Screenplay: Bill Plympton

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


Mondo Plympton

1997 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot This compilation film contains some of cartoonist Bill Plympton's best-known animated shorts. Fans love him for his surrealist takes on modern life and his inventive ways of distorting the human...

7.2

326 votes

7.2

326 votes

Cheatin'

2013 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot In a fateful bumper car collision, Jake and Ella meet and become the most loving couple in the long history of Romance. But when a scheming “other” woman drives a...

7.0

410 votes

7.0

410 votes

Hair High

2004 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot From acclaimed cult animator Bill Plympton comes this Gothic high-school romantic horror comedy. Rod (voice of Dermot Mulroney) rules the school with his sweetheart Cherri (Sarah Silverman) by his side....

6.9

520 votes

6.9

520 votes

The Tune

1992 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot Del is a song writer for the obnoxious Mr. Mega, and in love with Didi, Mega's secretary. His quest to write a hit tune brings him to the wacky world...

6.9

250 votes

6.9

250 votes

Idiots and Angels

2008 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot Angel is a selfish, abusive, morally bankrupt man who hangs out as his local bar, berating the other patrons. One day, Angel mysteriously wakes up with a pair of wings...

6.8

542 votes

6.8

542 votes

I Married a Strange Person!

1997 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot A newlywed develops a strange lump on his neck that gives him the ability to transform people or objects at will. His wife is very upset. Meanwhile, the CEO of...

6.8

801 votes

6.8

801 votes

Guard Dog (S)

2004 · Movie · 5 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot Why do dogs bark at such innocent creatures as pigeons and squirrels... what are they afraid of? This film answers that eternal question.

6.6

623 votes

6.6

623 votes

Sex and Violence (S)

1997 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot In eight minutes, animator Bill Plympton gives us 24 vignettes: seven are clearly about sex, 10 about violence, and seven others deal with human frailties, particularly the body as it...

6.6

700 votes

6.6

700 votes

Your Face (S)

1987 · Movie · 3 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot A man's head transforms and contorts bizarrely as he sings "Your Face," an original song.

6.4

739 votes

6.4

739 votes

Guns on the Clackamas

1995 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Cast John Bader · Janice Bangs · Graydon Beeks · Steven Blance

Plot Nigel Nado, the notable documentary filmmaker, is trying to make a behind-the-scenes movie about the making of the western "Guns on the Clackamas". But everything is going wrong. The lead...

6.4

27 votes

6.4

27 votes

Mutant Aliens

2001 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot Bill Plympton's fourth feature-length animated film, about a group of aliens that return to earth with an astronaut who was lost in space for 20 years, is campy, pornographic, and...

6.4

434 votes

6.4

434 votes

Hot Dog (S)

2008 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot Our plucky hero joins a fire company to save the world and gain the affection he so richly deserves. However, the results never turn out the way he plans.

6.4

178 votes

6.4

178 votes

25 Ways to Quit Smoking (S)

1989 · Movie · 5 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot The perilous road to kicking the habit is explored in twenty-six vignettes that include various professionals and contraptions.

6.3

875 votes

6.3

875 votes

The Cow Who Wanted to be a Hamburger (S)

2010 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot A children's fable about the power of advertising, the meaning of life and ultimately the test of a mother's love.

6.2

223 votes

6.2

223 votes

Push Comes to Shove (S)

1991 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot An animated short in which two volunteers demonstrate the proper way to vent the aggressive feelings that one has for one's fellow man from time to time. Calmly, quietly, and...

6.2

289 votes

6.2

289 votes

More Sex and Violence (S)

1998 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot Twelve skits in six minutes: the first one and the final three are about sex, in between are sketches of blood, death, murder, truck crashes, a tough day on the...

6.2

317 votes

6.2

317 votes

Guide Dog (S)

2006 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot This twisted sequel to the Oscar-nominated film "Guard Dog" details the continuing adventures of an eager canine. This time he takes a job helping the blind, but still leaves a...

6.2

236 votes

6.2

236 votes

Footprints (S)

2014 · Movie · 4 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot A man follows footsteps in search of a mysterious visitor to his house.

6.2

116 votes

6.2

116 votes

The Exciting Life of a Tree (S)

1999 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot Inspired by a trip through the historic battle fields of France, this dare-I- say-it "politically sensitive" short chronicles the POV of a tree throughout centuries of human and animal events.

6.2

279 votes

6.2

279 votes

How to Kiss (S)

1989 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Bill Plympton

Plot As a brave couple demonstrates, the narrator uses quotes, examples and advice to help us all reach the highest heights in the art of kissing.

6.1

508 votes

6.1

508 votes