David Scarpa is an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the screenplays to The Last Castle, the 2008 remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still and All the Money in the World, about the John Paul Getty III kidnapping, which was released in December 2017.
Biography from TMDB.
- Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA
- Writer
- 6 on MovieCove
What are David Scarpa's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 5
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch David Scarpa's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for David Scarpa's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
6 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Gladiator II(2024)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Napoleon(2023)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
The Last Castle(2001)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 6 titles from 2001 to 2024.
Biggest box office
Gladiator II (2024)
Highest rated
The Last Castle (2001)
Most popular right now
Gladiator II (2024)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
2 major nominations and no wins, 2024–2025.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding British Film of the Year
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding British Film of the Year
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do David Scarpa's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 6 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 41/100 and the plot and story 38/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is David Scarpa's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does David Scarpa work with?
People who share at least 2 of David Scarpa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ridley Scott shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Ridley ScottShared titles: Gladiator II (2024), Napoleon (2023), All the Money in the World (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Ridley Scott
Cinematographers and editors
- Claire SimpsonShared titles: Gladiator II (2024), Napoleon (2023), All the Money in the World (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Claire Simpson
- Sam RestivoShared titles: Gladiator II (2024), Napoleon (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Sam Restivo
- Dariusz WolskiShared titles: Napoleon (2023), All the Money in the World (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Dariusz Wolski
Producers
- Aidan ElliottShared titles: Gladiator II (2024), All the Money in the World (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Aidan Elliott
- Teresa KellyShared titles: Gladiator II (2024), All the Money in the World (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Teresa Kelly
- Kevin J. WalshShared titles: Napoleon (2023), All the Money in the World (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Kevin J. Walsh
- Mark HuffamShared titles: Napoleon (2023), All the Money in the World (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Huffam