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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