Films about writers
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1. Her (2013)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara
Votes: 668,970 | Gross: $25.57M
2. A Twelve-Year Night (2018)
TV-MA | 122 min | Adventure, Biography, Crime
1973. Uruguay is governed by a military dictatorship. One autumn night, three Tupamaro prisoners are taken from their jail cells in a secret military operation. The order is precise: "As we can't kill them, let's drive them mad."
Director: Álvaro Brechner | Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Chino Darín, Alfonso Tort, César Troncoso
Votes: 10,971
The writer is political prisioner Mauricio "Ruso" Rosencof.
3. O Mercado de Notícias (2014)
94 min | Documentary, Drama
Discussion about journalism today in Brazil, inspired by the play "The Staple of News" (by Ben Jonson, published in 1631)
Director: Jorge Furtado | Stars: Eduardo Cardoso, Ursula Collischonn, José Roberto de Toledo, Geneton Moraes Neto
Votes: 153
4. Trumbo (2015)
R | 124 min | Biography, Drama
In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K.
Votes: 84,754 | Gross: $7.86M
5. Roman de gare (2007)
R | 103 min | Drama
A popular novelist researches unlikely sources to find characters for her next bestseller.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Dominique Pinon, Audrey Dana, Michèle Bernier
Votes: 2,580 | Gross: $1.85M
6. Deconstructing Harry (1997)
R | 96 min | Comedy
Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stephanie Roth Haberle
Votes: 47,787 | Gross: $10.69M
7. Dial M for Murder (1954)
PG | 105 min | Crime, Thriller
A former tennis star arranges the murder of his adulterous wife.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams
Votes: 188,670 | Gross: $0.01M
8. Closer (I) (2004)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts
Votes: 235,945 | Gross: $33.99M
9. Saens Peña Square (2008)
100 min | Drama
Paulo works as a high school literature teacher, his wife Teresa is a local shopkeeper, and their daughter Bel is still in school. They live in a rented flat in Saens Peña Square, in the ... See full summary »
Director: Vinícius Reis | Stars: Chico Díaz, Maria Padilha, Isabella Meirelles, Gustavo Falcão
Votes: 58
10. The Peanuts Movie (2015)
G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their archnemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest back home to win the love of his life.
Director: Steve Martino | Stars: Noah Schnapp, Bill Melendez, Hadley Belle Miller, Francesca Capaldi
Votes: 49,803 | Gross: $130.18M
11. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,291
12. The Flower of My Secret (1995)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
Leo writes trashy romance novels under a pseudonym but as she struggles in her relationship with her husband, she finds her output becoming darker.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Carme Elias, Rossy de Palma
Votes: 12,760 | Gross: $1.16M
13. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody
Votes: 885,942 | Gross: $59.10M
14. The Breadwinner (2017)
PG-13 | 94 min | Animation, Drama, Family
In 2001, Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. When her father is captured, a determined young girl disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Director: Nora Twomey | Stars: Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Noorin Gulamgaus, Laara Sadiq
Votes: 28,205 | Gross: $0.31M
15. The Two Popes (2019)
PG-13 | 125 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict XVI and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.
Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín, Luis Gnecco
Votes: 132,910
Pope Ratzinger is one of the leading role characters and his books are mentioned.
16. Together Forever (2011)
101 min | Comedy
A script writer has an idea for a movie related to what he is actually living: his girlfriend just dumped him, his mother is driving him mad and he starts dating someone who is really dumb. A great comedy with outstanding performances.
Director: Pablo Solarz | Stars: Malena Solda, Peto Menahem, Florencia Peña, Mirta Busnelli
Votes: 208
17. Reds (1981)
PG | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.
Director: Warren Beatty | Stars: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski
Votes: 24,703 | Gross: $40.38M
18. Quills (2000)
R | 124 min | Biography, Drama
In a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine
Votes: 56,711 | Gross: $7.06M
19. Barton Fink (1991)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner
Votes: 128,902 | Gross: $6.15M
20. Quem é Primavera das Neves (2017)
75 min | Documentary
Primavera das Neves, full name Primavera Ácrata Saiz das Neves was a Portuguese translator, journalist and writer, who worked and lived a good part of her life in Brazil, having signed most of her works as Vera Neves Pedroso.
