Screenplay: Michael Schiffer

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


Crimson Tide

1995 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Tony Scott

Cast Gene Hackman · Denzel Washington · George Dzundza · Viggo Mortensen

Plot When Russian rebels gain control of nuclear weapons in the USSR, the United States retaliates by deploying the USS Alabama, a nuclear submarine commanded by Captain Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman)....

6.6

15K votes

6.6

15K votes

Lean on Me

1989 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction John G. Avildsen

Cast Morgan Freeman · Beverly Todd · Robert Guillaume · Alan North

Plot Lean On Me is based on a true story of a principal in a New Jersey high school, Eastside High. The Principal, Joe Clark, is hired in 1983 to run...

6.2

577 votes

6.2

577 votes

Colors

1988 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Dennis Hopper

Cast Sean Penn · Robert Duvall · Maria Conchita Alonso · Randy Brooks

Plot A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of L.A. about to explode in violence in this look at the gang...

6.0

4K votes

6.0

4K votes

The Four Feathers

2002 · Movie · 125 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shekhar Kapur

Cast Heath Ledger · Kate Hudson · Wes Bentley · Djimon Hounsou

Plot Set in 1884 Sudan, this fifth film to be adapted from the A.E.W. Mason novel follows a British officer who resigns his post right before his regiment ships out to...

5.9

7K votes

5.9

7K votes

The Peacemaker

1997 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Mimi Leder

Cast George Clooney · Nicole Kidman · Armin Mueller-Stahl · Marcel Iures

Plot Brash Special Forces Intelligence Officer Thomas Devoe (George Clooney) teams up with anti-smuggling official Dr. Julia Kelly (Nicole Kidman) to track down runaway nuclear bombs which have fallen into the...

5.0

11K votes

5.0

11K votes