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1. Adaptation. (2002)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton
Votes: 203,590 | Gross: $22.25M
2. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 237,171
3. Being the Ricardos (2021)
R | 131 min | Biography, Drama
Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers--and another that could end their marriage.
Director: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons, Nina Arianda
Votes: 44,794
4. In a Lonely Place (1950)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid
Votes: 35,480
5. The Majestic (2001)
PG | 152 min | Drama, Romance
In 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 57,780 | Gross: $27.81M
6. The Rewrite (2014)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Romance
An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.
Director: Marc Lawrence | Stars: Hugh Grant, Whit Baldwin, Vanessa Wasche, Enid Graham
Votes: 22,344
7. A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)
TV-MA | 101 min | Biography, Comedy
In the 1970s and '80s, National Lampoon's success and influence creates a new media empire overseen in part by the brilliant and troubled Douglas Kenney.
Director: David Wain | Stars: Frank Gingerich, Morgan Gingerich, Annette O'Toole, Harry Groener
Votes: 18,010
8. Violet (II) (2021)
R | 92 min | Drama
Violet realizes that her entire life is built on fear-based decisions, and must do everything differently to become her true self.
Director: Justine Bateman | Stars: Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, Justin Theroux, Dennis Boutsikaris
Votes: 1,417
9. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Passed | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf
Votes: 16,902 | Gross: $11.80M
10. Between Your Legs (1999)
115 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Javier's life gets complicated when a something unexpected turns up in his car's trunk.
Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira | Stars: Victoria Abril, Javier Bardem, Carmelo Gómez, Juan Diego
Votes: 3,075
11. Sweet Liberty (1986)
PG | 106 min | Comedy
After selling the rights of his book to a movie production company, a writer finds himself fighting the many egos and varying views around him.
Director: Alan Alda | Stars: Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bob Hoskins
Votes: 3,001 | Gross: $14.21M
12. Promises..... Promises! (1963)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After a drunken spree on a cruise ship, two women discover that they're pregnant, and set out to find who the fathers are.
Director: King Donovan | Stars: Jayne Mansfield, Tommy Noonan, Marie McDonald, Mickey Hargitay
Votes: 644
13. Open BO (2023– )
Comedy, Drama
A geeky guy who writes doom soap operas meets a mistress called by an official. Unexpectedly, the terror of the official's wife made them close.
Stars: Wulan Guritno, Winky Wiryawan, Elmayana Sabrenia, Ariyo Wahab
Votes: 120
14. Luck by Chance (2009)
Not Rated | 156 min | Drama
When Vikram gets tapped to play the male lead in a Bollywood film, he can't believe his luck. But it may ruin his relationship with his girlfriend.
Director: Zoya Akhtar | Stars: Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia
Votes: 11,075 | Gross: $0.36M
15. Grace of My Heart (1996)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Edna wins a recording contract singing her own song at a competition in 1958. After trying to make it as a singer/songwriter for 11 months in NYC, she has success writing songs for others at the Brill Building.
Director: Allison Anders | Stars: Illeana Douglas, John Turturro, Sissy Boyd, Christina Pickles
Votes: 4,088 | Gross: $0.62M
16. Three Little Words (1950)
Passed | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Musical
The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Red Skelton, Arlene Dahl
Votes: 2,065 | Gross: $2.80M
17. True West (2002 TV Movie)
107 min | Drama
Filmed play about two very different brothers, one a criminal and the other a screen-writing family man who becomes appalled by his wayward brother's relationship with a producer.
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Bruce Willis, Chad Smith, Andrew Alburger, Danielle Kennedy
Votes: 255
18. La terrazza (1980)
150 min | Comedy, Drama
During a dinner in a Roman terrace, the lives and experiences of multiple characters intertwine.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marcello Mastroianni
Votes: 1,840
19. Every Day (2010)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedy about a New York City couple (Schreiber and Hunt) in romantic and family crisis.
Director: Richard Levine | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt, Carla Gugino, Ezra Miller
Votes: 3,602
20. George Lucas in Love (1999)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
1967 film student George Lucas has writer's block trying to finish his "Space Wheat" script, until a beautiful fellow student with a familiar hairstyle teaches him that the best stories are in plain sight.
