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MGM Plus
90
8.4
/257496/
81
/3679/
82
/2796/
4.4
/318575/
98
/125/
95
/3486/
94
/32/
cc age 13+

Sunset Boulevard (1950)
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
8.4
/1201169/
81
/29198/
82
/18388/
4.2
/2712477/
84
/111/
93
/28506/
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
Hoopla
80
7.6
/134393/
75
/2669/
74
/1797/
4.1
/161118/
90
/67/
89
/2632/
69
/19/
cc age 17+

Barton Fink (1991)
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
poster
80
7.8
/257845/
78
/7747/
77
/4976/
4.0
/512263/
91
/78/
90
/6652/
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
78
7.5
/115081/
74
/5382/
72
/1217/
3.7
/520180/
93
/295/
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
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.1
/26617/
71
/710/
71
/812/
3.7
/62030/
85
/39/
80
/426/

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
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.0
/30324/
70
/792/
68
/672/
3.7
/79908/
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
71
6.9
/18869/
70
/333/
66
/281/
3.3
/18205/
72
/50/
72
/426/
70
/26/
cc age 15+

Wilde (1997)
Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts 'The Importance of Being Earnest' in London, and a chat at the theatre with Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas leads to a full-fledged romance. However, this affair leads to a legal dispute with Lord Alfred's oppressive father, the Marquess of Queensberry, and, given the local anti-gay laws, Wilde is jailed. Wilde's vast intellect helps him survive until he regains his freedom.
poster
70
6.7
/34062/
68
/1928/
64
/780/
3.3
/24832/
89
/151/
64
/404/
70
/30/
cc age 13+

The Lady in the Van (2015)
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
6.6
/166900/
69
/8003/
67
/4732/
3.2
/450226/
92
/48/
73
/985/
67
/7/
cc age 17+

Hush (2016)
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
poster
fuboTV
72
67
7.2
/8762/
72
/181/
74
/223/
3.5
/7565/
75
/8/
82
/350/
61
/5/
cc age 9+

Little Women (1949)
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
67
7.1
/6938/
71
/241/
70
/367/
3.6
/10140/
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
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.
poster
Kanopy
66
6.0
/71871/
60
/3809/
61
/955/
3.1
/394812/
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
Kanopy
65
6.3
/1439/
59
/69/
61
/144/
3.3
/1577/
67
/43/
52
/3/
57
/12/

Memoir of War (2017)
In the last days of the Nazi-occupied France, writer Marguerite Duras awaits the return of her husband, Robert Antelme, arrested for being a Resistance fighter and then deported, while she maintains a tense relationship with her ambiguous lover and a dangerous game with a French collaborationist. Even when the Liberation arrives, she must still endure the unbearable pain of waiting.
poster
64
6.3
/6176/
68
/269/
63
/181/
3.1
/4328/
71
/136/
51
/39/
64
/26/
cc age 10+

The Happy Prince (2018)
In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the notorious Marquess of Queensberry, was his lover. Accused and convicted of gross indecency, he was imprisoned for two years and subjected to hard labor. Once free, he abandons England to live in France, where he will spend his last years, haunted by memories of the past, poverty and immense sadness.
poster
60
6.8
/11031/
63
/149/
64
/145/
3.4
/6480/
55
/22/
72
/165/
46
/17/

Kafka (1991)
After a colleague is murdered, insurance worker Kafka gets embroiled in an underground group who are attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
57
6.1
/32312/
64
/1078/
62
/600/
3.0
/37579/
63
/16/
46
/562/
44
/5/

House (1985)
Roger Cobb, a divorced horror novelist coming to terms with the disappearance of his young son, inherits an old mansion home to malevolent supernatural residents.
poster
65
57
6.2
/4846/
59
/76/
61
/102/
3.3
/12951/
85
/20/
59
/111/

Made in U.S.A (1967)
Paula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and decides to investigate his death. In her hotel room, she meets Typhus, whom she ends up knocking out. His corpse is later found in the apartment of David Goodis, a writer. Paula is arrested and interrogated. From then on, she encounters many gangsters.
poster
Kanopy
56
6.7
/11368/
69
/490/
66
/259/
3.1
/7297/
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
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.
poster
Kanopy
62
55
6.1
/5436/
64
/311/
58
/99/
3.0
/2862/
79
/24/
50
/15/

