Movies About Movies (not yet seen)
by Pantstrovich | created - 12 Mar 2018 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicMovies and TV about movies (or TV)! I'm also including some theatre.
In progress. Planning to make a separate list for documentaries to clean this up.
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1. Dead End Drive-In (1986)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Horror
In a dystopian future Australia, a health nut and his tag-along girlfriend become trapped in a drive-in cinema that has become a concentration camp for delinquent youths and immigrants.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry, Peter Whitford, Wilbur Wilde
Votes: 3,816
2. Drive-In (1976)
PG | 96 min | Comedy
The adventures of a group of teenagers at a drive-in theatre in Texas one weekend night.
Director: Rod Amateau | Stars: Lisa Oz, Glenn Morshower, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Billy Milliken
Votes: 537
3. Drive In (2000)
R | 77 min | Horror
A man, confined to a room across from a drive-in theater showing only horror movies, escapes and goes on a killing rampage.
Director: Chuck DeBus | Stars: Brenton Earley, Deshja Driggs, Rick Perkins, Alex Grant
Votes: 256
4. Drive-in Madness! (1987)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
A compilation of trailers and previews from classic low-budget sci-fi and horror films.
Director: Tim Ferrante | Stars: James Karen, Bobbie Bresee, Forrest J. Ackerman, Linnea Quigley
Votes: 113
5. American Drive-in (1985)
R | 92 min | Comedy
The goings-on at a typical drive-in on a summer night.
Director: Krishna Shah | Stars: Emily Longstreth, Patrick Kirton, Rhonda Selesnow, Joel Bennett
Votes: 258
6. Cecil B. Demented (2000)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.
Director: John Waters | Stars: Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier
Votes: 16,653 | Gross: $1.28M
7. American Movie (1999)
R | 107 min | Documentary, Comedy
Documentary about an aspiring filmmaker's attempts to finance his dream project by finally completing the low-budget horror film he abandoned years before.
Director: Chris Smith | Stars: Mark Borchardt, Mike Schank, Tom Schimmels, Monica Borchardt
Votes: 19,348 | Gross: $1.16M
8. Ruby (1977)
R | 85 min | Drama, Horror
Sixteen years after Ruby Claire's gangster boyfriend was shot and killed by four associates, a series of gruesome murders takes place at the drive-in movie theatre she now owns. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »
Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman, Roger Davis, Janit Baldwin
Votes: 1,147
9. Weirdsville (2007)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A pair of slackers get in way over their heads when they try to dump the body of a dead girlfriend in the basement of a drive-in movie theater where a satanic cult performs ritual sacrifices.
Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley, Taryn Manning, Matt Frewer
Votes: 4,431 | Gross: $0.01M
10. The Flamingo Rising (2001 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 94 min | Drama
When Hubert Lee decides to open the world's largest drive-in movie theater across the street from a funeral parlor, a feud erupts between Lee and Turner Knight, the owner of the funeral ... See full summary »
Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: William Hurt, Elizabeth McGovern, Brian Benben, Angela Bettis
Votes: 332
11. Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
A look at several legendary 'exploitation' film-makers from the golden days of drive-in movies, and how they had a lasting effect on the movie landscape in general.
Director: Ray Greene | Stars: Ray Greene, Roger Corman, David F. Friedman, Maila Nurmi
Votes: 665
12. American Grindhouse (2010)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A documentary about the history of exploitation movies, from the silent-film era to the 1970s.
Director: Elijah Drenner | Stars: Robert Forster, Eric Schaefer, Eddie Muller, John Landis
Votes: 2,616 | Gross: $0.01M
13. Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
R | 95 min | Documentary
A documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.
Director: Alex Stapleton | Stars: Roger Corman, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Paul W.S. Anderson
Votes: 2,675 | Gross: $0.01M
14. Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
Unrated | 88 min | Documentary, Horror
A documentary on the history of the slasher film.
