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How do I say 'X movies' in Japanese? By this I mean a movie about X, not X
made that movie. An example to illustrate what I mean is:

> There are a lot of **Steve Jobs movies**

It is clear that Steve Jobs himself did not make the movies. How I thought to
phrase this would be スティーブ・ジョブズの映画。But doesn't this mean 'Steve Jobs' movies',
indicating Steve Jobs is in possession of the movie?
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How to say "X movies" that are movies about X
> _But doesn't this mean 'Steve Jobs' movies', indicating Steve Jobs is in
> possession of the movie?_

It could, because the Japanese `[noun]の[work]` can casually denote every kind
of association between the noun and work (but I think "[noun] movies" is
highly ambiguous, too).

村上春樹の小説 is likely to be "a novel _by_ Haruki Murakami", but 涼宮ハルヒの小説 must be
"a novel _featuring_ [Haruhi
Suzumiya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya_light_novels)",
and 米澤嘉博の漫画 should be "manga _owned by_ [Yoshihiro
Yonezawa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihiro_Yonezawa)". How about
村上春樹の映画? Maybe he made, performed, became the subject, or provided the
original work. (Only the last thing is what he really did, as far as I know.)

If you want to tell "movies about Steve Jobs" without misunderstanding, you
can have some workarounds:

> スティーブ・ジョブズについての映画  
>  スティーブ・ジョブズに関する映画  
>  スティーブ・ジョブズを扱った映画  
>  スティーブ・ジョブズを撮った映画 (if filmed while he was living)  
>  etc.

By the by, if you want to categorize them as a "Steve Jobs movies" genre, you
can say:

> スティーブ・ジョブズもの（の映画）
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