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It starts with a mark on a page. Ends with a closing credit. In between are words made into magic, poetry in motion, ideas brought to life on a silver screen. And sometimes, the storytellers come with them. This showdown celebrates writers—those who wrestle with angels and talk with gods, who open up the whole wide world and leave us spellbound—by inviting you to go Wilde and outline your ten favorite films featuring scribes as major characters. Fictional or true-life, screenwriters, novelists, dead poets—let them all talk. It’s never too late to strike a match and ignite the fire within.

  • The Third Man
  • In a Lonely Place
  • Barfly
  • American Splendor
  • Swimming Pool
  • Adaptation.
  • Romancing the Stone
  • The Life of Emile Zola
  • The Shop Around the Corner
  • His Girl Friday
  • Gentleman's Agreement
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • Ace in the Hole
  • All the President's Men
  • The Shining
  • The World According to Garp
  • Educating Rita
  • Just One of the Guys
  • Fletch
  • Barton Fink
  • As Good as It Gets
  • Topsy-Turvy
  • Wonder Boys
  • Almost Famous
  • Finding Forrester
  • Moulin Rouge!
  • The Royal Tenenbaums
  • The Hours
  • Sideways
  • The Squid and the Whale
  • Capote
  • Stranger Than Fiction
  • Synecdoche, New York
  • Midnight in Paris
  • Saving Mr. Banks
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Little Women
  • The French Dispatch