| Oliver Twist (2005) | 6.8 | |
| Alone (2008) | 6.8 | |
| Home (2013) | 6.7 | |
| Waiter, Scarper! (1981) | 7.9 | |
| Fukuoka (2019) | 6.5 |
Bookseller movies and TV shows – page 2
Best films
New films
| Triptych (2013) | 6.7 | |
| Happiness is Easy (2020) | 5.5 | |
| My Friends, My Love (2008) | 5.5 | |
| Bright Star (2009) | 6.9 | |
| Home (2013) | 6.7 |
List of bookseller movies
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
There is an author who has been dumped by his girlfriend and has no inspiration for a next novel. In an attempt to find a solution to both crises, he, along with his publisher friend, decides to seduce a young woman with the singular purpose of ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, anthology, contemplative, talky ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
writers, parisian, infidelity, vengeance, manipulation, alcohol abuse, lovers reunited, power relations, couples, thirtysomething life, dishonesty, writer's life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Vincenzo dedicates his life to the bookshop he owns in Paris and to his daughter Albertine, forced to stay home because of an accident occurred to her a few years earlier. One day Yolande, an exuberant, eccentric, funny and beautiful girl, bursts ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, sincere
Plot:
father daughter relationship, bookstore, librarian, disabled child, family relations, lifestyle, actress, bookseller, doctor, storekeeper, mute, flashback ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Bruno is released from prison. He looks for a job and tries to start a new life. His first stop is at his father's apartment.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological
Plot:
female nudity, cons and scams, male nudity, male pubic hair, skinny dipping, nude girl, graduation, drug abuse, gay subtext, life is a bitch, downfall, rehabilitation ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france
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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 ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
book, bookstore, correspondence, friendship, writers, love, post war, pen pal, bittersweet, death, longing, kindness ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 1987, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
london, new york, england, europe, usa
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the Warsau Ghetto of 1943, one man's struggle to keep his family together leads him to the ultimate crisis of faith, and one final chance at redemption. Written by legendary 'Twilight Zone' creator, Rod Sterling.
Style:
contemplative, emotional, disturbing, bleak, gloomy ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, rabbi, shoah, german soldier, world war, religions or cults, family relations, injustice, danger, against humanity, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of Napoleon’s 1810 invasion of Portugal in Valeria Sarmiento’s intimate epic.
Style:
serious, stylized, exciting, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, troops, soldier, invasion, battle zone, wartime life, on the run, life is a bitch, military, war, napoleonic era, anti war ...
Time:
19th century, georgian era
Place:
portugal, europe, lisbon portugal
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kaan and Mete, co-hosts of a mid 1990s radio show called Kaybedenler Kulübü (Losers' Club), struggle to deal with their daily lives after their show becomes an instant hit. Kaan meets Zeynep, the girl of his dreams, but their relationship ...
Style:
sincere, psychological, touching, captivating, art house ...
Plot:
sex scene, sex, architect, urban legend, best friend, sex talk, beat generation, foreplay, turk, photograph, photography, bookseller ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A mediocre pulp novelist is approached by a stranger claiming to be a serial killer with a proposition to chronicle his crimes.
Style:
noir, psychological thriller, crime drama, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, existentialism, psychological manipulation, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, isolation, obsession, poetry, cat and mouse, investigation, novelist, dark humor ...
Time:
1950s, year 1958, 50s
Place:
paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to ...
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, sentimental, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
orphan, redemption, childhood, poverty, child abuse, boyhood, boy, injustice, orphanage, chess, children, corporal punishment ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, middle ages, 1800s, year 2005 ...
Place:
london, england, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
Style:
sexy, humorous, witty, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
sex, sexual fantasy, male prostitute, friendship, partner, unrequited love, milf, money problems, mentor, pimp, fish out of water, sexual relations ...
Time:
2010s, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, ireland, california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling from abandonment, decides to ...
Style:
sexy, cynical, witty, romantic, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
midlife crisis, destiny, unrequited love, obsession, writers, human nature, couples, crumbling relationship, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, divorce, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In Genève, bookseller and publisher Axel Thorpe catches willful, rich 16-year old Sibylle Ashby shoplifting. She brags about her writing, so he challenges her to produce a book. She writes an erotic novel that Thorpe publishes anonymously, and it ...
Style:
sex comedy, erotic, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
watching sex, loss of virginity, 16 year old, lesbian sex, dead mother, brother sister relationship, sister in law sister in law relationship, nudity, female pubic hair, adultery, lesbianism, sex ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
switzerland
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, emotional, touching, thinking ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
gender, judaism, skinny dipping, gender bender, arm wrestling, women, dancing, transsexual, feminist, woman dressed as man, transgender, destiny ...
Time:
year 1983, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
israel
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
It is the story of a man who had financial troubles. He was married several times and had to pay for several kids. He wanted to earn some extra money by playing in a cafe. But one drunken guest supposes he is a waiter and pays his bill to him. So ...
Style:
cult classic
Plot:
restaurant, high school reunion, neighbor neighbor relationship, sexual fantasy, false identity, sex, manhunt, coworker relationship, women, bare chested male, bookseller, judgment ...
Place:
balkan, prague, central europe
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Style:
road movie, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, reflective ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, road trip, freedom, isolation, solitude, journey, life philosophy, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery, nature ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1992 ...
Place:
alaska, los angeles, north america, northern california, america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This comical love story follows the story of A.J. Fikry, whose life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history and now his prized possession, a rare edition of Poe poems, ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
writers, novelist, lifestyle change, social problems, changing lives, love interest, relationship problems, satire, love and romance, second chance, coping, love affair ...
Place:
new england
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