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Amazon Prime Video
75
6.7
/4747/
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
Kanopy
72
6.5
/17289/
63
/912/
63
/178/
3.3
/78898/
94
/219/
64
/126/
80
/43/
cc age 15+

You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.3
/43891/
73
/1327/
71
/875/
3.6
/43189/
80
/20/
79
/338/
59
/8/

Death on the Nile (1978)
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.7
/27947/
69
/1398/
68
/937/
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
Fandango at Home Free
71
6.9
/21793/
69
/509/
67
/400/
3.5
/21541/
83
/60/
77
/15577/
66
/22/

Three... Extremes (2004)
Features an anthology centred on the experiences of a witch doctor, a film-maker and a disgruntled extra determined to take revenge on him, and a novelist as well as her twin sister.
poster
Apple TV
68
6.4
/39416/
63
/2220/
60
/766/
3.1
/97639/
87
/290/
50
/279/
73
/47/
cc age 15+

On the Rocks (2020)
Faced with sudden doubts about her marriage, a young New York mother teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband.
poster
Kanopy
68
6.5
/2384/
59
/80/
59
/126/
3.3
/2380/
89
/44/
61
/4/
74
/15/

The Workshop (2017)
Antoine has agreed to follow a writing workshop where some young people in insertion must write a noir novel with the help of Olivia, a recognized novelist. The work of writing will bring to life the working-class past of the city. Its shipyard is closed for 25 years, a nostalgia that does not interest Antoine, influenced by the anxiety of the present world
poster
Kanopy
62
7.1
/240475/
71
/6849/
69
/4249/
3.6
/277318/
56
/79/
64
/3001/
43
/28/
cc age 17+

Basic Instinct (1992)
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
poster
Hoopla
58
6.5
/2721/
68
/45/
61
/37/
3.0
/954/
44
/9/
52
/22/

The Door (2012)
Emerenc, an elderly and private woman, is hired to be the housekeeper of a struggling writer, Magda. An event in the writer's life prompts Emerenc to disclose details of her traumatizing past, which will bond the two women forever. Based on the novel by Magda Szabó.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
57
6.2
/63375/
62
/1841/
60
/965/
2.9
/42589/
34
/97/
37
/1008/
57
/27/
cc age 17+

All Good Things (2010)
Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.
poster
Kanopy
53
5.9
/5350/
64
/273/
68
/213/
3.2
/23793/
41
/96/
55
/19/
43
/18/
cc age 13+

Vita & Virginia (2019)
Socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf run in different circles in 1920s London. Despite the odds, the two forge an unconventional affair, set against the backdrop of their own strikingly contemporary marriages.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
52
51
5.7
/7303/
63
/641/
57
/223/
2.7
/2670/
50
/10/
31
/47/

Big Driver (2014)
Tess Thorne, a famous writer, is determined to seek revenge on the man who brutally assaulted and raped her on a desolate New England road.
poster
MGM Plus
55
50
5.8
/9706/
58
/132/
56
/127/
2.8
/3691/
71
/14/
50
/160/
36
/8/

The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
Over the course of several years beginning in the 1950s, a man and his oddball family run hotels in New England and Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.
poster
45
5.2
/579/
45
/6/
57
/20/
3.0
/227/
33
/4/

Trenchcoat (1983)
An aspiring mystery writer becomes accidently embroiled in an international plot during a two-week stay in Malta.
poster
50
45
5.7
/7812/
57
/342/
57
/515/
2.8
/9170/
50
/30/
35
/6/
43
/8/
cc age 13+

Based on a True Story (2017)
Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by the promotional tour, just when she feels out of place, paralyzed by the idea of having to start writing again, she meets Elle, a young, attractive, intelligent, intuitive woman who seems to understand her better than anyone.
poster
65
43
6.2
/740/
60
/122/
68
/44/
3.6
/6643/

