Fiction Writers in Movies/TV Shows
These are shows about real authors who wrote fiction, but the stories themselves may be completely fictional. I have noted which are is in each. In many of them the stories give a fictional or fantastical inspiration for the author's works. The rest are bio-pics and slightly more true to life (and so noted).
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- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateFenella WoolgarWith a 1926 dinner party turning into a murder mystery, The Doctor and Donna Noble get the chance to meet Agatha Christie on the eve of her well-known 9-days disappearance.Agatha Christie
- DirectorCharlie PalmerStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanDean Lennox KellyThe Doctor takes Martha to London in 1599, where William Shakespeare's new play is being used by three witches in an evil plan.William Shakespeare
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsElyse LevesqueJeffrey CombsAron TagerThe Black Cat, set in 1840 Philadelphia, has the great writer Edgar Allan Poe, struggling with alcoholism, writers block, as well as being out of ideas, short on cash, and tormented by his wife Virginia's black cat that will either destroy his life or inspire him to write one of his most famous stories."Edgar Allan Poe"
- DirectorChris NoonanStarsRenée ZellwegerEwan McGregorEmily WatsonThe story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness, and success.Beatrix Potter (bio-pic)
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsMatt DamonHeath LedgerMonica BellucciWill and Jake Grimm are traveling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires true courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
- DirectorEuros LynStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperAlan DavidThe Doctor has great expectations for his latest adventure when he and Rose join forces with Charles Dickens to investigate a mysterious plague of zombies.Charles Dickens
- DirectorMarc ForsterStarsJohnny DeppKate WinsletJulie ChristieThe story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.J.M. Barrie, Arthur Conan Doyle (biopic)
- DirectorDavid DobkinStarsJackie ChanOwen WilsonFann WongWhen a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds.Arthur Conan Doyle
- DirectorBrian HelgelandStarsHeath LedgerMark AddyRufus SewellAfter his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight.Geoffery Chaucer
- CreatorGavin ScottStarsFrancesca HuntMichel CourtemancheChris DemetralThe fantastic steampunk adventures of the future science fiction writer and his friends, the Foggs and Passepartout.Jules Verne
Appears in all 22 episodes. - 2002–20081h 33m6.7 (533)TV EpisodeDirectorBille AugustMike NewellStarsCorey CarrierMargaret TyzackRuth de SosaHenry Jones Sr. takes his wife, son and the boy's tutor to the world's first psychoanalytical conference in Vienna, Austria in November 1908. Young Indy meets Princess Sophie of Austria, daughter of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and develops deep feelings for her. He even asks Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Alfred Adler for love advice. On their next stop in Florence, Anna Jones becomes the object of affection for the persuasive opera composer Giacomo Puccini. With her husband away in Rome, Anna is torn between her feelings for her husband and the impulsive Italian.Ernest Hemingway
- DirectorBille AugustMichael SchultzStarsSean Patrick FlaneryClare HigginsVeronica LoganJune 1918. Indiana Jones is working to get Austrian deserters safely to the allies side in the Italian Alps. In his spare time, he is wooing an Italian beauty named Guiletta. When he finds out another man is vying for her attention, Indy and his new pal, ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway make plans to crush Indiana's competitor by smothering Guiletta with presents and compliments. Afterwards, Indiana is begrudgingly ordered to Casablanca to find a traitor who is selling arms to the Berber rebels. Traveling incognito, he is joined by American novelist Edith Wharton and journalist Lowell Thomas. Indy and Edith soon find themselves attracted to each other despite their age difference.Edith Wharton
- DirectorAndy TennantStarsDrew BarrymoreAnjelica HustonDougray ScottThe Brothers Grimm arrive at the home of a wealthy Grande Dame who speaks of the many legends surrounding the fable of the cinder girl before telling the "true" story of her ancestor.Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
- DirectorCharles SturridgeStarsPaul McGannFlorence HoathElizabeth EarlIn 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies.Arthur Conan Doyle
