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    Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

    A mentally unstable IRS auditor (Will Ferrell) hears an author's voice in his head and...

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    The Secret Window (2004)

    Mysterious events plague a troubled author (Johnny Depp) after a menacing stranger (John Turturro)...

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    CQ (2002)

    A filmmaker (Jeremy Davies) tries to finish a science-fiction movie after two other directors get...

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    Shakespeare in Love (1998)

    Young William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) falls for Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow), reawakening his...

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    Adaptation (2002)

    A screenwriter (Nicolas Cage) asks his identical twin, who is in the same profession, for advice on...

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    The Dark Half (1993)

    A Maine professor's (Timothy Hutton) hidden bad side comes alive under his notorious but...

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    Alex & Emma (2003)

    A struggling writer (Luke Wilson) falls in love with a stenographer (Kate Hudson) while trying to...

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    Swimming Pool (2003)

    A British novelist (Charlotte Rampling) clashes with her publisher's (Charles Dance) wild...

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    Starting Out in the Evening (2007)

    A complex but invigorating relationship forms between an aging novelist (Frank Langella) and a...

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    Woman on the Beach (2008)

    In preparing for his next movie, filmmaker Joong-rae finds himself suffering from writer’s block and...

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    The Dog Problem (2007)

    Emotionally troubled and heavily in debt, a man (Giovanni Ribisi) follows his therapist's...

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    State and Main (2000)

    When a movie crew invades a small Vermont town, its director (William H. Macy) juggles a predatory...

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    Contempt (1964)

    A screenwriter's (Michel Piccoli) wife (Brigitte Bardot) hates him for joining the U.S....

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    Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003)

    Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth) paints a portrait of a teenage maid (Scarlett Johansson)...

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    The Ape (2006)

    A mad doctor (Boris Karloff) poses as an ape and kills people for bodily fluids to help a disabled...

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    8 1/2 (1963)

    An Italian film director (Marcello Mastroianni) seeking the meaning of life retreats from his wife...

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    Wonder Boys (2000)

    Terrified his second novel won't live up to the first and stumbling over his personal life, a...

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    A Thousand Clowns

    A woman convinces an unemployed writer to get his job back and marry her so he won't lose...

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    The Muse (1999)

    A desperate screenwriter (Albert Brooks) with writer's block meets a Greek muse (Sharon Stone)...

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    The Fourth Man (1984)

    Gerard Reve is a famous writer and a homosexual with a vivid imagination. He is obsessed with...

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    Alex in Wonderland (1970)

    Made on the heels of Paul Mazursky's Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, this cinematic...

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    Little Noises (1992)

    A struggling writer (Glover) steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune.

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    Sweet Dreams (1981)

    A police chief suspects a couple (David Newsom, Amy Yasbeck) offering to help an attack victim...

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    Deconstructing Harry (1997)

    An immature middle-aged writer (Woody Allen) with lifelong women problems seeks someone to accompany...

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    The Tango Lesson (1997)

    A film director, Sally, is agonizing over the visuals to a film called "Rage," a $20...

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    A Decade Under the Influence (2003)

    A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of...

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    Suddenly Naked (2003)

    A middle-aged author (Wendy Crewson) falls for a fledgling writer (Joe Cobden) who is half her age.

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    Comedian (2002)

    A look at the work of two stand-up comics, Jerry Seinfeld and a lesser-known newcomer, detailing the...

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    The Harvest (1993)

    A screenwriter gets involved in a murder mystery while on a research trip.

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    Stardust Memories (1980)

    A director (Woody Allen) attends a film-culture weekend with fans and critics who prefer his...

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