Screenplay: Peter Hyams
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Peter Hyams. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Outland
1981 · Movie · 109 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Hyams
Cast Sean Connery · Peter Boyle · Frances Sternhagen · Steven Berkoff
Plot Sometime in the future, an upstanding federal marshal arrives at a space colony located on one of Jupiter's moons. Alarmed by the strange and violent behavior of the miners who...
6.7
20K votes
6.7
20K votes
Capricorn One
1978 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Direction Peter Hyams
Cast Elliott Gould · James Brolin · Brenda Vaccaro · Sam Waterston
Plot The government fakes a Mars landing then sets out to kill the astronauts involved.
6.4
3K votes
6.4
3K votes
Narrow Margin
1990 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Peter Hyams
Cast Gene Hackman · Anne Archer · James B. Sikking · J.T. Walsh
Plot A woman secretly witnesses the murder of her blind date for the evening by a top Mafia boss. She immediately goes into hiding without informing the authorities. When they finally...
6.1
3K votes
6.1
3K votes
Busting
1974 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Peter Hyams
Cast Elliott Gould · Robert Blake · Allen Garfield · Antonio Fargas
Plot LA cops Gould and Blake get in over their heads when they don't heed orders from above and go after a big crime boss. While higher ups in the police...
6.0
103 votes
6.0
103 votes
2010
1984 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Direction Peter Hyams
Cast Roy Scheider · Helen Mirren · John Lithgow · Bob Balaban
Plot In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, a joint American- Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to discover what went wrong with the U.S.S. Discovery against a backdrop of...
6.0
5K votes
6.0
5K votes
Hanover Street
1979 · Movie · 109 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Hyams
Cast Harrison Ford · Lesley-Anne Down · Christopher Plummer · Alec McCowen
Plot During the Second World War, an American Pilot stationed in England meets a young British nurse during an air raid on London. The two instantly fall in love, despite the...
5.9
2K votes
5.9
2K votes
The Star Chamber
1983 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Peter Hyams
Cast Michael Douglas · Hal Holbrook · Yaphet Kotto · Sharon Gless
Plot Fed up with watching vicious criminals walk on technicalities and loopholes, judge Michael Douglas accepts his older colleague Hal Holbrook's invitation to join "The Star Chamber." This sub-rosa organization consists...
5.8
877 votes
5.8
877 votes
The Hunter
1980 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Buzz Kulik
Cast Steve McQueen · Eli Wallach · Kathryn Harrold · LeVar Burton
Plot Steve McQueen's last movie is a fitting tribute to his memorable talent. He portrays real-life bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson, who made a long career out of apprehending more than...
5.8
1K votes
5.8
1K votes
Telefon
1977 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Don Siegel
Cast Charles Bronson · Lee Remick · Donald Pleasence · Tyne Daly
Plot Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents got their assignments under...
5.8
547 votes
5.8
547 votes
T.R. Baskin
1971 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Ross
Cast Candice Bergen · Peter Boyle · James Caan · Marcia Rodd
Plot An idealistic young woman arrives in Chicago with hopes of finding romance, adventure and a fulfilling career.
5.6
34 votes
5.6
34 votes
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
2009 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Peter Hyams
Cast Michael Douglas · Amber Tamblyn · Jesse Metcalfe · Joel David Moore
Plot Remake of the 1956 film noir film "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" in which a writer's plan to expose a corrupt district attorney takes an unexpected turn. High profile lawyer, Martin...
5.4
4K votes
5.4
4K votes
Our Time
1974 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Peter Hyams
Cast Pamela Sue Martin · Parker Stevenson · Betsy Slade · George O'Hanlon Jr.
Plot A student of Penfield girls school falls in love with a male student in 1955. They are deeply in love but meet difficulties and disapproval on every corner.
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