Writers, Writing, and Write-Themed Movies
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1. Author! Author! (1982)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
While facing the stress of his play being produced on Broadway, a playwright deals with having to raise his son, his stepdaughters, and his stepsons.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Bob Dishy
Votes: 5,763 | Gross: $13.11M
2. Writer (2013)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Nick is a frustrated writer caught in unfortunate circumstances, but how much can he take before he finally snaps?
Director: Sam Brewster | Stars: Parker Clark, Max Cavenham, Margo Henson, Maxim Reston
3. Freedom Writers (2007)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.
Director: Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn
Votes: 85,418 | Gross: $36.61M
4. The Ghost Writer (2010)
PG-13 | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Jon Bernthal
Votes: 170,852 | Gross: $15.54M
5. Fever (I) (2016)
107 min | Crime, Mystery
An assassin loses his memory in an accident. He wakes up knowing only his name, and a subconscious memory of a crime he has committed.
Director: Rajeev Jhaveri | Stars: Rajeev Khandelwal, Gauahar Khan, Gemma Atkinson, Ankita Makwana
Votes: 745
6.
Let's Talk English (2014– )
Episode:
Writing
Reality-TV
A letter to a friend provides an example for casual writing, and the expression "the pen is mightier than the sword" is explained. Later, a grammar game show describes how to use "still" and "always."
Director: Paige K Boudreau | Stars: Andrew Phung, Renée Amber, Nina Sudra
7. Mr. Write (1994)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Aspiring writer (with no talent) gets a job on a TV commercial, falls for an advertising executive.
Director: Charlie Loventhal | Stars: Paul Reiser, Jessica Tuck, Martin Mull, Doug Davidson
Votes: 210
8. My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.
Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett
Votes: 155,497 | Gross: $127.12M
9. Secret Window (2004)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a would-be scribe who accuses him of plagiarism.
Director: David Koepp | Stars: Johnny Depp, Maria Bello, John Turturro, Timothy Hutton
Votes: 209,612 | Gross: $48.02M
10. Bag of Bones (2011)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After his wife's sudden death, a bestselling author returns to his cabin retreat, where he receives paranormal visitations and becomes involved in a custody battle.
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Melissa George, Annabeth Gish, Anika Noni Rose
Votes: 9,401
11. Beauty Queen Murders (2013–2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
Beauty pageants are the stuff of dreams for so many girls who fantasize about being a princess for the day. For these beauty queens, a sash and crown may empower them to reach for the stars... See full summary »
Stars: J.R. Craig, Tasia Valenza, David Hill, Shawn Thomas
Votes: 115
12. A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
R | 127 min | Drama
This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotionless slice-of-life story. Jones here is portrayed as Bill Willis, a former war hero and now successful... See full summary »
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Leelee Sobieski, Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Hershey, Jane Birkin
Votes: 2,489 | Gross: $1.76M
13. Based on a True Story (I) (2017)
100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A writer goes through a tough period after the release of her latest book, as she gets involved with an obsessive admirer.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Emmanuelle Seigner, Eva Green, Vincent Perez, Dominique Pinon
Votes: 7,395
14. Stuck in Love. (2012)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
Director: Josh Boone | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins, Nat Wolff
Votes: 92,003 | Gross: $0.08M
15. Write Off the Page (2017)
Short, Fantasy
The tale of a young author who has given up on her writing - but her characters have other ideas...
Director: David Ball | Stars: Ezekiel Ajeigbe, Adrian Barboza, Maritza Castillo, Stephanie Parajon
16. The Rewrite (2014)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.
Director: Marc Lawrence | Stars: Hugh Grant, Whit Baldwin, Vanessa Wasche, Enid Graham
Votes: 22,260
17. Mr. Write (2016 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 86 min | Romance
When the executives at Heartstrings Press wants to drop Michael Rothchild's (Corey Sevier) next romance book, junior editor, Dori Shephard (Charlotte Sullivan), argues her way into working ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Bota | Stars: Charlotte Sullivan, Corey Sevier, Christie Laing, Preston Vanderslice
Votes: 574
18. Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)
R | 110 min | Documentary, Biography
The story behind literary persona JT LeRoy, the fictional writer created by American author Laura Albert.
