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