Movies (199) tagged by 'Book'
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
In Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, Harry finds a book marked mysteriously, "This book is the property of the Half Blood Prince," wh...
The Book of Eli (2010)
Eli (Denzel Washington) has been on a journey for 30 years, walking west across America after a cataclysmic war that turned the earth into a total wasteland. Th...
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
When a missing page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth surfaces, Benjamin Franklin Gates' (Nicolas Cage) great-great grandfather is suddenly ...
Baby's Day Out (1994)
Baby Bink couldn't ask for more; he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, he lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pag...
1408 (2007)
Based on the short Stephen King horror story of the same name, 1408 is about supernatural writer Mike Enslin, an author of two successful books on supernatural...
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a book shop where the old proprieter re...
Equilibrium (2003)
In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is ...
The Pillow Book (1997)
As a young girl in Japan, Nagiko's father paints characters on her face, and her aunt reads to her from "The Pillow Book", the diary of a 10th-century lady-in-w...
The Holiday (2006)
Two women troubled with guy-problems (Diaz, Winslet) swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.
Monamour (2006)
Dario is a little publisher from Milano. He is joining the Mantova Festival Letteratura (Book fair) 2004. Marta, his unsatisfied wife, accompanies him. Leon is ...
Before Sunset (2004)
When Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) met on a Eurail train, the connection between them was immediate and profound. The 14-hour relationship that f...
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Frances Mayes is a 35-year-old San Francisco writer whose perfect life has just taken an unexpected detour. Her recent divorce has left her with terminal write...
Julie & Julia (2009)
Julia Child and Julie Powell - both of whom wrote memoirs - find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... un...
The Number 23 (2007)
On his birthday, Walter Sparrow, an amiable dog-catcher, takes a call that leaves him dog bit and late to pick up his wife. She's browsed in a bookstore, findin...
The Giver (2014)
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain an...
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
A group of teens face their fears in order to save their lives.
What About Bob? (1991)
A new patient appears at a psychotherapist's door. He has every possible insecurity in the world. The amazingly successful shrink gives him a copy of his new b...
Army of Darkness (1992)
Because of a time warp, a supermarket worker (Bruce Campbell) finds himself fighting in medieval England with a chainsaw and a '73 Oldsmobile....
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
In the future, an oppressive government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers known as firemen to p...
Evil Dead II (1987)
Ash - the sole survivor of the original 'Evil Dead' - returns with his girlfriend Linda to the remote cabin in the woods. He discovers a tape recorder that a p...
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)
Dave Seville (Jason Lee), the Chipmunks (Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney) and the Chipettes are taking a luxury cruise to the ...
Sinister (2012)
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put hi...
Nim's Island (2008)
Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary charact...
The Ninth Gate (2000)
The sleazy book dealer Corso (Depp) is hired by the obscure obsessive Balkan to find the only other two copies of his rare book in existence. The book is calle...
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1995)
Ten women, most of them in Vancouver or Toronto, talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in...
Baby Mama (2008)
When single executive Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) decides the time is right to finally have a baby, she hires a working-class woman (Amy Poehler)...
You've Got Mail (1999)
Professional rivalry threatens to thwart romance when anonymous e-mail pals (Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan) meet each other.
Rumor Has It... (2005)
Sarah Huttington, recently engaged, goes home to Pasadena with fianc? Jeff for a family wedding. She hears a rumor that "The Graduate" (book and movie) are bas...
Miss Potter (2006)
Thirty years old and single, Beatrix Potter lives in London with her social-climbing parents, who are exasperated that she has turned down any number of eligib...
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Eastern and Western cultures and philosophies intersect in this comic drama from acclaimed director Jim Jarmusch. Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) is a silent modern...
The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)
Cassie, a 13 year old Gothic girl, is trying to fit in at her new school. To entertain herself, she plays a series of pranks on the popular kids and her younge...
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
A man named Turner works for the CIA reading books and postulating possible scenarios that could be applied to inteliigence work. He goes out to get lunch but ...
