Writers movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant writers movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, intellectual, serious, inspirational, thought provoking and psychological films and TV shows about / with writers, writing, writer's life, art, book, kiss, literary, husband wife relationship, publisher and novel plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as writers: Kill Your Darlings (2013), Genius (2016), On the Road (2012), The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017), The Words (2012), Nocturnal Animals (2016), The Ghost Writer (2010), The Hours (2002), In the House (2012), Alex & Emma (2003).
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
Style:
bleak, captivating, serious, intellectual, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
poet, writers, gay, obsession, youth, friendship, coming of age, sexual tension, mental illness, murder, friends, lifestyle ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, 2000s, post world war two ...
Place:
usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, harlem, chicago ...
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21K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, literary editor at Scribner’s Sons is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer named ...
Style:
period piece, talky, touching, intellectual, informative ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
writers, novelist, genius, storytelling, book editor, mentor, biopic, obsession, eccentricity, creativity, art, writer's life ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.
Style:
road movie, sexy, independent film, inspirational, melancholic ...
Plot:
road trip, writers, on the road, beat generation, infidelity, friendship, bisexual, travelogue, beatnik, youth, hitchhiker, watching sex ...
Time:
1940s, year 1951, 1950s, 50s, year 2012 ...
Place:
nebraska, california, arizona, usa, louisiana ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.
Style:
lyrical, captivating, melancholic, meditative, romantic drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
writers, abusive parent, investigator, coming of age, best friend, disappearance, transformation, depression, marriage, memory, pain, choice ...
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81K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his ...
Style:
touching, suspense, romantic, inspirational, intellectual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
writers, writer's life, white male black female relationship, guilt, literature, book, lovers, relationships, survival, love story, passion, life philosophy ...
Time:
post world war two, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family ...
Style:
psychological thriller, neo noir, psychological, suspense, mindfuck ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
writers, revenge, husband wife relationship, divorce, loss of family, infidelity, abortion, rape, rape and murder, symbolism, ex husband, grief ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
texas, los angeles, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident. In director Roman ...
Style:
serious, political thriller, captivating, atmospheric, political ...
Plot:
writers, twists and turns, politics, political conspiracy, investigation, betrayal, writer's life, spy, espionage, cia, conspiracy, suspicion ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new england, new york, massachusetts, britain, oxford university ...
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138K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a ...
Style:
depressing, psychological, intellectual, touching, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
suicide, mental illness, depression, aids, writers, lesbian, bipolar disorder, writer's life, literature, introspection, poet, borderline personality disorder ...
Time:
year 2002, 1940s, 90s, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, england, california, los angeles, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his ...
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, psychological, witty, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
writers, teacher, high school, obsession, student, literature, art, school, privacy invasion, teen angst, mind game, voyeurism ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Writer Alex Sheldon (Luke Wilson) must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sweet, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
writers, unlikely couple, gambling, book, love triangle, workplace romance, lie, twists and turns, love affair, couple relations, opposites attract, writer's life ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
boston, philadelphia, massachusetts, switzerland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After a rough divoce, Frances, a 35 year old book editor from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sentimental, scenic, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
writers, small town, divorce, passion, tourist, friendship, life, middle aged woman, male female relationship, starting over, love, journey ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe, tuscany, san francisco, california ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In 1843, Dickens was a literary rock star, but struggling financially after the slow sales of his previous novel, Martin Chuzzlewit. Seized with the vision of a story that would fire the hearts of humanity, Dickens pitched his publishers A Christmas ...
Style:
motivational, thought provoking, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
christmas, writers, charles dickens, book, publisher, victorian england, father son relationship, debt, holiday, inspiration, poverty, new year ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, 1800s, year 1943
Place:
turkey, london, new york, england
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, melancholic, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
writers, dating show, isolation, twists and turns, murder, drifter, recluse, kidnapping, dangerous friend, fear, serial killer, journalism ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
A self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a budding drug problem, and the seeming inability to avoid making bad decisions.
Style:
sexy, witty, humorous, cynical, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
womanizer, lifestyle, writers, writer's life, lust, dark humor, sexual relations, family life, couples, addiction, female nudity, nudity ...
Time:
y2k, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Spain, USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.
