Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "filmmaker", "telephone"

1. Nope (2022)

R | 130 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.

Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott

Votes: 267,123 | Gross: $123.28M

2. 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: 147,472 | Gross: $4.74M

3. Hugo (2011)

PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 337,031 | Gross: $73.86M

4. Youth (I) (2015)

R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A retired orchestra conductor is on vacation with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip's birthday.

Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda

Votes: 83,154 | Gross: $2.70M

5. Lovelace (2013)

R | 93 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband before taking control of her life.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone, Juno Temple

Votes: 42,776 | Gross: $0.36M

6. The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)

R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An elderly woman battling Alzheimer's disease agrees to let a film crew document her condition, but what they discover is something far more sinister going on.

Director: Adam Robitel | Stars: Jill Larson, Anne Ramsay, Michelle Ang, Brett Gentile

Votes: 40,300

7. The Player (1992)

R | 124 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg

Votes: 65,856 | Gross: $21.71M

8. 8½ (1963)

Not Rated | 138 min | Drama

A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.

Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale, Sandra Milo

Votes: 125,319 | Gross: $0.05M

9. 3 from Hell (2019)

R | 115 min | Action, Horror

After barely surviving prison, the demented Firefly clan go on the run, unleashing a whole new wave of murder, madness and mayhem.

Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Jeff Daniel Phillips

Votes: 17,955

10. Hitchcock (2012)

PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho (1960) in 1959 is explored.

Director: Sacha Gervasi | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Danny Huston

Votes: 79,274 | Gross: $6.01M

11. Star 80 (1983)

R | 103 min | Biography, Drama

A successful young model finds trouble when her obsessive manager-turned-husband becomes dangerously jealous.

Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker

Votes: 8,144 | Gross: $6.47M

12. Lucky Bastard (2014)

NC-17 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A fan is invited to take part in a porn video with his favourite porn star. He is romantically rejected, and goes on a killing spree on location.

Director: Robert Nathan | Stars: Don McManus, Jay Paulson, Betsy Rue, Chris Wylde

Votes: 1,201

13. Catfish (2010)

PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary, Drama, Mystery

Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.

Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman | Stars: Nev Schulman, Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost, Angela Wesselman-Pierce

Votes: 43,752 | Gross: $3.23M

14. Law of Desire (1987)

NC-17 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A gay filmmaker becomes involved with an obsessive fan while still pining for his absent true love. Meanwhile, he shares a close but complex relationship with his trans sister, an actress.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina

Votes: 14,097

15. I Am Michael (2015)

Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Based on the fascinating true-life story of Michael Glatze, a gay activist who becomes a Christian pastor after identifying as a heterosexual.

Director: Justin Kelly | Stars: James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Emma Roberts, Charlie Carver

Votes: 5,899

16. The Face of an Angel (2014)

Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Both a journalist and a documentary filmmaker chase the story of a murder and its prime suspect.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Ava Acres, Daniel Brühl, Kate Beckinsale, Anjella Mackintosh

Votes: 5,232

17. Frightmare (1983)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror

When his loyal fans decide to steal his fresh corpse from the mortuary to party with it all night long, a true horror film star returns from the grave as a ghastly blood-sucker, bent on revenge. At least, will he spare his followers?

Director: Norman Thaddeus Vane | Stars: Ferdy Mayne, Luca Bercovici, Nita Talbot, Leon Askin

Votes: 1,753

18. Abuse of Weakness (2013)

Unrated | 105 min | Drama

A stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.

Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Kool Shen, Laurence Ursino, Christophe Sermet

Votes: 1,287 | Gross: $0.03M

19. Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)

Unrated | 105 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The venerated filmmaker Eisenstein is comparable in talent, insight and wisdom, with the likes of Shakespeare or Beethoven; there are few - if any - directors who can be elevated to such ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, Maya Zapata, Lisa Owen

Votes: 3,107 | Gross: $0.03M

20. I Am Heath Ledger (2017)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography

Friends and family of the late actor Heath Ledger remember his life and career.

