The Time Traveler's Wife (2010): Based off the Audrey Niffenegger weeper, this movie follows the tortured but passionate romance of artist Claire and librarian Henry. Personally, I'd recommend reading the book over watching this movie, but Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana do look fantastic!
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The Hollywood Librarian (2009): This documentary looks that different images of librarians and libraries in American movies.
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The Station Agent (2004): The so-hot-right-now Peter Dinklage made his big break in this indie sleeper. Michelle Williams plays his love interest, a local librarian who is unhappily pregnant by her good-for-nothing boyfriend.
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Miranda (2003): John Simms (from the British miniseries State of Play) plays a librarian who falls for a mysterious but comely library patron (Christina Ricci).
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The Mummy (1999): In this action thriller, Rachel Weisz plays a beautiful but clumsy librarian at the library of Alexandra.
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Wings of Desire (1987): This Wim Wenders masterpiece features one of the most famous library scenes ever in the Berlin State Libary (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin). For the angels in the film, who can hear humans' thoughts, the library is one of the loudest places in the city. This is a spectacularly beautiful film, highly recommended!
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Breakfast Club (1985): What's a fate worth than death for a high school student? Having to spend Saturday in the school library! Check out this John Hughes classic and have Simple Minds stuck in your head all day.
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Ghostbusters (1984): This classic 80s sci-fi comedy has lots of great scenes in the New York Public Library, including a librarian ghost who mysteriously stacks books!
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The Music Man (1962): Featuring Marian the Librarian, queen of all librarian stereotypes. She shushes, wears her hair up in a bun, and has spiffy glasses. But when she takes down her hair, she's a total babe!
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Desk Set (1957): Watch the sparks fly between Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in this romance set in television reference library!
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It's a Wonderful Life (1956): Without George Bailey around, Mary Hatch (Donna Reed) is forced to live her life as a librarian. The horror! The horror!
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For further celebration, check out some fiction and non-fiction books featuring libraries and librarians!