Three Can Play That Game (2008)
Shant? Smith has moved to Atlanta where she's the Love Doctor, helping women get their men to the altar. Tiffany calls her after she catches her boyfriend, Byr...
Prospero's Books (1991)
Shakespeare's exiled duke (John Gielgud) tells his tale in calligraphy in this version of ``The Tempest.''
Down with Love (2003)
Barbara Novak has just come down from Maine to New York after writing a book called Down With Love. The book instructs women to have sex the way a man does, and...
The Accidental Husband (2008)
Dr. Emma Lloyd (Thurman) is a popular New York radio DJ, whose practical love advice is listened to and loved by women everywhere! Off-air, her own love life ...
The Hurricane (1999)
This film tells the story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, an African-American man who rose above his troubled youth to become a top contender for the middle-weight...
The Pagemaster (1994)
Tyler knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While...
Silver Streak (1976)
Humorous tale set aboard a train bound from Los Angeles to Detroit. Gene Wilder plays an editor who becomes involved in art forgery and a murder plot, as well...
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
A young girl finds that all the books she chooses in the library have been previously checked out by the same boy. Later she meets a very infuriating fellow... ...
Suburban Girl (2007)
Based on stories from the bestselling book The Girls' Guide To Hunting And Fishing, Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Grudge) stars in this f...
Griffin & Phoenix (2007)
Griffin is divorced, living in a flat in Manhattan while his sons and ex live in the family home in Westchester. He gets bad news from his oncologist: cancerou...
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)
A young boy with a distant father enters a world of make-believe and magic through a portal within an antique book.
The Words (2012)
Layered romantic drama The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great Americ...
Adaptation. (2002)
Frequently cynical screenwriter Charlie Kaufman has just taken on a new assignment. That is, to adapt writer Susan Orlean's "The Orchid Thief" into a screenplay...
A Murder of Crows (1999)
An intriguing tale about a lawyer who gets disbarred. He retreats from society in order to write a book on his experiences. Along the way, he meets a man who l...
Dedication (2008)
When children's author Henry Roth (Billy Crudup) loses his longtime illustrator, his publisher sends him a new artist, Lucy (Mandy Moore). He ...
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
Last Days of Disco loosely depicts the "last days" at a disco palace, where drugs, sex and weirdness ran rampant. The story centers around a group of friends wh...
The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
The tale of three unlikely heroes - a misfit mouse who prefers reading books to eating them, an unhappy rat who schemes to leave the darkness of the dungeon, an...
The Book Thief (2013)
While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, ...
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
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 beg...
The NeverEnding Story III (1994)
While the first two movies were based on the novel by Michael Ende, this one is only based "on the characters." It transfers Fantasia into the "real" world. Bas...
Manorama Six Feet Under (2007)
SV is a government engineer but his real ambition is to write crime fiction novels. Unfortunately, his first attempt, called Manorama, sunk without a trace an...
Yes, Virginia (2009)
New animated version of the story of Virginia O'Hanlon, who inspired one of the most famous newspaper editorials. Prancer (Family Dramedy)AMC, 8 PM ETA widower'...
The Lost Empire (2001)
Driven to find the sunken mythical kingdom, a young adventurer named Milo discovers an ancient journal with clues to its hidden location. Along with a skilled...
The Fox & the Child (2008)
One autumn morning, at the bend on a path, a little girl catches sight of a fox. Fascinated to the point that she forgets all fear, she dares to go up to him....
American Animals (2018)
Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.
The Book of Henry (2017)
With instructions from her genius son's carefully crafted notebook, a single mother sets out to rescue a young girl from the hands of her abusive stepfather.
Bad Kids Go to Hell (2012)
The Breakfast Club meets The Grudge in this sexy, dark comedy-thriller! Six prep school kids from Crestview Academy, home to the spoiled offspring of society's ...
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
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 reall...
She's Dating the Gangster (2014)
Athena Dizon plays a trick on campus heartthrob and bad boy, gangster, Kenji de los Reyes. Setting up an arrangement to pretend as lovers-to make his ex jealous...
Starting Out in the Evening (2007)
Alex is not like other girls. She is a 15-year-old with a secret, one that no other can claim. Her parents keep her hidden away at a coastal town in amongst the...
