Screenplay: Willy Russell

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


Educating Rita

1983 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lewis Gilbert

Cast Michael Caine · Julie Walters · Michael Williams · Maureen Lipman

Synopsis Bored with teaching undergraduates English literature, Frank Bryant morosely reflects through a whisky glass on his failed marriage and his attempt at becoming a poet. His world is turned upside down by the arrival of Rita, a hairdresser who has...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Shirley Valentine

1989 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Gilbert

Cast Pauline Collins · Tom Conti · Julia McKenzie · Alison Steadman

Synopsis Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg, wondering what happened to her life. She compares scenes in her current life with what she used to be like and feels...

6.5

727 votes

6.5

727 votes

A Time to Die

1982 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Matt Cimber · Joe Tornatore

Cast Rex Harrison · Rod Taylor · Edward Albert · Raf Vallone

Synopsis A World War II vet sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Nazis. His targets are four Germans, a Sicilian, and a Hungarian who committed the atrocities. He is aided by a...

4.2

27 votes

4.2

27 votes

Dancin' Thru the Dark

1990 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mike Ockrent

Cast Ben Murphy · Con O'Neill · Peter Beckett · Julian Littman

Synopsis Linda's out on her hen night, her fiance is out on his stag night. Linda is having major doubts about getting married, when both groups arrive at a club, to find the band fronted by her ex-boyfriend - and the...

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Blood Brothers (TV)

1996 · Movie · 156 min. · Spain

Direction Ricard Reguant

Cast Gemma Brió · Roger Pera · Sergi Zamora · Àngels Gonyalons

Synopsis The story revolves around fraternal twins Mickey and Eddie, who were separated at birth, one subsequently being raised in a wealthy family, the other in a poor family. The different environments take the twins to opposite ends of the social...

Not rated

Not rated