Hollywood Writers (What it is like to be a Hollywood writer by Hollywood)

Writing for Hollywood; screenwriter as the protagonist by Hollywood. 

Mank (2020)

In the 1940's the studio RKO makes a deal giving Orsen Wells creative control of his films. Orsen Wells hires script writer Herman J Mankiewicz to write the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). This film goes over how it was written. 

The Screenwriters (2016) 

Set in the 1940's Producer Chester Mayer demands that a feature length film script be completed in 24 hours. Scriptwriters Stewart Harvey and Chip Leninskovich are at different points in their careers have to work together to create the script or they are unemployed. As they clash with how the story should go, other writers and studio employees inject their suggestions and demands making the process more challenging. 

Their Finest (2016)

Based on the novel Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evens [First Published in 2009]. Set during WWII secretary Catrin Cole becomes a script writer for propaganda films on behalf of the Allies. 

Trumbo (2015)

Based on the book Dalton Trumbo by Bruce Cook [First Published in 1977] Dalton Trumbo was one of the most in demand screen writers in the 1940's. Until his membership with the Communist Party USA gets him and 9 other writers and directors called to testify before Congress.  Refusing to cooperate The Hollywood10 were found to be in contempt and serve prison time. Upon release Trumbo is on the Hollywood blacklist created by the Assocation of Motion Picture Producers. Unable to work he finds ways to work around it until the blacklist was done away with. 

The Rewright (2014)

A burned-out screen writer Keith Michaels goes to work as a professor for Binghamton University located in upstate New York where he is assigned to teach screen writing. At first, he is just there to collect a check but over time finds he loves teaching and falls in love with a single mother taking his class.

True West (2014/2002)

Based on the stage play True West by Sam Shepard [First Published in 1981]. Brothers Austin a screen writer and his older brother Lee a drifter and small-time criminal. Must work together to complete a movie script. 

The TV Set (2006)

Story about the creation of a TV pilot starting from writing to casting, to production, and airing.  

King Kong (2005)

The third version of King Kong set in the 1930's movie producer and director Carl Denham latest film is about to be canceled he creates a team to finish his film. All he needs is a lead actress and a writer. He finds actress Ann Darrow in need of work and writer Jack Driscol who he tricks ad traps on s ship he has chartered to Skull Island. Once on the island they discover it is filled with strange creatures and a native tribe. When Ann is taken by the tribe and given to their deity King Kong a giant gorilla Jack who has fallen in love with Ann, forms a rescue party to save her. This results with King Kong being captured and brought to New York. Where he escapes and resulting in a violent clash of man vs nature. 

Adaption (2002)

Based on the true story of screen writer Charlie Kaufman's struggles to make a faithful adaption of the nonfiction book The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean [First Published in 1998] to the screen. 

New Suit (2002)

Inspired by the fairy tale The Emperor's New Clothes frustrated screen writer Kevin Taylor creates a rumor about an exciting fictional writer Jordon Strawberry and his screen play New Suit. This rumor generates a lot of interest within the industry as people put their desires into what the script and writer are about. 

The Majestic (2001)                                                                                                                                  Set in 1951 a Hollywood screen writer Peter Appleton has a car accident after a night of drinking and bad news he loses his memory and washes up in a small town where he is mistaken for the lost MIA son of the local movie theater owner Harry Trimble. Peter revives the local treater and brings life back to the town before he regains his memory.  Having regained his memories, he has to face congress and the House on Un-American Activates after being accused of being a communist. 

Chump Change (2000)

Comedy inspired by Writer, Director Stephen Burrows experiences starting out in Hollywood as he tried to find success, fame, and wealth. 

Hit and Runaway (1999)

Alex Andro wants to work in movies as a writer and has stroke of luck when he finds a producer interested in his idea about a cop working undercover as a fashion model. needing help to finish his project he forms a writing partnership with a more experienced writer Elliot Springer. 

The Muse (1999)

After winning a lifetime achievement award Steven Phillips has a career crisis. Not wanting to retire he hires a professional MUSE to revive his career. The Muse Sarah Little makes his life uncomfortable but in dealing with her his work improves ad he gets a new opportunity.  

Just Wright (1997)

Harold McMurphy is a Hollywood tour bus driver. One day he gets the opportunity to meet his favorite actress Amanda Clark where he pretends to be a successful writer. Amanda is unhappy with a script she is attached to, so she hires him to make changes to it. Wanting to spend more time with her he agrees, and things are going well until his lies are discovered.  

Doppelganger (1993)

Patrick Highsmith is a professional screen writer that is needing some extra cash. When he rents a room out to mysterious Heiress Holly Gooding they get romantically involved. Then strange things start to happen, when he learns of a murder of her parents and of her belief that her doppelganger is killing those that get too close, he has to find a way to protect himself and her from a real danger. 

