Movies and TvShows featuring "old-book" theme.

A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective, Lincoln Rhyme, and his partner, Amelia Donaghy, team up to investigate a series of murders in New York City. As they delve deeper into the case, they discover twisted clues and race against time to catch the killer before he strikes again.

In the rural wilderness of Ireland, a family moves into an old house and soon finds themselves facing supernatural creatures and ancient folklore that threaten their lives.

Theo, not the most popular boy at his school, dreams of escaping the dreary everyday life, experiencing adventure and accomplishing great heroic deeds. His dream seems to be fulfilled when, one day, he finds a very old and magical book in the library and fascinates him with a short hand. He forges the plan to forge a ring with his best friend Bonav and the rebellious Laura, who can make him invisible. The charm succeeds, but the three friends conjure up all sorts of dangers of magical, but also secular nature. Only the mysterious red wizard Arkandias can now help you out of trouble.

In the small town of Swann Valley, struggling writer Hall Baltimore becomes entangled in a murder mystery involving a missing daughter, a vampire, and a ghostly girl. As he delves deeper into the investigation, his own guilt and dreams blur the line between reality and fantasy.

After the death of a group of teenagers using the Ouija, the psychologist Fernanda and her son return to Peru, but they will find themselves surrounded by an evil entity as big as its wicked sect.

A student encounters a supernatural power after finding an old book in a university library. As she delves deeper into the dark secret, she becomes trapped in an evil force's sinister presence. With the forces of evil at work, she must escape before she becomes a sacrifice to the dark force.

A husband is suspected of murdering his wife, and a nosy intelligence agent investigates the brutal student murder in a British boarding school. The investigation uncovers hidden secrets within a secret society and a conspiracy involving ex-spies. As the plot thickens, the agent must navigate through a web of lies, deceit, and betrayal to uncover the truth.

The terrifying thriller tells the story of Sara (Lydia Bosch, 'Grand Hotel'), a popular novelist who after suffering a serious accident, it is host to a monastery in the north section of Italy in which dwells an ancient brotherhood. A place stuck in the past: without light, water or telephone, where the Benedictine monks, sitting in the dark, cold and silent, strictly follow the laws of Christianity.

At 165 pounds, and allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys, the Codex Gigas is the world's largest and most mysterious medieval manuscript. Filled with satanic images and demonic spells, according to legend, the cursed text sprang from a doomed monk's pact with the Devil. Now, Nat Geo follows a team of scientists as they embark on an unprecedented quest to unravel the secrets behind the book's darkened pages. Using ultra-violet fluorescence imaging, handwriting analysis and a re-creation of the text, forensic document experts attempt to uncover the cryptic truth behind this ancient Devil's Bible.

A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Mutter Museum housed there. This short film represents the first to be made by the internationally recognized Quay Brothers in the United States. While not a stop-motion animation film, a form for which the Quays are best known, the entire film is vibrantly constructed and 'animated'. Musical score by composer Tim Nelson and voice-over provided by Derek Jacobi.

A walk through the immense private library of Italian writer and thinker Umberto Eco (1932-2016).

A lonely wife takes in a young female boarder named Sarah. Her husband returns, and he can't keep himself away from the alluring Sarah, and the exotic mysteries hidden in her room. Made in Scotland in just five days for six grand, "Sarah's Room" is an intriguing and artistic tale told in haunting tones, smoky interiors and often voyeuristic camera techniques. Outstanding low budget film

In the bleak, disturbing and suspenseful universe of H.P. Lovecraft, endless horrors await. From ravaging cannibals to ancient rituals come to life, there's no escape for these hapless souls, whether they come across the Danwich outskirts or even the gruesome cover of the Necronomicon.

A young man takes shelter from a storm in an old house inhabited by a strange older man. While examining an old book, the young man begins to wonder if this house and it's host are hiding a dark secret. Based on the short story by H. P. Lovecraft.

The National Library of France is the guardian of priceless treasures that tell our history, our illustrious thinkers, writers, scholars and artists. Telling the story of the exceptional treasures of the National Library of France is like opening a great history book rich in many twists and turns. Without the love of the kings of France for books and precious objects, this institution would never have seen the light of day. The story begins in the 14th century under the reign of a passionate writer, Charles V, who set up a library in his apartments in the Louvre. But it was not until the 17th century, and the reign of Louis XIV, a lover of the arts and letters, that the royal library took over its historic quarters in the rue Vivienne in Paris, which it still occupies.

A technical problem aboard a transatlantic flight forces a plane to land in Porto Santo, the small island of Madeira's archipelago where, according to a legend, Christopher Columbus the 15th century navigator, lived for a while and entertained a sexual relationship with a widow and her nubile daughter. A girl photo journalist profits to stay the extra-needed days for repair, to visit the island - and eventually she'll become part of complex relationships among some of the secluded people of the island. Also, a yacht lost in the high seas in 1947 reappears from the misty horizon 50 years later - to unite Fanny and João, a contemporary navigator.