Playwright Movies

  • 1988
    King Lear

    King Lear

    King Lear

    6.31988HD

    A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human...

    King Lear
  • 1956
    23 Paces to Baker Street

    23 Paces to Baker Street

    23 Paces to Baker Street

    6.81956HD

    Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped...

    23 Paces to Baker Street
  • 1941
    Bedtime Story

    Bedtime Story

    Bedtime Story

    5.91941HD

    A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few...

    Bedtime Story
  • 1932
    Rockabye

    Rockabye

    Rockabye

    6.21932HD

    A Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.

    Rockabye
  • 2020
    Playhouse

    Playhouse

    Playhouse

    52020HD

    Reckless Jack Travis is an irreverent horror writer notorious for scaring audiences. But as he obsesses over creating a new theatre show set in a...

    Playhouse
  • 1994
    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

    01994HD

    A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by...

    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
  • 1982
    Author! Author!

    Author! Author!

    Author! Author!

    5.91982HD

    A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him,...

    Author! Author!
  • 1940
    No Time for Comedy

    No Time for Comedy

    No Time for Comedy

    5.41940HD

    An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.

    No Time for Comedy
  • 1987
    The Ten-Year Lunch

    The Ten-Year Lunch

    The Ten-Year Lunch

    6.51987HD

    The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table...

    The Ten-Year Lunch
  • 1965
    Young Cassidy

    Young Cassidy

    Young Cassidy

    6.21965HD

    In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family,...

    Young Cassidy
  • 1932
    Lovers Courageous

    Lovers Courageous

    Lovers Courageous

    5.81932HD

    A daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his plays will be a hit.

    Lovers Courageous
  • 2024
    Eternal Visionary

    Eternal Visionary

    Eternal Visionary

    7.12024HD

    In 1934, as playwright Luigi Pirandello travels to Stockholm, where he is about to receive the Nobel Prize, he begins reliving the drama and magic of...

    Eternal Visionary
  • 2015
    Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century

    Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century

    Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century

    7.52015HD

    An unparalleled portrait of Arthur Miller (1915-2005), a major writer who left an indelible mark on the world. Miller's life is intimately connected...

    Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
  • 2022
    Lord of the Ants

    Lord of the Ants

    Lord of the Ants

    7.2732022HD

    Based on true events of the late 60s in Italy, poet, playwright and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti is prosecuted and sentenced to prison for the love...

    Lord of the Ants
  • 1940
    Angels Over Broadway

    Angels Over Broadway

    Angels Over Broadway

    5.9481940HD

    Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles...

    Angels Over Broadway
  • 1935
    Accent on Youth

    Accent on Youth

    Accent on Youth

    5.51935HD

    A young secretary falls in love with her boss, a middle-aged playwright. Complications ensue when her boss' son falls for her.

    Accent on Youth
  • 1986
    Shadow Play

    Shadow Play

    Shadow Play

    4.81986HD

    A playwright, who lost her fiance to suicide, is haunted by his spirit while staying on a remote island with his mother.

    Shadow Play
  • 1988
    Normal Service

    Normal Service

    Normal Service

    01988HD

    It's General Election day 1964, and the resources of Forth and Clyde Television are under stress. Too many shows want too many things done too...

    Normal Service
  • 1950
    Trial Without Jury

    Trial Without Jury

    Trial Without Jury

    01950HD

    A homicide detective suspects a playwright who bases his play on a murder.

    Trial Without Jury
  • 1989
    Fear, Anxiety and Depression

    Fear, Anxiety and Depression

    Fear, Anxiety and Depression

    5.91989HD

    An unsuccessful playwright faces trials and tribulations as he seeks to find himself in New York City.

    Fear, Anxiety and Depression