Screenplay: Ben Safdie
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Ben Safdie. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Uncut Gems
2019 · Movie · 135 min. · United States
Direction Ben Safdie · Joshua Safdie
Cast Adam Sandler · Julia Fox · Kevin Garnett · Idina Menzel
Plot Set in the diamond district of New York City, Howard Ratner, a jewelry store owner and dealer to the rich and famous, must find a way to pay his debts...
6.6
17K votes
6.6
17K votes
Go Get Some Rosemary
2009 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Ben Safdie · Joshua Safdie
Cast Ronald Bronstein · Ted Barron · Jake Braff · Larry Chamberlain
Plot After months of being alone, sad, busy, sidetracked, free, lofty, late and away from his kids, Lenny, 34 with graying frazzled hair, picks his kids up from school. Every year...
6.5
281 votes
6.5
281 votes
The Curse (TV Series)
2023 · Series · 50 min. · United States
Direction Nathan Fielder · Ben Safdie · David Zellner · Nathan Zellner
Cast Emma Stone · Nathan Fielder · Ben Safdie · Constance Shulman
Plot 8 Episodes. Whitney and Asher Siegel are a newlywed couple struggling to bring their vision for eco-conscious housing to the small community of Española, New Mexico. But their efforts are...
6.4
729 votes
6.4
729 votes
The Black Balloon (S)
2012 · Movie · 20 min. · United States
Direction Ben Safdie · Joshua Safdie
Cast Mustafa Bekiroglu · Kennon Bltut · Eleonore Hendricks · Francesca LaPrelle
Plot While trying to move 40 kids six New York City blocks all by himself, a stressed man accidentally loses a bouquet of a hundred balloons. In that bouquet, a lone...
6.3
27 votes
6.3
27 votes
John's Gone (S)
2010 · Movie · 21 min. · United States
Direction Ben Safdie · Joshua Safdie
Cast Ben Safdie · Eric Cheung · Dakota Goldhor · Antonio Gusman
Plot John's Gone is a fever dream comedy about John's World soon after his mother passes away. He sells things online, cheats off dollar stores, needs friends but settles for strangers,...
5.8
29 votes
5.8
29 votes
Goldman v Silverman (S)
2020 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Ben Safdie · Joshua Safdie
Cast Adam Sandler · Ben Safdie
Plot Rod Goldman and Al Silverman are street performers who work the tourist scene of Times Square. Goldman gets no respect and Silverman is the first one to make sure of...
5.4
354 votes
5.4
354 votes
The Back of Her Head (S)
2007 · Movie · 20 min. · United States
Direction Joshua Safdie
Cast Charlotte Pinson · Joshua Safdie · Stephen Schneider · Jagdeep Singh
Plot This is a story about him, who lives above an older Hindi man, who lives above a delinquent British guy, who lives on top of her. It is the back...
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The Trophy Hunter (S)
2012 · Movie · 4 min. · United States
Direction Ben Safdie · Joshua Safdie
Cast Glenn O'Brien
Plot Trophy Hunter, a short, fake documentary about illegal wildlife trade made for the Turtle Conservancy in 2012. It features the late great New York icon Glenn O'Brien visiting an eccentric...
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There's Nothing You Can Do (S)
2008 · Movie · 4 min. · United States
Direction Ben Safdie · Joshua Safdie
Cast Sebastian Bear-McClard · Eleonore Hendricks · Casey Neistat · Ben Safdie
Plot The Safdie brothers repurpose reality televisionââ'¬Ã's vocabulary of confrontation and cramped cinematography for a miniature study of urban maladies.
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The Smashing Machine
2025 · Movie · min. · United States
Direction Ben Safdie
Cast Dwayne Johnson · Emily Blunt
Plot Follows MMA fighter Mark Kerr during his peak era in the UFC as he struggles with addiction, winning & love.
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The Acquaintances of a Lonely John (S)
2008 · Movie · 14 min. · United States
Direction Ben Safdie
Cast Ben Safdie · Terry Clarey · Kevin Driscoll · Ivan Gold
Plot This is the story of a lonely man named John. He wanders through the city into various acquaintances of varying levels of niceness. He sees a lot of people but...
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