Screenplay: George Clayton Johnson

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by George Clayton Johnson. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Twilight Zone (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Rod Serling · John Brahm · Douglas Heyes · Buzz Kulik

Cast Rod Serling · Burgess Meredith · Vaughn Taylor · Jack Klugman

Synopsis TV series (1959-1964). 5 Seasons. 156 Episodes. Rod Serling's seminal anthology series focused on ordinary folks who suddenly found themselves in extraordinary, usually supernatural, situations. The stories would typically end...

8.0

4K votes

8.0

4K votes

Direction Buzz Kulik

Cast Jack Klugman · Jonathan Winters · Margie Liszt

Synopsis A frustrated pool champ has beaten everyone. Everyone except one man; the legend, Fats Brown. Brown is dead, and the champ can only curse his name. But guess who just...

6.7

89 votes

6.7

89 votes

Direction Lamont Johnson

Cast Gladys Cooper · Robert Redford · R.G. Armstrong

Synopsis An old woman has fought with death a thousand times and has always won. But now she finds herself afraid to let a wounded policeman in her door for fear...

6.6

88 votes

6.6

88 votes

Direction James Sheldon

Cast Dick York · June Dayton · Dan Tobin · Cyril Delevanti

Synopsis Bank clerk Hector Poole develops telepathic powers after tossing a coin to a newspaper vendor that miraculously stands on its edge. He discovers the positive and negative effects of listening...

6.5

96 votes

6.5

96 votes

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Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction John Landis · Steven Spielberg · Joe Dante · George Miller

Cast Dan Aykroyd · Albert Brooks · Scatman Crothers · John Lithgow

Synopsis Four horror/sci-fi segments directed by four famous directors which are their own versions of classic stories from Rod Serling's landmark television series

6.4

6K votes

6.4

6K votes

The Twilight Zone: Execution (TV)

1959 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction David Orrick McDearmon

Cast Albert Salmi · Russell Johnson · Than Wyenn · George Mitchell

Synopsis In the late 19th century, Joe Caswell is about to be hanged for murder, when he vanishes into thin air. He's been snatched by Prof. Manion's time machine and brought...

6.4

135 votes

6.4

135 votes

Direction Lamont Johnson

Cast Ernest Truex · Russell Collins · John Marley · Hank Patterson

Synopsis An old man living in a rest home thinks he's found the secret of youth in children's games.

6.4

72 votes

6.4

72 votes

Direction Roger Kay

Cast Ed Wynn · Carolyn Kearney · James T. Callahan · Carol Byron

Synopsis An old man believes that his life will end the moment his grandfather clock stops ticking.

6.2

54 votes

6.2

54 votes

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Direction John Brahm

Cast Harry Townes · Phillip Pine · Ross Martin · Don Gordon

Synopsis Arch Hammer arrives in the city and checks into a seedy hotel. He looks like any other man but looks can be deceiving. Hammer has the ability to change his...

6.2

176 votes

6.2

176 votes

Ocean's Thirteen

2007 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Steven Soderbergh

Cast George Clooney · Brad Pitt · Matt Damon · Al Pacino

Synopsis The sequel to Ocean's Eleven (2001) and Ocean's Twelve (2004). Ocean's Thirteen will be mostly filmed in a re-created casino on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, with some external...

6.2

55K votes

6.2

55K votes

Ocean's Twelve

2004 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Steven Soderbergh

Cast George Clooney · Julia Roberts · Brad Pitt · Matt Damon

Synopsis Danny Ocean, reignited flame Tess and the rest of a band of thieves and con men, team up for another three huge heists, but this time they're in three different...

6.0

54K votes

6.0

54K votes

Direction Robert Stevens

Cast Alfred Hitchcock · Ralph Meeker · Russell Collins · Elisabeth Fraser

Synopsis After a man puts a permanent end to his dominant wife's demands for extravagance, he becomes the victim of blackmail.

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Icarus Montgolfier Wright (S)

1962 · Movie · 18 min. · United States

Direction Osmond Evans

Synopsis The film was released in 1962, but takes place in what was then the near future. In this story, it is the night before the first manned flight to the...

Not rated

Not rated