La captive (2000)
An adaptation of Proust's "La Prisoniere" (book five of "Remembrance of Things Past"). Set in Paris, France, it is a serious tale of a tragic and dysfunctional ...
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
A story centered on two vampires who have been in love for centuries.
The Beast with Five Fingers (1947)
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where several murders have taken place. The alleged killer: ...
Countess Dracula (1972)
In medieval Europe aging Countess Elisabeth rules harshly with the help of lover Captain Dobi. Finding that washing in the blood of young girls makes her young...
Kicking & Screaming (2005)
Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon finds that he's also...
Winter Passing (2006)
The return of a hermit-like novelist's estranged daughter brings about a huge change for the eclectic characters now inhabiting the house. ...
The Care Bears Movie (1985)
An evil spirit attempts to undermine the Care Bears' mission to spread goodwill to children around the world.
The Lonely Guy (1984)
When shy Larry Hubbard finds his girlfriend in bed with another man he is forced to begin a new life as single. But since he can't bear being on his own he trie...
Book of Dragons (2011)
In the Great Hall, Hiccup and his fellow dragon trainers greet you as a new recruit. To get you started, the teen vikings and Gobber the Belch introduce you to ...
Necronomicon (1994)
H.P. Lovecraft, the well-known horror writer, is looking in the late thirties after the book 'Necronomicon'. He finds it guarded by monks in an old library. He...
Nefes: Vatan sagolsun (2009)
A commando team has been sent to reinforce the defense of a mountaintop relay station. The team, after a 2 day march and losing 2 members to sniper fire on the ...
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local lege...
The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
In this sophisticated saga, Andy Garcia (who also produced) plays a struggling author who reluctantly (at first) takes a job as a high-priced male escort to s...
Closet Land (1991)
A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children's stories. The entire movie takes...
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990)
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming follows the exciting life of a dashing young Ian Fleming, the mastermind behind the highly successful James Bond books and movie...
Saturday The 14th (1981)
Primarily a spoof of the Friday the 13th series, but also takes shots at several other horror films. After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discover...
The Dark Half (1993)
Novelist Thad Beaumount has buried his alter ego George Stark, a pseudonym he used when writing fiction of a darker nature than he would write using his real n...
Love Song for Bobby Long, A (2004)
A woman returns to New Orleans after her mother dies. She discovers two men living in her dilapidated house, and finds out that they have been...
The Hoax (2006)
Early in 1971, McGraw-Hill passes on Clifford Irving's new novel. He's desperate for money, so, against the backdrop of Nixon's reelection calculations, Irving...
Evilspeak (1981)
A young cadet, constantly tormented by his classmates, dreams of revenge. When he discovers an ancient satanic temple with it's attendant secrets, his vengefu...
Genius (2016)
A chronicle of Max Perkins's time as the book editor at Scribner, where he oversaw works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
Armed with a "How to..." manual, an ambitious window washer seeks to climb the corporate ladder.
The Secret of Kells (2009)
The animated story of the boy behind the famed Book of Kells.
Vampyr (1932)
A young man (Julian West) meets two sisters, a one-legged man and an old vampire (Henriette Gerard) .
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of...
I, Madman (1989)
Virginia works at a used book store. She's really into horror novels and discovers a really good book. It's called "I, Madman" and it's about an insane doctor w...
Mr. Woodcock (2007)
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 mad...
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
About an aging Swiss professor of classical languages who, after a chance encounter with a Portuguese woman, quits his job and travels to Lisbon in the hope of ...
Africa Screams (1949)
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking fellow bookseller Stanley knows a great deal about Africa they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her hen...
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (2010)
It is our national novel. Reading to Kill a Mockingbird is something we all have in common. Harper Lee's first and only novel turns 50 this summer and the autho...
Eleanor's Secret (2009)
Natanaël, seven, still doesn't know how to read. His eccentric old aunt bequeaths her house to his parents and her book collection to the young boy. Nat discove...
The Right Kind of Wrong (2013)
Leo the dishwasher falls in love with a bride on the day of her wedding - to another man.
