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David Koepp
Writer 63 years old

David Koepp

Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA

David Gerard Koepp (born June 9, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director. He is the ninth most successful screenwriter of all time in terms of U.S. box office receipts, with a total gross of over $2.3 billion. Koepp has achieved both critical and commercial success in a... Read full bio →

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Disclosure Day

Disclosure Day

Steven Spielberg 2026 2h 26m 6.0

A cybersecurity expert becomes a whistleblower after uncovering secrets about aliens, putting him on the run from a corporation. Meanwhile, a meteorologist experiencing strange phenomena joins forces with him to prove there's life beyond our understanding.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Gareth Edwards 2025 2h 14m 5.3

Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world's three most massive dinosaurs.

Black Bag

Black Bag

Steven Soderbergh 2025 1h 34m 6.0

When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.

Presence

Presence

Steven Soderbergh 2024 1h 24m 6.5

A couple, Rebekah and Chris, and their children, Tyler and Chloe, move into a seemingly normal suburban home. When strange occurrences occur, they begin to believe that there is something else in the house with them. The presence is about to disrupt their lives in unimaginable ways.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

James Mangold 2023 2h 35m 5.8

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

Kimi

Kimi

Steven Soderbergh 2022 1h 29m 3.0

An agoraphobic Seattle tech worker uncovers evidence of a crime.

You Should Have Left

You Should Have Left

David Koepp 2020 1h 33m 4.5

In an effort to repair their relationship, a couple books a vacation in the countryside for themselves and their daughter. What starts as a perfect retreat begins to fall apart as one loses their grip on reality, and a sinister force tries to tear them apart.

The Mummy

The Mummy

Alex Kurtzman 2017 1h 50m 4.2

Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.

Inferno

Inferno

Ron Howard 2016 2h 2m 5.5

After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Kenneth Branagh 2014 1h 45m 6.4

Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

Premium Rush

Premium Rush

David Koepp 2012 1h 31m 6.5

In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

The Little Engine That Could

The Little Engine That Could

Elliot M. Bour 2011 1h 23m

Featuring an all-star cast, the timeless story comes to life in this all-new, feature-length film filled with fun and adventure!

Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons

Ron Howard 2009 2h 19m 6.9

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works with a nuclear physicist to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican during one of the significant events within the church.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Steven Spielberg 2008 2h 2m 6.5

Famed archaeologist/adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones is called back into action when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.

Ghost Town

Ghost Town

David Koepp 2008 1h 42m 6.9

Bertram Pincus, is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts.

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Jon Favreau 2005 1h 41m 6.6

After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside.

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

Steven Spielberg 2005 1h 57m 6.8

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

Secret Window

Secret Window

David Koepp 2004 1h 36m 6.9

Mort Rainey, a writer just coming off of a troublesome divorce with his ex-wife, Amy, finds himself stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger who claims Mort stole his best story idea.

Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Sam Raimi 2002 2h 1m 7.4

The first Spider-Man movie from a series by Director Sam Raimi telling the story of how a nerdy high school student turns into a wall climbing muscle packed super human and the beginning of his new hobby/career of stopping crime. Also in this film is the creation of Spiderman’s villain Green Goblin.

Panic Room

Panic Room

David Fincher 2002 1h 51m 6.8

A woman and her teenage daughter become imprisoned in the panic room of their own house by 3 criminals.

Stir of Echoes

Stir of Echoes

David Koepp 1999 1h 39m 6.8

After being hypnotized by his sister in law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.

Snake Eyes

Snake Eyes

Brian De Palma 1998 1h 38m 6.5
The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Steven Spielberg 1997 2h 9m 7.1

A research team is sent by John Hammond to the Site B island to study the dinosaurs. Meanwhile factions within his own company set about capturing them and displaying them in a new theme park in a Californian city.

The Trigger Effect

The Trigger Effect

David Koepp 1996 1h 34m 5.0

A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment.

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Brian De Palma 1996 1h 51m 7.3

When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.

The Shadow

The Shadow

Russell Mulcahy 1994 1h 48m 5.9

Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results.

The Paper

The Paper

Ron Howard 1994 1h 52m 6.0

Henry Hackett is the editor of a New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchetman Alicia Clark, Henry's nemesis, impose unpopular cutbacks.

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

Steven Spielberg 1993 2h 7m 8.2

A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.

Carlito's Way

Carlito's Way

Brian De Palma 1993 2h 24m 8.3

A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.

Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her

Robert Zemeckis 1992 1h 44m 7.0

Two women vie for a man and the secret of eternal beauty.

Toy Soldiers

Toy Soldiers

Daniel Petrie Jr. 1991 1h 52m 6.5

While on a vacation in Central America, some American teenagers are kidnapped by terrorists. A rescue mission is sent after them, but they manage to escape and join up with a mercenary fighting the terrorists.

Why Me?

Why Me?

Gene Quintano 1990 1h 27m

A jewel thief steals a sacred ruby which sets off a chase by the police, the Turkish government, nutty American terrorists, and the CIA.

Dark Angel

Dark Angel

Craig R. Baxley 1990 1h 31m 6.0

Jack Caine (Dolph Lundgren) is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. Whilst involved in an undercover operation to entrap Victor Manning, his partner gets killed, and a sinister newcomer enters the scene...

Bad Influence

Bad Influence

Curtis Hanson 1990 1h 39m 6.3

Wimpy young executive Michael is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in—and then disappears. Later that night, Michael runs into a stranger on a pier, who wheedles his way into Michael's life and turns it upside down.

Apartment Zero

Apartment Zero

Martin Donovan 1988 2h 4m 8.0

In a rundown area of Buenos Aires, at the dawn of the 1980s, Adrian LeDuc owns both a struggling movie theater and a shabby apartment building filled with eccentric, squabbling tenants.

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