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...

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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...

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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,...

Max

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...

Max

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...

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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

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