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1. Unforgiven (1992)
R | 130 min | Drama, Western
Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris
Votes: 437,318 | Gross: $101.16M
2. Airport 1975 (1974)
PG | 107 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Votes: 11,973 | Gross: $47.29M
3. The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.
Director: Breck Eisner | Stars: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Votes: 110,147 | Gross: $27.37M
4. Des (2020)
Not Rated | 48 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1983, Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home.
Stars: David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins, Ron Cook
Votes: 20,875
5. The Wife (I) (2017)
R | 99 min | Drama
A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Director: Björn Runge | Stars: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons, Christian Slater
Votes: 42,976 | Gross: $9.60M
6. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The young apprentice of a magical, eccentric toy store owner learns to believe in herself, and in her friends, upon learning some grave news about the future.
Director: Zach Helm | Stars: Natalie Portman, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Bateman, Ted Ludzik
Votes: 47,732 | Gross: $32.06M
7. F for Fake (1973)
PG | 89 min | Documentary
A documentary about fraud and fakery.
Directors: Orson Welles, Gary Graver, Oja Kodar, François Reichenbach | Stars: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, François Reichenbach, Elmyr de Hory
Votes: 18,351
8. The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Romance
After a series of misunderstandings, the head of an aerospace research laboratory begins to suspect that his new girlfriend is a Russian spy.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Arthur Godfrey, John McGiver
Votes: 5,253
9. Greed (I) (2019)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Satire about the world of the super-rich.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Caroline Flack, Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Isla Fisher
Votes: 8,500
10. The Thirteenth Tale (2013 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
Follows aging novelist Vida Winter, who enlists a young writer to finally tell the story of her life including her mysterious childhood spent in Angelfield House, which burned to the ground when she was a teenager.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Janet Amsden, Alice Barlow, Isabel Barlow, Emily Beecham
Votes: 3,075
11. The City of Your Final Destination (2009)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance
Omar wants to write an authorized biography on a dead writer and travels to a farm in Uruguay to meet the trustees - the writer's brother, widow and cute mistress/mother of his daughter.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Omar Metwally, Anthony Hopkins, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Nicholas Blandullo
Votes: 3,247
12. The Theatre Bizarre (2011)
Not Rated | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A modern horror omnibus inspired by the over-the-top shocks of Paris' early 20th century 'Theatre du Grand Guignol'. Enola Penny sneaks into an abandoned theater and witnesses six bizarre tales.
Directors: Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten, Tom Savini, Richard Stanley | Stars: Udo Kier, Virginia Newcomb, Amanda Marquardt, Amelia Gotham
Votes: 4,480
13. Wired (1989)
R | 112 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career, while journalist Bob Woodward researches Belushi's life as he prepares to write a book about the late comic actor.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Michael Chiklis, Ray Sharkey, J.T. Walsh, Patti D'Arbanville
Votes: 951 | Gross: $1.09M
14. Me and Kaminski (2015)
124 min | Comedy, Drama
Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Jesper Christensen, Amira Casar, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 1,532
15. King of the Underworld (1939)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After the killing of her husband by friendly fire during a police raid, Dr. Carole Nelson tries to find gangster Joe Gurney to clear her name with the medical board.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson, John Eldredge
Votes: 1,602
16. Masks (1987)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hired to write a biography of a television personality, a reporter spends a few days at the man's country estate with the eccentric extended family.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Robin Renucci, Bernadette Lafont, Monique Chaumette
Votes: 1,719
17. Five and Ten (1931)
Passed | 89 min | Drama, Romance
After her businessman father moves her family from Kansas City to New York, a woman falls in love with an engaged man.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Marion Davies, Leslie Howard, Richard Bennett, Irene Rich
Votes: 1,445
18. The Great Man's Lady (1941)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A 100-year-old pioneer woman tells her story in flashbacks.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, K.T. Stevens
Votes: 851
19. Saint-Ex (1996)
PG | 82 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Miranda Richardson, Janet McTeer, Ken Stott
Votes: 226
20. A Place Among the Living (2003 TV Movie)
103 min | Drama
A mediocre pulp novelist is approached by a stranger claiming to be a serial killer with a proposition to chronicle his crimes.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Christian Vadim, Thierry Gibault, Valérie Kaprisky, Cécile Bois
Votes: 118
21. The Last Mitterrand (2005)
116 min | Biography, Drama
A young journalist (Lespert) helps the French President compile his memoirs.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Jalil Lespert, Philippe Fretun, Anne Cantineau
Votes: 1,068
22. Two Days (2011)
76 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Pyotr Drozdov, a high-ranking government official from Moscow, is summoned by the local governor to a provincial museum of a half-forgotten classical writer.
