Here we've displayed a list of the best Screenwriter films : In a Lonely Place(1950), Adaptation(2002), Trumbo(2007), The Player(1992), Stories We Tell(2012), Leaving Las Vegas(1995), In Search of Kundun With Martin Scorsese(1998), Churchill and the Movie Mogul(2019), Youth(2015), The Front(1976), Seven Psychopaths(2012), Safe Conduct(2002) ... ...
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Gloria Grahame Frank Lovejoy Carl Benton Reid Art Smith Jeff Donnell Martha Stewart Robert Warwick Morris Ankrum William Ching Steven Geray
lover screenwriter dead person detective agent engaging dark gripping hollywood, calif. police station nightclub love unusual behavior murder investigation fall mystery 1940s
A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
7.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2002
114 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Meryl Streep Chris Cooper Tilda Swinton Cara Seymour Brian Cox Judy Greer Maggie Gyllenhaal Ron Livingston Jay Tavare Stephen Tobolowsky
screenwriter writer twin thief waitress quirky frenetic household jungle movie set restaurant new york city swamp evolution movie making robbery romance writer's block obsession pursuit
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
7.5/10
Documentary
USA
2007
96 Minutes
Joan Allen Brian Dennehy Michael Douglas Paul Giamatti Nathan Lane Josh Lucas Liam Neeson David Strathairn Donald Sutherland
screenwriter congressman interrogator film studio executive filmmaker actor creative fiery incredible inspiring hollywood, calif. mexico prison hollywood blacklist dalton trumbo huac mccarthyism communism defiance underdog
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. ... See full summary »
7.5/10
Comedy
USA
1992
123 Minutes
Tim Robbins Greta Scacchi Fred Ward Whoopi Goldberg Peter Gallagher Brion James Cynthia Stevenson Vincent D'Onofrio Dean Stockwell Richard E. Grant Lyle Lovett
producer murderer screenwriter girlfriend police detective blackmailer playful dark amusing hollywood, calif. police station bar parking lot movie studio resort extortion filmmaking accidental death investigation obsession
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?
7.5/10
Documentary
Canada
2012
108 Minutes
Sarah Polley Michael Polley Harry Gulkin
filmmaker narrator screenwriter emotional track family history life truth discovery
A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.
7.5/10
Drama
France|UK|USA
1995
111 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Elisabeth Shue Julian Sands Richard Lewis Valeria Golino Graham Beckel R. Lee Ermey Laurie Metcalf David Brisbin Xander Berkeley Lou Rawls
alcoholic screenwriter prostitute pimp bleak emotional las vegas motel apartment alcoholism self-destruction prostitution writers romance love wretched excess fall love 1990s
Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
7.4/10
Documentary
France|USA
1998
85 Minutes
Roger Deakins Dante Ferretti Tencho Gyalpo Dalai Lama Robert Lin Melissa Mathison Lobsang Samten Martin Scorsese Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong Jigme Tsarong
dalai lama director screenwriter producer actor monk powerful solemn morocco movie set office monastery buddhism filmmaking religion martin scorsese kundun quest 1990s
7.4/10
Documentary
UK
2019
70 Minutes
Charles Barr Stephen Fry Corey Johnson
winston churchill film producer screenwriter spy speaker intense creative amusing fascinating brooding film set united states documentary filmmaking informing acting movies winston churchill discovery rivalry escape
How Britain's wartime leader and its only ever movie mogul changed the course of history.
7.3/10
Drama
Italy|France|UK|Switzerland
2015
118 Minutes
Michael Caine Harvey Keitel Rachel Weisz Paul Dano Jane Fonda Robert Seethaler Alex MacQueen Luna Zimic Mijovic Tom Lipinski Chloe Pirrie Alex Beckett
composer screenwriter harvey keitel emotional resort hotel eternal youth vacation life transformation 2010s
A retired orchestra conductor is on vacation with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip's birthday.
