Screenplay: Frances Goodrich
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Frances Goodrich. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Movie · 130 min. · United States
Direction Frank Capra
Cast James Stewart · Donna Reed · Lionel Barrymore · Thomas Mitchell
Plot A good but slightly ineffectual man tries to off himself after an error that really wasnt his fault. In Christmas carol fashion, his crusty-but-lovable guardian angel shows up to give...
8.2
52K votes
8.2
52K votes
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Stanley Donen
Cast Howard Keel · Jane Powell · Jeff Richards · Tommy Rall
Plot Adam, the eldest of seven brothers, goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly to marry him that same day. They return to his backwoods home. Only then...
7.0
27K votes
7.0
27K votes
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959 · Movie · 170 min. · United States
Direction George Stevens
Cast Millie Perkins · Joseph Schildkraut · Shelley Winters · Richard Beymer
Plot Based on Anne Frank's diary, and the stage play that was adapted from it: In Nazi-occupied Holland, Otto Frank and his family have decided to go into hiding, because of...
7.0
3K votes
7.0
3K votes
The Thin Man
1934 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Maureen O'Sullivan · Nat Pendleton
Plot After a four year absence, one time detective Nick Charles returns to New York with his new wife Nora and their dog, Asta. Nick re-connects with many of his old...
7.0
2K votes
7.0
2K votes
The Pirate
1948 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Vincente Minnelli
Cast Judy Garland · Gene Kelly · Walter Slezak · Gladys Cooper
Plot When Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne appeared in S. N. Behrmann's The Pirate on Broadway, there were no musical numbers whatsoever. But with Gene Kelly and Judy Garland in the...
6.9
1K votes
6.9
1K votes
Easter Parade
1948 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction Charles Walters
Cast Fred Astaire · Judy Garland · Peter Lawford · Jules Munshin
Plot Don Hewes and Nadine Hale are a dancing team, but she decides to start a career on her own. So he takes the next dancer he meets, Hannah Brown, as...
6.8
498 votes
6.8
498 votes
Father of the Bride
1950 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Vincente Minnelli
Cast Spencer Tracy · Elizabeth Taylor · Joan Bennett · Leo G. Carroll
Plot The comic trials and tribulations that beset a family, mostly the father, prior to their daughter's wedding day. Taylor and Tracy give wonderful performances and it's easy to understand why...
6.8
4K votes
6.8
4K votes
After the Thin Man
1936 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · James Stewart · Elissa Landi
Plot Now back in San Francisco after their holiday in New York, Nick and Nora find themselves trying to solve another mystery. It's New Year's Eve and they are summoned to...
6.6
535 votes
6.6
535 votes
Another Thin Man
1939 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Virginia Grey · Otto Kruger
Plot Dum-Dum, Wacky, Creeps, Fingers: They're just a few of the hoodlums in the world of amateur sleuths and professional bon vivants Nick and Nora Charles. And now there's a new...
6.5
334 votes
6.5
334 votes
Penthouse
1933 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast Warner Baxter · Myrna Loy · Charles Butterworth · Mae Clarke
Plot Racketeer Tony Gazotti is thankful that lawyer Jackson Durant helps him beat a murder rap, but Durant just does it for the thrill of it and refuses payment. Durant's defense...
6.3
59 votes
6.3
59 votes
In the Good Old Summertime
1949 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard · Buster Keaton
Cast Judy Garland · Van Johnson · S.Z. Sakall · Spring Byington
Plot It's turn of the century America when Andrew and Veronica first meet - by crashing into each other. They develop an instant and mutual dislike which intensifies when, later on,...
6.3
60 votes
6.3
60 votes
Father's Little Dividend
1951 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Vincente Minnelli
Cast Spencer Tracy · Joan Bennett · Elizabeth Taylor · Don Taylor
Plot This sequel to the hugely popular FATHER OF THE BRIDE reunited the entire cast for another charming turn. Although Stanley Banks's (Spencer Tracy) is hoping for some peace and quiet...
6.2
1K votes
6.2
1K votes
The Long, Long Trailer
1953 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Vincente Minnelli
Cast Lucille Ball · Desi Arnaz · Marjorie Main · Keenan Wynn
Plot Nicky and Tacy are going to be married. Nicky wants to save up money for a house, but Tacy dreams of starting off with their own home on wheels--a trailer....
6.0
164 votes
6.0
164 votes
Summer Holiday
1948 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Rouben Mamoulian
Cast Mickey Rooney · Gloria DeHaven · Walter Huston · Frank Morgan
Plot This version of Eugene O’Neill’s beloved coming-of-age play Ah, Wilderness! boasts Harry Warren/Ralph Blane tunes as spirited as the 4th of July. The cast is headed by Mickey Rooney (who...
5.9
21 votes
5.9
21 votes
The Diary of Anne Frank (TV)
1980 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Boris Sagal
Cast Melissa Gilbert · Maximilian Schell · Joan Plowright · James Coco
Plot The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.
5.8
27 votes
5.8
27 votes
Give a Girl a Break
1953 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Stanley Donen
Cast Debbie Reynolds · Marge Champion · Gower Champion · Helen Wood
Plot In one of his first solo directorial efforts after pairing with Gene Kelly as director of ON THE TOWN and SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, Stanley Donen lets Broadway's best dancers...
5.7
118 votes
5.7
118 votes
Small Town Girl
1936 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction William A. Wellman · Robert Z. Leonard
Cast Janet Gaynor · Robert Taylor · Binnie Barnes · Andy Devine
Plot Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin,...
5.7
53 votes
5.7
53 votes
The Virginian
1946 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Stuart Gilmore
Cast Joel McCrea · Brian Donlevy · Sonny Tufts · Barbara Britton
Plot OK remake of the Gary Cooper classic. Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot...
5.7
252 votes
5.7
252 votes
Five Finger Exercise
1962 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Daniel Mann
Cast Rosalind Russell · Jack Hawkins · Richard Beymer · Maximilian Schell
Plot A long-married couple are at war with each other and with their teenage son and daughter. The presence of a handsome young tutor complicates and sensitizes the savage domestic tensions...
5.4
21 votes
5.4
21 votes
Naughty Marietta
1935 · Movie · 106 min. · United States
Direction Robert Z. Leonard · W.S. Van Dyke
Cast Jeanette MacDonald · Nelson Eddy · Frank Morgan · Douglass Dumbrille
Plot Princess Marie de Namours de la Bonfain is a beautiful, young, sophisticated French princess of 23, who finds more worth in true love than a title. On the eve of...
5.3
27 votes
5.3
27 votes