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1. The Swimming Pool (1969)
16+ | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Lovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa on the French Riviera near St-Tropez. Marianne invites her former lover, Harry, and his teenage daughter, Penelope, to stay. Tension rises between them, especially when Jean-Paul seduces Penelope.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin
Votes: 12,845 | Gross: $0.03M
2. The Island (2020–2024)
48 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A deadly virus hits a small community living on an island in the North Sea.
Stars: Emily Kusche, Aaron Hilmer, Adrian Grünewald, Maximilian Brauer
Votes: 2,543
3. Fathers' Day (1997)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja Kinski
Votes: 16,525 | Gross: $28.66M
4. The Mystery of Henri Pick (2019)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
An editor discovers a novel that she considers to be a masterpiece in a library whose particularity is to collect the manuscripts refused by publishers. The text is signed "Henri Pick", a Breton pizza-maker who died two years earlier.
Director: Rémi Bezançon | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Camille Cottin, Alice Isaaz, Bastien Bouillon
Votes: 4,797
5. The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996)
115 min | Drama, Romance
About desires and lives of four characters in diverse circumstances. A poor novelist, a cheating wife, a mysophobic husband and a ticket girl.
Director: Hong Sang-soo | Stars: Park Choong-seon, Kim Eui-sung, Jo Eun Sook, Bang Eun-hee
Votes: 1,189
6. Hush (V) (2008)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A young couple on a motorway journey are drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a truck driver following a near accident.
Director: Mark Tonderai | Stars: William Ash, Christine Bottomley, Andreas Wisniewski, Claire Keelan
Votes: 7,232
7. Amanda & Jack Go Glamping (2017)
TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
With his marriage and career against the ropes, dejected author Jack Spencer (David Arquette) travels with his wife, Amanda (Amy Acker), to an isolated glamping retreat in search of a spark... See full summary »
Director: Brandon Dickerson | Stars: David Arquette, Amy Acker, Adan Canto, June Squibb
Votes: 829
8. Priest of Love (1981)
R | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow", D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Miles | Stars: Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner, Penelope Keith
Votes: 524
9. The Rat Savior (1976)
80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A poor writer discovers that a species of rats has banded together to impersonate humans and supplant them unnoticed, in a manner reminiscent of the transformations in Eugene Ionesco's ... See full summary »
Director: Krsto Papic | Stars: Ivica Vidovic, Mirjana Majurec, Relja Basic, Fabijan Sovagovic
Votes: 921
10. Saxána a Lexikon kouzel (2011)
90 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A sequel to a cult Czech fantasy comedy The Girl on a Broomstick (1972). Once upon a time, there was a young and very stubborn pupil of magic, Saxana (Petra Cernocká), who escaped from ... See full summary »
Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Jirina Bohdalová, Vladimír Mensík, Markéta Hrubesová, Petra Cernocká
Votes: 231
11. A Voyage Round My Father (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
Before creating the beloved courtroom drama Rumpole of the Bailey (1978), writer John Mortimer found inspiration in his own life for this portrait of a difficult but enduring love between ... See full summary »
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Jane Asher, Elizabeth Sellars
Votes: 233
12. Westward Passage (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Drama, Romance
A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.
Director: Robert Milton | Stars: Ann Harding, Laurence Olivier, Zasu Pitts, Irving Pichel
Votes: 368
13. Tajné sny (2004 TV Movie)
80 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Arthur Putnam is a writer of psychological-crime novels who is beginning to feel his literary inspiration drying up. His latest novel is supposed to be his swan song. However, as is often ... See full summary »
Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Anna Geislerová, Therese Herz, Emil Horváth, Vítezslav Jandák
Votes: 15
14. Dunaparti randevú (1936)
65 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Zita Perczel, Imre Ráday, Lici Balla, Gyula Csortos
Votes: 77
15. Sängkammartjuven (1959)
93 min | Comedy
Rich socialite are falsely rumored to have an affair with an author. Meanwhile, the police is searching for a cat burglar.
Director: Göran Gentele | Stars: Jarl Kulle, Gaby Stenberg, Lena Söderblom, Holger Löwenadler
Votes: 51
16. Of Gods and Pens (2024)
32 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
Facing a canceled book deal and financial despair, Ethan discovers his most prized possession, the pen of legendary author, Chester Stone, can mysteriously write on its own.
Directors: Mark Foscolo, Pete Sussi | Stars: Joseph Masi, Leyla A, CK Fernandez
17.
Brenner (1959–1964)
Episode:
Charlie Paradise: The Tragic Flute
(1964)
30 min | Crime, Drama
An old woman who hasn't seen for years is found murdered in her Greenwich Village apartment and the New York police department is stumped. Lieutenant Roy Brenner goes to his old friend, ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Ron Randell, Edward Binns, Robert Pastene, Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Votes: 10