- DirectorDeepa MehtaMichael SchultzStarsCorey CarrierLloyd OwenRuth de SosaThe globe trotting trip that Henry Jones, Jr. sets out on in the early 1900s next takes him and his family to Russia. A few acts of clumsiness puts Indy at odds with his father who is greatly displeased with Indy. Indy runs away into the Russian countryside and wakes in the morning on a haystack. He encounters an odd, cantankerous old man named Leo Tolstoy, who is in full agreement that "hell" is other people. Both are running away to seek a simpler life. They cross the countryside, encountering colorful Gypsies and avoiding fierce Imperial Cossack troops. The hardships of the journey make Indy homesick, but he won't soon forget his journey with the stubborn old man. Indy's next destination is Greece, where his mother Anna realizes that father and son need to spend more time together. The two bristle at each other's company as they explore the sites of ancient Greece, but Henry finally reaches past Indy's impudence and stubbornness when the topic turns to philosophy and the teachings of Aristotle. A series of misadventures lead them to an isolated monastery perched high on the peak of a mountain. While studying in the library, Indy meets Nikos Kazantzakis, the writer who would some day write Zorba the Greek. Lessons on causality come in handy on the harrowing trip in a tiny cage reeled up a thousand-foot mountainside.Leo Tolstoy
- 19951h 34m6.6 (1.1K)TV MovieDirectorCarl SchultzStarsSean Patrick FlaneryRonny CoutteureAdrian EdmondsonHenry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. (Sean Patrick Flanery) is on the trail of a 140-carat diamond that once belonged to Alexander the Great, using a map given to him by a dying soldier.E.M. Forrester
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsAnthony HopkinsDebra WingerJulian FellowesC.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.C.S. Lewis (biopic), J.R.R. Tolkien
- 1992–1993TV-G7.1 (172)TV EpisodeDirectorJoe JohnstonCarl SchultzStarsSean Patrick FlaneryLloyd OwenGeorge HallOld Indy meets a man driving a monster truck with the biggest set of wheels he ever saw at the gas station. He is reminded of his own teenage dream of driving the hottest car to his junior prom in 1916: a Bugatti owned by his then girlfriends father, Edward Stratemeyer. While trying to get the engine repaired, Indy and Nancy helped solve a robbery case from Thomas Edison's laboratory. It seemed German spies were after Edison's new electric motor.George Stratemeyer
- 1992–1993TV-G7.3 (135)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert YoungStarsSean Patrick FlaneryTim McInnernyMichael McShaneWorking as a Belgian spy during World War One, young Indiana Jones is reassigned to Prague where he is to receive an important phone call. Unfortunately his hotel room turns out to be unequipped with a phone. Indy heads for the Ministry of Telephones, where he learns that having to confront Czech bureaucracy can be quite a trial.Franz Kafka
- DirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonCaptain Picard and his archaeological curiosity are called upon by scientists from Earth when they find evidence to support beliefs that aliens had visited Earth in the late 1800s.Mark Twain, Jack London
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Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time's Arrow: Part 2 (1992 TV Episode) - DirectorPennant RobertsStarsColin BakerNicola BryantPaul DarrowA time corridor, called Timelash, has been set up to punish dissidents on the planet Karfel, dumping them alive but permanently into Earth's early history. The TARDIS runs right into it, and the Doctor thereafter finds a society with advanced technology it shouldn't have along with an unnerving absence of reflective surfaces of any kind.H.G. Wells
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Doctor Who: Timelash: Part Two (1985 TV Episode) - DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsMalcolm McDowellMary SteenburgenDavid WarnerH.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.H.G. Wells
- DirectorHenry LevinGeorge PalStarsLaurence HarveyClaire BloomKarlheinz BöhmThe story of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, and three of their stories.Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsDanny KayeFarley GrangerZizi JeanmaireThe opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales."Hans Christian Andersen
