Screenplay: Howard Overman
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Howard Overman. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 14
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
War of the Worlds (TV Series)
2019 · Series · United States
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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