Director: Joe Nussbaum | Stars: Martin Hynes, Lisa Jakub, Jason Peck, Jeff Wiens
Votes: 4,410
21. Truth About Men (2010)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mads, a 34-year-old scriptwriter, goes through a life crisis when a close friend has a stroke and ends up in a coma. Mads breaks up with his girlfriend of 10 years and tries to find a ... See full summary »
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Tuva Novotny, Rosalinde Mynster, Signe Egholm Olsen
Votes: 1,462
22. A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon (1992)
R | 90 min | Drama
Director: Michael Sibay | Stars: Jennifer Rubin, Lance Edwards, Grant Show, Michael Cerveris
Votes: 240
23. Invisible Eyes (2009)
107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Dispirited about a downturn in her career, a model spends a week away at a country house where she soon feels an eerie sensation of being watched.
Director: Olivier Cohen | Stars: Pia Mechler, Simon Merrells, Michael Mears, Mark Tintner
Votes: 75
24. Deadline (1980)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A popular horror writer whose family life is falling apart struggles to write his next horror movie.
Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Stephen Young, Sharon Masters, Marvin Goldhar, Jeannie Elias
Votes: 795
25. The Saxon Charm (1948)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around him but his latest protégé, novelist Eric Busch, finally stands-up to him.
Director: Claude Binyon | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Susan Hayward, John Payne, Audrey Totter
Votes: 317
26. Just Write (1997)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
Director: Andrew Gallerani | Stars: Sherilyn Fenn, Jeremy Piven, JoBeth Williams, Wallace Shawn
Votes: 1,082
27. Screamplay (1984)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A detective investigating a series of murders discovers that they are similar to the slayings that occur in the new script of a Hollywood screenwriter.
Director: Rufus Butler Seder | Stars: Rufus Butler Seder, Eugene Seder, Cheryl Hirshman, James McCann
Votes: 366
28. Revue Starlight the Movie (2021)
120 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Starlight - This is a story of a far off star, a long time ago, and in the distant future. Two young girls, captivated by the glamour of the performance, exchange promises: "We'll become stars." "I'll wait for you on stage."
Director: Tomohiro Furukawa | Stars: Momoyo Koyama, Suzuko Mimori, Haruki Iwata, Aina Aiba
Votes: 202
29. Chump Change (2000)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
Rags to riches to rags comedy loosely based on the director Steve Burrows' actual experiences while writing screenplays in Los Angeles. Burrows (aka "Milwaukee Steve") finally makes it big ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Burrows | Stars: Stephen Burrows, Tim Matheson, Traci Lords, A.J. Benza
Votes: 409
30. Hit and Runway (1999)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Alex and Elliot an unlikely pair connect to write a film about a New York cop working undercover as a fashion model.
Director: Christopher Livingston | Stars: Michael Parducci, Peter Jacobson, Judy Prescott, Kerr Smith
Votes: 513 | Gross: $0.08M
31. Meeting Woody Allen (1986)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Revolutionary French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard conducts a twenty-five minute interview with influential and acclaimed American director Woody Allen on the cultural radiation, the ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Woody Allen, Jean-Luc Godard, Annette Insdorf
Votes: 1,037
32. Amor sin maquillaje (2007)
40 min | Drama, Romance
This is a love story made in one of the best categories of the telenovelas: the one that evolves parallel to real life. This is Televisa's tribute to commemorate 50 years of telenovelas in ... See full summary »
Stars: Lucía Méndez, Marlene Favela, Sergio Goyri, Alejandro Ibarra
Votes: 40
33. True Friendship (2015)
20 min | Short, Drama
Director: Omer Sarikaya | Stars: Mariqna Katrandjieva, Grayson James Matthews, Jordyn Mavromatis, Sezer Unver
34. Silent Scream (II)
90 min | Drama
Director: Omer Sarikaya | Stars: Emel Akkaya, Cigdem Akman, Yesim Aslan, Iclal naz Aydin
35. Les menteurs (1996)
107 min | Drama, Romance
Daisy uses 'All About Eve' tactics to lie her way into the circle of friends of director Zac. But Zac has been missing for months. When he finally resurfaces, he and Daisy start writing a ... See full summary »
Director: Élie Chouraqui | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Lorraine Bracco, Sami Frey
Votes: 111
36. Tyttö tuli taloon (1956)
62 min | Comedy
Director: Veikko Itkonen | Stars: Heidi Krohn, Joel Rinne, Maija Karhi, Mirva Arvinen
Votes: 71
37. Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary, Biography
This documentary, first shown on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel, tells of the life and career of screenwriter Frances Marion. By the mid 1920s, she was the most respected and ... See full summary »
Director: Bridget Terry | Stars: Uma Thurman, Kathy Bates, Mary Lea Bandy, Cari Beauchamp
Votes: 273
38. Lef (1999)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Ron Termaat | Stars: Viggo Waas, Alice Reijs, Rick Engelkes, Victor Reinier
Votes: 231
39. Dawson's Creek: Behind the Scenes (1999 TV Movie)
Documentary
A look at the making of the popular WB drama. Including interviews with the stars and makers as well as footage from the show's taping.