Salve Maria (2024)
Maria, a new mother and writer, is transfixed by the disturbing case of a woman who drowned her infant twins, prompting her own journey through the complexities of motherhood.
poster
Kanopy
43
4.4
/4069/
54
/514/
54
/77/
2.3
/4123/
40
/48/
23
/44/
46
/8/

Centigrade (2022)
A young American couple travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and ice.
poster
45
43
5.0
/5177/
52
/307/
50
/137/
2.2
/3393/
33
/297/
cc age 17+

Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010)
A mysterious fiend uses a designer drug to turn partiers at an all-night rave into his personal army of never-say-die bloodsuckers.
poster
fuboTV
60
29
6.5
/1984/
70
/162/
62
/42/
3.0
/358/
43
/2/

All for Love (2017)
When a romance novelist is teamed with a Navy SEAL as research for her book, by a mandate from her publisher, she is less than thrilled and he is more than honest. However, as she works with the SEAL, she has a change of heart and learns to look at her life and writing with a different point of view.
poster
58
26
6.5
/276/
65
/21/
79
/14/
3.4
/1078/
21
/112/
55
/11345/

Worlds Apart (2024)
Makio Kōdai is a shy 35-year-old woman. She works as a novelist. One day, her sibling and her sibling's married partner die in a car accident. Makio Kōdai attends their funeral and meets her 15-year-old niece Asa Takumi, who is now left alone due to her parents’ death. The other relatives at the funeral speak insensitive words around Asa Takumi. Makio Kōdai gets furious at them and decides to take in her niece. Makio Kōdai, who has problems having relationships with other people, and Asa Takumi now begin to live together.
poster
fuboTV
57
25
6.2
/1565/
66
/127/
53
/39/
2.9
/471/
50
/3/

Reunited at Christmas (2018)
Frazzled and struggling with writer’s block, novelist Samantha, along with her boyfriend, heads home to her late grandmother’s home to spend Christmas. While at home with family, her grandmother’s wise words reveal the true meaning of Christmas with Samantha at a time when she most needs encouragement.
poster
58
23
6.5
/1197/
51
/10/
60
/17/
3.3
/295/
50
/6/
55
/16/

Of Human Bondage (1964)
Medical student Philip falls in love with Mildred, a waitress. Although she is a flirt, they have a love affair. But when Philip is told about her constant infidelity, they break up. Mildred quits her job and becomes a prostitute. But Philip is still in love with her.
poster
Hoopla
51
19
6.3
/1143/
63
/60/
65
/21/
2.8
/606/
10
/3/

Pumpkin Everything (2022)
Amy is a novelist who returns to her hometown to look after her stubborn grandfather, Tom, and his pumpkin-themed store. While there, she crosses paths with a man from her past.
poster
56
17
5.7
/679/
59
/56/
52
/20/
2.9
/457/

Christmas at Maple Creek (2020)
Sparks fly between a romance novelist and a blacksmith as they try to save a charming village during the holidays.
poster
35
16
3.6
/2133/
39
/51/
35
/45/
2.7
/280/
12
/37/

Psychosis (2010)
A serial killer unleashes his blood lust at a remote environmental-camp. Years later a horror novelist relocates to rural England and is plagued to the point of madness by horrific hauntings of a massacre.
poster
63
15
6.4
/786/
64
/56/
59
/21/
3.0
/391/
71
/1/

Must Love Christmas (2022)
A renowned romance novelist becomes involved in a love triangle between her childhood crush and a reporter.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
42
10
4.6
/420/
58
/35/
52
/18/
14
/2/

I Am Watching You (2016)
Writer, Nora Nichols finds inspiration by watching her neighbor Lucas' escapades from her bedroom window. But things take an interesting turn when she realizes he's been watching too.
poster
55
9
6.0
/686/
70
/2/
42
/7/
3.2
/337/
33
/11/

Man-Proof (1938)
A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.
poster
?
7.2
/23/
60
/1/