Grave Misconduct (2008)
Following the mysterious death of a fellow member of a local Mystery Writers' Workshop, a librarian and struggling mystery novelist named Julia London steals th...
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. ...
The Singing Detective (2003)
From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.
Premutos: The Fallen Angel (1997)
Premutos is the first of the fallen Angels, even before Lucifer. His Goal is to rule the world, the living and the dead. His son should pave the way for him and...
Budapest (2009)
José Costa is a Brazilian ghost writer. Returning from a ghost writers convention his airplane is rerouted to Budapest. His life is also rerouted when he meets ...
Google and the World Brain (2013)
The most ambitious project ever conceived on the Internet: Google's master plan to scan every book in the world and the people trying to stop them. Google say t...
Nancy, Please (2012)
NANCY, PLEASE tells the story of Paul Brawley, a gifted PhD candidate at Yale University. Paul has just moved into an apartment with his pragmatic girlfriend, J...
Looking for Mr. Right (2014)
A struggling writer is forced to fake a relationship to save her career, while overlooking the love of a longtime friend.
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001)
A man is forced to confront a dangerous female jaguar and his own past through the sacrificial killing of the beast he has grown to love.
The Substance of Fire (1996)
Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by pr...
Ruby in Paradise (1993)
Ruby, a young woman, arrives in a Florida resort town during the off season to make a fresh start. She gets work as a sales clerk in a souvineer shop run by Mil...
Face Eater (2008)
Mild-mannered comic book dealer by day, mob enforcer by night.
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut's 1966 book "Cinema According to Hitchcock" influenced their work.
Shadowlands (1993)
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets a spirited poet from the U.S.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011)
After a hurricane levels his city, a young man wanders into a mysterious library where books literally come to life.
The United States Of Leland (2003)
Tells the story of a young man's experience in a juvenile detention center that touches on the tumultuous changes that befall his family and the community in wh...
The Cowboy Counsellor (1932)
A con man posing as a lawyer tries to sell copies of a phony law book. Things get serious when he has to defend a young man falsely accused of robbery. Bill Cl...
La discrète (1990)
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 wit...
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
Sinbad, the most daring and notorious rogue ever to sail the seven seas, has spent his life asking for trouble, and trouble has finally answered in a big way. F...
Ayn Rand A Sense of Life (1997)
Ayn Rand was born in 1905 in St. Petersberg, Russia. She escaped to America in 1926 amidst the rise of Soviet Communism. She remained in the United States for t...
A Christmas Village (2018)
Piper Jansen is a slick public relations genius and owner of her own company "Piper's Picks." After creating countless successful campaigns, she decides to use ...
Out of Mind The Stories of HP Lovecraft (1998)
Haunted by disturbing dreams from an inherited book, a young man becomes interested in the writings of H.P. Lovecraft.
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
Wilbur Whateley pops over to the Arkham Miskatonic University to borrow the legendary Necronomicon and Sandra Dee. But little does anyone know, Whateley isn't q...
The Hour-Glass Sanatorium (1973)
Set in pre-World War II era. A young man is on a strange train to see his dying father in a sanatorium. But the place is going to ruin and recalls a lot of memo...
Avenging Force: The Scarab (2010)
When a mystical scarab stone falls into the hand of an archaeologist, an evil villain known as the Sphinx tries to retrieve it, unaware that the stone has trans...
City in the Sea (1965)
In 1903, in Cornwall, a group of locals discover an underwater city, dating back to 1803, that hides a society of smugglers and aquatic creatures.
Kaybedenler Kulubu (2011)
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 ...
Return to Peyton Place (1961)
The residents of Peyton Place, New Hampshire, are not happy when its most famous resident, Alison Mackenzie, writes a "shocking" novel detailing the sinful secr...
The Light (2004)
Camille arrives at the island Ouessant where she was born, to sell the house of her parents. She finds a book of a certain Antoine and starts reading. A story o...
Rich Boy, Rich Girl (2018)
Two Y generation dreamers meet and begin dating through false pretenses but when their lies catch up with them they are forced to take a good look at their choi...