Director: Jeff McQueen | Stars: Ed Green, Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Joseph Stefano
Votes: 3,617
15. Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005)
TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
Director: Stuart Samuels | Stars: John Waters, Ben Barenholtz, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alan Douglas
Votes: 1,643
16. Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
Director: Jake West | Stars: Julian Petley, Marc Morris, Andy Nyman, Xavier Mendik
Votes: 1,324
17. Video Nasties: Draconian Days (2014)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
Prepare to be corrupted and depraved once more by the sequel to the definitive guide to the Video Nasties phenomenon--the most extraordinary and scandalous era in the history of British ... See full summary »
Director: Jake West | Stars: Sian Barber, Martin Barker, Graham Bright, Lavinia Carey
Votes: 333
18. Adjust Your Tracking (2013)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
A documentary capturing the modern day VHS culture and VHS collectors.
Directors: Dan M. Kinem, Levi Peretic | Stars: Lloyd Kaufman, Anthony Timpone, Keith J. Crocker, Fred Vogel
Votes: 906
19. Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005 Video)
R | 52 min | Documentary
An in-depth analysis of the "Video Nasty" scandal of the early 1980s in Britain.
Director: David Gregory | Stars: Chris Theobald, Norman Abbott, Barrie Gold, Bill Best
Votes: 487
20. Rewind This! (2013)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. This film traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad aspects of society that were altered by the creation of videotape.
Director: Josh Johnson | Stars: Ben Jousan, David Gregory, Micah Matthews, Mike Vraney
Votes: 2,302
21. Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
R | 106 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The history of the independent film company, The Cannon Film Group, Inc..
Director: Mark Hartley | Stars: Sam Firstenberg, David Paulsen, Luigi Cozzi, Menahem Golan
Votes: 5,994
22. Birth of the Living Dead (2013)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
A documentary that shows how George A. Romero gathered an unlikely team of Pittsburghers to shoot his seminal film: Night of the Living Dead (1968).
Director: Rob Kuhns | Stars: George A. Romero, Fred Rogers, H. Rap Brown, Mark Harris
Votes: 1,787 | Gross: $0.01M
23. Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide (2010 Video)
446 min | Documentary
Every Video Nasty from the DPP list of 39, and the DPP list of dropped 33 titles is critiqued and explored, followed by the original trailers.
Director: Jake West | Stars: Emily Booth, Allan Bryce, Alan Jones, Patricia MacCormack
Votes: 63
24. The Search for Weng Weng (2007)
92 min | Documentary
The bizarre history of Filipino B-films, as told through filmmaker Andrew Leavold's personal quest to find the truth behind its midget James Bond superstar Weng Weng.
Director: Andrew Leavold | Stars: Tikoy Aguiluz, Roy Arabejo, Tilman Baumgaertel, Don Gordon Bell
Votes: 249
25. Nights at O'Rear's (1980)
45 min | Drama
Young Mildred, a carhop waitress at O'Rear's Drive-In Theater, falls for Max, an egotistical bitter once-popular local high school football star.
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Linda Gillen, Craig Wasson, Louise Hoven, Sally Julian
Votes: 16
26. Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Thriller
A young woman arrives in Hollywood to try her luck as an actress. An incompetent agent hooks her up with a production company which specializes in low budget B-movie fair, plagued by strange deadly accidents.
Directors: Allan Arkush, Joe Dante | Stars: Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, George Wagner, Jonathan Kaplan
Votes: 1,491
27. Matinee (1993)
PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
The teenage son of a navy sailor newly stationed in Key West gets some excitement with his friends when a small-time film producer comes to town to premiere a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz
Votes: 12,410 | Gross: $9.53M
28. A Cat in the Brain (1990)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A horror film director is stalked by a mad psychiatrist/serial killer bent on killing people to model the killings after the director's gory death scenes from his movies.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Lucio Fulci, Brett Halsey, Ria De Simone, David L. Thompson
Votes: 3,777
29. Bikini Drive-in (1995)
R | 86 min | Comedy
Kim Taylor inherits her grandfather's drive-in theatre. She must raise $25,000 over one weekend or the bank will take the property from her. She also has to deal with pesky capitalist J.B. Winston.
