Screenplay: Trevor Griffiths

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


Reds

1981 · Movie · 200 min. · United States

Direction Warren Beatty

Cast Warren Beatty · Diane Keaton · Jack Nicholson · Edward Herrmann

Synopsis Warren Beatty's award winning epic mixes drama and interviews with major social radicals of the period. "Reds" tells the story of the love affair between activists Louise Bryant and John Reed. Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous start of...

6.9

4K votes

6.9

4K votes

Singing the Blues in Red

1986 · Movie · 111 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ken Loach

Cast Gerulf Pannach · Fabienne Babe · Cristine Rose · Sigfrit Steiner

Synopsis A singer swaps the political intimidation of working in East Germany for the equally controlling capitalist music industry in the West.

6.4

23 votes

6.4

23 votes

Kamikazen: Last Night in Milan

1988 · Movie · 92 min. · Italy

Direction Gabriele Salvatores

Cast Paolo Rossi · Gigio Alberti · Claudio Bisio · Flavio Bonacci

Synopsis A group of comedians are trying to be successful on stage. One night an important television network organises a public variety show to sort out some performers for their programs. Every one of them will try their hardest, but just...

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Comedians

2021 · Movie · Italy

Direction Gabriele Salvatores

Cast Christian De Sica · Giulio Pranno · Walter Leonardi · Demetra Bellina

Synopsis A theatrical adaptation about a group of aspiring comedians at a Manchester evening school that reunite for their last rehearsal before performing for an agent from London.

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Bill Brand (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Trevor Griffiths · Roland Joffé · Stuart Burge · Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Cast Jack Shepherd · Lynn Farleigh · Rosemary Martin · Allan Surtees

Synopsis TV Series (1976). 11 episodes. Bill Brand is a new left-wing firebrand (sic) MP who gets involved with the political issues of the day (mid-1970s), while experiencing frustration with the remoteness of parliamentary politics and complications with his personal life.

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Oeroeg

1993 · Movie · 100 min. · Netherlands

Direction Hans Hylkema

Cast Jeroen Krabbé · Rik Launspach · Martin Schwab · Ramelan Bekkema

Synopsis Johan Ten Berghe joins the Dutch army when the Dutch East Indies unilaterally declare independence as Indonesia. He initiates his naive driver Twan in life in the East, having grown up there as son of colonial official Hendrik, now missing....

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Fall of Eagles (TV Miniseries)

1974 · Movie · 600 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Elliot · David Cunliffe · Bill Hays · Rudolph Cartier

Cast Patrick Stewart · John Rhys-Davies · Gemma Jones · Michael Kitchen

Synopsis A 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the ruling dynasties Austria-Hungary (the Habsburgs), Germany (the Hohenzollerns), and Russia (the Romanovs).

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The Cherry Orchard (TV)

1981 · Movie · 130 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Eyre

Cast Judi Dench · Bill Paterson · Anton Lesser · Harriet Walter

Synopsis Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage.

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