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    • William Holden, Nancy Olson, and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard (1950)

      1. Sunset Boulevard

      19501h 50mApproved94Metascore
      8.4 (249K)
      A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
    • Nicolas Cage in Adaptation. (2002)

      2. Adaptation.

      20021h 55mR83Metascore
      7.7 (209K)
      A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
    • Jim Carrey and Laurie Holden in The Majestic (2001)

      3. The Majestic

      20012h 32mPG27Metascore
      6.9 (60K)
      In 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
    • Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos (2021)

      4. Being the Ricardos

      20212h 11mR60Metascore
      6.5 (46K)
      Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers--and another that could end their marriage.
    • Will Forte in A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)

      5. A Futile and Stupid Gesture

      20181h 41mTV-MA55Metascore
      6.7 (19K)
      In the 1970s and '80s, National Lampoon's success and influence creates a new media empire overseen in part by the brilliant and troubled Douglas Kenney.
    • Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons, and Bella Heathcote in The Rewrite (2014)

      6. The Rewrite

      20141h 47mNot Rated51Metascore
      6.3 (23K)
      An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.
    • Jayne Mansfield in Promises..... Promises! (1963)

      7. Promises..... Promises!

      19631h 15mNot Rated
      5.0 (719)
      After a drunken spree on a cruise ship, two women discover that they're pregnant and set out to discover who the fathers are.
    • VIOLET (2021)

      8. Violet

      20211h 32mR61Metascore
      5.9 (1.6K)
      Violet realizes that her entire life is built on fear-based decisions, and must do everything differently to become her true self.
    • Between Your Legs (1999)

      9. Between Your Legs

      19991h 55m
      6.2 (3.2K)
      Javier's life gets complicated when a something unexpected turns up in his car's trunk.
    • Alan Alda in Sweet Liberty (1986)

      10. Sweet Liberty

      19861h 46mPG
      5.8 (3.1K)
      After selling the rights of his book to a movie production company, a writer finds himself fighting the many egos and varying views around him.
    • Fred Astaire, Arlene Dahl, Red Skelton, and Vera-Ellen in Three Little Words (1950)

      11. Three Little Words

      19501h 42mApproved
      6.9 (2.2K)
      The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly.
    • Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz, Illeana Douglas, and John Turturro in Grace of My Heart (1996)

      12. Grace of My Heart

      19961h 56mR
      6.7 (4.2K)
      Edna wins a recording contract singing her own song at a competition in 1958. After trying to make it as a singer/songwriter for 11 months in NYC, she has success writing songs for others at the Brill Building.
    • Lisa Jakub, Martin Hynes, and Jeff Wiens in George Lucas in Love (1999)

      13. George Lucas in Love

      19998mShort
      7.6 (4.5K)
      1967 film student George Lucas has writer's block trying to finish his "Space Wheat" script, until a beautiful fellow student with a familiar hairstyle teaches him that the best stories are in plain sight.
    • Luck by Chance (2009)

      14. Luck by Chance

      20092h 36mNot Rated58Metascore
      7.1 (11K)
      When Vikram gets tapped to play the male lead in a Bollywood film, he can't believe his luck. But it may ruin his relationship with his girlfriend.
    • Winky Wiryawan and Wulan Guritno in Open BO (2023)

      15. Open BO

      2023– TV Mini Series
      6.2 (169)
      A geeky guy who writes doom soap operas meets a mistress called by an official. Unexpectedly, the terror of the official's wife made them close.
    • Deadline (1980)

      16. Deadline

      19801h 30mR
      5.6 (919)
      A popular horror writer whose family life is falling apart struggles to write his next horror movie.
    • Every Day (2010)

      17. Every Day

      20101h 33mR48Metascore
      5.7 (3.7K)
      A comedy about a New York City couple (Schreiber and Hunt) in romantic and family crisis.
    • Susan Hayward, Robert Montgomery, and John Payne in The Saxon Charm (1948)

      18. The Saxon Charm

      19481h 28mApproved
      6.6 (340)
      In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around him but his latest protégé, novelist Eric Busch, finally stands-up to him.
    • Bruce Willis in True West (2002)

      19. True West

      20021h 47mTV Movie
      5.9 (274)
      Filmed play about two very different brothers, one a criminal and the other a screen-writing family man who becomes appalled by his wayward brother's relationship with a producer.
    • La terrazza (1980)

      20. La terrazza

      19802h 30m
      7.1 (2K)
      During a dinner in a Roman terrace, the lives and experiences of multiple characters intertwine.
    • Jennifer Rubin in A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon (1992)

      21. A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon

      19921h 30mR
      4.5 (252)
    • Truth About Men (2010)

      22. Truth About Men

      20101h 31mNot Rated
      6.5 (1.5K)
      Mads, a 34-year-old scriptwriter, goes through a life crisis when a close friend has a stroke and ends up in a coma. Mads breaks up with his girlfriend of 10 years and tries to find a different path in life. The movie has a meta storyline about making movies.
    • Invisible Eyes (2009)

      23. Invisible Eyes

      20091h 47m
      5.3 (82)
      Dispirited about a downturn in her career, a model spends a week away at a country house where she soon feels an eerie sensation of being watched.
    • Sherilyn Fenn and Jeremy Piven in Just Write (1997)

      24. Just Write

      19971h 42mPG-13
      6.1 (1.1K)
      A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
    • Revue Starlight the Movie (2021)

      25. Revue Starlight the Movie

      20212h
      7.8 (228)
      Starlight - This is a story of a far off star, a long time ago, and in the distant future. Two young girls, captivated by the glamour of the performance, exchange promises: "We'll become stars." "I'll wait for you on stage."

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