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1. The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon
Votes: 24,779 | Gross: $8.38M
2. The Last Five Years (2014)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A struggling actress and her novelist lover each illustrate the struggle and deconstruction of their love affair.
Director: Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan, Tamara Mintz, Cassandra Inman
Votes: 10,772 | Gross: $0.14M
3. Hammett (1982)
PG | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fictional account of real-life mystery writer Dashiell Hammett, and his involvement in the investigation of a beautiful Chinese cabaret actress' mysterious disappearance in San Francisco.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 3,707 | Gross: $0.04M
4. Year of the Gun (1991)
R | 111 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
In 1978, a journalist and a photojournalist, both young Americans, had a close encounter with Red Brigades terrorists in Rome.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Sharon Stone, Valeria Golino, John Pankow
Votes: 2,971 | Gross: $1.18M
5. Come Live with Me (1941)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Romance
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr, Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale
Votes: 2,471
6. My Dog Stupid (2019)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Henri is a middle-aged writer in crisis. Just at a time when he assesses of his life, an enormous gray dog, impolite and smelly, sneaks into Henri's house.
Director: Yvan Attal | Stars: Yvan Attal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Eric Ruf, Pascale Arbillot
Votes: 2,393
7. Blonde Inspiration (1941)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Unknown writer Jonathan Briggs is tricked into buying in to a struggling western magazine only to find that all Is not as it appears. In the meantime, he falls for the publisher's assistant and complications arise.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: John Shelton, Virginia Grey, Albert Dekker, Charles Butterworth
Votes: 231
8. Famous Boners (1942)
Passed | 10 min | Short, Family, History
This Passing Parade series entry looks at four instances of people who either caused or were the victims of errors, including Sir Isaac Newton, historian Thomas Carlyle, an escaped prisoner and a World War I saboteur.
Director: Douglas Foster | Stars: John Nesbitt, Margaret Bert, Edward McWade, Dave O'Brien
Votes: 119
9.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Milagro
(1999)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A strange writer infatuated with Scully moves in next door to Mulder and proceeds to slowly bewitch her through his writing. Mulder investigates the man and realizes that he may be behind a series of killings involving psychic surgery.
Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Hawkes, Nestor Serrano
Votes: 4,087
10.
Lucifer (2016–2021)
Episode:
High School Poppycock
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Lucifer fights a mental block, Chloe has silly fun while solving a murder, and Maze helps her friends get some resolve.
Director: Louis Shaw Milito | Stars: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, Tricia Helfer
Votes: 4,123