Style:
feel good, melancholic, surreal, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
time travel, magic realism, painter, literature, art history, bohemian life, love and romance, writers, artist, nostalgia, fall in love, writer's life ...
Time:
2010s, 19th century, year 2011, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
paris france, france, versailles, europe, iran ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Style:
touching, romantic, uplifting, sincere, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
world war two, writers, german occupation, marriage proposal, letter, nazi occupation, fiance fiancee relationship, friendship, strong female character, german soldier, nazi, female writer ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, year 1941, year 1946
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, exciting, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
writers, world war two, recluse, name calling, writer's life, obsession, father son relationship, friendship, teenage boy, spirituality, isolation, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
50s, year 2010, 20th century, year 1939, year 1946
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa, new hampshire
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
A writer gets caught up in a murder investigation involving his mentor, an esteemed American author. Based on the book of the same name, by Joël Dicker.
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, writers, young girl, seaside town, uncover truth, evidence, crime investigation, framed for murder, investigation, crime solving, murder mystery ...
Place:
maine
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, melancholic, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
writers, libertine, decadence, poet, infidelity, oral sex, biopic, alcoholic, depression, dysfunctional marriage, sexual attraction, lust ...
Time:
17th century, year 2004, ancient times, year 2006, 20th century ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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202K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Style:
satirical, absurd, black comedy, mind bending, dark comedy ...
Plot:
twins, filmmaking, depression, writer's block, writers, imagination, mentally unstable, loser, existentialism, obsession, siblings relations, eccentricity ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, new york, california, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Finding Neverland is an amusing drama about how the story of Peter Pan and Neverland came to be. During a writing slump play writer J.M. Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her three children who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, heartbreaking, inspirational, clever ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, date night ...
Plot:
writers, single parent, peter pan, friendship, writer's life, biopic, parents and children, death, family relations, stage play, human nature, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
edwardian era, 1900s, year 2004, future, 1910s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A celebrated author takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew comes along to wrangle the ladies and finds himself involved with a young literary agent.
Style:
semi serious, artsy, surprise ending, suspense, funny ...
Plot:
writers, nephew, literary agent, aunt, cruise, female friendship, ocean liner, coming of age, ship, friendship, secret, conspiracy ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york, cleveland ohio, wales, seattle, dallas texas
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43K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, lyrical, serious, sad ...
Plot:
writers, infidelity, marriage, aspiring writer, father son relationship, family relations, novelist, professor, twists and turns, adulterous husband, love affair, award ...
Time:
1950s, 90s, 60s, 2010s, year 1992 ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, connecticut, new york, manhattan new york city, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success.
Style:
sentimental, touching, period piece, costume drama, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
writers, artist, writer's life, biopic, female artist, family relations, snobbism, painting, art, friendship, first love, rabbit ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, edwardian era, 19th century, 1910s ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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609K
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract ...
Style:
clever, thought provoking, philosophical, intellectual, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
intelligence, success, drug, drug abuse, creativity, ambition, rags to riches, rise to the top, life turned upside down, prodigy, experimental drug, overnight success ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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57K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France ...
Style:
erotic, period piece, realistic, sexual, sexy ...
Plot:
rape, sexuality, writer's life, priest, perversion, lust, writers, aristocracy, eccentricity, fetish, sexual tension, sex ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, year 2000, georgian era, y2k ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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26K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Hungary
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
French novelist, Colette, overcomes an abusive marriage to emerge as a leading writer in her country and a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Style:
captivating, costume drama, intellectual, inspirational, lyrical ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
writers, female protagonist, novelist, lesbian, woman, female writer, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, bisexuality, ghost writer, publisher, lgbt ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, victorian era, 1890s, year 1900 ...
Place:
paris france, france, marseille, louisiana, algeria
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, realistic, humorous, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
writers, teacher, college, justice, single parent, fall in love, college life, teaching, power relations, unlikely couple, writer's life, professor ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york state
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
Style:
serious, stylized, psychological, captivating, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
writers, love affair, war correspondent, divorce, biopic, media, journalism, spanish civil war, journalist, fame, world war two, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
europe, usa
Is relevant ?
173K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
Style:
witty, realistic, detective, thrilling, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
writers, investigation, female detective, romancing partners, crime investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, police detective, riddles and clues, police, law enforcement, who done it ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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