Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

2007

French

8.0

♡ 30

94%

92%

Action

based on novel or book

Julian Schnabel Director

Michael Wincott as Fashion Photographer

Marie-Josée Croze as Henriette Roi

Mathieu Amalric as Jean-Do

Max von Sydow as Papinou

Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.

Basquiat

1996

English

6.9

♡ 23

67%

Julian Schnabel Director

Gary Oldman as Albert Milo

Claire Forlani as Gina Cardinale

Willem Dafoe as The Electrician

Christopher Walken as The Interviewer

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

In the Hand of Dante

2025

English

4.8

♡ 16

44%

Action

based on novel or book

Julian Schnabel Director

Jason Momoa as

Gerard Butler as

Oscar Isaac as Dante Alighieri

Gal Gadot as Gemma Dinota

A handwritten manuscript of Dante Alighieri's poem "The Divine Comedy" makes its way from a priest to a mob boss in New York City, where it is taken by author Nick Tosches after he's asked to verify its authenticity.

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