'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.

The Holiday

2006

English

7.0

♡ 136

51%

Nancy Meyers Director

Jude Law as Graham

Kate Winslet as Iris

Rufus Sewell as Jasper

Jack Black as Miles

Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.

Gods and Monsters

1998

English

7.3

♡ 21

96%

Bill Condon Director

Jack Plotnick as Edmund Kay

Rosalind Ayres as Elsa Lanchester

Martin Ferrero as George Cukor

Ian McKellen as James Whale

It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, hires a handsome young gardener, the flamboyant director and simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship, which will change them forever.

Hitchcock

2012

English

6.8

♡ 35

59%

husband wife relationship

movie actor

movie business

Romance

Sacha Gervasi Director

Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock

Helen Mirren as Alma Reville

Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh

Jessica Biel as Vera Miles

Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in exchange for a percentage of the profits. His wife, Alma Reville, has serious reservations about the film but supports him nonetheless. Still, the production strains the couple's marriage.

Cobweb

2023

Korean

6.6

♡ 9

75%

Jee-woon Kim Director

Krystal Jung as Han Yu-rim

Hye-ran Yeom as Ho-se's Wife

Kang-ho Song as Kim

Yeo-bin Jeon as Shin Mi-do

In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?

Bowfinger

1999

English

6.5

♡ 25

83%

los angeles, california

movie business

Frank Oz Director

Michael Dempsey as Camera Security Guard

Robert Downey Jr. as Jerry Renfro

Eddie Murphy as Kit Ramsey / Jiff Ramsey

Barry Newman as Kit's Agent

On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio gofer, he sets out to shoot a blockbuster featuring the biggest star in Hollywood, Kit Ramsey -- only without letting Ramsey know he's in the picture.

The Pixar Story

2007

English

7.7

♡ 4

86%

Leslie Iwerks Director

Tom Hanks as Self

Robin Williams as Self

Tim Allen as Self

Randy Newman as Self

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.

Pharos of Chaos

1983

German

7.1

♡ 3

Manfred Blank Director

Charles Brauer as Narrator

Sterling Hayden as Self

Wolf-Eckart Bühler as Self

A superb, moving and thrilling interview with American actor Sterling Hayden (1916-86), held in Besançon, France, on board a dilapidated barge, when he was 65 years old. An unparalleled portrait, in his own words and without any qualms, of a legendary Hollywood star, icon of film noir and the western, who was also a marine, an OSS agent, an anti-communist informer, a writer and a wandering sailor: the hero of his own life.

Liz & Dick

2012

English

4.0

♡ 5

33%

Lloyd Kramer Director

Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor

Eyal Podell as Henry Wynberg

Brian Howe as Joseph Mankiewicz

Marco Tazioli as Paparazzi

On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood's most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world's greatest actors, Richard Burton - and she didn't leave. Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise to the paparazzi and they became the most hunted and photographed couple on earth. Their rocky, passionate, relationship, born in front of the cameras, was subsequently captured in a series of films, including The V.I.P.s and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The last of the great, extravagant stars, flaunting diamonds, yachts and private planes, they continually seized the headlines. They even divorced and married again - only to divorce again - but remain in each other's hearts. This Elizabeth Taylor - Richard Burton story is a no-holds barred account of their undying, but impossible love.

Like You Know It All

2009

Korean

6.8

♡ 3

48%

Sang-soo Hong Director

Jung-woo Ha as

Ji-won Uhm as Kong Hyeon-hee

Hyun-Jung Go as Ko Soon

Yu-mi Jung as Yoo Shin

A South Korean art house film director is first invited to serve on the panel of a film festival, then to guest lecture at a film school.

Side by Side

2012

English

7.6

♡ 34

92%

documentary filmmaking

Christopher Kenneally Director

Christopher Nolan as Himself

John Malkovich as Himself

Danny Boyle as Himself

Keanu Reeves as Himself - Host

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.

S Is for Stanley

2015

Italian

6.9

♡ 4

72%

employer employee relationship

film director

male friendship

movie business

portrait of an artist

stanley kubrick

Alex Infascelli Director

Emilio D'Alessandro as

Alex Infascelli as Himself

Clive Riche as Stanley Kubrick

Roberto Pedicini as Stanley Kubrick

The incredible story of the Italian Emilio D'Alessandro, personal driver of the great director Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999), who met Emilio by chance in London in 1971 and hired him, thus establishing a deep friendship that lasted thirty years and helped create four masterpieces of cinema. A moving tale about two seemingly opposing people who found their ideal travel companion far away from home…

The Player

1992

English

7.5

♡ 40

97%

84%

Action

based on novel or book

Robert Altman Director

Sally Kirkland as Herself

Sally Kellerman as Herself

Bruce Willis as Himself

Gina Gershon as Whitney Gersh

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

S1m0ne

2002

English

6.1

♡ 30

Andrew Niccol Director

Jay Mohr as Hal Sinclair

Susan Chuang as Lotus

Winona Ryder as Nicola Anders

Jim Rash as Studio Executive #2

The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star — the first totally believable synthetic actress.

Sullivan's Travels

1941

English

7.9

♡ 24

100%

Preston Sturges Director

Edgar Dearing as Motorcycle Cop

Edward Hearn as Policeman at Beverly Hills Station

Margaret Hayes as Secretary

Paul Newlan as Truck Driver

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

All That Jazz

1979

English

7.8

♡ 37

88%

Bob Fosse Director

Wallace Shawn as Assistant Insurance Man

Frankie Man as Comic

John Lithgow as Lucas Sergeant

CCH Pounder as Nurse Blake

Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.

A Cat in the Brain

1990

Italian

5.5

♡ 4

Lucio Fulci Director

Lucio Fulci as Dr. Lucio Fulci

Annie Belle as Nightmare Victim

Teresa Razzauti as Nightmare Victim

Brett Halsey as The Monster

The master of Italian horror, Lucio Fulci, stars as... Lucio Fulci, a filmmaker with a reputation for gruesome horror films. His body of work has started to plague his mental state, and he is haunted by the grotesque set-pieces his mind has conjured up during his career. His psychiatrist, Egon Schwarz, uses a hypnotised Fulci as an avatar to carry out his own disturbed fantasies, in hopes of ruining the master’s reputation once and for all.

Doc of Chucky

2024

English

7.6

♡ 5

Thommy Hutson Director

Brennan Elliott as Self

Danielle Bisutti as Self

Jennifer Tilly as Self

Alexis Arquette as Self / Damien

The story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such as Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, John Waters, Fiona Dourif, Perrey Reeves, Gerrit Graham, David Kirschner, and dozens more.

American Masters Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

1990

English

7.4

♡ 3

Kenneth Bowser Director

Fritz Weaver as Narrator

Paul Schrader as Self

Eddie Bracken as Self

Joel McCrea as Self

Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges.

S.O.B.

1981

English

6.4

♡ 9

81%

Blake Edwards Director

Rosanna Arquette as Babs

John Pleshette as Capitol Studios Vice-President

Richard Mulligan as Felix Farmer

Paul Stewart as Harry Sandler

A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.

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