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Kanopy
90
8.4
/258621/
81
/3751/
82
/2832/
4.4
/329171/
98
/125/
95
/3486/
94
/32/
cc age 13+

Sunset Boulevard (1950)
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
poster
84
7.9
/329615/
76
/6212/
75
/3880/
4.1
/215379/
99
/227/
88
/15179/
80
/36/
cc age 18+

The Wrestler (2008)
Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.
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Kanopy
84
8.0
/66889/
79
/1690/
79
/1121/
4.2
/116337/
91
/53/
91
/1789/
75
/15/
cc age 13+

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
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The Roku Channel
84
7.8
/254409/
76
/4709/
74
/3426/
3.8
/166738/
95
/321/
87
/6582/
89
/41/
cc age 13+

The Artist (2011)
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
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Criterion Channel
80
7.6
/8222/
74
/125/
71
/149/
3.9
/11438/
76
/17/
85
/1/

Veronika Voss (1982)
In Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine. After meeting sports writer Robert Krohn, Veronika begins to dream of a return to stardom. As the couple's relationship escalates in intensity, Veronika begins seriously planning her return to the screen -- only to realize how debilitated she has become through her drug habit.
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Hulu
79
7.2
/98478/
71
/1789/
69
/1136/
3.6
/39933/
90
/212/
76
/4993/
83
/32/
cc age 17+

Crazy Heart (2009)
When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
7.2
/392638/
69
/20578/
71
/5542/
3.8
/3144045/
89
/377/
76
/762/
78
/57/
cc age 17+

The Substance (2024)
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
poster
76
6.9
/27417/
68
/453/
66
/354/
3.5
/12412/
97
/30/
70
/385/
85
/25/

The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.
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MUBI
75
6.9
/2752/
66
/69/
62
/57/
3.5
/6826/
100
/26/
65
/6/
81
/10/

Rimini (2022)
Richie Bravo, once upon a time a successful pop star, chases after his faded fame in wintry Rimini. Trapped between permanent intoxication and concerts for busloads of tourists, his world starts to collapse when his adult daughter breaks into his life.
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FXNow
74
7.2
/485723/
72
/20764/
71
/5829/
3.5
/2828042/
88
/336/
76
/680/
71
/45/
cc age 15+

The Menu (2022)
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
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Kanopy
73
6.4
/12372/
67
/999/
64
/265/
3.4
/22711/
98
/93/
77
/5/
72
/14/
cc age 15+

Extra Ordinary (2019)
A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.
poster
72
7.1
/87281/
71
/2910/
70
/1496/
3.5
/131610/
83
/66/
77
/2125/
62
/13/
cc age 16+

Fright Night (1985)
Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.
poster
71
6.7
/21020/
67
/471/
66
/286/
3.6
/25666/
83
/87/
67
/303/
71
/18/
cc age 16+

Postcards from the Edge (1990)
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
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Kanopy
71
6.8
/9728/
70
/403/
65
/218/
3.5
/10522/
88
/119/
73
/89/
64
/32/

Born to Be Blue (2015)
Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
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Kanopy
81
70
7.7
/2551/
75
/70/
70
/47/
4.0
/4996/
97
/31/
87
/95/
85
/15/

Let's Get Lost (1988)
Documentary about jazz great Chet Baker that intercuts footage from the 1950s, when he was part of West Coast Cool, and from his last years. We see the young Baker, he of the beautiful face, in California and in Italy, where he appeared in at least one movie and at least one jail cell (for drug possession). And, we see the aged Baker, detached, indifferent, his face a ruin. Includes interviews with his children and ex-wife, women companions, and musicians.
poster
70
7.3
/288923/
73
/7845/
71
/4188/
3.4
/188596/
63
/168/
75
/6722/
64
/34/
cc age 18+

Identity (2003)
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
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fuboTV
70
7.3
/275193/
75
/9796/
73
/5689/
3.7
/309458/
59
/238/
75
/1909/
57
/42/
cc age 16+

Southpaw (2015)
Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.
poster
67
6.3
/14303/
65
/1102/
60
/310/
3.1
/15217/
92
/50/
60
/87/
70
/9/
cc age 16+

