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Kanopy
88
8.0
/131493/
78
/2007/
81
/2450/
4.3
/236967/
97
/62/
91
/2558/
93
/23/

8½ (1963)
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
poster
85
7.9
/95027/
74
/1799/
76
/1566/
3.8
/97892/
97
/116/
86
/3069/
92
/14/
cc age 10+

King Kong (1933)
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
83
8.0
/11246/
82
/863/
80
/188/
4.1
/40511/
98
/107/
98
/312/
76
/22/
cc age 11+

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)
Christopher Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his talent and range as an actor, before being injured in a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. After becoming a quadriplegic, he became a charismatic leader and activist in the quest to find a cure for spinal cord injuries, as well as a passionate advocate for disability rights and care.
poster
81
7.4
/120839/
72
/2581/
72
/1864/
3.8
/111961/
91
/54/
81
/2142/
88
/21/
cc age 13+

Tootsie (1982)
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
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Criterion Channel
80
7.5
/20750/
73
/442/
71
/319/
3.9
/27203/
98
/45/
81
/430/
89
/9/
cc age 13+

A Star Is Born (1954)
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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Disney Plus
81
79
8.2
/5573/
78
/334/
77
/200/
4.0
/12769/
91
/699/

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy.
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Hoopla
77
7.4
/3721/
72
/145/
70
/77/
3.7
/8068/
96
/89/
85
/21/
73
/18/

Filmworker (2018)
The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.
poster
79
77
7.7
/17544/
75
/328/
73
/277/
4.0
/19526/
80
/49/
85
/247/
86
/17/

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
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Kanopy
77
7.4
/38205/
72
/724/
71
/901/
3.8
/95632/
92
/65/
85
/718/

Contempt (1963)
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
poster
75
7.4
/247403/
75
/7128/
71
/2887/
3.7
/175800/
86
/184/
87
/10397/
73
/37/
cc age 18+

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
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Kanopy
77
75
7.3
/11696/
73
/268/
72
/230/
3.6
/12586/
100
/24/
78
/103/
77
/5/

A Star Is Born (1937)
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
poster
74
7.3
/5736/
72
/74/
70
/188/
3.6
/2096/
75
/12/
81
/50/

The Star Maker (1995)
The adventures and deceptions of a photographer who travels through small villages of 1950s Sicily pretending to work for the big film studios in Rome.
poster
The Roku Channel
74
6.8
/32790/
65
/592/
63
/419/
3.3
/15272/
84
/63/
69
/368/
80
/27/
cc age 15+

Bugsy (1991)
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.
poster
71
7.0
/2658/
71
/49/
63
/41/
3.6
/2061/
86
/22/
63
/31/

Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
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Hoopla
77
71
7.4
/7112/
77
/567/
74
/220/
3.9
/11080/
86
/29/
83
/17/
68
/6/
cc age 15+

I Am Heath Ledger (2017)
The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera.
poster
Hoopla
73
71
6.9
/14137/
70
/270/
68
/258/
3.5
/12861/
100
/12/
71
/194/
70
/12/

The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
A washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub. Goaded by his producer, the director convinces Maria to screen test for, and then star in, his next big picture. But as the producer's possessive nature and the realities of stardom weigh on Maria, she seeks a genuine lover with whom she can escape.
poster
71
6.6
/7389/
68
/78/
61
/91/
3.5
/6777/
77
/31/
70
/259/
75
/20/

I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he continued to ignore her. So she shot him. This is Valerie's story.
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Hoopla
71
7.0
/33591/
69
/732/
67
/472/
3.6
/18849/
73
/120/
79
/4179/
66
/29/
cc age 14+

Son of Rambow (2007)
Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of Rambo, Lee plans to make his own action-packed video epic.
poster
70
6.6
/26006/
69
/687/
64
/485/
3.5
/23490/
81
/37/
69
/1115/
58
/12/
cc age 16+