7.3/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1976
93 Minutes
Woody Allen Zero Mostel Herschel Bernardi Michael Murphy Andrea Marcovicci Remak Ramsay Marvin Lichterman Lloyd Gough David Margulies Joshua Shelley Danny Aiello
cashier screenwriter comedian actor neurotic friend rousing witty touching dark moving new york city television studio living space courtroom street diner show business corruption television
In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
7.2/10
Comedy
UK|USA
2012
111 Minutes
Colin Farrell Christopher Walken Sam Rockwell Woody Harrelson Abbie Cornish Tom Waits Olga Kurylenko Zeljko Ivanek Gabourey Sidibe Kevin Corrigan Brendan Sexton III
screenwriter friend actor kidnapper gangster cheeky offbeat suspenseful los angeles household office desert screenwriting pets organized crime abduction life imitating art pursuit wretched excess 2010s
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
6.8/10
Drama, History
France|Germany|Spain
2002
170 Minutes
Jacques Gamblin Denis Podalydès Christian Berkel Marie Gillain Charlotte Kady Marie Desgranges Maria Pitarresi Thierry Gibault Philippe Morier-Genoud Christophe Odent Ged Marlon
resistance fighter assistant director screenwriter german wife brother emotional rousing paris train tracks occupied france film set jean aurenche jean devaivre german occupation world war ii french film industry nazis rivalry sacrifice
In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Assistant director and Resistance activist Jean Devaivre works for Continental, where he can get "in ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Romance, Drama, History
UK|Sweden|France
2016
117 Minutes
Gemma Arterton Sam Claflin Bill Nighy Helen McCrory Jack Huston Richard E. Grant Rachael Stirling Henry Goodman Jeremy Irons Paul Ritter Jake Lacy
screenwriter actor bleak brutal charming cheery confident creative engaging fiery incredible inspiring raw united kingdom propaganda war filmmaking filmmaker screenwriting discovery
A former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.
6.8/10
Documentary
Sweden|Denmark
1997
52 Minutes
director actor actress camera operator screenwriter engaging striking gripping denmark house film set filmmaking creative process phobias artistic controversy artistic struggle lars von trier discovery rise pursuit
A portrait of Denmark's most acclaimed and controversial director, Lars von Trier. A meeting with von Trier on a private level as well as with his film universe. Filmmaker Stig Björkman ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Comedy
Canada
1985
80 Minutes
John Paizs Eva Kovacs Neil Laurie Darrell Baran Jeffrey Owen Madden Tea Andrea Tanner Mark Yuill Neil Lawrie
screenwriter neighbor partner texan boarder young girl amusing offbeat campy emotional family home street canada rented room texas screenwriting writer's block opposites attract obsession unusual friendship
A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't quite figure out the middle. The ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1990
112 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Jeff Fahey George Dzundza Alun Armstrong Marisa Berenson Timothy Spall Mel Martin Richard Vanstone Jamie Koss Catherine Neilson Richard Warwick
director screenwriter producer native actor actress dark disturbing africa village river hotel london zimbabwe hunting filmmaking obsession africa fall quest
A thinly fictionalized account of a legendary movie director, whose desire to hunt down an animal turns into a grim situation with his movie crew in Africa.
6.4/10
Romance
USA
1964
108 Minutes
William Holden Audrey Hepburn Noel Coward Gregoire Aslan Raymond Bussières Christian Duvaleix Tony Curtis Mel Ferrer Fred Astaire Frank Sinatra Dominique Boschero
screenwriter producer assistant singer gangster police detective airy amusing creative playful paris french riviera hotel screenwriting procrastination life imitating art film industry writer's block unusual romance love
The sprightly young assistant of a Hollywood screenwriter helps him over his writer's block by acting out his fantasies of possible plots.
6.4/10
Musical
USA
1944
77 Minutes
Ann Miller Jess Barker Charles D. Brown Eddie Kane Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Glen Gray Band Teddy Powell Band Charlie Barnet Orchestra Nan Wynn The Pied Pipers
dancer screenwriter executive secretary movie producer bandleader amusing charming lighthearted hollywood, calif. movie set office boardinghouse park prison show business film industry deception bad luck unusual romance
Terry Baxter is a never-say-die Hollywood newcomer from Waterfall Kansas, determined to make it big. And does she have talent. Filled, of course, with lots of musical numbers that showcase her many talents.
6.4/10
Drama
South Korea
2012
89 Minutes
Isabelle Huppert Jung Yu-mi Moon So-ri Moon Sung-Geun Yu Jun-sang Kwon Hae-Hyo Yeo-jeong Yoon
townspeople guide screenwriter couple tourist lifeguard quirky mellow profound charming beach south korea provincial town diner relationships vacation imagination screenwriting adventure love
A three-tiered story centered on a trio of French tourists visiting the same seaside resort.
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1999
97 Minutes
Steve Martin Eddie Murphy Heather Graham Christine Baranski Jamie Kennedy Adam Alexi-Malle Kohl Sudduth Barry Newman Robert Downey Jr. Terence Stamp Marisol Nichols
filmmaker actress actor star screenwriter leader spirited amusing madcap hollywood, calif. movie making deception cult hollywood quest 1990s
When a desperate movie producer fails to get a major star for his bargain basement film, he decides to shoot the film secretly around him.
