Manuscript movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant manuscript movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, semi serious, psychological, captivating, thought provoking and humorous films and TV shows about / with manuscript, writers, storytelling, female nudity, love, writing, husband wife relationship, runaway, drinking alcohol and mother daughter relationship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as manuscript: The Mystery of Henri Pick (2019), Nocturnal Animals (2016), Please Stand By (2017), Breakable You (2017), By the Sea (2015), Private Parts (1972), Deathtrap (1982), Betty Blue (1986), Colette (2018), The Tenants (2005).
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List of manuscript movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An editor discovers a novel that she considers to be a masterpiece, in a library whose particularity is to collect the manuscripts refused by the publishers. The text is signed Henri Pick, a Breton pizza maker who died two years earlier.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, disturbing, atmospheric
Plot:
publisher, writers, manuscript, investigation, school teacher, teacher, widow, book, loss of job, breakup, disorder, society ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brittany, france, 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:
neo noir, psychological thriller, suspense, sexy, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, writers, husband wife relationship, abortion, murder, divorce, rape, loss of family, infidelity, flashback, rape and murder, art ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
texas, los angeles, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. On an adventure full of laughter and tears, Wendy follows the guiding spirit of Mr. Spock on ...
Style:
road movie, sentimental, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, toddlers, adult, teen drama
Plot:
autism, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, pet dog, asperger's syndrome, on the road, manuscript, contest, writers, road trip, mental disorder, self discovery ...
Place:
usa, san francisco, los angeles, california, oakland california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A divorced playwright and his therapist ex deal with new relationships and their daughter.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, satirical, disturbing ...
Plot:
manuscript, divorce, therapy, family problems, changing lives, broadway, lifestyle, lifestyle change, relationship problems, screenwriter, satire, marital problem ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Malta, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, travel the country together. They seem to be growing apart, but when they linger in one quiet, seaside town they begin to draw close to some of ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, depressing, melancholic, artsy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
voyeur, hotel, voyeurism, self pity, depression, manuscript, borderline personality disorder, sexual frustration, female nudity, male nudity, nudity, bare chested male ...
Time:
year 2015, 70s
Place:
france, peru
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Teenage runaway Cheryl splits from Ohio and ends up in Los Angeles staying at an old rundown hotel full of weirdos. The weirdest of all is George and he has a crush on Cheryl.
Style:
allegory, slasher, psychosexual thriller, dark comedy, scary ...
Plot:
voyeurism, runaway, virgin, rat, alcoholic, photographer, electrocution, peeping tom, aunt niece relationship, electric shock, female friendship, reverend ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Style:
psychological, dark comedy, witty, semi serious, cerebral ...
Plot:
murder, closeted homosexual, writers, perfect crime, gay lead character, gay relationship, murder mystery, scared to death, manuscript, sociopathy, sociopath, stage play ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century, 18th century
Place:
new york state, long island, new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Betty Blue, a mentally unbalanced and sexually aggressive free spirit who becomes involved with Zorg, a repairman moonlighting as a writer. The two engage in a variety of sexual encounters, and grow more passionate toward each other. Betty finds ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, atmospheric, talky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, borderline personality disorder, sexuality, sex scene, nudity, obsessive love, mental illness, love story, crazy love, public nudity, desire, sex ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
france, paris france, europe, spain
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28K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Hungary, Belgium
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, historical drama, period piece, intellectual ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, lgbtq, sex scene, lesbian relationship, female protagonist, novelist, lesbian attraction, writers, lesbian, open marriage, woman, female writer ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, 1890s, year 1900, victorian era ...
Place:
paris france, france, algeria, louisiana, marseille
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of a Jewish novelist, Harry Lesser, struggling to complete his latest work, and his antagonistic relationship with a black writer who moves in down the hall.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, manuscript, couple relations, writer's life, couples, losing-it hero, friend, father son relationship, interracial couple, novelist, black cast, writers ...
Time:
70s, year 2005, year 1972
Place:
usa, new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, harlem, detroit ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Master is a talented writer in Moscow working on a manuscript about the biblical Jesus and Pontius Pilate. Authorities in Moscow are harassing Master by surveillance and intimidation. Victimized by their harassment, Master throws his manuscript into ...
Style:
surreal, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, mind bending
Plot:
surveillance, manuscript, mysticism, mental institution, life & death, destiny, buddies, life philosophy, surrealism, storytelling, justice, twists and turns ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
soviet union, russia, moscow russia, jerusalem, ussr
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14K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Argentina, Spain, Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their ...
Style:
clever, psychological, black and white, enigmatic, talky ...
Plot:
musician, road trip, family relations, confession, dysfunctional family, adaptation, family drama, art, creativity, haunted by the past, family secret, interview ...
Time:
year 2009, future
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, south america, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Sweden, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young author comes into possession of a manuscript sent by critically acclaimed writer, Germund Rein, shortly before he commits suicide.
Style:
serious, realistic, enigmatic, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, husband wife relationship, dual identity, revenge, guilt, suspicion, being followed, publisher, breakup, assassination plot, marital problem ...
Place:
amsterdam, stockholm sweden, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1976 a famous American writer Nathan Zuckerman is challenged by Czech immigrant Sisovsky who implores him to retrieve valuable manuscripts from communist Czechoslovakia. The writer accepts this dangerous mission, where his every step is observed ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
writers, relationship problems, resentment, manuscript, secret police, male female relationship, communism, group sex, topless woman, pub, attempted rape, bare breasts ...
