Deconstructing Harry

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 12 Dec 1997 · English

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

Throw Momma from the Train

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 11 Dec 1987 · English

Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Larry's ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.

The World According to Garp

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 23 Jul 1982 · English

A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.

Shirley

Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 11 Sept 2020 · English

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

The Savages

Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 28 Nov 2007 · English

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

This Boy's Life

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 9 Apr 1993 · English

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

The Squid and the Whale

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 5 Oct 2005 · English

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

Wildflower

Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 17 Mar 2023 · English

The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best way to help.

The Single Moms Club

Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 14 Mar 2014 · English

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

Best Sellers

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 9 Sept 2021 · English

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

Beautiful Boy

Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 12 Oct 2018 · English

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

The Family Fang

Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 16 Apr 2016 · English

A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.