Best Sellers

Sep 9, 2021

1h 40m

★ 6.3

Overview

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

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Item 7

Wishing Tree Productions

Téléfilm Canada

Crave

CBC Films

SODEC

Screen Media Films

Best Sellers Trailers

Cast

Harris Shaw

Michael Caine

Lucy Stanbridge

Aubrey Plaza

Jack Sinclair

Scott Speedman

Rachel Spence

Ellen Wong

Halpren Nolan

Cary Elwes

Joseph Stanbridge

Luc Morissette

Drew Davis

Veronica Ferres

Phil Rosen

Frank Schorpion

Dr. Chen

Florence Situ

Verne Olson

Philip LeMaistre

Sister France

Linda Joyce Nourse

Hipster - Lizard Lounge

Sebree Laurie

Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to discover a live-in tenant who is not prepared to budge. His apartment is a viager—an ancient French real estate system with complex rules pertaining to its resale—and the feisty Englishwoman Mathilde Girard, who has lived in the apartment with her daughter Chloé for many years, can by contract collect monthly payments from Mathias until her death.

4.7

Pride and Prejudice

Dec 5, 2003

In this contemporary LDS twist on Jane Austen's iconic novel, Elizabeth Bennet is a hard-working, intelligent college student who won't even think about marriage until she graduates. But when she meets Jack Wickham, a good-looking playboy, and Darcy, a sensible businessman, Elizabeth's determination is put to the test. Will she see through their exteriors and discover their true intentions?

6.1

Miss Austen Regrets

Feb 3, 2008

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.

5.2

Alex & Emma

Jun 20, 2003

Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.

5.4

Her Alibi

Feb 3, 1989

A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thinking her innocent, but as she shows more and more interesting abilities (such as knife throwing) he begins to doubt his first assessment.

7.0

The Magnificent One

Nov 23, 1973

A writer of pulpy book series in which he's the hero and his beautiful English roommate is the love interest attempts to finish his new book in time at the publisher's demand.

6.6

The Whole Wide World

Sep 8, 1996

In 1930s Texas, pulp fiction master Robert E. Howard is introduced to Novalyne Price, a teacher with aspirations of becoming an author herself, and they begin a unique relationship filled with conversation and imagination. Although the possibility exists for romance, Howard's obsession with his work and dedication to his sick mother leads Price to look elsewhere for love, leaving Howard feeling betrayed and alone.

6.6

Morvern Callar

Nov 1, 2002

After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent her life.

4.7

Crashing

Jan 23, 2007

It sounds like a budding writer's dream: a bestselling first novel, a luxurious house in Malibu, and a trophy wife... But it all unravels when writer's block and a failed marriage send Richard McMurray out into the streets.

6.0

The Trouble with Jessica

Apr 5, 2024

Sarah and Tom are in terrible financial trouble. On the brink of losing everything, they’ve managed to find a buyer for their stylish London home. When their best friends Richard and Beth come round for a final dinner, an uninvited old friend, Jessica, tags along.

0.0

Cope 2 Kings Destroy

Jan 23, 1999

NYC Graffiti Documentary "Kings Destroy" straight from the boogie down Bronx and right into your living room, with guest appearances by KRS-1, FAT JOE, CASE II, SEEN, and many more...

0.0

The Writer's Room

Aug 11, 2021

Two writers work to generate story ideas for their next film against the deadline of their pitch meeting in the morning.

5.6

Aami

Feb 9, 2018

Aami is a biopic based on the life of the renowned poet and author Kamala Das, who was fondly referred by her pet name Aami. The film mainly deals with two relationships the writer had - with the husband and after his demise, with a suitor from a different religion.

5.4

Labor Pains

Jun 19, 2009

A young woman pretends to be pregnant in order to avoid being fired from her job. When that gets her a bunch of special treatment by everyone involved in her life, she tries to keep up the lie for nine months.

0.0

You're Not Gay, Right?

Dec 14, 2024

A gay office worker feels alienated due to being straight-passing and not fitting in with his peers. He dreams of a better environment and is outed, leading to a mysterious change in community.

7.0

The Front

Sep 17, 1976

A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

6.9

Trick

Jul 23, 1999

Gabriel is a young, aspiring musical composer whose life seems stuck in the First Act. When his new musical number gets a critical reception, a theatre colleague, Perry, tells Gabriel that he needs to get a life before he can write about one – so he heads straight for his local gay bar.

0.0

Kadhantharam

Jan 22, 2016

Rajaram, a writer and an orator has been fondling a dream around his son Sidharth. While the father is ensconced in these thoughts, the son Sidharth perceives such thoughts to be selfish and imprudent and dismisses them with contempt.

7.6

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Dec 11, 1967

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

6.1

The Door in the Floor

Jul 18, 2004

The lives of Ted and Marion Cole are thrown into disarray when their two adolescent sons die in a car wreck. Marion withdraws from Ted and Ruth, the couple's daughter. Ted, a well-known writer, hires as his assistant a student named Eddie, who looks oddly similar to one of the Coles' dead sons. The couple separate, and Marion begins an affair with Eddie, while Ted has a dalliance with his neighbor Evelyn.