Movies (109) tagged by 'Author'
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1408 (2007)
Based on the short Stephen King horror story of the same name, 1408 is about supernatural writer Mike Enslin, an author of two successful books on supernatural...
Pornography (2009)
A gay porn star's mysterious disappearance becomes an obsession for both a writer and another adult film star, leading them into dark supernatural corners ...
Elena Undone (2010)
Fate brings two diversely different women together, and sets them on a collision course that will shatter their preconceived notions about love, life and the p...
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Frances Mayes is a 35-year-old San Francisco writer whose perfect life has just taken an unexpected detour. Her recent divorce has left her with terminal write...
The Number 23 (2007)
On his birthday, Walter Sparrow, an amiable dog-catcher, takes a call that leaves him dog bit and late to pick up his wife. She's browsed in a bookstore, findin...
Nim's Island (2008)
Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary charact...
Rumor Has It... (2005)
Sarah Huttington, recently engaged, goes home to Pasadena with fianc? Jeff for a family wedding. She hears a rumor that "The Graduate" (book and movie) are bas...
Finding Neverland (2004)
Set in London in 1904, the film follows playwright J.M. Barrie's journey to bring Peter Pan to life, from his first inspiration for the story ...
Miss Potter (2006)
Thirty years old and single, Beatrix Potter lives in London with her social-climbing parents, who are exasperated that she has turned down any number of eligib...
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
A novelist (Emma Thompson) struggles to complete her latest, and potentially finest, book ??? she only has to find a way to kill off her main ...
Down with Love (2003)
Barbara Novak has just come down from Maine to New York after writing a book called Down With Love. The book instructs women to have sex the way a man does, and...
International Velvet (1978)
A charming sequel to the hit National Valvet follows our young heroine and her trusty steed overseas.
The Door in the Floor (2004)
Set in the beach community of East Hampton, New York, the film chronicles one pivotal summer in the lives of famous children's books author Te...
House (1986) (1986)
Roger Cobb is a Vietnam vet. Whose career as a horror novelist has taken a turn for the worse when his son Jimmy mysteriously disappears while visiting his aunt...
A Room with a View (1986)
An English miss (Helena Bonham-Carter) tours 1907 Florence, Italy, with her cousin (Maggie Smith) and meets a soulmate (Julian Sands) . ...
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1990)
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone...
The Escort (1999)
He'll be your friend, he'll be your lover, but it's strictly by the hour.
Shortcut to Happiness (2007)
In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success...
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Author P. L. Travers reflects on her difficult childhood while meeting with filmmaker Walt Disney during production for the adaptation of her novel, Mary Poppin...
Half Light (2006)
Rachel Carlson, a successful novelist moves to a small Scottish village to move on with her life after the death of her son. Strange things start to happen when...
Ruby Sparks (2012)
Calvin is a genius novelist who begins to type a new novel on his manual typewriter about Ruby, his dream girl. He can't believe his eyes, because the next day,...
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Writer Richard Harland meets the stunning and self-assured Ellen Berent on a train and she takes him to meet her family. She sweeps him off his feet with the f...
Best Seller (1987)
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the co...
Antebellum (2020)
Successful author Veronica Henley finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.
Madame Bovary (1949)
A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers and run up ruinous debts.
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
A. J. Niles is the author of a series of 'Bachelor Books'. These books describe the romantic life of a bachelor in various cities of the world. But when he runs...
Defamation (2009)
Is anti-Semitism an immediate threat on the verge of coalescing into a second Holocaust? Or is it a scare tactic used by right-wing Zionists t...
Fireflies in the Garden (2008)
The semi-autobiographical story centers on the complexities of love and commitment in a family torn apart when faced by an unexpected tragedy.
An Angel at My Table (1991)
Janet Frame grows up in a poor family with lots of brothers and sisters. Already at an early age she is different from the other kids. She gets an education as...
The Dark Half (1993)
Novelist Thad Beaumount has buried his alter ego George Stark, a pseudonym he used when writing fiction of a darker nature than he would write using his real n...
Soldier (1998)
This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotionless slice-of-life story. Jones here is portrayed as Bill Willis, a form...
A Novel Romance (2015)
Romance novelist Liam Bradley (Dylan Bruce) has already found massive success with three books written under the pen name Gabriel August, but he s mysteriously ...
Winter Love Story (2019)
When first-time author Cassie Winslett is paired with successful author Elliot Somersby on a road trip to promote their books, she learns to believe in herself ...
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2009)
Jason Voorhees has carved his place into American pop culture and is one of the most recognizable cinematic killer in horror history. Now nearly, 30 years later...
