150 Films About Writers
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- DirectorFong PauXian XuStarsTseng ChangChing LeeFong PauThe tragedy of great Chinese ancient poet Qu Yuan in Warring States period.Chinese poet Qu Yuan (B.C. 352-281)
- StarsMoses ChanAda ChoiPriscilla KooChinese poets Cao Pi (187-226), Cao Zhi (192-232 )
- DirectorEddie Ling-Ching FongStarsPatricia HaAlex ManKuo-Chu ChangRebellious Yu Yuan-gi becomes a Taoist priestess in order to avoid traditional roles designated to her as a woman by the society and focus on her studies and poetry. However, her trysts with both her maid and a ronin lead to trouble.Chinese female poet Yu Xuan-Ji (844-868)
- DirectorTonkô HorikawaStarsSayuri YoshinagaYûki AmamiTôru KazamaBased on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother. He falls in love often and has many wives whom are all completely subservient to him. Genji is played by a woman actress from the all-female Takarazuka theatre. The two interrelating stories are also interrupted occasionally by fantasimical musical clips from a past Japanese teen-idol, Seiko Matsuda.Japanese novelist Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973-1014 )
- DirectorYasuo TsuruhashiStarsTôma IkutaMiki NakataniYôko Maki"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Hakaru Genji. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Miyasutokoro Ryokuzono is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Kao Yu, who is from the lower class, give comfort to Genji's emotional wounds. Writer Shikibu Murasaki is jealous of Genji and is eventually ordered by Abe Seime to write a work.Japanese novelist Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973-1014 )
- DirectorMario CaseriniStarsOreste GrandiFernanda Negri PougetGiovanni Enrico VidaliItalian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
- DirectorPingqian LiStarsSisi ChenQun XiangDi BaiChinese poet Tang Yen (1470-1523)
- DirectorAndrucha WaddingtonStarsAlberto AmmannLeonor WatlingPilar López de AyalaA chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain's early Golden Age of theater.Spanish writer Lope de Vega (1562-1635)
- DirectorJohn MaddenStarsGwyneth PaltrowJoseph FiennesGeoffrey RushThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.British writer William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsRhys IfansVanessa RedgraveDavid ThewlisThe theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.British writer William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- DirectorJean-Paul RappeneauStarsGérard DepardieuAnne BrochetVincent PerezFamed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.French writer Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655)
- DirectorDaniel VigneStarsLorànt DeutschPhilippe TorretonSara ForestierBiography of the French poet Jean de la Fontaine, who lived in the times of Louis XIV.French poet Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
- DirectorLaurent TirardStarsRomain DurisFabrice LuchiniLaura MoranteTo satisfy his creditors, a witty actor reinvents himself as a satirical playwright, with uproarious, yet bittersweet, results.French writer Molière (1622-1673)
- DirectorSergei ParajanovStarsSofiko ChiaureliMelkon AlekyanVilen GalstyanThe life of the Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, from childhood to death: his spiritual journey, artistic endeavors, and inner conflicts within the cultural and historical context of Armenia. Hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.Armenian poet Sayat-Nova (c. 1712-1795)
- DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsFabrice LuchiniManuel BlancSandrine KiberlainThe life story of the titular Beaumarchais, playwright and adventurer, who gets himself into numerous different scrapes and romantic encounters in 18th Century France.French writer Pierre Beaumarchais (1732-1799)
- DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsGeoffrey RushKate WinsletJoaquin PhoenixIn a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.French writer Marquis de Sade (1740-1814)
- DirectorPhilipp StölzlStarsAlexander FehlingMiriam SteinMoritz BleibtreuAfter aspiring poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fails his law exams, he's sent to a sleepy provincial court to reform. Instead, he falls for Lotte, a young woman who is promised to another man.German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
- DirectorNina GrosseStarsMartin FeifelMarianne DenicourtUlrich MüheFilm about the German poet Friedrich Hoelderlin (1770-1843), concentrating on his ardent affair with Susette Gondard.German poet Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843)
- DirectorMartin WeinhartStarsMatthias SchweighöferTeresa WeißbachRobert DölleYoung poet Friedrich Schiller flees from the elite academy of Prince Carl Eugen to become an acclaimed theater writer in Mannheim. But the influence of Carl Eugen reaches farther than Schiller thought.German poet Friedrich Schiller (1788-1805)
- DirectorJulian JarroldStarsAnne HathawayJames McAvoyJulie WaltersA biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.British novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817)
