Screenplay: Terrence McNally

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


Love! Valour! Compassion!

1997 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Joe Mantello

Cast Jason Alexander · Stephen Spinella · John Benjamin Hickey · Stephen Bogardus

Plot Gregory invites seven friends to spend the summer at his large, secluded 19th-century home in upstate New York. The seven are: Bobby, Gregory's "significant other," who is blind but who...

6.4

105 votes

6.4

105 votes

Frankie & Johnny

1991 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Garry Marshall

Cast Al Pacino · Michelle Pfeiffer · Hector Elizondo · Kate Nelligan

Plot In this adaptation of Terrence McNally's play, Johnny (Al Pacino), an ex-con turned short order cook, woos Frankie (Michelle Pfeiffer), a reluctant plain jane waitress. Set in a dingy Manhattan...

6.3

10K votes

6.3

10K votes

Common Ground (TV)

2000 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Donna Deitch

Cast Erik Knudsen · Brittany Murphy · Jason Priestley · Margot Kidder

Plot This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins the Navy during the 1950's and discovers lesbianism. In "Mr....

5.9

32 votes

5.9

32 votes

The Ritz

1976 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Lester

Cast Jack Weston · Rita Moreno · Jerry Stiller · Kaye Ballard

Plot On his deathbed Carmine Vespucci's father tells him to "get Proclo". With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine can't find him. He arrives...

5.9

61 votes

5.9

61 votes

Earth Girls are Easy

1988 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Julien Temple

Cast Geena Davis · Jeff Goldblum · Jim Carrey · Julie Brown

Plot San Fernando Valley manicurist Valerie Dale is feeling down because her live-in boyfriend Ted does not seem to want sex anymore. She throws him out after finding him with a...

4.1

1K votes

4.1

1K votes

Not rated

American Playhouse: Andre's Mother (TV)

1990 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Deborah Reinisch

Cast Richard Thomas · Sada Thompson · Sylvia Sidney · Richard Venture

Plot Cal is a young writer living in New York when he meets and falls in love with Andre, an aspiring actor. Andre's mother visits from Texas, and has a hard...

Not rated

Not rated