200 mystery movies about writers
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- DirectorStephen ArmouraeStarsAlex De LucaCharlie BondEmily CardingM the movie is the working title of a Shakespeare adaptation. Adapted by a writer in Los Angeles it takes one of Shakespeare's most ambiguous plays and sets it in the near future.
- DirectorAmilcar MonterrosoStarsKelly PhelanAndrea SixtosIan StanleyA young and ambitious screenwriter pitches her script, The Uprising to a Hollywood executive and we see her story of crime, conspiracies and end of the world prophecies come to life on screen.
- A writer starts to descend into madness after him and his wife move into a house in the beautiful rural countryside of Illinois.
- DirectorMichael Simpson Jr.StarsTomas BoykinMichael Simpson Jr.A newspaper writer recently fired and writing his final column for the oldest paper in Los Angeles finds himself in the middle of an impossible mystery, and what might be the most shocking murder cover-up of all time.
- DirectorMichalis Daniel VamvakasStarsKiki AmvrosiadouGiorgos AthanasiadisAkis AthanasiouSofie is a reporter at local magazine "Onar" in Komotini-Greece. One night invite her friends for dinner and ask them for help writing an article. Maximos who works in the archaeological museum of Komotini advises her to write about the Byzantine stronghold of the city. Their investigation leads them to the "Zagris" an organization who operates their city and seeks the lost ninth string of Orpheus Lyra. They want the string to gain power of Orpheus to control the entire world. Maximos and Sofie with the help of her brother Akis during their research find out that their friends are in the organization secretly. After this discovery the "Zagris" kidnap Sofie and her brother and demand from Maximos to hand them the ninth string. Maximos will find the string and give it to them to free his friends or keep it to save the world from the organization's plans.
- DirectorEric BergquistStarsJustin S BlackburnDave BresnahanDana SternCaught in the middle of a plagiarism lawsuit, author Samuel Gibson discovers his story can go multiple ways- but can he maintain control over the characters in his life? The cards are in your favor.
- DirectorEzio MassaStarsDylan WalshSteve StanulisEric RobertsThis is a story of a reclusive paranoia genius author who spends a night in his isolated mansion waiting for his creation to come and destroy him.
- DirectorJohanna BlockStarsZora CasebereDelia CunninghamSamantha GoldmanA young, fantasy-prone writer dances between the parallels of her reality and a fictional world she has created.
- DirectorJosephine DeckerStarsElisabeth MossOdessa YoungMichael StuhlbargA famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
- DirectorGerard BushChristopher RenzStarsJanelle MonáeEric LangeJena MaloneSuccessful author Veronica Henley finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.
- DirectorJoe StephensonStarsHelen BaxendaleBlake HarrisonJacqueline BoatswainAs bombs fall on London, writer Agatha Christie considers selling a manuscript that will kill off her most famous creation.
- StarsPaula PellJohn LutzJ.B. SmooveA murder-mystery writer named Abigail Mapleworth solves homicides in her quaint small town of New Woodstream.
- DirectorIshan Anuan SinghStarsSaurabh DwivediIshan Anuan SinghTamanna VermaMeraki is an experimental psychological thriller that explores the extent to which the process of creation, the sacrifices around it and the importance of reflecting oneself onto that creation are co-related for a true artist.
- DirectorAdriel RomanStarsShirley van PattenIvy Cerelle GrayAbby ReyKatherine Wells dies from mystery illness. Her daughters Sydney and Maya bring her back to life, then face dark family secrets in their home.
- DirectorPrudhvi ChandStarsPrudhvi ChandJeniferA young desperate writer traps in his own possessed book for his self centered nature, and an inanimate object tries to teach him a beautiful lesson.
- DirectorAlistair Banks GriffinStarsNaomi WattsJennifer EhleEmory CohenAn unseen tormentor harasses a reclusive author as a citywide blackout triggers fires, looting and escalating violence during the Summer of Sam in New York in 1977.
- DirectorMacoto TezukaStarsGorô InagakiFumi NikaidôKiyohiko ShibukawaAn author develops a near-insane obsession with a mysterious woman.
- DirectorSam YatesStarsJonah Hauer-KingLyndsey MarshalColin FarrellOn an archaeological dig in Iraq, author Agatha Christie uncovers a series of murders.
- StarsBasel KhayyatDaniella RahmeReem KhouryWhen accused of a murder eerily parallel to a plot in his novel, a best-selling crime writer must navigate a web of hidden enemies.
