Screenplay: John Cassavetes
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John Cassavetes. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Opening Night
1977 · Movie · 143 min. · United States
Direction John Cassavetes
Cast Gena Rowlands · Ben Gazzara · John Cassavetes · Joan Blondell
Plot A young woman gets killed in an accident trying to meet her favorite actress Myrtle Gordon after a play. Then Myrtle Gordon felt responsible for the killing leading her down...
7.7
3K votes
7.7
3K votes
A Woman Under the Influence
1974 · Movie · 155 min. · United States
Direction John Cassavetes
Cast Gena Rowlands · Peter Falk · Katherine Cassavetes · Fred Draper
Plot John Cassavetes's A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE is an emotionally devastating drama that charts the mental disintegration of a California housewife. Mabel Longhetti (Gena Rowlands) has no emotional or creative...
7.7
5K votes
7.7
5K votes
Faces
1968 · Movie · 130 min. · United States
Direction John Cassavetes
Cast John Marley · Gena Rowlands · Lynn Carlin · Fred Draper
Plot Richard Forst has grown old. One night, he leaves his wife for Jeannie Rapp, a young woman who does not like friendship. Meanwhile, Richard's wife, Maria, is seduced by Chet,...
7.5
3K votes
7.5
3K votes
Love Streams
1984 · Movie · 141 min. · United States
Direction John Cassavetes
Cast Gena Rowlands · John Cassavetes · Diahnne Abbott · Seymour Cassel
Plot A quirky character drama about a writer and his sister who struggle to find love despite their personal problems.
7.4
864 votes
7.4
864 votes
Shadows
1959 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction John Cassavetes
Cast Lelia Goldoni · Ben Carruthers · Anthony Ray · Hugh Hurd
Plot Benny's a hipster, moving in and out of Manhattan's beat scene, aimless, maybe close to trouble. His sister Lelia, who looks less African-American than White, is vulnerable and about to...
7.2
3K votes
7.2
3K votes
Minnie and Moskowitz
1971 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction John Cassavetes
Cast Gena Rowlands · Seymour Cassel · Val Avery · Timothy Carey
Plot Minnie breaks up with her married boyfriend and becomes disillusioned. However, she begins to learn that there is hope for love and romance in a desperate world when she meets...
7.2
884 votes
7.2
884 votes
Too Late Blues
1961 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction John Cassavetes
Cast Bobby Darin · Stella Stevens · Everett Chambers · Nick Dennis
Plot Ghost is an idealogical musician who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds that compromise himself. However, when he meets and falls in love with beautiful...
6.9
297 votes
6.9
297 votes
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976 · Movie · 135 min. · United States
Direction John Cassavetes
Cast Ben Gazzara · Timothy Carey · Seymour Cassel · Azizi Johari
Plot Cosmo Vitelli owns the Crazy Horse West, a strip joint in California. He's laconic, a Korean War vet, and a gambler. When we meet him, he's making his last payment...
6.9
2K votes
6.9
2K votes
Husbands
1970 · Movie · 154 min. · United States
Direction John Cassavetes
Cast Ben Gazzara · Peter Falk · John Cassavetes · Jenny Runacre
Plot A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave together. But mindless enthusiasm for regained freedom will be short-lived.
6.9
1K votes
6.9
1K votes
Gloria
1980 · Movie · 121 min. · United States
Direction John Cassavetes
Cast Gena Rowlands · Buck Henry · John Adames · Julie Carmen
Plot Jack Dawn and his family are eliminated by the mob, because he was their accountant and was feeding information to the FBI. However his six-year-old Puerto Rican son, Phil, escapes...
6.8
2K votes
6.8
2K votes
Antes del estreno
2010 · Movie · 80 min. · Argentina
Direction Santiago Giralt
Cast Érica Rivas · Nahuel Mutti · Miranda de la Serna · Rodrigo de la Serna
6.0
67 votes
6.0
67 votes
She's So Lovely
1997 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction Nick Cassavetes
Cast Sean Penn · Robin Wright · John Travolta · Gena Rowlands
Plot Married mom Maureen and her doting husband, Joey, find their lives of domestic tranquillity rent asunder by the resurgence of Maureen's first husband, Eddie, an alcoholic so violent and obsessive...
5.7
770 votes
5.7
770 votes
Gloria
1999 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Lumet
Cast Sharon Stone · Jeremy Northam · Cathy Moriarty · Jean-Luke Figueroa
Plot Sharon Stone plays a street-wise, middle-aged moll standing up against the mobs, all of which is complicated by a 6 year old urchin with a will of his own who...
4.3
2K votes
4.3
2K votes