Fame (1980)
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
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Kanopy
70
6.9
/1025/
73
/50/
65
/35/
3.4
/1433/
73
/48/
67
/16/

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
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Amazon Prime Video
70
7.2
/9206/
69
/126/
69
/119/
3.6
/5105/
68
/31/
78
/144/
48
/8/

Frances (1982)
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
poster
69
7.0
/1193/
50
/20/
62
/21/
3.5
/871/
61
/51/

Souls for Sale (1923)
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
poster
79
69
7.7
/5964/
73
/87/
77
/240/
3.9
/8926/
80
/5/
89
/40/

Bellissima (1952)
Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria.
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The Roku Channel
71
68
6.6
/9444/
67
/294/
64
/268/
3.2
/8174/
100
/6/
66
/391/
cc age 8+

Ballet Shoes (2008)
An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But the girls must fend for themselves when Gum doesn't return from one of his adventures. Together, they nurture their passions for acting, aviation and ballet in this charming TV adaptation of Noel Streatfield's novel.
poster
67
6.5
/67232/
65
/1492/
62
/1239/
3.1
/33189/
74
/160/
66
/9090/
60
/36/
cc age 15+

In Her Shoes (2005)
Irresponsible party girl Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.
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Kanopy
66
7.0
/1728/
71
/137/
67
/50/
3.4
/1310/
72
/39/
61
/35/
64
/18/

Bettie Page Reveals All (2013)
The world's greatest pin-up model and cult icon, Bettie Page, recounts the true story of how her free expression overcame government witch-hunts to help launch America's sexual revolution. When she saw the film The Notorious Bettie Page, produced by HBO in 2006, the main person concerned reacted unequivocally: “Lies! Lies!” In a long interview recorded shortly before her death, the woman who entered the collective unconscious as the ultimate pin-up gave her version of events to director Mark Mori. In a gravelly voice, Bettie Page tells her own story and lifts the veil on areas often hidden by images that have made so many men and women fantasize since the 1950s: her abused childhood, an eclipse that lasted forty years, her mental illness. Through testimonies and unpublished archives, this documentary brings back to life a body and a face endlessly declined before our eyes, just as Bettie wanted: “I would like people to remember me as I was in the photos.”
poster
65
6.3
/882/
44
/7/
59
/21/
3.5
/3106/
64
/11/
58
/14/

Play It as It Lays (1972)
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
65
7.2
/2817/
70
/72/
70
/56/
4.0
/16401/
88
/17/
76
/70/
71
/4/

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
In Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with various pairs of actors. It's a confrontation between a couple: he demands to know what's wrong, she challenges his sexual orientation. Cameras shoot the exchange, and another camera records Greaves and his crew. Sometimes we watch the crew discussing this scene, its language, and the process of making a movie. Is there such a thing as natural language? Are all things related to sex? The camera records distractions - a woman rides horseback past them; a garrulous homeless vet who sleeps in the park chats them up. What's the nature of making a movie?
poster
64
6.5
/12062/
63
/216/
63
/180/
3.2
/6712/
58
/131/
51
/1076/
64
/38/

The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.
poster
78
64
7.6
/4206/
67
/49/
71
/52/
3.7
/2299/
92
/13/
87
/28/

Show People (1928)
Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.
poster
67
63
7.0
/9916/
70
/206/
68
/163/
3.5
/7992/
56
/16/
78
/342/
60
/8/

Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
poster
71
62
7.4
/11045/
68
/98/
68
/66/
3.6
/3302/
77
/53/

Rangeela (1995)
A poor young woman, who dreams of Bollywood fame, is caught in a love triangle between her childhood friend and a famous actor.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
61
7.4
/2638/
79
/92/
71
/67/
3.9
/3747/
98
/60/
67
/15/
75
/17/

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
A personal and captivating account of the extraordinary life and work of Ingrid Bergman (1915-82), a young Swedish woman who became one of the most celebrated actresses in world cinema.
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Kanopy
76
58
7.6
/1681/
73
/58/
68
/42/
3.6
/1934/
94
/17/
80
/27/
70
/6/

