Screenplay: Howard Overman

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


Misfits (TV Series)

2009 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Howard Overman · Tom Green · Jonathan van Tulleken · Tom Harper

Cast Nathan Stewart-Jarrett · Joseph Gilgun · Iwan Rheon · Lauren Socha

Synopsis TV Series (2009-2013). 5 Seasons. 37 Episodes. Misfits follows five outsiders on community service who get struck by a flash storm and lumbered with special powers. Hard as nails Kelly (Lauren Socha) can suddenly hear people’s thoughts, shamed sporting hero...

7.4

24K votes

7.4

24K votes

Future Man (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Kyle Hunter · Howard Overman · Ariel Shaffir · Evan Goldberg

Cast Josh Hutcherson · Eliza Coupe · Derek Wilson · Glenne Headly

Synopsis TV Series (2017-2020). 3 Seasons. 34 Episodes. A janitor by day/world-ranked gamer by night is tasked with preventing the extinction of humanity after mysterious visitors from the future proclaim him the key to defeating the imminent super-race invasion.

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

Vexed (TV Miniseries)

2010 · Series · 180 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Matt Lipsey · Ian Fitzgibbon · Kieron J. Walsh

Cast Lucy Punch · Toby Stephens · Rory Kinnear · Miranda Raison

Synopsis Vexed is a comedy-drama, police procedural television series for BBC Two. Created and written by Howard Overman, the series stars Lucy Punch as D.I. Kate Bishop and Toby Stephens as D.I. Jack Armstrong, a detective duo with a fractious relationship....

6.4

76 votes

6.4

76 votes

Dirk Gently (TV)

2010 · Movie · 58 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Damon Thomas

Cast Stephen Mangan · Darren Boyd · Helen Baxendale · Doreen Mantle

Synopsis Pilot episode for the BBC based on the "holistic" detective created by Douglas Adams. Searching for a missing cat, Dirk Gently will face a much greater mistery.

6.1

59 votes

6.1

59 votes

Crazyhead (TV Series)

2016 · Series · 44 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Al Mackay

Cast Cara Theobold · Susan Wokoma · Luke Allen-Gale · Tony Curran

Synopsis Amy and Raquel attempt to navigate their way through the choppy waters of their early twenties whilst simultaneously kicking the ass of some seriously gnarly demons. What could possibly go wrong?

6.0

393 votes

6.0

393 votes

The One (TV Series)

2021 · Series · 44 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jeremy Lovering · Catherine Morshead · Brady Hood

Cast Hannah Ware · Stephen Campbell Moore · Lois Chimimba · Eric Kofi-Abrefa

Synopsis One simple mouth swab is all it takes. A quick DNA test to find your perfect partner, the one you're genetically made for. A decade after scientists discover everyone has a gene they share with just one other person, millions...

5.8

1K votes

5.8

1K votes

Paris Has Fallen

2024 · Series · 45 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Howard Overman · Hans Herbots · Oded Ruskin

Cast Tewfik Jallab · Ritu Arya · Sean Harris · Ana Ularu

Synopsis 8 episodios. A terrorist group led by Jacob Pierce, former captain of the French Legion, breaks into the British embassy in Paris. Their target is the French defense minister, but his bodyguard, Vincent Taleb, and an MI6 agent, Zara Taylor,...

5.2

173 votes

5.2

173 votes

Direction Howard Overman · Gilles Coulier · Richard Clark

Cast Gabriel Byrne · Elizabeth McGovern · Daisy Edgar-Jones · Stéphane Caillard

Synopsis TV Series (2019-Present Day). 2 Season. 16 Episodes. Series will take place in present-day Europe. When astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. Earth's population waits for further contact with bated breath,...

5.2

569 votes

5.2

569 votes

Atlantis (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 45 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Johnny Capps · Julian Murphy · Howard Overman · Alice Troughton

Cast Robert Emms · Mark Addy · Juliet Stevenson · Sarah Parish

Synopsis TV Series (2013-2015). 2 Seasons. 26 Episodes. The city of Atlantis is a strange, ancient dwelling; a world of bull leaping, of reptile haired goddesses and of palaces so vast it was said they were built by giants. Young Jason...

4.4

145 votes

4.4

145 votes

Spooks: Code 9 (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Toby Haynes · Brendan Maher · Mat Whitecross

Cast Andrew Knott · Heshima Thompson · Liam Boyle · Ruta Gedmintas

Synopsis Following a devastating terror attack on London in 2012, six young MI5 officers fight to return Britain to normality. Britain in 2013 is a highly monitored world, which spills into everyone's private lives. MI 5, the new secret police, defend...

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Harley Street (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 46 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Barnaby Southcombe · Colin Teague · Paul Whittington

Cast Paul Nicholls · Suranne Jones · Shaun Parkes · Oliver Dimsdale

Synopsis Recently-graduated Dr. Robert Foster starts a London medical practice with a few study friends. Robert and Dr. Martha Elliot have a love triangle with upper-class former university buddy Dr. Felix Quinn, who rivals them for the prestigious client list of...

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Moving Wallpaper (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tony Jordan · Andrew Gillman · Dominic Brigstocke · Jeremy Webb

Cast Ben Miller · Lucy Liemann · James Lance · Dave Lamb

Synopsis Set among a fictional production team working on real life soap opera "Echo Beach".

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Hotel Babylon (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Andy Hay · Paul Whittington · Alrick Riley · Iain B. MacDonald

Cast Dexter Fletcher · Martin Marquez · Michael Obiora · Raymond Coulthard

Synopsis At a posh urban hotel, the love lives and whims of its wealthy guests are attended to by hard-working staff who have their own troubles with love.

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Perfect Day (TV)

2005 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Richards

Cast Tom Goodman-Hill · Claire Goose · Aidan McArdle · Kate Ashfield

Synopsis A wedding day goes wrong when an ex lover of the bride turns up.

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