Little Women

Little Women 2019

7.88

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

2019

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Can You Ever Forgive Me? 2018

6.80

When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

2018

Late Night

Late Night 2019

6.41

A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women separated by culture and generation are united by their love of a biting punchline.

2019

Sylvia

Sylvia 2003

5.80

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

2003

Miss Potter

Miss Potter 2006

6.60

Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved children's book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", struggles for love, happiness and success.

2006

Never Goin' Back

Never Goin' Back 2018

6.10

Angela and Jessie are best friends intent on taking a wild beach trip, but when their roommate loses all of their money in a drug scam, the girls -- blissfully stoned -- go to increasingly daring and absurd lengths to get it back.

2018

Mistress America

Mistress America 2015

6.55

Tracy, a lonely college freshman in New York, is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke, an adventurous gal about town who entangles her in alluringly mad schemes.

2015

Agatha

Agatha 1979

6.30

England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.

1979

To Walk Invisible

To Walk Invisible 2016

7.19

To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.

2016

Little Girl Blue

Little Girl Blue 2023

6.20

In 2016, French writer and photographer Carole Achache took her own life. After Carole's death, her daughter Mona Achache, a film director, discovers thousands of photos, letters and recordings that Carole left behind, but these buried secrets make her disappearance even more of an enigma. Through the power of filmmaking and the beauty of incarnation with the help of actress Marion Cotillard, the director brings her mother back to life to retrace her journey and find out who she really was.

2023

Enid

Enid 2009

6.40

A poignant biography of one of the most successful and wildly-read writers of the 20th century. Her stories enthralled children everywhere but her personal struggles often proved too much.

2009

The Bronte Sisters

The Bronte Sisters 1979

5.80

In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.

1979

The Passion of Ayn Rand

The Passion of Ayn Rand 1999

4.80

Author Ayn Rand becomes involved with a much younger and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.

1999

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt 2015

7.40

The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept, the banality of evil, in her 1963 book on the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann (1906-62), held in Israel in 1961, which she covered for the New Yorker magazine.

2015

Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power 2019

6.80

The views and thoughts of Canadian writer Margaret Atwood have never been more relevant than today. Readers turn to her work for answers as they confront the rise of authoritarian leaders, deal with increasingly intrusive technologies, and discuss climate change. Her books are useful as survival tools for hard times. But few know her private life. Who is the woman behind the stories? How does she always seem to know what is coming?

2019

Loving Highsmith

Loving Highsmith 2022

6.20

The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95), told through her unpublished diaries, her own voice and that of those who knew her, both family and close friends.

2022

The Bad Mother's Handbook

The Bad Mother's Handbook 2007

7.00

Karen Cooper wants to domineer her family and believes she's its pillar. In fact she does everything wrong. Thus she messes up all their lives and futures, rather then help her loved-ones.

2007

Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple

Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple 2020

6.90

British writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published her first novel in 1920, in which the eccentric Belgian private sleuth Hercule Poirot made his debut. Later, in 1927, the first short story starring the gentle spinster Miss Jane Marple appeared. A fascinating journey through popular culture in search of the footprints of two of the most charismatic characters in crime and mystery literature.

2020

Two Sisters

Two Sisters 1991

5.60

Viola writes novels in a darkened room. Marie, her sister and only companion, takes care of her every need. Together, they are an island unto themselves, quiet and complete in their isolation. And then the abrupt arrival of a stranger throws their tenuous order into chaos. An animated short etched directly onto tinted 70 mm film.

1991

Devotion

Devotion 1946

6.00

In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Emily and Charlotte also try to help their tormented brother Branwell, a gifted artist whose life is being destroyed by alcohol.

1946

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

It's Okay to Not Be Okay 2020

8.55

Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected – a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them.

2020

H24: 24 Hours, 24 Women, 24 Stories

H24: 24 Hours, 24 Women, 24 Stories 2021

5.30

Twenty-four short films by 24 female writers, performed by 24 women actors, all based on women’s real life experiences of sexism, harassment, and violence. A diversity of female voices and talent from across Europe come together for a series that tackles head-on the everyday brutality experienced by women.

2021

One Night

One Night 2023

7.30

Three friends are forced to relive their traumatic memories from one night twenty years previously when one of them writes a book.

2023

Hard Cell

Hard Cell 2022

5.10

A Netflix comedy series written and directed by Catherine Tate set in a women's prison. Tate plays multiple characters as a documentary crew follows the inmates and staff of HMP Woldsley capturing the penal system at its brutal humorous best.

2022

Božena

Božena 2021

4.50

Biopic of Bozena Nemcová, a famous Czech 19th century writer and feminist, focused on her complicated on-off relationship with her husband Josef Nemec.

2021

The Colors of Our Time

The Colors of Our Time 2020

5.33

It tells the romance of Yu Ra a web novel writer who planed her new romance novel when she saw by chance the photographer Jung Woo but ended up being the main character of the story.

2020