The Child in Time (2018)
A successful writer of children's books, Stephen Lewis is confronted with the unthinkable—he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realises his daughter is gone. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief.
poster
Netflix
60
54
6.5
/6986/
62
/366/
62
/279/
3.2
/6473/
60
/20/
49
/10/
58
/4/
cc age 17+

The Motive (2017)
Álvaro, a man obsessed with the idea of writing what he brands as “high literature,” manipulates the lives and feelings of the people around him to write about the consequences caused by his devious acts.
poster
71
54
7.1
/4078/
72
/232/
72
/325/
3.6
/4985/
72
/5/

Joe: The Busybody (1971)
A writer accidentally shoots his blackmailer and tries to hide the body.
poster
62
52
6.6
/2711/
63
/100/
62
/55/
3.1
/3122/
67
/6/
56
/62/

Bad Ronald (1974)
When awkward teen Ronald Wilby accidentally kills a young girl whose sister rejected his affections, his overbearing mother decides to hide him from the law by creating a concealed room in their home for him to live.
poster
Kanopy
49
5.7
/33681/
60
/1134/
60
/687/
2.8
/36263/
51
/39/
40
/1260/
19
/6/
cc age 18+

Day of the Woman (1978)
A young, beautiful career woman rents a backwoods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict revenge.
poster
The Roku Channel
49
5.7
/30442/
60
/2068/
58
/790/
2.8
/39928/
44
/45/
38
/309/
49
/21/
cc age 17+

Cooties (2014)
A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives.
poster
Criterion Channel
60
48
6.4
/2970/
62
/78/
60
/73/
3.4
/11414/
48
/348/

What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963)
A writer named Algernon becomes obsessed with a picture of a boat on his wall, an fixation that soon consumes his thoughts and daily life. He tries to recover through therapy and marriage, but his compulsions return—drawing him deeper into the image until he vanishes within it.
poster
The Roku Channel
49
48
5.8
/10593/
62
/369/
56
/149/
2.8
/5710/
27
/22/
39
/118/

Delirious (1991)
A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.
poster
The Roku Channel
49
44
5.7
/4118/
56
/143/
58
/79/
2.8
/5312/
33
/6/
39
/66/

Lust for a Vampire (1971)
In 1830, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla. The nearby Finishing School offers rich pickings not only in in the blood of nubile young ladies but also with the headmaster who is desperate to become Mircalla's disciple, and the equally besotted and even more foolish author Richard Lestrange.
poster
64
42
6.3
/1299/
65
/34/
60
/31/
3.7
/4269/
58
/89/

Malina (1991)
An unusual story of a triangular relationship in Vienna. A woman shares an apartment with a man named Malina. The woman meets Ivan and falls under his spell. It will be her last great passion. Her feelings are so strong and all-encompassing that Ivan can neither understand nor return them.
poster
Hoopla
42
5.5
/14258/
61
/268/
52
/209/
2.6
/4463/
11
/139/
41
/761/
32
/35/
cc age 14+

Alex & Emma (2003)
Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.
poster
Hulu
42
5.9
/31709/
62
/1343/
58
/791/
2.5
/19770/
14
/28/
33
/103/
30
/10/
cc age 16+

Playing It Cool (2014)
A young man meets and instantly falls in love with an engaged woman.
poster
45
41
5.5
/3966/
57
/403/
52
/485/
2.3
/4420/
15
/2/

With Open Arms (2017)
Jean-Étienne Fougerole is an intellectual bohemian who released his new novel "In Open Arms" and calling the wealthiest people to welcome home the families in need. While he promotes his book during a televised debate, his opponent criticized him for not applying what he himself advocates. While stuck, Jean-Étienne Fougerole accepts the challenge, for fear of being discredited. The same evening, a family of Roma rings the door of his Marnes-la-Coquette villa and the writer feels obliged to house them.
poster
66
36
6.3
/699/
74
/10/
53
/3/
3.1
/6354/
78
/18/

Franz (2025)
Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Franz Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
54
34
5.7
/1664/
51
/32/
56
/34/
3.1
/1469/
43
/171/

