Screenplay: Matthew Rankin

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


The Twentieth Century

2019 · Movie · 90 min. · Canada

Direction Matthew Rankin

Cast Dan Beirne · Sarianne Cormier · Catherine St-Laurent · Mikhail Ahooja

Plot A bizarre biopic that re-imagines the formative years of former Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King as a series of abject humiliations.

6.2

201 votes

6.2

201 votes

Mynarski Death Plummet (S)

2014 · Movie · 8 min. · Canada

Direction Matthew Rankin

Plot A completely hand-made historical micro-epic about the final minutes in the life of Winnipeg's doomed Second World War hero, Andrew Mynarski (1916-1944). Combining wartime aviation melodrama with classical and avant-garde...

5.3

32 votes

5.3

32 votes

The Tesla World Light (S)

2017 · Movie · 8 min. · Canada

Direction Matthew Rankin

Cast Robert Vilar

Plot New York, 1905. Visionary inventor Nikola Tesla makes one last appeal to J.P. Morgan, his onetime benefactor. Inspired by real events, this electrifying short is a spectacular burst of image...

4.6

39 votes

4.6

39 votes

Tabula Rasa (S)

2012 · Movie · 10 min. · Canada

Direction Matthew Rankin

Cast Martin Dubreuil · Sarah Gravel · Grimes · Marie-Ginette Guay

Plot In the aftermath of the 1950 Winnipeg flood, Fernand floats listlessly through the sad, sunken landscape of ruin. His estranged wife prays for the drowned souls of Saint-Boniface.

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Universal Language

2024 · Movie · min. · Canada

Direction Matthew Rankin

Cast Matthew Rankin · Danielle Fichaud · Sami Soleymanlou · Pirouz Nemati

Plot Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen in the winter ice and try to get it out. Massoud leads a group of increasingly-confused...

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