Ghost writer movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant ghost writer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, humorous, realistic, feel good, disturbing and semi serious films and TV shows about / with ghost writer, writers, writer's life, kiss, love, writing, book, couples, female protagonist and lifestyle plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ghost writer: Ghost Writer (2015), Moon in a Bottle (2007), Colette (2018), Cobb (1994), Body of Deceit (2017), Chicago Typewriter (2017), Magical Nights (2018), The Wife (2017), Admissions (2004), Let's Talk (2015).

List of ghost writer movies

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 7.7
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Ghost Writer (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Two women are bound by their mutual passion for writing. Tono Risa is already a successful writer. Her books are all best sellers and have been made into movies, putting increasing pressure on Risa to keep churning out masterpieces. The professional ...
Style: disturbing, captivating
Plot: ghost writer, writers, novelist, writer's block, problem, writer's life, aspiring writer, women, job, female protagonist, lifestyle, female writer ...
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Moon in a Bottle (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Zeta has a month to hand in a novel she has been commissioned to write and every day she searches for inspiration among the strange customers who are regulars at the Café Rossignol. There she becomes close to Alicia, a pretty waitress who ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating
Plot: fall in love, ambition, desire for fame, friends, writer's life, love and romance, ghost writer, artists and showbiz, blind ambition, cafe, donkey, piano ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe
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 6.7
 26K
Colette (2018)
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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 6.4
 8K
Cobb (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ...
Style: factual, intense, inspirational, serious, rough ...
Plot: baseball, storytelling, biopic, dark hero, underdog, mentor, adaptation, lone hero, brutality, historical figure, life is a bitch, athlete's life ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 50s, 1940s
Place: detroit, georgia, usa
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 4.2
 643
Body of Deceit (2017)
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An accident in Malta leaves ghostwriter Alice with memory loss. Suffering from writer's block, she returns to the island to recover when she meets the sensual Sara. As they bond, a shady stranger begins to taint the stay with mystery.
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: lesbian love, memory loss, ghost writer, lesbian relationship, police surveillance, lesbian sex, love triangle, tragic love, romantic triangle, lesbian, repressed memory, relationship problems ...
Place: malta
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Chicago Typewriter (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Writers that lived under Japanese rule in the 1930's are reincarnated into a bestselling writer who is in a slump, a mysterious ghostwriter and an anti-fan of the bestselling writer.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, dorama, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: reincarnation, japanese occupation of korea, supernatural, ghost writer, ghost, past life, writer's life, new life, destiny, creative block, identity crisis, life & death ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: korea
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Magical Nights (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Italy, 1990. On the night when Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, a well-known film producer is found dead in the Tiber River. The main suspects for the murder are three young aspiring ...
Style: captivating, tense, enigmatic, humorous, non-linear
Plot: murder mystery, film producer, murder, friendship, police investigation, police interrogation, murder suspect, ghost writer, death, society, rivalry, writers ...
Time: year 1990, 90s
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
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 7.2
 43K
The Wife (2017)
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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 6.1
 338
Admissions (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A gifted high-school student flubs her college admissions interviews for the most unexpected reasons in this independent coming-of-age drama. Cynical, world-weary Evie is more interested in taking care of her family than getting into the Ivy League ...
Style: contemplative, independent film, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family relations, family problems, mentally challenged, family life, parents and children, sister sister relationship, mental retardation, ghost writer, bad father, coming of age, youth, human nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, harvard university, yale university
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 6.2
 455
Let's Talk (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Vanni and Linda live in a penthouse apartment for rent in the center of Rome. Vanni writes novels, Linda 'cooperates' to his novels. Between a vernissage and an exhibition of Basquiat, thay hang out Alfredo and Constanza, a couple on the ...
Style: humorous, feel good, entertaining, light, funny ...
Plot: couple relations, relationships, writer's life, ghost writer, female writer, humour, couples, writers, husband wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family relations, lifestyle ...
Place: rome italy
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 7.6
 112
Poor people (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: The story of an intelligent loser who lives in a communal apartment in St. Petersburg works as a “literary Negro” by Olga Buzova and writes an autobiography on her behalf.
Style: funny, light, feel good, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: ghost writer, writers, friends, writer's life, family problems, living together, financial problem, humour, storytelling, money problems, transformation, lifestyle ...
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 6.7
 3K
Dietland (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Plum Kettle, ghost-writer for the editor of one of New York’s hottest fashion magazines, struggles with self-image and sets out on a wildly complicated road to self-acceptance. At the same time, everyone is buzzing over news reports about men, ...
Style: satirical, captivating, humorous, disturbing, poetic ...
Plot: fat girl, satire, porn, violence, discrimination, sexism, obesity, overweight, social satire, ghost writer, social problems, feminist ...
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'Til There Was You (1997)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.
Style: sentimental, light, sweet, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens
Plot: loneliness, dating, stereotypes, neighbor, support group, single parent, parent child relationship, unfulfilled love, looking for love, neighbor neighbor relationship, fall in love, chance meeting ...
Time: year 1997, 90s, 60s
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 6.2
 2K
The Lesson (2023)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Liam, an aspiring and ambitious young writer, eagerly accepts a tutoring position at the family estate of his idol, renowned author J.M. Sinclair. But soon, Liam realizes that he is ensnared in a web of family secrets, resentment, and retribution. ...
Style: psychological thriller, thrilling, psychological, captivating, independent film
Plot: writers, male nudity, secret, problem, intrigue, ghost writer, writer's life, tutor, cheating wife, death of son, bare chested male, young
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 6.6
 202
The Ex-PM (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: As our third longest serving Prime Minister, Andrew Dugdale mattered. He dined with presidents and kings, hosted world summits and changed the lives of millions of his fellow Australians. But now he's retired; a not-so-elder statesman with time ...
