Films like Educating Rita
Rita, a witty 26-year-old hairdresser, wants to 'discover' herself, so she joins the Open University where she meets the disillusioned professor of literature, Dr. Frank Bryant. His marriage has failed, his new girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get...
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The Professor
Film · 2019 · also comedy and dramaA world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as...
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My Favorite Year
Film · 1982 · also comedy and dramaFledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes...
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White Lie
Film · 2019 · also dramaKatie Arneson is faking cancer. A university dance major, Katie's falsified diagnosis and counterfeit fundraising have transformed her into a campus celebrity surrounded...
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Chloe and Theo
Film · 2015 · also comedy and dramaA young woman, Chloe, living by her wits on the streets of New York City, has a chance meeting with a wise Inuit Eskimo, Theo, who was sent to New York by his elders to p...
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Young Adult
Film · 2011 · also comedy and dramaA divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
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Better Living Through Chemistry
Film · 2014 · also comedy and dramaA straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs...
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A Dog Year
Film · 2009 · also comedy and dramaJon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kenne...
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The Girl in the Book
Film · 2015 · also dramaThe story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Film · 1966 · also dramaA history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple u...
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Thunderstruck
Film · 2012 · also comedyAfter NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually lea...
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