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List of writer's life movies

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The Golden Era (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 177 min.
Story: The story of writer Xiao Hong comes alive through memories of her great love affair, literary influence and escape from China during World War II.
Style: atmospheric, serious, psychological, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot: writer's life, writers, love, political unrest, society, inspiration, couples, betrayal, family relations, literature, rivalry, poet ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: china, ancient china, asia
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The Libertine (2000)
Genre: Comedy, History
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: French philosopher Denis Diderot produces the first encyclopedia while indulging in 18th-century decadence.
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, captivating, sex comedy ...
Plot: writer's life, fighting the system, rebelliousness, rebellion, enlightenment, clergy, couple relations, society, idealism, male nudity, religions or cults, nudity ...
Time: georgian era, 18th century
Place: europe, france
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 7.0
 1K
Byron (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Life and adventures of lord George Gordon Byron. BBC dramatization of the poet's final thirteen years
Style: realistic, serious, costume drama, crying, romantic drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: womanizer, obsession, debauchery, radical, writer's life, romanticism, lifestyle, writers, society, social misfits, politics, incestuous desire ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, regency period
Place: albania, ottoman empire, yorkshire, london, turkey ...
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 6.9
 18K
Wilde (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred ...
Style: homoerotic, costume drama, touching, period piece, witty ...
Plot: homosexuality, gay, writers, homosexual, hypocrisy, biopic, lgbt, male homosexuality, scandal, gay lead character, glbt, poetry ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 1997, edwardian era
Place: ireland, britain, england, europe
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The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.
Style: touching, sincere, semi serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, family outing
Plot: writers, friendship, writer's life, dog, single parent, redemption, family relations, vacation, hopes, alcohol abuse, misfit, disability ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
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The Mystery of Sintra (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Portugal, Brazil
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Summer of 1870. Two writers, Eça de Queiroz and Ramalho Ortigão, decide to write a four-handed whodunit for the daily "Diário de Notícias". Could it be that the story they wrote as fiction is based on a real case? This question fuels ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, clever, mind bending
Plot: uncover truth, writer's life, partner, journalism, artists and showbiz, reluctant partners, rivalry, who done it, murder, media, twists and turns, duel ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: portugal, malta
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 6.9
 856
The Classic (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating
Plot: writer's life, obsession, chase, womanizer, writer's block, publisher, fictional biography, writers, art, biopic, manhood, media ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: finland, eastern europe
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Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A biopic of Agatha Christie including her 10 day disappearance.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, tense, detective
Plot: writers, private detective, writer's life, murder mystery, memory loss, haunted by the past, missing person, disappearance, divorce, female writer, lifestyle, historical figure ...
Time: 1930s, 1910s, 1920s, year 1912, year 1962
Place: england, europe
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Set Fire to the Stars (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.
Style: realistic, sincere, atmospheric, sentimental, psychological ...
Plot: poet, writer's life, life turned upside down, artists and showbiz, disorder, writers, relationships, arts and culture, lifestyle, life philosophy, literature, historical character ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: new york, britain, usa
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Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story: A fictionalized account of the young life of Hans Christian Andersen, a young man with a penchant for storytelling but struggles to find his place in the world and gain the affection of the woman he adores. Interspersed throughout are brief ...
Style: fairy tale, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: writers, unrequited love, writer's life, prodigy, fall in love, love affair, rich and poor, magical power, princess, publisher, relationships, fantasy becomes reality ...
Time: regency period, 19th century
Place: copenhagen, denmark
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The Right Kind of Wrong (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Leo the dishwasher falls in love with a bride on the day of her wedding - to another man.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, indie film, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: against the odds, fall in love, writer's life, unsuccessful, wooing, writers, juggling, wedding, love story, teenager, women, girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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Nobody Else But You (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The ambiguous suicide of a local beauty, weathergirl, cheese model, and Marilyn Monroe look-a-like finds an eager sleuth in David Rousseau, best-selling crime novelist. When Rousseau visits a remote Alps village for the reading of his friend's ...
Style: semi serious, erotic, sexy, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot: investigation, mysterious death, blonde, small town, suicide, psychiatrist, misogyny, model, nude model, voyeurism, sex, female nudity ...
Time: year 2001, year 2005, year 2000, year 1999, year 2009 ...
Place: france, europe
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One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
Genre: Comedy, History, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made. Also a line of movie stars comes to visit him giving him back the pleasure of ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot: filmmaking, writer's life, dishonesty, love and romance, celebrity culture, showbiz, friendship, artists and showbiz, intrigue, couples, cons and scams, siblings relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, india, rome italy, france
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 6.3
 886
Sagan (2008)
Genre: Biography
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: realistic, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, serious ...
Plot: rise and fall, writer's life, writers, artists and showbiz, couples, love affair, unfulfillment, lifestyle, car accident, society, rivalry, lgbtq ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: paris france
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 5.8
 2K
Big Sur (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Big Sur is a film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac autobiographical novel of the same name.
Style: realistic, sincere, captivating, serious, independent film
Plot: beat generation, introspection, writer's life, friendship, friendship between men, mentally unstable, lifestyle, solitude, social relations, solitary, addiction, alcoholism ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: usa, california, san francisco
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In Search of Lovecraft (2008)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: While shooting a Halloween news story on horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, reporter Rebecca Marsh discovers that the "fiction" Lovecraft wrote is actually true and the creatures and cults described in his writings really exist.