Directors: Ana Luiza Azevedo, Jorge Furtado | Stars: Jorge Furtado, Anna Bella Geiger, Eulalie Ligneul, Mariana Lima
Votes: 21
21. Topsy-Turvy (1999)
R | 160 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher, Sukie Smith
Votes: 13,470 | Gross: $6.20M
22. Return of the Hero (2018)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, History
1809, France. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up. But it all goes south when Neuville reappears.
Director: Laurent Tirard | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Mélanie Laurent, Noémie Merlant, Christophe Montenez
Votes: 4,486 | Gross: $0.04M
23. I Am Not an Easy Man (2018)
98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A shameless chauvinist gets a taste of his own medicine when he wakes up in a world dominated by women and locks horns with a powerful female author.
Director: Eléonore Pourriat | Stars: Vincent Elbaz, Marie-Sophie Ferdane, Pierre Benezit, Blanche Gardin
Votes: 15,758
24. Bitter Moon (1992)
R | 139 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After hearing stories of her, a passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Peter Coyote
Votes: 42,650 | Gross: $1.86M
25. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds his mundane Chicago life to be the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire existence, from his work to his love life to his death.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah
Votes: 236,404 | Gross: $40.14M
26. Philomena (2013)
PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham
Votes: 103,770 | Gross: $37.71M
27. Capote (2005)
R | 114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Clifton Collins Jr., Catherine Keener, Allie Mickelson
Votes: 140,689 | Gross: $28.75M
28. The Scarlet Scorpion (1990)
TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy
O Anjo (The Angel) is a millionaire playboy who fights the forces of crime, especially his deadly enemy, the arch-villain Escorpião Escarlate (Scarlet Scorpion), who recently has kidnapped ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Cardoso | Stars: Andrea Beltrão, Herson Capri, Nuno Leal Maia, Monique Evans
Votes: 166
29. Manhattan (1979)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Murphy
Votes: 147,171 | Gross: $45.70M
30. Barata Ribeiro, 716 (2016)
85 min | Drama
In 1960s Rio de Janeiro, aspiring writer Felipe leads a life of wild parties held in an apartment in famous street Barata Ribeiro in Copacabana. There he and his friends enjoy freedom even in the midst of a complicated political moment.
Director: Domingos de Oliveira | Stars: Caio Blat, Sophie Charlotte, Gabriel Antunes, Álamo Facó
Votes: 125
31. Reaching for the Moon (2013)
Not Rated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Glória Pires, Miranda Otto, Tracy Middendorf, Marcello Airoldi
Votes: 3,569 | Gross: $0.04M
32. The Family (I) (2013)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
The Manzoni family, a notorious Mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France, under the Witness Protection Program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, John D'Leo
Votes: 122,984 | Gross: $36.92M
Presenting to be a writer das supposed to na only a desguise, but the mafia boss does start to write his own biography.
33. Sheep's Clothing (2013)
100 min | Drama
A group of literature-loving friends bury letters to be opened 10 years later when they will confront the dreams of their youth with what the future has held in store for them.
Directors: Paulo Morelli, Pedro Morelli | Stars: Caio Blat, Carolina Dieckmann, Maria Ribeiro, Paulo Vilhena
Votes: 1,119
34. Field of Dreams (1989)
PG | 107 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.
Director: Phil Alden Robinson | Stars: Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Amy Madigan
Votes: 127,995 | Gross: $64.43M
Not about a writer, but an important character, Terence Mann, is one.
35.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Charles Dickens: A Tale of Ambition and Genius
(1995)
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A painful childhood fuels the ambition of the author.
