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1. Little Women (2019)
PG | 135 min | Drama, Romance
Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.
Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen
Votes: 246,765 | Gross: $108.10M
2. The Help (2011)
PG-13 | 146 min | Drama
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 493,473 | Gross: $169.71M
3. A Haunting in Venice (2023)
PG-13 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey
Votes: 113,045
4. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones
Votes: 246,752 | Gross: $128.34M
5. You've Got Mail (1998)
PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet, both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey
Votes: 229,949 | Gross: $115.82M
6. Freaky Friday (2003)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
An overworked mother and her daughter did not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.
Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Harold Gould
Votes: 152,803 | Gross: $110.23M
7. Mr Selfridge (2013–2016)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, History
Centers on the real-life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's department store.
Stars: Ron Cook, Jeremy Piven, Tom Goodman-Hill, Amy Beth Hayes
Votes: 16,983
8. On the Rocks (2020)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young mother reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans, Jessica Henwick
Votes: 36,517
9. Mary Shelley (2017)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein.
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour | Stars: Elle Fanning, Bel Powley, Owen Richards, Joanne Froggatt
Votes: 17,809 | Gross: $0.11M
10. Shirley (2020)
R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
Director: Josephine Decker | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman
Votes: 13,352
11. 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: 42,932 | Gross: $9.60M
12. The Witches of Oz (2011– )
TV-14 | 167 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Dorothy Gale discovers that her best selling novels are actually based on suppressed childhood memories of her time in Oz, and that she may be in danger of experiencing it all over again.
Stars: Paulie Rojas, Eliza Swenson, Billy Boyd, Lance Henriksen
Votes: 1,981
13. Enid (2009 TV Movie)
82 min | Biography, Drama
Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents' rows before the father deserts the family. While training as a teacher after the Great ... See full summary »
Director: James Hawes | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew Macfadyen, Denis Lawson, Claire Rushbrook
Votes: 1,676
14. A Chance Encounter (2014)
PG | 81 min | Drama, Romance
A family man's encounter with a beautiful woman develops into a mutual fascination.
Director: Lisa Azuelos | Stars: Sophie Marceau, François Cluzet, Lisa Azuelos, Alexandre Astier
Votes: 3,621
15. Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
The author of a controversially racy best-selling book tries to hide her celebrity status from her provincial small-town neighbors, who would be scandalized if they knew.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell, Thurston Hall
Votes: 2,955
16. A Joyous Christmas (2017 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A young self-help author returns to her hometown during the Christmas holidays to promote her new book. She soon discovers the true meaning of Christmas and family.
Director: Allan Harmon | Stars: Natalie Knepp, Michael Rady, Bonnie Bedelia, Steve Bacic
Votes: 1,543
17. Les amants du Flore (2006 TV Movie)
104 min | Biography, Drama
Biographical film about French writers Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre and their relationship.
Director: Ilan Duran Cohen | Stars: Anna Mouglalis, Lorànt Deutsch, Caroline Silhol, Kal Weber
Votes: 640
18. A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Drama
Biography of American novelist Margaret Mitchell, who wrote "Gone With The Wind".
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Shannen Doherty, Dale Midkiff, Matt Mulhern, Ann Wedgeworth
Votes: 231
19. Devotion (1946)
Passed | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
Genius authors Emily and Charlotte Brontë fall in love with their curate as they seek to get their work published.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet
Votes: 1,015
20. Sophie's Revenge (2009)
107 min | Comedy, Romance
Two ex-lovers work together to win back their lost loves, but not everything goes according to plan.
Director: Eva Jin | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Bingbing Fan, Peter Ho, So Ji-seob
Votes: 1,459
21. A Woman in Grey (1920)
235 min | Drama
After the murder of Mrs. Haynes, resident of the old Armory homestead, there is an ever increasing intensity of the struggle for possession of the Amory code, in which lies the secret of the Amory fortune.
