Screenplay: Ed Burns

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


The Wire (TV Series)

2002 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Simon · Joe Chappelle · Ernest R. Dickerson · Clark Johnson

Cast Dominic West · Lance Reddick · Sonja Sohn · Clarke Peters

Plot TV Series (2002-2008). 5 Seasons. 60 episodes. This unvarnished, highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of...

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8.9

46K votes

8.9

46K votes

The Corner (TV Miniseries)

2000 · Series · 370 min. · United States

Direction David Simon · Charles S. Dutton

Cast T.K. Carter · Khandi Alexander · Sean Nelson · Clarke Peters

Plot TV Miniseries (2000). 6 Episodes. HBO miniseries about a poor family from Baltimore who has to deal with conflicts related to drugs. The screenwriters, David Simon and Edward Burns, are...

8.2

5K votes

8.2

5K votes

Generation Kill (TV Miniseries)

2008 · Series · 420 min. · United States

Direction David Simon · Simon Cellan Jones · Susanna White

Cast Alexander Skarsgård · James Ransone · Lee Tergesen · Billy Lush

Plot TV Mini-Series (2008). 7 Episodes. From the creator of 'The Wire' comes 'Generation Kill', based on the award-winning book by Evan Wright. This seven-part miniseries is the true story of...

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7.6

8K votes

7.6

8K votes

We Own This City (TV Miniseries)

2022 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Simon · George Pelecanos · Reinaldo Marcus Green

Cast Jon Bernthal · Treat Williams · Josh Charles · Jamie Hector

Plot 6 Episodes. Baltimore, 2015. Riots are erupting across the city as citizens demand justice for Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Black man who has died under suspicious circumstances while in police...

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7.3

5K votes

7.3

5K votes

The Plot Against America (TV Miniseries)

2020 · Series · 60 min. · United States

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

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

Plot 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...

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7.0

4K votes

7.0

4K votes