Genius (2016)

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.

Genres: History, Drama

What to watch after Genius

• Factory Girl (2006) — Same feel: complex, dramatic
• The Portrait of a Lady (1996) — Same feel: complex, dramatic
• Proof (2005) — Same feel: complex, dramatic
• Mary Shelley (2017) — Same feel: complex, dramatic
• The Time Machine (2002) — Same subject: new york city
• Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) — Same subject: 1930s