Here we've displayed a list of the best Novelist films : Knives Out(2019), Providence(1977), Saving Mr. Banks(2013), Shirkers(2018), 2046(2004), Always: Sunset on Third Street 2(2007), The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone(2003), Roman de Gare(2007), 5 to 7(2014), The Medusa Touch(1978), Violette(2013), Beyond a Reasonable Doubt(1956) ... ...
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2019
130 Minutes
Daniel Craig Chris Evans Ana de Armas Jamie Lee Curtis Toni Collette Don Johnson Michael Shannon LaKeith Stanfield Katherine Langford Jaeden Martell Noah Segan
novelist detective family member staff member amusing offbeat creative confident cool mansion estate untimely death investigation lie truth mystery pursuit discovery rivalry wretched excess
A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.
Fantasy
Switzerland|France
1977
104 Minutes
John Gielgud Dirk Bogarde Ellen Burstyn David Warner Elaine Stritch Cyril Luckham Denis Lawson
novelist sick person son alcoholic wife illegitimate son uneasy offbeat fascinating outlandish providence, r.i. house family madness writing alcoholism family dysfunction discovery mystery escape
A dying writer bases his last book on his own perception of his family.
Drama, Comedy
USA|UK|Australia
2013
125 Minutes
Emma Thompson Tom Hanks Paul Giamatti Jason Schwartzman Colin Farrell Bradley Whitford Ruth Wilson B.J. Novak Rachel Griffiths Dendrie Taylor Kathy Baker
walt disney novelist filmmaker movie producer aunt driver charming endearing fascinating touching witty heartwarming hollywood, calif. london movie studio family home office limousine children's book film industry
Author 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.
Documentary
USA|UK
2018
96 Minutes
teen girl mentor friend filmmaker novelist mysterious man confident creative fascinating engaging emotional intricate singapore united states los angeles street basement car filmmaking mentorship
A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.
Romance, Drama
Hong Kong|China|France|Italy|Germany
2004
127 Minutes
Tony Leung Gong Li Takuya Kimura Faye Wong Zhang Ziyi Carina Lau Chang Chen Wang Sum Ping Lam Siu Maggie Cheung Thongchai McIntyre
novelist prostitute heiress ex-lover gambler android airy offbeat intricate oriental hotel hong kong train singapore mythical land memory time travel romance writing lost loves quest
Several women enter a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love.
Comedy, Drama
Japan
2007
146 Minutes
Hidetaka Yoshioka Shinichi Tsutsumi Koyuki Maki Horikita Hiroko Yakushimaru Kazuki Koshimizu Kenta Suga
mechanic apprentice novelist bar owner young boy wealthy man melodramatic heartwarming uplifting tokyo family home automobile repair shop bar apartment candy store postwar japan city life family parenthood modernization
Chagawa finds it increasing difficult to support his young ward Junnosuke in his store across the street from the Suzuki garage on Third Street. Unless he can provide a better life, ... See full summary »
Documentary
Spain
2003
110 Minutes
Xabier Arzalluz Bernardo Atxaga Txiki Benegas Txetxo Bengoetxea Julen De Madariaga Odón Elorza Iñaki Gabilondo Juan José Ibarretxe
politician novelist musician nationalist spaniard tense gripping spain office basque nationalism government politics culture clash violence discovery rivalry 2000s
Documentary about the Basque nationalist movement in Spain.
Drama
France
2007
103 Minutes
Dominique Pinon Fanny Ardant Audrey Dana Zinedine Soualem Michèle Bernier Myriam Boyer Boris Ventura Diaz
novelist serial killer police detective hairdresser schoolteacher young woman suspenseful intricate shocking apartment office salon yacht farmhouse france serial murders investigation supernatural magic writing
A popular novelist researches unlikely sources to find characters for her next bestseller.
Romance
USA
2014
98 Minutes
Anton Yelchin Bérénice Marlohe Lambert Wilson Olivia Thirlby Frank Langella Glenn Close Eric Stoltz Amina Robinson
novelist writer love interest married woman young man new yorker mother moving sultry engaging new york city united states hotel room central park affair love city life new york city marriage love
An aspiring novelist enters into a relationship with a woman, though there's just one catch: She's married and the couple can only meet between the hours of 5 and 7 each evening.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|France
1978
110 Minutes
Richard Burton Lino Ventura Lee Remick Harry Andrews Alan Badel Marie-Christine Barrault Jeremy Brett Michael Hordern Gordon Jackson Derek Jacobi
detective murderer novelist frenchman psychopath bleak disturbing brutal engaging thrilling suspenseful london horror psychosis fighting murder adventure discovery escape mystery
Psychological thriller about a telekinetic novelist who causes disasters simply by thinking about them.
