Movies by Lists - Writers (50 [55]) Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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AgathaDecember 1926, Agatha Christie's husband asks for a divorce. She leaves her car and goes missing 11 days. She books into a hotel as Mrs. Neele. Fiction: A US reporter looks for her and investigates. | 1979 | Michael Apted | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (3K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
AgathaDecember 1926, Agatha Christie's husband asks for a divorce. She leaves her car and goes missing 11 days. She books into a hotel as Mrs. Neele. Fiction: A US reporter looks for her and investigates. | 1979 | Michael Apted | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (3.1K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
AnonymousThe theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her. | 2011 | Roland Emmerich (*) | Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (40.4K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
Becoming JaneA biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman. | 2007 | Julian Jarrold | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.0 (60.7K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
Beloved InfidelToward the end of his life, F. Scott Fitzgerald is writing for Hollywood studios to be able to afford the cost of an asylum for his wife. He is also struggling against alcoholism. Into his life comes the famous gossip columnist. | 1959 | Henry King | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.1 (1.1K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
Bright StarThe three-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne near the end of his life. | 2009 | Jane Campion (*) | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.9 (26.7K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
Bronte Sisters, The [Les soeurs Brontë]In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations. | 1979 | André Téchiné | Biography, Drama, History | 6.5 (1.1K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
ByronFollowing the success of his poem ""Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"", Byron becomes the toast of London. | 2003 | Julian Farino | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.0 (1.1K votes) | 147 | 20240228 |
CapoteIn 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on dea | 2005 | Bennett Miller | Biography, Crime, Drama, History | 7.3 (130.6K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
CarringtonThe platonic relationship between artist Dora Carrington (Dame Emma Thompson) and writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce) in the early twentieth century. | 1995 | Christopher Hampton | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.8 (5.4K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
Death in Granada [The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca]A journalist starts an investigation into the disappearance of famed poet and political agitator, Garcia Lorca, who disappeared in the early days of the Spanish Civil War in the the 1930's. | 1996 | Marcos Zurinaga | Biography, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.1 (1K votes) | 114 | 20240511 |
DevotionGenius authors Emily and Charlotte Bronte fall in love with their curate as they seek to get their work published. | 1946 | Curtis Bernhardt | Biography, Drama | 6.6 (926 votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
Dumas [L'autre Dumas]When Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, his ghostwriter, are at the summit of their collaboration, Auguste decides to pass himself off as Alexandre in order to seduce Charlotte, a fervent admirer of the great man. | 2010 | Safy Nebbou | Comedy, Drama, History | 6.3 (668 votes) | 105 | 20230328 |
Edge Of Love, TheTwo feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both. | 2008 | John Maybury | Biography, Drama, Romance, War | 6.2 (17.5K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Finding NeverlandThe story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan. | 2004 | Marc Forster | Biography, Drama, Family | 7.6 (203.7K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
GeniusA chronicle of Max Perkins's time as the book editor at Scribner, where he oversaw works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others. | 2016 | Michael Grandage | Biography, Drama | 6.6 (19.2K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
HammettFictional account of real-life mystery writer Dashiell Hammett, and his involvement in the investigation of a beautiful Chinese cabaret actress' mysterious disappearance in San Francisco. | 1982 | Wim Wenders (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.5 (3.2K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Hans Christian AndersenThe opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales. | 1952 | Charles Vidor (*) | Biography, Family, Musical, Romance | 6.9 (3.8K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
Hours, TheThe story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives. | 2002 | Stephen Daldry | Drama, Romance | 7.5 (129.5K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
InfamousWhile researching his novel "In Cold Blood", Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. | 2006 | Douglas McGrath | Biography, Crime, Drama | 7.0 (17.1K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Invisible Woman, TheAt the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death. | 2013 | Ralph Fiennes | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 6.2 (9.8K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
Jack LondonEpisodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916). | 1943 | Alfred Santell | Adventure, Biography, War | 5.2 (371 votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
JuliaAt the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany. | 1977 | Fred Zinnemann (*) | Drama | 7.2 (9.4K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
KafkaKafka works during the day at an insurance company, where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals. | 1991 | Steven Soderbergh (*) | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (9.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Last Station, TheA historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer's) struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. | 2009 | Michael Hoffman | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.0 (18.4K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
