Screenplay: Peter Straughan
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Peter Straughan. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 14
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
2024 · Series · 59 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Kosminsky
Cast Mark Rylance · Damian Lewis · Jonathan Pryce · Kate Phillips
Synopsis TV Miniseries. 2 seasons, 12 episodes. May 1536. Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, is dead. As the axe falls, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the bloodbath to continue his rise to power and wealth, while his formidable master, the king,...
7.4
105 votes
7.4
105 votes
Wolf Hall (TV Miniseries)
2015 · Series · 350 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Kosminsky
Cast Mark Rylance · Damian Lewis · Claire Foy · Jonathan Pryce
Synopsis TV Miniseries (2015). 6 Episodes. England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years...
7.2
705 votes
7.2
705 votes
Conclave
2024 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Edward Berger
Cast Ralph Fiennes · Stanley Tucci · John Lithgow · Sergio Castellitto
Synopsis In Conclave (2024), a tense and atmospheric thriller unfolds within the sacred walls of the Vatican. As the College of Cardinals gathers to elect a new Pope, hidden alliances, personal secrets, and political machinations emerge. Among them, a reformist cardinal...
7.0
13K votes
7.0
13K votes
The Debt
2010 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction John Madden
Cast Jessica Chastain · Sam Worthington · Helen Mirren · Tom Wilkinson
Synopsis The story begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel (Helen Mirren) and Stephan (Tom Wilkinson) about their former colleague David (Ciarán Hinds). All three have been venerated for decades by Israel because of the secret...
6.4
14K votes
6.4
14K votes
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011 · Movie · 127 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Tomas Alfredson
Cast Gary Oldman · Colin Firth · Tom Hardy · Mark Strong
Synopsis In Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), set during the Cold War, retired British intelligence officer George Smiley is brought back to uncover a Soviet mole within the highest ranks of MI6, known as "The Circus." As Smiley delves into the...
6.4
23K votes
6.4
23K votes
Frank
2014 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lenny Abrahamson
Cast Domhnall Gleeson · Michael Fassbender · Maggie Gyllenhaal · Scoot McNairy
Synopsis In Frank (2014), a young, aspiring musician named Jon joins an eccentric avant-garde band led by the enigmatic Frank, who wears a large papier-mâché head at all times. As the group retreats to a remote cabin to record an album,...
6.3
7K votes
6.3
7K votes
Sixty Six
2006 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Paul Weiland
Cast Helena Bonham Carter · Gregg Sulkin · Eddie Marsan · Stephen Greif
Synopsis It is the summer of '66, and England is about to be consumed by World Cup Fever. For 12 year-old Bernie though, the biggest day of his life is looming: his Bar Mitzvah, and the day he becomes a man....
6.1
143 votes
6.1
143 votes
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
2007 · Movie · 102 min. · Hungary
Direction Bille Eltringham
Cast Catherine Tate · Iain Glen · Brittany Ashworth · Heike Makatsch
Synopsis She left the land of Marks & Spencer and went to the world of Marx and Lenin. Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution is a feelgood comedy following one dysfunctional family's journey from 1968 West Yorkshire to 19 below freezing East Germany and...
5.7
488 votes
5.7
488 votes
The Goldfinch
2019 · Movie · 149 min. · United States
Direction John Crowley
Cast Ansel Elgort · Oakes Fegley · Nicole Kidman · Sarah Paulson
Synopsis A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy Upper East Side family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
5.5
760 votes
5.5
760 votes
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction David Gordon Green
Cast Sandra Bullock · Billy Bob Thornton · Anthony Mackie · Joaquim de Almeida
Synopsis A feature film based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", which focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.
5.5
1K votes
5.5
1K votes
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Grant Heslov
Cast George Clooney · Ewan McGregor · Kevin Spacey · Jeff Bridges
Synopsis The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) follows journalist Bob Wilton as he stumbles upon a bizarre secret: the U.S. military's experiments with psychic soldiers. Hoping for a story, he joins Lyn Cassady, a self-proclaimed "Jedi warrior" from a clandestine...
5.4
29K votes
5.4
29K votes
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert B. Weide
Cast Simon Pegg · Kirsten Dunst · Danny Huston · Jeff Bridges
Synopsis A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Sidney Young (Simon Pegg), an aspiring British journalist who runs a failing polemical magazine, attempts to infiltrate a party organized by Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges), the...
5.0
6K votes
5.0
6K votes
The Snowman
2017 · Movie · 125 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Tomas Alfredson
Cast Michael Fassbender · Rebecca Ferguson · Charlotte Gainsbourg · Jonas Karlsson
Synopsis In The Snowman (2017), detective Harry Hole investigates a chilling series of disappearances in Oslo, where women vanish during the first snowfall. Each crime scene is marked by a sinister snowman, hinting at a cunning serial killer. As Harry delves...
4.6
6K votes
4.6
6K votes
Crime 101
2025 · Movie · United Kingdom
Direction Bart Layton
Cast Chris Hemsworth · Mark Ruffalo · Barry Keoghan · Halle Berry
Synopsis It centers on Detective Lou Lubesnick, who tracks down a jewel thief by following the rules of "Crime 101," a strict set of guidelines for the perfect heist.
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