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1. Californication (2007–2014)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
A writer tries to juggle his career, his relationship with his daughter and his ex-girlfriend, as well as his appetite for beautiful women.
Stars: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Evan Handler, Pamela Adlon
Votes: 188,648
2. The Long Goodbye (1973)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Private investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell
Votes: 37,472 | Gross: $0.96M
3. On the Rocks (2020)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young mother reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans, Jessica Henwick
Votes: 36,581
4. Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The relationship between writer AA Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, and how this became the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.
Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald, Vicki Pepperdine
Votes: 29,910 | Gross: $1.74M
5. Deathtrap (1982)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth
Votes: 15,504 | Gross: $19.28M
6. Rebel in the Rye (2017)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, "The Catcher in the Rye".
Director: Danny Strong | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Spacey, Victor Garber, Hope Davis
Votes: 10,829 | Gross: $0.38M
7. Sightseers (2012)
Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.
Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Alice Lowe, Kenneth Hadley, Steve Oram, Eileen Davies
Votes: 30,312 | Gross: $0.04M
8. Black Butterfly (II) (2017)
R | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A reclusive screenwriter takes in a mysterious drifter who is determined to repay his kindness by helping him finish his latest story.
Director: Brian Goodman | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo, Vincent Riotta
Votes: 14,945
9. Summer Villa (2016 TV Movie)
TV-G | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
A celebrity chef who is getting over a bad review and a romance novelist who can't seem to get her next book started meet accidentally at a French villa.
Director: Pat Kiely | Stars: Hilarie Burton Morgan, Victor Webster, Emorphia Margaritis, Joseph Bellerose
Votes: 2,752
10. Martian Child (2007)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Director: Menno Meyjes | Stars: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Bobby Coleman, Sophie Okonedo
Votes: 20,968 | Gross: $7.49M
11. Albatross (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.
Director: Niall MacCormick | Stars: Felicity Jones, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond
Votes: 5,621
12. Angel Face (1952)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall
Votes: 9,059
13. A Dog Year (2009)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
A guy suffering from a midlife crisis takes in a dog that's crazier than he is.
Director: George LaVoo | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Lauren Ambrose, Lois Smith, Domhnall Gleeson
Votes: 3,659
14. The Winter Palace (2022 TV Movie)
85 min | Romance
A novelist with writer's block becomes the caretaker at an empty winter chateau to finish her book. The owner, a prince, suddenly shows up with his royal entourage, and her job as the caretaker includes taking orders from the royal group.
Director: T.W. Peacocke | Stars: Danica McKellar, Neal Bledsoe, Jennifer Wigmore, Zarrin Darnell-Martin
Votes: 976
15. Två killar och en tjej (1983)
111 min | Comedy, Romance
Three friends who have not seen each other in seventeen years are reunited.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Brasse Brännström, Magnus Härenstam, Pia Green, Ivan Oljelund
Votes: 397
16. Her Married Lover (1999)
PG-13 | 92 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller
Film cutter Katie Griffin is hopelessly in love with writer Richard Mannhart, and starts an affair with him. When Mannhart's wife is killed in a road accident, Katie tells the police she ... See full summary »
Director: Roxanne Messina Captor | Stars: Roxana Zal, Perry King, Daniel Benzali, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson
Votes: 479
17. Rodeo & Juliet (2015)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Big-city girl goes to the country and meets a special horse and young cowboy who teaches her to barrel race, while her mother reconnects with a local rancher she was in love with 20 years earlier.
Director: Thadd Turner | Stars: Krista Allen, Tim Abell, Nadine Crocker, Zeb Halsell
Votes: 1,146
18. Re-cycle (2006)
R | 108 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A writer wants to get a glimpse of some genuine supernatural occurrences while doing research for a novel, but her experiences lead her down a dark path as she witnesses vivid hallucinations and begins to lose her grip on reality.
Directors: Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Angelica Lee, Soi Cheang, Lawrence Chou, Viraiwon Jauwseng
Votes: 5,212
19. Christmas on 5th Avenue (2021 TV Movie)
89 min | Romance
Hopeless romantic Eva Jordan decorates a spectacular Manhattan Penthouse for Christmas and brings moody writer Lucas Blade some joy for the holidays.
Director: Amy Force | Stars: Kathryn Davis, Olivier Renaud, Kate Vernon, Nigel Bennett
Votes: 525
20. Stalker (II) (2010)
R | 77 min | Horror, Thriller
A writer struggling with her second novel is terrorised by a homicidal PA.
Director: Martin Kemp | Stars: Jane March, Anna Brecon, Jennifer Matter, Danny Young
Votes: 613
21. Windy City (1984)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
The lives of a group of young Chicago men as seen through the eyes of one of them, a thirtysomething writer suffering from the early onset of midlife crisis brought on by nostalgia, his dying friend, and the wedding of his old flame.
