Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "best-selling-book"

1. American Fiction (2023)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.

Director: Cord Jefferson | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander

Votes: 82,328

2. The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama

A smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine.

Director: David Frankel | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier, Emily Blunt

Votes: 470,006 | Gross: $124.74M

3. Limitless (I) (2011)

PG-13 | 105 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

A mysterious pill that enables the user to access 100% of his brain's abilities transforms a struggling writer into a financial wizard, but it also puts him in a new world with many dangers.

Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Anna Friel, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro

Votes: 613,590 | Gross: $79.25M

4. In a Lonely Place (1950)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid

Votes: 35,428

5. A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)

Not Rated | 103 min | Biography, Drama, Family

The true feel-good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, has his life transformed when he meets a stray ginger cat. Based on the international best selling book.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Luke Treadaway, Bob the Cat, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt

Votes: 33,747 | Gross: $0.04M

6. Breaking News in Yuba County (2021)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A woman takes advantage of her growing celebrity status when the police and the public think her dead husband is just missing.

Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Allison Janney, Mila Kunis, Regina Hall, Awkwafina

Votes: 7,178

7. Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)

Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary

A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Paul Haggis, Jason Beghe, Spanky Taylor, David Miscavige

Votes: 40,945

8. The Answer Man (2009)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

A reclusive author of spiritual books is pursued for advice by a single mother and a man fresh out of rehab.

Director: John Hindman | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Taylor Pucci, Olivia Thirlby

Votes: 7,311 | Gross: $0.03M

9. Undercover Angel (1999)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

A writer with no focus in his work, becomes the unwilling babysitter of a precocious little girl who turns his life around.

Director: Bryan Michael Stoller | Stars: Yasmine Bleeth, Dean Winters, Emily Mae Young, Lorraine Ansell

Votes: 1,103

10. Birthmarked (2018)

90 min | Comedy

Two scientists raise 3 children contrarily to their genetic tendencies to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.

Director: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais | Stars: Matthew Goode, Toni Collette, Andreas Apergis, Jordan Poole

Votes: 3,660

11. Magical Christmas Ornaments (2017 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

"After a bad breakup, former Christmas lover Marie (Lowndes) loses her Christmas spirit. Trying to restore it, her mother sends Marie Christmas ornaments from her childhood, and a ... See full summary »

Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Jessica Lowndes, Brendan Penny, Farah Merani, Stephen Huszar

Votes: 1,937

12. The Guv'nor (2016)

85 min | Documentary

A feature documentary about the life of Lenny McLean, as seen through the eyes of his only son, Jamie.

Director: Paul Van Carter | Stars: Lenny McLean, Jamie McLean, Martin Askew, Guy Ritchie

Votes: 1,838

13. Without Reservations (1946)

Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Romance

En route to Hollywood, an author becomes smitten with a marine, though he is unaware of her celebrity status and is critical of her best-selling novel.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Claudette Colbert, John Wayne, Don DeFore, Anne Triola

Votes: 1,930 | Gross: $3.00M

14. Return to Peyton Place (1961)

Approved | 123 min | Drama

The residents of Peyton Place are not happy when its most famous resident, Alison Mackenzie, writes a "shocking" novel detailing the sinful secrets of the town.

Director: José Ferrer | Stars: Carol Lynley, Jeff Chandler, Eleanor Parker, Mary Astor

Votes: 1,008

15. Weird Woman (1944)

Passed | 63 min | Horror, Mystery

While on a South Seas trip, a professor falls in love and marries an exotic native woman. What he doesn't know is that she was raised by superstitious natives who believe her to be some ... See full summary »

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 1,160

16. My Dear Secretary (1948)

Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A romance novelist appoints a would-be writer as his secretary. Although she is initially dismayed by his work ethic and playboy attitude, they begin to fall in love.

Director: Charles Martin | Stars: Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Keenan Wynn, Helen Walker

Votes: 1,190

17. The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 124 min | Documentary

This is a documentary that revisits the making of Gone with the Wind (1939) with archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.

Director: David Hinton | Stars: Christopher Plummer, L. Jeffrey Selznick, David O. Selznick, Irene Mayer Selznick

Votes: 674

18. Heavens to Betsy 2 (2019)

110 min | Comedy

After Betsy Simon's book "Heavens to Betsy" becomes a bestseller, she must defend her faith when she agrees to do an interview with a self-serving media personality at the risk of destroying her credibility and career.

Director: Robert Alaniz | Stars: Karen Lesiewicz, Jim O'Heir, Steve Parks, Gary Gow

Votes: 57

19. David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago (1965)

7 min | Documentary, Short

After a short biography of author Boris Pasternak, we get a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Doctor Zhivago (1965).

Stars: David Lean, Robert Bolt, Geraldine Chaplin

Votes: 120

20. Seven-X

Horror, Thriller | Announced

A tenacious reporter becomes prey in a radical paranormal experiment after committing himself into an asylum to track a serial killer presumed executed by the state.

Stars: Jeff McDonald, Del Zamora, Catherine Duskin

21. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Graansha (2003)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An investigation into the murder of a probation officer leads Goren and Eames into the world of Irish Travellers.

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance

Votes: 356

22. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: 'Til Death Do Us Part (2000)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A female author in love with the subject of her book, a reformed death-row inmate, believes that he's contacting her through astral projection. The team discovers there's a far more sinister explanation.

Director: Luc Chalifour | Stars: Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Joanne Vannicola, Colin Fox

Votes: 12

23. QB VII (1974)
Episode: Part Three (1974)

TV-MA | 160 min | Drama, Mystery

Ignoring the advice of his wife and son, Sir Adam Kelno insists on suing Abe Cady, who has accused him of castrating Jews in a best selling book, for libel.

Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron, Dan O'Herlihy

Votes: 37

24. Wait What Really OK (2020– )
Amazon Best Selling Book Claims and The 16,000 Book Categories (2022 Podcast Episode)

Biography, News, Talk-Show

I find this to be a problem and at the same time it can take away from the authority and authenticity of genuine best sellers.

Director: Loren Weisman | Star: Loren Weisman

25. Nazi Underworld (2011– )
Episode: Hitler's Money (2011)

Documentary

Adolf Hitler's prewar finances are well documented through German tax records. Although he presented himself as a man of humble means, in truth he amassed a fortune through the sale of his ... See full summary »

Directors: Alexander Berkel, Stefan Brauburger, Tim Versteegen | Stars: Götz Aly, David Cesarani, Allan Corduner, Angelika Enderlein

Votes: 19

26. Ah! Vous écrivez? (1976–1980)
Episode: Maurice Grevisse (1980)

31 min | Short, Talk-Show

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Director: Nicolas Ribowski | Stars: Bernard Pivot, Maurice Grevisse