Gabe the Cupid Dog (2012)
When Eric and Marsha break off their long-term relationship, journalist Eric is able to weather it pretty well. He still has his long time canine companion Gabe...
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)
This film features never before seen footage and exclusive interviews with William’s most intimate friends and colleagues. He struggles through life...
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (2010)
It is our national novel. Reading to Kill a Mockingbird is something we all have in common. Harper Lee's first and only novel turns 50 this summer and the autho...
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine the holiday.
Falling for Vermont (2017)
A best-selling author who got amnesia as a result of a car accident finds refuge with the local doctor of a small idyllic town in Vermont.
Harold Lloyd - Mädchenscheu (1924)
Harold Meadows (Lloyd) is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guide book for other bashful young men, "The Secret of Making Lo...
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
June Cameron has written a best seller about spinsters: women are men's equals and don't need them for fulfillment. Through a series of errors and misunderstand...
Phantom Patrol (1936)
Noticing the resemblance between himself and noted author Steven Norris, wanted gangster Dan Geary kidnaps Norris and assumes his identity. His charade is succe...
The Unbelievers (2013)
Renowned scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss cross the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason in the modern world.
Blind Target (2000)
Blind Target is the story of a young woman who emigrated from the poor tiny Latin American country of San Hermoso only to strike it rich and famous as an author...
Small Town Christmas (2018)
Book tour takes Christmas bestseller author to the hometown of the man who inspired her to write the book, but also hurt her feelings by standing her up.
Murder 101 (1991)
Charles Lattimore, an author of a book about a famous murder trial, meets up with his ex wife Laura, at her college, where he is due to give a series of lecture...
All for Love (2017)
When an engaged romance novelist is teamed with a Navy man as research for her latest book, she is taken aback by his boisterous personality and egotistical nat...
Sidney Hall (2017)
Sidney Hall finds accidental success and unexpected love at an early age, then disappears without a trace.
Yang chun da xiong (1977)
Bruce Li plays a young kung fu expert (and waiter) who is trying to live peacefully in San Francisco with his marital arts-challenged friend. But they run afoul...
Little Women (2018)
A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, we follow the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - detailing their passage from c...
11-11-11 (2011)
After the death of his wife and child, an author travels to Barcelona to see his estranged brother and dying father, where he learns that his life is plagued by...
The Lady Says No (1952)
A photographer is assigned to take photos of a feminist author.
Shadowlands (1993)
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets a spirited poet from the U.S.
The United States Of Leland (2003)
Tells the story of a young man's experience in a juvenile detention center that touches on the tumultuous changes that befall his family and the community in wh...
Flame Top (1980)
The life of early 20th century author, journalist, and revolutionary Algot Untola (also known as Maiju Lassila, Irmari Rantamala and under several more pseudony...
Ayn Rand A Sense of Life (1997)
Ayn Rand was born in 1905 in St. Petersberg, Russia. She escaped to America in 1926 amidst the rise of Soviet Communism. She remained in the United States for t...
Slice and Dice The Slasher Film Forever (2012)
A celebration of slasher cinema - from PSYCHO to the present day, with a focus on highlighting many of the genre's forgotten cult classics, deconstructing how t...
Forbidden Lie$ (2007)
A dramatized documentary investigating accusations that "Forbidden Love" author Norma Khouri made up her biographical tale of a Muslim friend who was killed for...
Let Them All Talk (2020)
A famous author goes on a cruise trip with her friends and nephew in an effort to find fun and happiness while she comes to terms with her troubled past.
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
The Secret (2006)
Interviews with leading authors, philosophers, scientists, with an in-depth discussion of the Law of Attraction. The audience is shown how they can learn and us...
Return to Montauk (2017)
The author Max Zorn, now in his early 60s, is on a promotional book tour in New York when he meets up again with the woman he could never forget. They spend a w...
Unexpected Summer (1965)
En eremitt av en forfatter har, etter sin skilsmisse for fem år siden, vært bosatt i et deilig, ensomtliggende hus på Sørlandet. Her får han en vakker dag somme...
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.
Shoot the Moon (1982)
A fifteen year marriage dissolves, leaving both the husband and wife, and their four children, devastated. He's preoccupied with a career and a mistress, she wi...
Becoming Astrid (2018)
Biopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous children's books and creator of Pippi Longstocking.
Two Shades of Blue (1999)
Susan Price has written a #1 bestseller, a steamy novel about a woman's search for the ultimate sexual experience entitled, "The Dark Side of Judith." When Susa...
Wings of Fame (1990)
A famous movie actor (Peter O'Toole) claims that he has written a book. As result, a real author, not a very well known writer, vengenfully kills him but then d...
