Screenplay: Cornelius Ryan

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


The Longest Day

1962 · Movie · 180 min. · United States

Direction Ken Annakin · Andrew Marton · Bernhard Wicki

Cast John Wayne · Robert Mitchum · Henry Fonda · Richard Burton

Synopsis England in June 1944. Unseasonal storms. Allied troops are massed ready for the invasion of France, some already on the boats. The Normandy beaches will be their destination while paratroopers are dropped inland to take key towns and bridges. On...

7.3

15K votes

7.3

15K votes

A Bridge Too Far

1977 · Movie · 175 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Attenborough

Cast Sean Connery · Edward Fox · James Caan · Dirk Bogarde

Synopsis A Bridge Too Far (1977) is a World War II epic that chronicles Operation Market Garden, a daring Allied plan to end the war by securing key bridges in the Netherlands. The film follows a multinational cast of soldiers and...

7.2

11K votes

7.2

11K votes