200 mystery movies about writers
In year of release order. From 2024 going back in time to 1921.
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- DirectorStephen ArmouraeStarsCharlie BondEmily CardingChris LinesM the movie is the working title of a Shakespeare adaptation. Adapted by a writer in Los Angeles it takes one of Shakespeare's most ambiguous plays and sets it in the near future.
- DirectorAmilcar MonterrosoStarsIan StanleyGina DeVivoKelly PhelanA young and ambitious screenwriter pitches her script, The Uprising to a Hollywood executive and we see her story of crime, conspiracies and end of the world prophecies come to life on screen.
- A writer starts to descend into madness after him and his wife move into a house in the beautiful rural countryside of Illinois.
- DirectorMichael Simpson Jr.StarsTomas BoykinMichael Simpson Jr.A newspaper writer recently fired and writing his final column for the oldest paper in Los Angeles finds himself in the middle of an impossible mystery, and what might be the most shocking murder cover-up of all time.
- DirectorMichalis Daniel VamvakasStarsKiki AmvrosiadouGiorgos AthanasiadisAkis AthanasiouSofie is a reporter at local magazine "Onar" in Komotini-Greece. One night invite her friends for dinner and ask them for help writing an article. Maximos who works in the archaeological museum of Komotini advises her to write about the Byzantine stronghold of the city. Their investigation leads them to the "Zagris" an organization who operates their city and seeks the lost ninth string of Orpheus Lyra. They want the string to gain power of Orpheus to control the entire world. Maximos and Sofie with the help of her brother Akis during their research find out that their friends are in the organization secretly. After this discovery the "Zagris" kidnap Sofie and her brother and demand from Maximos to hand them the ninth string. Maximos will find the string and give it to them to free his friends or keep it to save the world from the organization's plans.
- DirectorEric BergquistStarsJustin S BlackburnDave BresnahanMarco SandovalCaught in the middle of a plagiarism lawsuit, author Samuel Gibson discovers his story can go multiple ways- but can he maintain control over the characters in his life? The cards are in your favor.
- DirectorEzio MassaStarsDylan WalshSteve StanulisEric RobertsThis is a story of a reclusive paranoia genius author who spends a night in his isolated mansion waiting for his creation to come and destroy him.
- DirectorJohanna BlockStarsZora CasebereDelia CunninghamSamantha GoldmanA young, fantasy-prone writer dances between the parallels of her reality and a fictional world she has created.
- DirectorJosephine DeckerStarsElisabeth MossOdessa YoungMichael StuhlbargA famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
- DirectorGerard BushChristopher RenzStarsJanelle MonáeEric LangeJena MaloneSuccessful author Veronica Henley finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.
- DirectorJoe StephensonStarsHelen BaxendaleBlake HarrisonJacqueline BoatswainAs bombs fall on London, writer Agatha Christie considers selling a manuscript that will kill off her most famous creation.
- StarsPaula PellJohn LutzJ.B. SmooveA murder-mystery writer named Abigail Mapleworth solves homicides in her quaint small town of New Woodstream.
- DirectorIshan Anuan SinghStarsSaurabh DwivediIshan Anuan SinghTamanna VermaMeraki is an experimental psychological thriller that explores the extent to which the process of creation, the sacrifices around it and the importance of reflecting oneself onto that creation are co-related for a true artist.
- DirectorAdriel RomanStarsShirley van PattenIvy Cerelle GrayAbby ReyKatherine Wells dies from mystery illness. Her daughters Sydney and Maya bring her back to life, then face dark family secrets in their home.
- DirectorPrudhvi ChandStarsPrudhvi ChandJeniferA young desperate writer traps in his own possessed book for his self centered nature, and an inanimate object tries to teach him a beautiful lesson.
- DirectorAlistair Banks GriffinStarsNaomi WattsJennifer EhleEmory CohenAn unseen tormentor harasses a reclusive author as a citywide blackout triggers fires, looting and escalating violence during the Summer of Sam in New York in 1977.
- DirectorMacoto TezukaStarsGorô InagakiFumi NikaidôKiyohiko ShibukawaAn author develops a near-insane obsession with a mysterious woman.
- DirectorSam YatesStarsJonah Hauer-KingBronagh WaughStanley TownsendOn an archaeological dig in Iraq, author Agatha Christie uncovers a series of murders.
- StarsBasel KhayyatDaniella RahmeReem KhouryWhen accused of a murder eerily parallel to a plot in his novel, a best-selling crime writer must navigate a web of hidden enemies.
- DirectorRobert OrmeStarsKayla SturgeonLuke CirakyVincent SadlerA group of authors who are invited to speak at a writer's conference find out that they are being blackmailed by their mysterious host. Emilee Pike, a young children's book author, must use her wits to find the dirt he has on them before it is too late.
- DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsMauro LamantiaGiovanni ToscanoIrene VetereThe corpse of a famous film producer is found in the Tiber. The investigations focus on three peculiar young scriptwriters.
- DirectorPatrick von BarkenbergStarsAndréa WinterMartina NovakLinda DahlinAfter her latest novel flops, a best-selling crime writer is sent by her publisher to the Swedish countryside to regain inspiration. Totally out of place in her new surroundings, she discovers how dangerous life in East Europe can be.
- DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsBen KingsleyBenno FürmannTuva NovotnyOne solitary man at the rudder in a small open boat ploughs through a troubled sea off the Dutch coast.