A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution but the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

2017

French

6.1

♡ 4

Arnaud Xainte Director

Mickey Rooney as Self

Ava Gardner as Self

Nicole Calfan as Self

Michael Garady as Self

A barefoot contessa, a screwed-up princess, an exquisite drunk, a bawdy aristocrat, a nightmare for puritanical America and the moguls of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ava Gardner never stopped loving those she loved. She turned women green and made men sweat. And rejected with all her force the bulwark of normality.

Top Five

2014

English

6.4

♡ 40

85%

Chris Rock Director

Luis Guzmán as Bobby the Cop

Kevin Hart as Charles

Greta Lee as Pill Girl

Matthew Wilkas as Ryan

Though he began in stand-up comedy, Andre Allen hit the big-time as the star of a trilogy of action-comedies about a talking bear but now he wants to be taken seriously. His passion project about the Haitian Revolution, a movie called Uprize, was panned by the NY Times film critic. A couple days before the wedding to his reality star fiancée, he's forced to spend the day with Chelsea Brown, a profile writer for the New York Times. Unexpectedly, he opens up to her, and as they wind their way across New York, he tries to get back in touch with his comedic roots.

The Female Animal

1957

English

6.1

♡ 4

96%

older woman younger man relationship

rebellious daughter

Romance

suicide attempt

Harry Keller Director

Jan Sterling as Lily Frayne

Ann Doran as Nurse

Jane Powell as Penny Windsor

Gregg Palmer as Piggy

Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley, pursues him, and soon he's the 'caretaker' of her beach house. Vanessa's sexy, alcoholic adult daughter Penny accidentally meets Chris, who rescues her from an 'octopus' boyfriend. Before you know it, Chris is involved with both mother and daughter, and his only way out is to take a job in a Mexican picture about man-eating orchids...

The Oscar

1966

English

5.2

♡ 4

12%

Russell Rouse Director

Ethelreda Leopold as Club Patron

Harry Fleer as Director

Tony Bennett as Hymie Kelly

John Dennis as Sid

An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to win.

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

1991

English

5.8

♡ 2

Action

Drama

movie star

Paul Wendkos Director

Paul Dooley as Hal Roach

Robert Davi as Lucky Luciano

John O'Hurley as Pat DiCicco

Maryedith Burrell as Patsy Kelly

When '30s film star Thelma Todd dies mysteriously, her relationship with New York mobster Lucky Luciano is investigated.

Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood

2021

English

7.3

♡ 1

James F. Robinson Director

Sid Caesar as Self

Larry Karaszewski as Self

Beau Bridges as Self

Martin Landau as Self

A melancholy and affectionate look at the global obsession with movies, "TINSEL - The Lost Movie About Hollywood" was lost for 30 years and never shown publicly. An outside-in, inside-out view of the Motion Picture Industry circa 1990, it is a film about fame in general and the love of movies in particular. The film includes new footage offering perspective from the 21st century. The film examines the uncertain future the industry faces in its second century, as technology and new platforms change the movie-watching experience forever.

The Love Goddesses

1965

English

6.9

♡ 6

Saul J. Turell Director

Jayne Mansfield as Self

Ingrid Bergman as Self

Sophia Loren as Self

Myrna Loy as Self

This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.

September 30, 1955

1977

English

6.3

♡ 2

53%

James Bridges Director

Lisa Blount as Billie Jean

Dennis Quaid as Frank

Tom Hulce as Hanley

Richard Thomas as Jimmy J.

A young Southerner loses his grip on reality when his favorite movie star James Dean suddenly dies in a car crash.

Rocky Mountain Christmas

2017

English

6.5

♡ 7

62%

Tibor Takács Director

Marci T. House as Delilah

Chris Shields as Jacobs

Jason Schombing as Peter

Lindy Booth as Sarah McKinney

Sarah Davis heads to her uncle’s struggling ranch to escape New York and the spotlight from a recent breakup. Returning home for the first time since her aunt passed, complications arise when Graham, an entitled Hollywood star, arrives at the ranch to prepare for his next film. As Sarah and Graham start to bond, Sarah may get more for Christmas than she bargained for.

The Last of Robin Hood

2013

English

5.7

♡ 16

27%

Richard Glatzer Director

Dakota Fanning as Beverly Aadland

Kevin Kline as Errol Flynn

Susan Sarandon as Florence Aadland

David Kronawitter as Reporter #5

Errol Flynn, the swashbuckling Hollywood star and notorious ladies man, flouted convention all his life, but never more brazenly than in his last years when, swimming in vodka and unwilling to face his mortality, he undertook a liaison with an aspiring actress, Beverly Aadland. The two had a high-flying affair that spanned the globe and was enabled by the girl's fame-obsessed mother, Florence. It all came crashing to an end in October 1959, when events forced the relationship into the open, sparking an avalanche of publicity castigating Beverly and her mother - which only fed Florence's need to stay in the spotlight.