The Player (1992)

Based on the novel The Player by Michael Tolkin [First Published in 1988]. Griffin Mill is a studio executive that makes decisions about what scripts and pitches move forward to development. When a coworker making moves to replace him Griffin starts receiving death threats from a writer whose script that he rejected. Not knowing who stalking and threatening him Griffin thinks he knows who it is and kills him.  Only for it to be the wrong person. As Griffen makes moves to save his career and evade law enforcement from identifying him as the murderer. Having done this the stalker reveals himself and has written a script about a studio executive that is being stalked by a writer whose work he rejected and kills the wrong man. Griffen likes the script but requests a Hollywood ending with the producer getting away with it. 

Barton Fink (1991)

Set in the 1940's Barton Fink is a successful New York playwright that is enticed to write a screenplay for Hollywood. Only to regret it when things to turn out differently from what he thought it would be. 

The Big Picture (1989) 

Recent film school graduate Nick Chapman won the top prize for his short film upon graduating. This gets him some attention from Hollywood.  Where he wants to make a serious drama that he has written. As he tries to make progress and making changes to get his film made. Hollywood starts to lose interest in him until he hits bottom. At this point he reconnects with a former classmate and creates an award-winning music video with an unknown band. This rekindles Hollywood's interest in him although this time he refuses to comprise on the film he wants to make. 

The Lonely Lady (1983)

Based on the novel The Lonely Lady by Harold Robbind [First Published in 1976] Jerilee Randel starts as a young high school graduate with dreams of success in Hollywood as a screen writer. After gaining some success in rewriting her first husband's script their marriage falls apart. As she works towards having her own script produced, she gets involves in a series of affairs with both men and women. 

Paris When It Sizzles (1964)

A screen writer hired by a producer to write a screen play for the title The Girl Who Stole The Eiffel Tower. With the deadline two days away, a temp secretary is hired to get the final product ready. The problem is that almost nothing has been written so the two of them collaborate to complete the script in time by going around Paris writing and acting out the story. 

Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966)

Home and work life of Robert Petrie who is the head writer of a TV comedy sketch show. 

Beloved Infidel (1959)

Based on the memoir Beloved Infidel by Sheilah Graham [First Published in 1958]. During the 1930's Sheilah Graham leaves London, England for the US where she becomes a gossip cosmist and radio host. In this role she becomes involved with F. Scotts Fitzgerald who has been writing screen plays to make money to cover various bills as he struggles with alcoholism and poor health. 

In a Lonely Place (1950)

Based on the novel In A Lonely Place by Dorothy B, Hughes [First Published in 1947]. Dixon Steele is a screen writer that has not had a success in some time. When a producer consults him about adapting a novel. Learning that the coat room girl read the novel while he was meeting with the producer, he takes her home to discuss her thoughts. The next day she is found dead, and Dixon is the prime suspect. However, his neighbor Laurel Grey is able to provide an alibi. The two become romantically involved and Dixon writing, and life improves however Laurel starts to have doubts about his innocence because of his short temper and that the police are still investigating him resulting in the relationship imploding. 

Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Joe Gillis is a screen writer that is having money problems being unable to sell his latest script. Trying to keep his car from being reposed he hides the car at an old mansion that seems empty. Finding a occupied by a former silent film star Norma Desmond. Joe flatters her and gets himself hired to help rewrite a script she has written for her return to acting. As time passes, she becomes more possessive of Joe and sabotages his work on a script that a studio is interested in. Leading to a deadly fight where he confronts her on the truth that she is a has been and that he is planning to return to his hometown. 

Films about attending Law School

Law School 

Law Students and getting through Law School 

Character (1997)
Based on the novel Karakter by F. Bordewijk [First Published in 1938]. Set in the Netherlands during the 1920’s Jacob Katadreuffe who has just finished law school is seen covered in blood leaving the office of Dreverhaven a court officer. After Jacob is arrested, he tells the police his life story as he is born out of wedlock to deciding to become a lawyer facing adversity along the way.

Class (2010)
Wealthy Whitt Sheffield is in his final year of law school is assigned by his professor to act as an advocate and help a poor single mother, Kylie Burch. The two of them clash at first but as they learn about each other, and their situations while falling in love.

Conviction (2010)
Based on a true story; Kenny Waters was wrongfully convicted of a murder he did not commit.  His sister Betty Anne Waters a single mother puts herself through to represent her brother and prove his innocents.

Golden Time (2013-2014)
A slice of life anime.  Banri Tad is a college student that leaves his small hometown to attend a Law School in Tokyo, Japan. He struggles to adapt to college life, living in a large city, and falling in love.

Handel With Care (1958)
Set in Haverton a fictional town with a Law School. A professor is holding a mock grand jury investigation and trial into the town of Haverton. Star student Zachery Davis discovers that the town’s beloved mayor may have committed tax fraud. In his investigation he angers and alienates the town’s people and his classmates. While learning that what is moral and following the letter of the law are not always simple and black and white.

Law School (2021)
Set in Hankuk Law School in South Korea a professor is murdered. Another professor leads a group of his students to investigate the crime and prove the guilt or innocence of the main suspect following the rule of law.

