Screenplay: John Gregory Dunne

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John Gregory Dunne. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Panic in Needle Park

1971 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Jerry Schatzberg

Cast Al Pacino · Kitty Winn · Alan Vint · Richard Bright

Synopsis Drugs become an obsession for a young girl who goes to New York for an abortion. Her new boyfriend is imprisoned for robbery in order to support both their habits. She resorts to prostitution to continue her drug habit, and...

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

A Star Is Born

2018 · Movie · 135 min. · United States

Direction Bradley Cooper

Cast Bradley Cooper · Lady Gaga · Sam Elliott · Rafi Gavron

Synopsis Music star Jackson Maine discovers—and falls in love with—struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer… until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally’s career takes...

6.6

27K votes

6.6

27K votes

True Confessions

1981 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Ulu Grosbard

Cast Robert De Niro · Robert Duvall · Charles Durning · Kenneth McMillan

Synopsis In, 1948 Los Angeles detective Tom Spellacy (Duvall) is assigned to investigate the death of a priest, who apparently suffered a heart attack while being serviced by a prostitute. Meanwhile, Tom's brother, young Catholic monsignor Des Spellacy (De Niro), is...

6.0

2K votes

6.0

2K votes

A Star Is Born

1976 · Movie · 139 min. · United States

Direction Frank Pierson

Cast Barbra Streisand · Kris Kristofferson · Gary Busey · Oliver Clark

Synopsis Rock star John Norman (Kris Kristofferson) has seen his popularity dwindle and he has difficulties keeping promises to his agent or journalists. He meets the young singer Esther (Barbra Streisand) and helps her to get a contract with a record...

5.6

952 votes

5.6

952 votes

Up Close & Personal

1996 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Jon Avnet

Cast Michelle Pfeiffer · Robert Redford · Kate Nelligan · Stockard Channing

Synopsis Aspiring on-air reporter Tally Atwater (Michelle Pfieffer) may be lovely and ambitious, but she lacks talent. That changes, however, after Warren Justice (Robert Redford), a former White House correspondent turned Miami news director, discovers her. As he carefully guides her...

5.3

5K votes

5.3

5K votes

Direction Frederic Raphael · Tony Richardson · Ken Russell

Cast Melanie Griffith · James Woods · Beau Bridges · Elizabeth McGovern

Synopsis Three short stories come to the screen, each focused on a man and a woman. The first is set in the 1940s, the other two in the 1920s. In "The Man in a Brooks Brothers Suit," a businessman of about...

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