Screenplay: Joel Surnow

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


Nowhere Man (TV Series)

1995 · Series · 44 min. · United States

Direction Lawrence Hertzog · Steve Stafford · James Whitmore Jr. · Ian Toynton

Cast Bruce Greenwood · Megan Gallagher · Murray Rubinstein · George Gerdes

Plot TV Series (1995-1996). One season. Bruce Greenwood stars as documentary photographer Thomas Veil who, in the course of one evening, seemingly has his whole existence erased, in the compelling one-hour...

7.0

28 votes

7.0

28 votes

24: Live Another Day (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 43 min. · United States

Direction Joel Surnow · Robert Cochran · Jon Cassar · Adam Kane

Cast Kiefer Sutherland · Mary Lynn Rajskub · Kim Raver · William Devane

Plot TV Miniseries (2014). 12 Episodes. Four years after dishing out his own brand of justice and evading capture, Jack Bauer finds himself on the run in London; once again, he...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

24 (TV Series)

2001 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Joel Surnow · Robert Cochran · Jon Cassar · Brad Turner

Cast Kiefer Sutherland · Elisha Cuthbert · Mary Lynn Rajskub · Dennis Haysbert

Plot TV Series (2001-2010). 8 Seasons. 192 Episodes. Jack Bauer is a counterterrorism agent for whom each day is more absurd and terrifying than the last one. In the first season/day,...

6.6

34K votes

6.6

34K votes

24: Redemption (TV)

2008 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Jon Cassar

Cast Kiefer Sutherland · Robert Carlyle · Jon Voight · Colm Feore

Plot Filmed on location in Cape Town, South Africa, and Los Angeles, 24: REDEMPTION stars Emmy Award winner Kiefer Sutherland along with new cast members Cherry Jones, Robert Carlyle, Gil Bellows...

6.5

2K votes

6.5

2K votes

The Kennedys (TV Miniseries)

2011 · Series · 480 min. · United States

Direction Jon Cassar

Cast Greg Kinnear · Katie Holmes · Barry Pepper · Tom Wilkinson

Plot TV Miniseries (2011). 8 Episodes. The show relives the public and private joys and tragedies of the most influential family in the world including fraternal rivalries, mob associations, the drugs...

6.4

859 votes

6.4

859 votes

The Equalizer (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Michael Sloan · Richard Lindheim · Alan Metzger · Tobe Hooper

Cast Edward Woodward · Keith Szarabajka · Robert Lansing · Mark Margolis

Plot Robert McCall is a tough-as-nails, no-BS private eye who went into business for himself after leaving the shadowy agency he once worked for. McCall works on behalf of those whose...

6.2

102 votes

6.2

102 votes

Miami Vice (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Yerkovich · John Nicolella · Richard Compton · Leon Ichaso

Cast Don Johnson · Philip Michael Thomas · Edward James Olmos · Saundra Santiago

Plot TV Series (1984-1990). 5 Seasons. 111 Episodes. Miami Vice was one of the most innovative and powerful TV series of all time, focusing on the Miami Metro-Dade police "Vice" department...

6.0

26K votes

6.0

26K votes

Falcon Crest (TV Series)

1981 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Earl Hamner Jr. · Reza Badiyi · Harry Harris · Robert Foxworth

Cast Jane Wyman · Robert Foxworth · Susan Sullivan · Lorenzo Lamas

Plot TV Series (1981-1990). 9 Seasons. 227 Episodes. Angela Channing, whose Italian Grandfather founded the Falcon Crest Winery in the Californian Tuscany Valley many years before, now ran the most powerful...

5.5

20K votes

5.5

20K votes

24: Legacy (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 41 min. · United States

Direction Robert Cochran · Joel Surnow · Stephen Hopkins · Jon Cassar

Cast Corey Hawkins · Dan Bucatinsky · Anna Diop · Charlie Hofheimer

Plot TV Series (2017). 12 Episodes. Will center on a military hero who encounters a troubled return to the U.S., compelling him to ask CTU for help in saving his life,...

5.3

308 votes

5.3

308 votes

Small Time

2013 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Joel Surnow

Cast Christopher Meloni · Dean Norris · Devon Bostick · Bridget Moynahan

Plot Inspired by a true story, Al Klein (Meloni) and his longtime friend, Ash Martini (Norris) own a used car lot. These two know every trick in the book when it...

5.0

133 votes

5.0

133 votes

Night and Day (TV)

2010 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction Milan Cheylov

Cast Holt McCallany · William Fichtner · Jessy Schram · Xander Berkeley

Plot A hybrid television format - "Day" follows the professional life of ATF officer Dan Hollister as he leads a "Special Threat Intervention" task force" (STI) through a dangerous underworld that...

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Ring of the Musketeers (TV)

1992 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction John Paragon

Cast David Hasselhoff · Cheech Marin · Thomas Gottschalk · Alison Doody

Plot Modern-day "Musketeers" attempt to live the lives of protectors of the innocent. While the biking trio rescues kidnapped children, guards witnesses, and chases Mafia types, they also seek for the...

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24: Day Six - Debrief (TV Miniseries)

2007 · Series · min. · United States

Direction Michael Klick

Cast Kiefer Sutherland · Esai Morales · Martin Papazian · Alexis Cassar

Plot 24: Day 6 Debrief is a web-based series of five episodes, each a few minutes long. Set a few hours after the events of the sixth season, the series follows...

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Covington Cross (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Gil Grant · James Keach · Les Landau · Peter Sasdy

Cast Nigel Terry · Cherie Lunghi · James Faulkner · Jonathan Firth

Plot TV Series. 13 Episodes.

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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction David Nutter · Kristoffer Tabori · Christopher T. Welch · Todd Holland

Cast Evan Richards · Christopher Kennedy · Danny Breen · Don Lake

Plot Bill and Ted are a couple of high school idiots who use their time-traveling telephone booth to travel through time. Sometimes they would use their device to bring historical figures...

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Special Unit 2 (TV Series)

2001 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Evan Katz · John T. Kretchmer · Oscar L. Costo · Paul Abascal

Cast Michael Landes · Alexondra Lee · Richard Gant · Danny Woodburn

Plot Chicago cops hunt monsters.

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Not rated