- DirectorJeremy LoveringStarsSamuel RoukinOlivia WilliamsGreta ScacchiIn the later years of her life, as she's approaching the age of forty, the novelist Jane Austen helps her niece find a husband.British novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817)
- DirectorIvan PasserStarsPhilip AnglimLaura DernAlice KrigeIn 1816, authors Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Shelley get together for some philosophical discussions, but the situation soon deteriorates into mind games, drugs and sex.British poets Lord Byron (1788-1824), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
- DirectorJulian FarinoStarsStephen Campbell MooreOliver MilburnMichael ElwynFollowing the success of his poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", Byron becomes the toast of London.British poet Lord Byron (1788-1824)
- CreatorPeter TilburyStarsHywel BennettBelinda SinclairJosephine TewsonJames Shelley, an educated, sardonic, permanently unemployed "professional freelance layabout," has many battles with authority, the tax-man, his landlady, and his girlfriend Fran.British poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
- DirectorGonzalo SuárezStarsHugh GrantLizzy McInnernyValentine PelkaLord Byron, poet Percy Shelley, his future wife, Mary Shelley (writing Frankenstein) and others spend the summer of 1816 together.British poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), novelist Marie Shelley (1797-1851)
- DirectorKen RussellStarsGabriel ByrneJulian SandsNatasha RichardsonThe Shelleys visit Lord Byron and compete to write a horror story.British novelist Marie Shelley (1797-1851) & poets Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), Lord Byron (1788-1824)
- DirectorJane CampionStarsAbbie CornishBen WhishawPaul SchneiderThe three-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne near the end of his life.British poet John Keats (1795-1821)
- DirectorLeonid MenakerStarsAleksandr KalyaginVadim MedvedevIrina KupchenkoAbout the death of Aleksandr Pushkin, the leading poet and writer of Russia, who was shot on a duel and died when he was 37.Russian writer Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837)
- DirectorJosée DayanStarsGérard DepardieuJeanne MoreauFanny ArdantA man who created great literature from the adventures of his own life--and the women at the heart of it. Although gruff, unsophisticated, and far from handsome, Balzac exerts an irresistible fascination on women.French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850)
- DirectorSafy NebbouStarsGérard DepardieuBenoît PoelvoordeDominique BlancWhen Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, his ghostwriter, are at the summit of their collaboration, Auguste decides to pass himself off as Alexandre in order to seduce Charlotte, a fervent admirer of the great man.French novelist Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsIsabelle AdjaniBruce RobinsonSylvia MarriottThe story of Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.The daughter of French novelist Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
- DirectorJaime CaminoStarsLucia BosèChristopher SandfordHenri SerreIn 1838, cigar-smoking French writer, George Sand and her lover, composer-pianist Frédéric Chopin rent a former monastery in Mallorca as a winter retreat. However, what promised to be a warm, sunny vacation soon turns sour.French novelist Georges Sand (1804-1876)
- DirectorJames LapineStarsJudy DavisHugh GrantMandy PatinkinIn 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.French novelist Georges Sand (1804-1876)
- DirectorDiane KurysStarsJuliette BinocheBenoît MagimelStefano DionisiA story of doomed passion between two genius writers of the 19th century - novelist George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset.French novelist Georges Sand (1804-1876)
- DirectorJerzy AntczakStarsPiotr AdamczykDanuta StenkaAdam WoronowiczA tangled web of unruly passion lies at the center of this drama, chronicling the stormy affair between the great piano virtuoso Frédéric Chopin and the flamboyant feminist writer George Sand.French novelist Georges Sand (1804-1876)
- DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsKieran BewEmily HamiltonFlora MontgomeryA fictionalized account of the young life of Hans Christian Andersen, a young man with a penchant for storytelling but struggles to find his place in the world and gain the affection of the woman he adores. Interspersed throughout are brief interludes of the stories that will make Hans famous (The Nightingale, The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen to name a few), which are intertwined with the events that surround his own life.Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
- DirectorRumle HammerichStarsSimon Dahl ThaulowPeter SteenStine Fischer ChristensenDrama about the difficult early years of Danish writer of fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen.Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
- DirectorMark RedfieldStarsMark RedfieldKevin G. ShinnickJennifer RouseA dramatic retelling of the last weeks in the life of poet Edgar Allan Poe with theories about the cause of his mental breakdown and premature death in 1849 Baltimore.American novelist Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