Director: James Vincent | Stars: Arline Pretty, Henry G. Sell, Fred C. Jones, John Heenan
Votes: 61
22. Murder on the Orient Express: Interview with producer Richard Goodwin (2017 Video)
18 min | Short, History, Mystery
Star: Richard Goodwin
23. Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill (2004)
87 min
Susanna and Catharine were brought up in a large estate in England. They married soldiers and both couples headed to Canada only to be disappointed. Catharine, a lover of nature, adapted better than Susanna, a society person.
Director: Susan Dando | Stars: Severn Thompson, Jane Spidell, Kelli Fox, Richard Clarkin
Votes: 11
24. On Set with 'Fallen' Author Lauren Kate (2017 Video)
3 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Mark Ciardi, Scott Hicks, Lauren Kate, Addison Timlin
25. Agatha Christie: A Portrait (2014 Video)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Star: Mathew Prichard
26. A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900 (1975 TV Movie)
26 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Behind the scenes documentary on the making of Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975).
Stars: Patricia Lovell, Dominic Guard, John Jarratt, Joan Lindsay
Votes: 23
27. No Picnic at Hanging Rock (2004 Video)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Truth or Fiction? Justin Murphy investigates the fascinating characters in Peter Weir's masterpiece 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'. But did events on Valentine's Day 1900, described in the book ... See full summary »
Stars: Justin Murphy, Peter Weir
28. A Woman of Our Time (1972)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Director: Peter Tammer | Star: Myra Roper
30. The Strength of the Weak (1916)
50 min | Drama
Pauline D'Arcy just emerging from girlhood, meets and is attracted by a man many years her senior whom she knows by the name of Abbott. Abbott fascinates the inexperienced girl and makes ... See full summary »
Director: Lucius Henderson | Stars: Mary Fuller, Edwards Davis, Harry Hilliard, Curtis Benton
31. Monkey Grip: Audio Interview with Writer Helen Garner (1983 Video)
15 min | Short, Biography, Talk-Show
Stars: Steve Stockwell, Helen Garner
32. Kylie Tennant (1986)
45 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Erika Addis | Stars: Elizabeth Riddell, Kylie Tennant
33. Closed for Winter: Interviews with Natalie Imbruglia, James Bogle and Georgia Blain (2009 Video)
27 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Natalie Imbruglia, James Bogle, Georgia Blain
34.
The Snoop Sisters (1972–1974)
Episode:
The Female Instinct
(1972)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A spinster and her widowed sister, who are also mystery writers, try to track down the killer of a former movie star.
Director: Leonard Stern | Stars: Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Charlie Callas, Jill Clayburgh
Votes: 216
35.
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (1998–2000)
Episode:
Speedy Death
(1998)
TV-14 | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
The "notorious" Mrs Adela Bradley stops off at her ex-husband's funeral on her way to her goddaughter's engagement party, little suspecting that she will soon be attending the funeral of one of the guests.
Director: Audrey Cooke | Stars: John Alderton, Simeon Andrews, Lynda Baron, Tom Butcher
Votes: 368
36.
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2000–2001)
Episode:
The White Knight Stratagem
(2001)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dr. Joseph Bell helps the police investigate the murder of a money lender; but old animosity between him and the officer in charge leads to conflict.
Director: Paul Marcus | Stars: Ian Richardson, Charles Edwards, Rik Mayall, Annette Crosbie
Votes: 379
37.
Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode:
Patricia Cornwell: Stalking the Ripper
(2002)
Not Rated | Documentary, Biography, Music
Crime novelist Patricia Cornwell attempts to prove that Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper.
Stars: Patricia Cornwell, Linda Fairstein, Paul Ferrara, Marcella Fierro
Votes: 27
38.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Death on the Nile
(2004)
TV-14 | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wealthy American heiress honeymooning on a Nile cruise ship is stalked by a former friend, whose boyfriend she had stolen before making him her new husband.
Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: David Suchet, James Fox, Emma Griffiths Malin, JJ Feild
Votes: 4,151
39.
