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 6.8
 4K
Tove (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Helsinki, 1945. The end of the war brings a new sense of artistic and social freedom for painter Tove Jansson. While focusing her artistic dreams on painting, the enchanting tales of the ‘Moomin’ creatures she told to scared children in bomb ...
Style: psychological, tense, melancholic, unusual plot structure, touching ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbianism, writers, lgbt, lesbian relationship, artist, lesbian love, unrequited love, lesbian couple, love affair, love, female artist ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 1947, year 1952 ...
Place: finland, helsinki finland, paris france, eastern europe
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 6.4
 2K
Dovlatov (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia, Poland, Serbia
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Dovlatov charts six days in the life of brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought to preserve his own talent and decency with poet and writer Joseph Brodsky while watching his artist ...
Style: melancholic, atmospheric, visually appealing, art house, beautiful
Plot: writers, writer's life, freedom, politics, friends, life is a bitch, society, drinking alcohol, book, introspection, social realism, drinking ...
Time: 70s, year 1971
Place: ussr, soviet union
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 4.6
 20K
Dark Crimes (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A Polish detective becomes suspicious of a controversial author when the incidents described in his unpublished novel resemble the inner workings of an unsolved murder.
Style: captivating, melancholic, enigmatic, bleak, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder investigation, writers, sexual perversion, violent sex, rape, clue, police detective, male protagonist, criminal, murder suspect, murder, threat ...
Time: 2000s
Place: europe, poland
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 7.3
 63K
Little Women (1994)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, ...
Style: sentimental, uplifting, costume drama, period piece, tear jerker ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, family outing, teens, date night ...
Plot: sisters, family values, women, first love, christmas, family bonds, coming of age, civil war, life changing experience, friendship, everyday life, winter ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 90s, 1860s ...
Place: massachusetts, new york, usa, new england, paris france
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Letters to Juliet (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the "secretaries of Juliet" -- ...
Style: romantic, touching, scenic, feel good, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, adult
Plot: fall in love, road trip, love and romance, youth, couples, beautiful scenery, love affair, enemies to lovers, couple relations, love story, happy ending, letter ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, tuscany, new york, europe
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 6.0
 14K
Half Light (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant ...
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, murder, lighthouse, death of child, uncover truth, mentally unstable, loss of child, woman in danger, writers, afterlife, death in the family ...
Place: scotland, london
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 7.4
 61K
2046 (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, China, France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story: 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.
Style: touching, surreal, contemplative, emotional, art house ...
Plot: writers, writer's life, love, androids, road not taken, sensuality, haunted by the past, old friend, coincidence, destiny, memory, introspection ...
Time: future, 60s, year 2004, 2040s, y2k ...
Place: hong kong, china, singapore, east asia, asia
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The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
Style: witty, melancholic, touching, clever, sexy ...
Plot: sex, infidelity, writers, seduction, pimp, love affair, family problems, open marriage, adultery, money problems, love, betrayal ...
Time: year 2001
Place: santa monica california, pasadena california, los angeles
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84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works ...
Style: sweet, romantic, touching, sincere, feel good ...
Plot: bookstore, book, correspondence, friendship, writers, post war, marriage, pen pal, dentist, longing, voice over narration, love ...
Time: 1940s, 60s, 1950s, year 1987, 20th century ...
Place: new york, london, england, europe, usa
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 6.8
 6K
Carrington (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The story of the relationship between painter Dora Carrington and author Lytton Strachey in a World War One England of cottages and countryside. Although platonic due to Strachey's homosexuality, the relationship was nevertheless a deep and ...
Style: costume drama, talky, touching, sexual, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: artist, painter, writers, art, polyamory, lgbt, biopic, art history, glbt, world war one, painting, gay ...
Time: 1930s, 1910s, 1920s, victorian era, year 1915 ...
Place: england, europe, italy, wales, venice ...
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Arthur & George (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Arthur & George is a three-part adaptation of Julian Barnes' novel about Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle as played by actor Martin Clunes. Set in 1906 in Staffordshire, Hampshire and London the drama follows Sir Arthur and his ...
Style: clever, serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: writers, who done it, false accusation, private detective, writer's life, uncover truth, injustice, attorney, prejudice, miscarriage of justice, servant, priest ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century, 1910s, edwardian era, future ...
Place: england, europe, britain, london
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The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 265 min.
TV show
Story: H.G. Wells foresaw the future in such visionary novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. On a night in London in 1946, newspaper reporter Ellen McGillivray arrives at the home of legendary literary figure, Herbert George Wells. ...
Style: captivating, enigmatic, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: writers, science, paranormal activity, scientific experiment, paranormal investigation, paranormal phenomena, time warp, time travel, special agent, time machine, mysterious girl, scientist ...
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Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
Genre: Comedy, History
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Explore Emily Dickinson's vivacious, irreverent side that was covered up for years — most notably her lifelong romantic relationship with another woman.
Style: historical drama, costume drama, period piece, independent film, queer cinema
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, writers, poet, lesbian relationship, lgbtq, gay, poetry, infidelity, woman, women, feminist ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: massachusetts
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 6.6
 351
The Writer (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Lebanon
TV show
Story: When accused of a murder eerily parallel to a plot in his novel, a best-selling crime writer must navigate a web of hidden enemies.
Style: dramatic, tense, exciting, hardboiled detective, captivating ...