- DirectorJames McTeigueStarsJohn CusackAlice EveLuke EvansWhen a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.American novelist Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
- CreatorMarc MillerStarsRoy DotriceJohn F. LandryDiana CouplandCharles Dickens grew up in a family where his father was larger than life. The elder Dickens is a teller of tales and always seems to have ambitions that are well beyond his means or his capabilities. He is also constantly in debt and, at more than one point in his life, finds himself in debtor's prison, forcing Charles to leave school at the age of 12 and work. Charles finds success in his writing and marries, his wife Kate bearing them many children despite her delicate mental state. He has a touch of his father in him, however, particularly when it comes to money. He is of course remembered as one of the great writers of the 19th century.British novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
- DirectorNikolay BurlyaevStarsNikolay BurlyaevIvan BurlyaevVladimir FaibyshevLyrically beautiful dramatised documentary on the life of the Russian Romantic poet, Mikhail Lermontov (1814-41)Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841)
- StarsAlfred BurkeVickery TurnerAnn PenfoldDramatized biography of the Brontë sisters Charlotte, Anne and Emily.British novelist Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), Emily Brontë (1818-1848) & Anne Brontë (1820-1849)
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsIsabelle AdjaniMarie-France PisierIsabelle HuppertIn a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.British novelist Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), Emily Brontë (1818-1848) & Anne Brontë (1820-1849)
- DirectorSally WainwrightStarsFinn AtkinsCharlie MurphyChloe PirrieA chronicle of the Brontë sisters' battle to overcome obstacles and publish their novels, which would become some of the greatest in the English language.British novelist Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), Emily Brontë (1818-1848) & Anne Brontë (1820-1849)
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsColm FeoreRip TornWendel MeldrumWhen the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is radically changed. Like Dr. Bucke, Whitman has avant-garde ideas on the subject of mental illness. "Dreamers" is based on true events. Dr. Bucke became an important biographer of Walt Whitman.American poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
- DirectorGiuliano MontaldoStarsPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicCarolina CrescentiniRoberto HerlitzkaBiopic of the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky.Russian novelist Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1882)
- DirectorJoseph McGrathStarsSpike MilliganPeter SellersJulia FosterWilliam Topaz McGonagall, the world's greateset poet. Unfortunately the whole of the rest of the world disagreed. His talent made him a sort of Victorian Chris Evans but without the cash.Scottish poet William McGonagall (1825-1902)
- DirectorMichael HoffmanStarsHelen MirrenJames McAvoyChristopher PlummerA historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer's) struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.Russian writer Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910)
- DirectorGavin MillarStarsCoral BrowneIan HolmPeter GallagherIan Holm is children's author Lewis Carroll in this poignant fantasy-drama set in 1930s New York and populated by the fabulous special effects creatures of Muppet master Jim Henson.British writer Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
- DirectorWill VintonStarsJames WhitmoreMichele MarianaGary KrugTom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn join Mark Twain on his airship to meet Halley's Comet.American novelist Mark Twain(1835-1910)
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsPaul MuniGale SondergaardJoseph SchildkrautThe biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.French writer Émile Zola (1840-1902)
- DirectorHans-Jürgen SyberbergStarsHelmut KäutnerKristina SöderbaumKäthe GoldThis ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's "German Trilogy" on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich.German writer Karl May (1842-1912)
- DirectorPinchas PerryStarsBen CrossArmand AssanteJoanna PaculaViennese doctor Josef Breuer meets with philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche to help him deal with his despair.German scholar, writer Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900)
