Gotta Finish Writing
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1. Adaptation. (2002)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton
Votes: 203,164 | Gross: $22.25M
2. Amber's Descent (2020)
92 min | Horror, Thriller
After surviving a violent encounter, renowned pianist, Amber Waltz, relocates to a rural farmhouse to complete her latest symphony. When the music mysteriously begins writing itself, Amber ... See full summary »
Director: Micheal Bafaro | Stars: Kayla Stanton, Michael Mitton, Don Knodel, Nathaniel Vossen
Votes: 183
3. Anne+ (2021)
94 min | Drama
A twenty-something lesbian university graduate in Amsterdam prepares to leave for Montreal, meanwhile navigating her social life and writing carreer.
Director: Valerie Bisscheroux | Stars: Hanna van Vliet, Jouman Fattal, Thorn de Vries, Jade Olieberg
Votes: 2,077
4. Behind the Walls (2011)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In 1922, a young novelist goes to the countryside to write her latest book and falls victim to terrifying hallucinations and nightmares.
Directors: Julien Lacombe, Pascal Sid | Stars: Laetitia Casta, Thierry Neuvic, Jacques Bonnaffé, Roger Dumas
Votes: 647
5. Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
PG-13 | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
Once told they'd save the universe during a time-traveling adventure, two would-be rockers from San Dimas, California find themselves as middle-aged dads still trying to crank out a hit song and fulfill their destiny.
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Kristen Schaal, Samara Weaving
Votes: 53,068
6. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, Terry Camilleri
Votes: 141,744 | Gross: $40.49M
7. Blank Page (I) (2021)
78 min | Horror
A writer begins a new project, but something continues to prevent him from finishing it.
Director: Aidan Manley | Star: Aidan Manley
Votes: 29
8. Book of Evil (2018)
90 min | Horror
Stan Harris is a procrastinating horror novelist who gets a call from his publisher warning him that he's only got until the end of the night to complete his latest work. As paranormal ... See full summary »
Directors: James Coleman, Vincent Coleman, Michael Del Rossa | Stars: Brian Barrett, Jessie Bell, Nick Bianchi, Greg Boyton
Votes: 80
9. Chapelwaite (2021–2023)
TV-MA | 516 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In the 1850s, Captain Charles Boone relocates his family to his ancestral home in the small, sleepy town of Preacher's Corners. Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family's history and fight to end the darkness.
Stars: Adrien Brody, Emily Hampshire, Jennifer Ens, Sirena Gulamgaus
Votes: 12,091
10. Dadnapped (2008 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Melissa has a bad case of sibling rivalry, only her competition is a fictional character in her father's best-selling novel about a teenage super spy. When her father is "dadnapped" by a ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: Emily Osment, David Henrie, Jason Earles, Jonathan Keltz
Votes: 3,293
11. Deadline (I) (2009)
R | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A screenwriter travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.
Director: Sean McConville | Stars: Brittany Murphy, Thora Birch, Tammy Blanchard, Marc Blucas
Votes: 5,813
12. Deadline (1980)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A popular horror writer whose family life is falling apart struggles to write his next horror movie.
Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Stephen Young, Sharon Masters, Marvin Goldhar, Jeannie Elias
Votes: 791
13. Death Sentences (2020)
Thriller
A blocked writer is made a proposition by the spirit of her celebrated-author cousin: 'Find my killer and I will finish your novel.'
Director: Joe Leone | Stars: Andreas Casso, Remiara Eve, Nicholas M. Garofolo, Kerwin Johnson Jr.
Votes: 80
14. Destroy All Neighbors (2024)
85 min | Comedy, Horror
Struggling prog-rock musician William Brown finds himself in a living nightmare when he accidentally kills Vlad, the neighbor from hell.
Director: Josh Forbes | Stars: Jonah Ray, Kiran Deol, Randee Heller, Pete Ploszek
Votes: 1,371
15. Dolls (I) (2019)
85 min | Horror
A struggling children's book author and his rebellious teenage daughter move into a house they've inherited and find mysterious dolls in the attic. The father and daughter soon learn that the dolls have a sinister - and deadly - past.
Director: Cuyle Carvin | Stars: Thomas Downey, Dee Wallace, Trinity Simpson, Bret Green
Votes: 440
16. Dream Scenario (2023)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An ordinary family man finds his life turned upside down when strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams.
Director: Kristoffer Borgli | Stars: Lily Bird, Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Jessica Clement
Votes: 56,635
17. Duplex (2003)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy
A young couple has a chance to move into a gorgeous duplex in the perfect New York neighborhood. All they have to do is bump off the current tenant, a cute little old lady.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Eileen Essell, Harvey Fierstein
Votes: 62,031 | Gross: $9.69M
18. Ficció (2006)
107 min | Drama
Alex, a filmmaker, tries to finish his latest script in a quiet village. There he encounters and befriends Monica, that is visiting his neighbor there.
