Women Who Write
Movies & TV shows I've watched that feature female characters who possess a passion for the pen!
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- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael DouglasKathleen TurnerDanny DeVitoA mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.A movie about a woman romance writer that was written by a woman, Diane Thomas! Joan Wilder may look like a female Indiana Jones but she isn't; she is her own character and she would just as soon stay home to write than go out, but when family is in trouble it leads her on an adventure just like a character in one of her books -- and leaves her with a new story for her next best-selling romance novel! Don't miss the knife-wielding opening scene where Joan's fearless heroine Angelina coolly kills the man that shot her dog and stole her bible!
- StarsMegan FollowsColleen DewhurstMarilyn LightstoneAnne Shirley accepts a teaching position at a girls boarding school in a town dominated by a rich and belligerant family determined to make her life miserable.Anne Shirley is a positively delightful female character originally created by a Canadian writer from another time and world, Lucy Maud Montgomery! In Anne's continuing adventures, she sets out to explore the brave new worlds of teaching, writing, and life outside of Avonlea, where she finds new foes who she eventually turns into friends by besting them at their own game with Anne's typical follies along the way!
- DirectorPeter FaimanStarsPaul HoganLinda KozlowskiJohn MeillonAn American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.Sue Charlton is a journalist on a mission to get a story, and it's a good thing she has her dad's newspaper empire to fund her worldwide adventures that include chasing down an elusive crocodile hunter in the Australian outback! Ironically, the story doesn't end as well for her fiance editor who loses his woman to the subject of her writing efforts which boosted the circulation of the newspaper!
- DirectorJeff KanewStarsShelley LongCraig T. NelsonBetty ThomasA soon to be divorced Beverly Hills socialite is determined to prove to her husband and herself that she can finish what she starts out to do, by becoming a den mother to a troop of Beverly Hills Girl Scouts.A Beverly Hills housewife needs a best friend, and there is no better best friend than Vicki Sprantz, a trendy romance novelist who is happily married to her divorce attorney husband and even gets writing ideas from her TV star teen daughter! But beware: She won't take no for an answer when it comes to retail therapy!
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantRosalind RussellRalph BellamyA newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.A fast-paced script that captures the anxiety-filled rush that is the newspaper game! Too bad Hildy didn't have sense enough to leave it all behind, but it's fun to watch Rosalind Russell lose her character's cool while getting manipulated by Cary Grant as the ex-husband who can't let her go for the sake of selling more newspapers!
- DirectorPeter TewksburyStarsWalter SlezakBryan RussellRoger MobleyEmil goes to Berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. He wakes up at his stop with no money. It is up to him and a group of children to save the day.'Pony' is a young whipper-snapper student columnist for her school's paper with a nosy nose for reporting, and the main female role in the movie! Not one to rest on her laurels when cousin Emil is late to arrive at their grandmother's in Berlin, she jumps on the first clue and joins in the sleuthing adventure with the detectives, because all good reporters know a story must be written when the adventure ends!
- DirectorAllan ArkushJoe DanteStarsP.J. SolesVincent Van PattenClint HowardRamones fanatic and delinquent Riff Randell battles it out with the strict new principal of Vince Lombardi High School, Miss Togar, with help from the Ramones.Riff Randell is a teenage lobotomy rock-and-roller on a mission to get her songs to the Ramones! When not writing songs and ditching class, she enjoys hanging out with her best friend, super-science geek Kate Rambeau, and being a thorn in Principal Togar's side at Vince Lombardi High!
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsWinona RyderChristian SlaterShannen DohertyAt Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.How does a girl survive teenage angst while being friends/enemies with the most popular group of girls in high school? She writes in her journal! Even though writing doesn't solve all of Veronica's problems, it does shed light on a very real truth -- writing in a journal is legal; murder and blowing up high schools isn't!
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsBilly CrystalMeg RyanCarrie FisherHarry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.Not to be confused with a gymnast, the wide-eyed effervescent journalist Sally Albright, as could only be played by Meg Ryan, is by far one of the most dynamic and lovable female writer characters ever created for the big screen by a woman writer, Nora Ephron! While the film does not focus on Sally's career, it very accurately captures the magnetic and unpredictable nature that is woman, especially a woman who writes!
- DirectorNora EphronStarsTom HanksMeg RyanRoss MalingerA recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.Another woman writer role for Meg Ryan that finds her secretly tracking down a mystery man on the opposite side of the country under the guise that it's research for her column! What would women reporters do without the publications they work for to fund their sneaky adventures, and what does it say about women writers who are less than honest with their fiances about what they're up to? What, indeed!
- DirectorSusan SeidelmanStarsMeryl StreepRoseanne BarrEd Begley Jr.A surprisingly resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.Mary Fisher lives in a palace by the sea, where she writes escapist romance novels for housewives from her world of grandiose delusion as only one of the most delusional actresses of modern times could portray -- Meryl Streep! While Mary thinks her pink bubble of writing bliss could never burst, she gets more than she bargained for when she lures a lecherous married man away from his dysfunctional home, leaving his jilted housewife to plot revenge against him and Mary's picture perfect life!
- DirectorJohn HoughVincent McEveetyStarsBette DavisLynn-Holly JohnsonKyle RichardsWhen a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.Mrs. Curtis doesn't have Bette Davis eyes, but she does write charming children's books while her husband works as a composer! The couple temporarily uproot their two daughters to England for his musical work, but when Dad's away, the daughters discover eerie happenings in their leased manor that leave Mrs. Curtis in a world of worry. Even though the movie is about the oldest daughter, it does feature a happily married woman writer as a character -- and that's rare in the world of women who write!
