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1. Colette (I) (2018)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms.
Director: Wash Westmoreland | Stars: Keira Knightley, Fiona Shaw, Dominic West, Robert Pugh
Votes: 26,439 | Gross: $5.14M
2. Rebel in the Rye (2017)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, "The Catcher in the Rye".
Director: Danny Strong | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Spacey, Victor Garber, Hope Davis
Votes: 10,794 | Gross: $0.38M
3. Happythankyoumoreplease (2010)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Captures a generational moment - young people on the cusp of truly growing up, tiring of their reflexive cynicism, each in their own ways struggling to connect and define what it means to love and be loved.
Director: Josh Radnor | Stars: Josh Radnor, Malin Akerman, Zoe Kazan, Michael Algieri
Votes: 30,513 | Gross: $0.22M
4. Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories (2006 TV Movie)
93 min | Biography, Drama, History
Three of the most popular and controversial Civil War stories by legendary writer Ambrose Bierce are presented in this acclaimed feature collection.
Directors: Don Maxwell, Brian James Egen | Stars: Campbell Scott, Vivian Schilling, Nathan Darrow, T. Max Graham
Votes: 157 | Gross: $0.02M
5. Bliss (2011 TV Movie)
Biography, Drama
The life of Katherine Mansfield, a New Zealand writer, who moved to Edwardian England when she was 19 and became part of the modernist circle of writers there like D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf.
Director: Fiona Samuel | Stars: Claire Van Beek, Sarah Graham, Kate Elliott, Chelsea McEwan Millar
Votes: 26
6. The Theme (1979)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A playwright faces writer's block.
Director: Gleb Panfilov | Stars: Mikhail Ulyanov, Inna Churikova, Evgeniy Vesnik, Yevgeniya Nechayeva
Votes: 578
7. Nobody Said Anything (1971)
135 min | Comedy
Surrealism "a la chilena" sees four drunken, literary bohemians write a short story about a pact with the Devil just as that very story is happening to them.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Carlos Solanos, Jaime Vadell, Luis Vilches, Luis Alarcón
Votes: 65
8. Je t'adore (2014 Video)
Short, Romance
Director: Luke LoCurcio | Stars: Bradley Paul, Bradley Growden, Taylor Lashae
9. Richard Matheson: The Writing of 'Duel' (2004 Video)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Writer Richard Matheson discusses the writing of the original short story and the screenplay for the movie Duel (1971).
Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Star: Richard Matheson
Votes: 74
10. Gravel in Her Gut and Spit in Her Eye (2005)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Dorothy M. Johnson was a Western writer ahead of her time. Women saved men, heroes died unwept and unsung, whites lived with Indians and benefited from the experience. Three of her stories ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Bilverstone | Stars: Elmer Kelton, Margot Kidder, Stan Lynde
11. Good Star (2015)
7 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A story about a girl going through a break up, finding a primal understanding with her Dalmatian dog.
Director: Felipe Osorio | Stars: Romika Annabell, Dalmatian Chloe, Felipe Osorio, Hayley Pendergrass
12. Meeting F. Scott Fitzgerald (2006 Video)
86 min | Biography
Hollywood, 1940. Has-been novelist and sometime screenwriter F. Scott Fitzgerald, sober for the first time since he married his wife Zelda, reminisces about his life.
Director: Larry Vanderveen | Star: Larry Vanderveen
13.
The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode:
The Typewriter
(1972)
TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
John-Boy secretly borrows a typewriter from the Baldwin sisters, and Mary Ellen inadvertently gives it to a junk dealer.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby
Votes: 204
14.
Mad Men (2007–2015)
Episode:
5G
(2007)
TV-14 | 49 min | Drama
Don Draper is shaken when his past life comes back to haunt him. After his picture appears in a local newspaper, Adam Whitman, a man who claims to be his younger brother, approaches him. ... See full summary »
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones
Votes: 3,462
15.
Mad Men (2007–2015)
Episode:
The Gold Violin
(2008)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama
To show that he has "arrived," Don buys a new car. Pete, Harry and Ken come up with a plan to attract new business, and Don's secretary makes a serious error, which could mean trouble for ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Bernstein | Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones
Votes: 2,701
16.
Ah! Vous écrivez? (1976–1980)
Episode:
Diane de Margerie
(1980)
14 min | Short, Talk-Show
Director: Nicolas Ribowski | Stars: Bernard Pivot, Diane de Margerie