Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "female-novelist"

1. Basic Instinct (1992)

R | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn

Votes: 218,871 | Gross: $117.73M

2. All Good Things (2010)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

David Marks, a real estate scion, is suspected of killing his wife Katie, who disappeared in 1982.

Director: Andrew Jarecki | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Lily Rabe

Votes: 59,971 | Gross: $0.58M

3. Death on the Nile (1978)

PG | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Simon MacCorkindale, Jane Birkin

Votes: 39,764

4. You Hurt My Feelings (2023)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.

Director: Nicole Holofcener | Stars: Amber Tamblyn, David Cross, Tobias Menzies, Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Votes: 12,184

5. On the Rocks (2020)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young mother reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.

Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans, Jessica Henwick

Votes: 36,403

6. 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: 26,411 | Gross: $5.14M

7. Marianne (2019)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

When a famous horror writer goes back to her hometown, she finds out that the evil spirit that plagues her dreams is also there in real life.

Stars: Victoire Du Bois, Lucie Boujenah, Tiphaine Daviot, Ralph Amoussou

Votes: 18,555

8. Big Driver (2014 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A famous mystery writer sets out for revenge after a brutal attack.

Director: Mikael Salomon | Stars: Maria Bello, Ann Dowd, Will Harris, Joan Jett

Votes: 6,587

9. Vita & Virginia (2018)

Unrated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The fascinating true story of the love affair between socialite and popular author Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf.

Director: Chanya Button | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isabella Rossellini, Rupert Penry-Jones

Votes: 4,836 | Gross: $0.04M

10. Three... Extremes (2004)

R | 125 min | Horror

An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.

Directors: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike | Stars: Bai Ling, Lee Byung-hun, Kyoko Hasegawa, Pauline Lau

Votes: 20,857 | Gross: $0.08M

11. Based on a True Story (I) (2017)

100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A writer goes through a tough period after the release of her latest book, as she gets involved with an obsessive admirer.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Emmanuelle Seigner, Eva Green, Vincent Perez, Dominique Pinon

Votes: 7,379

12. Princess Cyd (2017)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance

A 16-year-old girl visits her aunt in Chicago for the summer. While there, she falls for another girl, and she and her aunt challenge each other's sex and spirit.

Director: Stephen Cone | Stars: Marika Mashburn, Jessie Pinnick, Paul Brian Fagen, Keith Kupferer

Votes: 4,398

13. Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010 Video)

R | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Multi-arrow crossbow? Check. Holy water grenade launcher? Ready. Stake-shooting M134? Got that, too. Edgar Frog is locked and loaded for his bloodiest badass battle yet with the undead.

Director: Dario Piana | Stars: Corey Feldman, Casey B. Dolan, Tanit Phoenix, Jamison Newlander

Votes: 4,868

14. Centigrade (2020)

Unrated | 89 min | Drama, Thriller

A married couple find themselves trapped in their frozen vehicle after a blizzard and struggle to survive amid plunging temperatures and unforeseen obstacles.

Director: Brendan Walsh | Stars: Genesis Rodriguez, Vincent Piazza, Benjamin Sokolow, Emily Bayiokos

Votes: 3,556

15. All for Love (II) (2016 TV Movie)

TV-G | 83 min | Comedy, Romance

After 73 errors about firefighters in her last romance novel, Jo's publisher, Diana, insists on weeks of research for her next book by training at a military boot camp run by her navy seal brother.

Director: Lee Friedlander | Stars: Sara Rue, Steve Bacic, Teryl Rothery, Jordana Largy

Votes: 1,791

16. The Door (I) (2012)

97 min | Drama

An author forms a strange bond with her eccentric maid that will have a lasting effect on both women.

Director: István Szabó | Stars: Helen Mirren, Martina Gedeck, Károly Eperjes, Gábor Koncz

Votes: 2,452

17. Pumpkin Everything (2022 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Amy a novelist returns to her hometown to look after her stubborn grandfather, Tom and his pumpkin themed store. While staying there she crosses paths with a man from her past.

Director: Jeff Beesley | Stars: Taylor Cole, Corey Sevier, Michael Ironside, Paula Boudreau

Votes: 850

18. Of Human Bondage (1964)

Approved | 100 min | Drama

A medical student becomes obsessed with his faithless lover.

Directors: Ken Hughes, Henry Hathaway, Bryan Forbes | Stars: Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey, Robert Morley, Siobhan McKenna

Votes: 1,099 | Gross: $3.82M

19. Psychosis (I) (2010)

R | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A 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.

Director: Reg Traviss | Stars: Charisma Carpenter, Paul Sculfor, Ricci Harnett, Justin Hawkins

Votes: 2,084

20. Must Love Christmas (2022 TV Movie)

PG | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A renowned romance novelist famous becomes involved in a love triangle between her childhood crush and a reporter.

