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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
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.
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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
73
7.3
/16819/
71
/332/
71
/226/
3.8
/45772/
88
/82/
83
/477/
79
/25/

Reprise (2006)
Two competitive friends, fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, endure the pangs of love, depression and burgeoning careers.
poster
72
6.7
/15068/
69
/325/
62
/201/
3.8
/33294/
74
/61/
66
/254/
76
/24/
cc age 16+

The Last Days of Disco (1998)
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.
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Starz
67
6.8
/310401/
69
/9738/
66
/4700/
3.2
/234709/
80
/176/
61
/60577/
64
/27/
cc age 16+

1408 (2007)
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
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AMC
66
IMDb 67
7.0
/355524/
73
/9859/
70
/5420/
3.6
/794517/
51
/161/
80
/33176/
52
/31/
cc age 13+

The Holiday (2006)
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
poster
66
6.9
/23110/
71
/713/
67
/351/
3.3
/11611/
77
/26/
71
/398/
41
/7/
cc age 16+

Silver Streak (1976)
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.
poster
Hulu
64
6.8
/389190/
72
/13399/
71
/7229/
3.4
/762433/
45
/191/
68
/25346/
48
/30/
cc age 14+

The Proposal (2009)
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
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Amazon Prime Video
64
6.6
/4704/
62
/54/
58
/62/
3.2
/733/
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
63
5.7
/702/
51
/14/
57
/21/
74
/19/
67
/1/

After Sex (1997)
The end of an affair from the woman's point of view.
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Amazon Prime Video
61
6.2
/9159/
62
/199/
60
/126/
3.2
/3868/
40
/52/
61
/942/
56
/27/

Winter Passing (2006)
Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, Reese finds that an ex-grad student and a would-be musician have moved in with her father, who cares more about his new friends than he does about his own health and well-being.
poster
Kanopy
61
6.5
/22462/
70
/1375/
65
/711/
3.2
/10852/
51
/111/
47
/116/
56
/23/
cc age 14+

Genius (2016)
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.
poster
MGM Plus
60
6.1
/19403/
65
/479/
61
/314/
3.1
/8148/
70
/20/
50
/166/
67
/20/
cc age 14+

The Russia House (1990)
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.
poster
59
6.5
/16462/
68
/337/
60
/164/
3.1
/4807/
46
/59/
64
/395/
49
/22/

My Fellow Americans (1996)
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence.
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Amazon Prime Video
58
7.2
/54210/
73
/2694/
71
/1246/
3.4
/21368/
41
/34/
80
/258/
27
/5/
cc age 13+

The Professor and the Madman (2019)
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
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Kanopy
58
6.2
/73989/
65
/1894/
61
/1115/
2.9
/48603/
42
/172/
48
/3760/
43
/35/
cc age 15+

Jersey Girl (2004)
Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father. To bounce back, it takes a new love and the courage instilled in him by his daughter.
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Hoopla
55
6.1
/23687/
59
/488/
58
/275/
2.8
/4481/
50
/148/
39
/4517/
57
/33/
cc age 17+

Smart People (2008)
Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy.
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Amazon Prime Video
55
5.3
/1552/
67
/113/
64
/45/
2.3
/1693/
31
/26/
68
/72/
40
/11/
cc age 10+

Little Women (2018)
A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, we follow the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood. Despite harsh times, they cling to optimism, and as they mature, they face blossoming ambitions and relationships, as well as tragedy, while maintaining their unbreakable bond as sisters.
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Fandango at Home Free
55
5.7
/4533/
62
/249/
56
/144/
2.9
/1058/
53
/32/
36
/41/
48
/15/
cc age 15+

Ride (2014)
Overbearing mom, Jackie, travels cross-country to be with her son, Angelo, after he drops out of college to become a surfer. She meets a surf instructor who convinces her to try to accept her son's wishes and allow him to follow his dreams.
poster
53
5.9
/16460/
58
/323/
55
/279/
2.9
/3986/
40
/134/
35
/1876/
51
/31/
cc age 17+

The Night Listener (2006)
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan—a young boy—via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
54
52
6.4
/19397/
60
/312/
61
/307/
3.1
/5136/
41
/100/
46
/495/
47
/29/

Where the Truth Lies (2005)
An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
poster
Netflix
50
5.2
/22658/
60
/1663/
61
/493/
1.9
/106705/
41
/63/
42
/159/
46
/17/
cc age 10+

