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MGM Plus
90
8.4
/257496/
81
/3679/
82
/2796/
4.4
/318575/
98
/125/
95
/3486/
94
/32/
cc age 13+

Sunset Boulevard (1950)
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/38428/
77
/871/
75
/637/
4.2
/70603/
96
/52/
89
/442/

In a Lonely Place (1950)
A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
poster
Hulu
83
7.6
/75852/
74
/2875/
74
/939/
3.9
/647059/
96
/275/
91
/67/
90
/53/
cc age 15+

All of Us Strangers (2023)
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.5
/71005/
73
/1292/
72
/898/
4.0
/122543/
97
/65/
84
/904/
86
/20/
cc age 17+

The Player (1992)
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
poster
81
7.5
/143115/
74
/2652/
72
/1566/
3.8
/92371/
90
/52/
85
/2669/
82
/23/

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
poster
Hoopla
80
7.6
/134393/
75
/2669/
74
/1797/
4.1
/161118/
90
/67/
89
/2632/
69
/19/
cc age 17+

Barton Fink (1991)
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
poster
The Roku Channel
80
7.6
/466828/
75
/10015/
75
/7560/
3.7
/755700/
93
/227/
83
/8023/
81
/40/
cc age 14+

Midnight in Paris (2011)
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.4
/38114/
72
/718/
71
/900/
3.8
/95632/
92
/65/
85
/718/

Contempt (1963)
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
poster
Kanopy
73
7.1
/285190/
72
/8297/
68
/4126/
3.7
/240969/
82
/216/
71
/4373/
66
/43/
cc age 17+

Seven Psychopaths (2012)
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
poster
Peacock Premium
70
6.3
/38951/
65
/1721/
66
/550/
3.0
/124805/
88
/231/
89
/419/
72
/46/
cc age 16+

Bros (2022)
Two emotionally unavailable men attempt a relationship.
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Netflix
70
6.8
/86759/
66
/2696/
66
/1719/
3.3
/211692/
83
/355/
62
/420/
79
/52/
cc age 15+

Mank (2020)
1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
poster
70
6.9
/21817/
70
/512/
66
/712/
3.4
/17566/
72
/47/
78
/778/
67
/24/

Russian Dolls (2005)
Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.
poster
70
7.3
/87432/
68
/3165/
69
/2145/
3.7
/82873/
72
/213/
69
/390/
64
/41/
cc age 17+

Youth (2015)
Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse Brenda. And where will inspiration lead their younger friend Jimmy, an actor grasping to make sense of his next performance?
poster
Kanopy
70
7.4
/86996/
73
/3359/
71
/1640/
3.4
/54389/
74
/206/
79
/774/
60
/33/
cc age 16+

Trumbo (2015)
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
poster
69
7.3
/10151/
70
/180/
70
/175/
3.6
/6219/
68
/25/
73
/170/

The Front (1976)
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
poster
67
6.5
/1902/
73
/11/
56
/18/
3.4
/856/
90
/10/
44
/15/

Hearts of the West (1975)
Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession of the loot box of two crooks who tried to rob him.
poster
59
5.5
/3499/
58
/74/
51
/53/
2.8
/1513/
62
/13/
33
/61/
70
/11/

Best Friends (1982)
When a professional couple, who have lived and worked together for many years, finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpected difficulties. They soon find that being married is often quite different from being "best friends."
poster
Netflix
58
5.6
/31374/
52
/1021/
57
/698/
3.3
/61217/
47
/184/
38
/247/
53
/41/
cc age 17+

Knight of Cups (2015)
Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to his daily pain, and every encounter brings him closer to finding his place in the world.
poster
58
5.4
/2522/
52
/31/
55
/39/
2.9
/897/
72
/18/
38
/17/
63
/23/

Mistress (1992)
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.
poster
55
5.7
/11711/
58
/167/
52
/144/
3.0
/4437/
53
/78/
34
/143/
57
/29/
cc age 14+

The Muse (1999)
With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who proves to test his patience.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
53
7.4
/1299/
69
/48/
66
/31/
3.5
/1100/
84
/55/
78
/68/
71
/18/

Trumbo (2007)
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow Trumbo to prison, to exile in Mexico with his family, to poverty, to the public shunning of his children, to his writing under others' names, and to an eventual but incomplete vindication. Actors read his letters; his children and friends remember and comment. Archive photos, newsreels and interviews add texture. Written by
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Netflix
83
52
8.3
/2343/
84
/42/
86
/25/
4.1
/31139/