C'est arrivé dans l'escalier (2007)
N/A
poster
44
?
5.4
/199/
38
/6/
41
/4/

White Angel (1994)
Ellen Carter's career is on the rocks. She hasn't written a worthy novel since her husband went missing and she was suspected by the police of murdering him. To top it all off, she has reason to believe that her new tenant Leslie Steckler is the serial killer responsible for a number of deaths in the region. But what she doesn't know is that, in the meantime, Steckler has discovered a little secret about her...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
50
?
5.5
/134/
35
/6/
61
/5/

The Girl With the Golden Hands (2022)
East Germany, in autumn 1999. Gudrun Pfaff is about to turn sixty when she finds out that the orphanage she grew up in is being sold to turn into a hotel, and she is willing to do anything to stop it.
poster
?
6.7
/40/
46
/6/

To the Other Side (2013)
Pivoting around a novelist's fascinating story of a magic mirror--the extra-dimensional gate to a haunting realm--a Literature student locates her house, intent on crossing over. Will he ever find out what lurks hidden on the other side?
poster
?
4.6
/95/
50
/1/
32
/5/

Zoom Hunting (2010)
Yang Ruyi (32), a fashion magazine photographer, lives with her elder sister Yang Ruxing (33), a rational, introverted detective fiction author. Ruyi has inadvertently photographed a couple making madly passionately love. Few days later in a shopping center not far from her home, she finds the woman already married, leading a child and is with a different man. Ruyi shares her secret with Ruxing who is suffering from writer's block. The two sisters begin to observe the couple; gradually Ruxing even writes some of her observations into her novel, without letting Ruyi knows it. Late one night, Ruyi views two people are arguing, but as she picks up her camera to photograph she can only see two vague, dark outlines wrestling one another; Ruyi calls the police but upon arriving, nothing seems out of order. Ruyi is convinced she has mistaken nothing; she enlarges the photo and discovers a third outline looks pretty much like her older sister...
poster
44
?
4.7
/140/
45
/2/
30
/3/
40
/10/
71
/1/
32
/10/

Men Cry Bullets (1998)
A young man wants to be a female impersonator, but gets mocked in his very first performance by a fierce older woman. He finds out where she lives and goes to her house expecting an apology. Instead, she locks him in her shed and rapes him. It makes him fall for her. But soon her even darker side reveals itself when she believes he is attracted to her more beautiful visiting cousin.
poster
55
?
6.3
/163/
60
/2/
42
/4/

Midnight Mystery (1930)
A fog-shrouded house provides the setting for a weekend party prank gone wrong and the resulting murder being blamed on an innocent man.
poster
56
?
6.0
/434/
55
/4/
53
/10/

Love After Love (1992)
Lola is an independent woman, a professional writer with 2 men on a string. Both men are married with children. When the men, and Lola, face having to make choices, Lola's comfortable life becomes less appealing.
poster
41
?
4.4
/263/
48
/9/
31
/7/

Phantom Love (2001)
A gothic romance novelist desperate for inspiration travels to Florence and reads a diary relating a tale of romance from the 18th century.
poster
49
?
6.2
/268/
30
/2/
55
/10/

The Passionate Stranger (1957)
Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italian chauffeur, arrives to work for Judith and her husband, a professor currently recovering from an attack of paralysis, he causes quite a flutter; when he then reads the manuscript of Judith's latest novel, he jumps to a rather unfortunate conclusion... and life in the Wynter household becomes very complicated indeed!
poster
59
?
6.2
/206/
65
/2/
52
/5/

Age of Indiscretion (1935)
A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert him for a society millionaire, leaving him with their young son. The publisher's fortunes improve dramatically, however, when a best-selling romance novelist decides to publish her new book with his firm. In the meantime, his ex-wife has married the millionaire, and she and her new mother-in-law come up with a plan to sue her ex-husband for custody of the boy.
poster
41
?
5.6
/521/
10
/1/
51
/7/
3.2
/274/
25
/7/

Bombay Talkie (1970)
An English novelist travels to Bombay to watch one of her novels translated to film. She chases after the movie's leading man while the screenwriter chases after her.


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