Direction: Thomas Schlamme

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Thomas Schlamme. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Friends (TV Series)

1994 · Series · 20 min. · United States

Direction David Crane · Marta Kauffman · Gary Halvorson · Kevin Bright

Cast Jennifer Aniston · Courteney Cox · Lisa Kudrow · Matt LeBlanc

Synopsis TV Series (1994-2004). 10 Seasons. 236 Episodes. The series focuses on the friendship of three men and three women who frequently gather at each other’s apartments and share sofa space at Greenwich Village’s “Central Perk” coffeehouse. They are Rachel (Jennifer...

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8.2

141K votes

8.2

141K votes

Direction Aaron Sorkin · Thomas Schlamme · Timothy Busfield · John Fortenberry

Cast Matthew Perry · Amanda Peet · Steven Weber · Bradley Whitford

Synopsis TV Series. 1 Season. 22 episodes. In the drama series, Aaron Sorkin lays bare the backstage politics, romances and delicate balance between creative talent, on-air personalities and network executives in an instant text-messaging world. Prominent are Jordan McDeere (Amanda Peet),...

7.6

2K votes

7.6

2K votes

Rowan Atkinson Live (TV)

1992 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thomas Schlamme

Cast Rowan Atkinson · Angus Deayton

Synopsis Rowan Atkinson and Angus Deayton in Boston doing a live performance of the same styles of humor we've seen in Mr. Bean and Blackadder. Included are lessons on Shakespearean acting, a school headmaster meeting with the father of a boy...

7.3

118 votes

7.3

118 votes

The Americans (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Weisberg · Daniel Sackheim · Adam Arkin · John Dahl

Cast Keri Russell · Matthew Rhys · Holly Taylor · Keidrich Sellati

Synopsis TV Series (2013-2018). 6 Seasons. 75 Episodes. The premise is that a group of Soviet KGB officers have been trained to impersonate American citizens, so that each one can become a sleeper agent, with a cover which may even include...

7.3

8K votes

7.3

8K votes

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When We Rise (TV Miniseries)

2017 · Series · 85 min. · United States

Direction Dustin Lance Black · Dee Rees · Thomas Schlamme · Gus Van Sant

Cast Guy Pearce · Mary-Louise Parker · Rachel Griffiths · Jonathan Majors

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2017). 8 Episodes. A chronicled re-telling the gay rights movement in the United States, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969.

7.1

332 votes

7.1

332 votes

Direction David Simon · Ed Burns · Minkie Spiro · Thomas Schlamme

Cast Morgan Spector · Zoe Kazan · Winona Ryder · John Turturro

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2020). 6 Episodes. In 1940 Charles A. Lindbergh, heroic aviator and rabid isolationist, is elected President. Shortly thereafter, he negotiates a cordial "understanding" with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism. For...

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7.0

4K votes

7.0

4K votes

The West Wing (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Aaron Sorkin · Alex Graves · Christopher Misiano · Thomas Schlamme

Cast Martin Sheen · Allison Janney · John Spencer · Bradley Whitford

Synopsis TV Series (1999-2006). 7 Seasons. 155 Episodes. When the erudite Democrat Josiah "Jed" Bartlet is elected U.S. president, he installs his administration. He places confidants from his electoral campaigns in the White House. Each of these people play a significant...

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7.0

13K votes

7.0

13K votes

E.R. (TV Series)

1994 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Michael Crichton · Christopher Chulack · Jonathan Kaplan · Richard Thorpe

Cast Noah Wyle · Maura Tierney · Laura Innes · George Clooney

Synopsis TV Series (1994-2009). 15 Seasons. 331 Episodes. Created by best-selling author Michael Crichton (“Jurassic Park”), the series centers on the medical personnel in the emergency room of a Chicago hospital. Crichton is also an executive producer, along with John Wells...

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6.7

40K votes

6.7

40K votes

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MANH(A)TTAN (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 44 min. · United States

Direction Sam Shaw · Thomas Schlamme · Daniel Attias · Andrew Bernstein

Cast Rachel Brosnahan · Michael Chernus · Christopher Denham · Rodney Nagel

Synopsis TV Series (2014-2015). 2 Seasons. 23 Episodes. Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Flawed scientists...

6.6

494 votes

6.6

494 votes

Direction David Mackenzie · Isabel Sandoval · Courtney Hunt · Dustin Lance Black

Cast Andrew Garfield · Daisy Edgar-Jones · Chloe Pirrie · Rory Culkin

Synopsis Centers around two brothers who believe they have been chosen by God to murder an innocent woman and her infant daughter.

