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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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    Iris (2001)

    Novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch (Judi Dench, Kate Winslet) falls in love with an Oxford don...

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    Basic Instinct (1992)

    An erotic writer (Sharon Stone) toys with a San Francisco detective (Michael Douglas) who thinks she...

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    Before Night Falls (2000)

    Writer Reinaldo Arenas (Javier Bardem), a homosexual, sees revolution in Cuba and lives as an exile...

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    Roman De Gare (2008)

    A popular novelist researches unlikely sources to find characters for her next bestseller.

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    As You Desire Me (1932)

    This complex '30s film is based upon a play by Pirandello which involved a hapless amnesiac. In As...

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    Leslie Charteris

    Leslie Charteris was a Writer for movies such as Lady on a Train and The Saint in New York and TV...

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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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    Bukowski: Born Into This (2004)

    Filmmaker John Dullaghan traces the turbulent life of literary cult figure Charles Bukowski.

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    Romancing the Stone (1984)

    A mousy novelist (Kathleen Turner) goes to Colombia for her sister and joins a mercenary (Michael...

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    Late August, Early September (1999)

    Thirtysomething Gabriel is in romantic transition from Jenny to Anne, while at his job as a literary...

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    Surrender (1987)

    A wealthy writer who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends & ex-wives pretends...

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    Two Shades of Blue

    A novelist finds that she is the prime suspect in her lover's murder.

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    The Man From Elysian Fields (2002)

    A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work...

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    She-Devil (1989)

    An accountant's (Ed Begley Jr.) frumpy wife (Roseanne Barr) hexes him and his fancy mistress (Meryl...

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    Jake Speed (1986)

    An adventure tale for movie buffs, Jake Speed deftly lifts scenes from detective films of the '40s...

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    Priest of Love (1981)

    The later years of the life of author D.H. Lawrence are dramatized in this screen biography....

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    Indiscreet (1931)

    A writer (Ben Lyon) falls for a designing woman (Gloria Swanson) who has been around.

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    Jewel of the Nile (1985)

    Mercenary Jack (Michael Douglas) rescues writer Joan (Kathleen Turner) in the Middle East, six...

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    Children of the Century (2002)

    The only thing more outrageous than French novelist George Sand's torrid love affair with the...

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    Les Fougeres Bleues

    The novelist Françoise Sagan is the director of this romance, which chronicles the interactions that...

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    Jack Kerouac's America (1985)

    Jack Kerouac was a Beat Generation writer who took the nation by storm upon the publication of his...

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    Arabella, l'Angelo Nero

    A famous novelist becomes involved in his young wife's secret life.

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    Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

    Filmmakers Aerlyn Weissman and Lynne Fernie show women who came out in conservative 1950s Canada.

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    Paperback Hero (2000)

    In a remote outback community, tomboyish Ruby Vale runs the town's only eatery, the Boomerang Cafe....

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    Alias Betty (2002)

    Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher enters a dark depression....

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    Ai No Rukeichi

    Follows the adultery between a middle-aged novelist and a beautiful housewife.

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    Jack London (1943)

    The writer (Michael O'Shea) joins the Alaskan gold rush, goes to sea, finds a wife (Susan Hayward)...

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    When Ladies Meet (1941)

    A feminist writer's (Joan Crawford) would-be boyfriend (Robert Taylor) introduces her to the wife...

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    Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)

    Charlie's investigation of a phony psychic during the 1939 World Exposition on San Francisco's...