Mindhorn (2016)
A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.
poster
66
7.1
/60477/
72
/1312/
71
/784/
3.7
/55324/
55
/146/
81
/3224/
56
/35/
cc age 15+

Lords of Dogtown (2005)
The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.
poster
66
5.8
/32813/
66
/1498/
73
/2095/
3.1
/88290/
74
/1643/
cc age 9+

Another Cinderella Story (2008)
A guy who danced with what could be the girl of his dreams at a costume ball only has one hint at her identity: the Zune she left behind as she rushed home in order to make her curfew. And with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him, he sets out to find his masked beauty.
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Hoopla
72
64
7.2
/7297/
69
/97/
69
/86/
3.5
/4226/
78
/9/
77
/131/
cc age 12+

The Country Girl (1954)
An actor on the skids is given one more chance to regain his stardom, as well as his self-respect, yet his alcoholism may prevent that from happening.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
64
7.1
/11770/
67
/174/
65
/67/
3.6
/8719/
83
/18/
67
/257/
58
/4/

Luck by Chance (2009)
Not wanting the same fate as befell her sisters, Sona Mishra re-locates to Mumbai to try to make a living making movies, but she soon finds that the path she has chosen is not an easy one.
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Amazon Prime Video
64
6.5
/110887/
68
/2886/
64
/1752/
3.2
/92381/
63
/167/
68
/26279/
59
/30/
cc age 13+

Music and Lyrics (2007)
A washed-up '80s pop star gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write & record a duet with her, but there's a problem--Alex hasn't written a song in years; he's never written lyrics and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days.
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MGM Plus
63
6.7
/61812/
70
/1583/
66
/961/
3.1
/21598/
43
/127/
65
/1433/
47
/35/
cc age 13+

The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ravaged golf course of a long-ago sweetheart. Help arrives in the form of mysterious caddy Bagger Vance.
poster
62
6.5
/2241/
61
/17/
65
/36/
3.5
/1212/
65
/60/
73
/95/
54
/23/

Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)
Angela Arden is a washed up, has-been singing star who is trapped in a hateful marriage to film producer Sol Sussman. In an attempt to escape her marriage so that she can be with a hunky layabout, she poisons her husband. However, Angela's manipulative daughter, gay son and alcoholic maid are not going to make it easy for her.
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Criterion Channel
70
61
7.1
/4080/
71
/48/
62
/54/
3.6
/2738/
71
/14/
74
/55/
70
/10/

The Entertainer (1960)
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
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Amazon Prime Video
66
61
6.1
/9603/
61
/147/
57
/120/
3.2
/4187/
89
/28/
57
/485/
77
/9/

Little Fish (2005)
Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
poster
66
61
6.9
/5586/
68
/159/
68
/135/
3.2
/6787/
67
/6/
65
/80/
64
/60/

Elvis (1979)
This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant conquering of Las Vegas.
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Hoopla
63
61
6.4
/9153/
64
/338/
61
/177/
3.6
/19286/
57
/21/
66
/334/
58
/12/

Freaked (1993)
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
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Amazon Prime Video
59
6.7
/69065/
71
/2087/
66
/772/
3.6
/219578/
35
/37/
83
/7456/
47
/7/
cc age 13+

Empire Records (1995)
The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try to stop the store from being absorbed by a large chain.
poster
59
6.6
/8316/
62
/84/
62
/135/
3.3
/3319/
41
/99/
60
/236/
55
/27/

Don't Come Knocking (2005)
Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over him, that's the sad truth. Until one day Howard learns that he might have a child somewhere out there...
poster
58
5.4
/2527/
52
/31/
55
/39/
2.9
/897/
72
/18/
38
/17/
63
/23/

Mistress (1992)
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.
poster
65
58
6.4
/6844/
67
/89/
59
/92/
3.2
/3240/
81
/27/
63
/104/
62
/9/

S.O.B. (1981)
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.
poster
Criterion Channel
58
6.1
/14227/
68
/479/
60
/234/
3.0
/15553/
37
/43/
62
/285/
59
/9/

