An Australian truck driver writes romance novels. His engaged, tomboyish, crop duster best friend's name, Ruby Vale, is unasked used as author. Complications arise when his novel takes off. Will they remain friends or...?

The Flower of My Secret

1995

Spanish

7.0

♡ 3

86%

parent child relationship

spain

suicide attempt

Pedro Almodóvar Director

Jordi Mollà as Doctor A

Nancho Novo as Doctor B

Chus Lampreave as Jacinta

Kiti Mánver as Manuela

Leo is a middle-aged writer of popular romantic novels who writes under a pseudonym, since she despises her own work. At home, her husband, who works overseas, is distant both physically and emotionally. As she reevaluates her life and writing, Leo is led to an unexpected relationship with Ángel, a sensitive newspaper editor.

Summer Villa

2016

English

6.7

♡ 5

48%

Pat Kiely Director

Tyrone Benskin as Dominic Barone

Cristina Rosato as Leslie Everston

Victor Webster as Matthew Everston

Hilarie Burton as Terry Russell

Although a successful romance novelist, Terry Russell hasn't had luck in her own love life. After a disastrous first date with cocky, hot-shot New York chef Matthew Everston, she retreats to her friend's French villa for the summer to finish her latest novel, with her reluctant teenage daughter in tow.

Love's Complicated

2016

English

6.5

♡ 7

45%

Jerry Ciccoritti Director

Ben Bass as Cinco Dublin

Corbin Bernsen as Dublin Sr.

Sherry Miller as Helen Townsend

Michael Vincent Dagostino as Waiter

Leah thinks all is fine coasting along in a relationship with the ever-predictable Edward until he surprises her and enrolls her in a conflict-management class. In the class, Leah finds herself locking horns with a handsome, radio talk-show host who thrives on making waves. Through the course, Leah develops new friendships, an inner strength she never knew she had and discovers real love should never mean settling for the easy and predictable.

My First Summer

2020

English

6.7

♡ 22

100%

Katie Found Director

Markella Kavenagh as Claudia

Steve Mouzakis as Detective Croydon

Arthur Angel as Mike

Edwina Wren as Veronica Fox

Isolated on a remote property, 16-year-old Claudia finds her world transformed when a spirited girl named Grace wanders into her garden.

Just My Type

2020

English

6.8

♡ 9

50%

Paul Ziller Director

Stephen Lobo as Peter Roth

Colleen Wheeler as Ruth

Bethany Joy Lenz as Vanessa Sills

Nicole Major as Yoga Instructor

Pop culture writer and aspiring novelist Vanessa Sills lands the interview of a lifetime with the illustrious, elusive and reclusive mystery author Martin Clayborne in his quaint rural town only to realize her own aspirations, dreams and romantic life have taken a back seat along the way. When Vanessa returns home to Portland and a mysterious gift arrives from Martin, she then makes a surprise decision, and finally takes her own advice to “go boldly in the direction of your dreams and live the life you imagine.”

Guilty of Romance

2011

Japanese

6.8

♡ 45

67%

husband wife estrangement

Sion Sono Director

Miki Mizuno as Kazuko Yoshida

Hisako Ôkata as Shizu Ozawa

Kazuya Kojima as Shoji

Kanji Tsuda as Yukio Kikuchi

In a Tokyo love hotel district, a woman is found dead in a derelict apartment. As police investigate, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To break away from the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model enacting sex in front of a camera. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade that she's still the doting wife she's supposed to be.

Mother

1996

English

6.9

♡ 15

Albert Brooks Director

Rob Morrow as Jeff Henderson

Albert Brooks as John Henderson

Lisa Kudrow as Linda

James Gleason as Waiter

A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

The Silence of the Marsh

2019

Spanish

5.0

♡ 11

Marc Vigil Director

Àlex Monner as Fran

Pedro Alonso as Q

Luis Zahera as Taxista

Javier Godino as Vicent

A successful, cold-blooded crime novelist gets involved in a kidnapping case while uncovering the corrupt ties between politicians and the local mafia in Valencia, Spain.