- DirectorRobert OrmeStarsKayla SturgeonLuke CirakyVincent SadlerA group of authors who are invited to speak at a writer's conference find out that they are being blackmailed by their mysterious host. Emilee Pike, a young children's book author, must use her wits to find the dirt he has on them before it is too late.
- DirectorPaolo VirzìStarsMauro LamantiaGiovanni ToscanoIrene VetereThe corpse of a famous film producer is found in the Tiber. The investigations focus on three peculiar young scriptwriters.
- DirectorPatrick von BarkenbergStarsAndréa WinterMartina NovakLinda DahlinAfter her latest novel flops, a best-selling crime writer is sent by her publisher to the Swedish countryside to regain inspiration. Totally out of place in her new surroundings, she discovers how dangerous life in East Europe can be.
- DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsBen KingsleyBenno FürmannTuva NovotnyOne solitary man at the rudder in a small open boat ploughs through a troubled sea off the Dutch coast.
- DirectorR. Michael GivensStarsTrevor DonovanVail BloomBobby BatsonA struggling novelist moves his wife and young son to an old country home, but when a presence begins to communicate with his son, the family must escape an evil that threatens to doom them to the house for eternity.
- DirectorDaniel de la VegaStarsOsmar NúñezLuciano CáceresNatalia LoboA mystery writer, accused of murder, will discover that nothing is more misleading than an evident fact.
- DirectorMartin ÖhmanStarsAshkan GhodsMalin MüllerKarin MårtenssonMINU tells the story of Payam, a man who is battling depression while at the same time struggling to write the sequel to his acclaimed first book. He escapes into the wilderness in an attempt to clear his writer's block while also trying to deal with the recent split from the love of his love. One day he sees a woman in a blue dress and he can't escape the feeling that he's seen her before. He finds himself wandering around the woods looking for her, not knowing what lies ahead. MINU is a surreal drama that explore the human psyche through symbolism and intense acting. MINU is written and directed by Martin Öhman, a filmmaker, musician and artist based in Sweden. With the ambition to create a vivid and organic experience, Öhman deliberately used improvisation and intuition as a main tool throughout the filming and editing process. The result is a movie that invites the viewer to be a part of the journey and create their own interpretation.
- DirectorSam IrvinStarsNicky WhelanAshley RickardsHeather Elizabeth MorrisA self help writer and her family become the target of a troubled girl.
- DirectorTerry LoaneStarsDean AndrewsRuth BradleyBebe CaveIn 1926, with her personal life in tatters and her writing in crisis, a young Agatha Christie decides to solve a real-life murder.
- CreatorMichael RauchStarsAlan CummingBojana NovakovicDaniel IngsA former CIA operative who has since built a "normal" life as a gifted professor and writer is pulled back into his old life when the NYPD needs his help to stop a serial killer on the loose.
- DirectorColten DietzStarsJohn H. EuberPatrick GiglioManny GreenfieldStephen Rowling is struggling with writers block and fighting to keep his employment with Morris publishing when he stumbles across a very unusual typewriter.
- DirectorAlessio De NicolaStarsKurt BaylySheree da CostaPeter HayesDealing with the dark and destructive side of creativity, The Hemingway Shot is an edgy mystery taking place in the home of deceased author Frank Hemingway. Elle and Ruth find their lives entangled as they both try to survive the truth of Hemingway's demise but as the stories of all three unravel are we confronted with an earth-shattering enigma or is this the greatest plot twist ever written.
- DirectorSaiji YakumoStarsFumika ShimizuMarie IitoyoRiria BabaMembers of a High School literature club discover there is more to the club members than their weekly meetings would lead them to believe.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsEmmanuelle SeignerEva GreenVincent PerezA writer goes through a tough period after the release of her latest book, as she gets involved with an obsessive admirer.
- DirectorMostafa SoltaniStarsMajid SalehiShaghayegh FarahaniDariush ArjmandAn idealist writer finally gets fascinated by a war story; a backpack contains lots of information about fifteen soldiers who died in Iran-Iraq war and were never found.
- DirectorBrian GoodmanStarsAntonio BanderasJonathan Rhys MeyersPiper PeraboA reclusive screenwriter takes in a mysterious drifter who is determined to repay his kindness by helping him finish his latest story.
- DirectorArthur EgeliStarsJade HarlowJosh WaltherHeather EgeliBased on the Christa Worthington case. An out of work fisherman has an affair with a fashion writer wintering on the Cape. She returns two years later with his child, and when she is murdered, the fisherman is the prime suspect.