Director: Armyan Bernstein | Stars: John Shea, Kate Capshaw, Josh Mostel, Jim Borrelli
Votes: 317 | Gross: $0.34M
22. My Dear Secretary (1948)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A romance novelist appoints a would-be writer as his secretary. Although she is initially dismayed by his work ethic and playboy attitude, they begin to fall in love.
Director: Charles Martin | Stars: Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Keenan Wynn, Helen Walker
Votes: 1,190
23. Scentsational Christmas (2022 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Ellie decides to go back home for Christmas, and help her dad with the candle-making business. Little does she know, however, that her father has charming, writer Logan staying with him, looking for inspiration for his writings.
Director: Robert Vaughn | Stars: Nazneen Contractor, Mykee Selkin, Sugith Varughese, Jennifer Gibson
Votes: 322
24. Mind-Set (2022)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Lucy, a disillusioned office clerk who lives in a dysfunctional relationship with her slovenly partner Paul, is surprised to find herself on the cusp of a none-too-secret affair with her ... See full summary »
Director: Mikey Murray | Stars: Eilis Cahill, Steve Oram, Peter Bankolé, Pauline Lynch
Votes: 61
25. Spanish Fly (1998)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman reporter in over her head in trying to write a book on the male machismo in Spain finds the men don't match her story's expectations. She also finds herself involved in relationships with the wrong men.
Director: Daphna Kastner | Stars: Felipe García Vélez, Daphna Kastner, Toni Cantó, Antonio Castro
Votes: 230 | Gross: $0.01M
26. Love Stories Only Last 90 Minutes (2009)
93 min | Comedy, Romance
In Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, the idle aspirant writer Zeca has been living with Arts Professor Júlia for five years. He is stuck on page 50 of his novel for a long time and Zeca claims lack of ... See full summary »
Director: Paulo Halm | Stars: Caio Blat, Lúcia Bronstein, Hugo Carvana, Luz Cipriota
Votes: 619
27. Sun Kissed (2006)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Romance
Teddy, a young writer, ventures to an isolated desert house to complete his first novel, where he meets and seduces the mysterious caretaker, Leo. Layers of memory and hallucination unfold that intertwine the two men.
Director: Patrick McGuinn | Stars: John Ort, Gregory Marcel, Laura Hofrichter, George Stoll
Votes: 490
28. Rosie (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Lorenz Meran, (40) a successful gay author suffering acute writers' block, has to leave Berlin and return to eastern Switzerland to provide care for his aged mother, Rosie. When he finds ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Gisler | Stars: Sibylle Brunner, Fabian Krüger, Judith Hofmann, Sebastian Ledesma
Votes: 438
29. Perfect Partner (2011)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A single father struggling to make his comeback as a screenwriter falls in love with one of his students. Meanwhile his son, studying to become a chef, falls in love with his teacher. Love ... See full summary »
Director: Hun-Su Park | Stars: Yeong-ho Kim, Chae-Yi Yoon, Kim Hye-seon, San-ho Kim
Votes: 300
30. Dead by Monday (2001)
94 min | Comedy
Dead by Monday is a darkly comic tale of love and death... but not necessarily in that order. Julie is a sweet, vulnerable young woman who lacks confidence and is obsessed with the memory ... See full summary »
Director: Curt Truninger | Stars: Helen Baxendale, Tim Dutton, Guylaine St-Onge, Susan Haskell
Votes: 240
31. Presumed Dead (2006 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 86 min | Thriller
An intelligent international crime writer attempts to out wit a clever homicide detective, only to be trapped by her in his own intricate scheme.
Director: George Mendeluk | Stars: Sherilyn Fenn, Duncan Regehr, Rhonda Dent, Jay Brazeau
Votes: 299
32. A Place in the Caribbean (2017)
TV-14 | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Romance is in the air on the picturesque Caribbean island of Roatán, but the troubled pasts of its guests threaten to tame their desires.
Director: Juan Carlos Fanconi | Stars: José Zúñiga, Gabriela de la Garza, Lali Gonzalez, Rodrigo Guirao Díaz
Votes: 3,984
33. Last Chance Charlene (2022)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
Reeling from her brother's suicide, a writer/actress tries to put her complicated life back together and finally make a break in her career.
Director: Tony Gapastione | Stars: Allison Ewing, Alley Mills, Jeremy Ray Valdez, Cameron James Matthews
Votes: 26
34. Woman of Wonders (1985)
106 min | Drama, Romance
A successful director is having a midlife crisis. He has an ex-wife, ex-lover and a couple of kids he never sees. He starts getting calls from a beautiful mysterious woman who becomes his obsession and causes him to reflect on his life.
Director: Alberto Bevilacqua | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Ben Gazzara, Lina Sastri, Orazio Orlando
Votes: 47
35. Lovely by Surprise (2007)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
A truly unique and visually stunning take on meta-fiction, Lovely By Surprise follows the journey of novelist Marian Walker as she attempts to finish her first novel.
Director: Kirt Gunn | Stars: Carrie Preston, Michael Chernus, Austin Pendleton, Dallas Roberts
Votes: 179
36. Collin (1981 TV Movie)
181 min | Drama
Hans Collin is a disillusioned GDR writer suffering from writer's block who must deal with his bitter adversary from the Stasi, Wilhelm Urack. Based on the novel of the same name by Stefan Heym.
Director: Peter Schulze-Rohr | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Hans Christian Blech, Thekla Carola Wied, Margot Werner
Votes: 9
37. Strange Factories (2013)
132 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A writer, possessed by a terrifying story hunts for its secret heart in a mysterious landscape. He journeys into unknown, dreamlike places, haunted by the infamous Hum emitted from a strange factory.
Director: John Harrigan | Stars: Annalisa Astarita, Rachael Blyth, John Harrigan, Lucy Harrigan
Votes: 97
38. Five Finger Death Punch: House of the Rising Sun (2014 Music Video)
6 min | Music
Directors: Brian Neal, Zoltan Bathory | Stars: Ivan L. Moody, Five Finger Death Punch, Jeremy Spencer
Votes: 32
39. Ligeia (II)
Short, Horror, Mystery | Post-production
In 19th century Philadelphia, a penniless author and his alcoholic wife must confront the demons of their hapless marriage - including the one lurking inside their home.
Director: Kelly Murray | Stars: John Reshetar, Amanda Schoonover, Emily Dale White, Marcie Ryan
40. Gastrointestinal Blues (1998)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Mystery
Director: Michael Hartigan | Stars: Eric Bramlett, Joshua Chesmore, David Cohen, Maria Corell
41. AlieNation (2023)
7 min | Short, Sci-Fi
A lyricist suffers from out-of-this-world writer's block.
Director: Jesse Gabbard | Stars: Sean Carmichael, Alexandra Case, Jesse Gabbard, Jaden Kauhale
42. Violet (I) (2022)
Drama
Unemployed and crippled with writer's block. A striving novelist isolates herself to craft a novel that will change her life but finds herself in a battle with anxiety and self-worth.
Director: James M. Perry | Star: Osjanee Johnson
43. Bitters and Blue Ruin (2002)
140 min | Comedy
Professor Roddy Schiffman searches for the elusive "Blue Muse" in hopes of remedying his writer's block in this dark comic-noir set in Philadelphia 1947.
Director: Sean Kelley | Stars: Bruce Wilson, Richard Bravo, Joe Watkins, Jim Boyle
Votes: 11
44. Blanco (IV) (2017)
9 min | Short, Drama
A young ambitious screenwriter struggles with keeping his sanity as he tries to overcome his writers-block.
Director: Pim Diepersloot | Stars: Matthijs Janssen, Eva Layla Schipper, Jacqueline Sleven
45. Somberman's aktie (1999)
94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A 35 year old man, once a famous poet under the pen name Punk Somberman, hasn't written anything since his last work - also the title of this film. He suddenly loses his job, suffers a ... See full summary »
Director: Casper Verbrugge | Stars: Mohammed Azaay, Niek Barendsen, Krijn ter Braak, Eddie Brugman
Votes: 117
46. The Writer (VI) (2015)
Short, Comedy
The story of a man trying to write a story but gazing a bit too long into the abyss...
Director: Nathan Goodwin | Stars: Ibrahim Aceves, Sam Li, Ali Najjar
47. Stumped (2015)
Short, Drama
While attempting to write his novel protagonist Evan discovers he is plagued by writer's block and finds himself stumped, unable to get past page one. Days pass as he attempts to write his ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Midgley | Stars: Mark Roe, Tim Kinneally, Jamie Paige-Varney, Perry Lowther
Votes: 12
48. Broom and Black Hat (1987)
65 min | Musical, Comedy
Our days in one modern story tailor's flat. The connection of fantastic circumstances with natural ones caused the happy end of love-story between the modern young man and the grand daughter of Baba Yaga.
Director: Vitali Makarov | Stars: Mariya Selyanskaya, Aleksandr Frish, Mikhail Svetin, Nina Ruslanova
Votes: 30
49. Paper Planes (I) (2017)
15 min | Short, Drama | Completed
Desperately trying to break her artistic block and seeking out the creativity of her past; a young artist heads to the seaside and attempts to finish a long neglected sketchbook.
Director: Jonathan Lane | Star: Christi Van Clarke
50. Writer's Block (III) (2022)
4 min | Short, Romance
Director: Swisyzinna | Stars: Paul L. Davis, Jazmine Nichelle