Jonathan Dayton

Ruby Sparks 2012

A novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.

Category: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Stars: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening

7.2 IMDB Rating 4,321 Views
Little Miss Sunshine 2006

In Albuquerque, Sheryl Hoover brings her suicidal brother Frank to the breast of her dysfunctional and emotionally bankrupted family. Frank is homosexual, an expert in Proust. He tried to commit suicide when he was rejected by his boyfriend and his great competitor became renowned and recognized as number one in the field of Proust. Sheryl's husband Richard is unsuccessfully trying to sell his self-help and self-improvement technique using nine steps to reach success, but he is actually a complete loser. Her son Dwayne has taken a vow of silence as a follower of Nietzsche and aims to be a jet pilot. Dwayne's grandfather Edwin was sent away from the institution for elders (Sunset Manor) and is addicted in heroin. When her seven-year-old daughter Olive has a chance to dispute the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, the whole family travels together in their old Volkswagen Type 2 (Kombi) in a funny journey of hope of winning the talent contest and to make a dream come true.

Category: Comedy, Drama

Stars: Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin

7.8 IMDB Rating 6,126 Views
Battle of the Sexes 2017

The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

Category: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Drama, Comedy

Stars: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough

6.7 IMDB Rating 6,057 Views