Writing

John J. McLaughlin

Known for

Writing

Credits

9 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Black Swan poster
7.7

A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."

Black Swan

2010

Hitchcock poster
6.6

Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in exchange for a percentage of the profits. His wife, Alma Reville, has serious reservations about the film but supports him nonetheless. Still, the production strains the couple's marriage.

Hitchcock

2012

Parker poster
6.1

A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.

Parker

2013

Man of the House poster
5.8

Texas Ranger Roland Sharp is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the murder of a key figure in the prosecution of a drug kingpin -- a group of University of Texas cheerleaders. Sharp must now go undercover as an assistant cheerleading coach and move in with the young women.

Man of the House

2005

The Super poster
5.1

A man becomes the superintendent of a large New York City apartment building where people mysteriously go missing.

The Super

2018

The Great Gatsby poster
5.6

Stock broker Nick Carraway consents to play Cupid for his rich married cousin Daisy Buchanan and her former love, nouveau riche Jay Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby

2000

The Drone poster
NR

Written by BAFTA Nominee John J. McLaughlin (Black Swan, Hitchcock, Carnivale, and many more), The Drone tells a story of DJ - a small quad-copter who is simply trying to fit in.

The Drone

2018

The Last Good Time poster
5.5

A reclusive aging widower struggling with tax problems has a complete change in his views of life as he has a chance encounter with a young woman who moves in with him briefly.

The Last Good Time

1994

Death Collector poster
4.1

In a future time, when things have reverted back to the days of the Old West, a man goes after the gang that murdered his brother.

Death Collector

1988