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
2000
90 Minutes
Sean Dugan Maxwell Caulfield Seth Meier Mark Goddard Harold Perrineau Edie Falco Markus Flanagan Dave Rosenberg Jane DeNoble Dean Garvin Brett Gillen
screenwriter agent director fan producer amusing cheeky creative sundance film festival park city, utah movie theater street film industry artistic struggle aspirations commercialism screenwriting film quest transformation
6.3/10
Drama
USA
2007
99 Minutes
Ryan Reynolds Hope Davis Melissa McCarthy Elle Fanning David Denman Octavia Spencer Lorene Scafaria
screenwriter programmer actor dark suspenseful woods forest tv station reality television transformation
A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
6.3/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2015
100 Minutes
Susan Sarandon Rose Byrne J.K. Simmons Jerrod Carmichael Cecily Strong Lucy Punch Casey Wilson Jason Ritter Sarah Baker Michael McKean Laura San Giacomo
dead person mother daughter widow friend screenwriter positive somber touching heartwarming charming new jersey los angeles office motorcycle beach street death of father new life grief
An aging widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away.
6.2/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1982
107 Minutes
Walter Matthau Ann-Margret Dinah Manoff Lance Guest Lewis Smith Martin Ferrero Eugene Butler Samantha Harper Santos Morales David Faustino Shelby Balik
actress screenwriter hairdresser father daughter girlfriend witty fiery touching brooklyn, n.y. hollywood, calif. family home movie studio father/daughter relationship family dysfunction estrangement show business ambition new town transformation
Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
Spain|USA|Italy
2017
93 Minutes
Antonio Banderas Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Piper Perabo Abel Ferrara Vincent Riotta Nathalie Rapti Gomez Randall Paul Katie McGovern
screenwriter drifter girlfriend sheriff brooding disturbing intense dark cabin small town diner car woods writing isolation captivity hostage situation discovery mystery quest
A reclusive screenwriter takes in a lonely drifter, who is determined to repay his kindness by helping him finish his story.
6.2/10
Drama
USA
2000
107 Minutes
Nicole Parker Isaiah Washington Vicellous Shannon Malinda Williams Jay Underwood Michael Cavanaugh Mel Jackson Jenifer Lewis Marcia Cross Estelle Harris Juanita Jennings
television producer screenwriter actor network executive actress girlfriend lighthearted witty hollywood, calif. television studio office household street television show business workplace romance egoism workplace politics racial issues transformation
A black female TV producer struggles in Hollywood.
6.2/10
Romance, Comedy
USA
2014
107 Minutes
Hugh Grant Marisa Tomei Bella Heathcote Allison Janney J.K. Simmons Chris Elliott Aja Naomi King Annie Q Andrew Keenan-Bolger Karen Pittman Maggie Geha
teacher screenwriter single mother student amusing heartwarming passionate college new york college campus home romance teaching college new job new love change transformation quest love
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.
6.1/10
Comedy
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Lee Tracy Joan Woodbury Paul Guilfoyle Lee Patrick Richard Lane Bradley Page Tom Kennedy George Irving Frank M. Thomas Jack Carson Alec Craig
husband wife mobster screenwriter producer actress witty lighthearted train hollywood, calif. movie studio movie set movies organized crime bank robbery show business look-alikes transformation pursuit 1930s
An ex-con, just out of prison, and his wife meet a screen writer on the train and decide that, since he's writing about crime without knowing much about it, collaborating with him would be ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Romance
USA
1978
100 Minutes
Wayne Rogers Gayle Hunnicutt Jack Lenoir Phillippe March Clément Harari Tanya Lopert Marthe Mercadier Yves Massard Sady Rebbot Matt Carney Doris Roberts
chauffeur screenwriter wealthy woman married man ex-convict beautiful woman mellow charming passionate paris hotel airport car party hotel room affair romance forbidden love screenwriting friendship
American screenwriter Michael Moore (Wayne Rogers) arrives in Paris to work as a script doctor for a struggling film production. At the airport, he is met by Jean-Paul (Jack Lenoir), a ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Comedy, Drama
France|UK
2000
94 Minutes
Saïd Taghmaoui Juliette Lewis Rupert Graves Anna Massey Clémentine Célarié Karim Belkhadra
immigrant screenwriter photographer impersonator student blind woman lighthearted witty campy offbeat london restaurant rooming house dance studio nightclub england immigration poverty marriage of convenience ambition
Ali is a young Egyptian screenwriter determined to succeed in London, where he has been a student. He loves the artistic and political freedom, the colours, the music, the individualism. ... See full summary »
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