Writer Movies

Narrated by Linda Hunt, this documentary examines the life of the late author and gay rights activist Paul Monette. Born in 1945 to a well-off...

When a self-help writer's advice goes wrong, she finds herself in the crosshairs of an obsessive young woman with a thirst for vengeance.

Scenes of the childhood of a girl, living in a small Brazilian town.

Carlos is a writer who is staying in an old hotel, looking for inspiration for his next story. However, he falls prey to a creative block that pits...

A writer discovers he's being used as a pawn by greedy businessmen.

Oliver Walston investigates his mother Catherine's 20-year relationship with the writer Graham Greene, which gave rise to Greene's famous novel The...

The story of a Jewish novelist, Harry Lesser, struggling to complete his latest work, and his antagonistic relationship with a black writer who moves...

Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The...

An egotistical failing author must face reality to save himself and those around him.

In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. He...

Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block and he needs a new play, so he takes an opportunity to observe his upper class neighbors of 1900 Paris. There is...

A mysterious woman wanders the streets of Manhattan in a confused state. Finding herself inexplicably drawn to a group of teenagers she embarks on an...

When 19-year-old gay-rights activist Tommy and 24-year-old Alan first meet in 1973, they find themselves on the opposite sides of the political...

Jay Parini finds himself stuck in a Morris Minor, chauffeuring the brilliant, blind Jorge Luis Borges through Scotland. Quiet and conservative,...

Miguel is a young man with a great imagination and talent for writing, but has to contend with the obstacles, negatives and attitudes of the people...

A multifaceted portrait of the German writer W.G. Sebald.

Drama documentary from 1978 exploring the private feelings of novelist Thomas Hardy through the poems of love and remorse that he wrote after the...

A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.