Directors: Fred Olen Ray, Steve Latshaw | Stars: Ashlie Rhey, Richard Gabai, Ross Hagen, Peter Spellos
Votes: 976
30. After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater (1997 Video)
45 min | Documentary, History
A video documentary/road trip that celebrates the drive-in movie theater's impact on the United States, and pays homage to the people who keep the few remaining ones fully operational. ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Bokenkamp | Stars: Jon Bokenkamp, Matt Kenagy, Valerian Bennett, Tony Carenzo
Votes: 61
31. Discovering 'Evil Dead' (2002 Video)
13 min | Documentary, Short
Stories of how the film Evil Dead, The (1981) rose up very high against the accusations of the 'Video Nasties' of the 1980's in the UK. Many controversial films are referenced here to give ... See full summary »
Director: David Gregory | Stars: Stephen Woolley, Bill Warren, Nik Powell
Votes: 88
32. Drive-in Blues (1986)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Drive-In Blues celebrates the drive-in movie theater and laments its decline.Today, the "passion pit with pix" has become a dinosaur. Laced with unusual archival trailers, the tone of the film swings between camp and nostalgia.
Director: Jan Krawitz
Votes: 14
33. Missing Reel (2014)
48 min | Documentary, Action, Crime
A six-episode web series exploring the histories of different exploitation genres.
Votes: 11
34. Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran (2016)
Documentary
A documentary telling the story of how a few moments on screen can last a lifetime. Tony Moran is best known, and credited,for playing "Michael Myers" in John Carpenter's horror classic "... See full summary »
Directors: David Langill, Jordan Pacheco | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Dee Wallace, Vernon Wells, P.J. Soles
35. Lights Camera Blood! (2015)
82 min | Horror
Down on his luck and financially strapped low budget horror filmmaker Mandalor is the laughing stock of the film community. His films are terrible and the contrived, poorly done ... See full synopsis »
Director: Kevin Doherty | Stars: Alan MacKenzie, Dan Baker-Moor, Heather Russell, Kris Scoran
Votes: 25
36. Hey Folks, It's Intermission Time (1993 Video)
100 min | Documentary
A collection of commercials, public service announcements, ads for local businesses and other filler items that ran in between showings at double bills in drive-in theaters. Material from the 1950s to the 1970s is featured.
Stars: Christina Applegate, Daws Butler, James Coburn, David Faustino
Votes: 23
37. The Elaborate End of Robert Ebb (2012)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A man, a monster costume, a scared community, a tragic end.
Directors: Clément Bolla, Fx Goby, Matthieu Landour | Stars: Marjorie Blériot, Matt Downton, Paul Hassall, Heather Saunders
Votes: 112
38. Fantastic Movie Trailers 7: Drive-in Frenzy! (2010 Video)
100 min | Horror
The drive-in's peak came in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Families could bring young kids with them, while teenagers found drive-ins ideal for dates. During the 1970s, some producers ... See full summary »
39. Horrors of the Zone (II) (2009)
Documentary, Comedy
Documentary of Flashback Weekend, a horror convention held yearly in Chicago. Documentary includes interviews with celebrity guests and footage of various events at the convention.
Director: Ken Potocki | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Tim Thomerson, Mathew Kister, Steve Eaton
Votes: 10
40. Dark Side of Eden: The Making of 'Stanley' (2008 Video)
50 min | Biography
This documentary explores the making of the 1972 cult film "STANLEY". Features exclusive interviews with director William Grefe', screenwriter Gary Crutcher, star Chris Robinson, and ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Griffith | Stars: William Grefé, Gary Crutcher, Chris Robinson, Steve Alaimo
Votes: 10
41. Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 10 (2007 Video)
Documentary
Tenth volume in Something Weird Video's on going series of American drive-in movie trailers from the 1950's though the 1970's.
