suspicion over her Broadway producer mentor (Van Heflin). The narrative delves into the...

6.6

192 votes

6.6

192 votes

Nijinsky

1980 · Movie · 129 min. · United States

Direction Herbert Ross

Cast George de la Peña · Alan Bates · Jeremy Irons · Leslie Browne

Synopsis Nijinsky (1980) unfolds in the vibrant and creative atmosphere of the early 1910s, drawing from real-life events to tell the tale of Vaslav Nijinsky. A prodigious yet willful premier danseur and budding choreographer with the Ballets Russes, Nijinsky's journey is...

6.3

98 votes

6.3

98 votes

Something for Everyone

1970 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Harold Prince

Cast Angela Lansbury · Michael York · Anthony Higgins · Heidelinde Weis

Synopsis Something for Everyone (1970) follows the story of Konrad, a charming and ambitious young man from the countryside in post-war Austria. He ingeniously secures a position as a butler in the grand castle of a penniless countess. Konrad's charisma and...

6.0

64 votes

6.0

64 votes

Travels with My Aunt

1972 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Maggie Smith · Alec McCowen · Louis Gossett Jr. · Robert Stephens

Synopsis Travels with My Aunt (1972) follows the life of Henry Pulling, a reserved and predictable bank employee who encounters his eccentric Aunt Augusta at his mother's funeral. Aunt Augusta, a woman with a mysterious and somewhat dubious past, invites Henry...

6.0

307 votes

6.0

307 votes

Five Miles to Midnight

1962 · Movie · 104 min. · France

Direction Anatole Litvak

Cast Sophia Loren · Anthony Perkins · Gig Young · Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis Five Miles to Midnight (1962) follows the dramatic tale of Lisa Macklin, an Italian woman living in Paris, who engages in a heated argument with her American husband, Robert, at a nightclub. The next day, Robert departs for a business...

5.8

159 votes

5.8

159 votes

The Man in the Net

1959 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Alan Ladd · Carolyn Jones · Diane Brewster · John Lupton

Synopsis The Man in the Net (1959) follows the story of a creative individual who is wrongfully blamed for vandalizing his own residence. The truth is uncovered with the help of the local children, who play a crucial role in proving...

5.3

105 votes

5.3

105 votes

A Little Night Music

1977 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Harold Prince

Cast Elizabeth Taylor · Diana Rigg · Len Cariou · Lesley-Anne Down

Synopsis A Little Night Music (1977) revolves around Fredrik Egerman, who is content in his marriage to Anne, a 17-year-old virgin. However, their marriage has been unconsummated for the past eleven months, leading Fredrik to seek solace with his former lover,...

5.1

42 votes

5.1

42 votes

Murder by Two

1960 · Movie · 95 min. · France

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The Strange Awakening

1958 · Movie · 69 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Montgomery Tully

Cast Lex Barker · Carole Mathews · Lisa Gastoni · Nora Swinburne

Synopsis The Strange Awakening (1958) follows Peter Chance, a motorist who is ambushed and left for dead by a hitchhiker in the south of France. Upon regaining consciousness, he finds himself in an unfamiliar room with no memory of his past....

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Two wives

1967 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Ayako Wakao · Mariko Okada · Koji Takahashi · Takao Ito

Synopsis Two wives (1967) follows the intertwined lives of two couples who cross paths in a chance meeting at a bar. The narrative delves into the complex dynamics of these four individuals as they become entangled in a whirlwind of passion...

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Not rated

Homicide for Three

1948 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction George Blair

Cast Warren Douglas · Audrey Long · Grant Withers · Lloyd Corrigan

Synopsis Homicide for Three (1948) follows a newlywed couple, a young navy officer, and his wife, who encounter a series of unsettling events during their honeymoon in Los Angeles. Struggling to secure a hotel room, they are assisted by a kind...

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Not rated