Screenplay: Michael McDowell

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


The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Henry Selick

Plot Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken...

7.7

102K votes

7.7

102K votes

Beetlejuice

1988 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Michael Keaton · Alec Baldwin · Geena Davis · Winona Ryder

Plot A childless couple, Barbara and Adam (Geena Davis & Alec Baldwin), move to the country only to be killed in a car accident while passing over a quaint covered bridge....

6.8

49K votes

6.8

49K votes

Tales from the Darkside (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Frank de Palma · John Harrison · John Strysik · Theodore Gershuny

Cast Catherine Battistone · John Marzilli · Karen Shallo · Neil Kinsella

Plot TV Series (1984-1988). Each episode of this TV series depicts a short, strange tale...with a twist! With eerie stories vaguely reminiscent of 'The Twilight Zone,' viewers learn to appreciate that...

6.0

88 votes

6.0

88 votes

Monsters (TV Series)

1988 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Ernest D. Farino · Bette Gordon · Jeffrey Wolf · Gerald Cotts

Cast John Bolger · Pamela Dean Kelly · John Saxon · Lisa Waltz

Plot A horror anthology show in a similar vein to Tales from the Darkside, it shared the same producer, Richard Rubenstein, and in some ways succeeded the show (which had ended...

5.8

42 votes

5.8

42 votes

Miscalculation (Amazing Stories) (TV)

1986 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction Tom Holland

Cast Jon Cryer · Rebecca Schaeffer · J.J. Cohen · Lana Clarkson

Plot Nerdy collegiate Phil unsuccessfully tries every trick in the book to meet girls. Then he discovers a potion that makes gorgeous magazine pin-ups spring to life.

5.8

260 votes

5.8

260 votes

Tales from the Crypt: Lover Come Hack to Me (TV)

1989 · Movie · 28 min. · United States

Direction Tom Holland

Cast Amanda Plummer · Stephen Shellen · Lisa Figus · Richard Eden

Plot Peggy wants to make sure her honeymoon turns out perfect.

5.4

119 votes

5.4

119 votes

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction John Harrison

Cast Deborah Harry · David Forrester · Matthew Lawrence · James Remar

Plot From Stephen King (Pet Sematary), Michael McDowell (Beetlejuice), George A. Romero (Night Of The Living Dead) and Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock Holmes) comes Tales From The Darkside: The...

5.3

671 votes

5.3

671 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

Stephen King's Thinner

1996 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Tom Holland

Cast Robert John Burke · Joe Mantegna · Lucinda Jenney · Michael Constantine

Plot A fat Lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old gypsy man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help...

5.2

3K votes

5.2

3K votes

Cold Moon

2016 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Griff Furst

Cast Josh Stewart · Candy Clark · Frank Whaley · Robbie Kay

Plot In a sleepy southern town, the Larkin family suffers a terrible tragedy. Now the Larkin's are about to endure another: Traffic lights blink an eerie warning, a ghostly visage prowls...

4.2

63 votes

4.2

63 votes

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

2024 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Jenna Ortega · Winona Ryder · Justin Theroux · Michael Keaton

Plot After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return to Winter River. Lydia's life, still haunted by Bitelchús, is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter,...

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