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1. Lost Illusions (2021)
149 min | Drama, Romance
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan
Votes: 6,382
2. The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
PG | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine Christmas.
Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Dan Stevens, Mark Schrier, Patrick Joseph Byrnes, Miriam Margolyes
Votes: 19,295 | Gross: $5.68M
3. Howl (2010)
R | 84 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit
Votes: 13,413 | Gross: $0.62M
4. The Mystery of Henri Pick (2019)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
An editor discovers a novel that she considers to be a masterpiece in a library whose particularity is to collect the manuscripts refused by publishers. The text is signed "Henri Pick", a Breton pizza-maker who died two years earlier.
Director: Rémi Bezançon | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Camille Cottin, Alice Isaaz, Bastien Bouillon
Votes: 4,788
5. Crush (1992)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama
On the way to interview a novelist, Lane and Christina are involved in a car crash which leaves literary critic Christina brain-damaged. Lane undertakes the assignment and becomes attracted... See full summary »
Director: Alison Maclean | Stars: Marcia Gay Harden, Donogh Rees, Caitlin Bossley, William Zappa
Votes: 564 | Gross: $0.11M
6. Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance
An ambitious graduate student convinces a writer that her thesis can resurrect his career.
Director: Andrew Wagner | Stars: Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Patti Perkins, Lili Taylor
Votes: 3,347 | Gross: $0.90M
7. The Feminine Touch (1941)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy
An author writing a book on jealousy discovers his wife is an expert on the subject.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Don Ameche, Kay Francis, Van Heflin
Votes: 971
8. All or Nothing (2017)
107 min | Comedy, Romance
The lives of three best friends - Linda, Vanda and Edo - get all tangled by four attractive men.
Director: Marta Ferencova | Stars: Tatiana Pauhofová, Klára Issová, Michal Zebrowski, Lubo Kostelný
Votes: 507
9. Utro (1966)
94 min | Drama
Middle aged literature critic Torben (Ebbe Rode) is living in a love triangle between his wife (Anita Björk) and lover Lene (Lone Hertz). He may secretly daydream about a new life with Lene, but then she gets pregnant.
Director: Astrid Henning-Jensen | Stars: Lone Hertz, Anita Björk, Ebbe Rode, Marie-Louise Coninck
Votes: 20
10. On Trial (1954)
110 min | Crime, Drama
In this legal drama, told in flashbacks, the son of a judge, who had sentenced a man who may be innocent to 17 years in prison, tries to investigate the mysterious case.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Anton Walbrook
Votes: 317
11. Born Into Sh*t (2006)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Son Tomás Vohnout is a 13-year-old kid who's got a girlfriend named Madonna. While on a date together, he spots his father through the plate-glass windows of a café sitting with a gay man. ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Bystron | Stars: Nela Boudová, Jirí Vohnout, Dana Cerná, Ondrej Vetchý
Votes: 100
12. Ajlawju (1999)
87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story follows complicated relation between Adas Miauczynski "Cezary Pazura" and Gosia "Katarzyna Figura".
Director: Marek Koterski | Stars: Cezary Pazura, Katarzyna Figura, Zbigniew Buczkowski, Jan Jurewicz
Votes: 786
13. Hazlitt in Love (1977 TV Movie)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the love of writer and critic Willlam Hazlitt for the young daughter of his landlady in the 1820s.
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Kenneth Haigh, Lynne Frederick, Tony Aitken, Erik Chitty
14. Hotel Shanghai (1997 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, War
German two-part miniseries about the westerns staying at a popular hotel in Shanghai as the Japanese invasion of China also known as the Second Sino-Japanese War begins in 1937 as a precursor to WWII.
Director: Peter Patzak | Stars: Agnieszka Wagner, Nicholas Clay, James McCaffrey, Min Zhang
Votes: 34
15. Muj prítel d'Artagnan (1991)
Comedy, Drama, Family
Milda, a 13-year-old boy, loves to read adventure novels and imagines himself as a musketeer. He spends his summer vacation with his parents in a cottage in the Jizera Mountains, where he meets new friends and faces various challenges.