Director: Cesc Gay | Stars: Eduard Fernández, Javier Cámara, Montse Germán, Carme Pla
Votes: 471
19. Field Freak (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A family moves into a secluded cabin only to be terrorized by a mysterious creature.
Director: Stephen Folker | Stars: Dave Juehring, Trena Penson, Tristan Coppola, Glenn Harston
Votes: 339
20. Finding Forrester (2000)
PG-13 | 136 min | Drama
Forrester, the author of a famous book, decides to help Jamal, a 16-year-old student, discover his writing prowess by mentoring him and enrolling him into a prestigious private school.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin
Votes: 89,603 | Gross: $66.40M
21. Follow Her (2022)
92 min | Thriller
An aspiring actress responds to a mysterious classified ad and finds herself trapped in her new boss's twisted revenge fantasy.
Director: Sylvia Caminer | Stars: Dani Barker, Luke Cook, Eliana Jones, Mark Moses
Votes: 1,289
22. The Green (2011)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
Michael Gavin and his partner Daniel trade the rat race of New York City for the idyllic charm of the Connecticut shoreline, with hopes of a simpler life and time for Michael to finish his ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Williford | Stars: Jason Butler Harner, Cheyenne Jackson, Illeana Douglas, Chris Bert
Votes: 869
23. Halloween Ends (2022)
R | 111 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode comes to a spine-chilling climax in the final installment of this trilogy.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney, Rohan Campbell
Votes: 71,396
24. House (1985)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A troubled writer moves into a haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: William Katt, Kay Lenz, George Wendt, Richard Moll
Votes: 29,996 | Gross: $19.44M
25. The House of Snails (2021)
104 min | Horror, Thriller
Follows writer Antonio who secludes himself in the mountains and falls in lust with local Berta. After realizing the oddities of the rural community the author starts to question the lines between reality and fiction.
Director: Macarena Astorga | Stars: Javier Rey, Paz Vega, Luna Fulgencio, Norma Martínez
Votes: 893
26. Hush (I) (2016)
R | 82 min | Horror, Thriller
A deaf and mute writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life must fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears at her window.
Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: John Gallagher Jr., Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, Samantha Sloyan
Votes: 153,916
27. I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
R | 108 min | Horror, Thriller
A writer who is brutalized during her cabin retreat seeks revenge on her attackers, who left her for dead.
Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Andrew Howard, Daniel Franzese
Votes: 93,235 | Gross: $0.09M
28. Images (1972)
R | 104 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Whilst writing a children's book, a woman interrupted by images unsure if they may, or may not be real
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais
Votes: 7,763
29. In a Lonely Place (1950)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid
Votes: 35,299
30. Hand of Dante
Crime, Drama, Mystery | Post-production
Follow the dark and violent path of a man who plunges into a metaphorical hell until he reaches paradise in search of his forbidden and impossible love.
Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Al Pacino, Martin Scorsese, Gerard Butler, Jason Momoa
31. Krampus (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a festive demon to his family home.
Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tolman
Votes: 84,111 | Gross: $42.59M
32. The Latent Image (2022)
Unrated | 83 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A thriller writer finds his story coming to horrifying life when a mysterious drifter arrives at the door of his isolated cabin.
Director: Alexander McGregor Birrell | Stars: Joshua Tonks, Jay Clift, William Tippery, Michael Alan Herman
Votes: 72
33. Level Five (1997)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, Romance, War
The French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. She searches the internet for information on the battle, and ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Catherine Belkhodja, Kenji Tokitsu, Nagisa Ôshima, Junichi Ushiyama
Votes: 947 | Gross: $0.02M
34. The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
PG | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine Christmas.
Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Dan Stevens, Mark Schrier, Patrick Joseph Byrnes, Miriam Margolyes
Votes: 19,285 | Gross: $5.68M
35. The Memory Police
Drama | Pre-production
On an unnamed island, things have begun to disappear. However, a rare few are able to remember all that no longer exists, but the Memory Police are determined to make sure that what has been erased, remains forgotten forever.
Director: Reed Morano | Star: Lily Gladstone
36. Misery (1990)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 235,788 | Gross: $61.28M
37. Moments in a Stolen Dream (1977)
TV-PG | 112 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The coming-of-age story of young college student, Joey (Christopher de Leon), who has lost all sense of direction and meaning in life, waking up every morning to the same old day that went ... See full summary »
Director: Mike De Leon | Stars: Christopher De Leon, Hilda Koronel, Laurice Guillen, Moody Diaz
Votes: 91
38. The Nesting (1981)
R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A writer suffering from agoraphobia rents an isolated house so she can concentrate on her writing. She doesn't know that the house is a former brothel, and is inhabited by the ghosts of dead prostitutes.