Lila, Lila

2009

German

6.3

♡ 4

60%

Alain Gsponer Director

Daniel Brühl as David Kern

Oliver Bröcker as Junger Händler

Peter Schneider as Ron Keller

Godehard Giese as Tobi

David, a waiter, finds an unpublished manuscript in a dresser drawer. To impress a girl, he claims to be the author. When the novel becomes a best-seller, the real author introduces himself and begins to take over David's life.

Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie

2024

English

5.9

♡ 4

63%

Kirill Serebrennikov Director

Ben Whishaw as Eddie

Donald Sumpter as Eddie's Father

Sandrine Bonnaire as Radio Host Paris

Chulpan Khamatova as TV Journalist 1

A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a political agitator, and a novelist who wrote of his greatness. Eduard Limonov’s life story is a journey through Russia, America, and Europe during the second half of the 20th century.

Argylle

2024

English

5.6

♡ 162

33%

Matthew Vaughn Director

Samuel L. Jackson as Alfie

Henry Cavill as Argylle

Louis Partridge as Aubrey Argylle

Bryce Dallas Howard as Elly Conway

When the plots of reclusive author Elly Conway's fictional espionage novels begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet evenings at home become a thing of the past. Accompanied by her cat Alfie and Aidan, a cat-allergic spy, Elly races across the world to stay one step ahead of the killers as the line between Conway's fictional world and her real one begins to blur.

Butterfly Sleep

2017

Japanese

6.4

♡ 1

Jae-eun Jeong Director

Anna Ishibashi as Anna

Shun Sugata as Ayamine Ryuji

Masanobu Katsumura as Ishii

Masatoshi Nagase as Omura

Ryoko Matsumura is a popular writer in her 50's. She also knows that she has Alzheimer’s. Ryoko Matsumura begins to teach at a university. She meets a young Korean man in his 20's. They become attracted to each other.

The Lost City

2022

English

6.1

♡ 299

78%

Adam Nee Director

Daniel Radcliffe as Abigail Fairfax

Channing Tatum as Alan / Dash

Brad Pitt as Jack Trainer

Sandra Bullock as Loretta Sage / Angela

Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to the ancient city's lost treasure that featured in her latest story. Alan, determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, sets off to rescue her.

Four Mothers

2024

English

6.8

♡ 6

92%

mother son relationship

novelist

remake

Darren Thornton Director

Dearbhla Molloy as Jean

Marie Ruane as Katie

Stella McCusker as Maude

Niamh Cusack as Maura the Medium

Edward, a gay novelist saddled with caring for his elderly mother, finally finds himself on the brink of literary success. With pressure to go on a US book tour mounting, the last thing Edward needs is his friends jetting off to Spain for an impromptu Pride holiday, leaving their mothers on his doorstep! Over a chaotic weekend, he has to juggle his burgeoning career with the care of four eccentric, combative, and wildly different ladies.

Indiscreet

1931

English

6.2

♡ 3

22%

Leo McCarey Director

Arthur Lake as Buster Collins

Gloria Swanson as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent

Nella Walker as Mrs. Woodward

Jack Byron as Party Guest

A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.

Ruby Sparks

2012

English

7.2

♡ 78

79%

Jonathan Dayton Director

Paul Dano as Calvin Weir-Fields

Aasif Mandvi as Cyrus Modi

Elliott Gould as Dr. Rosenthal

Antonio Banderas as Mort

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

The End of the Tour

2015

English

7.2

♡ 20

92%

rolling stone magazine

James Ponsoldt Director

Jesse Eisenberg as David Lipsky

John Travolta as Himself

Christian Slater as Himself

Joan Cusack as Patty

The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'

Don't Read This on a Plane

2020

English

4.9

♡ 7

67%

Stuart McBratney Director

Brenton Prince as Declan

Dominique Thomas as Ivan

Dorotheea Petre as Ksenia

Hildegard Schroedter as Maria

As novelist Jovana Fey attempts to check into the first hotel of her 3-week European book tour, she learns that her publisher has gone bankrupt. Penniless and stranded, she decides to continue the tour regardless.