Screenplay: Ray Bradbury

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


Fahrenheit 451

1966 · Movie · 108 min. · United Kingdom

Direction François Truffaut

Cast Julie Christie · Oskar Werner · Cyril Cusack · Anton Diffring

Plot In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

7.3

19K votes

7.3

19K votes

Moby Dick

1956 · Movie · 116 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Huston

Cast Gregory Peck · Richard Basehart · Leo Genn · James Robertson Justice

Plot The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.

7.3

9K votes

7.3

9K votes

The Halloween Tree (TV)

1993 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Mario Piluso

Plot The Halloween Tree is a 1993 feature-length animated film based on Ray Bradbury's 1972 fantasy novel The Halloween Tree. It tells the story of a group of trick-or-treating children who...

6.7

103 votes

6.7

103 votes

The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 23 min. · United States

Direction Ray Bradbury · Randy Bradshaw · Roger Tompkins · John Laing

Cast Ray Bradbury · Harold Gould · Charles Martin Smith · Michael Sarrazin

Plot TV series (1985-1992). 6 seasons. 65 episodes. A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short...

6.6

39 votes

6.6

39 votes

There Will Come Soft Rains

1984 · Movie · 10 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Direction Nozim Tolahojayev

Plot Animated Film based on Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains..."

6.2

24 votes

6.2

24 votes

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

1953 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Eugène Lourié

Cast Paul Hubschmid · Paula Raymond · Cecil Kellaway · Kenneth Tobey

Plot A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and ultimately New York City.

6.1

651 votes

6.1

651 votes

It Came from Outer Space

1953 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Jack Arnold

Cast Richard Carlson · Barbara Rush · Charles Drake · Joe Sawyer

Plot A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.

6.0

2K votes

6.0

2K votes

The Twilight Zone: I Sing the Body Electric (TV)

1962 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction William F. Claxton · James Sheldon

Cast Josephine Hutchinson · David White · Vaughn Taylor · Doris Packer

Plot A recent widower, needing loving care for his three young children, orders a cybernetic "grandmother". While two of the children accept her, one of his daughters fiercely rejects her, with...

6.0

62 votes

6.0

62 votes

The Martian Chronicles (TV Miniseries)

1980 · Series · 360 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Anderson

Cast Rock Hudson · Gayle Hunnicutt · Bernie Casey · Christopher Connelly

Plot From the mind of science-fiction giant Ray Bradbury springs what is perhaps his most epic vision. Capturing mankind's first venture into the colonization of another planetand its tragic first contact...

6.0

231 votes

6.0

231 votes

Quest

1983 · Movie · 30 min. · United States

Direction Elaine Bass · Saul Bass

Cast John Abbott · Noah Hathaway · David Comfort · Michael Mancini

Plot On a distant planet, descendants of a crashed spaceship are subjected to mysterious forces that cause them to age and die in just eight days. They must also live in...

5.8

32 votes

5.8

32 votes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Jack Clayton

Cast Jason Robards · Jonathan Pryce · Diane Ladd · Royal Dano

Plot When two boys (Vidal Peterson and Shawn Carson) become involved in the evil plans of Mr. Dark, a magical carnival owner (Jonathan Pryce), they find themselves in danger and responsible...

5.6

654 votes

5.6

654 votes

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Shopping for Death (TV)

1956 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Robert Stevens

Cast Jo Van Fleet · Robert H. Harris · John Qualen · Michael Ross

Plot Two retired insurance salesmen confront an aggressive, hostile woman in hopes of saving her from a disaster.

5.6

89 votes

5.6

89 votes

The Illustrated Man

1969 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Jack Smight

Cast Rod Steiger · Claire Bloom · Robert Drivas · Don Dubbins

Plot A man, whose body is almost completely covered in tattoos, is looking for the woman who drew all the intricate designs on him. Each tattoo hides a futuristic story, which...

5.4

178 votes

5.4

178 votes

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Jar (TV)

1986 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Griffin Dunne · Fiona Lewis · Laraine Newman · Stephen Shellen

Plot At a carnival sideshow, farmer Charlie Hill buys a strange jar that he takes home. His young wife Thedy Sue is frightened by the jar and insists he throw it...

5.3

276 votes

5.3

276 votes