Screenplay: David O. Selznick

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


Duel in the Sun

1946 · Movie · 138 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Jennifer Jones · Gregory Peck · Joseph Cotten · Lionel Barrymore

Plot Orphaned half-breed Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) comes to Spanish Bit, a Ponderosa-like cattle ranch run by despotic McCandless (Lionel Barrymore). There she finds kindness in the heart of ex-Dixie Belle...

7.6

11K votes

7.6

11K votes

The Paradine Case

1947 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction Alfred Hitchcock

Cast Gregory Peck · Ann Todd · Charles Laughton · Charles Coburn

Plot Keane (Gregory Peck) is a handsome, young lawyer who falls in love with a beautiful client named Paradine (Alida Valli), a woman accused of murdering her blind husband. Although he's...

6.8

5K votes

6.8

5K votes

Since You Went Away

1944 · Movie · 172 min. · United States

Direction John Cromwell

Cast Claudette Colbert · Jennifer Jones · Joseph Cotten · Shirley Temple

Plot While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing...

6.6

433 votes

6.6

433 votes

Reckless

1935 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Victor Fleming

Cast Jean Harlow · William Powell · Franchot Tone · May Robson

Plot Producer David O. Selznick had dreams of musical stardom for Jean Harlow when he cast her in the melodrama Reckless, based on the tragic life of Broadway singer Libby Holman...

5.9

85 votes

5.9

85 votes

Dracula's Daughter

1936 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Lambert Hillyer

Cast Otto Kruger · Gloria Holden · Marguerite Churchill · Edward Van Sloan

Plot Hungarian countess Marya Zaleska seeks the aid of a noted psychiatrist, in hopes of freeing herself of a mysterious evil influence.

5.7

304 votes

5.7

304 votes