Best Playwright Movies

Looking for the best playwright movies? These 18 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

All About Eve 1950 ★ 8.1

Past Lives 2023 ★ 7.7

Somewhere in Time 1980 ★ 7.5

The Producers 1968 ★ 7.1

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale 2025 ★ 7.0

A Different Man 2024 ★ 6.9

Shakespeare in Love 1998 ★ 6.8

Deathtrap 1982 ★ 6.7

Something's Gotta Give 2003 ★ 6.6

Prick Up Your Ears 1987 ★ 6.7

Wilde 1997 ★ 6.6

Julia 1977 ★ 6.5

Merrily We Go to Hell 1932 ★ 6.5

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 2002 ★ 6.1

Author! Author! 1982 ★ 5.9

Wet Woman in the Wind 2016 ★ 5.7

Blithe Spirit 2020 ★ 5.7

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You 1970 ★ 4.3