Screenplay: John Meehan

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


Boys Town

1938 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Norman Taurog

Cast Spencer Tracy · Mickey Rooney · Henry Hull · Leslie Fenton

Plot Spencer Tracy won his second Oscar for his portrayal of Father Edward J. Flanagan--then promptly turned the statuette over to the real Father Flanagan out of gratitude. The priest's philosophy...

6.9

1K votes

6.9

1K votes

The Miracle Woman

1931 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Frank Capra

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · David Manners · Sam Hardy · Beryl Mercer

Plot Stanwyck's particularly fine as evangelist Florence "Faith" Fallon, who becomes very successful thanks to her way with words, some fake miracles, and the talents of shady promoter Hornsby (Sam Hardy)....

6.7

318 votes

6.7

318 votes

Sadie McKee

1934 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Clarence Brown

Cast Joan Crawford · Gene Raymond · Franchot Tone · Edward Arnold

Plot The life of Sadie McKee takes many twists and turns. She starts as the daughter of the cook for the well off Alderson family. Lawyer Michael Alderson likes Sadie but...

6.7

82 votes

6.7

82 votes

The Painted Veil

1934 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Richard Boleslawski

Cast Greta Garbo · Herbert Marshall · George Brent · Warner Oland

Plot In Austria, Katrin is lonely after her sister's marriage and she agrees to marry her father's research associate Dr. Walter Fane. Fane takes her to China but constantly ignors her...

6.6

320 votes

6.6

320 votes

The Valley of Decision

1945 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast Greer Garson · Gregory Peck · Donald Crisp · Lionel Barrymore

Plot Mary Rafferty (Greer Garson) comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the...

6.6

208 votes

6.6

208 votes

The Divorcee

1930 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Robert Z. Leonard

Cast Norma Shearer · Chester Morris · Conrad Nagel · Robert Montgomery

Plot Jerry and Ted are young, in love, and part of the New York 'in-crowd'. Jerry's decision to marry Ted crushes a yearning Paul. Distraught Paul gets drunk and wrecks his...

6.4

157 votes

6.4

157 votes

Seven Sinners

1940 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast Marlene Dietrich · John Wayne · Albert Dekker · Broderick Crawford

Plot Bijou, a saloon singer with a reputation for insighting brouhahas, is one of several deportees from a south Pacific island to arrive at another U.S. protectorate, Boni Komba. She becomes...

6.2

120 votes

6.2

120 votes

A Free Soul

1931 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Clarence Brown

Cast Lionel Barrymore · Norma Shearer · Clark Gable · Leslie Howard

Plot Stephen Ashe, an upper class alcoholic defense attourney, successfully defends local mobster Ace Wilfong in a murder case. After his daughter Jan Ashe breaks her engagement to polo player Dwight...

6.1

137 votes

6.1

137 votes

When Ladies Meet

1933 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Harry Beaumont · Robert Z. Leonard

Cast Ann Harding · Robert Montgomery · Myrna Loy · Alice Brady

Plot Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the...

6.0

24 votes

6.0

24 votes

The Prizefighter and the Lady

1933 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke · Howard Hawks

Cast Myrna Loy · Max Baer · Primo Carnera · Jack Dempsey

Plot Steve is just a heavy duty bartender when Edwin J. Bennett, known as the Professor, starts training him for the ring. While doing road work, he is almost killed by...

5.9

32 votes

5.9

32 votes

Kismet

1944 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Ronald Colman · Marlene Dietrich · James Craig · Edward Arnold

Plot Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle...

5.6

130 votes

5.6

130 votes

His Brother's Wife

1936 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Robert Taylor · Jean Hersholt · Joseph Calleia

Plot Rita Wilson meets epidemiologist Chris Claybourne and they fall in love with each other. When Claybourne leaves for the tropics to find a cure against a disease, Wilson gets her...

5.6

30 votes

5.6

30 votes

Hell Below

1933 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Jack Conway

Cast Robert Montgomery · Walter Huston · Madge Evans · Jimmy Durante

Plot On leave in Italy, Lt. Tommy Knowlton falls in love with Jean Standish, who's not only married, but is the daughter of his submarine's commander. Friction between the two officers...

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Madame X

1937 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Sam Wood

Cast Gladys George · Warren William · John Beal · Reginald Owen

Plot Thrown out of her home after her husband discovers her infidelity, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later, she is charged with killing a man bent on revealing her...

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Letty Lynton

1932 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Clarence Brown

Cast Joan Crawford · Robert Montgomery · Nils Asther · Lewis Stone

Plot Wealthy socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-tine lover Emile Renaul in South America, when she strikes up a shipboard romance with Jerry Darrow. Renault is waiting...

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The Washington Masquerade

1932 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Charles Brabin

Cast Lionel Barrymore · Karen Morley · Diane Sinclair · Nils Asther

Plot US senator falls in love with a young woman, without realizing she's using him to back the lobbyist she works for.

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Three Daring Daughters

1948 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Fred M. Wilcox

Cast Jeanette MacDonald · José Iturbi · Jane Powell · Edward Arnold

Plot It's Tess' graduation day from "Miss Drakes School for Girls". During the choir's performance at the ceremony, Tess notices that her beautiful, divorcee mother, Louise Rayton Morgan isn't there. Louise,...

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Not rated

Strangers May Kiss

1931 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction George Fitzmaurice

Cast Norma Shearer · Robert Montgomery · Neil Hamilton · Marjorie Rambeau

Plot Lisbeth is a modern woman who thinks that marriage is old fashioned. She has two men in her life; Steve, who wants to marry her and Alan, who wants her...

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What Every Woman Knows

1934 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Gregory La Cava

Cast Helen Hayes · Brian Aherne · Madge Evans · Lucile Watson

Plot The story takes place in Scotland, where plain Maggie Wylie's family, fearing she may become a spinster, finances young John Shand's studies in return for his agreement to marry her...

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The Lady Lies

1929 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Hobart Henley

Cast Walter Huston · Claudette Colbert · Charles Ruggles · Patricia Deering

Plot Much to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney takes up with a beautiful but "lower-class" woman.

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