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Kanopy
88
8.0
/131886/
77
/2040/
81
/2471/
4.3
/243675/
97
/62/
91
/2559/
93
/23/

8½ (1963)
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
poster
86
8.2
/239761/
81
/4223/
79
/2764/
4.2
/175912/
89
/137/
93
/2238/
80
/36/

The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.8
/14394/
76
/290/
76
/279/
4.1
/34774/
97
/33/
89
/209/

Orpheus (1950)
A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.
poster
Netflix
84
7.8
/57621/
77
/2870/
75
/1295/
4.0
/122940/
96
/224/
87
/750/
85
/41/
cc age 16+

Amy (2015)
A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
poster
Peacock Premium
84
8.4
/1211188/
81
/29769/
82
/18520/
4.2
/2890065/
84
/111/
93
/28529/
68
/26/
cc age 15+

The Shining (1980)
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
poster
83
7.9
/42919/
76
/695/
76
/645/
4.0
/39773/
97
/74/
90
/592/

The Lost Weekend (1945)
Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
poster
80
7.6
/330322/
75
/8038/
74
/4851/
4.1
/904387/
81
/219/
89
/14401/
76
/34/
cc age 17+

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.
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Kanopy
79
7.1
/241599/
70
/4069/
68
/3143/
3.3
/135006/
92
/147/
80
/6895/
87
/33/
cc age 16+

Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter', before it's even written. When lovely noblewoman Viola de Lesseps auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love — and Shakespeare's play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship intensifies, the comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
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Kanopy
79
7.5
/202954/
76
/5506/
76
/4403/
3.8
/473124/
88
/56/
91
/13609/
77
/13/
cc age 13+

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
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Kanopy
77
7.2
/68714/
70
/1022/
68
/637/
3.6
/33209/
81
/123/
83
/1552/
74
/36/
cc age 16+

Wonder Boys (2000)
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.
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Hoopla
77
7.4
/39768/
73
/632/
72
/517/
3.8
/18994/
89
/35/
89
/437/
70
/15/

Smoke (1995)
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
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Fandango at Home Free
77
7.2
/34409/
70
/1211/
70
/598/
3.8
/60065/
92
/160/
82
/381/
82
/35/
cc age 16+

The End of the Tour (2015)
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'
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Netflix
77
7.5
/312238/
76
/8165/
75
/4755/
3.8
/485483/
75
/260/
89
/35583/
66
/35/
cc age 14+

Moulin Rouge! (2001)
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
poster
77
76
7.6
/25463/
75
/387/
74
/369/
3.7
/11703/
79
/14/
86
/347/

Zorba the Greek (1964)
An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
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Kanopy
75
6.9
/3421/
60
/48/
66
/36/
3.4
/712/
89
/96/
70
/417/
78
/33/

Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
Leonard Schiller once counted among New York's literary lions, but illness and ten years of writer's block have lowered his profile, almost to the point of obscurity. When Heather Wolfe, an ambitious literature major, asks to interview him for her thesis on his work, her interest forces him to address the issues that he has avoided all these years, and stirs in him feelings he has long forgotten, much to his daughter's consternation.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.0
/24653/
70
/635/
67
/312/
3.5
/20265/
95
/58/
79
/548/
75
/28/
cc age 16+

Croupier (1998)
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.1
/26794/
71
/720/
71
/818/
3.7
/67488/
85
/39/
80
/425/

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite he and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.5
/244118/
75
/6533/
72
/2453/
3.6
/168554/
73
/176/
85
/29389/
67
/35/
cc age 13+

Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
poster
Netflix
74
7.3
/50187/
72
/822/
72
/1025/
3.7
/40821/
73
/37/
82
/709/
62
/19/

Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.
poster
MGM Plus
74
7.2
/16111/
70
/255/
67
/283/
3.7
/15233/
59
/27/
75
/255/

Another Woman (1988)
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of events she comes to understand how her unemotional attitude towards the people around her affected them and herself.
poster
Kanopy
73
7.1
/286070/
72
/8394/
68
/4156/
3.7
/246725/
82
/216/
71
/4372/
66
/43/
cc age 17+

Seven Psychopaths (2012)
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
poster
Hoopla
78
73
7.5
/6581/
71
/161/
68
/98/
3.7
/8230/
100
/13/
83
/129/
80
/8/

Footlight Parade (1933)
A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
poster
73
7.2
/14722/
73
/293/
72
/286/
3.4
/7650/
74
/38/
79
/426/
cc age 12+

The Mighty (1998)
Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out Maxwell to improve his reading skills. In return, Kevin wants Maxwell to take him out places since he is not authorized to go out. Being the social outcasts of the town, Kevin and Maxwell come to realize that they are similar to each other and accept that they are "freaks" and nothing will stop them.
poster
73
7.2
/108612/
73
/3078/
71
/1734/
3.6
/140564/
79
/183/
75
/1422/
67
/40/
cc age 16+

Ruby Sparks (2012)
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
poster
71
6.9
/876/
57
/16/
62
/14/
3.4
/266/
82
/11/
76
/3/

Turtle Diary (1985)
Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean.
poster
71
6.9
/13297/
70
/157/
65
/134/
3.5
/5571/
86
/58/
71
/314/
63
/25/
cc age 15+