Warkill (1968)
A journalist (Tom Drake) watches a U.S. colonel (George Montgomery) and Filipino guerrillas smoke out Japanese soldiers.
Screwed (2013)
Screwed is a modern throwback to classic John Hughes-ian 80's films about self discovery, a sex comedy with heart where one man will do anything and any woman t...
Witness to Murder (1954)
A woman's sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window.
Old Acquaintance (1943)
Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit is a single, critically acclaimed author while married Millie writes popular pulp nov...
Must Love Christmas (2022)
A renowned romance novelist famous for her Christmas-themed books finds herself snowbound in the charming town of Cranberry Falls, where she unexpectedly become...
El autor (2017)
A man obsessed with the idea of writing "high literature" starts to cause conflicts around him to write about it.
Le grand jeu (2015)
Ostensible puppet master is an affable white-haired gentleman named Joseph Paskin casually approaches the sullen Pierre Blum outside a French casino. Joseph pre...
No Longer Human (2019)
Oguri Shun plays Dazai Osamu who is one of the more popular novelists in Japan. Like most artists he has his vulnerabilities and exposures. In this case, the ma...
Blithe Spirit (1945)
Charles (Sir Rex Harrison) and his second wife, Ruth (Constance Cummings), are haunted by the spirit of his first wife, Elvira (Kay Hammond). Medium Madame Arca...
Zan'e: Sunde wa ikenai heya (2015)
An author of mystery-novels helps a student to uncover the tragic story of the people who lived in her apartment before which is filled with anger, hatred, murd...
Non-Fiction (2018)
Set in the Parisian publishing world, an editor and an author find themselves in over their heads, as they cope with a middle-age crisis, the changing industry ...
Grace and Grit (2021)
Treya and Ken Wilber's story of courage, transcendence, and eternal love as chronicled in the globally acclaimed book, Grace and Grit.
50 Years of Mr Men with Matt Lucas (2021)
Matt Lucas celebrates 50 years of the Mr Men and Little Misses, telling the amazing story of the colourful little characters who changed global publishing forev...
Murder by Rope (1936)
Scotland Yard sends a handwriting expert to a country house full of people with guilty secrets in order to solve a murder..
The Catman of Paris (1946)
Are mysterious killings in Paris of 1896 the work of man or monster?
While Mortals Sleep (2022)
Follows a a cold case novelist who seeks refuge at her friend's vacation home after her career collapses.
Fahrenheit 451, the Novel: A Discussion with Author Ray Bradbury (2003)
Author Ray Bradbury discusses the writing of his classic science-fiction novel "Fahrenheit 451".
Playing House (2006)
A young, ambitious editor finds out she's pregnant just as she lands her big break.
Warsaw Bridge (1990)
A female professor, a writer, and an orchestra conductor -three characters, two couples- attend a grand literary cocktail party. The writer has just won the pri...
Goldeneye (1989)
Fact-based biography of James Bond author, Ian Fleming. The film focuses on his wartime exploits and romantic adventures which ultimately led to his creation of...
Unnatural Causes (1993)
Commander Dalgleish of Scotland Yard investigates the apparent murder of a well-known author who is found floating in a dinghy with his hands chopped off. The m...
Youngblood Hawke (1964)
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 weal...
God's Fool (2020)
A new story about an old saint: St. Francis of Assisi - the first Ragamuffin. This is the third and final movie in "The Ragamuffin Trilogy." First was "Ragamuff...
Her Perfect Spouse (2004)
A woman discovers her new husband wants to keep her all to himself.
H.G. Wells and the War of the Worlds (2005)
An insight into the life and work of H.G. Wells. Experience "The War of the Worlds" and explore the impact this exceptional piece of writing has made ...
Catching Hearts (2012)
What happens when a bestselling atheist author Professor Mark Gavin loses his faith in atheism? This intense drama asks tough questions and explores why there i...
Arthur Conan Doyle (1927)
The author discusses his life and career, including his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes; and his interest in spiritualism.
Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy (2019)
Cookbook author and environmental activist Diana Kennedy reflects on an unconventional life spent mastering Mexican cuisine.
Judy Blume Forever (2023)
Judy Blume and the generations of readers who have sparked to her work. Examines her impact on pop culture and the occasional controversies over her frankness a...
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story (2024)
In 1960 a young Irish woman named Edna O'Brien wrote a sexually frank debut novel, The Country Girls. She became a literary sensation, writing for The New ...
Hearts Under the Olive Tree (2023)
When a world-renowned author can't find inspiration for her next fantasy book, her over-bearing mother takes her to a farmland retreat to get her creative ...
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