Director: Armand Weston | Stars: Robin Groves, Christopher Loomis, Michael David Lally, John Carradine
Votes: 1,657
39. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, Gerrit Graham
Votes: 22,425 | Gross: $0.16M
40. The Pitchfork Retreat
Horror | Filming
Three writers arrive by boat on a private island for a horror writer retreat where they are told they will compete for a life changing writing competition. They're in for a hell of a surprise.
Directors: Gregory Van Voorhis, Nicole Van Voorhis | Stars: Danielle Harris, Adrienne Barbeau, Andrew Divoff, Dee Wallace
41. Please Stand By (2017)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in an attempt to submit her 500-page manuscript to a "Star Trek" writing competition at Paramount Pictures.
Director: Ben Lewin | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Alice Eve, Toni Collette, Lexi Aaron
Votes: 15,246 | Gross: $0.01M
42. Private Number (2014)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
A once loner struggling to find his purpose in life stumbles across a mysterious key that unlocks a magical portal that travels through time. However what seemed like something simple turns... See full summary »
Director: LazRael Lison | Stars: Hal Ozsan, Nicholle Tom, Tom Sizemore, Judd Nelson
Votes: 1,060
43. Reaper (2000)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Horror novelist Luke Sinclair retreats to a small town to finish writing his latest book. No sooner has he arrived, however, than a young woman is murdered in the woods nearby, in ... See full summary »
Director: John Bradshaw | Stars: Chris Sarandon, Catherine Mary Stewart, Vlasta Vrana, Joanna Noyes
Votes: 312
44. Red Snow (I) (2021)
80 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A struggling vampire romance novelist must defend herself against real-life vampires during Christmas in Lake Tahoe.
Director: Sean Nichols Lynch | Stars: Dennice Cisneros, Nico Bellamy, Laura Kennon, Vernon Wells
Votes: 2,165
45. The Resort (2021)
76 min | Horror
Four friends head to Hawaii to investigate reports of a haunting at an abandoned resort in hopes of finding the infamous Half-Faced Girl. When they arrive, they soon learn you should be careful what you wish for.
Director: Taylor Chien | Stars: Bianca Haase, Brock O'Hurn, Michael Vlamis, Michelle Randolph
Votes: 3,930
46. Reunion (VI) (2020)
95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A pregnant woman returns to her recently-deceased grandparents' old family home to spend time with her estranged mother. What begins as a tenuous reunion slowly turns terrifying.
Director: Jake Mahaffy | Stars: Julia Ormond, Emma Draper, Cohen Holloway, Ava Keane
Votes: 775
47. The Shadows (2007)
Not Rated | 80 min | Mystery, Thriller
Wunderkind horror novelist Stephen Grimes is hard at work coming up with new ways to kill people when, on a late-night drive, he hits a young man and rushes him to the hospital. A tentative... See full summary »
Director: Guillermo R. Rodríguez | Stars: Emett Allen, Trace Barnes, Michelle Baxter, Joyce Bergloff
Votes: 110
48. The Shining (1980)
R | 146 min | Drama, Horror
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Votes: 1,107,621 | Gross: $44.02M
49. Shirley (2020)
R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
Director: Josephine Decker | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman
Votes: 13,342
50. Sophie's Choice (1982)
R | 150 min | Drama, Romance
Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin
Votes: 52,806 | Gross: $30.04M
51. Tierra II (2017)
68 min
The director's life in a parallel reality, similar to ours in many aspects but very different in others. Situations and problems take over the director's daily life as he tries to finish writing a film of which he only has fragments.
Director: Fabio Vallarelli | Stars: Paula Brasca, Andrés Ciavaglia, Gabriel Galíndez, Delfina Oyuela
Votes: 17
52. Why? (I) (2021)
78 min | Horror
Writer Blake Sinclair finds herself in a fight for her life against a bloodthirsty maniac who has been leaving multiple victims in his wake as he returns to the mountain town of Northdale.
Director: Corbin Timbrook | Stars: Allison McAtee, Chris Browning, Michael Krause, Shelby Janes
Votes: 434
53. The Wind (1986 Video)
Not Rated | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
A popular crime novelist moves to a historic Greek village during the off-season in order to write her next book, but gets more than she bargained for when she strongly suspects a man of committing murder.
Director: Nico Mastorakis | Stars: Meg Foster, Wings Hauser, David McCallum, Robert Morley
Votes: 2,005
54. Young Adult (2011)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt, Elizabeth Reaser
Votes: 87,958 | Gross: $16.31M
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