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Misery(1990)

R
| 1h 47min | Drama, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 2,116 votes)

Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also dangerously unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged, and at her mercy.

One Day(2011)

PG-13
| 1h 47min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 1,877 votes)

A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.

The Grand Budapest Hotel(2014)

R
| 1h 40min | Comedy, Drama
4.0/5 (with 6,965 votes)

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

In the Mood for Love(2000)

PG
| 1h 39min | Drama, Romance / Love
4.1/5 (with 1,102 votes)

Two neighbors become intimate after discovering that their spouses are having an affair with one another.

Atonement(2007)

R
| 2h 3min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 1,833 votes)

As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

Romancing the Stone(1984)

3.4/5 (with 829 votes)

Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.

Finding Neverland(2004)

PG
| 1h 46min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 1,630 votes)

During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan'.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona(2008)

PG-13
| 1h 36min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 1,661 votes)

Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

As Good as It Gets(1997)

PG-13
| 2h 19min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 1,654 votes)

Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

Field of Dreams(1989)

PG
| 1h 47min | Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 615 votes)

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.

The Ghost Writer(2010)

PG-13
| 2h 8min | Thriller, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 971 votes)

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.

Creation(2009)

PG-13
| 1h 48min | Drama, History
3.2/5 (with 95 votes)

A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book "On the Origin of the Species," which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.

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Before Sunset(2004)

R
| 1h 20min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 1,557 votes)

Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.

House(1986)

R
| 1h 33min | Comedy, Horror
3.1/5 (with 226 votes)

Roger Cobb is an author who has just separated from his wife. He moves into a new house and tries to work on a novel based on his experiences in the Vietnam War. Strange things start happening around him; little things at first, but as they become more frequent, Cobb becomes aware that the house resents his presence.

Down with Love(2003)

PG-13
| 1h 41min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 319 votes)

In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.

Under the Tuscan Sun(2003)

PG-13
| 1h 53min | Romance / Love, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 364 votes)

After a rough divorce, Frances, a 35 year old book editor from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together starting with the villa and finds that life sometimes has unexpected ways of giving her everything she wanted.

Swimming Pool(2003)

R
| 1h 42min | Crime, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 291 votes)

A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.

The Door in the Floor(2004)

R
| 1h 51min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 87 votes)

Set in the privileged beach community of East Hampton, New York and chronicles one pivotal summer in the lives of famous children's book author Ted Cole and his wife Marion. Their once-great marriage has been strained by tragedy. Her resulting despondency and his subsequent infidelities have prevented the couple from confronting a much-needed change in their relationship. Eddie O'Hare, the young man Ted hires to work as his summer assistant, is the couple's unwitting yet willing pawn - and, ultimately, the catalyst in the transformation of their lives.

2046(2004)

3.6/5 (with 398 votes)

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

Saving Mr. Banks(2013)

2h 5min | Comedy, Drama, History
3.7/5 (with 1,523 votes)

Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown(1989)

R
| 1h 43min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 385 votes)

In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to have a intellectual disability for the first ten years of his life.

Colette(2018)

R
| 1h 52min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 406 votes)

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.

Before Midnight(2013)

R
| 1h 49min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.8/5 (with 1,001 votes)

It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. Now, live in Paris with twin daughters, but have spent a summer in Greece on the invitation of an author colleague of Jesse's. When the vacation is over and Jesse must send his teenage son off to the States, he begins to question his life decisions, and his relationship with Celine is at risk.

The Wife(2018)

R
| 1h 40min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 499 votes)

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Miss Potter(2006)

3.3/5 (with 214 votes)

Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved children's book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", struggles for love, happiness and success.

Zorba the Greek(1964)

NR
| 2h 22min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 147 votes)

An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

Becoming Jane(2007)

3.7/5 (with 522 votes)

A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.

The Awakening(2011)

R
| 1h 47min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 620 votes)

In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.

Look at Me(2004)

1h 50min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 40 votes)

Talented 20-year-old Lolita dreams of a singing career. But her self-esteem is low due to her weight problem and her narcissistic father, Étienne, a literary star with scant interest in his daughter's life. Lolita finds little comfort in the attentions of her vocal coach, suspecting the woman is using her to meet her influential father. Étienne's second wife proves to be Lolita's only trustworthy ally in her private battle to find a sense of worth.

9 Bullets(2022)

1h 31min | Action, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 38 votes)

A former burlesque dancer turned author discovers a second chance at life and redemption when she risks everything to rescue her young neighbor after he witnesses his parents’ murder. Now on the run from the local crime boss, who happens to be her longtime ex, she makes a desperate attempt to get the boy to safety.

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