42.
Cheers (1982–1993)
Episode:
The Last Picture Show
(1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Cliff and Norm mourn the closing of the Twi-Lite Drive-In Theater and its associated memories of simpler times. In Ma Clavin's classic convertible, Cliff, Norm, Woody and newbie drive-inner... See full summary »
Director: James Burrows | Stars: Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger
Votes: 414
43. Boulevard Warriors (2015)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Inspiration can come from many places: from traditions developed thousands of miles away and thousands of years ago; from movies with dialogue we don't understand; and it can come from ... See full summary »
Director: Rene Carson | Stars: Eric Andrews, Michael Baker, Aaron Banks, Mahaliel Bethea
Votes: 17
44. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
R | 96 min | Documentary
Documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems--nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director.
Directors: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, George Lucas
Votes: 23,237 | Gross: $1.32M
45. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
Not Rated | 142 min | Documentary, Biography
The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.
Director: Jan Harlan | Stars: Katharina Kubrick, Malcolm McDowell, Stanley Kubrick, Barbara Kroner
Votes: 12,206
46. Burden of Dreams (1982)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary
A documentary following German auteur Werner Herzog as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather and getting a boat over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film Fitzcarraldo (1982).
Director: Les Blank | Stars: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards
Votes: 8,138
47. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,533
48. Get Shorty (1995)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt, and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, John Travolta
Votes: 89,157 | Gross: $72.08M
49. 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: 65,811 | Gross: $21.71M
50. Adaptation. (2002)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton
Votes: 203,108 | Gross: $22.25M
51. Boogie Nights (1997)
R | 155 min | Drama
Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 282,167 | Gross: $26.40M
52. Barton Fink (1991)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner
Votes: 129,002 | Gross: $6.15M
53. Hail, Caesar! (2016)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes
Votes: 143,198 | Gross: $30.50M
54. State and Main (2000)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon, Michael Higgins
Votes: 22,188 | Gross: $6.92M
55. Hooper (1978)
PG | 99 min | Action, Comedy
Aging Hollywood stuntman Sonny Hooper wants to prove that he's still got what it takes to be a great professional in this risky, under-recognized line of work.
Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field, Brian Keith
Votes: 7,899 | Gross: $78.00M
56. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
R | 174 min | Drama, Romance
A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli
Votes: 283,052 | Gross: $11.99M
57. 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: 125,235 | Gross: $0.05M
58. Bowfinger (1999)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy
When a desperate movie producer fails to get a major star for his bargain-basement film, he decides to shoot the film secretly around him.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Christine Baranski
Votes: 73,969 | Gross: $66.38M
59. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest
Votes: 28,531
60. Son of Rambow (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
During a long English summer in the early 1980s, two schoolboys from differing backgrounds set out to make a film inspired by First Blood (1982).
Director: Garth Jennings | Stars: Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes, Anna Wing
Votes: 32,973 | Gross: $1.78M
61. Gods and Monsters (1998)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama
The last days of Frankenstein (1931) director James Whale are explored.
Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich
Votes: 32,773 | Gross: $6.39M
62. Sweet Home (1989)
Not Rated | 100 min | Horror
A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Nobuko Miyamoto, Shingo Yamashiro, Nokko, Fukumi Kuroda
Votes: 1,119
63. Reel Horror (1985)
R | 84 min | Horror
Evil spirits that emerge from cans of old movie film terrorize a neighborhood.
Director: Ross Hagen | Stars: Alexandra, John Hayden, Howard Honig, Bob O'Neil
Votes: 193
64. Let There Be Light (1998)
110 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A comedy in which God writes a screenplay and goes to earth to find someone to make the film.