Time:
70s
Place:
central europe, prague, czech republic
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Eva, a mysterious doctor, searches for an answer to her urgent dilemma as she unravels Dr. Anmuth's Book of Vision. Henry gets involved in her life and is forced to confront his own nature, as Eva faces the biggest decision of her life.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, patient, doctor, life, reading someone else's diary, doctors and patients, physician, life & death, magic realism, manuscript, mortality, self discovery ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
prussia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
As bombs fall on London, writer Agatha Christie decides it is time to kill off her most famous creation.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, melancholic ...
Plot:
whodunit, world war two, murder, investigation, assassination plot, murder mystery, forensics, criminal, female writer, murder investigation, murderer, wartime ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Just before Anne is moving from Amsterdam to live with her great love Sara in Montreal, her publisher criticizes the manuscript for her first novel. What exactly is the story she's trying to tell? Does she even have something to say at all? ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, romantic drama, existential ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, relationships, female protagonist, female nudity, lgbt, lesbian love, self discovery, lifestyle, social problems, career, university ...
Place:
amsterdam, montreal
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sequel to "Goosebumps".
Style:
scary, semi serious, dark fairy tale, horror comedy, action adventure ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family friendly, teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
halloween, ogre, monster, magic, supernatural, giant spider, book, mother, boyfriend, transformation, werewolf, paranormal ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Kenneth Bianchi is a security guard whose attempts to become a police officer are repeatedly thwarted. He moves to California to live with his cousin Angelo and dates a string of women, becoming increasingly preoccupied with sex. Eventually the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, rough, sexual ...
Plot:
serial killer, strangulation, strangler, prostitute, rape, murder of a nude woman, killer, psychopath, sex, voyeurism, murder, murderous pair ...
Time:
70s
Place:
oregon, usa, california, los angeles
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102K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, scary, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
monster, werewolf, good versus evil, magic, teenager, imaginary, youth, ventriloquist dummy, high school, book, ghost, praying mantis ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, 80s, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa, maryland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling from abandonment, decides to ...
Style:
sexy, cynical, witty, romantic, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
midlife crisis, destiny, unrequited love, obsession, writers, human nature, couples, crumbling relationship, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, divorce, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Grady (Michael Douglas) is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years -- not since he wrote his award winning "Great American Novel" 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he ...
Style:
melancholic, talky, humorous, dark comedy, intellectual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
college, midlife crisis, professor, coming of age, adultery, divorce, mentor, gay relationship, college professor, teacher student relationship, university, alienation ...
Time:
20th century, y2k, year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Nora Cotterelle, a woman in her 30s is caring for her ill father, Louis Jenssens. While Nora tries to present a facade that all is well with her life, she is twice divorced and has a son, Elias, whose father is dead. Nora's present relationship ...
Style:
touching, serious, sentimental, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
terminal illness, destiny, couples, insomnia, family relations, parents and children, couple relations, musician's life, life is a bitch, love and romance, single parent, chess ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Chevy Chase stars as Andy Farmer, a sportswriter who moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth (Madolyn Smith) to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, ...
Style:
hilarious, rom com, humorous, slapstick, social ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
small town, fish out of water, writers, husband wife relationship, aspiring writer, farce, christmas, chase, breakup, divorce, fishing, plagiarism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vermont, new york, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier is due to arrive.
Style:
fast, realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful
Plot:
heist, stolen painting, bank robbery, ex convict, heiress, airport, con man, robbery, con artists, manuscript, caper, wealth ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
denver colorado, russia, los angeles, usa, california ...
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Germany, Singapore, USA
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story:
American journalist Nick Orton is caught up in the world of Chinese gods and monsters while on a search for the long lost manuscript to 'Hsi Yu Chi' (The Journey to the West) by Wu Ch'eng En. He is accompanied on his journey by a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, epic ...
Plot:
battles, monkey king, royal court, emperor, martial arts, master warrior, journalism, treasure hunt, rivalry, danger, imaginary, obsessive quest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
David, a waiter, finds an unpublished manuscript in a dresser drawer. To impress a girl, he claims to be the author. When the novel becomes a best-seller the real author introduces himself in his life and begins to take-over David's life.
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic
Audience:
date night
Plot:
novelist, rising to stardom, wooing, fall in love, overnight success, dishonesty, writer's life, love and romance, cons and scams, literary agent, monkey, plagiarism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Helmut is fed up traveling around he world. Coming back from Asia, he decides to stay some time in Alexandra's house, a long time friend. She is living on a beautiful island where she is doing art. From his travels, Helmut brought back some old ...
Style:
erotic, vintage, sexploitation film
Plot:
rite, lesbianism, lesbian sex, female pubic hair, love, island, artist, manuscript, older man younger woman relationship, exploitation, male nudity, girl man relationship ...
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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: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Agatha Sayers best-selling novel becomes her worst nightmare when her daughter is abducted in a copycat scenario tangled with an obsessive assistant intent on stealing her identity.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, detective, surprise ending
Plot:
identity theft, writers, female writer, stolen identity, losing-it hero, child abduction, kidnapped daughter, assistant, wannabe, incompetent police, graffiti, dead husband ...
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