Screenplay: Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr.. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Papillon
1973 · Movie · 150 min. · United States
Direction Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast Steve McQueen · Dustin Hoffman · Victor Jory · Don Gordon
Plot Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for 'butterfly' (the character even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly. A petty criminal,...
7.7
23K votes
7.7
23K votes
Three Days of the Condor
1975 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Robert Redford · Faye Dunaway · Cliff Robertson · Max von Sydow
Plot A man named Turner works for the CIA reading books and postulating possible scenarios that could be applied to inteliigence work. He goes out to get lunch but when he...
7.0
8K votes
7.0
8K votes
The Drowning Pool
1975 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Stuart Rosenberg
Cast Paul Newman · Anthony Franciosa · Joanne Woodward · Richard Jaeckel
6.4
1K votes
6.4
1K votes
The Parallax View
1974 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Alan J. Pakula
Cast Warren Beatty · Hume Cronyn · William Daniels · Paula Prentiss
Plot A reporter uncovers the deadly conspiracy behind a political assassination.
6.4
1K votes
6.4
1K votes
Pretty Poison
1968 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Noel Black
Cast Anthony Perkins · Tuesday Weld · Beverly Garland · John Randolph
Plot A formerly institutionalized young man (Anthony Perkins) meets up with a cute, sexy high school cheerleader (Tuesday Weld) and pretends to be a CIA agent to get her interested in...
6.2
128 votes
6.2
128 votes
The Honeymoon Machine
1961 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Richard Thorpe
Cast Steve McQueen · Brigid Bazlen · Jim Hutton · Paula Prentiss
Plot McQueen is an American sailor stationed in Venice who joins forces with scientist Hutton in an elaborate scheme to use a Navy computer to win at the roulette table. In-between...
6.0
345 votes
6.0
345 votes
Never Say Never Again
1983 · Movie · 137 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Irvin Kershner
Cast Sean Connery · Klaus Maria Brandauer · Kim Basinger · Max von Sydow
Plot A Spectre agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.
6.0
7K votes
6.0
7K votes
Shock
1969 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Mark Robson
Cast Carol White · Paul Burke · Mala Powers · Scott Hylands
Plot A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.
5.8
23 votes
5.8
23 votes
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
2016 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Rick Morales
Plot Batman and Robin are back in action to take down their fiendish foes once again with original actors Adam West voicing Batman, Burt Ward voicing Robin, and Julie Newmar voicing...
5.8
402 votes
5.8
402 votes
King Kong
1976 · Movie · 135 min. · United States
Direction John Guillermin
Cast Jeff Bridges · Jessica Lange · Charles Grodin · John Randolph
Plot The owner of the oil company Petrox Corporation, Fred Wilson, invests all his possessions searching oil in an unexplored island. The vessel leaves Surubaya, in Indonesia, with the stowaway Jack...
5.4
6K votes
5.4
6K votes
Batman
1966 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Leslie H. Martinson
Cast Adam West · Burt Ward · Lee Meriwether · Cesar Romero
Plot When the four greatest arch super-criminals ever to plague Gotham City join forces, their only objective can only be the entire world! Armed with Penguin-personalized a pre-atomic submarine, an army...
5.4
3K votes
5.4
3K votes
Flash Gordon
1980 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Mike Hodges
Cast Sam J. Jones · Melody Anderson · Max von Sydow · Topol
Plot Flash Gordon is an American football player who along with Dale Arden are returning to New York City after a long vacation, until the plane they are passengers on crashes...
5.3
7K votes
5.3
7K votes
Batman (TV Series)
1966 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Bob Kane · Oscar Rudolph · James B. Clark · George Waggner
Cast Adam West · Burt Ward · Neil Hamilton · Alan Napier
Plot TV Series (1966-1968). 3 Seasons. 120 Episodes. Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A...
5.0
8K votes
5.0
8K votes
Hurricane
1979 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Jan Troell
Cast Mia Farrow · Jason Robards · Dayton Ka'ne · Max von Sydow
Plot Filmed entirely on location on the remote South Seas island of Bora Bora, Dino De Laurentiis' epic adventure is a touching story of the desperate love affair between a young...
4.6
60 votes
4.6
60 votes
Never Too Young to Die
1986 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Gil Bettman
Cast John Stamos · Vanity · Gene Simmons · George Lazenby
Plot Secret agent Drew Stargrove is brutally murdered by the ruthless Van Ragnar. In this action-packed Bond-style thriller, the murdered secret agent's son, Lance Stargrove is thrust into the dangerous and...
4.5
30 votes
4.5
30 votes
Fathom
1967 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Leslie H. Martinson
Cast Raquel Welch · Anthony Franciosa · Ronald Fraser · Richard Briers
Plot In Málaga (Spain) with a U.S. team, skydiver Fathom Harvill is approached by a Scottish colonel working for a top-secret Western agency. He's after a vital lost atomic device, and...
4.4
48 votes
4.4
48 votes
Sheena
1984 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction John Guillermin
Cast Tanya Roberts · Ted Wass · Donovan Scott · Elizabeth Of Toro
Plot Sheena's white parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the murder of...
3.4
422 votes
3.4
422 votes
Rapture (TV)
1993 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Timothy Bond
Cast Michael Ontkean · Bruce Gray · Natalie Radford · Helen Hughes
Plot A computer software designer becomes obsessed with his now-married high-school crush of 20 years before.
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The Super Cops (TV)
1974 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Gordon Parks
Cast Ron Leibman · David Selby · Sheila Frazier · Pat Hingle
Plot The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin".
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The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
1971 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Lawrence Turman
Cast Richard Benjamin · Joanna Shimkus · Elizabeth Ashley · Adam West
Plot A stock-broker is stuck in a dreary job and a marriage that's become a dull routine. To cope with the boredom and frustration, he resorts to voyeurism and extramarital love...
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