Screenplay: Martin Donovan
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Martin Donovan. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Mary Tyler Moore (TV Series)
1970 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction James L. Brooks · Allan Burns · Jay Sandrich · Peter Baldwin
Cast Mary Tyler Moore · Ed Asner · Valerie Harper · Gavin MacLeod
Plot TV Series (1970-1977). 7 Seasons. 168 Episodes. Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis after a relationship goes bad. She finds work as an associate producer in a small television newsroom where...
6.1
410 votes
6.1
410 votes
Apartment Zero
1988 · Movie · 124 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Martin Donovan
Cast Colin Firth · Hart Bochner · Dora Bryan · Liz Smith
Plot Set in modern day Buenos Aires, the film centers around a relationship between two emotionally crippled roommates. Adrian LeDuc is a lonely sociopath who is forced to rent his insane...
5.9
74 votes
5.9
74 votes
Death Becomes Her
1992 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction Robert Zemeckis
Cast Meryl Streep · Goldie Hawn · Bruce Willis · Isabella Rossellini
Plot Helen, a writer, and Madeline, an actress, have hated each other for years. Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once Helen’s fiance. After she recovers from a mental breakdown,...
5.7
23K votes
5.7
23K votes
Collaborator
2011 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Martin Donovan
Cast Martin Donovan · David Morse · Olivia Williams · Melissa Auf der Maur
Plot A playwright whose marriage and career are in a free fall has an explosive run-in with his former neighbor, a right-wing ex-con.
5.1
23 votes
5.1
23 votes
Loving Couples
1980 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Jack Smight
Cast Shirley MacLaine · James Coburn · Susan Sarandon · Stephen Collins
Plot When Greg crashes his sports car, doctor Evelyn comes to his rescue, and the two soon are engaged in an affair. Evelyn's workaholic husband learns about it from Greg's live-in...
4.6
53 votes
4.6
53 votes
Somebody Is Waiting
1996 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Martin Donovan
Cast Gabriel Byrne · Nastassja Kinski · Johnny Whitworth · Brian Donovan
Plot Charlotte Ellis is a devoted mother, caring for her five children alone, following the departure of her cruel, alcoholic husband Roger To make her situation worse, her son Leon is...
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Make Room for Granddaddy (TV Series)
1970 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction John Rich · Jack Arnold · Danny Thomas
Cast Danny Thomas · Marjorie Lord · Angela Cartwright · Michael Hughes
Plot TV Series (1970-1971). 1 season. 24 episodes. Sequel to the long-running comedy starring Danny Thomas.
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Mad at the Moon
1992 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Martin Donovan
Cast Lori Ashton · Hart Bochner · Pat Atkins · Eleanor Baggett
Plot A young woman on the frontier marries a meek farmer who has an annoying habit of going through a rather drastic change every full moon.
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Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
2005 · Movie · 108 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Dan Ireland
Cast Joan Plowright · Rupert Friend · Zoe Tapper · Robert Lang
Plot All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.
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The Farmer's Daughter (TV Series)
1963 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction William D. Russell · Bob Claver · Don Taylor · Richard Kinon
Cast Inger Stevens · William Windom · Cathleen Nesbitt · Mickey Sholdar
Plot TV Series (1963-1966). 3 season. 101 episodes. Glen Morley is a widowed congressman from Minnesota living in Washington D.C. with his mother and two sons. When Katy Holstrum, a Swedish-American...
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Occasional Wife (TV Series)
1966 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Richard Kinon · Bob Claver · Jerrold Bernstein
Cast Michael Callan · Patricia Harty · Jack Collins · Bryan O'Byrne
Plot Peter, a junior executive at a New York business, figures out that single men at his company are generally passed over in favor of married men, who the top execs...
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Room 222 (TV Series)
1969 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction James L. Brooks · William Wiard · Charles R. Rondeau · Terry Becker
Cast Lloyd Haynes · Denise Nicholas · Michael Constantine · Karen Valentine
Plot TV Series (1969-1974). Black teacher Pete Dixon tries to teach the students at Walt Whitman High to be tolerant. He is assisted by girlfriend and school counselor Liz and student...
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The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV Series)
1969 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Hal Cooper
Cast Bill Bixby · Brandon Cruz · Miyoshi Umeki · Kristina Holland
Plot Widower Tom Corbett must raise his son Eddie (originally seven) who is always scheming to get his dad remarried. Tom is a magazine publisher, Mrs. Livingston is his housekeeper, Tina...
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