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Directed by James BridgesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Sports filmsActors John Travolta,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Marilu Henner,
Laraine Newman,
Murphy Dunne,
Kenneth WelshRating47%
Rolling Stone reporter Adam Lawrence (John Travolta) is sent from New York to Los Angeles to write an article about a businessman arrested for a drug dealing. During his stay in L.A., Adam sees a chance to collect material for another story about how "Fitness clubs are the singles bars of the '80s"., 2h
Directed by Spike Jonze,
Megan EllisonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Social science fiction,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about computing,
Films about sexuality,
Films set in the futureActors Olivia Wilde,
Amy Adams,
Rooney Mara,
Joaquin Phoenix,
Samantha Morton,
Scarlett JohanssonRating79%
In futuristic Los Angeles, Theodore Twombly is a lonely, introverted, depressed man who works for a business that has professional writers like himself compose letters for people who are unwilling or unable to write letters of a personal nature themselves. Unhappy because of his impending divorce from childhood sweetheart Catherine (Rooney Mara), Theodore purchases a talking operating system (OS) with artificial intelligence, designed to adapt and evolve. He decides that he wants the OS to have a female voice, and she names herself Samantha. Theodore is fascinated by her ability to learn and grow psychologically. They bond over their discussions about love and life, such as Theodore's avoiding signing his divorce papers because of his reluctance to let go of Catherine. Samantha proves to be constantly available, always curious and interested, supportive and undemanding., 1h35
Directed by Larry PeerceOrigin USAGenres Drama,
BiographyThemes Films about writersActors Shannen Doherty,
John Clark Gable,
Dale Midkiff,
Matt Mulhern,
Rue McClanahan,
Ann WedgeworthRating67%
Margaret grows up to become a respectable lady in the South, just like her mother May Belle. She wants to become a writer, but her feminist mother insists on her becoming a female doctor. May Belle puts a lot of pressure on her daughter, forcing her to be the best in everything. This results in Margaret never being able to satisfy her mother. When she has become a young lady, all the boys want to be with her, but Margaret only has eyes for Clifford., 1h52
Directed by Michael HoffmanOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Biography,
RomanceThemes Films about writersActors Helen Mirren,
Christopher Plummer,
James McAvoy,
Paul Giamatti,
Anne-Marie Duff,
Kerry CondonRating68%
In 1910, the last year of Leo Tolstoy's life, his disciples, led by Vladimir Chertkov, manoeuvre against his wife, Sofya, for control over Tolstoy's works after his death. The main setting is the Tolstoy country estate of Yasnaya Polyana. Tolstoy and Sofya have had a long, passionate marriage, but his spiritual ideals and asceticism (he is opposed, for example, to private property) are at odds with her more aristocratic and conventionally religious views., 1h29
Directed by Ranald MacDougallOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
MusicalThemes Films about writers,
Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about drugs,
Musical filmsActors Leslie Caron,
George Peppard,
Janice Rule,
Roddy McDowall,
Anne Seymour,
Jim HuttonRating50%
Leo is a 28-year-old novelist who still lives at home with his mother. One night he stumbles upon some beatniks at a coffee house. He falls in love with the beautiful but unstable Mardou Fox., 1h45
Directed by Billy Wilder,
Carey Loftin,
Howard KazanjianOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Films about sexuality,
Théâtre,
Erotic films,
Films about prostitution,
Films about capital punishment,
Films based on plays,
Erotic thriller filmsActors Jack Lemmon,
Walter Matthau,
Charles Durning,
David Wayne,
Susan Sarandon,
Vincent GardeniaRating72%
Chicago Examiner reporter Hildebrand "Hildy" Johnson (Jack Lemmon) has just quit his job in order to marry Peggy Grant (Susan Sarandon) and start a new career, when convict Earl Williams (Austin Pendleton) escapes from death row just prior to his execution. Earl is an impoverished, bumbling leftist whose only offense is stuffing fortune cookies with messages demanding the release of Sacco and Vanzetti, but the yellow press of Chicago has painted him as a dangerous threat from Moscow. As a result the citizenry are anxious to see him put to death., 1h31
Directed by Lewis AllenOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalistsActors Lana Turner,
Barry Sullivan,
Glynis Johns,
Sean Connery,
Terence Longdon,
Raymond BurrRating58%
An American reporter, Sara Scott (Turner) is working in Europe during World War II and begins an affair with a British reporter named Mark Trevor (Connery). Sara is conflicted on whether to marry her rich boss (Sullivan) or the charming young reporter she is having an affair with. Finally, she chooses Mark, only to find that he is married and has a son. The two separate shortly thereafter, then decide to stay together and work out their problems.