Falling in Love Like in Movies (2023)
Bagus, a screenwriter, reunites with his high school friend and crush, Hana, who is still grieving from the loss of her husband. He wants to convince her to fall in love once again, just like in the movies.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
52
4.8
/1623/
63
/139/
53
/46/
2.7
/895/
62
/29/
51
/24/
49
/9/
cc age 17+

Half Magic (2018)
Three women use their newly formed sisterhood to fight against sexism, bad relationships and low self-esteem. Through embracing their wild adventures, they learn the secret to ultimate fulfillment.
poster
76
50
7.9
/1765/
68
/36/
76
/54/
4.1
/1895/

Film, Film, Film (1968)
The trials and tribulations of putting a feature film together.
poster
Kanopy
69
49
7.1
/1563/
69
/59/
65
/41/
3.4
/1134/
75
/20/
71
/79/

Tales from the Script (2009)
Shane Black ("Lethal Weapon"), John Carpenter ("Halloween"), Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption"), William Goldman ("The Princess Bride"), Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver"), and dozens of other Hollywood screenwriters share hilarious anecdotes and penetrating insights in "Tales from the Script," the most comprehensive documentary ever made about screenwriting. By analyzing their triumphs and recalling their failures, the participants explain how successful writers develop the skills necessary for toughing out careers in one of the world's most competitive industries. They also reveal the untold stories behind some of the greatest screenplays ever written, describing their adventures with luminaries including Harrison Ford, Stanley Kubrick, Joel Silver, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg. The film was produced in tandem with the upcoming HarperCollins book of the same name.
poster
Kanopy
71
46
6.6
/1676/
68
/34/
59
/31/
3.6
/2704/
100
/8/
67
/9/

Speaking Parts (1990)
Hotel employee Lisa develops an obsession with her co-worker Lance, a struggling actor who has appeared in several films as an extra.
poster
60
44
6.1
/1709/
66
/76/
60
/181/
3.1
/1831/
100
/6/
15
/2/

Magical Nights (2018)
Rome, 1990. The night Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, a well-known film producer is found dead in the Tiber river. The main suspects for the murder are three young aspiring screenwriters, who–promptly taken to the police–start to tell their version of the story.
poster
56
44
6.1
/2908/
58
/97/
58
/56/
2.6
/1610/
52
/274/

Heckler (2007)
HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie, Howie Mandel and many more. This fast moving, hilarious documentary pulls no punches as you see an uncensored look at just how nasty and mean the fight is between those in the spotlight and those in the dark.
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Amazon Prime Video
43
4.3
/265/
47
/20/
41
/7/
67
/52/
37
/864/
cc age 14+

The Mimic (2021)
Based on a true story, ‘the Narrator’ is befriended by his young new neighbor, after he joins the local newspaper team. Obsessed with the idea that ‘the Kid’ may be a sociopath, ‘the Narrator’ goes to extreme lengths to uncover the truth about him. After unsettling rendezvous, the truth he finds is anything but what he expected.
poster
Hulu
42
5.9
/31709/
62
/1343/
58
/791/
2.5
/19770/
14
/28/
33
/103/
30
/10/
cc age 16+

Playing It Cool (2014)
A young man meets and instantly falls in love with an engaged woman.
poster
58
40
6.4
/2327/
68
/45/
60
/29/
3.0
/1538/
43
/7/
58
/34/

Susan Slept Here (1954)
On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Susan thinking she will inspire Christopher while providing a place for her to spend the holidays outside of juvenile hall.
poster
38
3.2
/1377/
42
/14/
43
/19/
2.6
/544/
24
/19/

The Lonely Lady (1983)
A young screenwriter allows others to exploit her in the hopes of "making it" in Hollywood.
poster
The Roku Channel
43
36
4.4
/4125/
53
/104/
52
/177/
2.5
/4487/
20
/154/

Return to Horror High (1987)
A few years ago, a mysterious serial-killer caused panic on Crippen High School. The killer was never caught. A movie company, Cosmic Pictures, has decided to make a feature movie about these events - on location, at the now abandoned school. Since members of cast and crew disappear without a trace, it seems as if history is repeating itself...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
28
6.8
/828/
65
/26/
62
/18/
3.8
/3341/
93
/4/

Crime Wave (1985)
A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't quite figure out the middle. The daughter of his landlord, excited to have a real "movie person" living nearby, tries to help by putting him in touch with a man who wants to collaborate on a script--the strange "Dr. Jolly"
poster
38
28
2.7
/4129/
43
/53/
37
/50/
2.2
/1288/
40
/84/