Legally Blonde (2001)
Elle Woods is fun loving blonde that is about to graduate from college with a degree in fashion design and plans on marrying her wealthy college boyfriend Warner Huntington III. When Warner gets accepted to Harvard Law School, he dumps her. Hurt and determined to prove he made a mistake. Elle applies and is accepted to Harvard Law School as well. Where she proves that she has what it takes to graduate and become a lawyer. 

Listen To Me (1989)
Set at Kentmore College students of various backgrounds are on one of the top debate teams in the country. The students compete to earn a chance to debate Harvard in front of the US Supreme Court on the subject of abortion.

Murder 101 (2014) 
Law student Fiona is starting a criminology class when various murders start happening around campus. Discovering that she is connected to the victims she decides to investigate and stop the murders. 

The Paper Chase (1973)
Based on the novel The Paper Chase by John Jay Osborn Jr. [First Published in 1971]. James T. Hart has been accepted to Harvard Law School he struggles with the Socratic Method used by Professor W. Kingsfield Jr. and a study group member not finishing the year.

The Paper Chase (1978-1986)
Based on the novel The Paper Chase by John Jay Osborn Jr. [First Published in 1971] and the 1973 film The Paper Chase. James T. Hart from Minnesota is accepted to Harvard Law School where he and fellow students get through law school under the Professor W. Kingsfield Jr. an expert in Contract Law.

The Pelican Brief (1993)
Based on the novel The Pelican Brief by John Grisham [First Published in 1992] After two US Supreme Court Justices are murdered a law student Darby Shay writes a legal brief on why these two were killed and who wanted them dead. She gives it to her professor and boyfriend, and he sends it to the FBI. Powerful people in the US Government become worried about the contents of the brief order all those who know it to be killed. Darby Shaw barely escapes as attempt on her life joins forces with an ambitious reporter to expose the conspiracy and to stay alive.

Slip and Fall (2011)
Danny Cuemdumpstier is in his final year of law school and broke. Determined to finish his father figure/boss the school janitor helps him to fake a slip and fall injury to get the money to pay off his debts and pay for his tuition. 

Soul Man (1986)
After Mark Watson graduates from college, he gets accepted to Harvard Law School. The problem is that his father has cut him off, so Mark has to fund his own way if he wants to attend. He discovers a full scholarship that is available. The catch is that it is for a male minority student so Mark who white poses as an African American. As a student he learns about race and that he if the scholarship had remained unclaimed it would have gone to a female classmate that he becomes involved with. So, he sets out to make up for his actions.  

Getting Into College/University films

 

Getting into College/University theme.

How I Got Into College (1989)
Marlon Brown is in love with Jessica Kailo, about to enter his last year of high school and does not know what to do about the future. So, his plan is to win the girl of his dreams by getting into the same elite college Jessica is going to attend. While this is the main story there are side stories about the college recruiters, administrators, others that want to attend college.

Risky Business (1983)
Joel Goodsen is a rich kid living in the Chicago North Shore area following his parents plans to do well in school and attend Princeton University. One weekend his parents need to go out of town and Joel starts a series of misadventures that result in his parent's belongings being damaged or stolen including his father's Porsche 928. To fix his problems he needs money fast so with the help of his friends and Lana a prostitute he has fallen in love with. He makes his house into a pop-up brothel. This is also the night the Princeton recruiter shows up for an interview.

Orange County (2002)
Shaun Brumder dreams of attending Stanford University, become a successful writer and to get away from his eccentric family. It appears that everything is set the guidance chancellor makes a mistake with the application. As a result, Shaun starts doing anything he can to change this. He joins forces with his girlfriend Ashley and his unproductive older brother Lance start a series of misadventures to get him accepted. 

Admission (2013)
Based on the novel Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz [First Published in 2009] Portia Nathan is an uptight admissions officer that is up for promotion to dean of Admissions at an Ivy League school. While on a recruitment trip to an alternative high school when an applicant maybe the child she put up for adoption puts her into a difficult position.

Acceptance (2009)
Based the novel Acceptance by Susan Coll [First Published in 2007] Several high school seniors and their parents take different approaches to getting into elite universities in their final year of high school. 

Accepted (2006)
Charming slacker con man Bartleby Gaines has been rejected from the eight colleges he applied to. Feeling out of options he invents the South Harmon Institute of Technology. He joins forces with his friends that also failed to get into college to create a web site and convert an abandoned mental hospital into the college. However, a mistake with the website accepts everybody that applied Bartleby attempts to create a college that gives the customer what they want.

College Road Trip (2008)
Melanie Porter is selecting a college to attend by taking a college road trip with her friends. Her dad James Porter is not ready for her to leave takes her on her trip and tries to redirect her to a closer college. As they set off the usual road trip problems happen, and lessons happen.

One Crazy Summer (1986)
Hoops McCann has graduated from Generic High School and wants to go to the Rhode Island School of Design. To do this he needs to create a love story however writing the story is a challenge for him. Taking a chance on a change of setting will help he joins his friends on a summer trip to Nantucket, Massachusetts. On the island he falls in love, helps the girl save her house, has some crazy adventures, sails in a regatta/ faces his fear of water, and finishes his love story. 