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

Sports Night (TV Series)

1998 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Aaron Sorkin · Thomas Schlamme · Robert Berlinger · Alex Graves

Cast Josh Charles · Peter Krause · Felicity Huffman · Joshua Malina

Synopsis TV Series (1998-2000). It's about sports. The same way Charlie's Angels was about law enforcement. It's also a Show About a Show About Sports, That Isn't About Sports At All.

6.5

430 votes

6.5

430 votes

Parenthood (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Jason Katims · Thomas Schlamme · Lawrence Trilling · Adam Davidson

Cast Peter Krause · Craig T. Nelson · Lauren Graham · Dax Shepard

Synopsis TV Series (2010-2015). 6 Seasons. 103 Episodes. Parenthood - From the executive producers of the box-office hit Parenthood, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer (Oscar winners for A Beautiful Mind), and writer/executive producer Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights), this contemporary re-imagining...

6.5

741 votes

6.5

741 votes

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The Larry Sanders Show (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Larry Sanders · Dennis Klein · Todd Holland · Ken Kwapis

Cast Garry Shandling · Jeffrey Tambor · Rip Torn · Wallace Langham

Synopsis The Larry Sanders Show is a satirical television sitcom that originally aired from August 1992 to May 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the United States. It starred stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as vain, neurotic talk show host...

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6.4

85 votes

6.4

85 votes

Mad About You (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 20 min. · United States

Direction Paul Reiser · Danny Jacobson · David Steinberg · Thomas Schlamme

Cast Paul Reiser · Helen Hunt · Anne Ramsay · Carol Burnett

Synopsis TV Series (1992-1999). 8 Seasons. 164 Episodes. Jaime (Helen Hunt) and Paul Buchman (Paul Reiser) are young urban couple with five months of marriage behind them and they're still trying to make some ground rules of living together in an...

6.3

9K votes

6.3

9K votes

Invasion (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Shaun Cassidy · Lawrence Trilling · Sergio Mimica-Gezzan · Steve Shill

Cast William Fichtner · Eddie Cibrian · Kari Matchett · Lisa Sheridan

Synopsis TV Series (2005-2006). 1 season. 22 episodes. From famed writer/producer Shaun Cassidy (Cold Case, American Gothic, Cover Me) comes a suspenseful tale of a blended family trying to recover from a devastating hurricane and its mysterious aftermath. For centuries man...

6.1

1K votes

6.1

1K votes

Pan Am (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Jack Orman · Thomas Schlamme · Andrew Bernstein · John Fortenberry

Cast Christina Ricci · Margot Robbie · Karine Vanasse · Kelli Garner

Synopsis TV Series (2011-2012). 14 Episodes. Passion, jealousy and espionage... They do it all – and they do it at 30,000 feet. The style of the 1960s, the energy and excitement of the Jet Age and a drama full of sexy...

6.1

1K votes

6.1

1K votes

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Ally McBeal (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction David E. Kelley · Mel Damski · Jonathan Pontell · Bill D'Elia

Cast Calista Flockhart · Greg Germann · Jane Krakowski · Peter MacNicol

Synopsis TV Series (1997-2002). 5 Season. 112 Episodes. Ally McBeal is a single young lawyer looking for love and fullfillment in life. She works for a Boston Law firm with her ex-lover and his wife, a money loving boss and an...

6.0

52K votes

6.0

52K votes

Chicago Hope (TV Series)

1994 · Series · 42 min. · United States

Direction David E. Kelley · Bill D'Elia · Michael Dinner · Lou Antonio

Cast Adam Arkin · Hector Elizondo · Christine Lahti · Mark Harmon

Synopsis TV Series (1994-2000). 6 Seasons. 141 Episodes. The lives and trials of the staff of a major hospital in Chicago. Television medical drama in soap-opera style. Surgeons Jeffrey Geiger and Aaron Shutte battle valiantly for their patients, often coming into...

5.9

2K votes

5.9

2K votes

Spin City (TV Series)

1996 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Gary David Goldberg · Bill Lawrence · Andy Cadiff · Ted Wass

Cast Michael J. Fox · Heather Locklear · Charlie Sheen · Carla Gugino

Synopsis TV Series (1996-2002). 6 Seasons. 145 episodes. This sitcom takes place in New York's City Hall. It centers on Mike Flaherty, the deputy mayor, who has to protect the slightly moronic mayor, Randall Winston from those who want to ruin...

5.9

3K votes

5.9

3K votes

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