Screenplay: James Goldman

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


The Lion in Winter

1968 · Movie · 135 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Harvey

Cast Katharine Hepburn · Peter O'Toole · Jane Merrow · Anthony Hopkins

Plot Christmas 1183--an aging and conniving King Henry II plans a reunion where he hopes to name his successor. He summons the following people for the holiday: his scheming but imprisoned...

7.4

3K votes

7.4

3K votes

Robin and Marian

1976 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Lester

Cast Sean Connery · Audrey Hepburn · Robert Shaw · Richard Harris

Plot Robin Hood is an old man when he returns with his best friend Little John to England after the Crusades. Maid Marian has entered a nunnery, King Richard is a...

6.9

10K votes

6.9

10K votes

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971 · Movie · 183 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Michael Jayston · Janet Suzman · Tom Baker · Laurence Olivier

Plot The tragic story of Nicholas II (1868-1918), the last Czar of Russia, set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution. It is an inside look into the private lives of...

6.8

928 votes

6.8

928 votes

White Nights

1985 · Movie · 135 min. · United States

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Mikhail Baryshnikov · Gregory Hines · Isabella Rossellini · Helen Mirren

Plot Nikolai Rochenko, a Russian ballet dancer who 8 years ago defected to the West. He is in a plane flying over Russia when all of a sudden, a malfunction forces...

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

The Lion in Winter (TV)

2003 · Movie · 150 min. · United States

Direction Andrei Konchalovsky

Cast Glenn Close · Patrick Stewart · Andrew Howard · Antal Konrád

Plot An elderly king must come to terms with his past as he plots his nation's future in this historical drama. In 1183, aging monarch King Henry II (Patrick Stewart) decides...

6.0

407 votes

6.0

407 votes

Anna Karenina (TV)

1985 · Movie · 150 min. · United States

Direction Simon Langton

Cast Jacqueline Bisset · Christopher Reeve · Paul Scofield · Ian Ogilvy

Plot A brief meeting at the Moscow train station and the dashing officer in the Russian Army is captivated by the beautiful woman who has been his mother's companion on the...

5.9

67 votes

5.9

67 votes

They Might Be Giants

1971 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Harvey

Cast George C. Scott · Joanne Woodward · Jack Gilford · Lester Rawlins

Plot They Might be Giants chronicles the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in modern-day (the 70s) in New York City. The fact that Sherlock Holmes is a psychotic paranoid...

5.7

137 votes

5.7

137 votes

Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (TV Miniseries)

1986 · Series · 194 min. · United States

Direction Marvin J. Chomsky

Cast Amy Irving · Olivia de Havilland · Jan Niklas · Nicolas Surovy

Plot Story of Anna Anderson, who claimed to be Anastasia Romanov, the only surviving daughter of the Czar and Czarina of Russia.

5.4

92 votes

5.4

92 votes

Cyber Bandits

1995 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Erik Fleming

Cast Martin Kemp · Alexandra Paul · Adam Ant · Grace Jones

Plot Jack boldly makes a play for the girlfriend of his mogul boss. He succeeds, but when she steals the VR device that the mogul has developed to become the world's...

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National Theatre Live: Follies

2017 · Movie · 152 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Dominic Cooke · Tim Van Someren

Cast Imelda Staunton · Tracie Bennett · Gary Raymond · Di Botcher

Plot The former Weismann's Follies girls return to their old theatre one last time. At the core of the story are two married couples on the brink of collapse. As the...

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Not rated