A Star Is Born (1976)
Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer Esther Hoffman after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing a few songs at one of his shows and she becomes the talk of the music industry. Esther's star begins to rise, while John's continues to fall. She tries desperately to get John to sober up and focus on his music, but it may be too late to save him.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
57
6.5
/29003/
66
/441/
64
/517/
3.1
/14391/
47
/132/
48
/384/
46
/37/
cc age 15+

Hollywood Ending (2002)
Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val blinded by love when he opts for the reconnect? Is love blind when it comes to Ellie's staunch support? Literally and figuratively, the proof is the picture.
poster
Hoopla
56
6.2
/15206/
65
/325/
61
/213/
3.1
/8076/
61
/61/
32
/119/

Twilight (1998)
A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.
poster
54
6.2
/41104/
63
/1012/
60
/614/
2.9
/22068/
40
/121/
46
/2420/
53
/28/
cc age 12+

The Rocker (2008)
In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.
poster
52
5.6
/6069/
58
/204/
53
/91/
3.0
/5887/
43
/21/
49
/201/

Shakes the Clown (1991)
Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he can't get his act under control.
poster
52
5.9
/77849/
63
/2971/
57
/1490/
2.5
/38819/
37
/194/
33
/2290/
44
/35/
cc age 14+

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on the scene.
poster
58
49
6.9
/4469/
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.
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Kanopy
64
46
6.9
/1731/
66
/42/
56
/25/
3.4
/1293/
59
/32/
80
/162/
53
/22/

Girls Will Be Girls (2003)
Nothing stirs up the competitive spirit in haggard Hollywood has-been Evie Harris like having to share a house with a younger actress like Varla. Especially since Varla happens to be the daughter of Evie's now-deceased rival! But even as their saner roommate, Coco, attempts to keep the peace, Evie's jealousy over Varla's burgeoning infomercial career is about to explode... in the most spectacular, showstopping way possible!
poster
The Roku Channel
46
5.4
/16090/
62
/418/
52
/167/
2.6
/9870/
24
/68/
52
/890/
23
/26/
cc age 15+

Ready to Rumble (2000)
Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.
poster
fuboTV
43
5.7
/32163/
60
/1143/
56
/713/
2.4
/7695/
6
/89/
41
/631/
27
/26/
cc age 13+

Playing for Keeps (2012)
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.
poster
40
4.6
/1020/
53
/15/
35
/11/
3.0
/455/
36
/13/

Americathon (1979)
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
poster
48
37
4.2
/4405/
48
/59/
51
/40/
2.7
/1158/
60
/5/
35
/34/

Raaz 3 (2012)
When an ingénue's sudden popularity threatens to shove her out of the spotlight, a movie star uses black magic in an attempt to derail her career.
poster
Kanopy
51
35
6.0
/2537/
58
/69/
53
/51/
3.2
/320/
42
/31/
34
/122/
48
/15/

Wonderful World (2009)
Ben Singer is a failed children's folk singer, a career proofreader, a less-than-extraordinary weekend dad, and perhaps the most negative man alive. Floundering in all aspects of his life, Ben's only comfort comes from regular chess games and friendly debates on game theory with his Senegalese roommate Ibou. When Ibou is suddenly struck ill, Ben's pessimistic worldview seems unequivocally confirmed. It takes an extended visit from Ibou's sister Khadi for Ben to realize that cynicism may be all a matter of perspective.
poster
64
34
6.4
/1073/
63
/31/
61
/28/
3.4
/2436/

The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973)
Chris Miller, living with her stepmother in a large secluded mansion, finds her isolation interrupted by the arrival of an unknown scythe-wielding killer.
poster
50
34
4.6
/2637/
57
/92/
53
/92/
2.6
/824/
45
/89/

Never Cry Werewolf (2008)
Loren doesn't like her new neighbor, Jared, or his vicious dog. Along with her friend Steven, Loren spies on Jared and begins to suspect he's a werewolf, responsible for a rash of disappearances. But Jared is watching her just as closely because Loren reminds him of his dead wife. As a full-moon night nears, Loren enlists the help of TV star Redd Tucker, who knows how to hunt -- and who believes her werewolf theory.


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