Plump Fiction (1997)
Four stories intersect in this violent film parody. Exterminators dress as hit men and try to protect the wife of their boss, Montello. Meanwhile, the strippers at Montello's strip club, dressed as nuns, attempt to rob him. Tag-team wrestlers steal Montello's briefcase, thinking its contents are valuable. Finally, Bumpkin, running to deliver a script, loses a lot of the pages.
poster
58
26
5.2
/225/
46
/8/
100
/2/
2.8
/1724/
39
/23/
57
/9/

Little Death (2024)
A middle-aged filmmaker on the verge of a breakthrough. Two kids in search of a lost backpack. A small dog a long way from home.
poster
The Roku Channel
48
25
5.5
/961/
56
/32/
51
/26/
3.0
/2009/
17
/20/

Deadline (1980)
A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.
poster
52
24
4.8
/907/
44
/23/
65
/16/
2.6
/784/
51
/338/

The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan (2004)
Everyone has a skeleton or two in his or her closet, but what about the director behind some of the most successful thrillers ever to hit the silver screen? Could M. Night Shyamalan be hiding a deep, dark secret that drives his macabre cinematic vision? Now viewers will be able to find out firsthand what fuels The Sixth Sense director's seemingly supernatural creativity as filmmakers interview Shyamalan as well as the cast and crew members who have worked most closely with him over the years. Discover the early events that shaped the mind of a future master of suspense in a documentary that is as fascinating as it is revealing.
poster
61
24
6.1
/1169/
56
/13/
65
/10/
3.2
/383/
80
/5/
44
/6/

I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face.
poster
54
22
4.4
/906/
50
/33/
51
/34/
2.9
/220/
67
/22/

Below Zero (2011)
When Jack (Edward Furlong) is in danger of missing a deadline, his manager orders him to take whatever measures are needed to complete his screenplay. Jack locks himself in a slaughterhouse freezer but discovers that his inner demons are keeping him company. Despite the cold, Jack's imagination is red-hot as he concocts the story of Frank (Furlong), a tow truck driver who's locked in a fridge with the dying victim of a serial killer.
poster
47
14
5.4
/798/
48
/6/
45
/20/
3.2
/203/
24
/108/

The Harvest (1993)
A screenwriter is sent to Mexico to develop a story that can be used to wrap up a movie presently in production. Given a very short time allotment, the writer immerses himself in the seamier side of a Mexican beach resort, but soon finds himself involved in a 'body organ for profit' operation. Drugged, he has one of his own kidneys removed, and then, with a woman he isn't sure he can trust, he sets out to expose the ring...
poster
Hoopla
31
7
3.5
/606/
45
/15/
32
/18/
15
/7/

Evil Eyes (2004)
A screenwriter is plagued by nightmares as he writes a script about a family that was slaughtered years before. Soon, the grisly murders he's writing about start to actually happen.
poster
51
6
5.3
/240/
69
/10/
49
/12/
33
/3/

Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? (2013)
After turning 40, filmmaker Anna confronts her future. She has no job and it's been ten years since her last girlfriend. No goals, plans or any idea of what she wants. And she's living in a garage. Just when she's about to give up, she meets Katia, who inspires her to set out on a new path of creativity.
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?
9.2
/7/

The Big Meet (2013)
"The Big Meet" follows drunken writer Blake (Lane Carlson) on an absurd adventure with a macho stranger called Nate (Mike Genovese) he meets in a bar. Several drinks later, the impaired writer is lured into a haphazard plot to murder his newfound companion.
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?
25
/2/

Fade to Black
An anxious screenwriter’s darkly comedic descent into madness in Hollywood’s twisted industry sees him mimic his screenplay’s murders, becoming a chilling true crime star.
poster
?
7.5
/9/
60
/1/

Rukov - the portrait of a screenwriter
One of the most outstanding personalities in the Danish film industry is Mogens Rukov, co-writer of Thomas Vinterberg's dogma-film The Celebration (Cannes, 1998, winner of the Jury Price) and head of the Department for Scriptwriting at the Danish Filmschool. Flemming Lyngse has made a film with rather than about Mogens Rukov. This is a film with a moving man - professionally as well as personally.
poster
?
6.8
/15/
10
/1/

The Iced Bullet (1917)
A "scientific detective" story about the attempted murder of a wealthy New Yorker in his mountain lodge is framed with a satire of Hollywood as the writer of the story comically tries to get the script read and accepted by a studio.
poster
55
?
5.1
/82/
65
/2/
2.5
/282/

The Last Screenwriter (2024)
Jack, a celebrated screenwriter, finds his world shaken when he encounters a cutting-edge AI scriptwriting system. Initially skeptical, he soon realises the AI not only matches his skills, but even surpasses him in empathy and understanding of human emotions. Torn between his pride and fear of obsolescence, Jack is offered a chance to write a film solely with the AI.


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