Director: Radoslav Urban | Stars: Jozef Kroner, Ales Sýkora, Oldrich Navrátil, Marie Logojdová
Votes: 10
16. Ivan and Marta (2023)
75 min | Documentary
Ivan Dziuba - literary critic, public figure, academician of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine - belongs to the "sixties". He fully takes care of all the miscalculations and ... See full summary »
Director: Sergey Bukovsky | Stars: Roman Balayan, Larysa Briukhovetska, Viacheslav Briukhovetskyi, Sergey Bukovsky
Votes: 28
17. In Praise of Love (1976 TV Movie)
Drama
An egotistical book critic attempts to shield his wife from the truth about her fatal illness.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Claire Bloom, Kenneth More
18. Kesari (2016)
77 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A journey into the intellectual life of Kesari Balakrishna Pillai, who played a pivotal role in the making of Modern Kerala.
Director: K.R. Manoj
19. Albert (1999)
31 min | Short, Drama
Director: Guy Tzehori | Stars: Ornit Eliazarov, Gadi Poor, Gal Uchovsky, Hugo Yarden
21.
Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
Episode:
Hart's Desire
(1982)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Harts are unwillingly involved in a deranged fan's fantasy after Jennifer agrees to help her old professor by impersonating as the author of his novel
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Dean Stockwell
Votes: 101
22.
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode:
Married Love
(1972)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
The strained Kirbridge marriage has yet to be consummated, causing Elizabeth great unhappiness in her quest to make a happy life with Lawrence and her great desire to start a family. As it happens, Lawrence's interests lie elsewhere.
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Jean Marsh, John Alderton, Nicola Pagett, Rachel Gurney
Votes: 99
23.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Edgar Allan Poe: The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe
(1994)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Descend into the dark world and tragic life of the melancholy author who is the uncontested master of the macabre, and hear excerpts from his famous works.
Stars: Paul Clemens, Norman George, Peter Graves
Votes: 129
24.
QB VII (1974)
Episode:
Part One & Two
(1974)
TV-MA | 145 min | Drama, Mystery
A respected Polish doctor, knighted for his humanitarian but accused of war atrocities and collaborating with the Nazis, sues an American writer for libel.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron, Juliet Mills
Votes: 39
25.
Bored to Death (2009–2011)
Episode:
Take a Dive
(2009)
TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Having picked up the gauntlet thrown down by Richard - and having thwarted a blackmail bid aimed at getting Jonathan to take a dive - the Edition team gear up for a tripleheader boxing ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis, Ted Danson, Heather Burns
Votes: 389
26.
À la vitrine du libraire (1963–1968)
Episode:
Episode dated 27 April 1968
(1968)
Talk-Show
Stars: Bernard Pivot, Jean Prasteau
27.
Lucky Hank (2023)
Episode:
Pilot
(2023)
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Drama
Hank rants against Railton College, calling it "Mediocrity's Capitol," and the administration is pressured to fire him. Hank and Lily contemplate a future outside of Railton.
Director: Peter Farrelly | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Mireille Enos, Cedric Yarbrough, Diedrich Bader
Votes: 761
28.
Z: The Beginning of Everything (2015–2017)
Episode:
The It Girl
(2017)
TV-14 | 24 min | Biography, Drama, History
Zelda changes her look and finds her new identity as she tries to fit in with her new high-life in New York City.
Director: Neasa Hardiman | Stars: Christina Ricci, David Hoflin, Talia Balsam, Jim True-Frost
Votes: 145
29.
Apostrophes (1975–1990)
Episode:
Dans les coulisses du Paris littéraire
(1989)
80 min | Talk-Show
Director: Jean Cazenave | Stars: Bernard Pivot, Yves Berger, Pierre Demeron, Élisabeth du Closel