🏷 Discover The Best Writing Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Unlock the World of Writing through Cinema and Television

For writers, there's no better way to spark creativity and gain insight into the craft than by watching movies and TV shows that explore the world of writing. From the struggles of authors to the power of storytelling, these films and series offer a unique perspective on the writing process. Discover the best movies and TV shows related to writing and take your skills to the next level.

Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll

Cast

Yui Ishikawa

Minako Kotobuki

Aoi Yuuki

Koki Uchiyama

Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (2019)

8.1 467 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: 12

Story: Violet Evergarden, a former soldier returned from war, comes to teach at a women's academy and changes a young girl's life.

Plot: friendship, work, writing, adoption, letter, girls' boarding school, slice of life, steampunk, ...

Cast

Larry David

Jeff Garlin

Susie Essman

Cheryl Hines

Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) TV Show

8.0 940 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 12

Episodes: 120

Audience: TV-MA

Story: The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

Plot: screenwriter, writing, idiot, celebrity, observational comedy, jewish american, los angeles, california, ...

Cast

Ricardo Daru00edn

Soledad Villamil

Pablo Rago

Javier Godino

The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

8.0 2.9K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Argentina, Spain

Duration: 130 min.

Audience: R

Story: Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.

Style: shocking

Plot: rape, police, kidnapping, homicide, writing, investigation, partner, murder, ...

Place: argentina

Cast

Yoko Honna

Issey Takahashi

Takashi Tachibana

Shigeru Muroi

Whisper of the Heart (1995)

7.9 2.3K votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Family

Country: Japan

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: G

Story: Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: "Seiji Amasawa."

Style: nostalgic, whimsical

Plot: dreams, library, violin, writing, education, love, train, based on manga, ...

Place: italy

Cast

Fahadh Faasil

Lal

Jayasurya

Vinayakan

Iyobinte Pusthakam (2014)

7.7 40 votes

Genre: Drama, History, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 159 min.

Story: Set in the backdrop of the picturesque Munnar, it tells the story of Iyob, a slave-turned-master.

Plot: witch, parent child relationship, writing, british empire, deception, slave, period drama, master

Time: world war ii

Cast

Tina Fey

Alec Baldwin

Tracy Morgan

Jane Krakowski

30 Rock (2006) TV Show

7.5 822 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 7

Episodes: 138

Audience: TV-14

Story: Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

Style: lighthearted

Plot: new york city, writing, parody, female protagonist, writer, sketch comedy, employer employee relationship, sitcom, ...

Cast

Lady Gaga

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Bobby Campbell

Mark Ronson

Florence Welch

Gaga: Five Foot Two (2017)

7.4 601 votes

Genre: Documentary, Music

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: R

Story: Follow pop provocateur Lady Gaga as she releases a new album, preps for her Super Bowl halftime show, and confronts physical and emotional struggles.

Plot: musician, pop star, writing, super bowl

Cast

Greg Kinnear

Jennifer Connelly

Lily Collins

Nat Wolff

Stuck in Love (2013)

7.4 2.0K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: R

Story: An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.

Plot: cheating, parent child relationship, writing, thanksgiving, north carolina, love, writer, dating, ...

Cast

Keanu Reeves

Sandra Bullock

Christopher Plummer

Ebon Moss-Bachrach

The Lake House (2006)

7.0 3.0K votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: PG

Story: When architect Alex Wyler moves into an unusual glass house on stilts over a lake, he discovers a note from the previous tenant in the mailbox--but no one's lived in the house for years. He replies and soon discovers that he's corresponding with a doctor named Kate Forster. Their correspondence, only through the 'magical' mailbox, turns romantic and their paths cross in unexpected ways, but when they try to truly connect, danger looms. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.

Plot: chicago, illinois, ex-boyfriend, writing, architect, remake, architecture, doctor, ...

Cast

Ethan Hawke

Juliet Rylance

Vincent D'Onofrio

James Ransone

Sinister (2012)

6.9 6.1K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: R

Story: True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.

Plot: drowning, pennsylvania, usa, writing, child murder, snuff, tape, home movie footage, ...

Cast

Charlotte Rampling

Ludivine Sagnier

Charles Dance

Marc Fayolle

Swimming Pool (2003)

6.5 798 votes

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Country: France, United Kingdom

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: R

Story: A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.

Plot: dying and death, daughter, london, england, countryside, based on novel or book, subway, generations conflict, ...

Cast

Asif Ali

Aparna Balamurali

Sreenivasan

Lal Jose

Sunday Holiday (2017)

6.0 22 votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: India

Duration: 135 min.

Audience: 12A

Story: Mr. Unni Mukundan who is very passionate about his first movie, coincidentally meets Mr. David Paul, a famous movie director. At the same time, the life experiences of Amal, who relocates himself to Cochin from Thalaserry, makes him undergo a total change in his vision of life due to his acquaintance with Nakutti and Rahul, the residents of 'Sargapournami' his home in Cochin. Sunday Holiday is a beautiful story that is replete with comedy.

Plot: movie business, writing

Cast

Stanley Tucci

Addison Timlin

Kyra Sedgwick

Janeane Garofalo

Submission (2018)

5.9 41 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: R

Story: A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented student.

Plot: infidelity, based on novel or book, writing, teacher student relationship, college student, college professor

Cast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Daniel Craig

Jared Harris

Amira Casar

Sylvia (2003)

5.8 122 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: R

Story: Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

Plot: infidelity, beach, boat, writing, poet, biography, love, snow, ...

Time: 1950s

Cast

Virginie Efira

Adu00e8le Exarchopoulos

Gaspard Ulliel

Sandra Hu00fcller

Sibyl (2019)

5.7 521 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: R

Story: Sibyl, a jaded psychotherapist, returns to her first passion: writing. But her newest patient Margot, a troubled up-and-coming actress, proves to be a source of inspiration that is far too tempting. Fascinated almost to the point of obsession, Sibyl becomes more and more involved in Margot’s tumultuous life, reviving volatile memories that bring her face to face with her past.

Plot: adultery, island, paris, france, obsession, writing, psychoanalysis, alcoholism, ...