Screenplay: David S. Ward
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by David S. Ward. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Sting
1973 · Movie · 129 min. · United States
Direction George Roy Hill
Cast Robert Redford · Paul Newman · Robert Shaw · Charles Durning
Plot When small-time con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) and his partner, Luther (Robert Earl Jones), unwittingly con a numbers runner courier, they find themselves in danger from mobster Doyle Lonigan...
8.6
98K votes
8.6
98K votes
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Robert Redford
Cast Sônia Braga · Rubén Blades · Chick Vennera · John Heard
Plot In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. While activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer/newspaper editor Charlie Bloom realize that...
6.2
1K votes
6.2
1K votes
Cannery Row
1982 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction David S. Ward
Cast Nick Nolte · Debra Winger · Audra Lindley · Frank McRae
Plot Doc (Nick Nolte) is a self-employed marine biologist who lives by the ocean and interacts with the neighborhood denizens, trying to conceal a troubled past. Across from Doc's digs stands...
6.0
112 votes
6.0
112 votes
Sleepless in Seattle
1993 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Nora Ephron
Cast Tom Hanks · Meg Ryan · Bill Pullman · Ross Malinger
Plot It's Christmas Eve and radio talk show psychologist Marcia Fieldstone has asked her listening audience what they are wishing and dreaming of during this season of hope. A little boy,...
6.0
41K votes
6.0
41K votes
Flyboys
2006 · Movie · 139 min. · United States
Direction Tony Bill
Cast James Franco · Martin Henderson · Jean Reno · Philip Winchester
Plot “Flyboys,” the first World War I aviation film in over 40 years, is inspired by the epic, courageous tale of the American young men who would become known as the...
5.9
4K votes
5.9
4K votes
The Program
1993 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction David S. Ward
Cast James Caan · Craig Sheffer · Halle Berry · Omar Epps
Plot Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to...
5.2
479 votes
5.2
479 votes
Major League
1989 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction David S. Ward
Cast Tom Berenger · Charlie Sheen · Corbin Bernsen · Margaret Whitton
Plot An exotic dancer marries the owner of a baseball club. He does not survive the honeymoon and she is in control of his ball club. she wants to move to...
5.0
2K votes
5.0
2K votes
Steelyard Blues
1973 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Alan Myerson
Cast Jane Fonda · Donald Sutherland · Peter Boyle · John Savage
Plot A group of misfits decide to leave for a place that they can all be free. There mode of transportation is a PBY flying boat. The only problem is that...
4.6
49 votes
4.6
49 votes
Major League: Back to the Minors (Major League 3)
1998 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction John Warren
Cast Scott Bakula · Corbin Bernsen · Dennis Haysbert · Takaaki Ishibashi
Plot When Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen), who now owns the winning Minnesota Twins major league baseball team as well as the struggling minor league South Carolina Buzz, decides to hand over...
4.5
30 votes
4.5
30 votes
The Sting II
1983 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Jeremy Kagan
Cast Jackie Gleason · Mac Davis · Teri Garr · Karl Malden
Plot Lonigan is planning to get back at Gondorf and Hooker for bilking him out of half a million. At the same time Gondorf and Hooker are planning their next caper....
4.0
145 votes
4.0
145 votes
King Ralph
1991 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction David S. Ward
Cast John Goodman · Peter O'Toole · John Hurt · Camille Coduri
3.6
2K votes
3.6
2K votes
I'll Find You
2019 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Direction Martha Coolidge
Cast Adelaide Clemens · Leo Suter · Stephen Dorff · Ursula Parker
Plot A young couple - Robert, a Catholic opera singer, and Rachel, a Jewish violinist, dream of one day performing together at Carnegie Hall. When they're torn apart by the German...
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Saving Grace
1986 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction Robert M. Young
Cast Tom Conti · Fernando Rey · Erland Josephson · Giancarlo Giannini
Plot A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds up in an impoverished Italian village, where his adventures ultimately...
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