Director: Milton Lage | Stars: Freddie Bartholomew, Mark Gerald Charles Dickens, W.C. Fields, Fred Kaplan
Votes: 126
36. Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
R | 139 min | Drama, Romance
Florentino, rejected by the beautiful Fermina at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt, Gina Bernard Forbes
Votes: 24,129 | Gross: $4.61M
37. The Vanished Elephant (2014)
Not Rated | 109 min | Mystery, Thriller
Edo Celeste is a renowned crime novelist, who is writing the final book in the series about his alter ego, detective Felipe Aranda. Edo is obsessed with the disappearance of his fiancee ... See full summary »
Director: Javier Fuentes-León | Stars: Salvador del Solar, Angie Cepeda, Lucho Cáceres, Vanessa Saba
Votes: 373
38. Burning Mussolini (2009)
85 min | Crime, Drama
.Ex-boxer Paul Choquino decides to finance his upcoming wedding by robbing reputed drug lord Benito Mussolini Bonacci. But everything that can go wrong in the burn does and Paul is left ... See full synopsis »
Director: Conrad Pla | Stars: Conrad Pla, Chelah Horsdal, Richard Chevolleau, David Zayas
Votes: 70
39. Lénine-Gorki, la révolution à contretemps (2017 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary, History
Director: Stan Neumann | Stars: Bruno Abraham-Kremer, Sandrine Blancke, Denis Lavant
Votes: 10
40. The Master (2012)
R | 138 min | Drama, History
A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by the Cause and its charismatic leader.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons
Votes: 186,109 | Gross: $16.38M
41. Angeli 'The Killer' (2017– )
145 min | Animation, Comedy
ANGELI THE KILLER is an animated series loosely inspired in the works and personality of the Brazilian cartoonist, Angeli, creator of the seminal magazine "Chiclete com Banana" and ... See full summary »
Stars: Angeli, Grace Gianoukas, Alessandra Negrini, Milhem Cortaz
Votes: 42
42. The Last Station (2009)
R | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer's) struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti
Votes: 19,152 | Gross: $6.62M
43. Narradores de Javé (2003)
100 min | Drama
The illiterate population of the small town of Javé charge Antônio Biá with the mission of writing the story of the town, in an attempt to stop the construction of a hydropower dam that ... See full summary »
Director: Eliane Caffé | Stars: José Dumont, Nelson Xavier, Matheus Nachtergaele, Rui Resende
Votes: 848
44. Legs Out (2012)
13 min | Short
The cartoonist Laerte goes a long way through São Paulo searching for a certificate.
Directors: Pedro Marques, Claudia Priscilla | Stars: Laerte Coutinho, Micaela Campion, Kiko Goifman, Pedro Goifman
Votes: 35
45. Young Adult (2011)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt, Elizabeth Reaser
Votes: 87,894 | Gross: $16.31M
46. Basic Instinct (1992)
R | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Votes: 218,964 | Gross: $117.73M
47. Romance Policial (2012)
98 min | Action, Drama
Antonio, young Brazilian civil servant, travels to the Atacama Desert in search of inspiration to write a short story.
Director: Jorge Durán | Stars: Daniel de Oliveira, Daniela Ramírez, Álvaro Rudolphy, Víctor Montero
Votes: 70
48. The Libertine (2004)
R | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Director: Laurence Dunmore | Stars: Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Paul Ritter
Votes: 37,761 | Gross: $4.84M
49. Eu Odeio o Orkut (2011)
129 min | Comedy
Jader Bertola (Marcos Kligman) works as an office junior in his uncle's funeral undertaker. He loses everything, including job and his girlfriend (who was not willing to continue with a guy... See full summary »
Directors: Evandro Berlesi, Rodrigo Castelhano | Stars: Evandro Berlesi, Marcos Kligman, Luana Piovani, Jairo Mattos
Votes: 52
50. Mr. Woodcock (2007)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made middle school hell for generations of students.
Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon, Amy Poehler
Votes: 37,029 | Gross: $25.63M
The film is very funny, but the end is bad, as it deals with a guy like the character portrayed by excellent Billy Bob Thronton as a normal guy.
52. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Approved | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen
Votes: 192,029
53. The Outlaw (2010)
106 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain's early Golden Age of theater.
Director: Andrucha Waddington | Stars: Alberto Ammann, Leonor Watling, Pilar López de Ayala, Ramon Pujol
Votes: 1,149
54. Arms (2009 TV Movie)
40 min | Drama
At the end of the 19th century in Rio de Janeiro, a young man, who lives in favor of his parents' boss's house, falls madly in love with his wife's arms. She, in turn, notices the boy's ... See full summary »
Director: Adolfo Rosenthal | Stars: Celso Frateschi, Antonio Moraes, Ana Petta
Votes: 83
55. Below Zero (2011)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
Jack, a writer who goes to a remote meat cooler, where his agent has set it up for him, to be locked in for five days so he can meet his deadline while he writes the ending to his book.