Honor Society (2022)
Honor Rose has a plan to be accepted to Harvard University. This includes taking down her top competitors, until she falls in love with one of them. 

The Perfect Score (2004)
Six high school with varied backgrounds and reasons along with getting into their chosen colleges/successful futures. Come together to break-in and steal the answers for the SATs from the company that makes these tests. 

Getting In (1994)
Gabriel Higgs is waitlisted for getting into John Hopkins there are 6 people ahead of him. He decided to bribe the other on the list so select different colleges. However, somebody is killing the wait list Gabriel is number six on that list is he also in danger? 

The College Admissions Scandal (2019)
Inspired by true events a few very wealthy parents conspire and perform various acts to get their children admitted to prestigious ivy league colleges in the US. 

Johnny Be Good (1988)
Johnny Walker is a star football player at his high school and is the top pick for several recruiters all offering him luxuries, special deals, money, and other perks. As he is being wined and dined his girlfriend, best friend, and coach advise him on where to attend for different personal reasons. 

PCU (1994) 
High School Senior Tom Laurence is on a weekend recruit tour of Port Charles University Also known as Politically Correct University. Where hi is sent to the Un-PC James Droz Andrews a professional student at the wildest party house on campus. Over the weekend Droz and explains college life, early PC culture, while disrupting, offending, and mocking various groups, frustrating the dean and throwing the biggest party the campus has ever seen. 

Films and TV about Americans leaving and living outside of the United States (updated and expanded)

This is a list of films and TV shows about leaving, gaining education, living and working outside of the USA. 

Vacations and military service have been excluded. 

I covered a range of motivations/reasons why as well as including as including many different countries. All of the titles have the protagonists living, getting education or working outside of the US. 

(Several of these take place in a fictional country, island etc... the ones that take place in the real world are listed here: Canada, Australia, France, Thailand, Singapore, Morocco, The Caribbean,  Mexico, Hong Kong, French Polynesia, Japan, Kenya, Norway, Central America,  Africa, Egypt, South America, India, Great Brittian, UK, Ireland, Germany, Marivella Islands, Moldova, Italy and Sweden. 

Due to the unexpected interest in the subject, I have updated and expanded the original list. There are 47 titles on this list if I find more titles, this article will be updated again. 

The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
The Robertson family is living in Los Angles when they decide to leave their urban life for the rural outdoors hundreds of miles from another living person (They family maybe in the US or Canada). The family faces many dangers from the wildlife, the elements, but by pulling together if they survive it all. Followed by 2 sequel The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978), Adventures of the Wilderness Family 3 (1979)

Archer: Danger Island: Season 9 (2018)
Inspired by Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982) Season 9 of Archer (2009-2023) Is set in 1938 where Archer is a pilot living in the Mitimotu Island chain. Archer along with his copilot and a parrot side kick along with other residents of the islands. Band together to battle Nazi's and seek a mysterious treasure that is not a Golden Monkey. 

Bad Medicine (1985) 
Based on the book Calling Dr. Horowitz by Steven Horowitz, MD and Neil Offen [First Published in 1978] Young Americans that cannot get in anywhere else go to a rundown Medical College in a fictional third world country. 

The Beach (2000)
Based on the novel The Beach by Alex Garland [First Published in 1996] Richard an American is traveling through Thailand when he obtains a map to an island beach paradise and cannabis patch. Joining together with a young French couple also traveling through the country. They follow the map and find a hidden community of people that dropped out of society and have created their own isolated community. With being welcomed the three decide to stay however problems arise from jealousy, isolation, injury, and not producing anything. 

Blue State (2007)
John Louge is a liberal that goes out drinking one night where he vows to leave the US if George W Bush wins the 2004 election. When this happens, John is unable to take back his vow immigrates to Canada. As he is going through this, he falls in love with a blogger Chloe Hamon who is documenting his journey. 

Bring Em Back Alive (1932) (1982)
Set before WWII American adventurer and trapper Frank Buck lives and operates out of Singapore catching live wildlife from nearby jungles for Zoo's, circuses, etc... with his crew while fighting criminals and helping his friends. 

Bush Doctor (1982)
After suffering from a personal tragedy Dr. Robert Maxwell retires from medicine and goes to Africa to get away from it all. After a school bus crashes Dr. Maxwell is pressed into service by the local understaffed mission hospital. 

Cafe Americain (1993-1994)
Sitcom about Holly Aldridge a girl from the US takes a job as a waitress at a small cafe in Paris and the regulars that like to hang out there. 

Casablanca (1942)
Rick an American runs a club in French, Morocco. One day Ilsa the one that got away comes back into his life. Ilsa and her husband need his help to get out of the country and to safety. 

Club Paradise (1986)
A Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker is injured on the job and receives a huge settlement. He uses that settlement to immigrate to a Caribbean Island where he invests in and transforms a club into a resort for affluent tourists.

Coyote (2021)
After US Customs and Boarder Agent Ben Clemens is forced into retirement, he goes to a coastal town in Mexico to work on some property he owns. While there he runs into trouble with a power criminal organization and becomes involved with people needing to cross the US, Mexico Border. 

