Screenplay: Carl Reiner

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


The Comic

1969 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Carl Reiner

Cast Dick Van Dyke · Michele Lee · Mickey Rooney · Cornel Wilde

Plot A fictionalized account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a...

6.2

35 votes

6.2

35 votes

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Carl Reiner

Cast Steve Martin · Rachel Ward · Carl Reiner · Reni Santoni

Plot Martin plays the role of Rigby Reardon, an inept private eye who comes to the aid of a wealthy and beautiful heiress. The film is cleverly interspliced with clips from...

6.0

1K votes

6.0

1K votes

The Thrill of It All

1963 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Norman Jewison

Cast Doris Day · James Garner · Arlene Francis · Edward Andrews

Plot At a dinner party, Beverly Boyer, wife of an obstetrician and mother of two, tells the manufacturer of Happy soap about her experience with his product. Charmed by her spontaneity,...

5.6

233 votes

5.6

233 votes

The Art of Love

1965 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Norman Jewison

Cast James Garner · Dick Van Dyke · Miiko Taka · Elke Sommer

Plot Painter Paul Sloan (Dick Van Dyke) feels he's a failure, since nobody will buy his paintings. His art dealer informs him, that the works of an artist become much more...

5.6

138 votes

5.6

138 votes

The Man With Two Brains

1983 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Carl Reiner

Cast Steve Martin · Kathleen Turner · David Warner · Paul Benedict

Plot Top surgeon Dr. Michael Hfurhuhurr (Steve Martin), pioneer of the screw-top brain technique, and his foxy wife, Dolores (Kathleen Turner), try to save their ailing marriage with a trip to...

5.2

1K votes

5.2

1K votes

The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series)

1971 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Carl Reiner

Cast Dick Van Dyke · Hope Lange · Marty Brill · Fannie Flagg

Plot TV Series (1971-1974). 3 seasons. 72 episodes. The TV Series was Dick Van Dyke's first return to television since "The Dick Van Dyke Show".

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The 2000 Year Old Man (TV)

1975 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction Leo Salkin

Plot 2000 Year Old Man is an old Brooks-Reiner comedy routine turned into a half-hour animated TV special. Reiner, a TV reporter, interviews Brooks, a man claiming to be 2000 years...

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Lotsa Luck (TV Series)

1973 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Sam Denoff · Bill Persky · Carl Reiner · Alan Rafkin

Cast Dom DeLuise · Kathleen Freeman · Wynn Irwin · Beverly Sanders

Plot TV Series (1973-1974). 1 season. 22 episodes.

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Caesar's Hour (TV Series)

1954 · Series · 60 min. · United States

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Enter Laughing

1967 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Carl Reiner

Cast José Ferrer · Shelley Winters · Elaine May · Jack Gilford

Plot David Kolowitz, a nice young man living with his parents in New York City in 1938, works at a machine repair shop. His parents want David to study to become...

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