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsWilliam BishopGloria HenryEdgar BuchananInto California's 1880 frontier country rides Robert Louis Stevenson Edgar Barrier, the novelist, looking for story material 'in a land of stage-drivers and highwaymen', and soon finds it when Bill Foss William Bishop arrives in the mining town of Silverado with a new stagecoach. Foss barely breaks the city limits before he is challenged to a race by Zeke Butler Forrest Tucker , stage driver for the town's established stage-line operated by Jeannie Manning Gloria Henry. During the race, Foss's coach is forced off the road and his best team-horse is injured. Doctor Henderson Edgar Buchanan, noted for his philanthropies to the local miners, advises Foss he can't run his horse for some time to come, and Foss takes a job with Jeannie, hauling water to Squatter's Flats, a desert waste which requires irrigation. Later, Zeke, carrying gold from Last Dog Ditch Mine to Silverado is robbed by a mysterious bandit called The Monk, and he suspects Foss. To clear himself, Foss suggests both stages take the next gold shipment and see who gets robbed and who doesn't. This strikes all-concerned as a good idea. But it turns out otherwise.Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
- StarsJohn McEneryAngela Punch McGregorLynn DalbyThe last years in the life of Robert Louis Stevenson, when he left Great Britain for Sydney and west Samoa.Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsLeonardo DiCaprioDavid ThewlisRomane BohringerYoung, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.French poets Jean Rimbaud (1854-1891) & Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)
- DirectorBrian GilbertStarsStephen FryJude LawVanessa RedgraveThe turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality.Irish writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsRomola GaraiSam NeillLucy RussellThe rise and fall of a young eccentric British writer, in the early 20th century.British novelist Marie Corelli (1855-1924)
- DirectorCilla WareStarsDouglas HenshallTim McInnernyBrian CoxSir Arthur Conan Doyle is the author of the famous Sherlock Holmes books. The film shows us how Doyle came up with the idea of the 'super detective' and how he uses the techniques of his mentor Joseph Bell in his books. After his father dies, Doyle has to take care of his wife Reeves, who is very ill. This becomes tricky when he falls in love.Scottish novelist Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
- StarsMartin ClunesArsher AliCharles EdwardsSir Arthur Conan Doyle recaptures his zest for life by pursuing and challenging a notorious miscarriage of justice.Scottish novelist Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
- StarsIan HolmAnna CropperWilliam HootkinsThe story of J.M. Barrie and his relationship with the Llewelyn-Davies family. Barrie writes PETER PAN for the five boys, and later adopts George, Jack, Peter, Michael, and Nicholas.Scottish writer James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937)
- DirectorMarc ForsterStarsJohnny DeppKate WinsletJulie ChristieThe story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.Scottish writer James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937)
- DirectorSylvio BackStarsKadu KarneiroMaria CeiçaLéa GarciaPoet Cruz e Souza was a black man, born in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, where the majority of the population are blonde. He was also poor and fell a prey to the racism of his time. Died young, at 37, and dragged the great love of his life, Gavíria, into a path of great suffering.Brazilian poet João da Cruz e Sousa (1861-1898)
- CreatorBlanche HanalisStarsMelissa GilbertMichael LandonKaren GrassleThe life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.Adapted from the autobiographical novels of American writer Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957)
- DirectorMark DonskoyStarsAleksei LyarskyVarvara MassalitinovaMikhail TroyanovskiyA drama reveals the great writer's inauspicious early years as an orphan raised by conniving relatives.Russian writer Maxim Gorky (1868-1936)
- StarsMarie TrintignantWladimir YordanoffLambert WilsonFrench novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette(1873-1954)
- DirectorBernard MalaterreStarsJacques BondouxCyril DescoursBirgit LudwigAustrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)
- DirectorAlfred SantellStarsMichael O'SheaSusan HaywardOsa MassenEpisodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).American novelist Jack London (1876-1916)
- DirectorKevin SwigertStarsPete AmmelPhebe HorschelJack, an Alaska gold rush era miner, is abandoned by his partner and left to make his way through the wilderness alone. Starving and injured, he struggles physically and spiritually to come to grips with what is of true value in his life. The gold, his love that waits for him or the food that can sustain him are all weighed against his ultimate survival. Shot in the wilds of Alaska, the film sets Jack against a landscape that has no mercy yet draws a distinct line to his Love of Life.American novelist Jack London (1876-1916)
- StarsAbbie CornishMarton CsokasIan HartTwo childhood friends, Bill Haskell and Byron Epstein, embark on a journey to Klondike, Yukon, in hopes of discovering a fortune in a remote town.American novelist Jack London (1876-1916)
- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsMeryl StreepNicole KidmanJulianne MooreThe story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.British writer Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