Daktari (1966-1969)
Veterinarian Dr. Marsh Tracy and his daughter Paula and their team run an animal research center in Africa while battling criminals and other dangers.  

Donovan's Reef (1963)
After WWII three US Navy veterans have decided to live on an island paradise French Polynesia. They are living the good life when Doctor William Dedham inherits a controlling interest in his families shipping company. His daughter Miss Ameila Dedham who he has never meet comes to the island to see if her father has violated a morality clause. If he has then the shares would go to other family members. While William is away preforming his work as a Doctor his friends try to hide any hints of the moral clause being broken while Amelia is on the island. 

Emily in Paris (2020-2024)
Emily Cooper is an up-and-coming midlevel manager is about to take over her mentors as she is going to take a position in Paris Trance. However, she becomes pregnant and is unable to go so she sends Emily in her place. When Emily arrives in Paris, she gets a social media following, romantic challenges and various misadventures. 

The Family (2013)
Based on the Book Malavita by Tonino Benacquista [First Published in 2004] The Manzoni Family are relocated to Normandy after Frank Manzoni the patriarch of the family cooperates with the US Government. Unfortunately, they are discovered, and the Mafia seeks to settle the score.

Girls of The White Orchid AKA Death Ride to Osaka (1983)
Carol Heath is a waitress and an aspiring singer living in Los Angles. One day Carol responds to a job ad to be an entertainer in Tokyo, Japan. The job includes regular work at a night club The White Orchid as well as a place to stay. Once there she learns that she has been charged various fees and building debts that take away almost all of her pay and that she cannot leave the country. The only ways out presented to her are to pay the debts, or to go into prostitution for the club's owners the Yakuza, or death. While Carol is dealing with this her boyfriend Don Potter goes to Japan to find and rescue her. 

Going To Extremes (1992-1993)
Short lived series about American medical students going to the Caribbean for medical training and dealing with different cultural environment.

Hatari! (1962)
Hatari is the Swahili word for Danger. Sean Mercer runs the Momella Game Company which is an animal capturing business out of East Africa where he and his team capture wildlife for Zoo's and Circuses around the world. When a photographer Anna Marie Dallas D'Allesandro comes to document the work the lives and team dynamics are changed. 

Hot Resort (1985)
A group of poor American boys get jobs at a Caribbean resort. Where they try to get girls, fast money, have fun partying and defeating the (80's style) rich jerks next door.

Lilyhammer (2012-2014)
A former mobster is relocated to Lilyhammer, Norway after turning on his boss and various associates. 

The Long Haul (1957)
Based on the novel The Long Haul by Mervyn Mills [First Published in 1956]. After WWII ends Harry Miller American solider settles with his English wife in Liverpool, England. He takes a job as a long-distance trucker and runs into trouble with a criminal organization trying to take over the industry.

Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Based on Another Man's War by Sam Childers [First Published in 2009]. After being released from prison a former biker drug dealer turns his life straight, finds GOD, becomes a Christian, has a baptism and gets involved with his church. This includes a mission trip to Africa where he is called by GOD to build an orphanage and protect children from conscription into a child Army.

Mogambo (1953)
Professional Hunter and Guide Victor Marswell runs a safari and game catching business in Kenya, Africa. After being sought out different clients he becomes involved in a love triangle with two very different woman. 

Midnight In Paris (2011)
Gil a professional writer travels to Paris France with his girlfriend and her family. Gil loves the city fantasizes, about Paris in the 1920’s. One night he travels back in time to Paris in the 20’s. After meeting his heroes and learns about himself he has to decide to live in the past or be in the present.

Mr. Baseball (1992)
Baseball player Jack Elliot has made some poor choices it traded by the New York Yankees to a Japanese Team The Chunichi Dragons. Unhappy with the trade and wanting to do things his way he clashes with his teammates, coaches and others until he accepts his situation and learns about Japanese culture.

The Mosquito Coast (1986) (2021) 
Based on the novel The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux [First Published in 1981] Allis Fox an idealist inventor moves takes his family from the US to Central America to build a utopia that he will be the leader of.  In his pursuit of his dream, he puts himself and his family in danger.  

The Mummy (1999)
An American adventurer Rick O'Connell leads a few archeologist and treasure hunters to the lost city of Hamunaptra, Egypt. There they awaken a cursed mummy that threatens to destroy the world. 

The Naked Jungle (1954)
Based on the short story Leiningen Versus The Ants by Carl Stephenson [First Published in 1938]. Set in 1901 Joanna Selby a woman from New Orlans agrees to become a mail order bride to Christopher Leiningen the owner of a cocoa plantation in South America. As the couple struggle with the new relationship a colony of army ants are on a raid that is headed for the plantation. 

Off The Map (2011) 
Three US Doctors just out of residency go to work at a free medical clinic (200 miles away from any other medical facility) in rural South America to gain experience and learn from the established Doctors that run the clinic. 