Don't Read This on a Plane (2020)
"Don't Read This on a Plane" is a drama-comedy about a novelist hitchhiking across Europe to complete her book tour after her publisher goes bankrupt.
Paginas De Menina (2008)
Ingrid is a young woman whose life opens up to new options when she meets her older, more experienced book store manager, Sylvia.
The Taker's Crown (2017)
The legendary King Wiglaf must assemble the most unlikely team to find The Taker's crown of power before Tome, the Titan thief, claims it and brings destruction...
A Mouthful of Air (2021)
Julie Davis writes bestselling children's books about unlocking your fears, but has yet to unlock her own. When her daughter is born, that trauma is brough...
Casting JonBenet (2017)
The unsolved death of six-year-old American beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey remains the world's most sensational child murder case. Over 15 months, responses, refl...
The Story Lady (1991)
When Grace comes to live with her daughter and son-in-law, she is eager to find a way to be useful in the community. She loves to read stories to children, and ...
Best Sellers (2021)
A cranky, retired author reluctantly embarks on a final book tour to help out a young publisher.
Jake Speed (1986)
When her sister is kidnapped by white slavers, only Grandpa knows what to do. He puts in a call to a fictional hero, Jake Speed. She is amazed to find that he a...
The Dreamer of Oz (1990)
The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.
Gonzo The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson (2008)
Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a stee...
The Official Story (1985)
After the end of the Dirty War, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
American Dreamer (1984)
Frustrated housewife/writer Cathy Palmer ghostwrites a story about Rebecca Ryan, a dashing international spy, and wins a trip to Paris. While there, she is invo...
Faye (2022)
Faye L. Ryan is a successful personal growth author mourning the loss of her husband. She retreats to a cabin on the bayou to finish her next book only to find ...
Teenage Cave Man (1958)
A young man defies tribal laws and searches for answers. The result of his quest yields knowledge of past generations.
Let It Come Down The Life of Paul Bowles (1998)
A portrait of American expatriate novelist Paul Bowles, this documentary by Jennifer Baichwal focuses on his writing and his many years living in Morocco.
Widow's Point (2019)
An author who spends a weekend locked in a haunted lighthouse as a publicity stunt for his next book becomes a target for powerful supernatural forces.
Cementerio del terror (1985)
A professor suspects that a vicious killer may have discovered a way to return from the grave and continue his violent spree. His fears are proved true when a g...
Moonage Daydream (2022)
A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey. From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen, and sanctioned by the Bowie estate.
Angel of the Night (1998)
Rebecca has inherited her grandmother's Gothic mansion and brings both her best friend an her boyfriend for a weekend. While exploring the crypts they discover ...
Jennifer's Shadow (2004)
Willful young Jennifer Cassi travels to South America to claim the inheritance of her recently deceased twin sister Johanna's house. While there Jennifer mu...
The Antique: Secret of the Old Books (2018)
Kamakura south of Tokyo has a special book store, which is operated by Shioriko. She loves her books, her store and stocks rarities and specialties. Daisuke als...
The Black Hand (2023)
Police officer Joe Petrosino seeks justice against a ruthless Italian-American gang in New York. A feature adaptation of Stephan Talty's book 'The Bla...
Blood Bride (1980)
A beautiful and charming betrothed is promised to a beautiful woman. But he is a completely insane killer and she will be his next victim. Everything that follo...
Papusza (2013)
The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, writer Jerz...
Scary Stories (2018)
A documentary about children's horror classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. It includes the author's family, scholars, folklorists, artists, and children's...
Around the Sun (2019)
Touring a repossessed chateau, a film location scout falls for its flirtatious representative, who recounts the story of an influential book written there. But ...
Protocols of Zion (2005)
A documentary about the rise of anti-Semitism in the USA after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
El autor (2017)
A man obsessed with the idea of writing "high literature" starts to cause conflicts around him to write about it.
If a Man Answers (1963)
Rich socialite Chantal marries Eugene, a photographer, and everything seems blissful until her envious friend attempts to break them up. In desperation, she tur...
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)
Charlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert.
