| King Kong (2005) | 7.2 | |
| Havel (2020) | 6.3 | |
| Somewhere in Time (1980) | 7.2 | |
| Little Ashes (2008) | 6.3 | |
| Griffin in Summer (2024) | 6.8 |
Playwright movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
New films
| Brecht (2019) | 6.3 | |
| Colette (2018) | 6.7 | |
| The Seagull (2018) | 5.8 | |
| Little Women (2019) | 7.8 | |
| See How They Run (2022) | 6.5 |
List of playwright movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d'Anthac gathers together all his friends who have appeared over the years in his play "Eurydice." These actors watch a recording of the work performed by a young acting company, La ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric
Plot:
unrequited love, friendship, tragic love, estate, countryside, artists and showbiz, actor's life, friends, love, broken heart, theater, playwright ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, History
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
Comedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, whilst also trying to balance life as a husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Style:
sitcom, entertaining, humorous, light, situational comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, shakespeare, british history, writers, renaissance, family relations, poet, rivalry, pun, creative process, social satire, family life ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother.
Style:
humorous, melancholic, cute, indie film, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, nothing goes right, eccentricity, loneliness, runaway, secrets, family problems, writers, disorder, parents and children, love and romance, faked death ...
Time:
future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.
Style:
humorous, parody, light, lyrical, not serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
broadway, sex maniac, showbiz, theater, farce, audition, eccentricity, accountant, dancing, cons and scams, mentor, transvestism ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1959, 21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, rio de janeiro, bronx new york city, buenos aires argentina ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Bob Hope is a New York theater critic and his wife (Lucille Ball in their final motion picture pairing) writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Hope must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage. Based on ...
Style:
retro, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
playwright, psychologist, writers, critic, relationship vs career, lifestyle, love and romance, writer's life, artists and showbiz, couple relations, couples, hamburger ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was ...
Style:
dark comedy, ironic, psychological thriller
Audience:
date night
Plot:
aspiring actor, male nudity, female nudity, identity, body horror, playwright, transformation, pity, self loathing, male protagonist, blood, violence ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Filmed entirely on location in East Hampton, Long Island, "Last Summer in the Hamptons" concerns a large theatrical family spending the last weekend of their summer together at the decades-old family retreat which economic circumstances ...
Style:
independent film, talky, clever, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, brother sister relationship, matriarchy, playwright, theatre director, family relations, estate, death in the family, family home, theatrical troupe, theatre play, theatre group ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, long island, california
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Based on true events of the late 60s in Italy, poet, playwright and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti is prosecuted and sentenced to prison for the love he shares with his barely-of-age pupil and friend, Ettore. Amidst a chorus of voices of accusers, ...
Style:
gay cinema
Plot:
gay relationship, gay, gay interest, sexual attraction, gay hustler, male pubic hair, hugging, male nudity, lgbt, poet, playwright, gay subtext ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, year 1959, year 1965, year 1968 ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, epic, romantic drama, independent film, tragic
Plot:
naval battle, religion, biopic, writers, piracy, catholic church, renaissance, mediterranean, captivity, slave trade, coming of age, seafaring ...
Time:
16th century, year 1967
Place:
spain, italy, rome italy, turkey, cyprus
Is relevant?
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 260 min.
Story:
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is raised by his father and his grandfather because his mother dies when he's still very little. He works as a handyman, studies the law at a university and travels the country as an actor before he becomes the celebrated ...
Style:
weird, period drama
Plot:
writers, art, misery, carnival, theater, king of france, killing a horse, starvation, time machine, poet, historical event, playwright ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
versailles, france, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In real life, mystery writer Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in December 1926. To this day, no one knows the details of what she did during that time. The film gives a fictional account of Christie's time away, showing her as a woman ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, serious, psychological, factual ...
Plot:
disappearance, missing person, writers, investigation, writer's life, historical figure, uncover truth, private detective, murder, biopic, interwar period, spa ...
Time:
1920s, year 1979, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Mexico, Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, ...
Style:
intellectual, independent film, contemplative, talky, serious ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, writers, age-gap relationship, nudity, biopic, native american, male nudity, bisexuality, playwright, art, poet, naked man ...
Time:
1910s, year 1981, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
italy, mexico, usa, new mexico, england ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A bearded director named EVA, a fictive Rainer Werner Fassbinder, lives in a large house with his cast and crew as he films Dumas' Lady of the Camellias. His accountant informs him he has many unpaid bills and little cash on hand. EVA throws a ...
Style:
black comedy
Plot:
manipulation, behind the scenes, character study, ambition, moral ambiguity, filmmaking, gay, seduction, jealousy, betrayal, mental disorder, claustrophobia ...
Time:
year 1980
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This biographical film, based on the life of French artist Paul Gauguin, follows the painter as he returns to Paris after a long stay in Tahiti and must confront his wife, his children, and his former lover.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
female nudity, biopic, art history, art, acid, famous, artists' life, playwright, nudity, artists and showbiz, homecoming, hopes ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
paris france, europe, tahiti, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In 1609, William Shakespeare published a collection of 154 sonnets, creating what is arguably the greatest lyric sequence in English literature - and at the center of this masterpiece lies a mystery that has endured for centuries. What are the ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, enigmatic, thought provoking, psychological ...