Romance, Biography, Drama
France|Belgium
2013
139 Minutes
Emmanuelle Devos Sandrine Kiberlain Olivier Gourmet Catherine Hiegel Jacques Bonnaffé Olivier Py Nathalie Richard Fabrizio Rongione
novelist writer mentor thrilling hospital life work struggle rivalry 1970s
Violette Leduc, born a bastard at the beginning of last century, meets Simone de Beauvoir in the years after the war in St-Germain-des-Prés. Then begins an intense relationship between the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Dana Andrews Joan Fontaine Sidney Blackmer Philip Bourneuf Shepperd Strudwick Arthur Franz Ed Binns Robin Raymond Barbara Nichols William Leicester Dan Seymour
novelist publisher daughter district attorney assistant dancer tense dark intricate shocking courtroom prison nightclub office murder investigation investigative journalism false accusations deception trial capital punishment
A novelist aided by his future father-in-law conspires to frame himself for the murder of a burlesque dancer as part of an effort to ban capital punishment.
Drama
USA
1981
113 Minutes
Michael Ontkean Kate Jackson Harry Hamlin Allen Alder Wendy Hiller Arthur Hill Nancy Olson John Dukakis Terry Kiser Dennis Howard Asher Brauner
doctor husband executive wife novelist gay man somber emotional los angeles family home doctor's office gay bar homosexuality coming out marriage infidelity divorce forbidden love transformation 1980s
A successful young L.A. doctor and his equally successful television-producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn assunder when he suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1951
89 Minutes
Bette Davis Gary Merrill Emlyn Williams Anthony Steel Barbara Murray Reginald Beckwith Edna Morris
novelist veterinarian husband secretary fiancé mysterious man tense suspenseful chilling dark intense uneasy northern england crime older woman-younger man infidelity murder poison deception fall
A mystery writer becomes involved in a tangled web of murderous deception not unlike the plots of her novels.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Ann Harding Robert Montgomery Myrna Loy Alice Brady Frank Morgan Martin Burton Luis Alberni
reporter novelist publisher wife best friend husband playful witty city apartment golf course cottage bedroom affair impersonation deception writing friendship hoax rivalry
Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the publisher's wife without ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2004
111 Minutes
François Cluzet Bernard Giraudeau Karin Viard Anne Brochet Jacques Spiesser Antoine Chappey
old friend wife novelist police officer murderer tense dark emotional thrilling train station train household marseilles, france paris french riviera divorce murder plot chance meeting financial troubles writing
Previously unreleased material outlines the campaign against Bill Clinton's presidency, from his days in Arkansas up to his impeachment trial.
Drama
USA
1950
94 Minutes
Joan Fontaine Robert Ryan Zachary Scott Joan Leslie Mel Ferrer Harold Vermilyea Virginia Farmer Kathleen Howard Dick Ryan Bess Flowers Joy Hallward
novelist cousin fiancé socialite wealthy man femme fatale brash dark melodramatic tense san francisco boston family home ballroom manipulation family love triangle marrying for money affair deception
A woman's attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover who sees through her act and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2014
111 Minutes
Ayako Fujitani Pepe Serna Kazuki Kitamura Yasuyo Shiba Hiroshi Watanabe Tetsuo Kuramochi Yuki Matsuzaki Shiori Ideta
novelist author traveler dark japan trail crime murder mystery mystery
A mystery outside of San Francisco brings together small-town sheriff Paul Del Moral, Japanese author Aki Akahori, and a traveler from Reno who soon disappears, leaving behind his suitcase and a trail of questions.
Comedy
South Korea
1996
115 Minutes
Kim Eui-sung Cho Eun-sook Lee Eung-kyung Park Jin-seong
novelist girlfriend salesman ticket collector prostitute offbeat gritty uneasy amusing south korea love triangle infidelity nervous breakdown midlife crisis love temptation escape 1990s
About desires and lives of four characters in diverse circumstances. A poor novelist, a cheating wife, a mysophobic husband and a ticket girl.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2007
88 Minutes
Michael Caine Jude Law Harold Pinter Carmel O'Sullivan Kenneth Branagh
novelist actor girlfriend older man rival crafty intricate suspenseful england mansion hallway living room elevator affair love triangle vengeance mind games divorce age difference revenge
On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.
