diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 74ff6d3..0f87cdc 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ repos:
       - id: docformatter
         args: [--in-place, --pre-summary-newline, --make-summary-multi]
   - repo: https://github.com/myint/autoflake
-    rev: v1.5.1
+    rev: v1.5.3
     hooks:
       - id: autoflake
         args: ['--in-place', '--remove-all-unused-imports', '--remove-unused-variable']
         exclude: ".*(.fits|.fts|.fit|.txt|tca.*|extern.*|.rst|.md|__init__.py)$"
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 22.6.0
+    rev: 22.8.0
     hooks:
     - id: black
       exclude: ".*(.fits|.fts|.fit|.txt|.csv)$"
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 09ac3e8..0000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# Exclude specific files
-# All files which are tracked by git and not explicitly excluded here are included by setuptools_scm
-# Prune folders
-prune build
-prune docs/_build
-prune docs/api
-prune .circleci
-prune .github
-prune .jupyter
-prune binder
-
-# exclude a bunch of common hidden files, you probably want to add your own here
-exclude .mailmap
-exclude .gitignore
-exclude .gitattributes
-exclude .editorconfig
-exclude .zenodo.json
-exclude *.yml
-exclude *.yaml
diff --git a/hvpy/__init__.py b/hvpy/__init__.py
index 6fe14b1..a86fdde 100644
--- a/hvpy/__init__.py
+++ b/hvpy/__init__.py
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 from .datasource import *
 from .event import *
 from .facade import *
-from .utils import create_layers, create_events
+from .helpers import createMovie
+from .utils import create_events, create_layers, save_file
 from .version import __version__
diff --git a/hvpy/helpers.py b/hvpy/helpers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b04aa48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hvpy/helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import time
+from typing import Union, Optional
+from pathlib import Path
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from hvpy.api_groups.movies.queue_movie import queueMovieInputParameters
+from hvpy.facade import downloadMovie, getMovieStatus, queueMovie
+from hvpy.utils import _add_shared_docstring, save_file
+
+__all__ = [
+    "createMovie",
+]
+
+
+@_add_shared_docstring(queueMovieInputParameters)
+def createMovie(
+    startTime: datetime,
+    endTime: datetime,
+    layers: str,
+    events: str,
+    eventsLabels: bool,
+    imageScale: float,
+    format: Optional[str] = "mp4",
+    frameRate: Optional[str] = "15",
+    maxFrames: Optional[str] = None,
+    scale: Optional[bool] = None,
+    scaleType: Optional[str] = None,
+    scaleX: Optional[float] = None,
+    scaleY: Optional[float] = None,
+    movieLength: Optional[float] = None,
+    watermark: Optional[bool] = True,
+    width: Optional[str] = None,
+    height: Optional[str] = None,
+    x0: Optional[str] = None,
+    y0: Optional[str] = None,
+    x1: Optional[str] = None,
+    y1: Optional[str] = None,
+    x2: Optional[str] = None,
+    y2: Optional[str] = None,
+    size: Optional[int] = None,
+    movieIcons: Optional[int] = None,
+    followViewport: Optional[int] = None,
+    reqObservationDate: Optional[datetime] = None,
+    overwrite: bool = False,
+    filename: Union[str, Path] = None,
+    hq: bool = False,
+    timeout: float = 5,
+) -> Path:
+    """
+    Automatically creates a movie using `queueMovie`, `getMovieStatus` and
+    `downloadMovie` functions.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    {Insert}
+    overwrite
+        Whether to overwrite the file if it already exists.
+        Default is `False`.
+    filename
+        The path to save the file to.
+        Optional, will default to ``f"{starttime}_{endtime}.{format}"``.
+    hq
+        Download a higher-quality movie file (valid for "mp4" movies only, ignored otherwise).
+        Default is `False`, optional.
+    timeout
+        The timeout in minutes to wait for the movie to be created.
+        Default is 5 minutes.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from hvpy import createMovie, DataSource, create_events, create_layers
+    >>> from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+    >>> movie_location = createMovie(
+    ...     startTime=datetime.today() - timedelta(days=15, minutes=5),
+    ...     endTime=datetime.today() - timedelta(days=15),
+    ...     layers=create_layers([(DataSource.AIA_171, 100)]),
+    ...     events=create_events(["AR"]),
+    ...     eventsLabels=True,
+    ...     imageScale=1,
+    ...     filename="my_movie",
+    ... )
+    >>> # This is to cleanup the file created from the example
+    >>> # you don't need to do this
+    >>> from pathlib import Path
+    >>> Path('my_movie.mp4').unlink()
+    """
+    input_params = locals()
+    # These are used later on but we want to avoid passing
+    # them into queueMovie.