Director: Avdotya Smirnova | Stars: Fedor Bondarchuk, Kseniya Rappoport, Evgeniy Muravich, Irina Rozanova
Votes: 924
23. Montgomery Clift (1983)
122 min | Documentary, Biography
The tragic life of method actor Montgomery Clift. a very talented but deeply troubled star addicted to alcohol and drugs, is recounted by friends and co-workers.
Director: Claudio Masenza | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Judy Balaban, Patricia Bosworth, Brooks Clift
Votes: 88
24. John Ford Goes to War (2002)
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
When World War II broke out, John Ford, in his forties, commissioned in the Naval Reserve, was put in charge of the Field Photographic Unit by Bill Donavan, director of the soon-to-be-OSS. ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Thurman | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Ward Bond, Michael Curtiz, Jane Darwell
Votes: 153
25. David McCullough: Painting with Words (2008 TV Movie)
TV-G | 40 min | Documentary
[HBO] HD. Author/historian David McCullough welcomes viewers into his public and private world in this documentary.
Director: Mark Herzog | Stars: David McCullough, Rosalee McCullough
Votes: 161
26. Cet amour-là (2001)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama
Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside, it is also a film that revels in the insights that Marguerite Duras' writing affords.
Director: Josée Dayan | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Aymeric Demarigny, Christiane Rorato, Sophie Milleron
Votes: 370 | Gross: $0.07M
27. Hardcover (2008)
88 min | Comedy, Crime
Christopher, 31, tolerably good-looking but frustrated single and proud owner of a little Renault car, is dreaming of a celebrated career as an author. But he is stuck on writing dime ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Zübert | Stars: Lucas Gregorowicz, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Justus von Dohnányi, Anna Dereszowska
Votes: 574
28. Entourage (2000)
95 min | Drama
Director: Noel Frankel | Stars: Derek Michalak, Bruno Amato, Nick Benedict, Philippe Brenninkmeyer
Votes: 98
29. The Killer & I (2015)
TV-14 | 10 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Horror legend Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th Part 7-X, Hatchet 1-3) and the author of his biography, Mike Aloisi, travel the world and have insane adventures.
Stars: Kane Hodder, Mike Aloisi
Votes: 16
30. Bird Gone Wild: The Woody Woodpecker Story (2018)
13 min | Documentary, Short
The story of Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker from the early days at Universal Pictures to the creation of brand new cartoons in 2018. Featuring contributions from Woody experts and of course, Woody himself.
Director: Matthew Snead | Stars: Joe Adamson, Augusto Barranco, Eric Bauza, Jerry Beck
Votes: 10
31. Straw Dogs: Garner Simmons (2002 Video)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Archival interview, produced by the Criterion Collection in 2001, with biographer Garner Simmons who wrote "Peckinpah: A Portrait in Montage."
Stars: Ken Law, Garner Simmons
32. Hovory s TGM (2018)
80 min | Biography, Drama, History
On 26 September 1928, Karel Capek and President T.G. Masaryk meet in the gardens of Topolcianky castle to decide about the fate of their joint literary work. Their fiction film dialogue is ... See full summary »
Director: Jakub Cervenka | Stars: Jan Budar, Martin Huba
Votes: 176
33. Muscat (2012)
3 min | Short, Biography
Muscat is a short biography about Maltese fashion designer Kevin Muscat.
