Screenplay: Matthew Michael Carnahan

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


State of Play

2009 · Movie · 127 min. · United States

Direction Kevin Macdonald

Cast Russell Crowe · Ben Affleck · Rachel McAdams · Robin Wright

Plot Based on the BBC mini-series of the same title, a team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try and solve the murder of a congressman's mistress. D.C....

6.6

23K votes

6.6

23K votes

The Kingdom

2007 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Peter Berg

Cast Jamie Foxx · Jennifer Garner · Jason Bateman · Chris Cooper

Plot When a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ronald...

6.2

9K votes

6.2

9K votes

World War Z

2013 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Marc Forster

Cast Brad Pitt · Mireille Enos · Daniella Kertesz · David Morse

Plot Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies....

6.1

72K votes

6.1

72K votes

Deepwater Horizon

2016 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Peter Berg

Cast Mark Wahlberg · Kurt Russell · Kate Hudson · John Malkovich

Plot In April 2010, there is no oil exploration operation in the Gulf of Mexico to compare with the Deepwater Horizon oil rig with its size or sheer depth of its...

6.0

8K votes

6.0

8K votes

City of a Million Soldiers

2019 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Matthew Michael Carnahan

Cast Thaer Al-Shayei · Waleed Elgadi · Hayat Kamille · Suhail Dabbach

Plot When ISIS took their homes, families and city, one group of men fought to take it all back. After inexperienced Iraqi cop Kawa (Adam Bessa) is rescued from a harrowing...

6.0

1K votes

6.0

1K votes

Lions for Lambs

2007 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Robert Redford

Cast Tom Cruise · Robert Redford · Meryl Streep · Derek Luke

Plot The story begins after Arian and Ernest, two determined students at a West Coast university, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor Dr. Malley and attempt to do something important...

5.9

14K votes

5.9

14K votes