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74
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4.1
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94
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83
/23/
86
/22/

The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village and starts scraping together money to publish his book. While trying to reconnect with his old friends and environment; his uncertainty, existential struggle and his father’s gambling addiction bring him grave difficulties.
poster
79
7.3
/105145/
72
/2070/
69
/1205/
3.6
/50407/
88
/58/
80
/1197/
79
/24/
cc age 17+

The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
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Kanopy
79
7.2
/5402/
74
/73/
69
/139/
3.7
/3522/
96
/24/
83
/39/

Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly begins dating his good-looking young publisher.
poster
78
7.5
/131687/
74
/5507/
72
/1249/
3.7
/527668/
93
/296/
95
/483/
81
/54/
cc age 15+

American Fiction (2023)
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
poster
Netflix
78
7.3
/94340/
70
/1763/
69
/1048/
3.7
/145058/
91
/150/
81
/4830/
82
/37/
cc age 17+

The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
poster
Hulu
77
7.4
/695/
75
/61/
71
/20/
3.6
/3096/
100
/5/
89

Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine (2017)
A look at the rise and fall of the subversive skateboarding magazine Big Brother, which rose to prominence in the mid-1990s and had a profound effect on the skating subculture with its unfiltered approach.
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80
76
7.9
/13721/
77
/249/
70
/121/
3.9
/8764/
88
/16/
93
/628/

Auntie Mame (1958)
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.8
/284875/
69
/8324/
67
/5386/
3.5
/729721/
79
/165/
81
/14146/
66
/33/
cc age 15+

Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against expectations. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. Her charming boss takes an interest in her, and she cannot stop running into a rather disagreeable acquaintance whom Bridget cannot help finding quietly attractive.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.7
/925/
71
/14/
63
/11/
3.5
/567/
64
/737/

Butley (1974)
Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual. With both Joey and his wife leaving, Butley faces a life alone, fighting back with wit, obscenity and booze.
poster
72
7.1
/8202/
71
/149/
66
/105/
3.7
/7707/
89
/28/
83
/253/
68
/22/

Henry Fool (1998)
An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.
poster
YouTube
70
7.0
/6029/
67
/111/
58
/57/
3.8
/17840/
82
/88/
78
/123/
73
/16/
cc age 13+

Crossing Delancey (1988)
Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find her a romantic match, Isabelle is courted by a married, worldly author, Anton, yet can't seem to shake the down-to-earth appeal of Sam, a pickle vendor.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
6.9
/2337/
63
/39/
66
/25/
3.3
/799/
61
/18/
76
/30/

Cross Creek (1983)
In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.
poster
Kanopy
68
6.9
/109911/
69
/2703/
68
/1636/
3.5
/123073/
74
/61/
72
/1934/
67
/16/
cc age 17+

Fatal Attraction (1987)
A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
poster
Kanopy
67
6.5
/7935/
66
/349/
63
/189/
3.3
/14817/
71
/86/
62
/32/
50
/18/
cc age 15+

My Salinger Year (2020)
A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
poster
67
6.5
/17988/
64
/417/
60
/243/
2.8
/16058/
83
/121/
65
/701/
72
/36/
cc age 15+

Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)
Jessica, a Jewish copy editor living and working in New York City, is plagued by failed blind dates with men, and decides to answer a newspaper's personal advertisement. The advertisement has been placed by 'lesbian-curious' Helen Cooper, a thirtysomething art gallerist.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
6.4
/4098/
55
/69/
58
/45/
3.2
/2704/
69
/103/
61
/87/
70
/28/
cc age 17+

Personal Velocity (2002)
In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.
poster
65
6.4
/57840/
64
/1041/
60
/670/
2.9
/16459/
83
/169/
54
/2047/
66
/40/
cc age 14+

In Good Company (2004)
Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new supervisor becomes romantically involved with his daughter an 18 year-old college student Alex.
poster
Kanopy
65
7.2
/66289/
76
/4138/
72
/1534/
3.4
/33349/
62
/129/
71
/269/
56
/26/
cc age 12+

The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
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Amazon Prime Video
64
6.6
/4724/
63
/54/
59
/62/
3.2
/757/
52
/69/
54
/81/
57
/26/

The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
poster
62
6.8
/43186/
68
/1255/
63
/767/
3.0
/10983/
47
/174/
53
/1200/
50
/43/
cc age 14+

Anonymous (2011)
Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.
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Kanopy
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60
7.5
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/40/
70
/36/
3.8
/1918/
94
/72/
79
/45/
69
/21/

