Screenplay: Howard Franklin

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


The Name of the Rose

1986 · Movie · 131 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast Sean Connery · Christian Slater · F. Murray Abraham · Michael Lonsdale

Plot Based on the best-selling book by Italian author Umberto Eco. In the 14th Century, during a meeting of the papacy in a remote italian Abbey, a brilliant English monk, William...

7.8

96K votes

7.8

96K votes

The Public Eye

1992 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Howard Franklin

Cast Joe Pesci · Barbara Hershey · Richard Riehle · Bryan Travis Smith

Plot Leon Bernstein is New York's best news photographer in 1942, equally at home with cops or crooks. The pictures are often of death and pain, but they are the ones...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

Someone to Watch over Me

1987 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Ridley Scott

Cast Tom Berenger · Mimi Rogers · Lorraine Bracco · Andreas Katsulas

Plot A stunning New York socialite and a down-to-earth city cop are caught in a deadly web of illicit passion and heart-stopping suspense in this taut, stylish thriller. Newly-appointed detective Mike...

5.9

3K votes

5.9

3K votes

The Man Who Knew Too Little

1997 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jon Amiel

Cast Bill Murray · Peter Gallagher · Joanne Whalley · Alfred Molina

Plot Murray is mistaken for a spy and must stop a plot to assasinate international leaders at a banquet.

5.8

2K votes

5.8

2K votes

Quick Change

1990 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Howard Franklin · Bill Murray

Cast Bill Murray · Geena Davis · Randy Quaid · Jason Robards

Plot Three thieves successfully rob a New York City bank, but making the escape from the city proves to be almost impossible.

5.6

1K votes

5.6

1K votes

Antitrust

2001 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Peter Howitt

Cast Ryan Phillippe · Rachael Leigh Cook · Claire Forlani · Tim Robbins

Plot When Milo (Ryan Phillippe) graduates from college and lands his dream job writing software at a multi-billion dollar computer company, he couldn't be more thrilled. The company's magnetic founder (Tim...

Max

5.5

4K votes

5.5

4K votes

The Big Year

2011 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction David Frankel

Cast Steve Martin · Jack Black · Owen Wilson · Jim Parsons

Plot Three avid bird watchers compete to spot the rarest birds in North America at a prestigious annual event. It all begins when these 3 friendly rivals (Steve Martin, Jack Black...

4.9

3K votes

4.9

3K votes