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    Martian Child (2007)

    A single man (John Cusack) who wants to be a father adopts a youngster, but trouble begins when the...

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    Shortcut to Happiness (2007)

    A struggling writer (Alec Baldwin) makes a deal with the devil (Jennifer Love Hewitt) for success...

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    The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

    In a book club devoted to the author's works, several people (Maria Bello, Amy Brenneman, Emily...

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    Carrington (1995)

    British painter Dora Carrington's (Emma Thompson) love for gay writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan...

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    The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)

    Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn board Mark Twain's flying machine. Filmed in stop-motion...

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    1408 (2007)

    A writer (John Cusack) who specializes in debunking supernatural phenomena experiences true terror...

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    Alex & Emma (2003)

    A struggling writer (Luke Wilson) falls in love with a stenographer (Kate Hudson) while trying to...

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    The Stepford Wives (2004)

    A man (Matthew Broderick) and his wife (Nicole Kidman) move to a quaint suburb where most of the...

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    Ask the Dust (2006)

    In Depression-era Los Angeles, a fiery Mexican waitress (Salma Hayek) who wants to improve her lot...

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    A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)

    A writer (Robert Downey Jr.) thinks about his childhood in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y.,...

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    Anything Else (2003)

    A writer (Jason Biggs) has problems with his live-in girlfriend (Christina Ricci) and an obsessive...

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    Nim's Island (2008)

    A fainthearted adventure writer (Jodie Foster) joins forces with a courageous youngster (Abigail...

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    Sideways (2004)

    A divorced teacher (Paul Giamatti) and his soon-to-be-married friend (Thomas Haden Church) ponder...

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    Annie Hall (1977)

    A New York comedian (Woody Allen) recalls his lost love, a kooky singer (Diane Keaton) with a style...

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    Dreamchild (1985)

    At age 80, the Alice (Coral Browne) behind ``Alice in Wonderland'' recalls the deacon (Ian Holm) who...

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    Personal Velocity (2002)

    An abused wife (Kyra Sedgwick), a cookbook editor and a pregnant woman ponder their relationships...

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    Barfly (1987)

    Charles Bukowski, the talented crown prince of self-abuse, wrote the short stories upon which the...

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    The TV Set (2007)

    A network picks up Mike Klein's (David Duchovny) pilot for a TV series, and now he must navigate...

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    Race You to the Bottom (2007)

    A bisexual invites his friend Maggie along on his business trip, writing about the Napa Valley, but...

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    Bright Lights, Big City (1988)

    Dumped by his wife (Phoebe Cates) and aided by his buddy (Kiefer Sutherland), a young Manhattan...

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    Delirious (1991)

    The head writer (John Candy) of a soap opera dreams he's a character in it, romancing two women...

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    Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

    Hannah's (Mia Farrow) husband (Michael Caine) has an affair with one sister, and her ex-husband...

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    Amos and Andrew (1993)

    A car thief (Nicolas Cage) helps inept police (Dabney Coleman) when they overreact to reports of a...

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    Just Married (2003)

    Two newlyweds (Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy) deal with meddling friends, disapproving families...

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    The Answer Man (2009)

    The grouchy, reclusive author (Jeff Daniels) of an enormously popular book on spirituality falls in...

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    The Banger Sisters (2002)

    Two former groupies (Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon), one with a family, the other with a wild...

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    Brown Sugar (2002)

    A producer (Taye Diggs) for a record company falls for his longtime friend (Sanaa Lathan) shortly...

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    Big Bad Love (2002)

    A troubled Vietnam veteran (Arliss Howard) turns to alcohol over the frustration of writing woes and...

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    The Majestic (2001)

    Residents of a 1950s coastal community mistake an amnesiac screenwriter for a soldier who never...

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    Snow Cake (2007)

    A traumatized British ex-convict (Alan Rickman) travels to a small Canadian town to inform a woman...