- DirectorPat MurphyStarsEwan McGregorSusan LynchAndrew ScottDublin, 1904, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. She enchants him with her frank, uninhibited manner, and before long, he's convinced her to come with him to Trieste.Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941)
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJeremy IronsTheresa RussellJoel GreyKafka works during the day at an insurance company, where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals.German-language writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924)
- DirectorPeter Barber-FlemingStarsKenneth BranaghHelen MirrenAlison SteadmanCelebrated actor and actress Sir Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet) and Dame Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect) star in this movie by award-winning playwright Alan Plater about one of the great love affairs and greatest scandals of the twentieth century, D.H. Lawrence's passionate relationship with Frieda Weekley.British writer David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930)
- DirectorBrian GilbertStarsWillem DafoeMiranda RichardsonRosemary HarrisIn 1915, Tom and Viv elope, but her gynecological and emotional problems disrupt their honeymoon. Her father is angry because Tom's poetry doesn't bring in enough to live, but her mother is happy Viv has found a tender and discreet husband.American poet Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965)
- DirectorJoão BotelhoStarsFernando Cabral MartinsAndré GomesJuliet BertoThe film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchanged by two of the most outstanding names of the Modernist Movement, Fernando Pessoa (in Lisbon) and Mário de Sá-Carneiro (in Paris). Their endless conversation was dramatically and suddenly terminated.Portugal poet Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)
- DirectorLuis Vidal LopesStarsFilipe FerrerAntónio Caldeira PiresÁlvaro SimõesBased on the work by Fernando Pessoa - a "message" about the destinies of Portugal - not just in isolation but looking at them as precursors and announcers of the fate of the entire planet.Portugal poet Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)
- DirectorJoão BotelhoStarsCláudio da SilvaPedro LamaresRicardo AibéoA room in Lisbon. A man dreams and establishes a theory to make it come true. This film is based on The Book of Disquiet , the posthumous work of the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa. It portrays the solitude of man through picturesque images and dramatic effects.Portugal poet Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)
- DirectorRichard Curson SmithStarsOlivia WilliamsAnna MasseyRaymond CoulthardLate in 1926 acclaimed mystery writer Agatha Christie disappears after marital problems and creates a media frenzy.British novelist Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
- DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsFred WardUma ThurmanMaria de MedeirosAnaïs Nin meets American writer Henry Miller in Paris in 1931. She keeps a diary of her sexual awakening, which includes Henry and his wife June.American writer Henry Miller (1891-1980)
- DirectorAlan RudolphStarsJennifer Jason LeighCampbell ScottMatthew BroderickDorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.American writer Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
- DirectorGillies MacKinnonStarsJonathan PryceJames WilbyJonny Lee MillerBased on Pat Barker's novel of the same name, "Regeneration" tells the story of soldiers of World War One sent to an asylum for emotional troubles. Two of those soldiers are England's most important WW1 poets.British poet Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
- StarsAkihiro MiwaYuriko YoshitakaSarah MacdonaldFollows the life of translator Hanako Muraoka; from the turbulent Meiji Period, to the Taisho Period and the Showa Period. Hanako Muraoka would go on to translate novel "Anne of Green Gables," by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.Japanese translator, writer Muraoka Hanako (1893-1968) , poet Yanagihara Byakuren (1885-1967)
- DirectorMartin RittStarsMary SteenburgenRip TornPeter CoyoteIn the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.American writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953)
- DirectorEddie Ling-Ching FongStarsChow Yun-FatWong Yuk-LingSachiko NakamuraThe film deals with the life of Chinese writer Yu Ta-fu. Most of the film is a flashback telling the story of Yu's coming of age in Japan and the strained relations between the Japanese culture and his own.Chinese writer Yu Ta-fu (1896-1945)
- DirectorJames HawesStarsHelena Bonham CarterMatthew MacfadyenDenis LawsonEdwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents' rows before the father deserts the family. While training as a teacher after the Great War she sends her stories to publishers; one of them, Hugh Pollock, takes her on and also marries her. They have two daughters, but Enid is a terrible mother, letting a nanny raise them while she, ironically, is bestowing treats on anonymous children who worship her for her stories. She is completely self-absorbed,driving Hugh to drink and then to another woman. Enid uses the children as emotional blackmail to get a divorce on her terms before marrying Kenneth Waters, a weak man similar to her father. After World War Two she is as popular as ever, despite accusations of using a syndicate to pen her books, and she carries on, adored by children who do not know her true nature, for another 20 years before her death in 1968.British writer Enid Blyton (1898-1967)
