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...

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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

6.0

143 votes

6.0

143 votes