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HBO Max Amazon Channel
82
8.0
/117347/
82
/6092/
83
/3025/
4.4
/1052577/
84
/57/
89
/1220/
67
/17/
8.5
/432046/
cc age 16+

Perfect Blue (1998)
Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.0
/155064/
71
/7573/
72
/2425/
3.7
/1831202/
93
/218/
83
/195/
76
/39/
cc age 17+

Pearl (2022)
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
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Netflix
74
6.6
/71849/
67
/4843/
64
/924/
3.2
/533535/
91
/187/
68
/448/
74
/35/
cc age 15+

Woman of the Hour (2024)
An aspiring actress crosses paths with a prolific serial killer in '70s LA when they're cast on an episode of "The Dating Game."
poster
Kanopy
72
6.9
/3669/
70
/261/
68
/81/
3.6
/14605/
93
/28/
70
/27/
66
/12/

Straight Up (2020)
Todd is a hyper-articulate, obsessive compulsive gay twentysomething whose fear of dying alone leads him to a baffling conclusion: he might not be gay after all. When he meets Rory, a whip-smart struggling actress with her own set of insecurities, the two forge a relationship that’s all talk and no sex.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
63
6.2
/82876/
62
/5088/
63
/1345/
3.1
/851716/
73
/294/
73
/193/
64
/50/
cc age 17+

MaXXXine (2024)
In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
poster
The Roku Channel
62
6.0
/23850/
62
/968/
60
/484/
3.1
/32496/
74
/23/
56
/218/
49
/6/

Starry Eyes (2014)
A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
59
7.6
/3646/
74
/79/
75
/168/
4.0
/8975/
91
/11/
81
/11/

I Knew Her Well (1965)
A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star.
poster
53
5.9
/824/
60
/7/
30
/2/
3.3
/3595/
42
/50/
53
/14/
cc age 15+

Atropia (2025)
When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance.
poster
Kanopy
74
53
7.1
/2630/
69
/66/
64
/60/
3.9
/7387/
93
/27/
81
/2/
68
/9/

Fabian: Going to the Dogs (2021)
In 1930s Berlin, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.
poster
73
50
6.9
/1332/
63
/31/
66
/27/
3.5
/1143/
80
/10/
91
/51/

Twice Upon a Time (1983)
In the world of the Murkworks where nightmares are made, the evil Synonamess Botch hatches a scheme to make non-stop nightmares. Only Ralph and Mumford, misfits from the cheery land of Frivoli where good dreams are made, can stop him.
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Fandango at Home Free
62
48
6.4
/3090/
67
/54/
61
/39/
3.1
/1536/
67
/6/
54
/46/

The Tender Trap (1955)
A young actress flirts demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he has it made.
poster
80
47
8.4
/1979/
76
/114/
77
/88/
3.9
/7321/
85
/3/

Leading Lady Parts (2018)
The best women of British acting go to an audition for a dream role, primed to take on the role of a lifetime: that complex woman, the strong woman, a woman for today.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
46
6.2
/498/
58
/25/
67
/29/
3.3
/2692/
100
/7/

Ramona (2022)
After living in London for several years, Ramona and her boyfriend Nico, return to Madrid where she hopes to re-start her acting career. The evening before her first audition she meets Bruno, an older man. The following day, at the audition, she discovers that Bruno is the director of the film.
poster
Disney Plus
43
4.8
/33366/
58
/1068/
57
/940/
3.1
/151083/
13
/93/
35
/6841/
33
/23/
cc age 11+

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)
After moving to New Jersey, Lola bags a coveted role in a school play, which earns her the wrath of Carla, the most popular girl in school, who will do anything to ruin Lola's life.
poster
79
26
8.0
/646/
78
/20/
85
/14/
3.7
/1121/

National Theatre Live: All About Eve (2019)
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Catherine maneuvers her way into Eve's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
poster
57
23
6.0
/888/
58
/22/
59
/15/
3.2
/1259/
48
/18/

Fear, Anxiety and Depression (1989)
An unsuccessful playwright faces trials and tribulations as he seeks to find himself in New York City.
poster
63
20
6.6
/428/
63
/6/
47
/4/
3.3
/394/
73
/242/

Star Dust (1940)
When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.
poster
58
20
6.1
/962/
61
/9/
56
/15/
3.2
/270/
50
/212/

The Strip (1951)
Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of her murder.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
52
14
5.6
/1043/
41
/9/
47
/12/
3.2
/291/
54
/15/

Some Girl (1998)
Inexperienced in love and living in Los Angeles, aspiring actress Claire longs to find that special someone. Unfortunately, she couldn't pick a more undeserving guy when she starts a relationship with womanizer Chad. Although her friend April warns her about him, it's not as if April doesn't have problems of her own -- namely a chronic inability to stay faithful to her longtime boyfriend, Neal.
poster
50
13
6.4
/803/
48
/10/
43
/7/
41
/23/

Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
The daughter of iconic actor John Barrymore is reunited with her father after a ten year estrangement and engages in his self-destructive lifestyle.
poster
?
7.1
/9/
50
/1/

Super Real Super Grounded (2024)
Amy is an actress going through the motions of yet another commercial audition. She's alone in her apartment, doing the audition over video conference, with both the filmmaking team and the casting director on the call.
poster
?
100
/1/

The Selfish Girl (2024)
Lily has saved up a large sum of money to fulfill her dream of studying acting at an American university. On the day she receives confirmation that she has been accepted, her dysfunctional mother returns to Lily's life and tells her that she has a huge debt that needs to be paid off immediately. In one day, Lily tries to find a way to help her mother without using her savings. Lily is faced with the choice of buying her future and remaining a bad daughter, or letting it go, bending to the needs of others.
poster
?
10
/1/

