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89
8.2
/488892/
79
/7362/
79
/5829/
4.2
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99
/132/
90
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100
/19/
cc age 12+

Citizen Kane (1941)
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.0
/112393/
77
/1675/
75
/1227/
4.1
/50862/
94
/176/
92
/7603/
92
/36/
cc age 16+

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.
poster
Hoopla
86
8.1
/309395/
80
/6359/
78
/3639/
4.3
/753987/
94
/181/
91
/5133/
91
/39/
cc age 16+

Before Sunset (2004)
Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.
poster
85
7.8
/68330/
77
/1841/
74
/922/
4.0
/35352/
96
/54/
90
/1079/
91
/16/
cc age 12+

The Right Stuff (1983)
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
poster
YouTube TV
84
7.8
/276659/
78
/10156/
79
/6613/
4.2
/2401372/
95
/441/
92
/3346/
91
/57/
cc age 10+

Little Women (2019)
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
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Amazon Prime Video
84
IMDb 60
7.9
/839684/
80
/40040/
78
/13298/
4.0
/3425167/
97
/472/
92
/12386/
82
/52/
cc age 13+

Knives Out (2019)
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
poster
Kanopy
84
8.1
/41726/
77
/891/
78
/710/
4.3
/54974/
91
/43/
92
/548/
72
/6/

Ace in the Hole (1951)
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
poster
84
8.0
/716845/
79
/27229/
78
/14890/
4.0
/1981592/
95
/294/
82
/5924/
91
/49/
cc age 16+

Her (2013)
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
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Criterion Channel
82
7.9
/22335/
76
/514/
77
/430/
4.2
/50771/
91
/46/
89
/336/

Kwaidan (1965)
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
poster
82
7.8
/22191/
77
/456/
75
/336/
3.9
/19092/
100
/21/
88
/548/
cc age 9+

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
A young British widow rents a seaside cottage and soon becomes haunted by the ghost of its former owner.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.3
/147795/
71
/2504/
69
/1566/
3.7
/100138/
89
/194/
82
/5260/
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
Criterion Channel
83
81
7.8
/14753/
77
/321/
76
/324/
4.2
/35859/
100
/19/
91
/98/
78
/9/

Alice in the Cities (1974)
German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost out of necessity) and while the mother asks Winter to mind Alice temporarily, it quickly becomes apparent that Alice will be his responsibility for longer than he expected.
poster
81
7.3
/89261/
71
/1601/
70
/1200/
4.1
/123550/
89
/133/
78
/2505/
87
/38/

Caché (2005)
George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that are difficult to interpret. He has no idea who has made and sent him the videos. Progressively, the contents of the videos become more personal, indicating that the sender has known George for a long time.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.8
/228917/
78
/6578/
75
/3112/
3.8
/76320/
85
/186/
87
/6162/
76
/36/
cc age 18+

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece
poster
Netflix
80
7.3
/67509/
73
/1624/
73
/1293/
3.9
/162918/
92
/99/
84
/3052/
87
/23/
cc age 11+

Little Women (1994)
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
poster
79
7.3
/104746/
72
/2049/
69
/1185/
3.6
/47787/
88
/58/
80
/1196/
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.
poster
79
7.8
/3738/
77
/90/
66
/51/
3.8
/2499/
84
/50/
89
/132/
77
/25/

Bukowski: Born Into This (2003)
Director John Dullaghan’s biographical documentary about infamous poet Charles Bukowski, Bukowski: Born Into This, is as much a touching portrait of the author as it is an exposé of his sordid lifestyle. Interspersed between ample vintage footage of Bukowski’s poetry readings are interviews with the poet’s fans including such legendary figures such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joyce Fante (wife of John), Bono, and Harry Dean Stanton. Filmed in grainy black and white by Bukowski’s friend, Taylor Hackford, due to lack of funding, the old films edited into this movie paint Bukowski’s life of boozing and brawling romantically, securing Bukowski’s legendary status.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.5
/145817/
73
/2394/
72
/1818/
3.9
/121096/
79
/195/
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
7.9
/163062/
78
/3562/
79
/2893/
4.1
/290797/
93
/58/
90
/2495/
73
/10/

Rope (1948)
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.6
/46966/
79
/1690/
78
/2006/
3.9
/72863/
73
/45/
90
/1109/
73
/19/

The Dinner Game (1998)
For Pierre Brochant and his friends, Wednesday is “Idiots' Day”. The idea is simple: each person has to bring along an idiot. The one who brings the most spectacular idiot wins the prize. Tonight, Brochant is ecstatic. He has found a gem. The ultimate idiot, “A world champion idiot!”. What Brochant doesn’t know is that Pignon is a real jinx, a past master in the art of bringing on catastrophes...
poster
78
7.4
/45059/
72
/1476/
70
/723/
3.9
/74827/
90
/214/
85
/820/
80
/40/
cc age 14+

Love & Mercy (2015)
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.6
/8734/
74
/286/
69
/126/
3.7
/6177/
85
/98/
83
/813/
73
/28/

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)
Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.2
/68526/
70
/1008/
68
/631/
3.6
/31987/
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.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.1
/10720/
69
/342/
67
/219/
3.7
/51603/
91
/126/
74
/14/
82
/28/