- StarsTom WardBarry StantonRaymond CoulthardH.G. Wells foresaw the future in such visionary novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. On a night in London in 1946, newspaper reporter Ellen McGillivray arrives at the home of legendary literary figure, Herbert George Wells. Expecting to hear of the events and people who formed his prophetic imagination, she is informed of a world in which known scientific boundaries no longer exist. It begins a half-century earlier at London's Imperial College of Science where Wells meets Jane Robbins, a scientist equally fascinated by unnatural phenomenon, and a woman who immediately captures Wells' heart. Through midnight experiments and secret investigations into the paranormal, through the follies of chance and the miracles of fate, Wells and Robbins find themselves slipping into whirlpools of time, both past and present, they never thought possible. Since this mysterious universe can not be shared with the world, this becomes a wondrous secret that binds them forever. To Wells' surprise, Ellen accepts his outlandish tales of traveling through time. For she is not, she admits, a journalist, but rather an underground government agent who has inherited a puzzling artifact that only Wells could possibly identify: a crystalline orb said to contain the mysteries of the universe, our relationships to other planets, and our past encounters with them. What Ellen is about to discover is that at the heart of the mysterious orb is buried the equally mysterious heart of Jane Robbins, the one who inspired H.G. Wells to tell the amazing truth in the form of science "fiction."H.G. Wells
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsOwen WilsonRachel McAdamsKathy BatesWhile on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, T.S. Elliot
- CreatorBlanche HanalisStarsMelissa GilbertMichael LandonKaren GrassleThe life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.Laura Ingalls Wilder
Appears in all 205 episodes. - StarsCameron BancroftErin CottrellKyle ChavarriaLittle House on the Prairie is a TV miniseries based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.Laura Ingalls Wilder
Appears in all 6 episodes - DirectorMarcus ColeStarsRichard ThomasMeredith MonroeWalton GogginsA version of the "Little House" stories that cover some of the events that take place in the last three books of the series and the book "The First Four Years" Laura is living on the prairie nere De Smet, South Dakota and eventually meets the man that she will marry, Almanzo Wilder. Life, however, is not easy on the prairie and after a crop lost to hail, the loss of their baby son, the burning down of their house, and a terrible bout of diptheria, the Wilders must make some hard choices about how to move on from the tragedies.Laura Ingalls Wilder (bio-pic)
Also appears in Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2002 TV Movie) - DirectorJulian JarroldStarsAnne HathawayJames McAvoyJulie WaltersA biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.Jane Austen
- StarsPaulie RojasEliza SwensonBilly BoydDorothy Gale discovers that her best selling novels are actually based on suppressed childhood memories of her time in Oz, and that she may be in danger of experiencing it all over again.Frank L. Baum
- DirectorLaurie LyndStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyWhile in a self-imposed exile in the Yukon as a prospector at the end of the Gold Rush, Murdoch prospects for gold as in his absence Crabtree works on a Toronto homicide.Jack London
- DirectorCal CoonsStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigWhen Murdoch finds himself invited to a meeting of the local eugenics society, which is committed to research on genetic engineering, a dog shows up with a severed arm.H. G. Wells
- DirectorDean ZanetosStarsJon-Erik HexumMeeno PeluceJulia DuffyThrough the efforts of the evil Voyager Drake, Phineas is accused of being Jack the Ripper in 1888. To save him, Jeffrey recruits the help of reporter Nellie Bly and author Arthur Conan Doyle.Arthur Conan Doyle
- DirectorAdrian PaulStarsAdrian PaulStan KirschJim ByrnesDuncan visits Lord Byron and the Shelleys, inspiring Mary Shelley to write 'Frankenstein.'Lord Byron, Mary Shelley
- DirectorPaul WeilandStarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonStephen FryAt a New Millennium Eve party, Blackadder and Baldrick test their new time machine and ping pong through history encountering famous characters and changing events rather alarmingly.William Shakespeare
- 1989–199347mTV-PG7.1 (471)TV EpisodeDirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsScott BakulaDean StockwellJosie BissettAs a member of a motorcycle gang Sam has to keep a young woman from going on the road.Jack Kerouac
