Menukirjaniku Loretta Sage bestsellerite esikaasi ehib raamatumaailma nõutuim kaanemodell Alan. Järjekordsel raamatuturneel satub Loretta inimröövi ohvriks. Röövijaks on miljardär Fairfax, kes on veendunud, et raamatust pärit vihjed juhatavad ta varanduseni. Soovides tõestada kõigile, et tema näol on tegemist millegi enama kui lihtsalt ilusa näolapi ja kena kehaga, võtab Alan nõuks Loretta inimröövlite küüsist päästa...
Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) on oma spiooniromaanidega ülemaailmse populaarsuse saavutanud eraklik menukirjanik, kelle jaoks tähendab ideaalne õhtu viibimist oma kodus, seltsiks sülearvuti ja kass Alfie. Aga kui reaalsus hakkab peegeldama tema Argylle'i nimelise superagendi seiklusi lausa kõhedusttekitava täpsusega, muutuvad õndsad õhtud kodus diivanil ühtäkki minevikuks. Kaaslaseks kassidele allergiline (tõeline!) spioon Aiden (Sam Rockwell), tormab Elly (Alfie seljakotiga kaasas) mööda maailma, püsides napilt sammu võrra ees elukutselistest tapjatest, samal ajal kui piir tema raamatutes kirjapandu ja reaalsuse vahel üha ähmasemaks muutub.
Ingrid ja Martha olid nooruspõlves head sõbrad ja töötasid koos samas ajakirjas. Ingridist sai hiljem autofiktsioone loov kirjanik, samas kui Martha hakkas sõjakorrespondendiks. Elutee viis naised üksteisest lahku. Aastaid pärast ühenduse katkemist kohtuvad nad taas.
True-crime writer Ellison Oswald is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.
Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.
Los Angelese kunstivahendaja Susan Morrow (Amy Adams) elab äärmiselt privilegeeritud, kuid hingeliselt sisutühja elu koos abikaasa Hutton Morrow’ga (Armie Hammer). Ühel nädalalõpul, kui Hutton on taas järjekordsel ärireisil, saab Susan postipaki käsikirjaga: selleks on romaan pealkirjaga „Ööloomad“ ning autoriks tema endine abikaasa Edward Sheffield (Jake Gyllenhaal), kellega Susan pole juba aastaid suhelnud. Käsikirjaga on kaasas kiri, milles Edward väljendab soovi oma peatsel külaskäigul L.A.-sse Susaniga kohtuda. Üksi kodus olles asub Susan käsikirja lugema. Romaan on pühendatud talle, kuid selle sisu on vägivaldne ja ruineeriv, sündmustik valusalt isiklik ja allegooriline. Edwardi kirjutatust sügavalt mõjutatuna hakkab Susanile tahtmatult meenuma kõik see, mis minevikus nende vahel oli, ning tema elus tehtud valikud saavad uue mõistmise valguses ümber hinnatud. Armastus, mis tundus olevat ammu surnud, lööb lõkkele ning selguvad tõelised kangelased nii elus kui ka fiktsioonis.
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is brutally attacked and hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, leaves work to care for her chronically ill son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
Twenty year-old Ki-chan lives alone with his father. One day Yoon-seo (Kim Jeong-ah), his stepmother comes to live with them. She tries to be friendly with Ki-chan but he appraoches her as a woman and starts showing her that. Yoon-seo strongly rejects him but he knows that she wants him too. Their relationship turns into something dangerous. Then one day, Min-jeong, who has had a crush on Ki-chan for a long time, finds out what is going on between the two. The young stepmother fools her husband and falls in love with his son and the son falls in love with his father's woman. They make a deal with Min-jeong to make sure she doesn't say anything.
A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a political agitator, and a novelist who wrote of his greatness. Eduard Limonov’s life story is a journey through Russia, America, and Europe during the second half of the 20th century.
Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course, he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
In a Tokyo love hotel district, a woman is found dead in a derelict apartment. As police investigate, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To break away from the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model enacting sex in front of a camera. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade that she's still the doting wife she's supposed to be.
A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.
Ryoko Matsumura is a popular writer in her 50's. She also knows that she has Alzheimer’s. Ryoko Matsumura begins to teach at a university. She meets a young Korean man in his 20's. They become attracted to each other.
Isolated on a remote property, 16-year-old Claudia finds her world transformed when a spirited girl named Grace wanders into her garden.
Self-important author Leon joins his best friend on a summer holiday near the Baltic Sea to complete his novel. When they arrive, they find their house is already occupied by a carefree woman who challenges Leon to open up. Meanwhile, forest wildfires rage around them and impending disaster looms.