Movies Written By Directors

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Heat (1995)

The film that brought Robert De Niro and Al Pacino into the same frame was written and directed by Michael Mann.

The English Patient (1996)

Anthony Minghella adapted and directed this film based on Michael Ondaatje's novel of the same name.

Punch-Drunk-Love (2002)

Paul Thomas Anderson wrote and directed this sweet, sweet love story starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen adapted and directed this filmic retread of Cormac McCarthy's famed novel of the same name.

La La Land (2016)

The Los Angeles-set musical romance starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone was directed by Damien Chazelle.

Dunkirk (2017)

Christopher Nolan wrote and directed this war drama about the Dunkirk Evacuation of 1940 that plays out like a survival thriller.

Marriage Story (2019)

Noah Baumbach wrote and directed this tumultuous relationship drama starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver which was based partially on his own life.

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