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2012)
This intimate and loving portrait of the legendary arbiter of fashion, art and culture illustrates the many stages of Vreeland's remarkable life. Born in Paris in 1903, she was to become New York's "Empress of Fashion" and a celebrated Vogue editor.
poster
Kanopy
58
5.5
/26415/
58
/1529/
57
/547/
3.3
/72526/
58
/127/
41
/354/
55
/31/
cc age 17+

The Beach Bum (2019)
An irreverent comedy about the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious stoner and lovable rogue who lives large.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
58
6.6
/11201/
65
/211/
60
/166/
3.2
/3673/
49
/74/
71
/3412/
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/19/
cc age 14+

Driving Lessons (2006)
A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.
poster
65
57
6.5
/4194/
63
/92/
61
/74/
3.3
/2012/
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/39/
69
/70/
62
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Torremolinos 73 (2003)
Set in 1973 Spain, a struggling encyclopedia salesman and his wife take advantage of an offer to make adult films. The act turns him into an aspring legit filmmaker and her into an international sex symbol.
poster
Kanopy
56
6.7
/11418/
69
/494/
66
/260/
3.1
/7488/
28
/88/
63
/43/
46
/30/
cc age 13+

Rebel in the Rye (2017)
The life of celebrated but reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel The Catcher in the Rye.
poster
51
6.2
/43915/
65
/2284/
60
/1056/
2.8
/18308/
35
/176/
36
/581/
49
/42/
cc age 15+

The Fifth Estate (2013)
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
poster
Netflix
64
47
6.6
/3336/
68
/212/
66
/80/
3.3
/4137/
54
/3/

The Fable (2019)
The Fable is a legendary yakuza hitman equal to none—but his boss orders him and his sultry associate to lay low and learn how to live a "normal life" in Osaka.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
48
47
4.9
/12599/
56
/476/
54
/446/
2.5
/11247/
31
/389/
cc age 15+

Labor Pains (2009)
A young woman pretends to be pregnant in order to avoid being fired from her job. When that gets her a bunch of special treatment by everyone involved in her life, she tries to keep up the lie for nine months.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
46
6.7
/1815/
61
/36/
65
/59/
3.8
/2968/
82
/8/
76
/5/

My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996)
Paul Dedalus is at a crossroads in his life. He has to make several decisions; should he complete his doctorate, does he want to become a full professor, does he really love his long-standing girlfriend, or should he re-start with one of his other lovers?
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53
35
6.5
/2588/
71
/51/
68
/65/
3.1
/379/
7
/44/
67
/295/
35
/15/

Conversations with God (2006)
"Conversations with God" is the true story of Neale Donald Walsch that inspired and changed the lives of millions. The journey begins after he unexpectedly breaks his neck in a car accident and loses his job.
poster
Hoopla
33
4.7
/31541/
53
/950/
50
/715/
2.1
/15049/
7
/73/
23
/812/
15
/19/
cc age 17+

My Boss's Daughter (2003)
When a young man agrees to housesit for his boss, he thinks it'll be the perfect opportunity to get close to the woman he desperately has a crush on – his boss's daughter. But he doesn't plan on the long line of other houseguests that try to keep him from his mission. And he also has to deal with the daughter's older brother, who's on the run from local drug dealers.
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62
30
6.4
/917/
64
/7/
48
/14/
3.3
/247/
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/26/
75
/21/
60
/11/

Pandaemonium (2001)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an unstable but brilliant poet, becomes friends with the unknown William Wordsworth, and together they set out to recreate English poetry in the spirt of liberty and democracy. As time goes by, cracks begin to appear in the relationship. Sam becomes addicted to opium, while William's ego and ambition distance him further from his friend.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
19
7.1
/388/
69
/38/
70
/16/
3.4
/1022/
79
/2/

The Image Revolution (2013)
Twenty years ago, seven superstar artists left Marvel Comics to create their own company, Image Comics, a company that continues to influence mainstream comics and pop culture to this day. Image began as more than just a publisher - it was a response to years of creator mistreatment, and changed comics forever. The Image Revolution tells the story of Image Comics, from its founders' work at Marvel, through Image's early success, company difficulties during the comics market implosion, and ultimately the publisher's new generation of properties like The Walking Dead. Filled with colorful characters, the film is a clarion call to artists to take control of their destiny.
poster
Dekkoo
66
18
7.5
/288/
60
/10/
55
/10/
76
/22/

Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone (2007)
A documentary that celebrates and examines an unabashed vulgarian.
poster
44
17
5.1
/491/
36
/13/
57
/30/
35
/12/

All the Rage (1997)
ALL THE RAGE takes a satirical and poignant look at one gay man's obsessive pursuit of physical, sexual, and romantic perfection. Christopher Bedford is everyone's fantasy. He's gorgeous, young, clever, rich, and above all, totally buffed and every boy in Boston seems to want him. At thirty-one, he's gliding through life, celebrating himself as the 90's gay playboy ideal, without ever realizing what a mess he's become.
poster
YouTube TV
61
11
6.1
/546/
43
/6/
61
/11/
83
/6/

Youngblood Hawke (1964)
An unknown Kentucky writer comes to New York and pursues fame and women.
poster
Plex
?
6.8
/19/

The Story of Content: Rise of the New Marketing (2015)
Technology has changed the game. Consumers can ignore advertising and marketing at will. To break through the clutter, brands need to tell remarkable stories worth listening to and become the media in the process.
poster
?
6.6
/45/

Ian Fleming: Bondmaker (2005)
A look at the life of Ian Fleming from when he was in Naval Intelligence as a Commander until his death in 1964. This docudrama gives an insight into what Fleming was really like and how he wrote the Bond novels.
poster
fuboTV
?
7.4
/18/
10
/2/

This Is Where We Live (2009)
Journey through a vibrant, bustling literary world.
poster
Plex
?
7.1
/18/
50
/2/

Novaro El Coloso Mexicano (2017)
Novaro, the Mexican Colosus traces the unknown story of one of the greatest comic book publishers in the world, which reigned for more than 30 years before disappearing without saying goodbye in 1985. Their fans never understood what happened. Novaro only disappeared without leaving a trace. Only the comics remained.
poster
?
5.8
/74/
35
/2/
50
/3/

Geraldine (1953)
Music manager Janey Edwards poses as a co-ed to get the rights to a song from one of the professors.
poster
Hoopla
58
?
6.2
/162/
55
/4/

Everything's Jake (2000)
A homeless man takes a newly homeless man under his wing and teaches him how to survive on the streets.
poster
?
6.4
/13/
100
/1/

Brave New Souls: Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers of the 21st Century (2014)
RAVE NEW SOULS is a documentary detailing the thoughts, goals and inspirations of a new generation of Black creators in graphic novels, television, cinema, literature and digital media. Producer/director Brandon M. Easton - himself an acclaimed comic book and animation writer - wanted to shine much-needed light on new Black writers whose contributions and market awareness have been buried under the onslaught of the myriad of entertainment options in the 21st century.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
?
7.0
/47/

The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen (2011)
A historian and professor Amanda Vickery explores why Jane Austen's books have been popular for nearly 200 years.
poster
?
5.4
/24/
10
/1/
33
/3/

Verginità (1951)
Gina is the daughter of a provincial newsstand dealer and spends her time reading pulp magazines and dreaming of a glamorous vocation on the big city. She enters a beauty contest in a nearby city, without her father's permission, and, en route, meets Franco, a salesman.
poster
?
6.5
/14/

Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979)
A documentary about "Death" magazine, founded by "Screw" Magazine founder and publisher Al Goldstein, and its eventual failure.
poster
Hoopla
?
6.7
/56/
53
/3/
50
/3/
52
/8/

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009)
The poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and letters. For well over a half century, Ferlinghetti helped shape the currents of poetry and literature with his forceful engagement with society and an ideological position that often found him at odds with the political currents of his day. Ferlinghetti's quiet, behind the scenes demeanor and disarming mien may have assuaged, or even fooled, certain opponents, while in reality he was a literary mercenary, a rebel at the forefront of our own cultural revolution.
poster
?
8.7
/42/
10
/2/

Memories for Sale (2013)
Charlie O'Neal is a writer desperate for a big break. For four years he has been writing a biography on the great Sid Freedman, a famous comedian from the golden age of television. But when the book's contents seem 'too tame' or dull to interest any publisher, Charlie's literary agent Bruce Halpern organizes an impromptu meeting in his office with Sid's granddaughter Rachel bringing him in. Bruce coerces Charlie into interrogating Sid on the private yet scandalous details surrounding his career, much to Charlie's dismay and all for just a few more juicy tabloid-headlining pages. What is the price of a man's dignity?


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