Directors: Adrian Buitenhuis, Derik Murray | Stars: Heath Ledger, Ben Harper, Kim Ledger, Sally Bell

Votes: 6,909

21. Kumaré (2011)

Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary

A documentary about a man who impersonates a wise Indian Guru and builds a following in Arizona. At the height of his popularity, the Guru Kumaré must reveal his true identity to his disciples and unveil his greatest teaching of all.

Director: Vikram Gandhi | Stars: Vikram Gandhi, Toby, Greg, Molly

Votes: 5,197 | Gross: $0.13M

22. Best Worst Movie (2009)

Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Comedy

A look at the making of the film Troll 2 (1990) and its journey from being crowned the "worst film of all time" to a cherished cult classic.

Director: Michael Paul Stephenson | Stars: George Hardy, Pita Ray, Micki Knox, Tommy Bice

Votes: 8,529 | Gross: $0.10M

23. Entropy (I) (1999)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Stephen Dorff narrates this tale about how his life goes astray as his character attempts to strike a balance between the demands of directing his first film and the pressures of his new ... See full summary »

Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Judith Godrèche, Kelly Macdonald, Lauren Holly

Votes: 2,376

24. Fade to Black (2006)

R | 99 min | Mystery, Thriller

Attempting to recover from his failed marriage to Rita Hayworth and restart his career, Orson Welles travels to Italy only to be drawn into a dangerous web of intrigue, murder and politics when an actor is murdered on his set.

Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Danny Huston, Diego Luna, Paz Vega, Christopher Walken

Votes: 915

25. Newsfront (1978)

PG | 110 min | Drama, History

In post-war Australia the men and women of Cinetone struggle to produce the weekly news reels for the movie-going public.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Bill Hunter, Gerard Kennedy, Wendy Hughes, Chris Haywood

Votes: 905

26. Blood Brother (2013)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary

Documentarian visits best friend in India to see the mutual unconditional love that keeps his buddy bonded to a village hostel housing AIDS-afflicted children.

Director: Steve Hoover | Stars: Rocky Braat, Steve Hoover, Anitha, Devi

Votes: 1,664 | Gross: $0.12M

27. Film Geek (2005)

Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy

The story of Scotty Pelk, a socially inept video store clerk who gets fired from his job and becomes a sensation as an online film critic.

Director: James Westby | Stars: Melik Malkasian, Ritah Parrish, John Breen, Dennis Adkins

Votes: 1,099 | Gross: $0.02M

28. Soul Boys of the Western World (2014)

Unrated | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A documentary about Spandau Ballet, who were one of the biggest pop groups of the 1980s and a defining act of the New Romantic scene.

Director: George Hencken | Stars: Tony Hadley, John Keeble, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp

Votes: 615

29. My Life's in Turnaround (1993)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two Manhattan slacker dudes, best friends, want to make a movie about their lives. Splick drives a hack, Jason tends bar; each has a stuttering relationship with a down-to-earth woman. But ... See full summary »

Directors: Eric Schaeffer, Donal Lardner Ward | Stars: Eric Schaeffer, Donal Lardner Ward, Dolores McDougal, Tara Shannon

Votes: 459 | Gross: $0.20M

30. Strictly Background (2007)

84 min | Documentary

A documentary spotlighting movie extras - the indispensable background actors in films.

Director: Jason Connell | Stars: Terry Bolo, Geoffrey Gould, Cecilia Hartfeld, Louis McCarten

Votes: 264

31. Le fils de Gascogne (1995)

106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A boy hears that his father may still be alive and sets out to find him, meeting many of his father's acquaintances and friends along the way and making some of his own.

Director: Pascal Aubier | Stars: Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Grégoire Colin, Dinara Drukarova, Pascal Bonitzer

Votes: 154

32. I'm Ethan (2022)

10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A 23 year old California Filmmaker comes home from a long day at work and he has more to deal with when he's in his living room.

Director: Ethan Trinh | Star: Ethan Trinh

33. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Bernadette Peters/Cass Elliot (1971)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

Includes The Look of Love, The Sound Man, Cherish/It Had to Be You, As the Stomach Turns.

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 45