Writers movies and TV shows – page 3
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| The Friend (2024) | 6.4 | |
| Journal with Witch (2026) | 8.6 | |
| Franz (2025) | 6.2 | |
| Believer (2024) | 4.7 | |
| Love & Jane (2024) | 6.0 |
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Trapped in a loveless marriage, a troubled writer experiences a sexual awakening when she meets a carefee American in Italy.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, erotic, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
writers, sexually dissatisfied wife, older woman younger man relationship, love affair, cheating wife, female writer, neglectful husband, relationship problems, creative block, love and romance, writer's life, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, naples italy
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12K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
Style:
depressing, realistic, psychological, serious, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
suicide, writers, drinking, biopic, death, bipolar disorder, poet, couple relations, mental disorder, art, tragic love, writer's life ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 2003, 60s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, new york, london
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Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Style:
surreal, road movie, humorous, grindhouse, cult classic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
drug abuse, drug use, hitchhiker, writers, journalism, marijuana, gonzo, art, drug, presidential election, on the road, media ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1980, 70s, year 1968 ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, san francisco, las vegas
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, lyrical, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
homosexual, gay, lgbtq, aids, writers, gay latino, childhood, gays and lesbians, poet, novelist, homosexuality, artist ...
Time:
year 2000, 1950s, 2000s, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
cuba, latin america, havana cuba, south america, caribbean ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Janet Frame grows up in a poor family. She is different than the other kids. She is considered abnormal and locked away in a mental institution for eight years. Everything changes when she starts writing books.
Style:
erotic, psychological, touching, neurotic, spiritual ...
Plot:
writers, mental illness, making love, depression, biopic, schizophrenia, children, art, women, mental disorder, female writer, woman ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new zealand, london, paris france
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20K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Style:
depressing, sentimental, touching, melancholic, intellectual ...
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, sex scene, writers, female pubic hair, writer's life, skinny dipping, love, biopic, mental illness, bisexual, adultery, making love ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 50s, 90s, 1950s
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
Style:
erotic, cult classic, costume drama, sexual, serious ...
Plot:
gay, poet, lgbt, homosexuality, male nudity, violence, melancholy, homosexual, writer's life, homoeroticism, teenage boy, gay teenager ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, victorian era, turn of the century, 1870s
Place:
paris france, europe, africa, france, holland ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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.'
Style:
philosophical, meditative, psychological, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
loneliness, journalism, writers, book, friendship, existentialism, writer's block, dog, poet, biopic, novelist, depression ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, year 2015, 20th century, year 1996 ...
Place:
minneapolis minnesota, illinois, nebraska, new york, usa ...
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14K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, ...
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, sexual, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
poet, gay, poetry, writers, homosexuality, beat generation, literature, freedom, biopic, lgbt, gay interest, art ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 1920s, post world war two, year 1957 ...
Place:
california, san francisco, kansas, bronx new york city, arkansas ...
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19K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Style:
sincere, emotional, tense, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
gay interest, writers, journalism, gay, murder, obsession, biopic, friendship, writer's life, gossip and rumors, manipulation, character study ...
Time:
1950s, year 2006, 50s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
kansas, manhattan new york city, usa, new york, mexico ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Gus van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, sincere, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
mentor, literature, dedicated educator, coming of age, prejudice, genius, basketball, writers, teacher, african american, prodigy, intergenerational friendship ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, scotland, usa, bronx new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Fortune hunter Holly Golightly finds herself captivated by aspiring writer Paul Varjak, who's moved into her building on a wealthy woman's dime. As romance blooms between Paul and Holly, Doc Golightly shows up on the scene, revealing ...
Style:
sentimental, sweet, feel good, touching, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love story, fashion, cat, woman, secret past, love, destiny, love of one's life, eccentricity, writers, love and romance, party ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, los angeles, brazil ...
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40K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over ...
Style:
independent film, sentimental, clever, touching, comedy drama ...
Plot:
writers, multiple storylines, photograph, photography, smoking, dark humor, photographer, melancholy, friendship, redemption, summer, philosophy ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s, year 1990
Place:
new york, america, usa, brooklyn new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
1921 England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart (Hall) visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost.
Style:
gothic, scary, dark, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, fear, boarding school, supernatural horror, afterlife, ghost child, death, macabre, writers, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 2000, post world war one
Place:
england, europe, britain, seattle, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.
Style:
dark comedy, clever, black comedy, sexy, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
high school, teacher, writers, single father, loneliness, life & death, father son relationship, grief, family drama, caught masturbating, suicide, life philosophy ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa, nebraska, seattle
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton ...