Director: Justin Thomas Ostensen | Stars: Edward Furlong, Kristin Booth, Michael Eisner, Michael Berryman
Votes: 888
56. La Dolce Vita (1960)
Not Rated | 174 min | Comedy, Drama
A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux
Votes: 78,152 | Gross: $19.52M
57.
The Ministry of Time (2015–2020)
Episode:
Tiempo de Gloria
(2015)
TV-MA | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
The Ministry agent in 1588 Lisbon, Gil Pérez, raises the alarm when he notices that would-be famous playwright Lope de Vega has missed his historical appointment to serve in the Spanish Armada.
Directors: Abigail Schaaff, Marc Vigil | Stars: Rodolfo Sancho, Aura Garrido, Nacho Fresneda, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Votes: 275
58. Before Night Falls (2000)
R | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas.
Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, Olatz López Garmendia, Giovani Florido
Votes: 26,362 | Gross: $4.22M
Unfortunately, besides being a movie on criminalisation of homossexuality, it is also a capitalist propaganda film.
59. Rat Fever (2011)
110 min | Drama
Zizo (Irandhir Santos) é um poeta inconformado e anarquista, que banca a publicação de seu tablóide. Em seu mundo próprio, onde o sexo é algo tão corriqueiro quanto fumar maconha, ele ... See full synopsis »
Director: Cláudio Assis | Stars: Irandhir Santos, Juliano Cazarré, Matheus Nachtergaele, Tânia Granussi
Votes: 1,440
60. Francisco Brennand (2012)
75 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
Francisco Brennand is an eighty-five year odl, painter, sculptor and ceramist from Brazil. He lives and works isolated in an open-air museum set in an old ceramic roofing tile factory that ... See full summary »
Director: Marianna Brennand Fortes | Star: Hermila Guedes
Votes: 25
61. Certified Copy (2010)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Romance
In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged British writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano. While there, a chance question reveals something deeper.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière, Agathe Natanson
Votes: 26,875 | Gross: $1.34M
62. A Cidade dos Piratas (2018)
TV-MA | 90 min | Animation
Inspired by the famous comics of cartoonist Laerte. The story merges the transition journey of the artist and the director, who faces death after being diagnosed with cancer.
Director: Otto Guerra | Stars: Antonio Abujamra, Marco Arruda, Jean-Claude Bernardet, Márcia Caspary
Votes: 123
63. Becoming Jane (2007)
PG | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell
Votes: 65,059 | Gross: $18.67M
64. Memórias do Cárcere (1984)
185 min | Drama
Graciliano Ramos' period he spent in prison after being considered a subversive element by the government.
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Carlos Vereza, Glória Pires, Nildo Parente, José Dumont
Votes: 510
65. Les aventuriers de l'art moderne (2015– )
104 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
Mixing animation and original archives, the documentary series made up of six episodes plunges us into the lives of the legendary artists and intellectuals who defined Modern Art at the dawn of the 20th century.
Star: Amira Casar
Votes: 98
66. Lost Zweig (2002)
113 min | Drama
The life of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig in Brazil. He wrote the famous book "Brasil, País do Futuro" (Brazil, Country of the Future). He and his wife Lotte, in a mysterious death pact, decided to kill themselves in the week following 1942 Carnival, in Brazil.
Director: Sylvio Back | Stars: Rüdiger Vogler, Ruth Rieser, Ney Piacentini, Claudia Neto
Votes: 76
67. Solidão 22B (2017)
22 min | Short
Two lonely sad women, an old one and a young poet, meet as neighbours in the last day of the year.
Director: Jaqueline Vargas | Stars: Mayara Constantino, Selma Egrei
68. Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (1991)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
In Rio de Janeiro, after an altercation with his father and mother, a young man named Bebeto kills his family and goes to a movie theater, where he watches four weird vignettes. The first ... See full summary »
Director: Neville de Almeida | Stars: Cláudia Raia, Louise Cardoso, Alexandre Frota, Maria Gladys
Votes: 305
69. Tim Lopes - Histórias de Arcanjo (2013)
84 min | Documentary
The trajectory of Arcanjo Antonino Lopes do Nascimento, Tim Lopes. Considered one of the greatest investigative reporters in Brazil, who did a singular and revered journalism.