- CreatorSidney SheldonStarsRobert WagnerStefanie PowersLionel StanderThe globe-trotting adventures of amateur detectives Jonathan and Jennifer Hart.What does a self-made millionaire look for in a wife? Mad writing skills, and creative role playing too!
- DirectorWilliam A. FrakerStarsKlinton SpilsburyMichael HorseChristopher LloydThe sole surviving Texas Ranger (Klinton Spilsbury) of an ambush arranged by outlaw leader Major Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish (Christopher Lloyd) returns to fight back as a great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger.Amy Striker is a newspaper woman of the west and a writer who knows what writing is all about -- it's a weapon!
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsChristopher ReeveMargot KidderGene HackmanAn alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.When not writing for The Daily Planet, Lois Lane is downing fresh squeezed orange juice!
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsVincent PriceCarol OhmartRichard LongA millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.Ruth Bridgers is a gossip columnist with a gambling problem!
- DirectorCrane WilburStarsVincent PriceAgnes MooreheadGavin GordonA crazed killer known as "The Bat" is on the loose in a mansion full of people.Murder-and-mystery author Cornelia van Gorder spends a summer in the country and winds up solving the murder mystery of the Bat!
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsChevy ChaseMadolyn Smith OsborneKevin O'MorrisonA couple swap city life for the country, but their picturesque new hometown turns out to be just a little bit different to what they were expecting.When husband Andy gets writer's block working on a novel, his wife Elizabeth pens a playful children's book!
- DirectorJules DassinStarsMarsha HuntRichard CarlsonMarjorie MainMembers of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.Being a maid in a well-to-do community has its perks -- juicy inspiration for a book!
- DirectorClaudia WeillStarsMelanie MayronEli WallachAdam CohenA photographer and her girlfriend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone.Anne is a novice writer who wants to do more with her writing, but life takes over as she becomes a wife and mother!
- DirectorRichard BoleslawskiStarsIrene DunneMelvyn DouglasThomas MitchellThe author of a controversially racy best-selling book tries to hide her celebrity status from her provincial small-town neighbors, who would be scandalized if they knew.Theodora is brought up by her aunts in a town where sin is simply sinful, and her only way to experience what she's not allowed to experience is to write scandalous best-selling book!
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsPaul Walter HauserSam RockwellBrandon StanleySecurity 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.In real life, reporter Kathy Scruggs wrote the defamatory article that targeted Richard Jewell (and I believe obstructed justice in finding the real bomber) by leaking to the public that the FBI was investigating Richard Jewell as a person of interest in connection with the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing; her article was published before Richard Jewell was informed of such investigation and the article set off a media-induced frenzy whereby news outlets essentially convicted Richard Jewell of the crime based on his character without a trial or being formally charged; Richard Jewell was ultimately proven to not be the bomber.
A great story of what's wrong with modern media and a perfect example of how not to be a journalist! - DirectorAndré ØvredalStarsZoe CollettiMichael GarzaGabriel RushIn 1968, the night of Halloween brings mayhem in a small town when a group of friends discovers a notebook written by a mysterious girl that foretells terrifying events.Stella is a young girl who wants to be a writer; after scary stories come to life, she's inspired to write the truth in order to set the author free!
- DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsBarbara StanwyckDennis MorganSydney GreenstreetA food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMeryl StreepBruce WillisGoldie HawnWhen a fading actress learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.
- DirectorMarc ForsterStarsWill FerrellEmma ThompsonDustin HoffmanI.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds his mundane Chicago life to be the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire existence, from his work to his love life to his death.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsEddie MurphyBritt RobertsonNatascha McElhone"Mr. Church" tells the story of a unique friendship that develops when a little girl and her dying mother retain the services of a talented cook - Henry Joseph Church. What begins as a six month arrangement instead spans into fifteen years and creates a family bond that lasts forever.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsGary CooperBarbara StanwyckEdward ArnoldA penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.
- CreatorPeter S. FischerRichard LevinsonWilliam LinkStarsAngela LansburyWilliam WindomRon MasakProfessional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters.
- DirectorAaron NeeAdam NeeStarsSandra BullockChanning TatumDaniel RadcliffeA reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them both in a cutthroat jungle adventure.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsChristine TaylorChristopher WiehlWilliam Morgan SheppardA magazine journalist who no longer celebrates Christmas visits the quaint town of Mistletoe to blog about an inspirational - albeit questionably delusional - man who parades around pretending to be the real Santa Claus.
- DirectorGeorge More O'FerrallStarsRalph RichardsonCelia JohnsonMargaret LeightonA heartwarming tale of an English minister and his family reunited at Christmas time. Their story includes a remembrance of their World War II trials.
- DirectorJoel ZwickStarsReginald VelJohnsonJo Marie PaytonRosetta LeNoireRachel writes a short story with characters that resemble the Winslow family.
- DirectorJon AmielStarsSigourney WeaverHolly HunterDermot MulroneyAn agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
- DirectorDon WeisStarsBob HopeLucille BallMarilyn MaxwellParker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsGene TierneyRex HarrisonGeorge SandersIn 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsClaudette ColbertJohn WayneDon DeForeEn route to Hollywood, an author becomes smitten with a marine, though he is unaware of her celebrity status and is critical of her best-selling novel.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin CliveMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.