Films about the creative crisis

Films about the creative crisis
The list of the best films about the creative crisis, selected by visitors of our site: Deadly Illusions, Deadly Crush, Tilt, Summer Villa, Pacifiction, Shadow of The Star, The Sunlit Night, The Giver, Summer '03, I Am Not a Serial Killer.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 3.7
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA

A bestselling female novelist, suffering from writer's block, hires an innocent young woman to watch over her twin children. As the novelist dangerously indulges in her new best seller, the line between the life she's writing and the one she's living becomes blurred.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA

When a painter rents a secluded cabin to jump start her creativity, she has sex with a ghost and finds herself part of his plan to bring itself back to life.

Markimdb: 5
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA

All seems normal with Joseph and Joanne. Joanne is pregnant with their first child. Life in their little urban house is cozy and familiar. But something is off about Joseph. He doesn’t seem excited about the baby. Work on his documentary is becoming increasingly untethered. As Joseph struggles to maintain the routines of his domestic life, his mask begins to slip. Late at night, while Joanne thinks he is working, Joseph prowls the streets of Los Angeles, deliberately courting danger. Joanne is growing worried about Joseph’s odd behavior. But not as worried as she should be.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA

Although a successful romance novelist, Terry Russell hasn't had luck in her own love life. After a disastrous first date with cocky, hot-shot New York chef Matthew Everston, she retreats to her friend's French villa for the summer to finish her latest novel, with her reluctant teenage daughter in tow.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama
CountryFrance, Spain, Germany, Portugal

On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the high commissioner of the Republic and French government must investigate an ongoing rumor: the sighting of a submarine whose ghostly presence could herald the return of French nuclear testing.

Markimdb: 5
Genremelodrama, drama, detective, music
CountryRussia

The popular rapper comes on tour in St. Petersburg. His fans adore and wait, he is at the peak of fame, he is confident in himself. Together with the star, his manager, musicians and a girl come. Suddenly an attempt is made on a musician. He miraculously manages to escape death, but his manager decides to hire a security guard. It turns out that the guard is ... a girl. She is a professional in her field, but in the brutal world of rap, a woman has a difficult time.

Markimdb: 6
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryGermany, Norway

Between New York City and the far north of Norway, an American painter and a Russian émigré find each other in the Arctic circle. Together under a sun that never sets, they discover a future and family that they didn’t know they had.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, South Africa, Canada
Duration01:37

    In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    A 16-year-old girl and her extended family are left reeling after her calculating grandmother unveils an array of secrets on her deathbed.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:46

    Fifteen-year old John Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he lives by rigid rules to keep himself “good” and “normal”. However, when a real monster shows up in his town he has to let his dark side out in order to stop it – but without his rules to keep him in check, he might be more dangerous than the monster he’s trying to kill.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
    CountryIndia
    Duration03:09

    Rani Padmavati - the wife of Maharawal Ratan Singh, is known for her beauty and valour in 13th century India. She captures the fancy of the reigning Sultan of Delhi, the tyrant Alauddin Khilji, who becomes obsessed with her and goes to great lengths to fulfill his greed.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:23

    After being fired, Rebecca hours back to her old home town to attend her friends wedding on Christmas Eve and visit her mother. But when she tries to return home she finds she must relive Christmas Eve over and over until she gets it right.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryCanada
    Duration02:29

    In order to escape her looming post-graduation fate that includes student debt and zero romantic prospects, Blake Conway becomes a sugar baby. As the aspiring journalist and hopeless romantic documents the adventure, she sets out on a quest to figure out if society is right to judge these women and if her own self worth comes with a price.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:09

    A college student, who sees a UFO, uses his exceptional math skills to investigate the sighting with his friends while the FBI follows closely behind.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:20

    A small-town boy needs to break through the class divide to gain acceptance from his childhood sweetheart who is in love with big city ideals.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Spain
    Duration02:28

    As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, Austria, Germany
    Duration02:07

    Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genreaction, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryTurkey

    Ömer is a police officer. After the death of his fiancée, he suffers great pain. The body of Sibel, Ömer's fiancée, was found on the top of a cliff, in a car next to a fairly old, rich business man. After the shock of her sudden death and the accusations of his love cheating on him, Ömer realizes that there is more behind her suspicious murder

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:38

      When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:21

      A young woman struggles to move on with her life after the death of her husband, an acclaimed folk singer, when a brash New York writer forces her to confront her loss and the ambiguous circumstances of his death.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:29

      A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountrySpain

      Laura and Carlos love each other as if every day was the last, and perhaps that first love intensity is what will tear them apart a year later.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:26

      A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her assumptions about what it means to grow old.

