Screenplay: Peter Tolan
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Peter Tolan. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 22
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Dean DeBlois · Chris Sanders
Synopsis Long ago up North on the Island of Berk, the young Viking, Hiccup, wants to join his town's fight against the dragons that continually raid their town. However, his macho father and village leader, Stoik the Vast, will not allow...
7.2
46K votes
7.2
46K votes
The Larry Sanders Show (TV Series)
1992 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Larry Sanders · Dennis Klein · Todd Holland · Ken Kwapis
Cast Garry Shandling · Jeffrey Tambor · Rip Torn · Wallace Langham
Synopsis The Larry Sanders Show is a satirical television sitcom that originally aired from August 1992 to May 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the United States. It starred stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as vain, neurotic talk show host...
6.4
85 votes
6.4
85 votes
Analyze This
1999 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction Harold Ramis
Cast Robert De Niro · Billy Crystal · Lisa Kudrow · Chazz Palminteri
Synopsis Paul Vitti (De Niro) is one of New York's most powerful gangsters. He's grown up in the Mob life and has been well prepared for his future responsibilities by Manetta, his mentor and surrogate father (since his own father was...
6.3
26K votes
6.3
26K votes
Rescue Me (TV Series)
2004 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Peter Tolan · Denis Leary · Jace Alexander · John Fortenberry
Cast Denis Leary · Mike Lombardi · Jack McGee · Steven Pasquale
Synopsis TV Series (2004-2011). "Rescue Me" is a drama that centers on the inner workings of Engine 62, a New York City firehouse, and the personal and emotional battles of its members in a post-9/11 world mostly centering on Tommy Gavin,...
6.2
522 votes
6.2
522 votes
Murphy Brown (TV Series)
1988 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Diane English · Peter Bonerz · Barnet Kellman · Lee Shallat Chemel
Cast Candice Bergen · Faith Ford · Charles Kimbrough · Robert Pastorelli
Synopsis TV Series (1988-1998). 10 Seasons. 247 Episodes. Murphy Brown is a very selfish, stubborn, extremely hot-tempered but also talented, resourceful, clever and caring middle-aged reporter who works for FYI News Network and at the same time tries to raise her...
6.0
2K votes
6.0
2K votes
Outsiders (TV Series)
2016 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Peter Mattei · Jon Amiel · Michael Trim · Adam Bernstein
Cast David Morse · Ryan Hurst · Phyllis Somerville · Danielle Brickman
Synopsis TV Series (2016-2017). 2 Seasons. 26 Episodes. A struggle for power and control set in the rugged and mysterious hills of Appalachia, "Outsiders" tells the story of the Farrell clan, a family of outsiders who've been in these parts since...
6.0
176 votes
6.0
176 votes
Just Like Heaven
2005 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Mark Waters
Cast Reese Witherspoon · Mark Ruffalo · Donal Logue · Jon Heder
Synopsis When David (Mark Ruffalo) rented his quaint San Francisco apartment, the last thing he expected -or wanted- was a roommate. He had only begun to make a complete mess of the place when a pretty but decidedly controlling young woman...
5.8
13K votes
5.8
13K votes
Rake (TV Series)
2014 · Series · 42 min. · United States
Direction Peter Duncan · Peter Tolan · Jon Avnet · Paul A. Edwards
Cast Greg Kinnear · Necar Zadegan · Tara Summers · Omar Dorsey
Synopsis TV Series (2014). 13 Episodes. Based on the Australian series of the same name, the legal drama centers around Keegan Joye, a brilliant but self-destructive criminal defense lawyer.
5.5
171 votes
5.5
171 votes
My Fellow Americans
1996 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Peter Segal
Cast Jack Lemmon · James Garner · Dan Aykroyd · John Heard
Synopsis Kramer and Douglas, two former presidents from opposite ends of the political spectrum, become reluctant allies when they become the target of a conspirator in President Haney's administration. The two ex-presidents realize they have an enemy within the government and...
