Screenplay: John Fante

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


The Reluctant Saint

1962 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Edward Dmytryk

Cast Maximilian Schell · Ricardo Montalban · Lea Padovani · Akim Tamiroff

Synopsis The Reluctant Saint is based on the life of Saint Joseph of Cupertino. When young Giuseppe Diesa (Maximilian Schell) is sent to work at a monastery circa 17th century Italy -- his parents believed he was mentally challenged -- he...

6.8

140 votes

6.8

140 votes

Walk on the Wild Side

1962 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Edward Dmytryk

Cast Laurence Harvey · Capucine · Jane Fonda · Anne Baxter

Synopsis At the Doll House, a 1930's New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town of Dove Linkhorn, her true love...

6.8

743 votes

6.8

743 votes

Jeanne Eagels

1957 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

6.5

69 votes

6.5

69 votes

Wait Until Spring, Bandini

1989 · Movie · 100 min. · Belgium

6.0

51 votes

6.0

51 votes

My Dog Stupid

2019 · Movie · 106 min. · France

Direction Yvan Attal

Cast Yvan Attal · Charlotte Gainsbourg · Pascale Arbillot · Adèle Wismes

Synopsis Henri is a writer in the depths of a mid-life crisis who strikes up an unconventional friendship with a stray bad-mannered dog that inspires him and his dysfunctional family to start all over.

5.8

568 votes

5.8

568 votes

Full of Life

1956 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Richard Quine

Cast Judy Holliday · Richard Conte · Salvatore Baccaloni · Esther Minciotti

Synopsis Writer Nick and his wife Emily are expecting their first child. When a necessary home repair proves too costly to afford, Nick must swallow his pride and visit his father, a proud immigrant stonemason with whom he has a difficult...

5.3

37 votes

5.3

37 votes

Youth Runs Wild

1944 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Mark Robson

Cast Bonita Granville · Kent Smith · Jean Brooks · Glen Vernon

Synopsis During WWII, adults are either off fighting or busy in the factories, so juvenile delinquency becomes a major problem back home. Danny Hauser, a wounded soldier, finds this out as he returns and three young boys are promptly placed in...

4.6

30 votes

4.6

30 votes

Ask the Dust

2006 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Robert Towne

Cast Colin Farrell · Salma Hayek · Donald Sutherland · Eileen Atkins

Synopsis Set in 1930s Los Angeles, the story follows Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), an Italian-American aspiring writer, and Camilla (Salma Hayek), a Mexican woman who hopes to marry an American.

4.5

1K votes

4.5

1K votes

A Sad Flower in the Sand

2001 · Documentary · 64 min. · United States

Direction Jan Louter

Synopsis About John Fante, the renegade author whose highly autobiographical novels illustrate his deep-rooted love of Los Angeles and his struggles working through poverty and prejudice.

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Dinky

1935 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Howard Bretherton · D. Ross Lederman

Cast Jackie Cooper · Mary Astor · Roger Pryo · Henry Armetta

Synopsis Mrs. Daniels has been framed on a fraud charge and sent to prison. By bundling her son, Dinky, off to military school, she is able to keep her shame a secret from him. Upon learning the truth, our young hero...

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Something for a Lonely Man (TV)

1968 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Don Taylor

Cast Dan Blocker · Susan Clark · John Dehner · Warren Oates

Synopsis The blacksmith of a small western town finds himself an outcast. He had led the townspeople west in hopes of starting a new life, only to find the town that they founded is to be bypassed by the railroad.

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My Six Loves

1963 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Gower Champion

Cast Debbie Reynolds · Cliff Robertson · David Janssen · Eileen Heckart

Synopsis Successful Broadway star Janice Courtney collapses from exhaustion and is ordered to rest for six weeks at her country home in Connecticut. While there, she meets some people who change her life permanently, and discovers true love and happiness.

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Maya

1966 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction John Berry

Cast Clint Walker · Jay North · Sajid Khan · I.S. Johar

Synopsis Teenager Terry Bowen arrives in India to live with his father, a famous hunter. When he finds out that his father, who has reluctantly accepted his presence, is a supposed coward after a hunting accident, he runs away. He befriends...

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My Man and I

1952 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Shelley Winters · Ricardo Montalban · Wendell Corey · Claire Trevor

Synopsis Chu Chu Ramirez is a Mexican farm laborer in California, with lofty ideals, who is very proud of his new American citizenship. During his time off, he tries to befriend the alcoholic bar girl Nancy. After working for a month...

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The Richard Boone Show (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Richard Boone · Robert Gist · Harry Morgan · Robert Butler

Cast Robert Blake · Lloyd Bochner · Richard Boone · Laura Devon

Synopsis TV Series (1963-1964). 1 seasons. 25 episodes. An anthology series starring Richard Boone as host and actor.

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East of the River

1940 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Alfred E. Green

Cast John Garfield · Brenda Marshall · Marjorie Rambeau · George Tobias

Synopsis Troubled youths Joe and Nick Lorenzo grow into very different men: Joe a small-time hoodlum and Nick an honored college graduate. When Nick falls for Joe's girl Laurie, trouble erupts between the two men and also with the gang that...

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The Golden Fleecing

1940 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Leslie Fenton

Cast Lew Ayres · Rita Johnson · Lloyd Nolan · Virginia Grey

Synopsis A $50,000 life-insurance sale puts mild-mannered Henry Twinkle on the fast track at Ajax Insurance Company. Now he can marry his girl and climb the corporate ladder -- just as long as the insured party, Gus Fender, enjoys a long...

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