252 films match The Ghost Writer

A ghostwriter hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister uncovers secrets that put his own life in risk.

A writer moves into a Malibu beach house, and comes up against the ghost of an actress who supposedly had committed suicide there 30 years previously, but had been murdered by her boyfriend. The ghost asks the writer's help in proving her boyfriend the killer. (imdb)

Two writers at Paramount Cartoon Studios try to think of good stories for Casper the Friendly Ghost. They review scenes from "Casper's Spree Under The Sea," "Once Upon A Rhyme" and "To Boo Or Not To Boo." Eventually Casper himself emerges from a poster on the wall and scares the writers away. Casper explains that he thought up that gag to end the cartoon!

A young woman, Yuki Kawahara (Mizukawa), is hired as an assistant by a well-known novelist, Risa Tonou (Nakatani). The novelist suffers from writer's block after years of intense pressure from her publisher to produce novels and screenplays. The assistant, herself an aspiring writer, at first offers ideas for plots and then eventually takes over all of the writing duties...

Jonathan Vandermark is a music teacher with a weakness for young men with great aspirations and without a pot to piss in. When Sebastian enters his life and takes advantage of John's charity, his life and afterlife will be changed forever. (imdb)

A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.

Six years after the abduction of his daughter, a man is hired to kill the author of a fantasy novel, but the world of the novel seems to intersect with reality. (imdb)

Published in Paris in 1954, Story of O was an immediate bestseller and literary scandal: an elegantly written S&M fantasy that had all the hallmarks of being an autobiographical account by the pseudonymous Pauline Réage. In 1994 Dominique Aury, a mild-mannered, dowdy editor for France's prestigious Gallimard press, revealed her authorship... (Film Forum)

It's late at night. Marion is a comedy sketch writer. She has three sketches due in the morning, and she has come up with nothing. If only she were a guy, she muses, it's so simple for them to come up with ideas. She nods off, and sure enough, she dreams three male fantasy sketches in rapid succession. Still napping, she has a woman's dream - and then a rude awakening. (imdb)

Bill Douglas plays a writer struggling with a script about the interior lives of two women (played by Joanna David and Heather Page). (Letterboxd)

Gene is a professional writer whose new Y-novel has become an instant hit - even getting its own BL drama where he is now a consultant. Here he meets actor Nubsib, who will play the main lead and who also shows a special interest in Gene. (imdb)

Dr. Matthew Alford aims to expose government interference in Hollywood movies by proving an acclaimed screenwriter was murdered. The writer was working on a controversial script about real-life CIA bank jobs when he disappeared. Several months later his body was found in a California aqueduct - minus both his hands. Following years of research, Alford decides to visit L.A to prove it was an assassination.

Many of your favorite rants were actual written by rant writer Charlie Hoard; here are his stories. (Funny or Die)

This short film focuses on the job of the Hollywood screenwriter and how he transforms a story idea, novel, or stage play into a screenplay that becomes the film seen in cinemas.

An intimate portrait of Eric Carle, creator of more than 70 books for children including the best-selling, classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar now 82 and still at work in his studio making books and creating art. (eric-carle.com)

When accused of a murder eerily parallel to a plot in his novel, a best-selling crime writer must navigate a web of hidden enemies. (imdb)

The story is about a man who teaches Criminology and his friend who writes mystery novels. They both try to figure out the mystery behind the cases as they try to find the beautiful crime.

Novelist Lu Kongwen fell into the trough of life and decided to destroy his novel "God Killing" with his own hands. In the novel world, the protagonist also embarked on a journey of resistance in order to resist the predetermined fate. (imdb.com)

The anime's story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section 9 chief Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg, wizard-level hacker assigned to the JGSDF's 501st Secret Unit. (myanimelist.net)

During a nation wide hacking crisis threatening the lives of millions of Japanese people, the Major and her trusty tachikoma (armored mobile AI) battle against military cyborg units in real space over control of the Net. (imdb)