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1. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Music
Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Kimberly Stringer
Votes: 147,483 | Gross: $4.74M
2. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
R | 84 min | Comedy
An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.
Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey
Votes: 30,783 | Gross: $2.92M
3. Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Woody Allen, Ben Duncan
Votes: 36,716 | Gross: $4.20M
4. Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015)
87 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
An aspiring filmmaker goes to shocking extremes to convince Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway to star in his film. First entry in Adrian Tofei's trilogy which includes We Put the World to Sleep and Pure.
Director: Adrian Tofei | Stars: Adrian Tofei, Sonia Teodoriu, Florentina Hariton, Alexandra Stroe
Votes: 2,397
5. All About Actresses (2009)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
A director shooting a documentary about all kinds of actresses falls for one of them.
Director: Maïwenn | Stars: Jeanne Balibar, Romane Bohringer, Julie Depardieu, Mélanie Doutey
Votes: 1,278
6. S&man (2006)
R | 84 min | Horror
An exploration of voyeurism in cinema, from Psycho and Peeping Tom in 1960 to the low-budget underground genre films of recent years.
Director: J.T. Petty | Stars: Elizabeth Cartier, Carol J. Clover, Debbie D, Freddie Dingo
Votes: 1,098
7. Forgotten Silver (1995 TV Movie)
53 min | Comedy
The film deals with the career of a supposedly forgotten pioneer of international cinema, Colin McKenzie, who was allegedly born in rural New Zealand in 1888.
Directors: Costa Botes, Peter Jackson | Stars: Peter Jackson, Jeffrey Thomas, Costa Botes, Leonard Maltin
Votes: 6,320 | Gross: $0.03M
8. Incident at Loch Ness (2004)
PG-13 | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A documentary exploring the myth of the Loch Ness monster.
Director: Zak Penn | Stars: Werner Herzog, Kitana Baker, Gabriel Beristain, Russell Williams II
Votes: 4,427 | Gross: $0.04M
9. The Connection (1961)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A director tries to film a group of junkies in Leach's room while they are waiting for Cowboy to bring their heroin connection.
Director: Shirley Clarke | Stars: William Redfield, Warren Finnerty, Garry Goodrow, Jerome Raphael
Votes: 1,009
10. Story of a Junkie (1985)
R | 95 min | Documentary
Critically Acclaimed documentary from director Lech Kowalski (DOA) following the life and times of a down-and-out heroin addict in 1980s New York.
Director: Lech Kowalski | Stars: John Spacely, Steven Shingles, Claude du Sorbier, Eddie
Votes: 351
11. Brother's Justice (2010)
80 min | Comedy
Motivated by Box Office statistics, Dax Shepard has made a decision to leave comedy to pursue his dream of becoming an international Martial Arts action star.
Directors: David Palmer, Dax Shepard | Stars: Dax Shepard, Nate Tuck, Greg Siegel, James Feldman
Votes: 556
12. Bari zôgon (1996)
114 min | Mystery
The director investigates an unexplained death, police violence and corruption in the distribution of water in his town of Fukushima.
Director: Fumiki Watanabe | Stars: Osamu Ishiguro, Ryu Sasaki, Takeko Sudo, Fumiki Watanabe
Votes: 16
13. Il ritorno di Cagliostro (2003)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
In the Sicily of the late 1940s, two brother sculptors, tired of selling madonnas to the local churches, finally realize their dream, and set up a Sicilian production company, thanks to the... See full summary »
Directors: Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco | Stars: Luigi Maria Burruano, Franco Scaldati, Pietro Giordano, Davide Marotta
Votes: 389
14. Development Hell (2013– )
Comedy
The story of a failed director and his hodgepodge crew as they search, in vain, for fame and success in the crazy world of Hollywood.
Stars: Nicola Barber, Devon Henry, Aria Inthavong, Richard Rubin
Votes: 327
15. The Work and the Story (2003)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy
It is July, 2000 Richard Dutcher, the man who pioneered "Mormon Cinema" with his film "God's Army" is MISSING and PRESUMED DEAD!! Three amateur Mormon Filmmakers: Judy Shumway, Peter ... See full summary »
Director: Nathan Smith Jones | Stars: Nathan Smith Jones, Jen Hoskins, Eric Artell, Dan Merkley
Votes: 110
16. Das traurige Leben der Gloria S. (2011)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A frustrated filmmaker turns to documentary making. A frustrated stage actress auditions as the protagonist for the documentary. Soon her fellow stage actors are recruited to complement Gloria Schultz's fake life.
Directors: Christine Groß, Ute Schall | Stars: Nina Kronjäger, Christine Groß, Margarita Broich, Inga Busch
Votes: 27
17. Screaming Blue Murder (2006)
84 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Veteran director Jack Rammer stages a comeback only to find himself confronted by characters of his own creation.
Director: Colin Bishop | Stars: Gordon Sterne, Haidée Augusta, James Hope, Jo Price
Votes: 70
18. No Burgers for Bigfoot (2008)
94 min | Comedy
A mockumentary about an amateur filmmaker, Michael Justice, who wants to make a short film about Bigfoot. Join him and his cast of clueless characters as they try to bring home 'the message'.
Directors: Jonathan Grant, Josh McKamie | Stars: Jonathan Grant, Brittany Joyner, Lucas Ross, Keenan Garrett
Votes: 20
19. Spoof! An Insider's Guide to Short Film Success (2000)
11 min | Comedy, Short
Directors: William Sherak, Jason Shuman | Stars: Danny Strong, Dustin Lee Abraham, Astrid, Marty Belafsky
Votes: 24
20. Happenings of the Eighth Day (2014)
82 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Director: Arya Ghavamian | Stars: Arya Ghavamian, Jason Kapoor, Travis Cole Watkins, Joseph Pisacane
Votes: 15
21. Lights, Camera, War! (2000)
35 min | Short, Comedy
Follow student filmmaker Brian Wilton as he experiences the hilarious ups and downs of guerrilla filmmaking.
Directors: John L. Vennema, Paul Ziemba | Stars: Salvo Lavis, Joseph Folladori, Steven Bender, Teal Tigner
Votes: 24
22. Arbeitstitel (2008)
16 min | Short, Biography, Drama
The young film-student and director Björn Last is trying to figure out why he wasn't able to complete his documentary about his hometown Braunschweig. He searches for enlightenment through ... See full summary »
Director: Björn Last | Stars: Martin Deisler, Jessica-Virginia Mouffok, Thomy Kessler, Gerd Roscher
Votes: 25