Screenplay: Allan Scott

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


Imitation of Life

1959 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Sirk

Cast Lana Turner · John Gavin · Susan Kohner · Sandra Dee

Plot Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson a homeless black woman at Coney Island and soon they share a tiny apartment. Each woman has an intolerable daughter, though Annie's little...

7.6

8K votes

7.6

8K votes

Top Hat

1935 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Mark Sandrich

Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Edward Everett Horton · Helen Broderick

Plot Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale...

7.4

7K votes

7.4

7K votes

Wait 'Till The Sun Shines, Nellie

1952 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

7.4

94 votes

7.4

94 votes

Remember the Day

1941 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Henry King

Cast Claudette Colbert · John Payne · Shepperd Strudwick · Ann E. Todd

Plot Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell (Claudette Colbert), waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts (Shepperd Strudwick), recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the...

7.1

83 votes

7.1

83 votes

5th Avenue Girl (Fifth Avenue Girl)

1939 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

6.8

508 votes

6.8

508 votes

Swing Time

1936 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Betty Furness · Victor Moore

Plot Lucky is tricked into missing his wedding to Margaret by the other members of Pop's magic and dance act, and has to make $25000 to be allowed to marry her....

6.8

979 votes

6.8

979 votes

Shall We Dance?

1937 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Mark Sandrich

Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Edward Everett Horton · Eric Blore

Plot Ballet star Pete "Petrov" Peters arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer he's fallen for but barely knows, musical star Linda Keene. By the time...

6.8

705 votes

6.8

705 votes

The Primrose Path

1940 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Gregory La Cava

Cast Ginger Rogers · Joel McCrea · Marjorie Rambeau · Miles Mander

Plot Mamie Adams (Marjorie Rambeau) supports her alcoholic husband and two daughters by the same profession her mother had practiced: prostitution. Ellie May (Ginger Rogers), the eldest girl, wants desperately to...

6.5

186 votes

6.5

186 votes

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

1953 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Roy Rowland

Cast Peter Lind Hayes · Mary Healy · Hans Conried · Tommy Rettig

Plot Ted Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, wrote and helped design this eccentric fantasy about a young boy named Bart (Tommy Rettig) who, like most young boys, doesn't enjoy his...

6.5

466 votes

6.5

466 votes

Don't Look Now

1973 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Nicolas Roeg

Cast Donald Sutherland · Julie Christie · Hilary Mason · Renato Scarpa

Plot Architect John Baxter is moments too late to save his daughter Christine as she accidentally drowns in a stream on his English country estate. Afterwards, John takes up a restoration...

6.4

4K votes

6.4

4K votes

Quality Street

1937 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Katharine Hepburn · Franchot Tone · Eric Blore · Fay Bainter

Plot England, year 1805. Phoebe and Susan Throssel are sisters living in Quality Street. Phoebe is courted by Dr. Valentine Brown and her sister and noisy neighbors expect a proposal shortly....

6.4

370 votes

6.4

370 votes

Follow the Fleet

1936 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

6.4

502 votes

6.4

502 votes

Carefree

1938 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Mark Sandrich

Cast Fred Astaire · Ginger Rogers · Ralph Bellamy · Luella Gear

Plot Dr. Tony Flagg's friend, Steven, has problems in the relationship with his fiancee, Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Dr. Flagg. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love...

6.3

381 votes

6.3

381 votes

Regeneration

1997 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Gillies MacKinnon

Cast Jonathan Pryce · James Wilby · Jonny Lee Miller · Stuart Bunce

Plot Based on Pat Barker's novel of the same name, 'Regeneration' tells the story of soldiers of World War One sent to an asylum for emotional troubles... Set in a military...

6.2

246 votes

6.2

246 votes

So Proudly We Hail!

1943 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Mark Sandrich

Cast Claudette Colbert · Paulette Goddard · Veronica Lake · George Reeves

Plot A group of U.S. Army nurses leaves San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor changes their destination, and their lives....

6.2

115 votes

6.2

115 votes

Joy of Living

1938 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast Irene Dunne · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Alice Brady · Guy Kibbee

Plot A young stage star is at the prime of her career. She lives an intensely hectic life, chock full of promotional appearances and shallow, greedy family members. But all this...

6.0

55 votes

6.0

55 votes

The Witches

1990 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Nicolas Roeg

Cast Anjelica Huston · Mai Zetterling · Jasen Fisher · Jane Horrocks

Plot A young boy, recently orphaned, is taken to England by his grandmother. At a hotel in which they are staying, a group of witches have gathered to prepare a plot...

6.0

6K votes

6.0

6K votes

Two Deaths

1995 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

5.9

43 votes

5.9

43 votes

Lucky Partners

1940 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Milestone

Cast Ronald Colman · Ginger Rogers · Jack Carson · Spring Byington

Plot David Grant (Ronald Colman) is an artist in Greenwich Village. One day he passes neighbor Jean Newton (Ginger Rogers) and simply wishes her good luck. Just as he has done...

5.8

61 votes

5.8

61 votes

D.A.R.Y.L.

1985 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Simon Wincer

Cast Mary Beth Hurt · Michael McKean · Kathryn Walker · Colleen Camp

Plot A young boy is found wandering without any memory of who he is. A family takes him in and begin to look for clues to help him find his way...

5.6

2K votes

5.6

2K votes