Drama
USA
2008
98 Minutes
Julia Roberts Ryan Reynolds Willem Dafoe Emily Watson Carrie-Anne Moss Ioan Gruffudd Hayden Panettiere Cayden Boyd Shannon Lucio George Newbern Chase Ellison
professor novelist husband wife son daughter emotional disheartening moving midwest college town family home mourning loss family death of mother emotional abuse secrets love growing up
The Taylor family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college -- decades after leaving to raise her children.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
113 Minutes
Marina Foïs Matthieu Lucci Florian Beaujean Mamadou Doumbia Mélissa Guilbert Warda Rammach Julien Souve Issam Talbi
novelist aspiring writer young man loner brooding disturbing solemn sultry intense disheartening south of france town creative process social issues industrial landscapes growing up underdog mystery 2010s
The scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1941
105 Minutes
Joan Crawford Robert Taylor Greer Garson Herbert Marshall Spring Byington Rafael Corio Max Willenz Florence Shirley Leslie Francis Mona Barrie Olaf Hytten
novelist boyfriend publisher wife best friend partner engaging amusing moving new york city apartment garden cottage infidelity deception jealousy writing marriage love triangle rivalry
A successful novelist falls in love with her married publisher, to the consternation of her boyfriend, who arranges for her to meet the publisher's wife.
Romance
USA
1997
105 Minutes
Eric Stoltz Annabella Sciorra Chris Eigeman Carlos Jacott Marianne Jean-Baptiste Brian Kerwin Peter Bogdanovich Bridget Fonda John Lehr
teacher girlfriend novelist therapist best friend fiancé dark offbeat witty manhattan brooklyn, n.y. group therapy jealousy relationships love triangle writing therapy impersonation transformation love
Lester is an occasional substitute teacher and he's very jealous. He is jealous about the last boyfriend of Lester's slightly wacky current partner Ramona - arrogant best-selling author ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1921
73 Minutes
Rudolph Valentino Agnes Ayres Adolphe Menjou Walter Long Lucien Littlefield George Waggner Patsy Ruth Miller
sheik lady valet guide novelist bandit fascinating sultry melodramatic algeria sahara desert tent stronghold cultural differences abduction disguise attempted rape slavery friendship pursuit
A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1998
102 Minutes
Tom Berenger Cuba Gooding Jr. Marianne Jean-Baptiste Eric Stoltz Mark Pellegrino Ashley Laurence
defense attorney novelist murder suspect prosecutor detective suspenseful thrilling intricate new orleans courtroom apartment key west, fla. bar mansion murder plagiarism false accusations manhunt integrity fiction writing
A disbarred lawyer takes credit for a late friend's book, which becomes a smash hit but the tables turn on him sooner than he suspected.
Romance, Drama
Belgium|USA|UK|Germany|Italy
2013
136 Minutes
Liam Neeson Adrien Brody Olivia Wilde James Franco Moran Atias Mila Kunis Kim Basinger Maria Bello Caroline Goodall David Harewood
con artist writer liam neeson single mother artist novelist gripping touching bleak paris new york rome hotel room love trauma con game regret love triangle relationships love
Three interlocking love stories involving three couples in three cities: Rome, Paris, and New York.
Comedy, Horror
USA
1985
92 Minutes
William Katt George Wendt Kay Lenz Richard Moll Mary Stavin Michael Ensign Susan French Alan Autry Steven Williams Ronn Carroll Jim Calvert
father aunt son missing person novelist vietnam vet frightening shocking suspenseful brutal thrilling villa horror horror films divorce disappearance death adventure mystery revenge
A troubled writer moves into a haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt.
Drama
USA
1964
137 Minutes
James Franciscus Suzanne Pleshette Genevieve Page Eva Gabor Mary Astor Lee Bowman Edward Andrews Don Porter Mildred Dunnock Kent Smith John Dehner
truck driver novelist actress socialite married woman editor melodramatic emotional brooding kentucky new york city party theater cabin writing fame new life financial troubles high society tragic love
Arthur Hawke works as a coal truck driver in Kentucky, he in the process trying to protect his widowed mother Sarah Hawke's property rights against his wealthy and cutthroat paternal uncles... See full summary »
Romance, Adventure, Action
USA
1985
104 Minutes
Michael Douglas Kathleen Turner Danny DeVito Spiros Focas Avner Eisenberg Paul David Magid Howard Jay Patterson Randall Edwin Nelson Samuel Ross Williams Timothy Daniel Furst Hamid Fillali
novelist adventurer girlfriend leader criminal captive amusing rousing frenetic yacht french riviera north africa palace journey capture deception reunion rescue unlikely allies rescue
When Joan Wilder is abducted while on a trip along the Nile, her boyfriend, Jack Colton, and pal Ralph rush to rescue her and retrieve a fabled jewel.