Life of Emile Zola, TheThe biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair. | 1937 | William Dieterle (*) | Biography, Drama | 7.2 (8K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
Little AshesAbout the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca. | 2008 | Paul Morrison | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.4 (9.1K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
Lorca, Death of a Poet [Lorca, muerte de un poeta]Biography of the Spanish poet and playwright Lorca, who was executed by followers of Franco in 1936. | 1987 | Juan Antonio Bardem | Biography, Drama | 6.6 (122 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
Mark Twain and MeDorothy Quick, a young girl, befriends the famous writer, Samuel ""Mark Twain"" Clemens, during the final years of his life. | 1991 | Daniel Petrie | Biography, Drama | 6.8 (193 votes) | 93 | 20240622 |
Mary ShelleyLife and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein. | 2017 | Haifaa Al-Mansour | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 6.5 (14.9K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
Miguel and William [Miguel y William]A romantic comedy inventing a friendship between Cervantes and Shakespeare, who both fall in love with a Spanish woman. | 2007 | Inés París | Comedy, Romance | 5.2 (302 votes) | 102 | 20231013 |
Miss Austen RegretsIn the later years of her life, as she's approaching the age of forty, the novelist Jane Austen helps her niece find a husband. | 2007 | Jeremy Lovering | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 7.1 (3.3K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Miss PotterThe story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness, and success. | 2006 | Chris Noonan | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.0 (29.3K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
MoliereWho was Moliere? He is known everywhere as one of the world's greatest playwrights. But who was he? Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622, the son of a prosperous tapestry maker. His mother died when he was a boy. Growing up in the tee | 1978 | Ariane Mnouchkine | Biography, Drama, History | 7.6 (810 votes) | 260 | 20211228 |
MoliereTo satisfy his creditors, a witty actor reinvents himself as a satirical playwright, with uproarious, yet bittersweet, results. | 2007 | Laurent Tirard | Biography, Comedy | 7.2 (6.2K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
NoraDublin, 1904, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. She enchants him with her frank, uninhibited manner, and before long, he's convinced her to come with him to Trieste. | 2000 | Pat Murphy | Biography, Drama | 6.0 (1.7K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
Out of AfricaIn 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter. | 1985 | Sydney Pollack (*) | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.2 (77.6K votes) | 161 | 20211228 |
Outlaw, The [Lope]A chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain's early Golden Age of theater. | 2010 | Andrucha Waddington | Biography, Drama, History | 6.1 (1.1K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
QuillsIn a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor. | 2000 | Philip Kaufman (*) | Biography, Drama | 7.3 (53.5K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
Roughing ItA teenaged Mark Twain travels to the American West during the ""Gold Rush"" days in search of fortune and his destiny. | 2002 | Charles Martin Smith | Drama | 7.0 (345 votes) | 185 | 20240427 |
Rowing with the Wind [Remando al viento]Lord Byron, poet Percy Shelley, his future wife, Mary Shelley (writing Frankenstein) and others spend the summer of 1816 together. | 1988 | Gonzalo Suárez | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance | 5.7 (1.1K votes) | 105 | 20221116 |
Saving Mr BanksAuthor P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen. | 2013 | John Lee Hancock | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 7.5 (158.7K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
ShadowlandsC.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S. | 1993 | Richard Attenborough (*) | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.3 (18.6K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
Shakespeare in LoveThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays. | 1998 | John Madden | Comedy, Drama, History, Romance | 7.1 (221.3K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
SylviaStory of the relationship between poets Edward James "Ted" Hughes (Daniel Craig) and Sylvia Plath (Gwyneth Paltrow). | 2003 | Christine Jeffs | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.3 (10.8K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
This Boy's LifeThe story about the relationship between a rebellious 1950s teenager and his abusive stepfather, based on the memoirs of writer and literature Professor Tobias Wolff. | 1993 | Michael Caton-Jones | Biography, Drama | 7.3 (58.3K votes) | 115 | 20240419 |
Trials of Oscar Wilde, TheA chronicle of Oscar Wilde's libel suit against the Marquis of Queensberry and the tragic turn his life takes because of it. | 1960 | Ken Hughes | Biography, Drama, History | 7.1 (921 votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
WildeThe turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality. | 1997 | Brian Gilbert | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.9 (16.9K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
Will ShakespeareBiography of William Shakespeare. | 1978 | Mark Cullingham, Robert Knights, Peter Wood | Biography, Drama | 7.6 (123 votes) | 1 | 20240205 |
Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, TheThe story of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, and three of their stories... | 1962 | Henry Levin, George Pal | Animation, Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance | 6.3 (1.8K votes) | 135 | 20220731 |
Cervantes | 1967 | Vincent Sherman | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 5.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Cervantes | 1981 | nan | Biography, Drama | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Cervantes contra Lope | 2016 | Manuel Huerga | Biography, Drama, History | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Balzac | 1999 | Josée Dayan | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
In Love and War | 1996 | Richard Attenborough | Biography, Drama, Romance, War | 5.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Viento del pueblo (Miguel Hernández) | 2002 | nan | nan | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |