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Kanopy
84
7.8
/81021/
74
/1246/
74
/1118/
4.0
/87333/
92
/59/
90
/1335/
90
/12/
cc age 15+

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
poster
MGM Plus
83
7.8
/153355/
76
/2460/
77
/2551/
3.9
/172290/
93
/71/
92
/2762/
83
/10/
cc age 16+

Manhattan (1979)
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
poster
83
7.5
/215825/
72
/3441/
71
/1822/
3.8
/175073/
97
/230/
79
/10798/
94
/42/
cc age 17+

Sideways (2004)
Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
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MUBI
82
7.4
/13699/
74
/538/
71
/494/
4.0
/56041/
99
/172/
79
/38/
86
/36/

Happening (2021)
France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her belly growing, Anne resolves to act, even if she has to confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison to do so.
poster
The Roku Channel
81
7.2
/51785/
70
/893/
69
/809/
3.7
/72306/
100
/37/
85
/1353/
83
/21/
cc age 11+

A Room with a View (1986)
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.3
/148401/
71
/2564/
69
/1577/
3.7
/104259/
89
/194/
82
/5259/
88
/40/
cc age 16+

Capote (2005)
A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
poster
Peacock Premium
80
7.8
/262194/
78
/7991/
77
/5062/
4.0
/559141/
87
/150/
90
/6659/
75
/23/
cc age 17+

Misery (1990)
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
poster
80
7.6
/468511/
75
/10220/
75
/7611/
3.7
/787136/
93
/227/
83
/8020/
81
/40/
cc age 14+

Midnight in Paris (2011)
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.5
/146263/
73
/2450/
72
/1834/
3.9
/124652/
79
/194/
84
/4492/
80
/40/
cc age 15+

The Hours (2002)
The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.
poster
78
6.8
/20202/
70
/1220/
3.6
/103013/
81
/256/
95
/2246/
cc age 14+

Lotus (2023)
Lili wants to hang out with her cool friends, but the family Buddhist bracelet that she wears keeps reminding her that she is watched by superior divinity. Although she tries very hard to blend in the new environment, she is always too self-conscious about it. In order to fully enjoy herself at a party, she decides to take the bracelet off, but eventually she loses it. Now she needs to do something to cover it, otherwise there will be some consequences.
poster
77
7.2
/11073/
72
/240/
68
/356/
3.7
/21500/
98
/60/
82
/149/
78
/24/

The Taste of Others (2000)
Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella reluctantly attends Racine's tragedy "Berenice" in order to see his niece play a bit part. He is taken with the play's strangely familiar-looking leading lady Clara Devaux. During the course of the show, Castella soon remembers that he once hired and then promptly fired the actress as an English language tutor. He immediately goes out and signs up for language lessons. Thinking that he is nothing but an ill-tempered philistine with bad taste, Clara rejects him until Castella charms her off her feet.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
77
7.2
/17068/
71
/395/
70
/304/
3.6
/19453/
95
/42/
77
/303/

Insomnia (1997)
Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins Erik's death on the fugitive. Jonas continues to pursue the killer as he seeks to protect himself; however, his mounting guilt and the omnipresent sun plague him with an insomnia that affects his sanity.
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Kanopy
76
7.3
/35764/
73
/875/
72
/893/
3.8
/27048/
88
/82/
84
/242/
72
/25/

In the House (2012)
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
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Amazon Prime Video
75
6.7
/4913/
70
/283/
70
/343/
3.5
/9620/
86
/58/
79
/7/
72
/14/

The Mad Women's Ball (2021)
A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles' by Victoria Mas.
poster
75
7.4
/248205/
75
/7271/
71
/2913/
3.7
/181543/
86
/184/
87
/10399/
73
/37/
cc age 18+

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
6.7
/4745/
68
/280/
65
/150/
3.4
/21638/
96
/45/
79
/26/
72
/10/
cc age 16+

Princess Cyd (2017)
High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.0
/30548/
70
/798/
68
/676/
3.7
/81812/
83
/29/
78
/542/
83
/11/

Tenebre (1982)
A razor-wielding serial killer is on the loose, murdering those around Peter Neal, an American mystery author in Italy to promote his newest novel.
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
Kanopy
74
6.8
/389836/
68
/24705/
64
/9162/
3.6
/894077/
88
/333/
67
/3044/
79
/51/

Annihilation (2018)
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
poster
80
74
7.5
/14258/
73
/405/
73
/273/
3.7
/17400/
100
/13/
85
/22/

The Distinguished Citizen (2016)
After refusing big and prestigious awards all over the world, Mr. Mantovani, Literature Nobel Prize winner, accepts an invitation to visit his hometown in Argentina, which has been the inspiration for all of his books. It turns out that accepting this invitation is the worst idea of his life. Expect the unexpected when you have used real people as characters in your novels!
poster
74
7.4
/335910/
72
/16561/
74
/8155/
3.7
/618950/
74
/302/
74
/1502/
67
/45/
cc age 17+

Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
poster
73
7.7
/579/
56
/13/
67
/7/
3.6
/232/
83
/66/
75
/41/

Stone Reader (2002)
Filmmaker Mark Moskowitz finally reads a critically acclaimed novel he bought back in 1972, and discovers that both the book and the author have long since vanished. STONE READER documents Moskowitz's quest to find out why. As he solves the mystery, the twists and turns of the journey reveal something more-the singular bond literature can create among strangers.
poster
MUBI
73
8.0
/167360/
76
/2996/
78
/2610/
4.2
/186092/
70
/163/
89
/3415/
61
/39/

Dogville (2003)
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
poster
Netflix
73
7.4
/70438/
74
/3189/
74
/1927/
3.5
/57902/
71
/7/
76
/54/
cc age 16+

Mirage (2018)
During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.
poster
Kanopy
72
7.5
/13962/
76
/408/
68
/161/
3.6
/12038/
74
/19/
84
/351/
58
/8/
cc age 6+

Scrooge (1970)
A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.7
/27946/
69
/1398/
69
/935/
3.4
/49129/
87
/225/
70
/141/
74
/40/
cc age 16+

Colette (2018)
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.
poster
Disney Plus
72
7.6
/421870/
76
/13129/
75
/11442/
3.2
/698505/
81
/224/
85
/4465/
69
/45/
cc age 14+

The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
71
7.0
/12994/
68
/376/
69
/289/
3.5
/75209/
81
/21/
80
/181/

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a different light, Valerie must endure her sexual awakening while attempting to discern reality from fantasy as she encounters lecherous priest Gracian, a vampire-like stranger and otherworldly carnival folk.
poster
71
7.0
/30425/
72
/587/
69
/500/
3.7
/36553/
65
/37/
81
/1197/
61
/11/
cc age 13+

The Way We Were (1973)
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.
poster
MGM Plus
71
7.3
/127145/
72
/3288/
69
/1872/
3.6
/78652/
63
/130/
79
/10676/
67
/30/
cc age 16+

Death at a Funeral (2007)
A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.4
/6155/
61
/175/
54
/245/
3.3
/10587/
86
/152/
51
/16/
78
/29/

Non-Fiction (2018)
Alain, a successful Parisian publisher struggling to adapt to the digital revolution, has major doubts about the new manuscript of Léonard, one of his long-time authors — another work of auto-fiction recycling his love affair with a minor celebrity. Selena, Alain’s wife, a famous stage actress, is of the opposite opinion.
poster
70
6.7
/5313/
61
/62/
62
/94/
3.3
/1407/
77
/96/
75
/148/
68
/30/

Bon Voyage (2003)
On the eve of World War II four Parisians cope with the impending invasion of their city by German forces. While the French government braces for impact, the intersected lives of a young writer, a vain movie star, a French politician and a young scientist are examined as they attempt to deal with war and evade German spies.
poster
Kanopy
70
7.1
/21885/
69
/578/
72
/735/
3.6
/20808/
88
/116/
72
/150/
69
/33/
cc age 18+

Venus in Fur (2013)
An enigmatic actress may have a hidden agenda when she auditions for a part in a misogynistic writer's play.
poster
MUBI
70
7.0
/40368/
66
/1014/
66
/604/
3.4
/15130/
71
/69/
85
/954/
65
/28/

Sex and Lucía (2001)
Various lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.
poster
69
6.8
/2957/
64
/32/
64
/37/
3.5
/1954/
72
/71/
68
/25/
74
/28/

The Lady and the Duke (2001)
Grace Dalrymple Elliot is a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determined to maintain her stiff upper lip and pampered life despite the upheaval, Grace continues her friendship with the Duke of Orléans while risking her life and liberty to protect a fugitive.
poster
69
6.6
/3938/
64
/68/
61
/49/
3.3
/1453/
81
/32/
69
/64/

Washington Square (1997)
In 1870s New York, spinster heiress Catherine Sloper is courted by the much younger, penniless Morris Townsend, much to the chagrin of her overprotective father. Catherine must decide whether to spend the rest of her life alone, or marry a man interested in her solely for her inheritence.
poster
76
69
7.6
/6490/
76
/199/
67
/109/
3.5
/3169/
92
/324/
cc age 6+

The Flight of Dragons (1982)
The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so the green wizard, Carolinus, decides to shield it for all time. Ommadon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter Dickinson, who is the first man of both the realms of science and magic. It is Peter's job to defeat Ommadon.
poster
fuboTV
76
68
7.4
/7951/
73
/123/
71
/204/
3.7
/7080/
82
/11/
84
/118/

The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flashback Bertrand's life and love affairs are told by himself while writing an autobiographical novel.
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
Netflix
68
6.6
/12867/
63
/611/
65
/286/
3.6
/17791/
88
/135/
64
/200/
68
/31/
cc age 13+

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014)
Frustrated with her mundane life, a Tokyo office worker becomes obsessed with a fictional movie that she mistakes for a documentary. Fixating on a scene where stolen cash is buried in North Dakota, she travels to America to find it.
poster
67
6.6
/3222/
62
/51/
63
/116/
3.5
/2805/
60
/5/
67
/38/

Too Beautiful for You (1989)
A car dealer, well-to-do and with a beautiful wife, finds himself attracted to his rather plain new temporary secretary. Despite her own commitments she feels the same and the two soon embark on an affair. Though it would seem it has happened before his wife finds this particular entanglement of her husband's very difficult to accept.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
6.5
/6731/
64
/137/
62
/92/
3.2
/9581/
65
/110/
68
/303/
64
/32/

Bright Young Things (2003)
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes, who is attempting to raise enough money to marry fellow member Nina Blount. However, after customs officials confiscate his first manuscript, Fenwick-Symes must recover from the financial setback and figure out new ways to earn money for a wedding.
poster
Plex
67
6.7
/6449/
62
/83/
58
/72/
3.1
/1769/
87
/55/
70
/64/
59
/21/

Nico and Dani (2000)
While his parents are away for the summer, 16-year-old Dani invites his best friend, the irrepressible Nico, to stay for the holidays. Jealously rears its head when Nico appears more interested in the local girls than in Dani. Hot summer nights and too many joints lead to experimentation which neither boy can talk about, a situation complicated by the appearance of the older and openly gay Julián, a published writer and old friend of Dani’s father.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
67
7.6
/7108/
73
/101/
74
/142/
4.0
/11470/
86
/43/

La Vie de Bohème (1992)
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.
poster
82
67
8.4
/14568/
80
/130/
76
/114/
4.0
/3774/
90
/27/

Philanthropy (2002)
In 21st century Bucharest, to go out in the city on Saturday evening on the arm of a beautiful woman is a risky financial investment. Ovidiu, an unassuming high school teacher, never could afford it. Looking for a source of income more substantial than a teacher's salary, Ovidiu plunges into a fabulous world – the beggar mob.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
67
7.1
/6990/
71
/242/
70
/369/
3.6
/11101/
84
/37/

The Magnificent One (1973)
A writer of pulpy book series in which he's the hero and his beautiful English roommate is the love interest attempts to finish his new book in time at the publisher's demand.
poster
67
7.0
/18790/
64
/281/
64
/214/
3.4
/5206/
75
/154/
69
/826/
68
/34/
cc age 16+

Infamous (2006)
While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
poster
Disney Plus
67
6.8
/140347/
70
/6833/
69
/4837/
3.2
/284174/
52
/196/
58
/9278/
55
/32/
cc age 9+

A Christmas Carol (2009)
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.


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