Screenplay: Scott Z. Burns
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Scott Z. Burns. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Paul Greengrass
Cast Matt Damon · Joan Allen · David Strathairn · Julia Stiles
Plot Bourne is once again brought out of hiding, this time inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar--an upgrade to Project Treadstone--in a series of...
7.2
80K votes
7.2
80K votes
The Report
2019 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Scott Z. Burns
Cast Adam Driver · Annette Bening · Jon Hamm · Ted Levine
Plot The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With...
6.3
3K votes
6.3
3K votes
Last Days (S)
2014 · Documentary · 3 min. · United States
Direction Kathryn Bigelow
Plot Documentary that explores the connection between terrorism and the poaching of elephants in Africa.
6.2
156 votes
6.2
156 votes
Side Effects
2013 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Steven Soderbergh
Cast Rooney Mara · Jude Law · Catherine Zeta-Jones · Channing Tatum
Plot Plagued by emotional and mental troubles, Emily (Rooney Mara) faces uncontrollable anxiety regarding her husband, Martin's (Channing Tatum) upcoming release from prison. Turning to her psychiatrist (Jude Law) for help,...
6.2
21K votes
6.2
21K votes
Pu-239
2006 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Scott Z. Burns
Cast Paddy Considine · Radha Mitchell · Oscar Isaac · Danya Baryshnikov
Plot A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to...
6.1
148 votes
6.1
148 votes
Contagion
2011 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction Steven Soderbergh
Cast Matt Damon · Kate Winslet · Laurence Fishburne · Marion Cotillard
Plot An action-thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. Meanwhile, the whole world...
5.9
34K votes
5.9
34K votes
The Informant!
2009 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Steven Soderbergh
Cast Matt Damon · Scott Bakula · Melanie Lynskey · Joel McHale
Plot The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business big corporation with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre...
5.5
8K votes
5.5
8K votes
The Laundromat
2019 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Steven Soderbergh
Cast Meryl Streep · Gary Oldman · Antonio Banderas · David Schwimmer
Plot Based on the book by Jake Bernstein titled 'Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite'. The Panama Papers were leaked documents in...
5.5
5K votes
5.5
5K votes
The Mercy
2018 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom
Direction James Marsh
Cast Colin Firth · Rachel Weisz · David Thewlis · Jonathan Bailey
Plot Yachtsman Donald Crowhurst's disastrous attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race ends up with him creating an outrageous account of traveling the world alone by sea.
5.4
1K votes
5.4
1K votes
Extrapolations (TV Miniseries)
2023 · Series · 50 min. · United States
Direction Scott Z. Burns · Gregory Jacobs · Ellen Kuras · Richie Mehta
Cast Kit Harington · Sienna Miller · Tahar Rahim · Daveed Diggs
Plot TV Miniseries (2023). 8 Episodes. “Extrapolations” is a bracing sci-fi drama that introduces a near future where the chaotic effects of climate change have become embedded into our everyday lives....
5.2
367 votes
5.2
367 votes
What We Take from Each Other (S)
2008 · Movie · min. · United States
Direction Scott Z. Burns
Cast Radha Mitchell · Eric Balfour · Brooke Morgan · Joe Roncetti
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