Irish Wish (2024)
Maddie's dream guy is days away from marrying her best friend when a wish for true love made on an ancient stone in Ireland magically alters her fate.
poster
Kanopy
48
5.8
/70523/
62
/1901/
59
/1194/
2.6
/24631/
31
/170/
36
/4311/
43
/34/
cc age 15+

The Forgotten (2004)
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who has had a similar experience, Telly embarks on a search to prove her son's existence, and her sanity.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
47
6.6
/2915/
69
/185/
69
/209/
2.7
/1996/
33
/6/
58
/24/
cc age 12+

Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story (2011)
A look at J.K. Rowling from her humble beginnings as an imaginative young girl and awkward teenager, to the loss of her mother and the genesis of the Harry Potter book series.
poster
Kanopy
47
5.5
/6641/
55
/252/
54
/229/
2.8
/3421/
28
/40/
24
/29/
32
/13/
cc age 16+

Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)
One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on?
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Netflix
46
5.4
/38932/
61
/2808/
57
/685/
1.9
/165347/
36
/102/
31
/369/
43
/23/
cc age 14+

A Family Affair (2024)
The only thing worse than being the assistant to a high-maintenance movie star who doesn't take you seriously? Finding out he's smitten with your mom.
poster
56
46
6.2
/21219/
56
/81/
57
/136/
2.6
/3482/

Red Istanbul (2017)
Orhan who lived in London for years and did not come back to Turkey agrees to help Deniz -a famous director- edit his first book. Deniz has been living in a mansion with his family which started to lose its old brightness and power. Orhan finds himself in the middle of Deniz's complicated relationships, mysterious friends and stange family members. This is the first movie of Ferzan Ozpetek which is shot in Turkey after a long time. It is also based on his own book which has the same name with the movie.
poster
65
46
6.4
/1940/
68
/135/
64
/428/
3.2
/1714/

Them Who? (2015)
David loses his white collar job, his fiancée and his house after one night with con man Marcello. He tracks him down to exact revenge, but ends up becoming his disciple in order to win back everything.
poster
43
5.1
/36774/
57
/1035/
55
/770/
2.5
/19884/
21
/29/
30
/436/
38
/21/
cc age 17+

Sliver (1993)
A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended under mysterious circumstances.
poster
The Roku Channel
62
43
6.7
/3012/
74
/356/
63
/99/
3.0
/584/
48
/7/

Summer Villa (2016)
Although a successful romance novelist, Terry Russell hasn't had luck in her own love life. After a disastrous first date with cocky, hot-shot New York chef Matthew Everston, she retreats to her friend's French villa for the summer to finish her latest novel, with her reluctant teenage daughter in tow.
poster
49
42
5.4
/7897/
57
/175/
55
/159/
2.5
/1379/
50
/8/
31
/547/

Suburban Girl (2007)
Publishing assistant Brett Eisenberg wants to be a big-time editor. However, she lacks self-confidence, a problem that isn't helped by her new, overbearing boss. Brett soon enters into a relationship with Archie, an older man who has plenty of his own issues, including alcoholism, diabetes and a difficult relationship with his daughter. Intent on helping Archie get past his problems, she turns to her dying father for advice.
poster
61
35
6.9
/2321/
63
/31/
62
/28/
3.3
/863/
48
/86/

High Wall (1947)
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.
poster
fuboTV
53
32
6.5
/2198/
66
/164/
68
/57/
2.9
/508/
9
/3/

Winter Castle (2019)
When Jenny attends her sister’s winter wedding at an ice hotel, her heart melts over the best man, the problem is he unexpectedly brings a “plus one,” seemingly dashing her hopes for a wintery romance.
poster
Hoopla
56
32
6.3
/2145/
70
/186/
59
/82/
2.8
/622/
33
/3/

Magical Christmas Ornaments (2017)
When Marie begins receiving ornaments from her mother, a new coincidental blessing comes with each one, causing Marie to feel more excited for the holidays than she has in years. Marie’s once-lost Christmas spirit gets another boost when she meets her handsome neighbor Nate and feels a spark with him while celebrating the season.
poster
Kanopy
64
28
6.9
/421/
66
/28/
58
/15/
3.4
/345/
75
/8/
47
/2/
68
/6/

Frank Serpico (2017)
In 1972, officer Frank Serpico exposes the corruption which poisons the roots of the NYPD and becomes famous in 1973 when director Sidney Lumet tells his story in the classic film “Serpico,” starring Al Pacino.
poster
Hoopla
62
28
6.1
/1272/
65
/89/
66
/37/
2.9
/357/