      Markimdb: 3.1
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryIndia

      Romance blossoms between young Sushrut and Michelle when they meet during the festival of Navratri. When Michelle returns home to the United Kingdom, Sushrut embarks on an adventurous journey through a strange land to win back the woman he loves.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrethriller, drama, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      An American soldier deployed at Abu Ghraib finds himself behind the walls of the infamous Hard Site, where he develops a secret friendship with an Iraqi detainee.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genremelodrama
      CountryRussia
      Duration01:12

      Sasha, a soldier, has lost his family to an airplane crush. He comes home to avenge them and plans to murder a survived pilot who is responsible for disaster. However, his plans are interrupted when he meets a girl and falls in love. 'Flight' is a story of struggle between love and hatred.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
      CountryFrance, USA

      A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and must find a way out before running out of air.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, Malta, United Kingdom

      Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, China, USA
      Duration01:59

        Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA

        Cold Moon takes place in tiny Babylon, Fla., where the granddaughter of Clark’s character is murdered by a mysterious assailant, her body sunk into the black waters of the Styx River — the river where her parents disappeared from their boat a decade earlier. Suspicion falls on a duplicitous banker and his wealthy father, played by Stewart and Lloyd.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:28

        A police officer and a psychologist investigate the deaths of five people who were killed while trying to summon ghosts.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama
        CountryCanada, France
        Duration01:23

        A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters' lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things get strange...

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountrySweden

        For Sebastian Silverberg life is all about his appearance, partying and his enormous ego. Things are going smoothly when an accident leaves him blind, forcing him to re-evaluate his life and to seek meaning beyond appearances.

        Markimdb: 4.4
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA

        FBI Agent Karl Helter and his partner Rebecca Lombardo are very close to busting a sex-trafficking ring. When they realize their investigation has crossed the path of a brutal serial killer, they team up with a Texas Ranger to put an end to the infamous 'Truck Stop Killer'.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
        CountryFrance

        Paris, the late 1960s. Madame Claude is at the head of a flourishing business dedicated to prostitution that gives her power over both the french political and criminal worlds. But the end of her empire is closer than she thinks.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:48

        A troubled young woman who, in a last-ditch effort at getting her life together, takes a job working nights as a security guard at an abandoned luxury apartment building. Stuck with a brusque rent-a-cop as her partner, she tries to not let her mind play tricks on her while she patrols the empty halls. But as the night progresses strange things begin to happen - and she realizes it may not all be in her head.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genremelodrama, drama, music
        CountrySpain

        A young musician travels to Burning Man, a psychedelic festival in the middle of the Nevada desert, in an attempt to get the impetuous girl he has fallen in love with.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrehorror, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:41

        A man descends into paranoia after trapping what he believes to be the devil in his basement, but things take a dark turn when his family unexpectedly arrive for Christmas.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        Danny, a commercial editor and documentary filmmaker attempts to finish his film, a study on relationship while navigating the relationships in his own life. Will he continue to chase the unattainable Theresa a hippy new age dancer(Caitlin Fitzgerald) or will he finally admit he's in love with his best friend Carla (Katherine Waterston) who is in an unfulfilling relationship with a political strategist(Gaby Hoffman). Manhattan Romance is a funny insightful look at contemporary life in Manhattan. It explores new age ideas and open relationship as well as true friendship and connection.

        Markimdb: 3.2
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        Seventeen years ago, Mike kills a new mother of twin girls and took the babies to a house in the woods, claiming them as his own to appease his wife's desire for kids. 10 years later Stacy flees to her uncle's old secluded cabin in those same woods to escape her abusive boyfriend. There she is haunted by the ghosts of the little girls crying for their mother.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:26

        Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:33

        A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA

        Suspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, Canada, Australia
        Duration01:51

        An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, Japan
        Duration02:03

        Diving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with no memory of the last four years. Naomi must remember who she was and figure out who she wants to be in this story of love and second chances.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryFrance, Belgium
        Duration01:51

        Set in 1958, Populaire focuses on Rose Pamphyle, who lives with her widowed father and is destined to marry a son of the local mechanic. Rose travels out of town and applies for a secretarial job with an insurance agency run by Louis Échard. Louis learns that Rose can type with extraordinary speed -- using only two fingers -- and he tells her to compete in a speed-typing competition if she wants the job.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA

        Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA

        Narcissistic, brash, and self-destructive Jimmy thinks all relationships are doomed. Cynical, people-pleasing, and stubborn Gretchen knows that relationships aren't for her. So when they meet at a wedding, it's only natural that the two of them go home together and, despite their better judgment, begin to find themselves falling for each other.

        Markimdb: 4.2
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryIndia
        Duration02:49

        Captain Jahan Bakshi rescues a Punjabi girl, Suhani. This starts a friendship that evolves into a passionate love affair.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA

        A couple agree to an open relationship with their friends, but are ill-prepared for the jealousy, heartbreak and betrayal that soon follow.




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