Screenwriter movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant screenwriter movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, melancholic, captivating, talky and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with screenwriter, writers, filmmaking, writing, storytelling, dialogue, mentor, actor, hollywood and love 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 screenwriter: The Muse (1999), Seven Psychopaths (2012), Slipstream (2007), RKO 281 (1999), Youth (2015), Mank (2020), The Nines (2007), Trumbo (2015), Barton Fink (1991), Their Finest (2016).
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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: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Style:
dark comedy, witty, humorous, talky, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, gangster, psychopath, screenwriter, dog, murder, serial killer, crime gone awry, mob boss, strong violent content, buddies, violent ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, year 1947, year 1963, year 1954 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, united kingdom, america, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his ...
Style:
surreal, semi serious, atmospheric, humorous, intellectual ...
Plot:
filmmaking, self discovery, aging, screenwriter, escape from reality, imaginary, daydreamer, hopes, writers, imagination, hallucination, friendship ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A film about the making of Citizen Kane. Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane, despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.
Style:
talky, historical drama, sentimental, stylized, clever ...
Plot:
biopic, filmmaking, screenwriter, movie business, movie studio, film industry, writers, obsession, hollywood, american history, bankruptcy, movie star ...
Time:
1940s, 70s
Place:
wisconsin, california, new jersey
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88K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy, France, UK, Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
YOUTH explores the lifelong bond between two friends vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing ...
Style:
sexy, philosophical, cerebral, meditative, melancholic ...
Plot:
composer, screenwriter, hotel, life, husband wife relationship, love, aging, sex scene, spa, nude women, father daughter relationship, sauna ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
switzerland, swiss alps, italy, venice, alps
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104K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
Style:
black and white, period piece, historical drama, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
screenwriter, beach, filmmaking, wealth, writers, biopic, movie business, politics, friendship, loneliness, movie studio, film history ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1941, year 1942, year 1936 ...
Place:
los angeles, mojave desert, california, usa, berlin germany
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35K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
Style:
philosophical, psychological, confusing, cerebral, surreal ...
Plot:
alternate reality, losing-it hero, obsession, metaphysics, screenwriter, pug, house arrest, supernatural, lifestyle, parallel universe, artist, human nature ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california
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87K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Style:
emotional, political, sad, factual, talky ...
Plot:
communism, politics, hollywood, biopic, gossip columnist, gossip, communist, cancer, movie business, mccarthyism, screenwriter, lung cancer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, 70s, year 1947, 1940s ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, kentucky
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135K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Style:
surreal, psychological, neo noir, black comedy, cerebral ...
Plot:
twists and turns, dark humor, hollywood, screenwriter, showbiz, murder, neighbor, surrealism, nightmare, serial killer, insanity, filmmaking ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1991, 90s, year 1941
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new york, new york state
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Sweden, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter (Gemma Arterton) works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters (Lily Knight and ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, rom com, thought provoking ...
Plot:
world war two, filmmaking, bomb shelter, screenwriter, war propaganda, world war, cinema, friendship, lie, writers, feminism, woman ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 20th century
Place:
united kingdom, england, london, america, dunkirk ...
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39K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker ...
Style:
art house, erotic, philosophical, biting, grindhouse ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
filmmaking, screenwriter, satire, femme fatale, writers, film producer, estranged couple, car accident, film industry, passive aggression, swimming pool, relationships ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
rome italy, italy, france, mediterranean sea, southern italy ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When a professional couple who have lived & worked together for many years finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpectedly funny and awkward difficulties. They soon find that being married is often quite different ...
Style:
romantic comedy, semi autobiographical, biting, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
wedding, marriage, friendship, screenwriter, honeymoon, train, hollywood, reconciliation, lust, husband wife relationship, love, film producer ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
virginia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, South Africa, USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Director Alfred Hitchcock is revered as one of the greatest creative minds in the history of cinema. Known for his psychological thrillers, Hitchcock’s leading ladies were cool, beautiful and preferably blonde. One such actress was Tippi Hedren, ...
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
filmmaking, sexual harassment, actor's life, starlet, obsession, movie star, passion, jealousy, screenwriter, movie studio, director, dirty old man ...
Time:
1900s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, cult classic, captivating, light ...
Plot:
filmmaking, screenwriter, mistress, money, showbiz, hollywood, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, interracial, satire ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Style:
suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, satirical, sexy ...
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, film industry, murder, writers, movie business, satire, police investigation, male nudity, showbiz, blackmail, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 1992, 20th century, future, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, pasadena california
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Genre: Fantasy, History, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story:
A movie star from the Republican era encounters a rookie screenwriter from the 21st century. Two people from different worlds cross the boundaries of time and space to start a romantic story of living together.
During the 1930s, Xiang Qin Yu finds ...
Style:
romantic drama, romantic, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
screenwriter, time travel, cohabitation, travel, time jump, movie star, filmmaker, time traveler, love and romance, time loop, love interest, time warp ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
china
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149K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Tells the comedic tale of Eddie Mannix, a fixer who worked for the Hollywood studios in the 1950s. The story finds him at work when a star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming.