+    input_params.pop("overwrite")
+    input_params.pop("filename")
+    input_params.pop("hq")
+    input_params.pop("timeout")
+    res = queueMovie(**input_params)
+    if res.get("error"):
+        raise RuntimeError(res["error"])
+    timeout_counter = time.time() + 60 * timeout  # Default 5 minutes
+    while True:
+        status = getMovieStatus(
+            id=res["id"],
+            format=format,
+            token=res["token"],
+        )
+        if status["status"] in [0, 1]:
+            time.sleep(3)
+        if status["status"] == 2:
+            break
+        if time.time() > timeout_counter:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Exceeded timeout of {timeout} minutes.")
+        if status["status"] == 3:
+            raise RuntimeError(status["error"])
+    binary_data = downloadMovie(
+        id=res["id"],
+        format=format,
+        hq=hq,
+    )
+    if filename is None:
+        filename = f"{res['id']}_{startTime.date()}_{endTime.date()}.{format}"
+    else:
+        filename = f"{filename}.{format}"
+    save_file(
+        data=binary_data,
+        filename=filename,
+        overwrite=overwrite,
+    )
+    return Path(filename)
diff --git a/hvpy/tests/test_helper.py b/hvpy/tests/test_helper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96a1188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hvpy/tests/test_helper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from datetime import datetime
+
+import pytest
+
+from hvpy.datasource import DataSource
+from hvpy.helpers import createMovie
+from hvpy.utils import create_events, create_layers
+
+
+def test_createMovie(start_time, end_time, tmp_path):
+    f1 = tmp_path / "movie"
+    result = createMovie(
+        startTime=start_time,
+        endTime=end_time,
+        layers=create_layers([(DataSource.AIA_171, 100)]),
+        events=create_events(["AR"]),
+        eventsLabels=True,
+        imageScale=1,
+        filename=f1,
+    )
+    assert isinstance(result, Path)
+    assert result.exists()
+    assert result == tmp_path / "movie.mp4"
+
+    result = createMovie(
+        startTime=start_time,
+        endTime=end_time,
+        layers=create_layers([(DataSource.AIA_171, 100)]),
+        events=create_events(["AR"]),
+        eventsLabels=True,
+        imageScale=1,
+        filename=f1,
+        overwrite=True,
+    )
+    assert isinstance(result, Path)
+    assert result.exists()
+    assert result == tmp_path / "movie.mp4"
+
+
+def test_createMovie_with_none_filename(start_time, end_time):
+    result = createMovie(
+        startTime=start_time,
+        endTime=end_time,
+        layers=create_layers([(DataSource.AIA_171, 100)]),
+        events=create_events(["AR"]),
+        eventsLabels=True,
+        imageScale=1,
+    )
+    assert isinstance(result, Path)
+    assert result.exists()
+    result.unlink()  # clean up
+
+
+def test_createMovie_timeout(start_time, end_time, tmp_path):
+    f1 = tmp_path / "movie"
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+        createMovie(
+            startTime=start_time,
+            endTime=end_time,
+            layers=create_layers([(DataSource.AIA_171, 100)]),
+            events=create_events(["AR"]),
+            eventsLabels=True,
+            imageScale=1,
+            filename=f1,
+            timeout=0.5,
+        )
+
+
+def test_error_handling2(tmp_path):
+    f1 = tmp_path / "movie"
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+        createMovie(
+            startTime=datetime(2010, 1, 1),
+            endTime=datetime(2010, 1, 2),
+            layers=create_layers([(DataSource.AIA_171, 100)]),
+            events=create_events(["AR"]),
+            eventsLabels=True,
+            imageScale=1,
+            filename=f1,
+        )
+
+
+def test_error_handling(tmp_path):
+    f1 = tmp_path / "movie"
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+        createMovie(
+            startTime=datetime(2010, 1, 1),
+            endTime=datetime(2010, 1, 2),
+            layers=create_layers([(DataSource.AIA_171, 100)]),
+            events=create_events(["AR"]),
+            eventsLabels=True,
+            imageScale=1,
+            filename=f1,
+        )
diff --git a/hvpy/tests/test_utils.py b/hvpy/tests/test_utils.py
index 10a48b3..eddc1a0 100644
--- a/hvpy/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/hvpy/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def test_save_file(tmp_path):
     )
     save_file(res, f1, overwrite=False)
     assert f1.exists()
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="already exists"):
+    with pytest.raises(FileExistsError, match="already exists"):
         save_file(res, f1, overwrite=False)
     save_file(res, f1, overwrite=True)
     assert f1.exists()
diff --git a/hvpy/utils.py b/hvpy/utils.py
index 0c2a3d3..2d4d031 100644
--- a/hvpy/utils.py
+++ b/hvpy/utils.py
@@ -148,5 +148,5 @@ def save_file(data: bytearray, filename: Union[Path, str], overwrite: bool = Fal
     if isinstance(filename, str):
         filename = Path(filename)
     if filename.exists() and not overwrite:
-        raise ValueError(f"{filename} already exists. Use overwrite=True to overwrite.")
+        raise FileExistsError(f"{filename} already exists. Use overwrite=True to overwrite.")
     filename.write_bytes(data)