Afire (2023)
Self-important author Leon joins his best friend on a summer holiday near the Baltic Sea to complete his novel. When they arrive, they find their house is already occupied by a carefree woman who challenges Leon to open up. Meanwhile, forest wildfires rage around them and impending disaster looms.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.1
/39648/
69
/618/
69
/456/
3.4
/49673/
92
/163/
79
/1300/
73
/38/
cc age 13+

Shattered Glass (2003)
The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at The New Republic for three years. Looking for a short cut to fame, Glass concocted sources, quotes and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever, and eventually, his world came crumbling down.
poster
Netflix
76
7.7
/333659/
76
/6867/
74
/3974/
3.6
/197681/
86
/84/
86
/9101/
67
/30/
cc age 15+

As Good as It Gets (1997)
Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is brutally attacked and hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, leaves work to care for her chronically ill son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.
poster
76
7.4
/4742/
70
/76/
68
/77/
3.5
/1597/
83
/12/
81
/64/

Beyond Silence (1996)
Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.
poster
76
7.1
/20525/
70
/467/
68
/358/
3.9
/55022/
84
/64/
82
/551/
75
/14/

Orlando (1992)
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
poster
76
7.1
/23236/
70
/458/
68
/368/
3.6
/16469/
76
/25/
82
/500/
70
/15/

Barfly (1987)
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.
poster
76
7.3
/49141/
73
/982/
72
/1146/
3.7
/50560/
94
/31/
83
/697/
71
/29/
cc age 13+

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
poster
Starz
76
7.2
/175741/
69
/3654/
68
/2358/
3.6
/69045/
84
/206/
70
/4525/
77
/35/
cc age 15+

The Ghost Writer (2010)
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
6.8
/11979/
67
/227/
66
/177/
3.9
/34583/
85
/87/
74
/318/
78
/25/

Morvern Callar (2002)
After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent her life.
poster
75
7.2
/170112/
73
/9051/
70
/4785/
3.5
/218177/
88
/401/
74
/1418/
83
/51/
cc age 13+

The Post (2017)
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
poster
84
75
8.3
/8063/
77
/108/
72
/69/
4.2
/11187/
100
/8/
90
/50/

Pyaasa (1957)
Vijay, a destitute poet, searches for true love while attempting to get his work published. With the assistance of two women in his life, his dream comes true - but at a cost that causes Vijay to rethink his worldview.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.0
/24582/
69
/624/
67
/312/
3.5
/19736/
95
/58/
79
/547/
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
Kanopy
75
7.5
/243431/
75
/6387/
72
/2428/
3.6
/163676/
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
6.9
/3411/
59
/46/
66
/35/
3.4
/708/
89
/96/
70
/416/
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
73
7.1
/248296/
70
/4645/
68
/3626/
3.4
/386305/
67
/207/
81
/13281/
65
/42/
cc age 18+

Closer (2004)
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
poster
79
73
7.6
/8980/
74
/154/
71
/108/
3.7
/6231/
100
/10/
84
/157/
76
/8/

The Snake Pit (1948)
Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions and unable to even recognize her husband, Robert, she is treated by Dr. Mark Kik, who is determined to get to the root of her mental illness. As her treatment progresses, flashbacks depict events in Virginia's life that may have contributed to her instability.
poster
73
6.8
/5587/
64
/53/
63
/99/
3.4
/2212/
88
/96/
69
/144/
79
/30/
cc age 15+

Look at Me (2004)
Talented 20-year-old Lolita dreams of a singing career. But her self-esteem is low due to her weight problem and her narcissistic father, Étienne, a literary star with scant interest in his daughter's life. Lolita finds little comfort in the attentions of her vocal coach, suspecting the woman is using her to meet her influential father. Étienne's second wife proves to be Lolita's only trustworthy ally in her private battle to find a sense of worth.
poster
The Roku Channel
73
7.1
/9821/
72
/308/
70
/171/
3.5
/8343/
80
/30/
78
/174/

Hopscotch (1980)
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.
poster
72
7.1
/57029/
70
/1219/
71
/1190/
3.6
/58995/
80
/44/
73
/943/
73
/15/
cc age 13+

Marnie (1964)
Marnie is a beautiful but emotionally withdrawn thief, stealing from employers before disappearing under new identities. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, discovers her secret, his fascination turns to obsession, and he blackmails her into marriage, convinced he can cure her. But as he probes deeper into Marnie’s fractured mind, long-buried fears and compulsions begin to surface.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.7
/923/
71
/14/
59
/10/
3.5
/553/
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
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.4
/6619/
65
/319/
60
/187/
3.5
/10028/
92
/177/
48
/115/
78
/31/
cc age 12+

A Quiet Passion (2016)
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
poster
Netflix
72
7.3
/56991/
75
/2299/
74
/1365/
3.5
/73828/
82
/72/
81
/210/
65
/10/
cc age 12+

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
poster
78
72
7.8
/9510/
72
/164/
73
/125/
3.8
/7486/
86
/14/
87
/124/

Libeled Lady (1936)
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.5
/931/
70
/30/
66
/25/
3.6
/1557/
93
/44/
60
/2/
75
/16/

The Son of Joseph (2016)
A young man who lives with his mother and has never known his father, heads off to look for him. He finds a cynical and Machiavellian man who works as a publisher in Paris. After he attempts to kill him, he finds filial love thanks to his uncle.
poster
72
7.1
/8173/
71
/146/
65
/104/
3.7
/7568/
89
/28/
83
/253/
68
/22/

Henry Fool (1998)
An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.


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