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
Mañana puede ser verdad (TV Series)
1964 · Series · 50 min. · Spain
Direction Narciso Ibáñez Serrador · Edgardo Borda
6.9
22 votes
6.9
22 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
La espera (Historias para no dormir) (TV)
1966 · Movie · 39 min. · Spain
Direction Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
Cast Narciso Ibáñez Menta · Fernando Delgado · Mabel Karr · Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
6.6
288 votes
6.6
288 votes
El cohete (Historias para no dormir) (TV)
1966 · Movie · 44 min. · Spain
Direction Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
Cast Narciso Ibáñez Menta · Irene Gutiérrez Caba · José Luis Heredia · Alberto Berco
6.6
283 votes
6.6
283 votes
El doble (Historias para no dormir) (TV)
1966 · Movie · 33 min. · Spain
Direction Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
Cast Luis Prendes · Jesús Aristu · Marisa Porcel · Nuria Carresi
6.6
332 votes
6.6
332 votes
La sonrisa (Historias para no dormir) (TV)
1966 · Movie · 29 min. · Spain
Direction Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
Cast Emilio Gutiérrez Caba · Tota Alba · María Dolores Díaz · Marga de los Llanos
6.3
262 votes
6.3
262 votes
La bodega (Historias para no dormir) (TV)
1966 · Movie · 54 min. · Spain
Direction Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
Cast Luis Dávila · Irene Daina · Carlos Ballesteros · Pedro Mari Sánchez
6.2
375 votes
6.2
375 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