Stars: James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson
Votes: 137
40. Let's Make Music (1940)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Music, Romance
With the size of her classes dwindling each year, Newton High music teacher Malvina Adams is asked to retire. Trying to prove she's still got it, she composes a school fight song which ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Bob Crosby, Jean Rogers, Elisabeth Risdon, Joseph Buloff
Votes: 120
41. The Iced Bullet (1917)
50 min | Comedy, Mystery
Richard Deering, a wealthy New Yorker, spends his holidays in a magnificent lodge in the heart of the Adirondacks. His daughter, Evelyn, Donald Greene, his ward, and Robert Ross, his ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: William Desmond, Robert McKim, J. Barney Sherry, Margaret Thompson
42. New York Luck (1917)
Drama
Anxious to see the world, Nick Fowler boards a train bound for New York. On board he meets Jimmie Keen, a motion picture director, and sees a mysterious beautiful girl who leaves her purse ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: William Russell, Francelia Billington, Harvey Clark, Clarence Burton
43. Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary
The behind-the-scenes story of the making of the classic Western.
Director: Louis Heaton | Stars: Bob Benecke, Maria Palacios de Erickson, Chazz Palminteri, John Carpenter
Votes: 170
44. Lass mich am Sonntag nicht allein (1959)
100 min | Musical, Romance
Elsie loves aspiring singer Toni who with his songwriter friend Edi is struggling to succeed in the tough music industry. As no breakthrough is in sight Elsie has to choose between poor Toni and rich heir Stefan, her childhood companion.
Director: Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Stars: Heidi Brühl, Georg Thomalla, Violetta Ferrari, Willy Millowitsch
Votes: 22
45. Grinders (1996)
85 min | Comedy
Grinders is a comedy about the fear of existence, the fear of failure and the violence of thwarted artistic ambition. Four people, one house and seventy-five bad screenplays. Passion without talent and spirit without thought.
Director: Gary Ellenberg | Stars: Annie Clayton, Sarah DeVincentis, Dan Passer, Todd Simmons
46. Racism (2020)
Action, Drama
Director: Omer Sarikaya | Stars: Mo Kheir Ali, Burak Aydin, Malik Ayhan, Mustafa Ayhan
47. Rób swoje, ryzyko jest twoje (2002)
95 min | Comedy
Director: Marian Terlecki | Stars: Olaf Lubaszenko, Michal Milowicz, Anna Przybylska, Zbigniew Buczkowski
Votes: 221
48. September Song (2016)
60 min
Director: François Zabaleta | Stars: Carole Lesguillon, François Zabaleta
Votes: 8
49. Pizza with Mr. Harlan Ellison and Mr. Neil Gaiman (2009 Video)
41 min | Documentary, Short, Talk-Show
Longtime friends and renowned writers Harlan Ellison and Neil Gaiman swap anecdotes and discuss their lives, their friendship, Harlan's infamous temper, and the indignities of writing for film and television.
Stars: Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman, Erik Nelson
50. A Warm Reception in L.A. (1987)
5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An author seeks fame and fortune in Hollywood.
Directors: Vincent Cafarelli, Candy Kugel
Votes: 20