- DirectorNorman StoneStarsJoss AcklandClaire BloomDavid WallerNoted author and scholar finds love, then must endure its loss...British writer Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) & American poet Helen Joy Davidman (1915-1960)
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsAnthony HopkinsDebra WingerJulian FellowesC.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.British writer Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) & American poet Helen Joy Davidman (1915-1960)
- StarsNickolas GraceAntonio IranzoFrancisco JarqueBiography of the Spanish poet and playwright Lorca, who was executed by followers of Franco in 1936.Spanish poet Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (1898-1936)
- DirectorPaul MorrisonStarsRobert PattinsonJavier BeltránMatthew McNultyAbout the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.Spanish poet Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (1898-1936)
- DirectorJames FrancoStarsJames FrancoMichael ShannonStacey MillerA biography of American poet Hart Crane who committed suicide at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.American poet Hart Crane (1899-1932)
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsSandra BullockChris O'DonnellMackenzie AstinA bitter love story between a talented writer and a gentle nurse.American writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsOwen WilsonRachel McAdamsKathy BatesWhile 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.American writers Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
- DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsNicole KidmanClive OwenDavid StrathairnA drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and World War II correspondent Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's inspiration for For Whom the Bell Tolls, and the only woman who ever asked for a divorce from the writer.American writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) & journalist Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998)
- DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsEmma ThompsonTom HanksAnnie Rose BuckleyAuthor P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.Australian born novelist P. L. Travers (1899-1996)
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsShannen DohertyDale MidkiffMatt MulhernBiography of American novelist Margaret Mitchell, who wrote "Gone With The Wind".American novelist Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949)
- DirectorTim WhitbyStarsJulie BarclayIndia Skye BealeSarah BucklandIn the 1970s the redoubtable and eccentric Barbara Cartland, prolific author of hundreds of romantic novels, is interviewed on television, where she expresses anti-feminist views. Despite being reminded that she was a working journalist in the 1920s, she clings to her view that what women really want is a romantic husband. Back home she bars women wearing trousers from her house, frustrates Ian, her son and literary agent, by announcing that she is to make an album of love songs and advises her friend, Louis Mountbatten, uncle of the Queen, as to a healthy diet, with plenty of ginseng. As she dictates her latest book to a secretary, the action moves back and forth between the 1970s and Barbara's young life. Her family was once very wealthy but fell upon hard times and Polly, Barbara's mother, always told her that she would marry a duke. However, she marries a drunk who is rough in bed and has a mistress, and she retreats into writing as an escape from him. Ultimately they divorce and she marries his cousin, who encourages her writing and stays with her until his death in the 1960s. There is some irony in the juxtaposition of Barbara's flowery prose and the unhappy experience of her own first marriage.British romance writer Barbara Cartland (1901-2000)
- StarsTakako MatsuKyôko KagawaKen MiyakeWith an elder brother and an adopted younger brother who doesn't know it, Teru grows up in her father's bookstore. After she has graduated from girls school at the age of 17, her younger brother, Masahiro, suggests that she write about her observations in life. She begins to write poetry under the pen name of Misuzu Kaneko and her life as a poet begins making her famous. But what follows is a failed arranged marriage, Masahiro's broken heart, and a debilitating illness.Japanese poet Kaneko Misuzu (1903-1930)
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineAkira TakaradaDaisuke KatôFumiko struggles to get her literary work published, spending years working in poverty while being abused by her boyfriend all the while hoping to break free from the cycle.Adapted from the autobiographical novel of Japanese writer Fumiko Hayashi (1903-1951)