One True Thing (1998)
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
poster
73
71
7.2
/18964/
70
/310/
70
/265/
3.5
/14090/
82
/84/
78
/306/
cc age 12+

Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
6.8
/8328/
66
/153/
67
/96/
3.3
/3818/
78
/85/
76
/310/
63
/29/

I Capture the Castle (2003)
In 1930s England, 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and her eccentric family struggle to survive in a decaying English castle.
poster
71
6.6
/17763/
72
/724/
65
/275/
3.3
/8613/
71
/95/
83
/1682/
59
/30/
cc age 16+

The Best Man Holiday (2013)
When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.
poster
Netflix
70
6.2
/2677/
61
/116/
62
/77/
3.2
/24149/
82
/119/
85
/50/
73
/25/
cc age 15+

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (2025)
An aspiring author looking to get more out of life takes up a writing residency and finds herself in the sort of romantic entanglements that could come from the pages of a Jane Austen novel.
poster
YouTube TV
74
70
7.2
/13602/
72
/233/
70
/190/
3.4
/9105/
86
/21/
76
/298/

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.
poster
70
6.7
/51039/
66
/1114/
64
/770/
3.5
/37403/
84
/153/
67
/1158/
70
/37/
cc age 18+

Swimming Pool (2003)
A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.
poster
Kanopy
69
6.6
/265910/
67
/12560/
69
/6963/
3.5
/814361/
68
/377/
52
/3756/
76
/51/
cc age 17+

mother! (2017)
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
poster
69
7.6
/11065/
72
/195/
68
/81/
3.5
/6388/
68
/19/
84
/585/
cc age 10+

1776 (1972)
Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams charge Thomas Jefferson with the task of writing a statement announcing the new country's emancipation from British rule.
poster
Kanopy
68
7.0
/21965/
73
/1571/
68
/857/
3.3
/20242/
79
/170/
78
/304/
60
/32/
cc age 8+

The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
6.8
/11506/
67
/472/
65
/209/
3.3
/10795/
77
/56/
71
/94/
68
/20/
cc age 16+

People, Places, Things (2015)
Will Henry is a newly single graphic novelist balancing being a parent to his young twin daughters and teaching a classroom full of college students, all the while trying to navigate the rich complexities of new love and letting go of the woman who left him.
poster
Hoopla
67
7.0
/11276/
71
/140/
64
/156/
3.4
/5828/
73
/30/
71
/131/
58
/6/

Julia (1977)
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
poster
MUBI
67
6.3
/7259/
61
/254/
58
/152/
3.4
/14180/
82
/136/
54
/90/
76
/34/

Listen Up Philip (2014)
Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself.
poster
Kanopy
66
6.0
/72489/
60
/3891/
60
/972/
3.1
/401106/
87
/237/
52
/146/
72
/46/
cc age 18+

Infinity Pool (2023)
While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism, and untold horror. A tragic accident leaves them facing a zero tolerance policy for crime: either you'll be executed, or, if you’re rich enough to afford it, you can watch yourself die instead.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
7.2
/95133/
73
/2567/
73
/1983/
3.5
/110198/
57
/42/
69
/405/
49
/13/
cc age 17+

Stuck in Love (2013)
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
poster
MUBI
65
IMDb 42
6.1
/32430/
58
/1268/
62
/336/
3.2
/334466/
74
/258/
46
/186/
72
/54/
cc age 16+

Die My Love (2025)
After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural isolation sets in, Grace struggles with loneliness, creative frustration, and unresolved emotional wounds. What begins as an attempt at renewal gradually turns into an intense psychological descent, placing strain on their relationship and exposing the fragile balance between love, identity, and motherhood.
poster
Kanopy
65
6.6
/13650/
66
/319/
65
/190/
3.2
/9859/
64
/107/
58
/585/
63
/24/

Howl (2010)
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
poster
The Roku Channel
65
6.3
/8084/
62
/342/
60
/161/
3.1
/5786/
46
/41/
43
/68/
45
/18/
cc age 16+

About Alex (2014)
When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to the brink.
poster
Kanopy
74
64
7.6
/4492/
71
/66/
71
/68/
3.4
/2649/
78
/9/
83
/73/

George Lucas in Love (1999)
1967 film student George Lucas has writer's block trying to finish his "Space Wheat" script, until a beautiful fellow student with a familiar hairstyle teaches him that the best stories are in plain sight.
poster
Netflix
64
6.7
/74894/
68
/1689/
65
/1386/
3.1
/53297/
65
/54/
77
/2789/
59
/23/
cc age 13+

Sliding Doors (1998)
Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.
poster
63
5.7
/704/
49
/15/
57
/21/
74
/19/
67
/1/

After Sex (1997)
The end of an affair from the woman's point of view.
poster
Kanopy
63
6.2
/26549/
69
/840/
62
/285/
3.0
/12447/
64
/22/
51
/532/
50
/12/
cc age 12+

Funny Farm (1988)
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
poster
The Roku Channel
63
7.2
/35884/
72
/924/
75
/639/
3.5
/24792/
52
/21/
87
/2051/
29
/7/
cc age 12+

Somewhere in Time (1980)
Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early twentieth century. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.


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