5.1
399 votes
5.1
399 votes
Guess Who
2005 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Cast Bernie Mac · Ashton Kutcher · Zoe Saldana · Judith Scott
Synopsis In-laws are made to be broken. Percy Jones (Bernie Mac) takes great pride in that knowledge that he is always right, especially when it comes to the welfare of his family. When his daughter Theresa (Zoë Saldaña) brings her new...
5.1
10K votes
5.1
10K votes
Analyze That
2002 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Harold Ramis
Cast Robert De Niro · Billy Crystal · Lisa Kudrow · Joe Viterelli
Synopsis The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he...
4.9
12K votes
4.9
12K votes
America's Sweethearts
2001 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Joe Roth
Cast Julia Roberts · Billy Crystal · Catherine Zeta-Jones · John Cusack
Synopsis Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS... the country's favorite couple, on-screen and off. But when their very public romance turns into a very private breakup, only veteran press agent Lee (Billy Crystal) and Gwen's assistant, Kiki...
4.8
10K votes
4.8
10K votes
Home Improvement (TV Series)
1991 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Carmen Finestra · David McFadzean · Matt Williams · Andy Cadiff
Cast Tim Allen · Patricia Richardson · Taran Noah Smith · Zachery Ty Bryan
Synopsis TV Series (1991-1999). 8 Seasons. Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) was in his comfort zone when hosting Tool Time but had a tough time exerting his power around his own home. It was his ever-patient wife, Jill (Patricia Richardson), who aptly...
4.7
8K votes
4.7
8K votes
Bedazzled
2000 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Harold Ramis
Cast Brendan Fraser · Elizabeth Hurley · Frances O'Connor · Orlando Jones
Synopsis Elliot Richards is a well-meaning but socially inept technical-support advisor who is in love with Alison Gardner, a female co-worker. Unfortunately she barely knows he's alive. Desperate to gain Alison's affections, Elliot strikes a deal with the Devil - a...
4.4
26K votes
4.4
26K votes
Finding Amanda
2008 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Peter Tolan
Cast Brittany Snow · Matthew Broderick · Maura Tierney · Peter Facinelli
Synopsis TAYLOR PETERS (Matthew Broderick) is a television writer and producer working on a low-rated, little-respected half-hour sitcom. Taylor was probably destined for better things, but his compulsive gambling, recreational drug use and drinking problem (now under control) all conspired to...
4.2
294 votes
4.2
294 votes
What Planet are You From?
2000 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Mike Nichols
Cast Garry Shandling · Annette Bening · Greg Kinnear · Ben Kingsley
4.2
969 votes
4.2
969 votes
Stealing Harvard
2002 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Bruce McCulloch
Cast Jason Lee · Tom Green · Leslie Mann · Dennis Farina
4.1
446 votes
4.1
446 votes
Carol & Company (TV Series)
1990 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Will Mackenzie · Marian Deaton · Andrew D. Weyman
Cast Carol Burnett · Pat Crawford Brown · Swoosie Kurtz · Marc Grapey
Synopsis Unlike Carol's other variety shows, this series was a comedy anthology. It featured one show-long sketches, with each member of the company playing different characters each week and no "running characters."
—
Not rated
—
Not rated
Good Advice (TV Series)
1993 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Danny Jacobson · Norma Safford Vela · Barnet Kellman · Ted Bessel
Cast Shelley Long · Treat Williams · Ross Malinger · George Wyner
Synopsis Marriage counselor Susan DeRuzza winds up sharing office space with divorce attorney Jack Harold and sparks fly.
—
Not rated
—
Not rated
The Jim Gaffigan Show (TV Series)
2015 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Jim Gaffigan · Peter Tolan · Todd Biermann · Steven K. Tsuchida
Cast Jim Gaffigan · Ashley Williams · Michael Ian Black · Adam Goldberg
Synopsis Comedy about a husband and wife trying to raise their five kids in a New York two-bedroom apartment.
—
Not rated
—
Not rated