Laurents also worked as a screenwriter on Hollywood films such as Alfred Hitchcock's thriller  Rope (1948), Anastasia (1956), Bonjour Tristesse (1958) and Sydney Pollack's romance The Way We Were (1973).
Laurents was also involved in writing screenplays for several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's thriller "Rope" (1948), the romantic drama "Anastasia" (1956), and the French-language film "Bonjour Tristesse" (1958). He also contributed to Sydney Pollack's romance "The Way We Were" (1973).