Screenplay: Paul Mazursky

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


Next Stop, Greenwich Village

1976 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Lenny Baker · Shelley Winters · Ellen Greene · Lois Smith

Plot An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953. He struggles to come to terms...

6.9

152 votes

6.9

152 votes

Harry and Tonto

1974 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Art Carney · Ellen Burstyn · Chief Dan George · Geraldine Fitzgerald

Plot Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s living in the Upper West Side of New York City where his late wife and he raised his children--where he's lived all...

6.6

261 votes

6.6

261 votes

An Unmarried Woman

1978 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Jill Clayburgh · Alan Bates · Michael Murphy · Cliff Gorman

Plot Erica seemingly has the perfect life until her husband informs her he's leaving her for another woman. With help from a therapist and a supportive group of friends, she recovers...

6.6

296 votes

6.6

296 votes

Blume in Love

1973 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast George Segal · Susan Anspach · Kris Kristofferson · Marsha Mason

Plot Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-wife.

6.4

23 votes

6.4

23 votes

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1969 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Natalie Wood · Robert Culp · Elliott Gould · Dyan Cannon

Plot Couples Bob & Carol Sanders and Ted & Alice Henderson are best friends. After attending a weekend self-help self-discovery session (Bob is planning on making a documentary film on the...

6.2

546 votes

6.2

546 votes

Tempest

1982 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast John Cassavetes · Gena Rowlands · Vittorio Gassman · Susan Sarandon

Plot A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek...

6.2

186 votes

6.2

186 votes

Enemies: a Love story

1989 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Ron Silver · Anjelica Huston · Lena Olin · Malgorzata Zajaczkowska

Plot A post-Holocaust Jew, living in Coney Island, can't choose between three women--his current wife (who hid him during the war), his tempestuous lover, and his reappearing pre-war wife he presumed...

6.1

213 votes

6.1

213 votes

Scenes from a Mall

1991 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Woody Allen · Bette Midler · Bill Irwin · Daren Firestone

Plot The restaurants, cinemas and shops of a shopping mall serve as the backdrop against which Nick Fifer and his wife, Deborah, are preparing their 16th wedding anniversary. While shopping, Nick...

5.7

1K votes

5.7

1K votes

Willie & Phil

1980 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Michael Ontkean · Margot Kidder · Ray Sharkey · Jan Miner

Plot A romantic-comedy directed by Paul Mazursky centering around the free-spirited-relationship's of three people through the un-conventional decade the 70's. Willie a jewish english teacher in New York meet's Phil italian-photographer...

5.6

44 votes

5.6

44 votes

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!

1968 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Hy Averback

Cast Peter Sellers · Leigh Taylor-Young · Jo Van Fleet · Joyce Van Patten

Plot Harold Fine (Peter Sellers) is a self-described square--a 35-year-old Los Angeles Lawyer who is not looking forward to middle age and his upcoming wedding. His life changes, however, when he...

5.6

59 votes

5.6

59 votes

Moscow on the Hudson

1984 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Robin Williams · Maria Conchita Alonso · Cleavant Derricks · Alejandro Rey

Plot A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle...

5.4

672 votes

5.4

672 votes

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

1986 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Nick Nolte · Bette Midler · Richard Dreyfuss · Little Richard

Plot This hilarious Hollywood retelling of the classic Jean Renoir French farce Boudu Saved from Drowning emerges as a wry commentary on society's excess and has distinguished itself as an instant...

5.2

933 votes

5.2

933 votes

Alex in Wonderland

1970 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Donald Sutherland · Ellen Burstyn · Meg Mazursky · Glenna Sargent

Plot After his first film is a hit, a young director is caught in the classic bind between art and commerce--he wants to make a film that challenges the audience and...

5.2

68 votes

5.2

68 votes

Moon over Parador

1988 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Richard Dreyfuss · Sônia Braga · Raul Julia · Fernando Rey

Plot Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Roberto, makes Jack an offer...

4.2

802 votes

4.2

802 votes

The Pickle

1993 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Danny Aiello · Dyan Cannon · Clotilde Courau · Shelley Winters

Plot Harry Stone (Danny Aiello), a formerly top notch director, has had three disastrous movies in a row. Facing dismissal from the top perch of Hollywood and finacial ruin from back...

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Yippee

2006 · Documentary · 74 min. · United States

Direction Paul Mazursky

Cast Paul Mazursky

Plot Producer, director and actor Paul Mazursky travels to a small town in the Ukriane, to witness and participate in a three day celebration by over 25,000 singing, dancing, praying, and...

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The Danny Kaye Show (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Robert Scheerer

Cast Danny Kaye · Harvey Korman · Joyce Van Patten · Howard Morris

Plot TV Series (1963-1967). 4 seasons. 120 episodes. Primary focus on the multi-talented Kaye - singing and dancing his way through comedy skits and monologues - assisted by semi-regular guests, singers,...

Not rated

Not rated