Creative process movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant creative process movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, independent film, art house, melancholic and experimental films and TV shows about / with creative process, ambition, friendship, filmmaking, urban, realism, satire, slice of life, coming of age and obsession plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Japan, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as creative process: The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991), The Book of Solutions (2023), Comic Girls (2018), Houses (2015), Smell the Funk (2020), Dreamer: The Movie (2004), Anne Trister (1986), Litter to Glitter (2021), Standing on Fishes (1999), 1st Time 16mm (2008).
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 238 min.
Story:
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on his countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he ...
Style:
erotic, sincere, atmospheric, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
painting, painter, artist, art, eroticism, husband wife relationship, couples, couple relations, creative process, taxidermy, drawing, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1991
Place:
provence, france, usa, los angeles, south of france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Marc, a bipolar and paranoid filmmaker, cannot tolerate seeing his current project picked apart by his producers. The clips he’s been able to sneak a look at lead him to fear the worst. With his editor as an accomplice, he manages to spirit away ...
Style:
psychological, meta, satirical, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, bipolar disorder, creative process, creative block, character study, paranoia, mental illness, filmmaking, family relations, social problems, family problems, relationships ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Kaoruko Moeta is a 15-year-old high school student and 4-panel manga artist. After moving to a dorm especially for female manga artists, she meets shoujo manga artist Koyume, teen romance manga artist Ruki, and shounen manga artist Tsubasa. Every ...
Style:
anime, entertaining, humorous, light, manga ...
Plot:
slice of life, sorority, fan culture, creative process, struggling artist, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, female writer, woman, friends, teenage girl, teenage life, friendship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A director fumbles through a self-inspired play in an attempt to reclaim his creative integrity.
Style:
independent film, art house, experimental, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
creative process, character study, self doubt, ambition, theater, minimalism, realism, obsession, regret, urban, director
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A local TV crew will follow a rock band on a date at a record label. By chance the group is interested the artistic director who will offer them a contract for an album, as well as a promotional tour. The film crew decides to follow the band for 8 ...
Style:
mockumentary
Plot:
music industry, tv crew, creative process, rock band, rock music, behind the scenes, recording studio, filmmaking, realism, aspiration, friendship, ambition ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Armed with a shoestring budget and a dream, independent filmmaker George A. Johnson set out to write, shoot, direct, produce and edit a full-length feature film using simple home video equipment and his imagination. The result is an inspirational ...
Style:
independent film, inspirational, thought provoking, meta
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
creative process, faith based, filmmaking, self discovery, redemption, perseverance, experimental narrative, small town, found footage, family relations, daydreamer
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After the death of her father, Anne - a brilliant but emotionally unstable painter/ sculptor - returns from Switzerland to her home town in Quebec. Setting up a studio, she becomes obsessed with her work, to the extent that she grows farther and ...
Style:
independent film, art house, melancholic, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
artist, first lesbian experience, lgbt, female protagonist, creative process, bereavement, mourning, grief, obsession, painting, identity crisis, loneliness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
quebec, montreal, canada, switzerland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
Fang Tian Yi, the owner of the inn who loves to dream about making movies, Hu Yan Zu, a little-known actor, and Yuan Zhi Jie, a freelance screenwriter with a strange brain, are three college roommates who dream of making movies and opening an inn ...
Style:
funny, captivating, humorous, exciting, entertaining
Plot:
friendship, dream, first love, grownups, inn, ambition, film set, creative process, neighbor, roommate, screenwriter, friend ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
china
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy
Style:
independent film, satirical, experimental, absurd, dark comedy ...
Plot:
creative process, financial difficulty, sculpture, character study, social commentary, obsession, nudity, ambition, identity crisis, city life, satire, relationships ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Miguel, a debutant director, and his young team live a series of tribulations during the shootings of their first film, which unrolls between Lisbon, Venice, Paris and Madrid.
Style:
experimental, independent film, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
filmmaking, ambition, movie business, creative process, filmmaker, film producer, financial problem, money problems, film industry, perseverance, struggle, behind the scenes ...
Place:
lisbon portugal, paris france, venice, madrid, portugal
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, emotional, dramatic, uplifting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
writers, wizard of oz, imagination, storytelling, creativity, creative process, inspiration, perseverance, children, legacy, families, ambition ...
Time:
turn of the century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A Seattle-based filmmaking team struggles to break down the doors of Hollywood.
Style:
meta, comedy drama
Plot:
filmmaking, creative process, film industry, behind the scenes, hollywood, ambition, self doubt, realism, perseverance, casting, friendship, satire ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Ali and Morteza, two talented theater actors who live in an abandoned theater enter complex adventures to achieve their dreams.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, existential, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
theater, creative process, backstage, actor, ambition, rehearsal, friendship, camaraderie, abandoned building, character study, sacrifice, obsession ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young director years old, lives with a girl. Active part of the Intellectual society, he represents perfectly the union between fear and determination, that changes deeply his way of understanding the world that surrounds him. His only aim is to ...
Style:
independent film, disturbing, psychological, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
filmmaking, self discovery, director, actor, surrealism, creative process, lifestyle, social problems, life philosophy, filmmaker, existentialism, character study ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An unapologetic and daring writer tells his stories to his roommates and it takes interesting turns.
Style:
black comedy, tension, dark comedy, humorous, experimental
Plot:
storytelling, creative process, narration, intimate, young adult, character study, confession, conflict, realism, single, friendship, ambition ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lovely by Surprise follows the journey of novelist Marian Walker as she attempts to finish her first novel. Facing the age-old problem of writer’s block, Marian seeks advice from a mentor and ex-lover. His seemingly innocent advice to kill the ...