Director: Louis Martins
34. The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel (2005 Video)
Unrated | 13 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
The Joan Crawford crime thriller, The Damned Don't Cry (1950), is the topic of discussion for various interviewees.
Director: George Tzimopoulos | Stars: Joan Crawford, Glenn Erickson, Boze Hadleigh, Drew Casper
Votes: 174
35. Contender: Mastering the Method (2001 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short
An in-depth analysis and celebration of the famous "I coulda been a contender" scene between Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger in the classic film "On the Waterfront".
Director: David Naylor | Stars: James Lipton, Jeff Young, Patricia Bosworth, Rod Steiger
Votes: 52
36. Het koninkrijk (2014–2015)
Documentary, History
To celebrate the Netherlands' 200th anniversary as a kingdom, Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal and Waldemar Torenstra tell the story of the origin and history of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Dutch Royal Family.
Stars: Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal, Waldemar Torenstra, Jeroen van Zanten, Dik van der Meulen
37. Inside Out Show: Michael Levine (2002 Video)
Biography
Director: Michael Levine | Star: Ed Begley Jr.
38. The Making of the Monarch (2013)
Documentary, Music
Director: Jame Knight | Stars: Louisa Aberdeen, Jerome Bleau, Fitzroy Brann, Dennis Brown
39. Iroltha (2013)
5 min | Short, Biography
Iroltha is the creative partnership between Sharuzen (Barbora Gazurova) and Lesthet (Michal Jancula). This biographical short uncovers the origins of their partnership.
Director: Louis Martins
40. Rosie (II) (2013)
3 min | Short, Biography
Rosie is a biographical short highlighting the work of an English artist.
Director: Louis Martins
41. Walking the Earth (2015)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Early in 2015 Louis Martins began creating 'Walking the Earth', an auto-biographical travel documentary concerning the educational phase of his career.
Director: Louis Martins | Star: Louis Martins
42. Ver para leer (2007–2008)
30 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Juan Sasturain invites us to be part of the amazing world of the books.
Star: Juan Sasturain
45.
Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode:
Unauthorized Obituary
(1991)
TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A murdered writer leaves a devoted sister, a grieving husband, and a tangle of secrets for Jessica to sort.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Barbara Bain, Sam Behrens, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 315
46.
Rosemary & Thyme (2003–2006)
Episode:
Seeds of Time
(2006)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The house of a respected, long-dead botanist becomes sought after because it's believed to contain seeds of a now-extinct plant that may offer a cure for malaria.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Felicity Kendal, Pam Ferris, Margaret Tyzack, Lucy Scott
Votes: 194
47.
Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode:
The Orchids Curse
(1990)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cooper remembers the message under his bed. Shelly and Bobby begin Leo's home care. Sternwood hears pretrial motions and declares Leo not fit for trial. Nadine comes home, still thinking she's in high school.
Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 4,468
48.
The Real... (1998–2004)
Episode:
Linda Lovelace
(2002)
63 min | Documentary
Takes a look at the rise and fall of Linda Lovelace, the first porn star.
Directors: Andrew Abbott, Russell Leven | Stars: Mark Kermode, Leslie Hendry, Howard Booker Bridges II, John Cumiskey
Votes: 86
49.
Privileged (2008–2009)
Episode:
All About Defining Yourself
(2008)
TV-PG | 42 min | Comedy
Megan tells Laurel she wants to write a biography about her, but Laurel wants to hire a ghost writer to write the book which makes Megan feel left out. But later, Megan investigates and ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Lazarus | Stars: JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Lucy Hale, Ashley Newbrough, Michael Cassidy
Votes: 42
50.
Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
Episode:
Seddon
(2020)
44 min | Documentary, Crime, History
The barristers return to their examination of the case of Frederick Seddon from S.3 Ep.9. 1 year on they learn what Seddon's relative's research has uncovered, the theory of a crime writer and new information discovered by a biographer.
Directors: David McConnell, Emily Wallis | Stars: Tony Hirst, Jeremy Dein, Sasha Wass, David Radford