- DirectorFarhad MannStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigWhen a drunken, philandering wastrel is found dead in his room, having had varnish forced down in his throat, his estranged disturbed ventriloquist son is found in a wardrobe.Arthur Conan Doyle
- DirectorGwen ArnerStarsJane SeymourJoe LandoChad AllenDr. Mike and the townspeople excitedly welcome the famous writer and poet Walt Whitman to Colorado Springs until rumors about his personal life begin to circulate. When Dr. Cook brings to light the rumor about Whitman preferring the company of men, Preston, who is playing host to Whitman, abruptly cancels the poet's reading, the townspeople shun him, and even Dr. Mike finds herself acting with suspicion when she learns that Whitman has taken Brian under his journalistic wing.Walt Whitman
- DirectorJeff BlythStarsPatrick BauchauNathalie BayeMyriam BoyerThe Timekeeper is a sentient robot who tests his new time machine. The test goes wrong and he accidentally brings Jules Verne to the present. Verne goes on the run to explore our world.H. G. Wells
Jules Verne - DirectorGavin MillarStarsCoral BrowneIan HolmPeter GallagherIan Holm is children's author Lewis Carroll in this poignant fantasy-drama set in 1930s New York and populated by the fabulous special effects creatures of Muppet master Jim Henson.Lewis Carroll
- DirectorJack BenderStarsJohn RitterAnnette O'TooleRue McClanahanThe film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.L. Frank Baum
- DirectorJules BassStarsTallulah BankheadVictor BorgePatty DukeAn anthology of fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "Thumbelina", and "The Garden of Paradise".Hans Christian Andersen
- StarsLogan CrawfordChristopher LeePeter White"Ghost Stories for Christmas" was a UK horror anthology mini series where horror legend Christopher Lee hosts and narrates a series of four half hour ghost stories all based on stories by M.R. James.M.R. James (narrator)
- DirectorJohn MaddenStarsGwyneth PaltrowJoseph FiennesGeoffrey RushThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.William Shakespeare
- 2016–202242mTV-147.8 (2.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorThor FreudenthalStarsVictor GarberBrandon RouthArthur DarvillThe Legends travel back to the Old Wild West and gain the aid of a true legend - a morally ambiguous gunslinger with a penchant for danger named Jonah Hex.H.G. Wells
- CreatorDavid HoseltonDavid N. TitcherStarsMichael WestonStephen ManganRebecca LiddiardAt the turn of the 20th century the Metropolitan Police were overwhelmed with bizarre cases so they turned to outsiders including Houdini and Doyle, who collaborated with New Scotland Yard on some unsolved and inexplicable crimes.Arthur Conan Doyle
- DirectorDon McCutcheonStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyWhen Murdoch pursues a murderous gang of armed robbers, his prime suspect is a man claiming to be Sherlock Holmes.Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1993–199746mTV-PG8.3 (386)TV EpisodeDirectorJames R. BagdonasStarsDean CainTeri HatcherLane SmithLois and Clark team up with H. G. Wells and go back in time to the day of Clark's arrival on Earth in an attempt to stop a citizen of a future utopia from killing the infant Superman.H.G. Wells
Additionally appeared in the following episodes:
Tempus, Anyone (1996)
Soul Mates (1996)
Lois and Clarks (1997) - CreatorKevin ChristensenAnthony ParisiStarsBrian WaltonChris HartwellErin EvansWith their world at war for five centuries, two heroes from our future travel back in time to stop the cataclysmic event that changed Earth forever.H.G. Wells
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsJulia OrmondMädchen AmickJenna DewanJoanna, Freya and Wendy revisit one of their past lives. Dash's one night stand turns into someone interesting. Ingrid tries to bond with her grandfather.Edgar Allan Poe
- DirectorBilly GierhartStarsAbigail SpencerMatt LanterMalcolm BarrettThe team continues its search for Flynn in Nazi Germany during WWII.Ian Fleming
- DirectorCraig ZiskStarsAbigail SpencerMatt LanterMalcolm BarrettRufus, Lucy and their new protector, Bam Bam, tail Flynn to 1927 Paris on the day that Charles Lindbergh completes his historic transatlantic flight.Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- DirectorT.W. PeacockeStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyAs a visit to Toronto for a speaking engagement by Mark Twain leads to controversy, Murdoch and the team from Station House 4 are tasked with protecting him.Mark Twain