Director: Jeff Feuerzeig | Stars: Laura Albert, Bruce Benderson, Terrence Owens, Ira Silverberg
Votes: 1,262 | Gross: $0.09M
19. Playwright at Work (1961– )
30 min | Talk-Show
This was a weekly series of 10 half-hour programs produced in New York by the National Educational Television and Radio Center (the predecessor of PBS) in the spring and summer of 1961, ... See full summary »
Stars: Frank Perry, Shepperd Strudwick, E.W. Swackhamer, Bramwell Fletcher
20. The Player (1992)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 65,817 | Gross: $21.71M
21. Winter Passing (2005)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
An editor offers actress/bartender Reese $100,000 for her late mom's letters from her novelist dad. She heads home from NYC to get them and finds her dad living in the garage while two strangers live in the house.
Director: Adam Rapp | Stars: Ed Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell, Darrell Larson
Votes: 8,902 | Gross: $0.10M
22. Kill Your Darlings (2006)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
A mysterious American woman offers to help a struggling Swedish screenwriter find his creative juices by going together on a weekend road trip from L.A. to Las Vegas.
Director: Björne Larson | Stars: Lolita Davidovich, Andreas Wilson, Fares Fares, Alexander Skarsgård
Votes: 938
23. Kill Your Darlings (2013)
R | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.
Director: John Krokidas | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster
Votes: 41,260 | Gross: $1.03M
24. Coraline (2009)
PG | 100 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, Jennifer Saunders
Votes: 263,971 | Gross: $75.29M
25. Broadcast News (1987)
R | 133 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Take two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly.
Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Robert Prosky
Votes: 34,140 | Gross: $51.25M
26. Neverwas (2005)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A psychiatrist searches for insight into the life of his father, who was an acclaimed children's author. But he is shocked when his journey leads him to believe that the fantasy-land his father wrote about might actually exist.
Director: Joshua Michael Stern | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Ian McKellen, Brittany Murphy, Nick Nolte
Votes: 6,980
27. Genius (2016)
PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama
A chronicle of Max Perkins's time as the book editor at Scribner, where he oversaw works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others.
Director: Michael Grandage | Stars: Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney
Votes: 21,374 | Gross: $1.36M
28. Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Comedy
A suburban couple becomes embroiled in an international espionage plot when they discover that their seemingly perfect new neighbors are government spies.
Director: Greg Mottola | Stars: Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot
Votes: 68,322 | Gross: $14.90M
29. True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016)
TV-14 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After a publisher changes a writer's debut novel about a deadly assassin from fiction to non-fiction, the author finds himself thrust into the world of his lead character, and must take on the role of his character for his own survival.
Director: Jeff Wadlow | Stars: Kevin James, Kim Coates, Maurice Compte, Zulay Henao
Votes: 24,431
30. Lone Survivor: Learning the Basics (2014 Video)
10 min | Short
This piece opens with a look at discovering proper shooting locations, the challenges of the shoot, and the technical details behind safely recreating the action.
Stars: Peter Berg, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, Taylor Kitsch
Votes: 8
31. Black Butterfly (II) (2017)
R | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A reclusive screenwriter takes in a mysterious drifter who is determined to repay his kindness by helping him finish his latest story.
Director: Brian Goodman | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo, Vincent Riotta
Votes: 14,926
32. While We're Young (2014)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A middle-aged couple's career and marriage are overturned when a disarming young couple enters their lives.
Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried
Votes: 53,627 | Gross: $7.57M
33. Ink (1996–1997)
30 min | Comedy
Kate and Mike, journalists working in the same office, have just gotten divorced. To avoid having to continue to work together, Kate goes to her boss to resign and pursue a job offer at ... See full summary »
Stars: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Christine Ebersole, Alana Austin
Votes: 105
34. Capital News (1990)
60 min | Drama
Short-lived television drama about newspaper reporters in Washington, D. C. With their careers on the line, they would do almost anything to get the scoop....
Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Michael Woods, Mark Blum, William Russ
Votes: 37
35. The Adderall Diaries (2015)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Elliot, a troubled former successful writer decides to write about a missing wife and the following murder trial of her husband.
Director: Pamela Romanowsky | Stars: James Franco, Ed Harris, Amber Heard, Jim Parrack
Votes: 6,180 | Gross: $0.01M
36. Californication (2007–2014)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
A writer tries to juggle his career, his relationship with his daughter and his ex-girlfriend, as well as his appetite for beautiful women.
Stars: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Evan Handler, Pamela Adlon
Votes: 188,471
37. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
R | 106 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
Director: Marielle Heller | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone
Votes: 56,182 | Gross: $8.80M
38. The End of the Tour (2015)
R | 106 min | Biography, Drama
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'
Director: James Ponsoldt | Stars: Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, Anna Chlumsky, Mamie Gummer
Votes: 32,589 | Gross: $2.99M
39. Kill the Messenger (2014)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contra insurgents in Nicaragua.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims, Robert Pralgo
Votes: 48,763 | Gross: $2.45M
40. The Words (2012)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.
Directors: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana
Votes: 81,461 | Gross: $11.49M
41. The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
Director: George Hickenlooper | Stars: Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Julianna Margulies, Olivia Williams
Votes: 4,477 | Gross: $1.43M
42. The Company You Keep (2012)
R | 125 min | Drama, Thriller
After a journalist discovers his identity, a former Weather Underground activist goes on the run.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Robert Redford, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte
Votes: 34,989 | Gross: $5.13M
43. Other People (I) (2016)
Unrated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A struggling comedy writer, fresh off a breakup and in the midst of the worst year of his life, returns to Sacramento to care for his dying mother.
Director: Chris Kelly | Stars: Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford, Maude Apatow
Votes: 12,609 | Gross: $0.09M
44. A Fine Madness (1966)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Samson Shillitoe, mad genius of a poet irresistible to women, but plagued by writer's block, agrees to see a psychiatrist, and his beautiful wife.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, Jean Seberg, Patrick O'Neal
Votes: 1,524
45. On the Road (2012)
R | 124 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Young writer Sal Paradise has his life shaken by the arrival of free-spirited Dean Moriarty and his girl, Marylou. As they travel across the country, they encounter a mix of people who each impact their journey indelibly.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams
Votes: 43,303 | Gross: $0.72M
46. Perfect Stranger (2007)
R | 109 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her childhood friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Portnow
Votes: 51,173 | Gross: $23.98M
47. Shattered Glass (2003)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, History
The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.
Director: Billy Ray | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Zahn, Peter Sarsgaard
Votes: 37,675 | Gross: $2.22M
48. Me and Kaminski (2015)
124 min | Comedy, Drama
Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Jesper Christensen, Amira Casar, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 1,530
49. The Face of an Angel (2014)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Both a journalist and a documentary filmmaker chase the story of a murder and its prime suspect.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Ava Acres, Daniel Brühl, Kate Beckinsale, Anjella Mackintosh
Votes: 5,230
50. The Undoing (2020)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A modern twist to a classical "whodunnit" tale, when the life of a wealthy New York therapist turns upside down after she and her family get involved with a murder case.
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Noah Jupe, Edgar Ramírez
Votes: 105,913
51. Adaptation. (2002)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton
Votes: 203,135 | Gross: $22.25M
52. Anomalisa (2015)
R | 90 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.
Directors: Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman | Stars: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
Votes: 75,328 | Gross: $3.76M
53. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Two young friends find a magic book that brings a ventriloquist's dummy to life.