Plot: writers, murder, accused of murder, investigation, whodunit, framed for a crime, accusation, plot twist, enemy, framed for murder
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Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, queer cinema
Plot: writers, lesbian, gay, fraud, women, hidden identity, lie, secret identity, aspiring writer, secret, deception, con trick ...
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A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The National Lampoon name became globally recognized after the monumental success of Animal House—but before the glory days, it was a scrappy yet divinely subversive magazine and radio show that introduced the world to comedic geniuses like Bill ...
Style: funny, thought provoking, satirical, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: writers, biopic, publisher, social problems, historical character, media satire, satire, historical figure, social satire, propaganda, society, media ...
Place: america
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A Perfect Man (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A struggling writer finds a shortcut to fame, but a blackmailer threatens to ruin his perfect life.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, art house ...
Plot: fall in love, writers, desire for fame, writer's life, hidden identity, love and romance, young man, cons and scams, artists and showbiz, blackmail, impostor, police ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: france, algeria
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The Demons of St. Petersburg (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story: St. Petersburg, 1860. A member of the imperial family is assassinated. A few days later, the writer Fëdor Michajlovic Dostoevskij meets with Gusiev, a young man committed to a psychiatric hospital. Gusiev confesses that he took part in the ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspense, historical drama
Plot: writers, writer's life, murderer, private investigation, historical figure, terrorist, terrorist plot, murder, murder investigation, revolutionary, historical character, poet ...
Time: 19th century
Place: russia, st. petersburg russia
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The Broken Tower (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, serious, sincere, stylized ...
Plot: writers, gays and lesbians, introspection, gender, love and romance, writer's life, gay, poet, lgbt, suicide, biopic, visionary ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1920s
Place: new york, ohio, usa, paris france, mexico
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 5.8
 6K
Angel (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances hit the best seller lists. Her life changes in unexpected ways when she encounters ...
Style: serious, realistic, talky, witty, clever ...
Plot: adultery, love, writers, infidelity, estate, world war one, writer's life, family relations, rise to the top, ambition, social differences, couple relations ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era, year 1914
Place: england, britain, europe, london
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The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The rather eccentric (especially in her thinking) author of "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" becomes involved with a much younger, and married man... to the dismay of those close to her.
Style: political, independent film, captivating, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot: writers, philosopher, infidelity, individualism, libertarian, russian woman, art, biopic, bookstore, marriage, psychologist, poet ...
Time: 50s, 1940s, 1950s, 70s, 60s ...
Place: california, manhattan new york city, new york, los angeles
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Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Germany, Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an ...
Style: philosophical, talky, intense, serious, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: book, self discovery, friendship, writers, teacher, suicide attempt, train travel, poet, dictatorship, investigation, obsessive quest, resistance ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1974, 21st century
Place: portugal, lisbon portugal, europe, switzerland, spain
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 7.2
 27K
Certified Copy (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, Iran
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged English writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano.
Style: philosophical, atmospheric, stylized, sincere, serious ...
Plot: art, writers, wedding anniversary, love affair, writer's life, marriage, divorce, lifestyle, dialogue, passion, love story, wine ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, iran, tuscany
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Author! Author! (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belong to her.
Style: humorous, touching, sentimental, intense, romantic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: writers, children, playwright, single parent, love and romance, large family, divorce, parents and children, youth, actress, single father, family relations ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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 6.0
 69K
Dream House (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Publisher, Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered ...
Style: surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, twists and turns, plot twist, memory loss, insanity, murder, family relations, mental patient, riddles and clues, nervous breakdown, danger ...
Time: year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place: new england, usa
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 7.9
 49K
The Affair (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Affair explores the emotional effects of an extramarital relationship between Noah Solloway and Alison Lockhart after the two meet in the resort town of Montauk in Long Island. Noah is a New York City schoolteacher with one novel published (book ...
Style: psychological, serious, emotional, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: crumbling marriage, infidelity, adultery, husband wife relationship, sex scene, sexual relations, strong sexual content, writers, family problems, parents and children, life turned upside down, dishonesty ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 7.8
 241K
Little Women (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Style: romantic, sentimental, inspirational, melancholic, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, kids, date night, family outing ...
Plot: love, sisters, writers, coming of age, generosity, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, friendship, intrigue, publisher, sister, jealousy ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, victorian era, 2010s, year 2019
Place: france, new york, paris france, massachusetts
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 6.6
 7K
Dedication (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after his best friend and collaborator passes away. As Henry struggles with letting go of the ghosts ...
Style: stylized, realistic, psychological, touching, talky ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: financial problem, writers, friendship, obsession, mental illness, couples, holiday, fall in love, opposites attract, writer's life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Isn't She Great (2000)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann, the famed writer of "The Valley Of The Dolls" and other trashy novels. Facing a failing career, Susann meets a ...
Style: light, satirical, touching, sincere, humorous ...
Plot: female protagonist, writers, ambition, eccentricity, showbiz, fame, artists and showbiz, actor's life, aging, love and romance, autism, marriage ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 60s, 70s, 50s ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, connecticut
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In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to ...
Style: surreal, psychological, lovecraft, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: insanity, investigation, hallucination, paranoia, gory, supernatural, small town, mind game, mental illness, writers, fear, monster ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, distant future
Place: new england, new hampshire, england, europe, new york ...
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