Style:
independent film, period piece, witty, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, writers, gay cruising, male nudity, glbt, lgbt, murder, lgbtq, homosexual, gay relationship, biopic ...
Time:
60s, year 1987, 20th century, 1950s, year 1953 ...
Place:
england, europe, australia, morocco, london ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A biopic of Agatha Christie including her 10 day disappearance.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, detective
Plot:
murder mystery, writers, private detective, disappearance, writer's life, haunted by the past, memory loss, missing person, divorce, female writer, historical figure, historical character ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s, 1930s, year 1912, year 1962
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, UK, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to ...
Style:
costume drama, heartbreaking, period piece, romantic, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
poet, writers, poetry, love story, love, biopic, tuberculosis, passion, art, friendship, literary, longing ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, regency period, ancient times, 1810s ...
Place:
england, europe, britain, rome italy, london ...
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12K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
What happens when a screenwriter (Brooks) loses his edge, he turns to anyone he can for help... even if it's the mythical "Zeus's Daughter" (Stone). And he's willing to pay, albeit reluctantly, whatever price it takes to ...
Style:
satirical, clever, light, funny, feel good ...
Plot:
hollywood, muse, screenwriter, writers, satire, manipulation, husband wife relationship, writer's life, alter ego, workplace, mentor, runaway ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil around them.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
writers, cuban revolution, revolution, cultural icon, historical figure, lifestyle, meeting, social problems, skinny dipping, world war one, journalism, art ...
Place:
cuba
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Maggie 's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But one daughter and three years later, Maggie is out of love and ...
Style:
romantic, melancholic, talky, stylized, sentimental ...
Plot:
writers, stepmother, relationships, marriage, divorce, hotel, friendship, marxism, blended family, narcissist, character study, eccentricity ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, quebec, brooklyn new york city, california
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43K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.
Style:
visually stunning, serious, costume drama, inspirational, intense ...
Plot:
shakespeare, conspiracy theory, politics, writers, queen elizabeth i, tudors, incestuous sex, poet, political intrigue, incest, intrigue, royalty ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, 17th century, ancient times, year 2011 ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, new york, wales ...
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11K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
Style:
factual, captivating, realistic, atmospheric, political ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
writers, politics, world war two, fascism, friendship, culture clash, childhood, nazi, playwright, adaptation, character study, political unrest ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1977, pre world war two, year 1934 ...
Place:
germany, europe, moscow russia, warsaw poland, paris france ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him ...
Style:
cult classic, talky, witty, humorous, cynical ...
Plot:
art, writers, relationships, satire, psychiatrist, writer's life, human nature, alienation, philosophy, eternal love, depression, prostitution ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Austria, Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the "right attitude" towards the events in war torn Europe and his search for a new home.
Style:
exciting, thought provoking, captivating, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
writers, exile, husband wife relationship, world war two, writing a book, ex husband ex wife relationship, judaism, art, politics, sociology, biopic, double suicide ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 1930s, year 1941, year 1936
Place:
germany, new york, buenos aires argentina, brazil
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When radio love guru Dr Emma Lloyd convinces Patrick Sullivan's fiancée to dump him the week before their wedding. He sets about teaching her a lesson for interfering in other peoples lives that she knows nothing about. Things take a turn when ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
love story, wedding preparations and rituals, couple relations, writers, love and romance, love triangle, wedding, destiny, happy ending, farce, revenge, love ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey, london ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.
Style:
cult classic, philosophical, independent film, black comedy, erotic ...
Plot:
writers, making love, poetry, art, poet, sex scene, writer's life, bittersweet, drinking, violence, egocentric man, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, stockholm sweden, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After teenage ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway (Chris O'Donnell) takes shrapnel in the leg during World War I, he falls in love with Agnes von Kurowsky (Sandra Bullock), a beautiful older nurse at the hospital where he's sent to recover. ...
Style:
romantic drama, romantic, sentimental, sincere, sex comedy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
world war one, writers, war, great war, love, bittersweet, world war, soldier, couple relations, young lovers, poet, past ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century
Place:
venice, europe, italy, france, paris france
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Style:
realistic, stylized, dark comedy, independent film, clever ...
Plot:
writer's life, artist, biopic, depression, superhero, art, antisocial behavior, loser, comic book, writers, character study, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, year 2003, 2000s, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
usa, ohio, new york, cleveland ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assured within a week (or his money back), William suddenly discovers reasons to live... However Leslie ...
Style:
dark comedy, ironic, light, feel good, cynical ...
Plot:
death wish, writers, suicide attempt, hitman, traumatized man, psychological manipulation, suicidal tendency, kidnapping, criminal, saving a life, chase, killer ...
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