The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991)
During the pirate age Black Jack Savage was a successful wealthy pirate until he is caught and hanged in the courtyard of his own castle on a Caribbean Island, here he is stuck as a ghost unless he atones for his crimes by saving 100 lives and then he can go to heaven. In 1991 the new owner multimillionaire Barry Tarberry criminal stockbroker buys the castle to hide from the US Government. As the owner Barry is the only person that can see and hear Black Jack and help him save 100 lives along with avoiding a similar punishment himself. The two of them began their quest to save lives. 

Our Lips Are Sealed (2000)
Twins Abby and Maddie Parker witness/stop a crime and are put into the Witness Protection Program with their family and relocated to Sydney, Australia. While the girls work to become popular Members of a crime family search for the girls. 

Out Sourced (2006) (2010-2011)
The Movie and TV series have the same basic plot. A call center the sells novelty toys has been outsourced to India. A Manager from America goes there to set up and train the new employees.

Oxford Blues (1984) 
American Nick De Alango from Las Vegas enrolls in Oxford University to win his dream girl. In pursuit of that goal, he joins the rowing crew and grows as a man. 

Pair of Kings (2010-2013)
Twins Brady and Duke Boomer Parker living in Chicago, Illinois learn that their parents were royalty of an island. Now that the two of them have come of age they are now the Kings of The Kingdom of Kinkow. 

The Quiet Man (1952) 
Based on the Quiet Man and Other Stories by Maurice Walsh [First Published in 1935]. Retired American Boxer Sean Thorton immigrates to Ireland to reconnect with his heritage and to start a new life. He buys a cottage and romances and marries a local girl. 

Quigley Down Under (1990)
Matthew Quigley a sharpshooter and gun fighter from Wyoming is hired by a wealthy Australian rancher for mysterious a special job.

Skyscraper (2018)
A former FBI agent Will Sawyer becomes a security expert and is living and working in Hong Kong after a life changing injury. When a group of criminals set fire to the skyscraper his family is in, he does everything he can to get to and save his family. 

Straw Dogs (1971) 
Based on the novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm by Gordon M. Williams [First Published in 1969] An American David Sumner and his English wife Amy Sumner move to rural England for a more peaceful life. Unfortunately, a disagreement with a crew of local laborers turns deadly. (The remake Straw Dogs (2011) has the same plot but takes place in the US). 

Suspiria (1977) 
Suzi Bannion a young American enrolls is a prestigious Ballet School in Germany. At the school strange things happen, people die in mysterious ways, and the school has a history of witchcraft.

Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982)
Set in the 1930's former fighter piolet Jack Cutter lives as a bush piolet, adventurer, and treasure hunter and operates out of the Marivella Islands. Having regular adventures with his dog, mechanic, love interest/American spy together they seek treasure, fun and foil Nazi plans in that part of the world.  

They're Watching (2016)
The crew of a realty home improvement TV show head to Moldova on a segment about an American homeowner transforming a rundown house into an artist's haven. The crew ends up having problems with the villagers and a dangerous witch. 

The Undefeated (1969) 
After the Civil War Carpet Baggers and corrupt politicos start stealing the homes and lands of the former Confederates. Former Confederate Colonel James Langdon his family along with other former Confererate families travel to Mexico as refugees. As this is happening a businessman, and former Union Officer Colonel John Henry Tomas is also going to Mexico to sell wild horses for higher prices than he can get in the US. The two groups meet while traveling and later join forces when Mexican revolutionaries attack them.

Under The Tuscan Sun (2003)
Based on the memoir Under The Tuscan Sun: At Home In Italy, by Frances Mayes [First Published in 1996]. A recently divorced writer, professor, and critic takes a trip to Italy where she impulsively buys a villa and begins an expensive and extensive restoration.

Volunteers (1985) 
Set in 1962 Lawerance Bourne the third is an upper class, gambler, and womanizer is on the run from a gambling debt. He escapes this by joining The Peace Core on a mission to Southeast Asia. Where several groups have an interest in a bridge the Peace Core plans to build. 

Welcome To Sweden (2014-2015)
New York City account Bruce is in love with his Swedish girlfriend Emma. When she gets an important prestigious job with a bank in Stockholm, Sweden he quits his job and goes with her. Bruce finds adjusting to living in Sweden more challenging than expected. 

The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
Based on the novel The World of Suzie Wong by Richard Mason [First Published in 1957]. American architect Robert Lomax decides to change his life and pursue dream of being an artist. He does by moving to Hong Kong and living off his savings in a poor part of the city. There he hires a local prostitute to be model and muse. They fall in love and face tragedy's and decide to get married. 

Tokyo Pop (1988) 
Rocker Wendy Reed impulsively goes to Japan with little money, no local friends, or knowledge of the language of the culture. Discovers ways to adjust to different world, finds fleeting fame, and contemplates her future. 

 Youngblood (1986)
17-year-old Farm boy Dean Youngblood leaves his home in upstate New York to become a professional hockey player in Hamilton, Canada.

Attending Medical School | Nursing School Films

Medical School | Nursing School

Films about attending Medical School or Nursing College.

