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Cast

Drew Barrymore

Justin Long

Charlie Day

Jason Sudeikis

Going the Distance (2010)

6.1 785 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: R

Story: Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work in the music industry, they gamely keep the romance alive with webcams and frequent-flyer miles. But just when it seems the lovers will soon be reunited, they each score a big break that could separate them for good.

Plot: new york city, newspaper, airplane, waitress, san francisco, california, writer, masturbation, ...

Cast

Camille Keaton

Eron Tabor

Richard Pace

Anthony Nichols

Day of the Woman (1978)

6.0 721 votes

Genre: Horror

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: A young, beautiful career woman rents a backwoods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict revenge.

Plot: rape, castration, revenge, gang rape, writer, cruelty, brutality, hanging, ...

Cast

Lyndsy Fonseca

Michael Doneger

Tommy Dewey

Bruce Campbell

The Escort (2015)

5.9 452 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 88 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Desperate for a good story, a sex-addicted journalist throws himself into the world of high-class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute.

Plot: journalist, prostitute, parent child relationship, call girl, escort service, magazine, writer, prostitution, ...

Cast

James Marsden

Kate Bosworth

Alexander Skarsgu00e5rd

Dominic Purcell

Straw Dogs (2011)

5.9 637 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: R

Story: A young couple moves to a quaint southern town. Soon their perfect getaway turns out to become a living hell when dark secrets and lethal passions spiral out of control.

Plot: rape, husband wife relationship, southern usa, barn, machismo, rifle, remake, writer, ...

$#*! My Dad Says (2010) TV Show

5.9 62 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 18

Story: Ed Goodson, a forthright and opinionated dad, relishes expressing his unsolicited and often wildly politically incorrect observations to anyone within earshot. Nobody is immune from Ed's rants, including his sons, Henry, a struggling writer-turned-unpaid blogger; and Vince, the meek half of his husband/wife real estate duo with domineering Kathleen. When Henry finds he can no longer afford to pay rent to his pretty roommate -- and secret admirer -- Sam, Ed reveals a soft spot and invites Henry to move in with him. Henry agrees, knowing that the verbal assault will not abate and now there will be no escape.

Style: witty

Plot: writer, sitcom

Cast

Ben Stiller

Elizabeth Hurley

Maria Bello

Owen Wilson

Permanent Midnight (1998)

5.9 125 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 88 min.

Audience: R

Story: Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts to go down a path of improvement.

Plot: adultery, police, alcohol, heroin, writer, drugs, detox

Eromanga Sensei (2017) TV Show

5.9 106 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: Masamune Izumi is a high school student who writes light novels. Sagiri Izumi is an antisocial girl who never leaves her room. A year ago, she became Masamune's stepsister. But one day, Masamune discovers a terrifying revelation: the artist “Eromanga-sensei,” who illustrates his novels, is none other than his sister Sagiri! His antisocial little sister, who lives under the same roof as him, uses a spicy pseudonym and draws obscenities?!

Plot: illustrator, stepbrother, harem, romance, slice of life, sexual humor, writer, novelist, ...

Cast

Liam Neeson

Mila Kunis

Adrien Brody

James Franco

Third Person (2014)

5.9 650 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: Belgium, Germany

Duration: 137 min.

Audience: R

Story: An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different city, that detail the beginning, middle and end of a relationship.

Plot: hotel room, new york city, paris, france, rome, italy, loss of loved one, trauma, ...

Cast

Adam Brody

Meg Ryan

Kristen Stewart

Olympia Dukakis

In the Land of Women (2007)

5.9 531 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother. Once there, he gets mixed up in the lives of the mother and daughters who live across the street.

Plot: infidelity, flashback, love, cancer, neighbor, writer, illness

Cast

Michael Johnston

Hannah Marks

Michael Ian Black

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Burnie Burns

Slash (2016)

5.8 48 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: 15

Story: Freshman Neil's Vanguard stories are all he cares about...until he meets the older Julia, who pushes him to put his own fan fic online. When the website's moderator takes a special interest in Neil's work, it opens up a whole new universe.

Plot: sexual identity, pornography, sexuality, bisexuality, coming of age, comic-con, writer, teenage sexuality, ...

Cast

Ashok Selvan

Sanchita Shetty

Nassar

Anjali Rao

Pizza 2: Villa (2013)

5.8

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Duration: 102 min.

Story: Jebin is a writer who is trying to get his work published. He comes to understand his financial status after his father's death. There is also a villa in Pondycherry that has been bequeathed to him by his dad about which he had no clue till then. His ensuing journey to the villa sets the ball rolling for interesting events that get unfurled slowly.