Style:
light, entertaining, captivating, surreal, existential ...
Plot:
writers, creative block, imagination, female protagonist, writer's block, novelist, creative process, crisis, travel, relationships, literary, magic realism ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Buenos Aires screenwriter Pablo is hired to write a new romantic comedy. As he begins his story, he visualizes his characters living in Madrid. Pablo creates a meet-cute between Marina and Víctor, a cute couple in Madrid who are soon totally in ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, romantic comedy
Plot:
couples, bittersweet, filmmaking, introspection, unfulfilled love, love affair, love and romance, unfulfillment, singleness, writer's life, artists and showbiz, creative process ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, spain, buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
A high-art, high-fashion showcase of a star's many personas-and a vivid reminder that our art, not our obstacles, ultimately defines us. Free, focused, and fucking shit up again, it shows every side of Fergie-the superstar, the visual artist, ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, aesthetic, dramatic ...
Plot:
eroticism, creative process, pop culture, female artist, female empowerment, female protagonist, sexual relations, seductress, seductive woman, music, fashion, parenthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Inspired by Neil Simon's early career experience as a junior writer for Your Show of Shows, the play focuses on Sid Caesar/Jackie Gleason-like Max Prince, the star of a weekly comedy-variety show circa 1953, and his staff, including ...
Style:
period piece, dark comedy, parody
Plot:
creative process, showbiz, workplace, satire, behind the scenes, sarcasm, writer's block, professional rivalry, friendship, cold war era, drug, backstage ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A behind-the-scenes look at the RocketJump production team (Video Game High School) as they create phenomenal action-comedy short films. Each half-hour episode of the series will chronicle the filmmaking behind RocketJump’s newest short and will ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, humorous, action comedy ...
Plot:
filmmaking, internet, creative process, teamwork, behind the scenes, backstage, cameraman, satire, film industry, film producer, technology, fight ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Jun Hashimoto is a sci-fi novel writer, but he isn't popular at all. He lives off of his savings. One day, his editor Tateyama assigns him a job: he is to write a "love" themed short story for a web magazine oriented towards youths. ...
Style:
suspense, touching, suspenseful, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, lgbt, writers, gay, life, self doubt, creative process, creative block, love and romance, unfulfilled love, friends, reunited friends ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Family
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Keisuke Yoshimaru is a screenwriter, but instead of working, he is responsible for all household chores. On the other hand, Keisuke's wife, Nami, is a popular novel writer under the name "Ririko Kōsaka". Nami is the breadwinner with ...
Style:
sincere, entertaining, captivating, romantic drama
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
screenwriter, supportive spouse, slice of life, relationships, ambition, husband wife relationship, spouse, japanese wife, daydreamer, creative process, writer's block, marriage ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of strangers come together to work on creating the greatest anime series ever.
Style:
anime, funny, exciting, light, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teamwork, friends, female protagonist, creative process, collaboration, creativity, female artist, student, high school, ambition, friendship, art school ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Serbia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two of the most popular Serbian actors discover a script that they immediately want to work on, forgetting that creating in Serbia isn't as easy as it seems.
Style:
independent film, meta, black comedy, mockumentary
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, satire, film industry, behind the scenes, creative process, filmmaking, compromise, social commentary, ambition, actor, casting, irreverent ...
Place:
serbia, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A rock band has to record their third LP, which will either propel them to stardom or fade into oblivion. Despite executives’ reservations, their idea is to have the recording take place in New York. But everything complicates, and the creative ...
Style:
period drama
Plot:
rock band, creative process, music industry, indie rock, legacy, ambition, love triangle, obsession, jealousy, addiction, realism, sabotage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marty, an anti-social realist, and Harry, a passionate ideologist, are two young writers who have come to Hollywood to make it as successful screenwriters.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
partnership, ambition, male friendship, writers, hollywood, filmmaking, creative process, satire, fantasizing, screenwriter, reality vs fantasy, ambitious man ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A famous writer begins suffering from a crippling case of writer's block. His agent sends him a strange, belligerent woman to be his new assistant, hoping the change will inspire him.
Style:
psychological, suspense, sincere, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
writers, friend, creative block, creative process, writer's block, social problems, relationships, writer's life, crisis, male female relationship, couple relations, identity crisis ...
Place:
boston
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
In the bustling heart of Shibuya, four young women—an artist, a retired idol, a V-tuber, and a composer—form JELEE, an anonymous artist group. United in their quest for self-expression, they journey towards self-discovery and finding their voice.
Style:
anime, emotional, aesthetic, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
musician, female friendship, music, artist, music and dance, musician's life, music band, teamwork, music business, slice of life, singer, graffiti ...
Place:
tokyo
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
Areum sits in a small café, typing on her laptop. Around her, customers enact various dramas from their lives. Is she writing what she hears or is she hearing what's been written?
Style:
melancholic, psychological, contemplative, reflective, captivating ...
Plot:
guest, creative process, secretly observing, antisocial behavior, lifestyle, cafe, socially awkward, intimate, ambiguity, slice of life, female protagonist, everyday life ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A young filmmaker prepares for the debut of his first feature film.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, art house, reflective ...
Plot:
biopic, creative process, filmmaking, respect, behind the scenes, tribute, life, culture, film history, dedication, nostalgia, coming of age ...
Place:
kolkata, india
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