- DirectorCal CoonsStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyMurdoch investigates the death of an elderly groom; Crabtree meets Lucy Maud Montgomery at a writing class.Lucy Maud Montgomery
- DirectorLeslie HopeStarsYannick BissonThomas CraigHelene JoyThe discovery of a young girl's body and some grotesque sketches leads Murdoch to suspect a group of teenagers obsessed with death and the macabre, which includes a young H.P. Lovecraft.H.P. Lovecraft
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin CliveMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley
- CreatorKevin WilliamsonStarsFreddie StromaJosh BowmanWill ChaseThe adventures of young H.G. Wells and his time machine.H.G. Wells
- DirectorTawnia McKiernanStarsEddie McClintockJoanne KellySaul RubinekClaudia gets some on-the-job training in her first field assignment with Myka. But she's a bit overwhelmed by the hunky guys on the wrestling team they're investigating despite their tendency toward spontaneous human combustion. Fortunately, H. G. Wells lends a hand seeking a sympathetic, if skeptical, ear from Myka. Poor Pete, stuck back at the Warehouse, helps Artie with his infatuation with the Warehouse doctor and then takes action on his own infatuation.H.G. Wells (Helena G. Wells)
Additionally appeared in the following episodes:
Vendetta (2010)
Where and When (2010)
Reset (2010)
The New Guy (2011)
3... 2... 1... (2011)
Stand (2011)
Emily Lake (2011)
A New Hope (2012)
Endless Wonder (2012)
Second Chance (2012)
Instinct (2013)
Endless (2014) - 2016–202241mTV-148.2 (1.9K)TV EpisodeDirectorBen Hernandez BrayStarsVictor GarberBrandon RouthArthur DarvillThe Legends land in France during World War I and enlist the aid of J.R.R. Tolkien to retrieve the last pieces of the Spear of Destiny from the Legion of Doom.J.R.R. Tolkien
- DirectorDan IrelandStarsVincent D'OnofrioRenée ZellwegerAnn WedgeworthIn 1933 Texas, a schoolteacher and aspiring writer meets a pulp fiction writer, and a relationship soon develops between the two, but it is doomed by his slavishly devotion to his ailing mother and insistence on his freedom.Robert E. Howard
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJeremy IronsTheresa RussellJoel GreyKafka works during the day at an insurance company, where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals.Franz Kafka
- DirectorPaul StanleyStarsJames DarrenRobert ColbertMalachi ThroneDoug and Tony land in nineteenth century Asia, meet Rudyard Kipling and become involved in the conflict between the British and local tribesman for control of the Khyber Pass.Rudyard Kipling
- DirectorRon HowardStarsChris HemsworthCillian MurphyBrendan GleesonA recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.Herman Melville
- DirectorMark RoperStarsFrancesca HuntMichel CourtemancheChris DemetralAlexandre Dumas
Also appears in The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (2000): The Cardinal's Revenge - DirectorVirgil W. VogelStarsJon-Erik HexumMeeno PeluceEd BakeyArriving in ancient Rome, Phineas and Jeffrey must save the slave Spartacus so that he can lead the revolt in Capra. They also meet a young Sam Clemens and help Harriet Tubman escape.Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
- DirectorBernard McEveetyStarsJon-Erik HexumMeeno PeluceJohn AndersonAfter finding the South winning the Civil War, Phineas and Jeffrey must prevent the kidnapping of Abraham Lincoln. They also encounter a young Charles Dickens who has trouble with the real Fagin and Artful Dodger when the Omni is stolen.Charles Dickens
- 20005.5 (14)TV EpisodeDirectorGabriel PelletierStarsMichel CourtemancheChris DemetralMario DiamondWhile waiting for Passepartout to arrive from Baltimore with the Aurora, Jules, Rebecca, and Phileas pass the time aboard the gambling boat, the Memphis Belle; Phileas by gambling and Jules and Rebecca by socializing with a newspaperman, Sam Clemens. They meet up, also, with a group of ex-Confederate soldiers, including Frank and Jesse James, bent on a life of crime who steal the Aurora and kidnap Passepartout. Using alcohol and a fantastic story about "Steeley Joe", Passepartout is able to escape from the gang and find refuge in the town of Apache Wells.Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
- CreatorBarry LangfordBenjamin RossStarsSean BeanRichie CampbellTom WardInspector John Marlott investigates a series of crimes in 19th Century London, which may have been committed by a scientist intent on re-animating the dead.Mary Shelly
- DirectorMarc ForsterStarsEwan McGregorHayley AtwellBronte CarmichaelA working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.A. A. Milne