Haunting Sarah (2005)
As a mother (Raver) deals with the death of her young son, she learns that her niece is being contacted by the boy from beyond the grave.
They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
Margaret Drew runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. The only thorn in her side is writer Michael Holmes who is writing a book on some of...
Fuimos canciones (2021)
Fashion assistant Maca has just about got her life together after a devastating breakup, when Leo, the man who broke her heart returns. Seeking support from bes...
The Stalker's Apprentice (1998)
Marcus Walwyn develops a fatal obsession for a young girl he meets on a train. Corrupted by a book he reads by the convicted serial killer Helmut Kranze he emba...
Non-Fiction (2018)
Set in the Parisian publishing world, an editor and an author find themselves in over their heads, as they cope with a middle-age crisis, the changing industry ...
These Streets We Haunt (2021)
Marcus, an artist who's lost his zeal for life, rents out his spare room to a young woman he begins to suspect is a comic book villain.
Black Magic for White Boys (2017)
In an almost ruined theater, among bizarre characters, a businessman decides to appeal to his old book of "real" magic spells to modify his financial crisis whi...
The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On (2019)
Mobeen Azhar examines the lasting effects of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.
Robin Hood Makes Good (1939)
A fox captures a group of squirrels while they're playing at "Robin Hood." The smallest of the bunch, who'd been bullied into playing the villain and thus avoid...
The Big Wish (2019)
Salma is an orphan who has spent most of her life searching out clues about her parents. One day, she discovers a special book that is filled with stories and s...
Come Live with Me (1941)
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
The Booksellers (2019)
A behind-the-scenes look at the New York rare book world.
The Retrievers (1982)
Carefree electrician Tom Cathral is recruited by The Company, and is quickly offered a full-time promotion to join the Retrievers, an elite squad of crooked sec...
The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island (1990)
It's yo-ho-ho and the bottle of fun when Ronald and his McDonaldland pals pop into a magic Tresure Island storybook, and set sail on a search for buried tr...
The Stranger (1973)
After a freak mishap, an astronaut finds himself on an almost precise copy of Earth (right down to the Plymouth cars). However, this planet has three moons, and...
The Reason I Jump (2020)
Based on the book by Naoki Higashida, this immersive film explores the experiences of non-speaking autistic people around the world.
Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)
Another entry in the "books come alive" subgenre, with possibly more books coming alive than any other. We begin with some musical numbers, notably th...
Anxiety and Depression: Proof of Happiness (2019)
Imagine a self-help book turned into a movie. A psychiatrist, inspired by a happy patient in a wheelchair, decides to conduct a study on anxiety and depression....
Out of Print (2013)
Out of Print draws us into the topsy-turvy world of the written word, illuminating the turbulent, exciting journey from the book through the digital revolution....
The Legend of the Mad Axeman (2017)
An author uncovers information for his new book which leads him to the conclusion that the Mad Axeman is more than just a legend and soon finds himself in a rac...
Speaking of the Weather (1937)
It's midnight at the bookstore and all the book and magazine characters are coming to life. When a bulldog from an adventure book uses a Boswell Sisters-li...
Life with Tom (1953)
Tom reads Jerry's best selling book, "Life with Tom" and experiences some flashbacks.
Southbound Duckling (1955)
Jerry's little duckling friend has packed his bag and is all set to fly south for the winter despite the book Jerry keeps showing him that points out that d...
Th Arrival from the Darkness (1921)
Richard Bor brings his neighbor, the landowner Drazicky, an old book. The latter tries in vain to persuade his wife Dagmar to leave. In the book Drazicky finds ...
H.G. Wells and the War of the Worlds (2005)
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Bosko's Knight-Mare (1933)
Bosko dreams of being a knight and coming to the rescue of his girlfriend.
Duck Pimples (1945)
Donald has an unpleasant evening when a mysterious book salesman comes to his door then disappears leaving Donald with a collection of whodunnit novels. He read...
Two Smart People (1946)
A fugitive negotiates a 5-year sentence for the theft of half-million dollar worth of bonds but takes a short trip before surrendering, while suspecting that a ...
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