Director: Arthur Joffé | Stars: Hélène de Fougerolles, Tchéky Karyo, Ticky Holgado, Pierre Arditi
Votes: 154
65. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
82 min | Drama, Comedy
On a dark, wet night a historic and regal Chinese cinema sees its final film. Together with a small handful of souls they bid "Goodbye, Dragon Inn".
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Chun Shih
Votes: 6,177 | Gross: $0.03M
66. Man Bites Dog (1992)
NC-17 | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as he goes about his daily routine. But complications set in when the film crew lose their objectivity and begin lending a hand.
Directors: Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert, Nelly Pappaert, Hector Pappaert
Votes: 43,736 | Gross: $0.21M
67. Midnight Movie Massacre (1988)
85 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A Martian begins to attack the patrons and staff of a movie theater during the 1950's as a low budget science fiction film plays on the screen.
Directors: Laurence Jacobs, Mark Stock | Stars: Robert Clarke, Ann Robinson, David Staffer, Tom Hutsler
Votes: 269
68. Inland Empire (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern
Votes: 62,195 | Gross: $0.75M
69. West Beirut (1998)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In April, 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Moslem-Christian line. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a lark: ... See full summary »
Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Rami Doueiri, Naamar Sahli, Mohamad Chamas, Rola Al Amin
Votes: 4,860 | Gross: $0.34M
70. The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mr Beetle seeks companionship from a statuesque dragonfly dancer, unaware that her ex-boyfriend, a slender grasshopper and an industrious cameraman, watches their every move. Will Mrs Beetle forgive him? Will he get away with adultery?
Director: Wladyslaw Starewicz
Votes: 3,217
71. The Masquerader (I) (1914)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Comedy
Charlie is an actor in a film studio. He messes up several scenes and is tossed out. Returning dressed as a lady, he charms the director. Even so, Charlie never makes it into film, winding up at the bottom of a well.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Chester Conklin, Charles Murray
Votes: 1,534
72. Documentário (1966)
11 min | Short
Two teens decide to go to the movies. However, since their tastes are very strict, they end up not seeing any film.
Director: Rogério Sganzerla | Stars: Vitor Loturfo, Marcelo Magalhães
Votes: 152
73. Cuadecuc, vampir (1971)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary, Horror
An analysis of the construction mechanism for the magic in dominant narrative cinema though the filming of Count Dracula (1970), a commercial film by Jesús Franco.
Director: Pere Portabella | Stars: Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom, Soledad Miranda, Jack Taylor
Votes: 914
74. Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973)
TV-G | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
An ordinary Soviet building manager, living in the 20th century, looks like Tsar of All Rus' - Ivan IV the Terrible (1530 - 1584). He'd never known this, until his neighbor created a time machine.
Director: Leonid Gaidai | Stars: Yuriy Yakovlev, Leonid Kuravlyov, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Saveliy Kramarov
Votes: 18,465
75. A Slave of Love (1976)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A fate of popular film actress during the turbulent years of the Russian Civil War.
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Elena Solovey, Rodion Nakhapetov, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Oleg Basilashvili
Votes: 1,795
76. The Vampires of Poverty (1978)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Comedy
Fictional film that simulates being a documentary about filmmakers who exploit the misery with mercantilist purposes. It is a scathing criticism "porno-misery" and the opportunism of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Carlos Mayolo, Luis Ospina | Stars: Luis Alfonso Londoño, Carlos Mayolo, Ramiro Arbeláez, Eduardo Carvajal
Votes: 1,010
77. The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
R | 124 min | Drama, Romance
Anna and Mike portray two characters in a film set in 19th century England who fall in love despite the fact that Mike's character is engaged.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae, Emily Morgan
Votes: 15,096 | Gross: $22.60M
78. Charrito (1984)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Western
While filming his new motion picture, a filmmaker struggles with the man who plays the villain in his new movie, the extremely clumsy 'Charrito'.
