6 Best Book Club and Reading Group Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 23, 2028

Comedy feel good

Book clubs give cinema a natural excuse to gather an ensemble cast around shared stories, friendship, and unexpected romance.

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (2022) 01

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (2022)

IMDb ★ 6.5

A grieving bookstore owner's life is transformed by an abandoned child and an unexpected romance.

The Reader (2008) 02

The Reader (2008)

IMDb ★ 7.6

A former lover's wartime secret resurfaces years later as he attends her war crimes trial.

Ella Enchanted (2004) 03

Ella Enchanted (2004)

IMDb ★ 5.6

A girl cursed with the compulsion to obey any command sets out to break the spell.

Book Club (2018) 04

Book Club (2018)

IMDb ★ 6.1

Four lifelong friends' book club reading choice reignites their romantic lives in unexpected ways.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) 05

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)

IMDb ★ 7.3

A writer investigates a mysterious wartime book club on the island of Guernsey.

The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) 06

The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

IMDb ★ 6.4

Six mismatched friends form a book club to discuss Jane Austen's novels, mirroring their own tangled lives.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.