There is a combined total 35 with taking 24 including Medical College/Education with 9 under the category of Nurse College/Education. 8 are from and take place in the 21^st Century; the remaining 27 are from or take place in the 20^th century or earlier.

Medical School/Education 

Arrowsmith (1931)
Based on the book Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis [First Published in 1925] The life of Martin Arrowsmith MD. In the book Arrowsmith explores medical education as well as the various avenues of the medicine at the time; the movie cuts it down to just a few plot points.

Bad Medicine (1985)  
Based on the book Calling Dr. Horowitz by Steven Horowitz, MD, and Neil Offen [First Published in 1978] Young Americans that cannot get into a medical college anywhere else go to a rundown Medical College in a fictional third world country. 

Doctor G (2022)
Medical Student Uday Gupta is unable to obtain a place in his chosen specialty in Orthopedics and to be like his personal hero and cousin Dr, Ashok Gupta. Uday is unwilling/unable to leave the city because of family enters the OBGYN program with the plan to later transfer. So, with this plan develops an attitude/last approach that offends his professor and classmates. As he is forced to confront his bias, pride he also learns about his family members and out grows his childish perceptions and works to make up for his past actions as a man and as a physician. 

Doctor In The House (1954) (1969-1975)
Based on Doctor in the House by Richard Gordon [First Published in 1952] Simon Sparrow a freshman medical student falls into a group of Playboys that are having a good time partying, playing sports, and enjoying college life.

Flatliners (1990) 
Five medical students perform dangerous near-death experiments. As they push the limits of the experiments, they begin to experience waking nightmares involving their past sins.  

Flatliners (2017) 
Inspired by the film Flatliners (1990) Five medical students experiment with near death. The first members seem to gain benefits from the process however as the experiments continue guilt and past sins start to haunt members of the group. 

Getting In (1994)
Gabriel Higgs is waitlisted for getting into John Hopkins University with six people ahead of him. So, he decided to bribe the other on the list. However, somebody is killing the wait list is with him being number 6 what kind of danger is Gabriel in? 

Going To Extremes (1992-1993)
Short lived series about American medical students going to the Caribbean for medical training and dealing with different cultural environment. 

Gross Anatomy (1989)
A first-year med student wants to become a doctor. Yet he appears not to care about anything, To the annoyance of his classmates and professors. Will he make it through gross anatomy and his first year or dropout? 

Hard Rock Medical (2013-2018)
Eight students that are Medical Students attending the Boreal Medical School in Canada. These students are participating in the school's rural medicine program.

House of God (1984)
Based on the book House of God by Samuel Shem MD [First Published in 1978] A Semi-autobiographical memoir; about a group of interns entering into the medical field. As they face tragedies and grow as professionals, they become disillusioned with the profession. 

The Interns (1962) 
Based on the novel The Interns by Richard Frede [First Published in 1960] Several Medical students began their internships and face personal and professional challenges. 

The Legendary Doctor Hur Jun (1999) Gu-am Heo Jun (2013)
Based on the life of Heo Jun a man a concubine son of a general that becomes a respected Physician and author of the most important medical text in Joseon Era Korea.  

Not As A Stranger (1955)
Based on the book Not As A Stranger by Morton Thompson [First Published in 1954] A young man that lives for medicine sacrifices almost everything to attend medical college and to have a successful medical career. After becoming a MD must deal with the limitations of medicine as well as frustrations and disillusionment of the medical system along with men and women that work in the medical field. 

Off The Map (2011) 
Three US Doctors completing their residencies go to work at a free medical clinic (200 miles away from any other medical facility) in rural South America to gain experience and learn from the established Doctors that run the clinic. 

Patch Adams (1998) 
Based on the book Gesundheit!: Bringing Good Health to You, the Medical System and Society Through Physician Service Complementary Therapies, Humor, and Joy by Patch Adams and Maureen Mylander [First Published in 1992]. Patch decides to become a doctor to help people. Not liking the way things have been done he sets out to change the system with using humor and laughter to help the sick. 

The Physician (2013) 
Based on the novel The Physician by Noah Gordon [First Published in 1986] During the 11 Century Rob Cole apprentices to a barber surgeon; When he meets a Jewish physician trained by a Persian Academy. Rob Cole becomes determined to attend the academy. Unable to attend due to being Christian he disguises himself as a Jew and attends the academy.

Re-Animator (1985)
Inspired by the short story Herbert West Re-Animator by H.P Lovecraft [First Published in 1922] A medical student and his friend experiment with a serum that reanimates the dead to less than the desired results. Followed by two sequels Bride of Re-Animator (1990) and Beyond Re-Animator (2003). 

Scream Queens: Season 2 (2015-2016)
Several survivors from season 1 go to work at the C.U.R.E. Institute a hospital and medical college for incurable diseases, where a new costumed serial killer (or killers) known as the Green Meany stalks the halls. Attacking; Murdering the patients, staff, volunteers, visitors, and survivors of the first series. 

Scrubs: Med School (2009-2010)
In the last and final season of Scrubs (2001-2010) Sacred Heart Hospital was torn down and a med school was put in its place. With the series following a group of med students and some of the original cast teaching at the med school. 

