Summer Fun: 115 Movies About Writers, Writing and/or The Writing Life

BREAKING NEWS: THIS LIST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE 228 MOVIES!

https://christinakatz.com/228-movies-about-writers-the-writing-life-compiled-by-christina-jason-katz/

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Help me create the most comprehensive list of movies about writers online. Here’s what I have so far…(my husband, Jason, helped me with this list–I only got to about 50 on my own).

A couple of notes about this list: I have not seen all of these films, so sometimes I am relying on research. Let me know if anything on the list does not involve or revolve around a writer.

Many if not most of these films, are not appropriate for children. Just FYI.

I did not include broadcast journalists, just writers: tv writers, screen writers, mystery writers, children’s writers, playwrights, comedy writers, poets, novelists, you name it.

(* indicates writer mama movies, not always flattering portrayals)

1. Motherhood (2009)*
2. Driving in Cars with Boys (2001)*
3. The Prize-winner of Defiance Ohio (2005)*
4. Running with Scissors (2006)*
5. Cheaper By The Dozen (2003)*
6. Something’s Gotta Give (2003)*
7. Capote (2005)
8. Infamous (2006)
9. As Good As It Gets (2003)
10. Freedom Writers (2007)
11. Mrs. Parker & The Vicious Circle (1994)
12. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
13. Adaptation. (2002)
14. Shakespeare In Love (1998)
15. The Hours (2002)
16. Romancing The Stone (1984)
17. Deathtrap (1982)
18. Wonder Boys (2000)
19. Finding Forrester (2000)
20. Finding Neverland (2004)
21. Alex & Emma (2003)
22. Before Sunset (2004)
23. Quills (2000)
24. Almost Famous (2000)
25. The Lost Weekend (1945)
26. Tom & Viv (1994)
27. Isn’t She Great (2000)
28. My Left Foot (1989)
29. The Whole Wide World (1996)
30. Author! Author! (1982)
31. Little Women (1994)
32. Sex & The City (HBO Series 1998-2004 & films 2008 & 2010)
33. Rich & Famous (1981)
34. Old Acquaintance (1943)
35. Some Came Running (1958)
36. American Splendor (2003)
37. Sophie’s Choice (1982)
38. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
39. Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
40. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
41. Eat, Pray, Love (2010)
42. All The President’s Men (1976)
43. The Stoning of Soroya M. (2008)
44. The Ghost Writer (2010)
45. Julie & Julia (2009)
46. Misery (1990)
47. The Shining (1980)
48. 500 Days of Summer (2009)
49. Naked Lunch (1991)
50. Sylvia (2003)
51. Total Eclipse (1995)
52. Sleuth (1972)
53. Martian Child (2007)
54. Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
55. Scoop (2006)
56. Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
57. Henry and June (1990)
58. Stand By Me (1986)
59. The World According to Garp (1982)
60. Barton Fink (1991)
61. Cross Creek (1983)
62. Shadowlands (1993)
63. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
64. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
65. It Happened One Night (1934)
66. Stevie (1978)
67. Bright Star (2009)
68. A Mighty Heart (2007)
69. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
70. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
71. Shattered Glass (2003)
72. Marley & Me (2008)
73. Miss Potter (2006)
74. Iris (2001)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
76. Impromptu (1991)
77. Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
78. Wilde (1997)
79. The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
80. A Face In The Crowd (1957)
81. The Front (1976)
82. In a Lonely Place (1950)
83. Permanent Midnight (1998)
84. The Muse (1999)
85. The Dying Gaul (2005)
86. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
87. My Favorite Year (1982)
88. The TV Set (2006)
89. Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
90. Sideways (2004)
91. Slipstream (2007)
92. My Brilliant Career (1979)
93. Angel at My Table (1990)
94. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
95. Deconstructing Harry (1997)
96. Il Postino: The Postman (1994)
97. Henry Fool (1997)
98. Barfly (1987)
99. Before Night Falls (2000)
100. Factotum (2005)
101. Mother (1996)
102. Chasing Amy (1997)
103. Funny Farm (1988)
104. Funny People (2009)
105. Becoming Jane (2007)
106. Heartburn (1986)
107. The Accidental Tourist (1988)
108. The Edge of Love (2008)
109. Gentleman Broncos (2009)
110. Swimming Pool (2003)
111. Closetland (1991)
112. Her Alibi (1989)
113. Nora (2000)
114. Topsy Turvey (1999)
115. Jules and Jim (1962)

What’s missing? Anything? Please feel free to chime in!