Director: Ari Sandel | Stars: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Caleel Harris
Votes: 23,768 | Gross: $46.70M
54.
The Twilight Zone (2019–2020)
Episode:
Blurryman
(2019)
TV-MA | 37 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Sophie Gelson, a writer for The Twilight Zone (2019), is haunted by a mysterious figure.
Director: Simon Kinberg | Stars: Zazie Beetz, Betty Gabriel, Zibby Allen, Caitlin Stryker
Votes: 2,077
55. True Story (I) (2015)
R | 99 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo - who has taken on Finkel's identity - his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse.
Director: Rupert Goold | Stars: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, Maria Dizzia
Votes: 72,957 | Gross: $4.72M
56. Tokyo Vice (2022– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.
Stars: Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Shô Kasamatsu
Votes: 45,112
57. The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Romance
Hazel and Gus are teenagers who meet at a cancer support group and fall in love. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially "An Imperial Affliction", so they embark on a journey to visit an author in Amsterdam.
Director: Josh Boone | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern
Votes: 401,293 | Gross: $124.87M
58. Dickinson (2019–2021)
TV-14 | 30 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Set in the 19th century, it explores the constraints of society, gender and family from the perspective of rebellious young poet, Emily Dickinson.
Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Adrian Enscoe, Anna Baryshnikov, Jane Krakowski
Votes: 19,768
59. Short Poppies (2014)
Comedy
Journalist David Farrier travels to small town NZ to meet ordinary New Zealanders and discovers even the most ordinary people are special in their own way. All the characters profiled are played by Rhys Darby in this mockumentary sitcom.
Stars: Rhys Darby, David Farrier, Jonno Roberts, Georgia Hatzis
Votes: 875
60. Smart People (2008)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Into the life of a widowed professor comes a new love and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother.
Director: Noam Murro | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elliot Page
Votes: 23,488 | Gross: $9.50M
61. The Door in the Floor (2004)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
A writer's young assistant becomes both pawn and catalyst in his boss's disintegrating household.
Director: Tod Williams | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Jon Foster, Elle Fanning
Votes: 16,192 | Gross: $3.84M
62. The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017)
R | 119 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Sidney Hall finds accidental success and unexpected love at an early age, then disappears without a trace.
Director: Shawn Christensen | Stars: Logan Lerman, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Michelle Monaghan
Votes: 11,756
63. The Last Word (1995)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A journalist with solid mob connections falls for a stripper with a dark past. His best friend then drags him to L.A. with the intent of becoming movie men. But does real life and fiction ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Spiridakis | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Joe Pantoliano, Michelle Burke, Chazz Palminteri
Votes: 449
64. Young Adult (2011)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt, Elizabeth Reaser
Votes: 87,949 | Gross: $16.31M
65. 2012 (I) (2009)
PG-13 | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: John Cusack, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet
Votes: 398,013 | Gross: $166.11M
66. 1408 (2007)
PG-13 | 104 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A man who specialises in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 294,330 | Gross: $71.99M
67. Someone Like You (2001)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
After being jilted by her boyfriend, a talk show talent scout writes a column on the relationship habits of men which gains her national fame.
Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei
Votes: 27,462 | Gross: $27.34M
68. Spivak (2018)
TV-MA | 91 min | Comedy
Struggling writer Wally Spivak is stuck in a rut - - until he meets an engaged couple and starts to see life in a whole new way.
Directors: Anthony Abrams, Adam Larson Broder | Stars: Michael Bacall, Maggie Lawson, Elden Henson, Mark Webber
Votes: 847
69. The World Without You (2019)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama
Old hurts and dark secrets threaten to tear the fragile threads that hold together a grieving family as they gather for their beloved family member's memorial service.
Director: Damon Shalit | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Perrey Reeves, Chris Mulkey, James Tupper
Votes: 108
70. The Last Word (2017)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
Harriet is a retired businesswoman who tries to control everything around her. When she decides to write her own obituary, a young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, resulting in a life-altering friendship.
Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Amanda Seyfried, AnnJewel Lee Dixon, Thomas Sadoski
Votes: 8,854 | Gross: $1.78M
71. Butterfly in the Typewriter
Biography, Drama | Pre-production
The story of troubled author John Kennedy Toole and his struggle to bring his comic masterpiece "A Confederacy of Dunces" to print.
Director: David DuBos
72. Numb (I) (2007)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A chronically-depressed screenwriter desperately tries to cure his condition when he meets the girl of his dreams.
Director: Harris Goldberg | Stars: Matthew Perry, Lynn Collins, Kevin Pollak, Bob Gunton
Votes: 8,778
73. Deadline (I) (2009)
R | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A screenwriter travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.
Director: Sean McConville | Stars: Brittany Murphy, Thora Birch, Tammy Blanchard, Marc Blucas
Votes: 5,813
74. Untogether (2018)
R | 98 min | Drama
Andrea is a recently sober writer whose career has stalled since she published her debut novel several years ago.
Director: Emma Forrest | Stars: Jamie Dornan, Lola Kirke, Jemima Kirke, Ben Mendelsohn
Votes: 1,731
75. Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama
One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on?
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: James Franco, Peter Miller, Gilbert Wahiakeron, Claude Chamberlain
Votes: 6,457
76. The World According to Garp (1982)
R | 136 min | Comedy, Drama
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow
Votes: 29,085 | Gross: $29.71M
77. The Shrine (2010)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror
Two female journalists and a photographer travel to Europe to investigate a series of mysterious disappearances, only to find themselves embroiled in a struggle against a kind of evil they never expected.
Director: Jon Knautz | Stars: Aaron Ashmore, Cindy Sampson, Meghan Heffern, Trevor Matthews
Votes: 14,292
78. Following (1998)
R | 69 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell, John Nolan
Votes: 101,812 | Gross: $0.05M
79. Transit (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A man attempting to escape occupied France falls in love with the wife of a dead author whose identity he has assumed.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman
Votes: 11,866 | Gross: $0.82M
80. Remnants (IV) (2016)
20 min | Short, Drama
An elderly successful writer struggles to reveal his dark and troubled past while suffering from Alzheimer's.
Director: A. Plancher | Stars: Andrew Fox, Tammy Garrett, Chosen Jacobs, Madison Mae
Votes: 14
81.
Castle Rock (2018–2019)
Episode:
The Laughing Place
(2019)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In 1994, a sequence of events begins that changes the life of a girl named Annie forever.
Director: Anne Sewitsky | Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Paul Sparks, Barkhad Abdi, Yusra Warsama
Votes: 1,907
82. Denial (II) (2016)
PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott
Votes: 23,534 | Gross: $4.07M
83. Perfect on Paper (2014 TV Movie)
TV-G | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
A book editor searches for Mr. Right while working with a high-maintenance author.
Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Lindsay Hartley, Morgan Fairchild, Drew Fuller, Haley Strode
Votes: 1,160
84. Trumbo (2015)
R | 124 min | Biography, Drama
In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K.
Votes: 84,798 | Gross: $7.86M
85. And While We Were Here (2012)
R | 83 min | Drama, Romance
While working on a writing project on the island of Ischia, a married woman (Bosworth) enters into an affair with a younger man.
Director: Kat Coiro | Stars: Kate Bosworth, Iddo Goldberg, Jamie Blackley, Claire Bloom
Votes: 4,082
86. I'm Sorry (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
A seemingly-confident comedy writer, wife and mom comically exposes her inner immaturity and neuroses through unexpected life situations.
