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EW's list of the top movies about writers. These are like bibliographies of writers but on film. For the full article and photo gallery go to: http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20177571,00.html

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Rank   Name Release Directed by Genre(s) Actor(s)
  1. 1
    A Face in the Crowd EW.com's Hollywood's Great Movies About Writers Film picture

    A Face in the Crowd

    1957
    Elia Kazan
    Drama
    Rip Torn, Walter Matthau, Rod Brasfield, Anthony Franciosa, Patricia Neal, Alexander Kirkland, Bennett Cerf, Marshall Neilan, Charles Irving, Andy Griffith, Lee Remick, Burl Ives More
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  2. 2
    The Front EW.com's Hollywood's Great Movies About Writers Film picture

    The Front

    1976
    Martin Ritt
    Drama, Comedy, Period piece, Political drama, Parody, Political cinema
    Charles Kimbrough, Woody Allen, Andrea Marcovicci, Remak Ramsay, Lloyd Gough, Marvin Lichterman, Zero Mostel, Michael Murphy, Danny Aiello, Herschel Bernardi, David Clarke, Josef Sommer, David Margulies, Scott McKay, Joshua Shelley, Norman Rose, Georgann Johnson More
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  3. 3
    In a Lonely Place EW.com's Hollywood's Great Movies About Writers Film picture

    In a Lonely Place

    1950
    Nicholas Ray
    Drama, Black-and-white, Mystery, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Film noir More
    Morris Ankrum, Frank Lovejoy, William Ching, Humphrey Bogart, Carl Benton Reid, Jeff Donnell, Art Smith, Robert Warwick, Gloria Grahame, Steven Geray, Martha Stewart More
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  4. 4
    Permanent Midnight EW.com's Hollywood's Great Movies About Writers Film picture

    Permanent Midnight

    1998
    David Veloz
    Drama, Biography, Indie
    Spencer Garrett, Mary Thompson, Andy Dick, Liz Torres, Scott Williamson, Douglas Spain, Peter Greene, Lourdes Benedicto, Elizabeth Hurley, Maria Bello, Cheryl Ladd, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Owen Wilson, Fred Willard, Jerry Stahl, Charles Fleischer, Sandra Oh More
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  5. 5
    Barton Fink EW.com's Hollywood's Great Movies About Writers Film picture

    Barton Fink

    Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
    Drama, Comedy, Period piece, Mystery, Thriller, Black comedy, Indie
    Meagen Fay, Frances McDormand, Richard Portnow, Christopher Murney, I.M. Hobson, John Goodman, Lance Davis, Steve Buscemi, Harry Bugin, Jon Polito, Barry Sonnenfeld, Tony Shalhoub, John Turturro, Judy Davis, John Mahoney, Michael Lerner More
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  6. 6
    The Muse EW.com's Hollywood's Great Movies About Writers Film picture

    The Muse

    1999
    Albert Brooks
    Comedy, Parody, Satire
    Jamie Alexis, Albert Brooks, Bradley Whitford, Catherine MacNeal, Steven Wright, Monica Mikala, James Cameron, Sharon Stone, Martin Scorsese, Jeff Bridges, Marnie Shelton, Andie MacDowell, Mark Feuerstein, Cybill Shepherd, Lorenzo Lamas More
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  7. 7
    The Dying Gaul EW.com's Hollywood's Great Movies About Writers Film picture

    The Dying Gaul

    2005
    Craig Lucas
    Drama, LGBT, Indie
    Faith Jefferies, Peter Sarsgaard, Kelli O'Hara, Patricia Clarkson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Campbell Scott, Robin Bartlett, Elizabeth Marvel, Dee Dee Flores More
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  8. 8
    8½ EW.com's Hollywood's Great Movies About Writers Film picture

    8½

    1963
    Federico Fellini
    Drama, Fantasy
    Barbara Steele, Rossella Falk, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Claudia Cardinale, Madeleine LeBeau, Eddra Gale, Marcello Mastroianni, Caterina Boratto, Mario Pisu, Guido Alberti More
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  9. 9
    Hannah and Her Sisters EW.com's Hollywood's Great Movies About Writers Film picture

    Hannah and Her Sisters

    1986
    Woody Allen
    Drama, Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Indie, Romantic drama
    Richard Jenkins, Carrie Fisher, Sam Waterston, Tony Roberts, Daniel Stern, Christian Clemenson, Michael Caine, Lloyd Nolan, Lewis Black, Julie Kavner, Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, Joanna Gleason, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest, Max von Sydow, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Maureen O'Sullivan, J. T. Walsh, Bobby Short, Soon-Yi Previn, Paul Bates, John Turturro, Benno Schmidt, Maria Chiara More
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  10. 10
    My Favorite Year EW.com's Hollywood's Great Movies About Writers Film picture

    My Favorite Year

    1982
    Richard Benjamin
    Comedy, World cinema
    Anne De Salvo, Corinne Bohrer, George Wyner, Selma Diamond, Jenny Neumann, John Welsh, Jessica Harper, George Marshall Ruge, Barbara Horan, Tony DiBenedetto, Cameron Mitchell, Peter O'Toole, Lou Jacobi, Adolph Green, Mark Linn-Baker, Bill Macy, Lainie Kazan, Basil Hoffman, Joseph Bologna, Gloria Stuart More
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  11. 11
    The TV Set EW.com's Hollywood's Great Movies About Writers Film picture

    The TV Set

    2006
    Jake Kasdan
    Drama, Comedy, Indie
    David Duchovny, Alan Blumenfeld, Ioan Gruffudd, Molly Bryant, Fran Kranz, Andrea Martin, Wendle Josepher, Simon Helberg, Charlotte Salt, Justine Bateman, M. C. Gainey, Judy Greer, Willie Garson, Kaitlin Doubleday, Aidan Mitchell, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Sloane, Kathryn Joosten, Sigourney Weaver, Lucy Davis, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Allison Scagliotti-Smith More
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  12. 12
    Adaptation EW.com's Hollywood's Great Movies About Writers Film picture

    Adaptation

    2002
    Spike Jonze
    Drama, Comedy, Crime Fiction, Black comedy, Drama Film, Comedy-drama, Cult, Satire More
    Doug Jones, Jay Tavare, Gary Farmer, Meryl Streep, John Malkovich, Litefoot, Judy Greer, Roger Willie, Roger Fanter, Sandra Lee Gimpel, Ron Livingston, Chris Cooper, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cara Seymour, Rheagan Wallace, Caron Colvett, Nicolas Cage, Gregory Itzin, Jim Beaver, Curtis Hanson, Laura Love, Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, Stephen Tobolowsky, John Cusack, Lynn Court More
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  13. 13
    Sunset Boulevard EW.com's Hollywood's Great Movies About Writers Film picture

    Sunset Boulevard

    1950
    Billy Wilder
    Drama, Film noir
    Jack Webb, Ray Evans, Fred Clark, Erich von Stroheim, Anna Q. Nilsson, Nancy Olson, Gloria Swanson, Franklyn Farnum, Cecil B. DeMille, Buster Keaton, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Hedda Hopper, Lloyd Gough, Yvette Vickers, H. B. Warner, Larry J. Blake, William Holden More
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  14. 14
    Leaving Las Vegas EW.com's Hollywood's Great Movies About Writers Film picture

    Leaving Las Vegas

    1995
    Mike Figgis
    Drama, Romance Film, Indie, World cinema, Romantic drama, Film adaptation, Erotica, Tragedy More
    Stuart Regen, Kim Adams, Mariska Hargitay, Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis, Steven Weber, Emily Procter, Valeria Golino, R. Lee Ermey More
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