Cast

Kerry Bishu00e9

Joel McHale

Al Madrigal

Natalie Zea

Happily (2021)

5.8 144 votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: Tom and Janet have been happily married for years. But a visit from a mysterious stranger leads to a dead body, a lot of questions, and a tense couples' trip with friends who may not actually be friends at all.

Plot: jealousy, married couple, dark comedy, sexual attraction, writer, lust, sexual desire, envy, ...

Cast

Shreyas Talpade

Amrita Rao

Kunal Kapoor

Ravi Kishan

Welcome to Sajjanpur (2008)

5.7 23 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: India

Duration: 134 min.

Story: Mahadev (Shreyas Talpade) is an unemployed graduate with a Bachelor of Arts from Satna college, who is forced to make a living writing letters for the uneducated people of his village. His real ambition is to become a novel writer. Through his humble occupation, Mahadev has the potential to impact numerous lives. The movie is a satirical, but warm-hearted portrait of life in rural India.

Plot: rural area, writer

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Red Istanbul (2017)

5.7 140 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: Italy, Turkey

Duration: 110 min.

Story: Orhan who lived in London for years and did not come back to Turkey agrees to help Deniz -a famous director- edit his first book. Deniz has been living in a mansion with his family which started to lose its old brightness and power. Orhan finds himself in the middle of Deniz's complicated relationships, mysterious friends and stange family members. This is the first movie of Ferzan Ozpetek which is shot in Turkey after a long time. It is also based on his own book which has the same name with the movie.

Plot: writer, travel writer

Cast

Ben Mendelsohn

Maeve Dermody

Rachel Griffiths

Sophie Lowe

Beautiful Kate (2009)

5.6 72 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Australia

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: R

Story: Ned Kendall is asked to return to the remote and isolated family home by his sister, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. Ned also brings his young aspiring actress fiancee who struggles with the isolation. When home he starts having memories of his childhood many involving his beautiful twin sister and his older brother. These memories awaken long-buried secrets from the family's past.

Plot: isolation, home, father, past, sister, dysfunctional family, memory, writer, ...

Place: australia

Cast

Romola Garai

Sam Neill

Michael Fassbender

Lucy Russell

Angel (2007)

5.5 140 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: France

Duration: 134 min.

Story: Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances hit the best seller lists. Her life changes in unexpected ways when she encounters an aristocratic brother and sister, both of whom have cultural ambitions, and both of whom fall in love with her.

Plot: infidelity, suicide, based on novel or book, alcohol, artist, love, eccentric, author, ...

Place: england

Cast

Birgit Minichmayr

Philipp Hochmair

Mona Petri

Mehdi Nebbou

Animals (2017)

5.5 23 votes

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Country: Switzerland, Poland

Duration: 95 min.

Story: Nick and Anna are off to Switzerland for six months. Nick, a chef, wants to collect recipes of local cuisine and Anna hopes to write a new book. The journey can also be good for their relationship, because Anna suspects that Nick had an affair with other woman. Meanwhile, Mischa will take care of their Viennese apartment.

Plot: infidelity, sheep, husband wife relationship, writer, vienna, austria, chef, swiss alps

Place: switzerland

Cast

Udo Kier

Linda Hayden

Fiona Richmond

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Patsy Smart

Exposé (1976)

4.9 43 votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 84 min.

Audience: 18

Story: A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.

Plot: rape, sadism, psychopath, country house, controversy, writer's block, revenge, murder, ...

Cast

Jim Carrey

Marton Csokas

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Kati Outinen

Dark Crimes (2016)

4.6 498 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: Poland, United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: R

Story: Tadek, a Polish detective, becomes suspicious of a controversial author when the incidents described in his unpublished novel resemble the inner workings of an unsolved murder.

Plot: sexual abuse, businessman, kraków, poland, writer, clue, murder investigation, controversial artist, ...

Cast

Lindsay Lohan

Julia Ormond

Neal McDonough

Spencer Garrett

I Know Who Killed Me (2007)

4.5 403 votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: R

Story: An idyllic small town is rocked when Aubrey Fleming, a bright and promising young woman, is abducted and tortured by a sadistic serial killer. When she manages to escape, the traumatized girl who regains consciousness in the hospital insists that she is not who they think she is and that the real Aubrey Fleming is still in mortal danger.

Style: absurd

Plot: daughter, sadism, kidnapping, sadistic, striptease, seduction, college, piano lessons, ...

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