Screenplay: Pat Proft

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


Police Squad! (TV Series)

1982 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction David Zucker · Jim Abrahams · Jerry Zucker · Joe Dante

Cast Leslie Nielsen · Alan North · Rex Hamilton · Ed Williams

Plot Sight-gags and non-sequiturs dominate this spoof of police dramas. The six episodes formed the basis for later very successful "Naked Gun" movies.

7.2

595 votes

7.2

595 votes

The Naked Gun

1988 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction David Zucker

Cast Leslie Nielsen · Priscila Presley · George Kennedy · Ricardo Montalban

Plot A slapstick spoof of police thrillers and action films by the makers of "Airplane." Lieutenant Frank Drebin, comic cop and master car-crasher, must protect Queen Elizabeth II, when world terrorists...

Max

6.2

24K votes

6.2

24K votes

Brain Donors

1992 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Dennis Dugan

Cast John Turturro · Bob Nelson · Mel Smith · George de la Peña

Plot Three manic idiots; a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire. Remake of the original Marx Brothers'...

6.1

91 votes

6.1

91 votes

Hot Shots!

1991 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

5.9

18K votes

5.9

18K votes

Bachelor Party

1984 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Neal Israel

Cast Tom Hanks · Adrian Zmed · Tawny Kitaen · William Tepper

Plot Rick and Debbie are all set to get married, so Rick's friends decide to throw him a bachelor party. Rick isn't terribly crazy about the idea, but reluctantly agrees to...

5.9

7K votes

5.9

7K votes

Police Academy

1984 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Hugh Wilson

Cast Steve Guttenberg · Kim Cattrall · Bubba Smith · G.W. Bailey

Plot A big city mayor-elect, eager to make good on a campaign promise to increase-the-peace, waives entry requirements for the police force. The result: mishap, mayhem and mismanagement, as the force...

5.8

23K votes

5.8

23K votes

5.7

15K votes

Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

5.7

15K votes

5.7

15K votes

The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

1994 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Peter Segal

Cast Leslie Nielsen · Priscila Presley · Fred Ward · George Kennedy

Plot Lt. Frank Drebin has finally retired. Now that he's settled down and married goofy Jane Spencer, he plans to lead a quiet life. But before long, Frank's old buddies talk...

Max

5.5

15K votes

5.5

15K votes

Real Genius

1985 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Martha Coolidge

Cast Val Kilmer · Gabriel Jarret · Michelle Meyrink · William Atherton

Plot Mitch is one of the youngest students ever accepted to a university known for its programs for geniuses. He's partnered up with his roommate, science club legend Chris Knight, on...

5.3

2K votes

5.3

2K votes

Wrongfully Accused

1998 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Pat Proft

Cast Leslie Nielsen · Richard Crenna · Kelly LeBrock · Sandra Bernhard

Plot Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Shortly after that Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and...

4.9

5K votes

4.9

5K votes

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

1985 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Jerry Paris

Cast Steve Guttenberg · Bubba Smith · David Graf · Michael Winslow

Plot When a new gang moves into town it's up to the screwball police team to stop them.

4.7

10K votes

4.7

10K votes

Scary Movie 3

2003 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction David Zucker

Cast Anna Faris · Charlie Sheen · Simon Rex · Denise Richards

Plot From the director of the 'Airplane!' comes the hilarious third instalment of the Scary Movie franchise. Now out of College, the hapless Cindy Campbell is a TV News Anchorwoman. Within...

Max

4.5

26K votes

4.5

26K votes

Moving Violations

1985 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Neal Israel

Cast John Murray · Jennifer Tilly · James Keach · Brian Backer

Plot A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean. Mistreated by inept and cruel police instructors, a smart-alecky teen leads the...

4.3

300 votes

4.3

300 votes

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

1986 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Jerry Paris

Cast Steve Guttenberg · Bubba Smith · David Graf · Michael Winslow

Plot The alumni of Commandant Lassard's Police Academy return to the school to train new recruits and prevent its closure.

4.2

8K votes

4.2

8K votes

Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation

2008 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction James Ryan

Cast Josh Cooke · Greg Pitts · Harland Williams · Warren Christie

Plot Ron and Melinda may be happily engaged, but Melinda’s scheming brother-in-law Todd doesn’t like the thought of a new addition to the family business, so he plans to incriminate Ron...

4.1

453 votes

4.1

453 votes

Scary Movie 4

2006 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction David Zucker

Cast Anna Faris · Regina Hall · Simon Rex · Leslie Nielsen

Plot Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris) discovers the house of the elderly lady whom she is looking after is haunted by the ghost of a little boy, and sets out to solve...

4.0

20K votes

4.0

20K votes

High School High

1996 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

3.8

898 votes

3.8

898 votes

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

1987 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Jim Drake

Cast Steve Guttenberg · Bubba Smith · Michael Winslow · David Graf

Plot In the third sequel to the hit comedy Police Academy, Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) decides that the police force is overworked and understaffed, and he comes up with the idea...

3.8

6K votes

3.8

6K votes

Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

1988 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Alan Myerson

Cast Bubba Smith · David Graf · G.W. Bailey · Michael Winslow

Plot The old captain Lassard, chief of the police academy, goes to Florida to receive an award. In the city arrives also the cynic captain Harris who wants to take Lassard's...

3.5

5K votes

3.5

5K votes