Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954

English

6.1

♡ 4

70%

Richard Brooks Director

Jean Del Val as Doctor

Thomas Browne Henry as Editor

Elizabeth Taylor as Helen Ellswirth

Angela Stevens as Pert Young Girl

Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel — until a sudden tragedy changes everything.

Evidence of Blood

1998

English

6.6

♡ 5

52%

Andrew Mondshein Director

Mary McDonnell as Dora Overton

Marnie McPhail as Edna Mae Kinley

David Ferry as Norwood

Sean McCann as Theodore Warfield

When a brilliant crime writer investigates a 40-year-old murder, he confronts a small town's worst fears.

Miss Austen Regrets

2007

English

7.0

♡ 3

Jeremy Lovering Director

Imogen Poots as Fanny Knight

Olivia Williams as Jane Austen

Tom Hiddleston as Mr. John Plumptre

Hugh Bonneville as Rev. Brook Bridges

Jane Austen is about to turn 40, but she still hasn't found her ideal man. When Jane is approached by her niece Fanny and asked to help select the perfect husband for the young girl, the aging spinster begins to wonder why it is that she never found a man to share her own life with.

The Eclipse

2009

English

6.0

♡ 2

77%

Conor McPherson Director

Iben Hjejle as Lena Morrell

Jim Norton as Malachy

Ciarán Hinds as Michael Farr

Aidan Quinn as Nicholas Holden

Michael is a widower who is struggling to adjust to his new role as the sole caretaker of his two children. Still reeling from the death of his wife, he has been plagued by terrifying apparitions. When he volunteers at a local literary festival, he finds himself drawn to Lena, an empathetic author of supernatural fiction. While Lena tries to help Michael with the mystery of his nightmarish visions, she must contend with problems of her own, as she’s being jealously pursued by self-obsessed novelist Nicholas, her one-time lover. As the festival progresses, the three adults’ lives converge and collide.

Young Adult

2011

English

6.3

♡ 43

80%

Jason Reitman Director

Patrick Wilson as Buddy Slade

Louisa Krause as Front Desk Girl

Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary

J.K. Simmons as Mavis's Publisher

A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.

Separate Tables

1958

English

7.3

♡ 18

68%

75%

Action

based on play or musical

Delbert Mann Director

Rod Taylor as Charles

Burt Lancaster as John Malcolm

Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Railton-Bell

Deborah Kerr as Sibyl Railton-Bell

The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel in this adaptation of Terence Rattigan's classic play.

Psycho Girls

1986

English

4.3

♡ 6

Jerry Ciccoritti Director

Dorin Ferber as Femme Wilson

Michael A. Miranda as Kazma

Fernne Kane as Mrs. Pearl Tusk

Michael Bockner as Mr. Victor Tusk

A woman breaks out of an insane asylum, accompanied by two crazed inmates, to kill her sister.

After the Storm

2016

Japanese

7.4

♡ 40

96%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Lily Franky as

Makoto Nakamura as

Hiroshi Abe as Shinoda Ryôta

Yôko Maki as Shiraishi Kyôko

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.

Best Sellers

2021

English

6.2

♡ 26

53%

Lina Roessler Director

Veronica Ferres as Drew Davis

Michael Caine as Harris Shaw

Scott Speedman as Jack Sinclair

Aubrey Plaza as Lucy Stanbridge

A cranky, retired author reluctantly embarks on a final book tour to help out a young publisher.

Listen Up Philip

2014

English

6.3

♡ 2

82%

Alex Ross Perry Director

Elisabeth Moss as Ashley Kane

Jess Weixler as Holly Kane

Jonathan Pryce as Ike Zimmerman

Krysten Ritter as Melanie Zimmerman

Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself.

The United States of Leland

2003

English

6.9

♡ 25

33%

juvenile detention center

Matthew Ryan Hoge Director

Jim Metzler as Cemetery Reporter

Matt Malloy as Charlie

Michael Peña as Guillermo

Ryan Gosling as Leland P. Fitzgerald

A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.

Old Gringo

1989

English

5.7

♡ 7

46%

Luis Puenzo Director

Jimmy Smits as Arroyo

Gregory Peck as Bitter

John Williams as Journalist #2

Jim Metzler as Ron

A writer forms a triangle with a schoolmarm and a Mexican general on the run.

Mistress America

2015

English

6.7

♡ 32

82%

Noah Baumbach Director

Greta Gerwig as Brooke

Michael Chernus as Dylan

Mickey Sumner as Fake Brooke

Cindy Cheung as Karen

A college freshman cures her disappointment and loneliness by allowing herself to be pulled into the wacky schemes of her future stepsister.

Twixt

2011

English

4.8

♡ 14

39%

Francis Ford Coppola Director

Alden Ehrenreich as Flamingo

Don Novello as Melvin

Bruce Dern as Sheriff Bobby LaGrange

Elle Fanning as V.

A washed-up horror novelist arrives in a sleepy town on a book tour, only to stumble into a string of eerie murders. Haunted by dreams of a ghostly girl named V and guided by the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe, he’s drawn into a nightmarish world where fiction and reality blur—and the story he’s chasing leads back to his own buried guilt.

The Squid and the Whale

2005

English

7.3

♡ 33

91%

81%

Action

brooklyn, new york city

Noah Baumbach Director

William Baldwin as Ivan

Adam Rose as Otto

Alexandra Daddario as Pretty Girl

Jesse Eisenberg as Walt Berkman

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

Blank

2022

English

4.7

♡ 19

88%

58%

Action

android

artificial intelligence

artificial intelligence (a.i.)

Natalie Kennedy Director

Rachel Shelley as Claire Rivers

Wayne Brady as Henry

Sam Baxter as News Reporter

Heida Reed as Rita

A desperate writer signs up for a fully A.I. operated retreat to cure her writer's block, but when an unforeseen software glitch occurs, she gets trapped inside her unit with an unstable android and no communication with the outside world.

In the Land of Women

2007

English

6.4

♡ 20

43%

Jon Kasdan Director

Adam Brody as Carter Webb

Ginnifer Goodwin as Janey

Kristen Stewart as Lucy Hardwicke

Aaron Ly as Police Sergeant

After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother. Once there, he gets mixed up in the lives of the mother and daughters who live across the street.

Tumbledown

2015

English

6.2

♡ 22

70%

Sean Mewshaw Director

Richard Masur as

Jason Sudeikis as Andrew McDonnell

Rebecca Hall as Hannah

Mary-Bonner Baker as Heidi

A young woman struggles to move on with her life after the death of her husband, an acclaimed folk singer, when a brash New York writer forces her to confront her loss and the ambiguous circumstances of his death.