- DirectorMajidul Islam ShadhinStarsSabnam FariaAbul HayatFs NayeemA writer finds him in a difficult situation for writing something new, meanwhile a newly married couple moved in to his next door. Writer picks them as his new character. He started to observe them and manipulates the real life couples to the breaking point.
- DirectorWyatt LakeStarsLaura CampbellDon LakeJames Mitchell NealThe story of a novelist searching for inspiration at a writer's retreat. As isolation, obsession and anxiety take over, her experiences at Blackpoint Manor may unravel her forever.
- DirectorSam KuhnStarsCaley JonesElissa MielkeCotey PopeSeeking refuge from the law, teen poet Stella tells of the mysterious disappearance of her highschool lover Sebastian and the strange deed she was compelled to perform.
- DirectorRamiro TenorioStarsCatalina ZahriFernando KlicheRenzo BriceñoWhile looking for answers about her boyfriend's death in South America, a romance writer becomes entangled in a dark and deadly historical mystery.
- DirectorMasaki InoueStarsJulia AsadovaIgor BondarenkoAnton FomichevMikhail is a writer who has a supernatural power to erase people`s memories. He has many visitors who want to get their bad experiences out of their minds. He takes their memories and writes his novels based on it. One day he finds that his little daughter has disappeared and he has got lost in the labyrinths of memories. This is a feature debut of Japanese director Masaki Inoue shot in Russia. The film is engaging the spectator in the world of perceptions and memories, where mystery becomes intertwined with reality.
- DirectorOz PerkinsStarsRuth WilsonPaula PrentissBob BalabanA young nurse takes care of an elderly author who lives in a haunted house.
- DirectorMichel PouletteStarsVanessa RayAdam KorsonTara Spencer-NairnAfter getting dropped by her publisher, celebrated novelist Hannah Ryan uses the negative forces in her life to inspire the creation of a pulp crime serial that posts new chapters to subscriber's devices every week. The initial release is a modest success but the work becomes a massive hit after a real life murder takes place that bears a striking similarity to Hannah's story. Is it really just a coincidence or is it possible that a copycat serial killer is acting out the fictitious murders in real life? And is he going to strike again once Hannah releases her next chapter?
- StarsYuki UchidaChizuru IkewakiNobuaki KanekoWhen TV screenwriter Suzune Makabe is visited in the middle of the night by an estranged former high school classmate and her young son, she agrees to let them stay over and soon strange things happen.
- DirectorNatalie PortmanStarsNatalie PortmanGilad KahanaAmir TesslerThe story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.
- DirectorAnsel FarajStarsJerry LacyNathan WilsonMaggie WagnerAugust T. Harrison, private eye, comes out of retirement to solve a bizarre missing persons case, but finds himself caught in the middle of a dark conspiracy involving the writings of H.P. Lovecraft.
- DirectorMatías SalinasStarsJavier SolisCarlos PiñeiroValeria SalinasA young writer traumatized by the death of his wife and kid, describes his disturbing experiences to a psychiatrist. A mysterious man, hidden under an umbrella, forces him to finish his book regardless the cost of its consequences.
- DirectorJoão MarcoStarsPedro MonteiroTânia SilvaPedro RomeirasA robbed writer. His masterpiece... disappeared in the hands of a friend. A play that he had kept under lock and key. That same night, he decides to set the record straight: a small conversation, with nothing more than a few jolts. But it is not meant to be that way. Misfortune is there, lurking in the shadows of the alleys lights. His whole life, built by his firm, steady and sure hand, is thrown against the cold sidewalk on a dark night. Yet a man can survive. Even after everything. A writer can rewrite each sentence again. That's what he thought...
- DirectorMickey NewmanStarsGiovanni RipaA sleep-deprived writer faces a deadline, as he loses touch with what is real and what his mind has begun to fabricate.
- DirectorQuentin KrogStarsDonnaLee RobertsArmand AucampRolanda MaraisAfter a prolific South African writer disappears, a journalist is motivated by ambition to uncover the writer's secret history.
- DirectorKyul KimStarsInseop JangJiung YangSubin LeeOn Jihwan's journey to get some intuition for his next novel, he encounters Hansung, his old friend and novel writer as well. Jihwan followed Hansung into a strange valley in a mountain only to fail to catch Hansung, a place where he came across a black covered note. Returning from the journey, Jihwan inquires after Hansung to Shinyoung, an associate of a publishing company who he loves, and also is a girlfriend of Hansung, only to find the eerie fact that Hansung is long dead. Jihwan struggles to write new literature after that, but things are not working out well. Jihwan accidentally finds Hansung's black covered note that novel written in Hansung's handwriting. As he was struggling writing one, Jihwan refers the novel and mimic one. After that, a phantom of Hansung haunts Jihwan, revealing intricate connection between Hansung and Jihwan.
