Movies About Writers and Writing
Movie Recommendations
| Movies featuring actors portraying real life writers |
| Movies based on fictional characters and the writing process |
Movies Featuring Actors Portraying Real Life Writers
84 Charing Cross Road. PG. 1986. (Helene Hanff) DVD Drama
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures. Not rated. 2004. (Agatha Christie) DVD 791.4572 AGA TV
American Splendor. R. 2003. (Harvey Pekar) DVD Comedy
Becoming Jane. PG. 2007. (Jane Austen) DVD Drama
Before Night Falls. R. 2000. (Reinaldo Arenas) DVD Drama
Capote. R. 2005. (Truman Capote) DVD Drama
Coming Through. Not rated. 1985. (D.H. Lawrence) DVD 791.4572 COM TV
Cross Creek. PG. 1983. (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings) DVD Drama
Factotum. R. 2005. (Charles Bukowski) DVD Drama
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. R. 1998. (Hunter S. Thompson) DVD Comedy
Finding Neverland. PG. 2004. (J. M. Barrie) DVD Drama
Hammett. PG. 1982. (Dashiell Hammett) DVD Drama
Haunted Summer. R. 1988. (Mary Shelley) VHS Drama
Having Our Say. Not rated. 1999. (The Delany Sisters) VHS 791.4572 HAV TV
The Hours. PG-13. 2002. (Virginia Woolf) DVD Drama
Impromptu. PG-13. 1991. (George Sand) DVD Drama
Iris. R. 2001. (Iris Murdoch) DVD Drama
Joe Gould’s Secret. R. 2000. (Joe Mitchell) DVD Drama
Julia. PG. 1977. (Lillian Hellman) DVD Drama
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. R. 1994. (Dorothy Parker) DVD Drama
My Left Foot. R. 1989. (Christy Brown) DVD Drama
Nora. R. 1999. (James Joyce) DVD Drama
Out of Africa. PG. 1985. (Karen Dinesen Blixen) DVD Drama
The Passion of Ayn Rand. Not rated. 1998. (Ayn Rand) DVD 791.4572 PAS TV
Shadowlands (BBC version). Not rated. 1985. (C. S. Lewis) DVD 791.4572 SHA TV
Shadowlands. Not rated. 1985. (C. S. Lewis) DVD 791.4572 SHA TV
Shadowlands. PG. 1993. (C. S. Lewis) VHS Drama
Shakespeare in Love. R. 1998. (William Shakespeare) DVD Comedy
Sylvia. R. 2003. (Sylvia Plath) DVD Drama
Tom & Viv. PG-13. 1994. (T. S. Eliot) DVD Drama
The Whole Wide World. PG. 1996. (Robert Howard) DVD Drama
Wilde. R. 1997. (Oscar Wilde) DVD Drama
Zora is My Name. Not rated. 1989. (Zora Neale Hurston) DVD 791.4572 ZOR TV
Movies Based on Fictional Characters and the Writing Process
Adaptation. R. 2003. DVD Comedy
Alex and Emma. PG-13. 2003. DVD Comedy
Almost Famous. R. 2001. DVD Drama
As Good As It Gets. PG-13. 1997. DVD Comedy
Barfly. R. 1987. DVD Drama
Barton Fink. R. 1991. DVD Comedy
Big Bad Love. R. 2001. DVD Drama
Bullets Over Broadway. R. 1994. DVD Comedy
Deathtrap. PG. 1982. DVD Comedy
Deconstructing Harry. R. 1997. DVD Comedy
Down With Love. PG-13. 2003. DVD Comedy
Finding Forrester. PG-13. 2000. DVD Drama
The Front Page. PG. 1974. DVD Comedy
His Girl Friday. Not rated. 1939. DVD Comedy
I Capture the Castle. R. 2003. DVD Drama
Little Women (starring Katharine Hepburn). Not rated. 1933. DVD Drama
Little Women (starring June Allyson). Not rated. 1949. DVD Drama
Little Women (starring Winona Ryder). PG. 1994. DVD Drama
Love and Death on Long Island. PG-13. 1996. DVD Drama
Misery. R. 1990. DVD Horror
The Muse. PG-13. 1999. DVD Comedy
Naked Lunch. R. 1991. DVD SF/Fantasy
IL Postino. PG. 1994. DVD World (Italian)
Romancing the Stone. PG. 1984. DVD Action/Adventure
Secret Window. PG-13. 2004. DVD Horror
Something’s Gotta Give. PG-13. 2003. DVD Comedy
Starting Out in the Evening. PG-13. 2007. DVD Drama
Swimming Pool. R. 2003. DVD Drama
2046. R. 2004. DVD World (Chinese)
Wonder Boys. R. 2000. DVD Comedy