Screenplay: David E. Peckinpah

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


Heart Like a Wheel

1983 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Jonathan Kaplan

Cast Bonnie Bedelia · Beau Bridges · Leo Rossi · Hoyt Axton

Synopsis Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her...

5.5

32 votes

5.5

32 votes

Beauty and the Beast (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Victor Lobl · Gus Trikonis · Thomas J. Wright · Christopher Leitch

Cast Ron Perlman · Linda Hamilton · Roy Dotrice · Richard Portnow

Synopsis Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairytale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent,(a mythic, noble man-beast) and his Catherine (a savvy assistant DA in New York); and a secret Utopian community of social outcasts living in a...

4.9

623 votes

4.9

623 votes

The Paper Boy

1994 · Movie · 97 min. · Canada

Direction Douglas Jackson

Cast Alexandra Paul · Marc Marut · Brigid Tierney · William Katt

Synopsis A paper-boy murders an old lady only to lure her family from the city out to the country. As each day passes the paper-boy tries to make friends with the family. Once the family sees what a sicko he is,...

4.0

40 votes

4.0

40 votes

Stroker Ace

1983 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

3.6

84 votes

3.6

84 votes

Silk Stalkings (TV Series)

1991 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · John Paragon · Ralph Hemecker · Carl Weathers

Cast Mitzi Kapture · Rob Estes · Charlie Brill · Janet Gunn

Synopsis TV Series (1991-1999). Cassandra "Cassy" St. John and Tom Ryan are the new duo in town. It is now their job to catch the killers of Palm Beach. They are ex-partners, who got married, and then divorced. Now they are...

3.6

308 votes

3.6

308 votes

Obsessed (TV)

1992 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Jonathan Sanger

Cast Shannen Doherty · William Devane · Clare Carey · James Handy

Synopsis In a Chicago jail cell, clever and charming Ellena Roberts recounts for attorney Sara Miller the details of a one-night stand that led to a heated love affair with prominent surgeon David Stillman. David's version of the facts differs entirely...

3.5

41 votes

3.5

41 votes

Man of the House

1995 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction James Orr

Cast Chevy Chase · Farrah Fawcett · Jonathan Taylor Thomas · George Wendt

Synopsis Ben Archer (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) is not happy. His mother, Sandy (Farrah Fawcett), has just met a man, the lawyer Jack Sturges (Chevy Chase), and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben tries...

3.2

200 votes

3.2

200 votes

Hotline (TV)

1982 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Jerry Jameson

Cast Lynda Carter · Steve Forrest · Granville Van Dusen · Monte Markham

Synopsis A beautiful telephone operator is stalked by a murderous madman.

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In Self Defense (TV)

1987 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Bruce Seth Green

Cast Linda Purl · Yaphet Kotto · Terry Lester · Billy Drago

Synopsis A witness (Linda Purl) is terrorized by the killer (Billy Drago) against whom she testified.

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The Diamond Trap (TV)

1988 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Don Taylor

Cast Howard Hesseman · Brooke Shields · Darren McGavin · Dick O´Neill

Synopsis Two New York police detectives (Howard Hesseman, Ed Marinaro) recruit a gallery worker (Brooke Shields) to help them head off a jewel heist.

Not rated

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Hijacked: Flight 285 (TV)

1996 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Charles Correll

Cast Susan Batten · James Brolin · Michael Gross · Anthony Michael Hall

Synopsis A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly after take-off, two of his aides, traveling as ordinary passengers, take control of the flight and free him. He demands 20 million dollars in...

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Chase (TV)

1985 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Rod Holcomb

Cast Jennifer O'Neill · Michael Parks · Robert S. Woods · Terence Knox

Synopsis A big-city lawyer (Jennifer O'Neill) returns to her small hometown after her father's death to resume his practice. There she is called upon to defend a migrant worker who has been accused of murder.

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