- DirectorMichael FredianelliStarsJeremy KoernerBill OlsonMary NitschkeA novelist with writer's block is mysteriously stalked by a drifter.
- DirectorLouis NeroStarsF. Murray AbrahamTaylor HackfordLouis NeroA journey in the footsteps of the most famous initiate of Italian Trecento, the author of the celebrated "Divine Comedy". A poet who has inspired some of the most outstanding minds in History.
- DirectorKazuyuki MorosawaStarsKazuko YoshiyukiMitsuru MatsuokaYuri AikawaThe famous novelist Kaoru Mitarai drives drunk and hits an old woman. Her son Ryuhei, who is an obscure novelist,threatens Kaoru to let him publish her manuscript under his name. Kaoru gets mad at first but soon begins to enjoy it. She has been losing the will to write and he energizes her. 'Song of Good Old Future' wins the prize and is on the bestseller list. Ryuhei becomes famous and has an affair with young attractive editor Yuriko. The relationship between Kaoru and Ryuhei gradually changes and turns to be tragic.
- DirectorMikael SalomonStarsMaria BelloAnn DowdWill HarrisA famous mystery writer sets out for revenge after a brutal attack.
- DirectorAyyub PatelStarsHarish AmarJay DograPriya FoxGuptraj , a mystery writer refuses to grant a divorce to his wife Neelam. Detective Andaz returns from America to his wealthy father's estate and meets Neelam. They fell in love and devised a perfect murder plot to kill Guptraj. The plot gets complicated when the true identity of Neelam is revealed. A serial killer is set out to kill both as the horror and the mystery begins to unravel.
- DirectorNeil BreenStarsNeil BreenKlara LandratJennifer AutryA computer-scientist/novelist reunites with his childhood friend, hacks into government databases, and faces the dire and fateful consequences of the mystical actions he obtained as a child.
- DirectorGregory BlairStarsBill Oberst Jr.Mikhail BlokhCindy MerrillInternational genre favorite Bill Oberst Jr. plays an amnesiac horror writer who becomes trapped in his own nightmare as terrifying images emerge that may or may not be memories, madness, or both! Remembering can be murder!
- DirectorJames KentStarsJanet AmsdenAlice BarlowIsabel BarlowFollows aging novelist Vida Winter, who enlists a young writer to finally tell the story of her life including her mysterious childhood spent in Angelfield House, which burned to the ground when she was a teenager.
- DirectorBrandon PolancoStarsBryan CranstonLela EdgarSpenser GraneseA vexed screenwriter, an elusive woman and the thin line between fact and fiction.
- DirectorAlicia AlbaresStarsWilliam MillerCarlos Álvarez-NóvoaRamón BareaPivoting around a novelist's fascinating story of a magic mirror--the extra-dimensional gate to a haunting realm--a Literature student locates her house, intent on crossing over. Will he ever find out what lurks hidden on the other side?
- DirectorVitaly SuminStarsDevorah Lynne DishingtonEllie AraizaVitaly SuminRobert Hurley, a Los Angeles-based screenwriter of Notes from the New World, based on Dostoevsky Notes from the Underground, has vanished shortly after reporting harassment from unidentified people.
- DirectorErik D. BatemanStarsRichie CallChrislynn CallKent HadfieldFelix is a murder mystery writer that has trouble separating reality from fantasy. Both he and Kate are persuaded to meet each other at a social gathering in a cabin in the woods. After some bizarre introductions the situation becomes gruesome. In their efforts to escape Felix and Kate discover the circumstances are more than what they first perceived. As they peel back the layers they discover that murder, in a manner of speaking, may be comical, romantic and justified.
- DirectorJean-Claude BrisseauStarsVirginie LegeayClaude MorelLise BellynckA retired mathematics professor spends his days writing, when one day he comes across a young injured girl with no home or history. As he takes her in and cares for her, he begins to suspect that she is the reincarnation of his late wife.
- DirectorBrian KlugmanLee SternthalStarsBradley CooperDennis QuaidOlivia WildeA writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.
- DirectorScott DerricksonStarsEthan HawkeJuliet RylanceJames RansoneA controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer whose legacy dates back to the 1960s.