- DirectorSimon CurtisStarsDomhnall GleesonMargot RobbieKelly MacdonaldThe relationship between writer AA Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, and how this became the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.A. A. Milne
- DirectorBharat NalluriStarsDan StevensMark SchrierPatrick Joseph ByrnesThe journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine Christmas.Charles Dickens
- DirectorChristine JeffsStarsGwyneth PaltrowDaniel CraigLucy DavenportStory of the relationship between poets Edward James "Ted" Hughes and Sylvia Plath.Sylvia Path
- DirectorRalph FiennesStarsRalph FiennesFelicity JonesKristin Scott ThomasAt the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.Charles Dickens
- DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsEmma ThompsonTom HanksAnnie Rose BuckleyAuthor P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.P. L. Travers
- DirectorMichael HoffmanStarsHelen MirrenJames McAvoyChristopher PlummerA historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer's) struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.Leo Tolstoy
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsSandra BullockChris O'DonnellMackenzie AstinA bitter love story between a talented writer and a gentle nurse.Ernest Hemingway
- DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsNicole KidmanClive OwenDavid StrathairnA drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and World War II correspondent Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's inspiration for For Whom the Bell Tolls, and the only woman who ever asked for a divorce from the writer.Ernest Hemingway
- DirectorBob YariStarsGiovanni RibisiJoely RichardsonAdrian SparksIn 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil around them.Ernest Hemingway
- DirectorChristopher MenaulStarsHelen MirrenEric StoltzJulie DelpyThe rather eccentric (especially in her thinking) author of "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" becomes involved with a much younger, and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.Ayn Rand
- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsMeryl StreepNicole KidmanJulianne MooreThe story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.Virginia Woolf
- CreatorGreg BerlantiMarc GuggenheimPhil KlemmerStarsCaity LotzAmy Louise PembertonDominic PurcellTime-traveling rogue Rip Hunter must recruit a ragtag team of heroes and villains to help prevent an apocalypse that could impact not only Earth, but all of time.Ernest Hemingway ("Tender is the Nate" Season 4 Episode 6)
- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsJodie WhittakerPeter CapaldiPearl MackieThe further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley ("The Haunting of Villa Diodati" Season 12 Episode 8)
- CreatorJohn RogersStarsRebecca RomijnChristian KaneLindy BoothA group of librarians set off on adventures in an effort to save mysterious, ancient artifacts.William Shakespeare ("And the Final Curtain" Season 2, Episode 10)
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellDeborah PrattDuring an experiment into time travel, a scientist finds himself trapped in the past, "leaping" into the lives of different people, sorting out their problems and changing history in hopes of getting back to his own life in the present.Stephen King ("The Boogieman" Season 3, Episode 5)
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellDeborah PrattDuring an experiment into time travel, a scientist finds himself trapped in the past, "leaping" into the lives of different people, sorting out their problems and changing history in hopes of getting back to his own life in the present.Jack Kerouac ("Rebel without a Clue" Season 3, Episode 9)
- StarsTed KingDon StarkCristi ConawayJack Logan is a time traveler from 2007, who hunts down rogue travelers and brings them to justice before they can alter the past.H.G. Wells ("Rip in Time" Season 1, Episode 1)
- CreatorMaureen JenningsCal CoonsAlexandra ZarownyStarsYannick BissonHelene JoyThomas CraigIn the 1890s, William Murdoch uses radical forensic techniques for the time, including fingerprinting and trace evidence, to solve some of the city's most gruesome murders.L.M. Montgomery, Edith Wharton, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Rice Burroughs ("The Write Stuff" Season 16, Episode 3)
- CreatorDavid DortortFred HamiltonStarsLorne GreeneMichael LandonDan BlockerThe Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.Charles Dickens ("A Passion for Justice" Season 5, Episode 2)