Screenplay: David Rabe

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


Casualties of War

1989 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Brian De Palma

Cast Michael J. Fox · Sean Penn · John Leguizamo · John C. Reilly

Plot Eriksson (Michael J. Fox), a young american soldier, arrives in Vietnam and is assigned to a unit of men who have been in the jungle for many months. Their sergeant...

6.8

16K votes

6.8

16K votes

The Firm

1993 · Movie · 154 min. · United States

Direction Sydney Pollack

Cast Tom Cruise · Gene Hackman · Jeanne Tripplehorn · Holly Hunter

Plot Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer...

6.6

39K votes

6.6

39K votes

Hurlyburly

1998 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Drazan

Cast Sean Penn · Kevin Spacey · Chazz Palminteri · Meg Ryan

Plot David Rabe's 1984 play HURLYBURLY made it to the big screen in 1998, with some well-measured performances from a cast littered with big names from the Hollywood A-list. Ostensibly Anthony...

6.0

2K votes

6.0

2K votes

Streamers

1983 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Robert Altman

Cast Matthew Modine · Michael Wright · Mitchell Lichtenstein · David Alan Grier

Plot Four young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront thier prejudicial feelings toward one another when it's learned one of them is homosexual.

5.8

109 votes

5.8

109 votes

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

1982 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction David Rabe

Cast Jill Clayburgh · Nicol Williamson · Joe Pesci · Dianne Wiest

Plot A true story about Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Gordon's Valium addiction and her desperate attempts to kick the habit.

Not rated

Not rated