The Love Lottery

1954

English

5.5

♡ 3

Charles Crichton Director

Mark Baker as Maxie

Theodore Bikel as Parsimonious

Gordon Jackson as Ralph

Humphrey Bogart as Self - Cameo Appearance

Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he relocates to a remote Italian village where unanticipated trouble arises when unwittingly he becomes the prize for an international lottery.

The Flip Side

5.1

Marion Pilowsky Director

Eddie Izzard as Henry

Hugh Sheridan as Nigel

Vanessa Guide as Sophie

Tiriel Mora as The Mechanic

Centred around Ronnie, a struggling restaurateur who is mired in debt and the fallout from her previous short-lived romance with British actor Henry. Ronnie’s now living with laidback, loyal Jeff, but her world is turned upside down when Henry returns to Australia with his French lover Sophie in tow.

Hostage: Missing Celebrity

2021

Korean

6.3

♡ 14

Pil Gam-Sung Director

Yoo-Mi Lee as Ban So-yeon

Jeong-min Hwang as Hwang Jeong-min

Lee Ho-Jung as Saet-byeol

Jung Jae-Won as Yong-tae

A box office star has to prove his action credentials in the real world when he's kidnapped and held for ransom.

The Star

1952

English

6.9

♡ 5

25%

Stuart Heisler Director

Frank J. Scannell as Auctioneer

James Anderson as Bailey - Actor playing Jed Garfield in The Fatal Winter

Bette Davis as Margaret Elliot

John Indrisano as Projectionist

Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen, and one-time professional colleague Jim Johannsen, Margaret remains convinced that she can regain her former glory. As she sets her sights on a coveted Hollywood role, Johannsen tries doggedly to get his unrequited love to see the folly of her ways.

Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star

2023

English

6.2

♡ 12

Tom O'Dell Director

Thomas Arnold as Narrator

Tom Cruise as Self

Richard Roeper as Self

A.A. Dowd as Self

Tom Cruise - actor, producer, daredevil. The face of Hollywood in the 1980s, after a mid-career meltdown, his future looked in doubt. But through a single-minded commitment to entertaining audiences worldwide, he has risked life and limb and fought his way back to the very top. In an entertainment world dominated by superheroes and fantasy franchises, he stands alone… the last movie star.

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985

English

7.6

♡ 30

93%

Woody Allen Director

Dianne Wiest as Emma

Milo O'Shea as Father Donnelly

Peter McRobbie as The Communist

Juliana Donald as Usherette

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

The Devil You Know

2013

English

3.3

♡ 4

29%

blackmail

career

dead husband

mother daughter relationship

James Oakley Director

Barbara Garrick as Joan Stone

Lena Olin as Kathryn Vale

Jennifer Lawrence as Young Zoe

Rosamund Pike as Zoe Hughes

Kathryn Vale is a reclusive ex-movie star with a dark secret and a daughter hoping to follow in her mother's movie-star footsteps. When Kathryn attempts to make a career comeback, she is threatened by an anonymous blackmailer. The resulting events force Kathryn to confront the truth about herself and those around her.

I'm Still Here

2010

English

6.1

♡ 16

53%

38%

Action

actor playing themself

Casey Affleck Director

Ben Stiller as Ben Stiller

Natalie Portman as Natalie Portman

Bruce Willis as Self

John Travolta as Self

I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.

Finding You

2020

English

6.4

♡ 35

53%

91%

Action

based on young adult novel

Brian Baugh Director

Vanessa Redgrave as Cathleen Sweeney

Natalie Britton as Gemma Quinlan

Fiona Bell as Nora Callaghan

Katherine McNamara as Taylor Risdale

Finley, a talented aspiring violinist, meets Beckett, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small coastal village in Ireland. An unexpected romance emerges as the heartthrob Beckett leads the uptight Finley on an adventurous reawakening, and she emboldens him to take charge of his future, until the pressures of his stardom get in the way.

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Madhouse

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

Top Five

The Female Animal

The Oscar

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood

The Love Goddesses

September 30, 1955

Rocky Mountain Christmas

The Last of Robin Hood

The Love Lottery

The Flip Side

Hostage: Missing Celebrity

The Star

Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star

The Purple Rose of Cairo

The Devil You Know

I'm Still Here

Finding You