Plot:
shakespeare, poetry, tudors, poet, countess, writers, literary, puzzle, research, secret, theater, young man ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
london
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote short stories for newspapers to sign Antosha Tchékhonté. Important characters, writer and editor, just make him aware of his talent. His situation ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
writers, literature, writer's life, biopic, tuberculosis, family relations, couple relations, life is a bitch, obsession, siblings relations, artists and showbiz, infidelity ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA, Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, "Illuminata". They reject it, saying it's not finished, and intrigue starts that ...
Style:
melancholic, stylized, humorous, witty, intellectual ...
Plot:
sex scene, farce, existentialism, art, life philosophy, love and romance, actor's life, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, theater, writer's life, female nudity ...
Time:
1900s, year 1998, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
america, new york, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A self-pitying but popular playwright drives to Vladimir to relax with a doting female student and another writer. He's convinced his writing is of no lasting value, but he still has an ego, about his work and his masculine appeal. He's ...
Style:
intelligent, contemplative, captivating, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, playwright, emigration, dissident, society, lifestyle, fighting the system, unfulfillment, writer's life, love and romance, artists and showbiz, fall in love ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, moscow russia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
sex, farce, playwright, nudity, power relations, couples, disorder, sexual relations, love affair, infidelity, couple relations, doctors and patients ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In the sixteenth century, Miguel de Cervantes, poet, playwright, and part-time actor, has been arrested, together with his manservant, by the Spanish Inquisition. They are accused of presenting an entertainment offensive to the Inquisition. Inside ...
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, touching, humorous, costume drama ...
Plot:
chivalry, broadway, don quixote, idealism, delusion, sword fight, prison, nobility, damsel in distress, master servant relationship, magic realism, ancient ...
Time:
16th century, 17th century, middle ages, year 1972
Place:
spain, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Bahamas, France, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A descendant of Shakespeare attemps to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
Style:
spiritual, independent film, postmodern, experimental, surreal ...
Plot:
shakespeare, post apocalypse, apocalypse, royalty, epidemic, spirituality, tragic love, distopia, dancing, celtic, playwright, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
france, europe, switzerland, chernobyl
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Buck is a man-child who has lived his existence in a life of kindergarten collages and lollipops. Buck remembers his old childhood friend Chuck, with whom he feels a need to reconnect with after having invited him to his mother's funeral. Buck ...
Style:
psychological, dark comedy, stylized, cynical, humorous ...
Plot:
obsession, stalking, gay, friendship, homoeroticism, homoerotic friendship, dark humor, unrequited love, childhood friend, death of mother, lgbt, danger ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Several actresses get caught up in a web of romantic intrigue while performing in a production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night."
Style:
non-linear, realistic, serious, postmodern, talky ...
Plot:
theater, actor's life, lesbian relationship, strong female presence, twentysomething life, actress, shakespeare, mistaken identity, cross dressing, adaptation, intrigue, girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial strife, the entire household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change as the staff prepares for a new chapter with the next ...
Style:
romantic drama, historical drama, wistful, period drama
Plot:
class differences, gay interest, money problems, divorce, gay, scandal, horse race, father daughter relationship, aristocrat, con man, lgbt, playwright ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
london, yorkshire
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.
Style:
period piece, dark comedy, humorous, feel good, romantic ...
Plot:
comedy of manners, power of love, writers, ghost, true love, afterlife, supernatural, writer's block, love triangle, seance, resurrection, loss of loved one ...
Time:
20th century, future, 2020s, year 1937
Place:
england, dover england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two childhood friends are separated after one’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one week as they confront notions of destiny, love and the choices that make a life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, semi autobiographical, independent film ...
Plot:
childhood friend, love, husband wife relationship, city, travel, life, male female relationship, friendship, korean american, immigrant, coming of age, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, year 2000 ...
Place:
korea, new york, south korea, seoul
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, France, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.
Style:
black and white, dark comedy, art house, cerebral, spiritual ...
Plot:
painter, painting, art, artist, composer, writers, friendship, eviction, illegal immigrant, dog, magazine editor, artists' life ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, finland
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha finds inspiration by reinventing herself as a rapper.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, stylized, feel good, black and white ...
Plot:
rap, hip hop, female protagonist, follow your dream, best friend, second chance, ambition, career, dream, musician's life, life philosophy, music business ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Documentary
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It’s the hit musical that changed Broadway forever and brought the genius of Lin Manuel Miranda to the attention of legions of fans across the world. A story of how a group of mavericks made an unlikely marriage of hip-hop and history to create ...
Style:
educational
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
interview, hip hop, behind the scenes, theater, creative process, innovation, ambition, choreography, inspiration, passion, crew, american history ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sarah (Ann Eleonora Jørgensen) and David (Magnus Crepper) meet for the first time in ten years when she arrives at his summer residence. David needs help finishing a play, which turns out to be a dramatization of their long, troublesome ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, psychological, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
intimate, breakup, longing, bittersweet, introspection, regret, character study, identity, midlife crisis, realism, young love, infidelity ...
Place:
denmark
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