Stars: Andrea Savage, Tom Everett Scott, Olive Petrucci, Kathy Baker
Votes: 6,228
87. Newsreaders (2013–2015)
TV-14 | 11 min | Comedy, News
From the team behind Adult Swim's Emmy Award®-winning comedy, Childrens Hospital, Newsreaders is an absurd take on the television news magazine format, a show that goes behind the stories nobody else thinks are stories-because they're not.
Stars: Ray Wise, Alan Tudyk, Kumail Nanjiani, Mather Zickel
Votes: 854
88. A Taxi Driver (2017)
Not Rated | 137 min | Action, Drama, History
A widowed father and taxi driver who drives a German reporter from Seoul to Gwangju to cover the 1980 uprising, soon finds himself regretting his decision after being caught in the violence around him.
Director: Hun Jang | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hae-jin, Ryu Jun-Yeol
Votes: 31,288 | Gross: $1.53M
89. Esau (2019)
TV-14 | 110 min | Drama
A 40-year-old writer returns to his family house where he was raised and that he escaped after half a lifetime - to face his brother who stayed instead, inherited their family bakery and married the woman who they both loved.
Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Mark Ivanir, Yuliya Peresild, Harvey Keitel
Votes: 166
90. Dedication (2007)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The romantic comedy follows a misogynistic children's book author who is forced to work closely with a female illustrator instead of his long-time collaborator and only friend.
Director: Justin Theroux | Stars: Billy Crudup, Mandy Moore, Tom Wilkinson, Christine Taylor
Votes: 7,226 | Gross: $0.09M
91. Desperate But Not Serious (1999)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Lily is a twenty-something aspiring writer who receives an invitation to attend a wedding reception with Jonathan, a handsome entomologist who also happens to be the man of her dreams. The ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Fishman | Stars: Christine Taylor, Paget Brewster, Claudia Schiffer, John Corbett
Votes: 448
92. Sharp Objects (2018)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After treating her mental illness, crime reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown to solve the murder of two young girls. However, she is forced to face and deal with her own demons too.
Stars: Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen
Votes: 118,931
93. Her (2013)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara
Votes: 670,015 | Gross: $25.57M
94. Some Girl(s) (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
On the eve of his wedding, a successful writer travels across the country to meet up with ex-lovers in an attempt to make amends for past relationship transgressions.
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer | Stars: Adam Brody, Kristen Bell, Zoe Kazan, Mía Maestro
Votes: 3,801
95. We Love You, Sally Carmichael! (2017)
PG | 84 min | Comedy
Readers across the world are in love with author Sally Carmichael's series of romance novels that chronicle the epic love story between a human girl and a merman. But no one knows that ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Gorham | Stars: Felicia Day, Elizabeth Tulloch, Christopher Gorham, Paula Marshall
Votes: 704 | Gross: $0.11M
96. Richard Jewell (2019)
R | 131 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Security guard Richard Jewell is an instant hero after foiling a bomb attack at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but his life becomes a nightmare when the FBI leaks to the media that he is a suspect in the case.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Brandon Stanley, Ryan Boz
Votes: 97,794
97. Big Driver (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A famous mystery writer sets out for revenge after a brutal attack.
Director: Mikael Salomon | Stars: Maria Bello, Ann Dowd, Will Harris, Joan Jett
Votes: 6,623
98. The Gambler (III) (2014)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Literature professor and gambler Jim Bennett's debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation, is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk his life for a second chance?
Director: Rupert Wyatt | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Brie Larson
Votes: 73,583 | Gross: $33.68M
99. Pipe Dream (2001)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
A lonely plumber poses as a director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.
Director: John Walsh | Stars: Martin Donovan, Anthony Arkin, Marla Sucharetza, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 1,069
100. The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)
R | 92 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 1946 Denver, an aspiring writer who enjoys irresponsible adventures with his friend writes a letter about his life before and after the suicide attempt by his sad, commitment-seeking girlfriend.
Director: Stephen Kay | Stars: Thomas Jane, Keanu Reeves, Adrien Brody, John Doe
Votes: 2,446 | Gross: $0.05M
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