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poster
84
7.9
/421045/
76
/10687/
78
/6790/
4.3
/1077845/
84
/264/
87
/10341/
87
/38/
cc age 18+

Mulholland Drive (2001)
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
7.2
/390685/
69
/20487/
71
/5521/
3.8
/3107805/
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
Kanopy
75
7.0
/154734/
71
/7535/
72
/2420/
3.7
/1814634/
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.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.5
/220051/
65
/10342/
67
/3775/
3.4
/1592651/
94
/230/
76
/303/
80
/35/
cc age 17+

X (2022)
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
poster
YouTube TV
68
7.0
/197328/
71
/9316/
73
/3711/
3.4
/916172/
75
/351/
89
/285/
65
/55/
cc age 16+

Last Night in Soho (2021)
A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.
poster
The Roku Channel
62
6.0
/23835/
62
/968/
60
/482/
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
/3639/
74
/79/
74
/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
Amazon Prime Video
58
6.1
/109897/
60
/5529/
65
/3865/
3.1
/290740/
59
/261/
51
/804/
51
/45/
cc age 18+

The Neon Demon (2016)
When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
poster
53
44
6.1
/4614/
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
31
7.2
/1195/
69
/25/
68
/33/
3.6
/854/

Carnival (1981)
A young Russian girl is in love with show business and wants to leave her small town for Moscow and make it big in the big city. She encounters her long missing, remarried father and gets a boy friend who uses her and then leaves her.
poster
Fandor
25
17
2.3
/4028/
22
/21/
28
/34/
2.2
/998/
12
/396/

Girl in Gold Boots (1968)
A girl tries to become the top star in the glamorous world of Go-Go Dancing.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
38
8
4.0
/572/
39
/36/
41
/17/
33
/1/

Chantal (2007)
An innocent and naive young woman arrives in Los Angeles to make it as a big-name actress, only to suffer though the pain and humiliation of the casting couch routine again and again thus getting a first hand look at Hollywood at its worst.
poster
?
6.7
/37/
55
/2/

Hollywood (2007)
Hollywood, CA, a place of refuge for dreamers from all over the world. Enter a small town girl from Kansas who comes to LA to hit it big....a jaded Detective who's looking for a way out....and her disappearance that binds them. Perhaps he would find her, perhaps he would find himself.
poster
?
7.1
/18/

A Star for Rose (2013)
Small town girl Marcy comes to LA with stars in her eyes, thinking she can make it big on Search for a Star. Instead, with little money and no friends, she finds herself sleeping in her car. Things dramatically change when she meets Rose, living in a cardboard box, and Mort, a wheelchair-bound Gulf War veteran. After first fighting over territory, these three lost souls bond in friendship, protecting and supporting each other in a story that is at once profoundly funny, heart-warming and poignant.
poster
?
7.2
/12/

Alex (2011)
Inexperienced but determined to live life on her own terms, young Alex secretly leaves her small town in upstate New York and journeys to New York City with her best friend in hopes of being cast as a dancer in a big show. She is soon confronted with reality, where nothing is as it seems, and her journey becomes an intense exploration of her most undisclosed desires and fantasies that will change her life forever.
poster
?
4.7
/29/
10
/1/
50
/3/

Chantal (1968)
A young woman moves to Hollywood to find fame and fails badly.
poster
55
?
4.4
/125/
66
/6/
53
/23/

A Porn Star Is Born (2012)
Beautiful Aliana Love moves to Los Angeles with dreams of becoming a star, but quickly realizes that, in Hollywood, you are either on the plate or in front of it. Financial woes force a reluctant but desperate Aliana into the seedy world of adult films, and porn king John Goldman is only too happy to exploit her looks and innocence - turning her into the biggest, X-rated contract star in years.
poster
31
?
2.1
/670/
34
/5/
17
/10/
2.7
/224/

Hollywood After Dark (1961)
A young girl comes to Hollywood to try to break into the movies, but winds up being taken advantage of by sleazy producers, and is forced to become a stripper.
poster
?
4.9
/31/
10
/1/
35
/2/

Confessions of a Bad Girl (1965)
Judith, a pretty young girl from a small town, comes to New York City determined to become a famous actress. She auditions for a variety of modeling and acting jobs, and finds out that the men she's auditioning for expect more than one kind of "audition" from her.
poster
?
7.3
/40/
20
/1/

The Dark Side of Hollywood (1998)
Behind the scenes of Hollywood's low-budget movie industry. It is a powerful portrait of the fragility of fame and the cost of stardom. B-pictures have long been the spawning ground of today's and tomorrow's stars. They started the careers of Jack Nicholson and Sylvester Stallone among many others, as well as now super star directors Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Ron Howard and James Cameron. The film examines the evolution of starry-eyed newcomers arriving in Hollywood and discovering the harsh reality of getting into pictures.
poster
?
5.0
/48/
30
/2/
40
/5/

Hell Is A Place Called Hollywood (1950)
A beauty queen called Sheila Anderson wins a part in a Hollywood motion picture. The film turns out to be a cheap nudie film, she is then shunned by the theatrical community and ends up working as a nude model. Soon she is old news and struggles to get work, resulting in abject poverty.
poster
?
6.5
/24/
32
/5/

Seicho Matsumoto Special: Fingers (2006)
Fukue Yumiko is a struggling actress who isn't afraid to lie, cheat, or exploit her own sexuality if it means her own success. But as she becomes a big star, one TV reporter decides that it's time someone uncovered her dark past and reveal just how far she was prepared to go for her own fame.
poster
?
48
/2/

Johnny Castle: Rising Star (2006)
Ever since he was a kid, Johnny Castle had a dream: to become a movie star. Driven by his obsession, Johnny moved to Los Angeles, and the corner of Hollywood and Vine Boulevards became his natural stage on which to promote himself. Johnny is absolutely convinced that some day a producer or a director will sign him for their next movie. Even though Johnny has this optimistic way of looking at life, in the three years since his move to Los Angeles he has only been able to get a small part in a science fiction B-movie. Very soon the movie will debut in the theaters, and Johnny wants to show the result of his work to his father, who lives in Chicago. He obtains a preview DVD copy of the movie from the director so that he'll be able to present it to his dad as a wonderful birthday surprise.
poster
?
5.0
/43/
44
/7/
34
/7/

Events (1970)
Sexuality without pretence gives the wallop to Events. A dramatic street story of young runaway flower-kids in the Greenwich Village of 1968, it raises ethical questions while the screen explodes with erotica.
poster
The Roku Channel
67
?
7.1
/123/
40
/4/
56
/7/
3.4
/227/
100
/6/

Workhorse Queen (2021)
After an unlikely casting onto a reality television show, 47-year old suburban telemarketer Ed Popil leaves his job to pursue a full-time entertainment industry career as his drag queen alter ego, 1960’s era housewife Mrs. Kasha Davis.
poster
29
?
4.7
/181/
10
/1/
30
/4/

A Stranger in the Mirror (1993)
A naive young woman arrives in Hollywood to become a star, but after she gets drugged and raped during a shoot, she hardens quickly and catches the eye of a popular womanizing comedian who introduces her to his shady powerful agent.
poster
?
6.6
/73/
60
/3/
61
/6/

Bread (1918)
Bread is a socially engaged drama which follows the fate of a woman struggling to pull herself out of poverty as she’s ruthlessly exploited by a string of men.
poster
?
4.2
/43/
10
/2/
20
/3/

Naughty Dallas (1964)
A small-town girl comes to Dallas to make it as a stripper.


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