Friends (1994–2004)
Episode:
The One with Mrs. Bing
(1995)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Chandler's flamboyant romance-novelist mother comes to visit, and Joey catches her kissing Ross. Meanwhile, Monica and Phoebe fight over a guy in a coma.
Director: James Burrows | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc
Votes: 6,446
40.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
Happy Families
(1992)
TV-14 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The head of a wealthy but dysfunctional family is found bludgeoned to death in the family estate as Morse is forced to deal with the resultant media frenzy.
Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Sukie Smith, Gwen Taylor
Votes: 824
41.
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
Episode:
Operation Blackout
(1994)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A citywide blackout forces the Daily Planet staff to publish the paper without modern technology. Lois and Clark discover the blackout was caused by terrorists set to hijack a satellite - one of whom is Lois's best friend from college.
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Justin Whalin
Votes: 298
42.
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (1998–2000)
Episode:
Death at the Opera
(2000)
TV-14 | 60 min | Mystery, Thriller
Mrs Bradley revisits her alma mater and during a school performance of the Mikado, one of the lead singers is murdered.
Director: James Hawes | Stars: Annabelle Apsion, Roy Barraclough, Elaine Claxton, Peter Davison
Votes: 176
43.
The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986–2011)
Episode:
Episode dated 16 September 2003
(2003)
TV-PG | News, Talk-Show
Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Madonna, Kyle Andrew, Kim Cattrall
44.
Murder by the Book (2006– )
Episode:
Lisa Scottoline
(2006)
Documentary, Crime
The case of 37-year-old schoolteacher Susan G. Reinert, who was murdered by morphine injection in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1979.
Directors: Emma Webster, Gabe Torres | Stars: Ron McLarty, Floyd Baxter, G. Larry Butler, Ben Feuer
45.
Is It Real? (2005– )
Episode:
Jack the Ripper
(2006)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History
Is it Real looks at the case of Jack the Ripper and examines suspects of two recent theories: the artist Walter Sickert and the occultist Robert D'Onston Stephenson.
Stars: Liam Shannon, Suzie Amor, Angela Bell, Marc Aeon Bradley
Votes: 27
46.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Third Girl
(2008)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a seemingly neurotic young heiress tells Ariadne Oliver and Poirot that she thinks she may have killed someone, her ex-nanny is found with her wrists slashed.
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: David Suchet, David Yelland, Jemima Rooper, Zoë Wanamaker
Votes: 2,075
47.
Murder by the Book (2006– )
Episode:
Sandra Brown
(2007)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime
Housewife and church-member Betty Gore is found murdered in her own home. She has been axed to death 41 times. Wylie Police Department's investigation tracks down Betty's friend Candace ... See full summary »
Directors: Brian Coughlin, David Cargill, Gabe Torres | Stars: Ron McLarty, Thaine H. Allison Jr., Michael Boseman, Michael Garvin
48.
Granada Reports (1992– )
Episode:
28 October 2019: Evening Bulletin
(2019)
30 min | News
Stars: Ashley Derricott, Elaine Willcox, Mel Barham, Steve Blackie
49.
Murder by the Book (2006– )
Episode:
Lisa Gardner
(2007)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime
Best-selling author Lisa Gardner presents the case of 25-year-old South Berwick, ME resident Amy St. Laurent. After St. Laurent disappears, what follows is a vast, multi-jurisdictional ... See full summary »
Directors: Scooter Yancey, Gabe Torres | Stars: Ron McLarty, Teresa Berkin, John Boatman, Michael Boseman
Votes: 7
50.
Murder by the Book (2006– )
Episode:
Faye Kellerman 2
(2007)
Documentary, Crime
On the Yom Kippur holiday in 1985, an affluent Jewish-American couple is shot to death in the parking garage of their Brentwood, California condo.
Directors: Scooter Yancey, David Cargill, Brian Coughlin, Gabe Torres | Stars: Ron McLarty, Daniel Bloom, G. Larry Butler, Alexis Campanella