The Girl with a Thousand Faces (1959)
Gu Lingxiu's dream of becoming an actress is opposed by her grandmother. Her father Zhongqi remains ambivalent. Years ago, Zhongqi was in love with a Peking opera diva Hua Yanhong, but the lovers were separated by the matriarch. Regretful of the mistake, the matriarch discards her prejudice and allows Lingxiu to pursue her career. She also urges Zhongqi to look for Hua.
poster
62
?
5.6
/103/
60
/1/
70
/1/

Meet Me on Broadway (1946)
Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a posh country club. Eddie and his girlfriend, actress Ann Stallings, hope the production will launch their legitimate Broadway careers. But complications arise when Maxine Whitaker, daughter of a wealthy rival club owner, becomes romantically interested in charming Eddie.
poster
?
7.7
/11/

Twenty Show: The Film (2009)
Twenty Show was the first "user generated film", edited from fictional and real video-blogs. A unique experience initiated on the Internet, a mockumentary that paints a generational portrait of young French people in their twenties.
poster
?
3.7
/23/

The Contract (2018)
Sleazy director "auditioning" actresses for a movie and trying to get them to commit to more to get the part.
poster
?
20
/1/
100
/1/

Guinea (2002)
Yukari Nishihara, 25, earns her living as an art model and aspires to become an actress. One day, while she was out, she saw “a man's face about to jump off the roof of a building”, and since then she has been suffering from a peculiar constitution: she sees a suicide while on her period, faints, and develops a fever. The goddess of love does not smile on Yukari, who is unable to become a sweet girl with a nice boyfriend. The only things that can save Yukari now are her best friend Hana, who has a keen intuition, and a suppository that can break a fever in one shot. On the day of an important audition, Yukari has decided that this is her last chance. However, Yukari realizes that she has forgotten her antipyretic suppositories, and her eyes meet those of another soon-to-be suicide victim. She is in a desperate situation. What does Yukari do?
poster
Amazon Prime Video
41
?
5.4
/155/
31
/9/
40
/2/

Back for Good (2017)
An actress confronts her quarter-life crisis by breaking up with New York City and returning home to win back the love of her life.
poster
FlixHouse
46
?
5.2
/91/
27
/4/
60
/15/

Sarah Q (2018)
The adventures of a young woman who moves to New York City from a small town to become an actress.
poster
58
?
5.9
/316/
58
/4/

Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.
poster
46
?
5.9
/496/
47
/7/
42
/6/
38
/4/

Touch Me (1997)
Bridgette is an aspiring actress who teaches aerobics at a local gym that's run by the womanizing Adam. After a tryst with Adam, Bridgette scores a role in a big play, but then learns that a former boyfriend is dying of AIDS. While preparing to get tested, Bridgette suspects Adam of cheating on her, and must face the HIV tests alone, which shockingly come back positive. Building a support network, including a penitent Adam, Bridgette faces her own mortality.
poster
58
?
6.6
/214/
50
/1/

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 20th Century. Howard wrote the title song, Goodbye, My Lady Love; and Hello, My Baby among many others. Mark Stevens was dubbed by Buddy Clark, well known singer of the 30's and 40's
poster
44
?
5.8
/140/
30
/4/
46
/7/

My Father Is Coming (1991)
Vicky, an out-of-work actress, struggling waitress and lesbian has her whole life thrown into turmoil when her father comes from Germany to visit. The main problem is that Vicky has told him she is a successful actress and happily married. She enlists the help of a gay friend to play her husband. Using a large range of characters—gay, lesbian, straight, transsexuals—the film creates a funny and touching view of family dynamics and sexuality.
poster
37
?
3.4
/245/
48
/5/
30
/5/

Hollywood Kills (2006)
Insane, reclusive director/producer terrorizes people who come to Hollywood by twisting their dreams into fiendish torture in his own private "studio".
poster
?

Call Time
An aspiring young actress gets a PA position on an indie set gets her break when the lead actress quits, all being captured by a documentary crew
poster
?

Behind the Curtain (2025)
A girl whose dream of acting comes before everything else. This dream requires sacrifice, effort and a heart that refuses to give up.
poster
?

Behind the Lens (2025)
In a world of online fame built on likes and lies, an aspiring star must uncover the darkness behind the lens—before it swallows her whole.
poster
?

Take Me Too
Anne wants to finally hit the big time as an actress - but an unplanned kick in the crotch turns theater star Frank into a celebrated feminist overnight and leaves her unemployed. Instead of fame, crisis follows. But can Frank even survive without Anne at his sudden peak?
poster
?

Causa (2025)
Three surreal stories intertwine in a strange anthology of causality, effect and consequence: An actress who will do everything in her power to get the role of a lifetime; A theater director's sinister encounter at an audition; and the inevitable separation of three inseparable friends.
poster
?

Una canción sobre lo que sea (2023)
Elena wants to record her song in a good studio. Desperate, she reconnects with an old privileged friend to ask for the money.
poster
?

BETWEEN TAKES (2024)
Julia, a first-time actress, has to decide on the path of her career when being put in a compromising situation with the director of the film.
poster
?

Rêver sa Vie (2021)
N/A
poster
?

(Not So) Great Expectations (2022)
Anna dreams of her life after high school, to move away and become an actress, despite her mother Jaya's expectations for her to become a doctor. On the day of Anna's big audition, Jaya organises Anna a scholarship interview, forcing her to choose between family or ambition.


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