Director: Guilherme Azevedo | Stars: Guilherme Azevedo, Tim Lopes
Votes: 34
70. Dorivando Saravá, o Preto que Virou Mar (2019)
86 min | Documentary
Singer, composer, actor and painter, Dorival Caymmi was a multiple artist, but what they may not know is his pioneering work in introducing candomblé into Brazilian popular music. ... See full summary »
Director: Henrique Dantas | Stars: Mateus Aleluia, Kleber Amancio, Bnegão, Adriana Calcanhotto
Votes: 11
71. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
PG-13 | 93 min | Documentary, History
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X
Votes: 23,493 | Gross: $7.12M
72. Henfil (2017)
75 min | Documentary
This movie presents parallel narratives exploring the life of the Brazilian cartoonist and activist Henfil. It shows how young artists can reinterpret his work in modern days, while also ... See full summary »
Director: Angela Zoé | Stars: Aroeira, Chacal, Herbert De Souza, Tárik de Souza
Votes: 27
73. Beatriz: Entre a Dor e o Nada (2015)
97 min | Drama, Romance
In Lisbon, Marcelo writes a novel, using the life of his own wife, Beatriz, as the main inspiration to the story. The creative process of the book takes a dangerous path, ultimately compromising the love they feel for each other.
Director: Alberto Graça | Stars: Marjorie Estiano, Sergio Guizé, Beatriz Batarda, Luís Lucas
Votes: 66
74. Mank (2020)
R | 131 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey
Votes: 82,682
75. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, le dernier romantique (2017 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
Director: Marie Brunet-Debaines | Stars: Carole Bianic, Antoine Duléry, Olivia Gotanègre
Votes: 30
76. O Engenho de Zé Lins (2007)
80 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary on the life and work of José Lins do Rego (1901-1957), one of Brazil's greatest 20th century literary authors, writer of celebrated novels "Menino de Engenho", "Fogo Morto", "Moleque Ricardo", "Riacho Doce" and many more.
Director: Vladimir Carvalho | Stars: Rodolfo Arena, Affonso Arinos, Othon Bastos, Vladimir Carvalho
Votes: 18
77. The Lady in the Van (2015)
PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her van that's parked in his driveway.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent, Clare Hammond
Votes: 31,965 | Gross: $10.02M
78. The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bertrand Morane's burial is attended by all the women the forty-year-old engineer loved. We then flash back to Bertrand's life and love affairs, told by himself while writing an ... See full summary »
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey, Nelly Borgeaud, Geneviève Fontanel
Votes: 7,331
79. O Homem que Matou John Wayne (2015)
70 min | Documentary
Ruy Guerra has an unexpected encounter with John Wayne. The confession of this metaphorical murder opens the filmmaker's Pandora's box and sews a poetic journey through the ideas of Guerra.
Directors: Bruno Laet, Diogo Oliveira | Stars: Julio Adrião, Chico Buarque, Michel Ciment, Gabriel García Márquez
Votes: 16
80. Mary Shelley (2017)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein.
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour | Stars: Elle Fanning, Bel Powley, Owen Richards, Joanne Froggatt
Votes: 17,756 | Gross: $0.11M
81. As Delícias da Vida (1974)
83 min | Comedy
Young writer sells a soap-opera script to a TV Network and manages to place his girlfriend in an important role.
Director: Mauricio Rittner | Stars: Vera Fischer, John Herbert, Liana Duval, Perry Salles
Votes: 26
82. Promise at Dawn (2017)
131 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A man recounts his life, from his childhood through his experiences in World War II, and the story of his self-sacrificing mother, who raised him alone.
Director: Eric Barbier | Stars: Pierre Niney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bourdon, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Votes: 3,847
83. 2046 (2004)
R | 129 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Several women enter a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ziyi Zhang, Faye Wong, Gong Li
Votes: 61,747 | Gross: $1.44M
84. Amores (1998)
100 min | Drama
In Rio de Janeiro, at the end of the millennium, a group of friends share their lives and experiences with each other. They are mostly middle-aged. A man and woman are inseparable buddies ... See full summary »
Director: Domingos de Oliveira | Stars: Vicente Barcellos, Clara Bethencourt, Pedro Bethencourt, Domingos de Oliveira
Votes: 126
85. Things to Come (2016)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama
A philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, losing her book deal, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her.