- DirectorSimon CôtéIsabel DréanStarsMaxim MartinJean-Guy MoreauMarc FournierMichel Galand, famous novelist, invites five friends for dinner. He prepared everything: good wine, small presents for everyone, a good meal and... his suicide as dessert. But the events do not turn out as the writer had planned.
- DirectorHaruka OrthStarsAvery FaneAtsuko KohataYukita KusunokiA writer ventures to a retreat to look within for inspiration, and finds a lot more than he bargained for.
- DirectorSagi BornsteinStarsDror KerenAn International detective story that starts by following the twisted rout of Franz Kafka's manuscripts to a damp and dank apartment in Tel Aviv, and continues on a worldwide journey with the 'Kafkaologists' trying to solve the enigma of a literary genius.
- DirectorGérald Hustache-MathieuStarsJean-Paul RouveSophie QuintonGuillaume GouixA bestselling crime novelist who is desperately looking for a new story hones his focus on the apparent suicide of a small-town woman, an aspiring model who thought she was the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe.
- DirectorFanfan ZhangStarsAlec SuJunjie MaoHongjie NiDetective novelist Liu Yunfei takes it upon himself to investigate a series of murders on a cruise ship. This is the sequel to the 2010 film "Lost in Panic Room."
- DirectorJulien LacombePascal SidStarsLaetitia CastaThierry NeuvicJacques BonnafféIn 1922, a young novelist goes to the countryside to write her latest book and falls victim to terrifying hallucinations and nightmares.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsNeve CampbellCourteney CoxDavid ArquetteTen years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsVal KilmerBruce DernElle FanningA struggling horror writer visiting a small town on a book tour gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by a mysterious young ghost named V.
- DirectorDarren Lynn BousmanStarsTimothy GibbsMichael LandesBrendan PriceAfter the death of his wife and child, an author travels to Barcelona to see his estranged brother and dying father, where he learns that his life is plagued by events that occur on 11/11/11.
- StarsPierce BrosnanMelissa GeorgeAnnabeth GishAfter his wife's sudden death, a bestselling author returns to his cabin retreat, where he receives paranormal visitations and becomes involved in a custody battle.
- DirectorReg TravissStarsCharisma CarpenterPaul SculforRicci HarnettA serial killer unleashes his blood lust at a remote environmental-camp. Years later a horror novelist relocates to rural England and is plagued to the point of madness by horrific hauntings of a massacre.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsEwan McGregorPierce BrosnanOlivia WilliamsA ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.
- DirectorRob CowanStarsMatthew LillardDeborah Kara UngerGina HoldenA screenwriting teacher is forced to live out the plot of a screenplay idea he stole from a student, who now seeks revenge.
- DirectorSteven CortinasStarsNick GeoThomas AdisiBrooke Ashley AndersonThe Problem Solver is the story of a young screenwriter who becomes so obsessed with a movie star, that his obsession with her succeeds in destroying the lives of himself and those around him. The result finds him wrapped in a world of kidnapping, murder, and madness.
- DirectorGiuliano GiacomelliLorenzo GiovengaStarsFranco BernardiniIsidoro BernardiniEric BiagiottiEmiliano Saudado is a writer who goes to a small village in the Italian to collect information about some popular legends. Saudato looks for some details about the legend of the "Seeds of God". He will discover a terrible truth.
- StarsDavid HillMassimo McQueenMitchell SalbergIn this season of Hardcover Mysteries eight New York Times best-selling authors examine the incredible real-life cases that inspired their own creations. Watch as the top of the line storytellers do what they do best by adding unique perspectives and creative twists to some of history's most famous mysteries.
- DirectorSky WangStarsRobert NunesDiego GomezTony ChristophersonA frustrated writer struggles to find the motivation behind a story that involves two brothers and their differences. While letting the story unfold, events escalate as he writes the final revision and the story takes him to places he did not expect.
- DirectorCarlos AlgaraCarlos RamírezStarsAlejandro AlgaraOliver Cantú LozanoSofía GarzaStruggling through the pages of an inconclusive story, a writer decides to retake an old manuscript with his typewriter. Just when everything seems to be picking up, there's a knock on the door. The unexpected intruder enters the room, he seems to be injured and falls down to the floor. Attempting to call an ambulance, the writer dials the emergency number, but as he gives his back to the uninvited visitor, he takes a blunt hit to the head and passes out, unconscious. When the writer wakes up, he's inside what appears to be a somewhat forgotten library. Aside for books, there's only one table and two chairs. The writer is tied to his chair while the intruder seats at the other side, waiting for him to wake up. After an agitated argument, the intruder pulls out a weapon, and just when he's about to shoot the writer, we realize that everything's a creation of the writer's story, and he's the one who's in control of the situation. Suddenly, the writer is the one with the gun, while the intruder is tied to his chair, defenseless. Just when the writer seems to be on top of things, the intruder starts messing with his head, as his own character, by making him believe he (the writer) is useless without him (the intruder). The story ends up chasing after his own creator (the writer) as he struggles to escape, until he realizes he needs to give it an ending, so he shoots the intruder, killing him instantly, but also inevitably killing himself.
- DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsRicardo DarínSoledad VillamilPablo RagoA retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
- DirectorRachel WardStarsBen MendelsohnSophie LoweMaeve DermodyA writer reawakens his childhood trauma from the past when he returns home, at the request of his estranged sister, to grieve their father's impending death.
- DirectorJames Napier RobertsonStarsJames Napier RobertsonGareth ReevesJinny Lee StoryA true crime novelist, obsessed with his latest book and convinced he is losing his mind, takes a trip to the forest to recover, but ends up with a fellow traveler dead and blood on his hands.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsJesse MetcalfeAmber TamblynMichael DouglasRemake of the 1956 film noir film "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" in which a writer's plan to expose a corrupt district attorney takes an unexpected turn.
- CreatorJonathan AmesStarsJason SchwartzmanZach GalifianakisTed DansonA well-meaning but struggling writer decides to lead a sort of double life by pretending to be a private detective using the methods he read about in old detective novels.
- CreatorAndrew W. MarloweStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanWhen a psychopath commits murders based on novelist Castle's books, Detective Beckett seeks his help to solve the case. He decides to work with her and uses his experiences as research for his novels.
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsBenoît MagimelLika MinamotoGen ShimaokaThe writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe, considered by him to be the master of manipulation. In his underground detective novels, evil always prevails and Shundei Oe has never allowed anyone to see his face. His only image available is a frightening picture on the back of his best-sellers. Alex travels to Kyoto to promote his successful detective story that follows the same style of the Shundei Oe but with a positive message instead. He meets with his publisher, Ken Honda, from the publishing house Hakubunkan. While in an interview in a TV show, Alex receives a phone call from Shundei Oe that advises him to return to Paris, and Alex believes it is a marketing strategy of Ken. Then Alex and Ken go to a tea house where he meets the Masochist geisha Tamao, and Alex has a crush on her. Tamao discloses to Alex that she knows Shundei Oe and his real name is Hichiro Irata; further they were lovers when she rejected his proposal many years ago. From this moment on, Hichiro Irata loathed her and vanished. When she got pregnant by the wealthy and powerful business man Ryuji Mogi, Shundei Oe returned and stalked her. Alex decides to help Tamao and Ryuji Mogi against the menace of the deranged writer, and his mind is blurred between fiction and reality in dreadful nightmares.
- DirectorArmand MastroianniStarsCrystal BernardVincent SpanoRoxanne HartA fledgling mystery writer sees an opportunity to advance her career after the death of a novelist/friend but faces dire consequences when a series of vicious murders occur, implicating her.
- DirectorEiji NakamuraStarsShin'ichi TokuharaSachi NatsuoKeita OnoA novelist, Wataru Naruse, won the Literary Award when he was young. But from the pressure of being an award winning hit novelist, he tries to commit suicide. But he fails. He decides to go see his old friend. There, Wataru sees a mermaid. Was what he saw "real" or "an imagination"?
- DirectorJohn OrrichioStarsTony RugnettaJacki VogelRudy J. AltenorA writer buys a typewriter which brings out his deepest and darkest desires.
- DirectorGuillermo R. RodríguezStarsEmett AllenTrace BarnesMichelle BaxterWunderkind horror novelist Stephen Grimes is hard at work coming up with new ways to kill people when, on a late-night drive, he hits a young man and rushes him to the hospital. A tentative friendship between the two men erupts into a heated affair. Stephen is soon trapped in a dangerous plot, as Emett and Emett's friends reveal a sinister side that could be a storyline from one of his own novels.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsMichael CaineJude LawHarold PinterOn his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.
- DirectorLee Myung-seStarsGang Dong-wonLee Yeon-heeKong Hyo-jinA young writer can't write a word for his next novel, he also doesn't feel right with his fiancée; because he falls in love with a woman, but he can't remember who she is and can't figure out if she's real or just a dream.
- DirectorJoe WrightStarsKeira KnightleyJames McAvoyBrenda BlethynThirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.