Casting By (2012)
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the most overlooked and least understood crafts in filmmaking.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
57
5.7
/12385/
63
/639/
57
/488/
2.7
/10740/
56
/178/
34
/124/
60
/40/
cc age 13+

Rules Don't Apply (2016)
It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
59
53
6.3
/7381/
60
/143/
60
/115/
3.0
/3253/
70
/44/
41
/78/
cc age 15+

The Girl (2012)
Director Alfred Hitchcock is revered as one of the greatest creative minds in the history of cinema. Known for his psychological thrillers, Hitchcock’s leading ladies were cool, beautiful and preferably blonde. One such actress was Tippi Hedren, an unknown fashion model given her big break when Hitchcock’s wife saw her on a TV commercial. Brought to Universal Studios, Hedren was shocked when the director, at the peak of his career, quickly cast her to star in his next feature, 1963’s The Birds. Little did Hedren know that as ambitious and terrifying as the production would be to shoot, the most daunting aspect of the film ended up coming from behind the camera.
poster
Kanopy
53
51
6.4
/22879/
60
/315/
59
/261/
3.1
/11456/
21
/112/
60
/3358/
45
/27/
cc age 17+

Factory Girl (2006)
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.
poster
68
51
7.0
/2892/
59
/32/
67
/38/
3.4
/2418/
83
/6/
65
/21/

What Price Hollywood? (1932)
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
poster
MGM Plus
50
5.1
/836/
57
/9/
47
/13/
3.1
/635/
50
/10/
30
/6/

A Matter of Time (1976)
During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a young woman, Nina befriends Contessa Sanziani, an elderly woman who entertains Nina with memories of her vibrant, wealthy life with Count Sanziani. Inspired by her tales of success, young Nina fantasizes about her own adventures and seeks to find the same excitement in her life.
poster
58
49
6.9
/4460/
67
/45/
71
/41/
3.2
/2450/
25
/8/
59
/43/
54
/6/

The Star (1952)
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.
poster
74
49
7.6
/1376/
72
/90/
69
/47/
3.6
/1212/
81
/43/

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010)
A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
49
5.8
/46338/
56
/736/
55
/619/
2.7
/20670/
39
/205/
37
/4287/
49
/33/
cc age 15+

Nine (2009)
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.
poster
48
5.5
/1261/
58
/12/
48
/20/
3.2
/360/
29
/11/

Maxie (1985)
When Nick and Jan move into their new apartment in San Francisco, the batty landlady upstairs tells them about a girl who used to live there in the 20's: a brash young party girl named Maxie, who died in a car crash the morning before her big audition for a Hollywood studio. The trouble is, Maxie, or rather her ghost, hasn't left the house. Worse, she can take over Jan's body. And the only way she's going to leave is if she gets that audition.
poster
47
5.6
/79346/
58
/1520/
56
/1169/
2.7
/38595/
31
/191/
27
/6073/
49
/35/
cc age 18+

The Black Dahlia (2006)
In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress.
poster
53
44
6.1
/4605/
61
/49/
56
/54/
3.0
/2523/
31
/16/
50
/59/

Inside Daisy Clover (1966)
A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.
poster
70
43
7.5
/1818/
65
/41/
67
/38/
3.7
/1793/

What's Up, Doc? (1950)
Bugs' showbiz career is recounted from babyhood to stardom. Bugs and Elmer Fudd perform the title song.
poster
MGM Plus
64
43
6.3
/1894/
56
/26/
55
/27/
3.4
/1007/
70
/10/
72
/56/

Lord Love a Duck (1966)
From his prison cell, young Alan Musgrave relates his experiences of the previous year dedicated to fulfilling every whim of beautiful and self-absorbed high school senior Barbara Ann Greene.
poster
MGM Plus
55
41
6.1
/2465/
63
/57/
57
/43/
3.4
/2295/
46
/13/
38
/22/

Valentino (1977)
The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.


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