Service to Man (2016)
Set in 1967 at Meharry Medical College a Historically Black College University located outside of Nashville, Tennessee. The college has accepted it first white student Eli where he deals with anti-white racism and distrust, along with the challenges of medical school.  As this is happening Eli develops a rivalry and a friendship with legacy student Michael Dubois.

Stitches (1985) 
Three med students pull pranks, throw wild parties, woo the girls and take on the mean Dean in the college movie. When they throw one too many pranks and their leader get kicked out will the guys be able to come up with a plan to save him?  

Summer 2007 (2007) 
After getting in over his head in politics a Medical Student decides to get out of town for a while. He convinces several of his friends/classmates to do their required community service internship at what they believe will be a modern clinic in an upper-class vacation area of India. Instead, they are sent to a poor rural area.

White Coats aka Intern Academy (2004)  
Seven student interns go to learn and work at St Albert’s Teaching Hospital the worst hospital in the Canadian Health System.  

Vital Signs (1990)
Medical students enter their third year and choose and compete for the specialties they are to enter. While dealing with personal and professional challenges. 

Nurse College/Education

4 Girls in White (1939)
Four girls enter a nurse training program for different reasons. The girls learn and grow on the journey to becoming nurses. 

Angles in White AKA Itsumademo Shiroi Hane (2018)
Rumi Kizaki is a young woman that failed to get into Japan's National University. So, she enrolls into a Nursing school as a last choice back up. As Rumi learns, interacts with classmates, and patients she realizes being a Nurse maybe more than a backup plan for her. 

The Lamp Still Burns (1943) 
Based on the book One Pair of Feet by Monica Dickens [First Published in 1942] While WWII is Hilary Clarke decides to become nurse and is put through a demanding training process. As this is happening, she falls in love and must choose between staying a nurse or getting married to the man she loves.

The New Nurses AKA Sygeplejeskolen (2018-2019)
Danish TV series about the first men and their female classmates that are to train and become Nurses at a training hospital in 1950’s Denmark.

Nobody’s Baby (1937)
Failing to get into show business two friends attend Nurse School and get mixed up with a secret pregnancy/baby within a secret marriage. 

The Shift (2013) 
During a 12-night shift in the ED an experienced nurse has to train a new nurse. As the shift passes the two of them disagree about quality of life and quantity of life in regard to the people they are treating.

The Student Nurses (1970)
Four friends and student nurses become sexually liberated, learn about their chosen specialties, and are a part of issues that were relevant/going on at the time.

Tammy and the Doctor (1963) 
This is the third movie in the Tammy Tyree film series. Tammy accompanies a friend to LA where the friend is getting an operation. Not having money or a place to stay Tammy gets a job as a nursing assistant/Nurse training and starts dating a young Doctor, while her friend gets better. 

White Parade (1934) 
Students get through nursing school from first day of college to graduation.

Due to few films and TV shows I have added Nursing assistants as protagonists to add a few more titles. 

Nursing Assistants 

Disorderlies (1987) A Gambler Winslow needs money to pay off gambling debts or pay the price. The easiest way for him to get the money he needs is to inherit it from his dying uncle. To speed up the process he hires the worst orderlies in the US. However, his uncle health and vitality greatly improve under their care. This causes Winslow to go to more drastic plans. 

The Disorderly Orderly (1964) Jerome Littlefield a med student becomes an orderly. As an orderly he causes chaos due to clumsiness and a psychosomatic problem causes him to take on the symptoms that people tell him they suffer from. 

Paper Mask (1990) Based on the book Paper Mask by John Collee [First Published in 1988] Hospital orderly Matthew Harris discovers a young doctor has died so he assumes his identity and gains employment in a Casualty Dept. in another part of the country. He struggles with his new role until an experienced nurse helps him. It unravels when he makes a mistake and kills someone. 

Skelton Key (2005) Caroline Ellis a Hospice Nurse quits her job and goes to work for a New Orleans Plantation helping a take care of her husband that suffered from a stroke. At the plantation she investigates a ghost story and other mysterious happenings around the house. 

The books 

1. Gesundheit!: Bringing Good Health to You, the Medical System and Society Through Physician Service Complementary Therapies, Humor, and Joy by Patch Adams and Maureen Mylander [First Published in 1992]
2. Flatliners by Leonore Fleischer [First Published in 1990]
3. Paper Mask by John Collee [First Published in 1988]
4. The Physician by Noah Gordon [First Published in 1986]
5. Calling Dr. Horowitz by Steven Horowitz, MD, and Neil Offen [First Published in 1978]
6. House of God by Samuel Shem MD [First Published in 1978]
7. The Interns by Richard Frede [First Published in 1960]
8. Not As A Stranger by Morton Thompson [First Published in 1954]
9. Doctor in the House by Richard Gordon [First Published in 1952]
10. One Pair of Feet by Monica Dickens [First Published in 1942]
11. Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis [First Published in 1925]
12. Herbert West Re-Animator by H.P Lovecraft [First Published in 1922]