Just for the Summer (2020)
Penelope Campbell loves her annual summer vacations visiting her Grandma Dot, despite Dot's constant attempts to set her up with every single man in town. This year, she bumps into Jason Humphrey, her childhood sweetheart. In order to evade the efforts of their matchmaking grandmothers, they make a pact pretending to date each other, but will the old sparks return?
poster
fuboTV
62
25
6.2
/1216/
66
/108/
63
/26/
2.9
/276/

Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday (2019)
Hannah is a book editor and she must work with her former rival Ryan to help a potential writer find her way. However, life seems to have other plans for Hannah as Angel Anthony reminds the duo about the miracle of Christmas and the value of community.
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Hoopla
64
24
6.7
/1130/
67
/72/
69
/16/
2.8
/778/

A Novel Noel (2024)
A successful New York book editor is chosen to run a bookstore in the small town of Saint Ives for the month of December.
poster
67
24
6.6
/1294/
64
/20/
61
/41/
3.5
/617/
75
/3/

The Passerby (1982)
Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman who founded an international organization fighting against violations of human rights. Why would he commit an act that apparently negates the principles he has striven for so long to uphold? As he is tried for first-degree murder for killing a Paraguayan ambassador in cold blood, he reveals a secret about himself that he kept hidden from his wife Lina. His act is the conclusion of a struggle that started many decades earlier in his childhood...
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Kanopy
39
22
5.2
/2263/
53
/61/
40
/38/
2.9
/280/
20
/5/
23
/18/
31
/4/

A Perfect Man (2013)
A philandering husband unknowingly falls back in love with his wife over the phone when she pretends to be another woman.
poster
58
22
6.1
/1208/
71
/91/
63
/24/
38
/2/

Perfect on Paper (2014)
Portland book editor Natalie Holland has chosen the wrong guy – another underachiever – once again. With her life going nowhere fast, she accepts a job offer from publisher and friend Avery Goldstein and moves to Los Angeles. A woman of depth and principle, Portland chic Natalie is a fish out of water in LA. Things only get worse when she learns she’s been hired to edit the latest romance novel from bestselling author Beverly Wilcox, a powerful, glamorous and intimidating figure straight out of "The Devil Wears Prada".
poster
Amazon Prime Video
60
19
6.1
/819/
62
/60/
60
/27/
2.9
/219/

Matchmaker Christmas (2019)
As the Christmas party for a book publishing company approaches, editor Maggie volunteers to help her boss Amanda find a date. Matchmaking is a bit of a hobby for Maggie, but she is thrown off her game when Jaxson, her old boyfriend from her college years, shows up at her work — as a newly signed, successful author. Maggie would love to deny she feels anything for him still, but Jaxson isn’t making it easy. She’ll have to face her decisions of the past, along with Amanda eyeing Jaxson, to bring together the perfect matches at Christmas.
poster
68
19
6.7
/1367/
66
/26/
71
/12/
3.4
/474/

A Hustler's Diary (2017)
Metin is a small time hustler in a Stockholm suburb, filled with big dreams but bogged down by the circular world of street crime. Things change when his secret diary becomes a hot item for a posh book publisher, and Metin must decide if he's really up to the challenge that is leaving his criminal life behind.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
57
18
6.1
/682/
66
/13/
56
/16/
3.2
/213/
40
/8/

Leonie (2010)
The true life story of Leonie Gilmour, whose life crossed continents, wars and cultures, embodied with courage and passion in search of art and freedom. A tender and inspiring story of a remarkable woman who nurtures the amazing artistic talent of her son who has only one way to succeed and one person to guide him, as he grows into the world renown artist, Isamu Noguchi.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
59
15
6.2
/401/
56
/40/
71
/15/
2.5
/458/

Christmas at the Amish Bakery (2023)
After leaving her Amish community in her youth, a New York book editor finds herself in desperate need of a new cookbook to save her job. With Christmas on the horizon Sarah heads back to her family farm to reconnect. But with the presence of a handsome local—an outsider, but one that is friendly with the Amish community—he and Sarah sense chemistry and work together to save her family’s Amish bakery (developing an Amish Christmas Cookbook in the process).
poster
52
15
5.7
/838/
60
/5/
51
/7/
36
/177/

The Impossible Years (1968)
The eldest daughter of a professor of psychology at a large conservative university causes havoc, and great embarrassment, for her father with her free-willed and uninhibited lifestyle.
poster
70
14
7.3
/341/
69
/12/
69
/7/
3.6
/736/

A Gun for George (2011)
Author Terry Finch struggles to find an outlet that will stock or reprint his violent pulp crime series "The Reprisalizer"


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