Style:
black comedy, humorous, period piece, witty, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hollywood, movie star, satire, ransom, filmmaking, gay subtext, showbiz, kidnapping, actor, dark humor, film industry, chinese restaurant ...
Time:
50s, year 2016, 1950s, year 2015, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, greece, usa, california, malibu california
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write his latest movie. Benson has been holed up in a Paris apartment supposedly working on the script for months, but instead has spent the time living it up. ...
Style:
witty, romantic comedy, clever, rom com, retro ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
screenwriter, drinking, writer's block, weekend, love, fashion, writers, costume party, vampire, couples, love and romance, writer's life ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962, 50s, 1950s ...
Place:
paris france, france, usa, europe, england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories ...
Style:
crying, independent film, depressing, surprise ending, gay cinema ...
Plot:
gay club, gay romance, gay son, gay relationship, gay couple, homosexuality, gay interest, childhood home, death of mother, traumatized man, man dances with a man, childhood memory ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young screenwriter allows others to exploit her in the hopes of "making it" in Hollywood.
Style:
realistic, serious, sexual, rough, sexy
Plot:
female nudity, lesbian, misogyny, older man younger woman relationship, sex scene, casting couch, screenwriter, hollywood, rape, price of fame, film industry, sexism ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Family
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Keisuke Yoshimaru is a screenwriter, but instead of working, he is responsible for all household chores. On the other hand, Keisuke's wife, Nami, is a popular novel writer under the name "Ririko Kōsaka". Nami is the breadwinner with ...
Style:
sincere, entertaining, captivating, romantic drama
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
screenwriter, supportive spouse, slice of life, relationships, ambition, husband wife relationship, spouse, japanese wife, daydreamer, creative process, writer's block, marriage ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Lucy is hired to write the script for a remake of a holiday movie. She joins a tour of the grounds and when she knocks an hourglass over, she finds herself transported back in time to 1946.
Style:
feel good, psychological, captivating, thrilling, uplifting ...
Plot:
christmas, time travel, screenwriter, holiday, male female relationship, female protagonist, travel, heartwarming, time jump, sent to the past, back in time, relationships ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
north carolina
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story of a young man disillusioned by love who meets a breathtaking young woman at a charity dinner by pretending to be a philanthropist. Turns out that she’s engaged to a guy who doesn’t like her going on dates. Challenged by the chase, and ...
Style:
romantic, witty, romantic comedy, humorous, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
romantic friendship, dating, in love, kick-butt women, love story, relationships, love, happy ending, friendship, sex in car, storytelling, dialogue ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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9K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after doctor and shrink after shrink, but nothing works. The Golf Channel, lesbian exercise classes and a ...
Style:
psychological, humorous, realistic, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
mental illness, therapy, misfit, mental health, couple relations, family relations, unfulfillment, writers, estrangement, depression, fall in love, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Hyun-Soo is an aspiring drama series writer. She uses "Jane" as her username and begins chatting with username “Chakhan Seupeu” (‘Good Soup’) online. “Chakhan Seupeu” is actually Jung-Sun. He dreams of becoming a French food ...
Style:
romantic, disturbing, light, touching, thought provoking ...
Plot:
love, older woman younger man relationship, unrequited love, follow your dream, screenwriter, chef, restaurant, relationships, male female friendship, happy ending, youth, asian ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Screenwriter Leo is searching for the wolf in the south of France. During a scouting excursion he is seduced by Marie, a free-spirited and dynamic shepherdess. Nine months later she gives birth to their child. Suffering from post-natal depression ...
Style:
road movie, sexual, erotic, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
bisexuality, bisexual man, farm, gay, father son relationship, filmmaker, gay slur, drifter, sexuality, single father, screenwriter, gay interest ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
Style:
sentimental, captivating, serious, romantic, intellectual ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
mccarthyism, love story, naval officer, couples, politics, husband wife relationship, passion, breakup, world war two, adultery, true love, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 1930s, 1950s, post world war two ...
Place:
usa, california, new york, middle east, malibu california ...
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365K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Two women, one (Cameron Diaz) from America and one (Kate Winslet) from Britain, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man (Jude Law, Jack Black) but realizes that the imminent ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, romantic comedy, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
holiday, christmas, love and romance, love, happy ending, love story, couples, fall in love, multiple storylines, snow, looking for love, christmas spirit ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, england, london, california, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, emotional, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
obsession, filmmaking, jealousy, making love, destructive relationship, couple relations, betrayal, aspiring actress, alter ego, screenwriter, tragic love, blind character ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 20th century, 80s, 90s ...
Place:
madrid, spain, ibiza, iberian peninsula, europe ...
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39K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two emotionally unavailable men attempt a relationship.
Style:
raunchy comedy, art house, entertaining, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay relationship, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, sex, sex scene, gay sex, handsome man, gay couple, bare chested male, gay romance ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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