Donald E. Westlake
Known for Writing
Born
July 12, 1933
Died
December 31, 2008 (age 75)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Filmography
40 films, 4 shows
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TMDB3.8
FF4.5
No Other Choice
2025 · 2h 19m
country: South Korea
After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.
TMDB3.0
The Actor
2025 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Paul Cole finds himself stranded in a mysterious small town with no memory of who he is or how he got here. As bits and pieces of his past slowly emerge, he attempts to find his way home, but time is slippery, appearances can't be trusted, and it's unclear which of his identities is real.
TMDB3.0
Parker
2013 · 1h 58m
country: United States
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.
TMDB3.5
The Ax
2005 · 1h 58m
country: France
Bruno loved his job as a middle manager at a paper company, but optimistically views being laid off as an opportunity. After two years of searching for a comparable position, optimism turns to desperation. His wife works two jobs, and their marriage slowly deteriorates as their hold on the middle class slips away. Bruno concocts a grimly audacious plan to identify and kill his fellow job applicants so that he is the only qualified person left.
TMDB2.4
Ordo
2004 · 1h 55m
country: Canada
Ordo Tupikos, a french sailor with greek origins, discover that his first wife, Estelle, with whom he had remained married a few months only 16 years earlier, is now a famous movie star called Louise Sandoli. But, more than her name, everything about Louise seems to have changed. Ordo decides to meet Estelle again, after all these years, to know what it's all about...
TMDB2.7
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
2001 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Thief Kevin Caffery attempts to rob from the home of rich businessman Max Fairbanks. But Fairbanks catches him and steals his cherished ring that his girlfriend gave him. Caffery is then bent on revenge and getting his ring back with the help of his partners.
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A Slight Case of Murder
1999 · 1h 34m
country: United States
In the midst of a spat, film critic Terry Thorpe accidentally kills his lover. Though Thorpe covers his tracks, he raises the suspicions of a private investigator, who then tries to blackmail him. Thorpe also falls under the watchful eye of Detective Fred Stapelli, a cop who is intent on becoming a screenwriter. Before long, Thorpe's girlfriend, Kit, and Stapelli's wife, Patricia, are roped into the case.
TMDB3.4
Payback
1999 · 1h 40m
country: United States
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
TMDB2.3
The Gods Must Be Daring
1997 · 1h 42m
country: France
A priceless statuette "Dancing God" is transfered from Africa to France. Scoundrels of all stripes are dreaming of steeling it. The most clever of them are trying to replace the original with the copy. Chases, adventures, breathtaking stunts, shootouts - life is not worth a penny, when the priceless treasure is on stake.
TMDB2.7
Two Much
1995 · 1h 58m
country: Spain
A struggling Miami art gallerist incurs the wrath of a mobster when he becomes accidentally engaged to his flighty ex-wife, but he falls in love with the woman's sister, so he invents a twin brother and plays both parts to satisfy the women.
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Why Me?
1990 · 1h 27m
country: United States
A jewel thief steals a sacred ruby which sets off a chase by the police, the Turkish government, nutty American terrorists, and the CIA.
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The Twin
1984 · 1h 44m
country: France
Matthias Duval is in love, but he can't choose between the two twin sisters Betty and Liz Kerner. To pick up the two sisters, he invents his own twin brother and will play both characters.
TMDB2.4
Slayground
1984 · 1h 24m
country: United Kingdom
After thieves botch an armored truck robbery that leads to the death of an innocent young girl, her father vows revenge by recruiting a sociopathic hitman to track them down and assassinate them.
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Jimmy the Kid
1982 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Gang of bumbling crooks kidnap a bratty little kid, find out they got more than they bargained for.
TMDB2.9
Come ti rapisco il pupo
1976 · 1h 35m
country: Unknown
TMDB2.7
The Bank Shot
1974 · 1h 23m
country: United States
A bank temporarily housed in a mobile home while a new building is built, looks like an easy target to break into. On the other hand, why not steal the whole bank, and rob it in a safer location.
TMDB3.4
The Outfit
1973 · 1h 43m
country: United States
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
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The Hot Rock
1972 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...
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The Split
1968 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.
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Pillaged
1967 · 1h 38m
country: France
Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small town.
TMDB3.5
Point Blank
1967 · 1h 32m
country: United States
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
TMDB3.6
The Busy Body
1967 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Sid Caesar is a bumbling gopher to a mob boss who must recover a fortune in cash stowed in the suit of a corpse.
TMDB3.1
Made in U.S.A
1967 · 1h 25m
country: France
Paula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and decides to investigate his death. In her hotel room, she meets Typhus, whom she ends up knocking out. His corpse is later found in the apartment of David Goodis, a writer. Paula is arrested and interrogated. From then on, she encounters many gangsters.
TMDB3.3
The Getaway Face
1963
country: Mexico