Straight On Till Morning (1972)
Brenda, a timid, withdrawn woman, meets Peter, a man she believes is finally the love of her life. However, little does Brenda know that Peter is a vicious serial killer.
poster
Netflix
69
32
6.7
/691/
70
/46/
71
/16/
3.5
/7154/

A Balloon's Landing (2024)
A frustrated Hong Kong writer, Tian-Yu, meets a Taipei street gangster, Xiang, and the two of them embark on a journey to find the Bay of Whales, a place that leads to paradise.
poster
53
30
5.0
/740/
58
/84/
51
/225/
2.8
/1466/

The Adulteen (2013)
Arnaud Mustier, lawyer and brilliant philosopher, arouses the annoyance of his younger brother Jules, age sixteen. One day, Arnaud is a victim of a late adolescent crisis. Helped by Jules, he is going to catch up this phase of the life which he did not live.
poster
62
29
5.5
/356/
66
/30/
63
/3/
3.1
/860/
71
/24/
58
/7/
cc age 15+

Young Werther (2024)
Charming, passionate, totally irresponsible young novelist Werther is sent to the city on an errand by his mother. By chance, he meets lovely Charlotte, whose allure and commitment to her impressive, stable fiancé Albert will turn Werther’s life upside down. Werther and Charlotte embark on an emotional affair, while Werther and Albert start an awkward friendship. The more entwined this trio becomes, the harder it is to navigate the complexities of lust, affinity, and love.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
35
28
3.4
/3535/
45
/110/
45
/126/
1.9
/2826/
15
/104/

Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)
An author who was sent to the town Drakho, because of a nervous breakdown, gets wound up in a mystery revolving around demons and werewolves. She starts seeing ghosts and dismisses them as her own imagination, but when they turn out to be real she becomes suspicious of the odd town and of its past.
poster
59
27
6.2
/1905/
56
/26/
55
/43/
3.1
/365/
63
/17/

The Libertine (2000)
French philosopher Denis Diderot produces the first encyclopedia while indulging in 18th-century decadence.
poster
The Roku Channel
51
26
5.3
/1519/
51
/31/
52
/25/
3.0
/637/
42
/78/

Twisted Obsession (1989)
An American writer in Paris is hired to do a script for an edgy young director he can't stand. When he falls in love with the director's cold and manipulative pretty sister, his life starts to unravel and he realizes that he's been used.
poster
44
25
5.0
/1613/
50
/81/
50
/40/
2.8
/466/
40
/10/
38
/7/
28
/4/

Chronically Metropolitan (2016)
A case of writer's block inspires a young novelist to return home to New York City and reconnect with his engaged ex and his bohemian parents.
poster
Kanopy
58
23
5.9
/699/
64
/17/
43
/23/
3.4
/1286/

Visitors from the Galaxy (1981)
Robert is a SF writer, who realizes that he can make his thoughts material. Because of that, a group of aliens arrives to Earth. Their leader is Andra, who shows affection for Robert, which does not please his girlfriend, Biba. A monster, Mumu, has arrived together with the visitors from space.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
56
22
6.1
/1028/
57
/17/
57
/23/
3.3
/410/
39
/503/

Hot Enough for June (1964)
A young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionage courier.
poster
56
20
5.5
/832/
55
/26/
52
/52/
3.2
/288/

It's Not Me, It's Him (1980)
Pierre Renard is the blackboy of the writer George Vallier. At the time of a reception, the Italian actor Aldo Barazutti takes him for the writer and proposes to him to come to work with him in Tunisia with the development of a scenario. In fact Barazutti wants only to flee her wife to find her mistress Valerie. Misunderstandings when Vallier joined them. They must flee in the desert a jealous husband...
poster
59
20
6.3
/1365/
64
/20/
50
/17/
3.2
/279/
54
/23/

Murder 101 (1991)
Charles Lattimore, an author of a book about a famous murder trial, arranges to meet with one of his students one night. When the student is found murdered and Lattimore has no alibi, he suspects he is being framed by the subject of his book.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
50
19
6.4
/1033/
70
/35/
56
/22/
3.3
/245/
11
/9/
67
/18/
19
/7/

After Fall, Winter (2012)
A dangerous, sexy, poignant and at times darkly funny story about two people who desperately want intimacy but have fashioned lives of reclusivity and emotional fracture which ultimately spells the doom of their great love.


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