Screenplay: Alexander Jacobs
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Alexander Jacobs. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
An Enemy of the People
1978 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction George Schaefer
Cast Steve McQueen · Bibi Andersson · Charles Durning · Richard Dysart
Plot A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.
7.4
345 votes
7.4
345 votes
Hell in the Pacific
1968 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction John Boorman
Cast Lee Marvin · Toshirô Mifune
Plot Survivors of a sea battle, an American Navy pilot (Lee Marvin) and a Japanese Navy Captain Kuroda (Toshiro Mifune) find themselves alone and almost weaponless, facing each other on a...
7.0
3K votes
7.0
3K votes
Point Blank
1967 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction John Boorman
Cast Lee Marvin · Angie Dickinson · Keenan Wynn · John Vernon
Plot "Point Blank" is an expertly made, fast-moving film, based on the theme of the individual pitted against the large, impersonal organization. Here the central character is an old-fashioned loner of...
6.9
4K votes
6.9
4K votes
French Connection II
1975 · Movie · 119 min. · United States
Direction John Frankenheimer
Cast Gene Hackman · Fernando Rey · Bernard Fresson · Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Plot This sequel to the Oscar-winning "The French Connection" picks up almost exactly where the earlier film leaves off. Still on the trail of drug kingpin Frog One (Fernando Rey), narcotics...
6.2
2K votes
6.2
2K votes
The Seven-Ups
1973 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Philip D'Antoni
Cast Roy Scheider · Victor Arnold · Jerry León · Ken Kercheval
Plot The seven-ups are a secret, elite New York detective squad who are very effective in catching criminals, even if their tactics are questionable. However, what one of the detectives doesn't...
6.2
156 votes
6.2
156 votes
Sitting Target
1972 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Douglas Hickox
Cast Oliver Reed · Jill St. John · Ian McShane · Edward Woodward
6.0
143 votes
6.0
143 votes