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob
Votes: 14,739 | Gross: $0.28M
86. Jim Morrison: The Wild Child (2019)
Documentary, Music
Take a dive into the world of acclaimed poet, thinker and quintessential rock star, Jim Morrison. The frontman of arguably the biggest band of the late 1960s, tread a fine line between ... See full summary »
Director: Piers Garland | Stars: Dave Ambrose, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
Votes: 12
87. Os 8 Magníficos (2017)
Documentary
Director: Domingos de Oliveira | Stars: Sophie Charlotte, Domingos de Oliveira, Carolina Dieckmann, Eduardo Moscovis
Votes: 27
88. A Vida Extra-Ordinária de Tarso de Castro (2017)
90 min | Documentary
Bohemian. Provocative. Seductive. Revolutionary. Besides being the founder of the controversial tabloid O Pasquim, Tarso de Castro (1941-1991) was one of the greatest journalists in Brazil.... See full summary »
Directors: Zeca Brito, Leo Garcia | Stars: Sérgio Cabral, João Vicente de Castro, Tarso de Castro, Jaguar
Votes: 32
89. O Novelo (2021)
95 min | Drama
Knitting (O Novelo) is the story of five brothers abandoned in childhood by their father. Given the death of their mother years later, the brothers end up being raised by the older brother.... See full summary »
Director: Cláudia Pinheiro | Stars: Graça Andrade, Gustavo Bispo, Ligia Botelho, Rogério Brito
Votes: 51
90. Jesus Kid (2021)
88 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Western book writer, Eugenio is going through a difficult phase. He is famous for the novels starring the Jesus Kid, but his sales have been going from bad to worse for some time. The light... See full summary »
Director: Aly Muritiba | Stars: Paulo Miklos, Sergio Marone, Maureen Miranda, Leandro Daniel
Votes: 122
91. The Distinguished Citizen (2016)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
A winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, who has been living in Europe for decades, accepts an invitation to receive another award. In Argentina he finds both similarities and irreconcilable differences with the people of his hometown.
Directors: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat | Stars: Oscar Martínez, Dady Brieva, Andrea Frigerio, Nora Navas
Votes: 13,332
92. Sweet Dreams (2016)
131 min | Drama, Romance
Massimo's idyllic childhood is shattered by the death of his mother. Years later, he is forced to relive his traumatic past and compassionate doctor Elisa could help him open up and confront his childhood wounds.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Valerio Mastandrea, Bérénice Bejo, Guido Caprino, Nicolò Cabras
Votes: 1,933
94. In the Mood for Love (2000)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Siu Ping-Lam, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Votes: 166,715 | Gross: $2.73M
95. O Corpo (1991)
80 min | Comedy
Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer.
Director: José Antonio Garcia | Stars: Antônio Fagundes, Marieta Severo, Cláudia Jimenez, Sérgio Mamberti
Votes: 130
96. Tenda dos Milagres (1977)
132 min | Drama
The life of Pedro Arcanjo, self-taught mestizo intellectual who in the first decades of the XXth century challenged racist ideas of the School of Medicine of Bahia and highlighted the ... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Hugo Carvana, Sônia Dias, Anecy Rocha, Franca Teixeira
Votes: 153
97. Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film (2018)
130 min | Biography, Drama
Against many odds, Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" becomes a phenomenal success. The film industry picks up the scent and seeks to make the master direct a film version of his "play... See full summary »
Director: Joachim Lang | Stars: Lars Eidinger, Tobias Moretti, Hannah Herzsprung, Joachim Król
Votes: 711
98. Verlust (2020)
110 min | Drama
On an isolated beach, powerful business woman Frederica is holding a New Year's Eve celebration that everyone is awaiting. In the midst of a marriage crisis with photographer Constantin, ... See full summary »
Director: Esmir Filho | Stars: Andrea Beltrão, Marina Lima, Alfredo Castro, Ismael Caneppele
Votes: 48
99. The Lost Daughter (2021)
R | 121 min | Drama
A woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Stars: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris
Votes: 75,047
100. Borrasca (2017)
75 min | Drama
After the death of a friend, Gabriel and Diego talk in the middle of a rainy night. The three were friends in common and begin to remember moments that lived together, but only one of them ... See full summary »
Director: Francisco Garcia | Stars: Mário Bortolotto, Francisco Eldo Mendes
Votes: 16
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