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Eric Roth

Born 1945 · American screenwriter

Eric R. Roth is an American screenwriter. He has been nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: Forrest Gump (1994), The Insider (1999), Munich (2005), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), A Star Is Born (2018), and Dune (2021), winning for Forrest Gump; he also earned a Best Picture nomination for producing Mank (2020). Roth also worked on the screenplays for the Oscar-nominated films Ali (2001), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).

Eric Roth, in order

  1. 1974 The Nickel Ride: wrote · directed by Robert Mulligan · audiences 61%
  2. 1979 The Concorde ... Airport '79: wrote · directed by David Lowell Rich
  3. 1981 Wolfen: wrote · directed by Michael Wadleigh · critics 72%, audiences 48% · streaming on Hoopla
  4. 1987 Suspect: wrote · directed by Peter Yates · critics 68%, audiences 59% · streaming on YouTube (free), Fawesome, Tubi
  5. 1988 Memories of Me: wrote · directed by Henry Winkler · audiences 46% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  6. 1992 Hearts Are Wild (TV series): created
  7. 1992 The Heights (TV series): created · directed by Sandy Smolan
  8. 1993 Mr. Jones: wrote · directed by Mike Figgis · critics 46%, audiences 50% · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
  9. 1994 Forrest Gump: wrote · directed by Robert Zemeckis · critics 75%, audiences 95% · streaming on Apple TV, Paramount+, Philo
  10. 1997 The Postman: wrote · directed by Kevin Costner · critics 15%, audiences 51% · streaming on Fawesome
  11. 1998 The Horse Whisperer: wrote · directed by Robert Redford · critics 72%, audiences 72%
  12. 1999 The Insider: wrote · directed by Michael Mann · critics 96%, audiences 90%
  13. 2001 Ali: wrote · directed by Michael Mann · critics 68%, audiences 65% · streaming on Netflix
  14. 2005 Munich: wrote · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 78%, audiences 83%
  15. 2006 The Good Shepherd: wrote · directed by Robert De Niro · critics 56%, audiences 51% · streaming on YouTube (free), Fawesome
  16. 2007 Lucky You: wrote · directed by Curtis Hanson
  17. 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: wrote · directed by David Fincher · critics 71%, audiences 80% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
  18. 2011 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: wrote · directed by Stephen Daldry
  19. 2015 Ellis: wrote · directed by JR
  20. 2018 A Star Is Born: wrote · directed by Bradley Cooper · critics 90%, audiences 80%
  21. 2021 Dune: wrote · directed by Denis Villeneuve · critics 83%, audiences 90% · streaming on HBO Max
  22. 2023 Killers of the Flower Moon: wrote · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 93%, audiences 84% · streaming on Apple TV
  23. 2024 Dune: Part Two: wrote · directed by Denis Villeneuve · critics 92%, audiences 95% · streaming on HBO Max
  24. 2024 Here: wrote · directed by Robert Zemeckis
  25. 2025 The President's Cake: wrote · directed by Hasan Hadi
  26. 2027 Rendezvous with Rama: wrote · directed by Denis Villeneuve
  27. Kennedy (TV series): wrote · directed by Thomas Vinterberg