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