Style: satirical, semi serious, political, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: writers, prime minister, politics, political satire, ghost writer, minister, secret, political unrest, lifestyle, humour, satire, relationships
Place: australia
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The Stolen Caravaggio (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Valeria, young secretary of a producer, lives with an eccentric mother and secretly writes for a successful screenwriter, Alessandro. One day, she receives an unusual present from a stranger: it’s the plot of a movie about the mysterious but ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot: secret, female writer, mysterious character, screenwriter, changing lives, female protagonist, lifestyle change, writer's life, ghost writer, intrigue
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Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, queer cinema
Plot: writers, lesbian, gay, fraud, women, hidden identity, lie, secret identity, aspiring writer, secret, deception, con trick ...
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 5.4
 438
The Great Game (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Pierre Blum, 40, is a writer who had his time of glory in the early 2000s. One evening, on a casino terrace, he meets Joseph Paskin. This mysterious man, charismatic and manipulative, is influential in the world of politics and persuades Pierre to ...
Style: ambiguous ending, political thriller
Plot: ghost writer, paranoia, murder of friend, female journalist, casino, puppet master, bribery, dissident, dead body, on the run, escape, political manipulation ...
Time: 2010s
Place: paris france, england
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Recipe for Love (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Lauren Hennessey has always loved to cook and is a proud perfectionist at her job at "Food & Entertainment Magazine's" test kitchen while she dreams of being able to finally afford culinary school in Paris. When her boss ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, cute ...
Plot: fall in love, food, relationship vs career, ambition, workplace situations, couples, school, starting over, celebrity culture, happy ending, cooking and food, restaurant ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, paris france
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 5.4
 1K
Luster (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An irreverent and refreshing take on the queer world of sex, lust and unrequited love. Lanky, blue haired Jackson, record store employee and poet, is in love with most of the men in his life! A refreshing departure from the typical gay love story, ...
Style: sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous, erotic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, gay erotica, unrequited love, male pubic hair, sex toy, gays and lesbians, lgbt, infidelity, gay lead character, fall in love, suicide, death of friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iowa, mojave desert, california, usa, los angeles
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The End of the Tour (2015)
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: journalism, book, loneliness, writers, friendship, writer's block, poet, biopic, suicide, depression, writer's life, mentor ...
Time: 90s, year 2015, 2010s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: usa, illinois, minneapolis minnesota, nebraska, new york
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The Ghost Writer (2010)
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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Based on a True Story (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Poland, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A writer goes through a tough period after the release of her latest book, as she gets involved with an obsessive admirer.
Style: bleak, meditative, suspenseful, disturbing, art house ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: female writer, writers, mysterious character, obsessed fan, lgbt, loneliness, poisoning, deception, atmosphere, plot twist, novelist, female friendship ...
Time: year 2017
Place: paris france
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Blithe Spirit (2020)
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: light, dark comedy, period piece, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: comedy of manners, love, supernatural, ghost, afterlife, true love, power of love, resurrection, loss of loved one, writer's life, writers, love story ...
Time: 20th century, future, 2020s, year 1937
Place: dover england, england
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 6.4
 15K
Cyrano (2021)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous ...
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, touching, costume drama ...
Plot: love, love triangle, friendship, poetry, theatre play, dwarf, wedding, lie, fencing, woman, redheaded woman, unrequited love ...
Time: future, 17th century
Place: paris france, france
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 7.4
 3K
37 Seconds (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In 37 Seconds, 23-year-old comic book artist Yuma, physically disabled due to profound cerebral palsy and emotionally stunted by her well-meaning but overly protective mother, forges her own unusual path to sexual awakening and independence while at ...
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, manga ...
Audience: teens
Plot: disability, cerebral palsy, artist, coming of age, japanese woman, virgin, exploring sexuality, character study, life is a bitch, adaptation, rivalry, love affair ...
Place: japan, tokyo, thailand
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 6.1
 4K
Carolina (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Carolina is a 2003 romantic comedy film directed by Marleen Gorris, starring Julia Stiles, Shirley MacLaine, Alessandro Nivola, Mika Boorem, Randy Quaid, and Jennifer Coolidge. Lisa Sheridan has a cameo role in the film, and Barbara Eden has the ...
Style: feel good, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, humorous
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: romantic triangle, family relations, fall in love, young lovers, looking for love, love triangle, couples, lifestyle, couple relations, eccentric family, female protagonist, grandmother granddaughter relationship ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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Christmas Cupid's Arrow (2018)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Holly, a professor at a small college, has had a long history of finding the wrong guy. She’s accomplished quite a bit in her life, but after her younger sister announces she is pregnant, Holly decides she is going to make an effort to meet Mr. ...
Style: feel good, light, entertaining, romantic, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, christmas romance, father daughter relationship, snow, secret identity, mistaken identity, fall in love, male female relationship, escapades, happy ending, doubt, online dating ...
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One or the Other of Us (1974)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: One or the Other of Us (German: Einer von uns beiden) is a 1974 West German film directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It was Petersen's first theatrical feature film, and was based on the novel of the same name by Horst Bosetzky, published ...
Style: surprise ending
Plot: berlin wall, male female relationship, love, student, car chase, prostitute, murder, father daughter relationship, professor, blackmail, university student, sociologist ...
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The Story of My Life (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Raphael is a ghostwriter who takes a job writing for famous footy player Kevin. To his delight and his girlfriend, Murials horror, Kevins current girlfriend is an old (easily rekindled) flame of Raphaels. A freak accident leaves a close friend dead ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, captivating, funny ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: humour, introspection, ambition, rise to the top, relationship vs career, love triangle, lifestyle, writer's life, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, couples ...
Place: paris france, france, europe
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