Director: Martin Wood | Stars: Liza Lapira, Neal Bledsoe, Nathan Witte, Adam Beauchesne

Votes: 613

21. Girls on Top (1985–1986)

30 min | Comedy

Four women who are nothing alike end up living together in a flat in England.

Stars: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax, Joan Greenwood

Votes: 332

22. I Am Watching You (2016 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Romance, Thriller

Writer, Nora Nichols finds inspiration by watching her neighbor Lucas' escapades from her bedroom window. But things take an interesting turn when she realizes he's been watching too.

Director: Maureen Bharoocha | Stars: Madeline Zima, Brian Ames, Lilan Bowden, Lesley-Anne Down

Votes: 392

23. The Workshop (2017)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

The scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in ... See full summary »

Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Marina Foïs, Matthieu Lucci, Florian Beaujean, Doudou Masta

Votes: 2,274 | Gross: $0.02M

24. Trenchcoat (1983)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

An aspiring mystery writer becomes accidently embroiled in an international plot during a two-week stay in Malta.

Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Margot Kidder, Robert Hays, David Suchet, Gila von Weitershausen

Votes: 553 | Gross: $4.30M

25. Reunited at Christmas (2018 TV Movie)

TV-G | 85 min | Drama, Romance

Tasked with penning a Christmas novel, a successful writer returns to her late grandmother's home for a family reunion during the holiday season.

Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Nikki Deloach, Mike Faiola, Eileen Pedde, Andrew Airlie

Votes: 1,372

26. The Girl with the Golden Hands (2021)

107 min | Drama

East Germany, in autumn 1999. Gudrun Pfaff is about to turn sixty when she finds out that the orphanage she grew up in is being sold to turn into a hotel, and she is willing to do anything to stop it.

Director: Katharina Marie Schubert | Stars: Corinna Harfouch, Birte Schnöink, Peter-René Lüdicke, Jörg Schüttauf

Votes: 106

27. Christmas at Maple Creek (2020 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

Sparks fly as a romance novelist works with the local blacksmith to save a charming pioneer village before Christmas. But when her secret crush arrives, she takes a page from her novels to figure out her true "Happily Ever After."

Director: Max McGuire | Stars: Jeni Ross, Jake Epstein, Erin Eldershaw, Mary Long

Votes: 576

28. Love After Love (1992)

104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Lola is an independent woman, a professional writer with 2 men on a string. Both men are married with children. When the men, and Lola, face having to make choices, Lola's comfortable life ... See full summary »

Director: Diane Kurys | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Bernard Giraudeau, Hippolyte Girardot, Lio

Votes: 416 | Gross: $0.08M

29. A Novel Affair (1957)

97 min | Comedy, Drama

A chauffeur gets the wrong idea after he reads his lady boss's erotic novel.

Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Margaret Leighton, Ralph Richardson, Patricia Dainton, Carlo Giustini

Votes: 239

30. Man-Proof (1938)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mimi has tried everything to become the bride to Alan, but he chooses Elizabeth instead. The ironic part is that Mimi's mother writes romance novels and neither one has had any luck with ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Myrna Loy, Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon

Votes: 678

31. C'est arrivé dans l'escalier (2006 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy

Isabelle, working as janitor at a bourgeois building, meets Charles, one of the tenants when he falls on the stairs. Taking her for a renowned novelist, he invites her to a fancy restaurant. Bewildered, Isabelle decides to live the lie.

Director: Luc Béraud | Stars: Julie Debazac, Sam Karmann, Macha Méril, Tom Novembre

Votes: 18

32. Zoom Hunting (2010)

87 min | Thriller

Yang Ruyi (32), a fashion magazine photographer, lives with her elder sister Yang Ruxing (33), a rational, introverted detective fiction author. Ruyi has inadvertently photographed a couple... See full summary »

Director: Li Cho | Stars: Janine Chun-Ning Chang, Zhi-Ying Zhu, Sheng-hao Wen, Heng-Yin Chou

Votes: 86

33. To the Other Side (2013)

20 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery

Pivoting 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?

Director: Alicia Albares | Stars: William Miller, Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa, Ramón Barea, Xenia Sevillano

Votes: 38

34. Le temps du rossignol (1971 TV Movie)

95 min | Drama, Thriller

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Director: Abder Isker | Stars: Philippe Lemaire, Danièle Delorme, Gérard Berner, Rachel Cathoud

35. Strangers (1996)
Episode: The One You Love (1996)

Drama, Romance

A successful straight forty-something female novelist falls for her husband's beautiful young mistress who reciprocates her feelings.

Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Anne Deleuze, Larry Lamb, Veronica Logan, Cherie Lunghi

36. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Tod vor Schalterschluss (1987)

58 min | Crime, Drama

About thirty minutes before the closing the counters there is a hold-up in the agency of the bank.A man with balaclava and armed with a pistol, goes to the counter, gives to the cashier a ... See full summary »

Director: Günter Gräwert | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Charles M. Huber, Evelyn Opela

Votes: 23

37. The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode: Love All (1969)

TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Responsible old government bureaucrats are suddenly falling madly in love with the homely office charwoman - and they can't wait to tell her all of their secrets.

Director: Peter Sykes | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Veronica Strong, Terence Alexander

Votes: 199

38. Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode: Just Desserts (1991)

TV-14 | 52 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After Lovejoy is released from a low security prison after an eight month sentence for theft, he is determined to find out who framed him.

Director: Don Leaver | Stars: Ian McShane, Phyllis Logan, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury

Votes: 83

39. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode: Bücherwahn (2005)

44 min | Crime

The burned corpse of a woman has been found in a wasteland: Ina ,who was present in the lecture and autograph session of Sophie Strutz recognizes that the burned corpse is that one of Sophie Strutz, an author of crime novels.

Director: Oren Schmuckler | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke

40. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode: A Slight Case of Murder (1996)

Not Rated | 27 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

A game of cat and mouse ensues between a female mystery novelist and her jealous former husband when he accuses her of having a love affair with her nosy neighbor's son.

Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Francesca Annis, Christopher Cazenove, Elizabeth Spriggs, Patrick Barlow

Votes: 510

41. Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode: The Colonel's Lady (1988)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Colonel George Peregrine's comfortable life is disturbed when his wife writes a bestselling raunchy novel. When he finally reads it, he becomes convinced that she has been having an affair.

Director: Barry Davis | Stars: Joss Ackland, Pauline Collins, Carol Leader, Paul Williamson

Votes: 143

42. Hiccups (2010–2011)
Episode: Novel Idea (2011)

Comedy

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Director: Carl Bessai | Stars: Nancy Robertson, Laura Soltis, David Ingram, Emily Perkins

Votes: 36

43. Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen (2022)
Episode: Destination Unknown (2022)

Documentary

Investigates Agatha Christie's 1926 disappearance, unraveling the mystery and exploring its profound impact on Christie's writing.

Directors: Rachel Jardine, Simon George | Stars: Lucy Worsley, Edgar Jones, Claire Hilton, Adrian Bingham

Votes: 45

44. Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen (2022)
Episode: Unfinished Portrait (2022)

Documentary

Lucy Worsley explores Agatha Christie's later life, revealing how newfound personal happiness during the turbulent 1930s and 40s marked a golden age for her writing.

Directors: Edmund Moriarty, Simon George | Stars: Lucy Worsley, Elena Pischikova, Katherine Blakeney, Frankie Y. Bailey

Votes: 41

45. Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen (2022)
Episode: Cat Among the Pigeons (2022)

54 min | Documentary

Lucy Worsley turns detective to uncover how Agatha Christie developed a talent for murder.

Directors: Grace Chapman, Eleanor Scoones, Simon George, Edmund Moriarty | Stars: Lucy Worsley, Agatha Christie, James Prichard, Kate Adie

Votes: 50

46. Angie Tribeca (2016–2018)
Episode: Organ Trail (2016)

TV-14 | 20 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Atkins assigns Geils and Tribeca a romance novelist to help in their attempt to bust an organ thief at a local hospital.

Director: Dan Beers | Stars: Rashida Jones, Hayes MacArthur, Jere Burns, Deon Cole

Votes: 175

47. DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode: Séance and Sensibility (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When Mona discovers that her favorite author, Jane Austen, might be at the epicenter of a magical alert, Mona, Sara, Charlie and Zari find themselves in Bath, England, 1802.

Director: Alexandra La Roche | Stars: Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Tala Ashe

Votes: 1,553

48. Ah! Vous écrivez? (1976–1980)
Episode: Camille Lemercier, une nostalgique gaie (1977)

24 min | Short, Talk-Show

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Director: Nicolas Ribowski | Stars: Bernard Pivot, Camille Lemercier

49. Ah! Vous écrivez? (1976–1980)
Episode: Chantal Chawaf (1979)

14 min | Short, Talk-Show

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Director: Nicolas Ribowski | Stars: Bernard Pivot, Chantal Chawaf

50. Ah! Vous écrivez? (1976–1980)
Episode: Flora Groult (1979)

22 min | Short, Talk-Show

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Director: Nicolas Ribowski | Stars: Bernard Pivot, Flora Groult