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older woman younger man relationship

5.7

♡ 28

39%

37%

Drama

morocco

Romance

writer's block

Susannah Grant Director

Rachida Brakni as Fatema Benzakour

Laura Dern as Katherine Loewe

Liam Hemsworth as Owen Brophy

Michelle Greenidge as Philippa Guscott

At an idyllic writers retreat in Morocco, a newly single novelist finds an unexpected connection with a younger man who's reevaluating his life choices.

Eternity and a Day

1998

Greek

7.9

♡ 9

95%

undocumented immigrant

Theodoros Angelopoulos Director

Bruno Ganz as Alexandros

Isabelle Renauld as Anna

Fabrizio Bentivoglio as The Poet

Mihalis Giannatos as Ticket Inspector

Famous writer Alexander contracts a terminal illness. He receives a letter from his wife describing a summer day 30 years ago, and leaves his seaside home to remember his past. This journey will allow him to wander between the past and the present, and encounter unexpected people, allowing him to collect unforgettable memories in the final moments of his life.

Cross Creek

1983

6.9

♡ 6

61%

77%

1930s

based on memoir or autobiography

Martin Ritt Director

Dana Hill as Ellie Turner

Mary Steenburgen as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Malcolm McDowell as Max Perkins

Joanna Miles as Mrs. Turner

In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.

Love and Death on Long Island

1997

6.9

♡ 1

87%

long island, new york

love

obsession

Richard Kwietniowski Director

Vince Corazza as Corey

John Hurt as Giles De'Ath

Maury Chaykin as Irving Buckmuller

Dean Gatiss as Rob

Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy. Yet when the beautiful Ronnie Bostock appears on the movie screen, Giles finds himself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions about both his own sexuality and his place in late 20th-century society.

Paper Man

2009

6.5

♡ 21

33%

long island, new york

Kieran Mulroney Director

Emma Stone as Abby

Ryan Reynolds as Captain Excellent

Lisa Kudrow as Claire Dunn

Chris Parnell as Peter

A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his imaginary Superhero friend.

She-Devil

1989

5.7

♡ 23

48%

Susan Seidelman Director

A Martinez as Garcia

Linda Hunt as Hooper

Jack Gilpin as Larry

Meryl Streep as Mary Fisher

A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.

Scare Us

2021

4.6

♡ 8

Charlotte Lilt Director

Charlotte Lilt as Claire / Anne / Little Girl Voice

Maria Amorocho as Esther

Jose Rosete as Hal

Tom Sandoval as Peter Metus

A chilling horror anthology comprising five short stories, penned by an unlikely group of aspiring writers, in Sugarton - a small town plagued by the apparent return of an infamous serial killer, dubbed "Cutthroat." They've come to share their scary stories (with each other and the bookstore owner, Peter, who leads the group), but soon discover they've become the stars of a sick killer's own twisted tale.

Wildcat

2023

5.8

♡ 14

59%

Ethan Hawke Director

Steve Zahn as

Willa Fitzgerald as Elizabeth Hardwick

Maya Hawke as Flannery O'Connor

Liam Neeson as Priest

Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O'Connor visits her mother Regina in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old. Struggling with the same disease that took her father’s life when she was a child and desperate to make her mark as a great writer, this crisis pitches her imagination into a feverish exploration of belief.

Believer

2024

4.7

♡ 7

husband wife relationship

cult

Horror

investigative journalism

Sheldon Wilson Director

Peter Mooney as David Moore

Martin Roach as Detective Brener

Jonathan Potts as Eddy Hall

Lauren Lee Smith as Michelle Moore

A young writer is attacked by a notorious cult leader and mass murderer, a man who exerts an inexplicable control over his followers. When she claims no memory of the attack, her family begins to question her motives.

Descent Into Hell

1986

French

5.3

♡ 3

alcoholism

based on novel or book

Crime

Drama

marriage crisis

older man younger woman relationship

Thriller

Francis Girod Director

Sophie Marceau as Lola / wife

Marie Dubois as Lucette Beulemans

Betsy Blair as Mrs. Burns

Hippolyte Girardot as Philippe Devignat

The marriage of the famous writer Alan and his young wife Lola is in a crisis. On a vacation in Haiti Lola wants to decide if their relationship still has a future...

Deadline

2009

4.6

♡ 9

20%

Sean McConville Director

Brittany Murphy as Alice

Marc Blucas as David

Thora Birch as Lucy

Tammy Blanchard as Rebecca

A screenwriter travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.

Miller's Girl

2024

husband wife relationship

5.2

♡ 64

30%

school

teachers and students

teacher student relationship

Thriller

Jade Bartlett Director

Bashir Salahuddin as Boris Fillmore

Jenna Ortega as Cairo Sweet

Martin Freeman as Jonathan Miller

Christine Adams as Joyce Manor

A talented young writer embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher assigns a project that entangles them both.

BuzzKill

2012

4.2

♡ 3

Steven Kampmann Director

Darrell Hammond as Karaoke Killer

Krysten Ritter as Nicole

Reiko Aylesworth as Sara

Martin Short as Wyatt's Agent

Failed writer Ray Wyatt is ready to take his own life when a notorious serial murderer steals his latest movie script and begins publicizing it. Revived by the sudden deluge of celebrity, Ray starts tracking the killer to recover the manuscript.

The Lesson

2023

6.1

♡ 12

77%

70%

independent film

psychological thriller

Alice Troughton Director

Stephen McMillan as Bertie Sinclair

Crispin Letts as Ellis

Julie Delpy as Hélène Sinclair

Richard E. Grant as J.M. Sinclair

Liam, an aspiring and ambitious young writer, eagerly accepts a tutoring position at the family estate of his idol, renowned author J.M. Sinclair. But soon, Liam realizes that he is ensnared in a web of family secrets, resentment, and retribution. Sinclair, his wife Hélène, and their son Bertie all guard a dark past, one that threatens Liam’s future as well as their own.

Adaptation.

2002

7.7

♡ 93

90%

85%

alligator

based on novel or book

Spike Jonze Director

Judy Greer as Alice the Waitress

Gary Farmer as Buster Baxley

Nicolas Cage as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

Nancy Lenehan as Kaufman's Mother

Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.

The Single Moms Club

2014

5.5

♡ 15

Tyler Perry Director

Terry Crews as Branson

Zulay Henao as Esperanza

Amy Smart as Hillary

Nia Long as May

A group of single moms are brought together in the aftermath of an incident at their children's school.

Sophie's Choice

1982