Style: serious, scary, bleak, lovecraft, offbeat ...
Plot: halloween, nightmare, writer's life, uncover truth, supernatural, obsession, religions or cults, chaos, mad scientist, danger, journalism, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco
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Chelsea Walls (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, involving an ensemble cast of some 30-35 characters.
Style: meditative, intense, touching, serious, talky ...
Plot: hotel, eccentricity, lifestyle, writer's life, looking for love, addiction, drug abuse, rising to stardom, couple relations, nightlife, down on your luck, artist ...
Time: year 2001
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city, minnesota ...
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 6.0
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Show Me Yours (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Show Me Yours is a Canadian comedy television series originally aired on Showcase between May 26, 2004 and May 31, 2005.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, sexy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: writer's life, unlikely couple, couples, couple relations, sexual relations, male female relationship, psychologist, nudity, sexual content, anthropologist, female nudity, male nudity ...
Time: 21st century
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Obscene (2007)
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A look at the life and work of American publisher Barney Rosset, who struggled to bring controversial works like "Tropic of Cancer" and "Naked Lunch" to publication.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, controversial, experimental
Plot: writer's life, rebelliousness, ambition, rise and fall, society, rebellion, obsession, journalism, lifestyle, fighting the system, politics, maverick ...
Place: chicago
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Shortcut to Happiness (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson sells his novel for US$ 190,000.00 to ...
Style: clever, semi serious, witty, humorous, rom com ...
Plot: deal with the devil, wish come true, moral dilemma, love and romance, writer's life, hopes, introspection, artists and showbiz, imaginary, desire for fame, lifestyle, looking for love ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 6.4
 881
Pandemonium (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Set in England during the early 19th century, Pandaemonium evokes late-1960s America in its depiction of the relationship between Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Linus Roach) and William Wordsworth (John Hannah). Instead of going to Vietnam, Wordsworth ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, captivating, costume drama ...
Plot: friendship, betrayal, politics, addiction, drug abuse, prodigy, lifestyle, rise and fall, writer's life, tragic hero, tragic love, idealism ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 1800s, 1790s
Place: france, england, europe
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 7.2
 499
Aviva, My Love (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the small northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. For years she kept her remarkable writing abilities under wraps, until her sister, Anita, introduces her to ...
Style: realistic, captivating, touching, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot: family relations, writer's life, family problems, working class, dysfunctional family, creative block, small town, unemployment, social decay, small town life, betrayal, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, palestine, middle east, tel aviv israel
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Who Is KK Downey? (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The plot revolves around two hipster friends who pretend to be a writer with a troubled past in their quest for fame.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: drug abuse, satire, prodigy, tragic hero, writer's life, best friend, love and romance, life is a bitch, misfit, social misfits, mentally unstable, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
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 5.5
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Beat (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of writer William Seward Burroughs and his wife.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, independent film
Plot: beat generation, love triangle, infidelity, writers, writer's life, lifestyle, celebrity culture, drug abuse, addiction, adultery, rebel, rebellion ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, 50s
Place: new york, usa, mexico, latin america, mexico city
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 6.7
 21K
Martian Child (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Style: touching, sentimental, sweet, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: adoption, orphan, father son relationship, imagination, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, single father, mars, writers, eccentricity ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
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 7.3
 6K
Love Jones (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with ...
Style: romantic, sexy, light, sentimental, talky ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: sex, black romance, love affair, love, friendship, black, women, hip hop, life philosophy, lifestyle, writer's life, opposites attract ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: usa, chicago
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Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story is a made-for-TV film starring Australian actress Poppy Montgomery. The film, which was shot in B.C. Canada locations altered to look like British locations, details the journey of struggling single mother ...
Style: serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Audience: kids
Plot: biopic, multiple sclerosis, writers, rising to stardom, writer's life, school, family relations, rise to the top, ambition, artists and showbiz, single parent, single mother ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
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Shadows in the Sun (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An aspiring young writer (Jackson) tracks a literary titan (Keitel) suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughters.
Style: feel good, touching, realistic, romantic, sincere ...
Plot: publisher, village life, fall in love, writer's life, odd couple, artists and showbiz, writers, writer's block, father daughter relationship, loss of wife, exile, hiker ...
Place: italy, tuscany, london, england, europe
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 6.3
 11K
Sylvia (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
Style: depressing, emotional, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: suicide, drinking, writers, mental illness, biopic, poet, death, art, tragic love, writer's life, artist, couple relations ...
Time: 1950s, year 2003, 50s, 60s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, new york
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 5.5
 400
Bloom (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Adapted from James Joyce's Ulysses, Bloom is the enthralling story of June 16th, 1904 and a gateway into the consiousness of its three main characters: Stephen Dedalus, Molly Bloom and the extraordinary Leopold Bloom.
Style: serious, stylized, atmospheric, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: infidelity, tragic hero, lifestyle, writer's life, tragic love, love affair, couples, love and romance, human nature, society, unfulfilled love, working class ...
Time: edwardian era, 1910s, 1900s
Place: ireland, ancient greece, greece, europe, england ...
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