Bookstores and libraries offer cinema a quiet, literary refuge, and these films find real warmth and meaning within their shelves. In The Shop Around the Corner (1940): Two feuding coworkers at a Budapest shop are secretly falling in love as anonymous pen pals. Worth seeking out is 84 Charing Cross Road (1987): A New York writer’s decades-long correspondence with a London bookseller blossoms into a deep friendship.
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The Booksellers (2019)
TMDB ★ 6.9
A documentary explores the eccentric world of rare book dealers and collectors in New York City.
Directed by D.W. Young · 1h 39m · Rated PG
Where to watch
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
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Library patrons stage an impromptu sit-in to protest the city's lack of shelter for the homeless during a cold snap.
Directed by Emilio Estevez · 2h 02m · Rated PG-13
Where to watch
Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, MovieMe · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
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A widow's plan to open a bookshop in a small English town draws fierce local opposition.
Directed by Isabel Coixet · 1h 50m
Where to watch
Stream: Strand Releasing Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Stream: MGM Plus Amazon Channel · Rent: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, BFI Player · Buy: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
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Stream: Foxtel Now, Beamafilm, Britbox Apple TV channel · Rent: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV, Beamafilm · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV
Two rival bookstore owners fall in love anonymously online, unaware of their real-life business feud.
Directed by Nora Ephron · 1h 59m · Rated PG
Where to watch
Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Sky Go, Now TV Cinema, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Stream: Crave, Starz Amazon Channel, Crave Amazon Channel · Rent: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video, Plex · Buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
Stream: BINGE, Foxtel Now, HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV
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