Director: Roberto Gómez Bolaños | Stars: Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, María Antonieta de las Nieves, Rubén Aguirre
Votes: 120
79. Twenty Years Later (1984)
119 min | Documentary, History
A filmmaker returns to Northeast Brazil after twenty years to resume his film (a profile of assassinated peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira) which was shut down by a right-wing military coup in 1964.
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Eduardo Coutinho, Elizabeth Teixeira, Ferreira Gullar, Tite de Lemos
Votes: 1,696
80. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
PG | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
In 1935 New Jersey, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman
Votes: 55,298 | Gross: $10.63M
81. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
R | 120 min | Drama
A gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy
Votes: 17,357 | Gross: $17.04M
82. Nem Tudo é Verdade (1986)
95 min | Drama
A fictional account of Orson Welles' real passage to Brazil where he was supposed to film a cultural film called "It's All True", to present a positive image of Brazilian people and the ... See full summary »
Director: Rogério Sganzerla | Stars: Arrigo Barnabé, Grande Otelo, Helena Ignez, Nina de Pádua
Votes: 88
83. A Dama do Cine Shanghai (1987)
115 min | Crime, Mystery
Real estate broker and former boxer enters an old cinema in the decadent downtown São Paulo and meets an intriguing and mysterious woman, very much alike the leading lady of the film. He ... See full summary »
Directors: Guilherme de Almeida Prado, Sara Silveira | Stars: Maitê Proença, Antônio Fagundes, José Lewgoy, Jorge Dória
Votes: 292
84. The Dead Pool (1988)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder various San Francisco celebrities, with himself being one of the targets.
Director: Buddy Van Horn | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Liam Neeson, Patricia Clarkson, Evan C. Kim
Votes: 48,981 | Gross: $37.90M
85. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)
NC-17 | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Loles León, Julieta Serrano
Votes: 31,958 | Gross: $4.09M
86. White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
PG | 112 min | Adventure, Drama
A thinly fictionalized account of a legendary movie director, whose desire to hunt down an animal turns into a grim situation with his movie crew in Africa.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey, Charlotte Cornwell, Norman Lumsden
Votes: 13,221 | Gross: $2.32M
87. Memória (1990)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
Memory is an important part of our conscience and what makes us humans, living beings capable of remembering things, feelings, situations, good or bad, and evolve from that or keep some ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Henkin | Stars: Fernando Collor de Mello, Catherine Lestre de Rey, Maria Verbena de Souza, João Batista Diemer
Votes: 17
88. The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (1996 Video)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Biography
Christopher Lee talks about his film career, while showing clips from some of his best films.
Director: Colin Webb | Star: Christopher Lee
Votes: 153
89. The Magic Behind the Cape (2001 Video)
24 min | Documentary, Short
The story of the development of the visual effects used in the first Christopher Reeve Superman film.
Director: Michael Thau | Stars: Roy Field, Marc McClure, Marlon Brando, Richard Donner
Votes: 94
90. Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001 Video)
63 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Oscar winning thriller, prepared for its tenth anniversary. Includes interviews with star Anthony Hopkins, as well as other members of the ... See full summary »
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Amy Taubin, Ron Bozman, Ted Levine, Ted Tally
Votes: 323
91. Boundless (2013)
95 min | Documentary
As Hong Kong's foremost filmmaker, Johnnie To himself becomes the protagonist of this painstaking documentary exploring him and his boundless world of cinema. Shot over two years and ... See full summary »
Director: Ferris Lin | Stars: Johnnie To, Sylvia Chang, Ching Wan Lau, Louis Koo
Votes: 151
92. Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003)
106 min | Comedy, Romance
This is the fun story of the mischievous, adventurous and conquering Leléu and the dreamy Lisbela, who loves watching American movies and dreams of movie heroes.
Director: Guel Arraes | Stars: André Mattos, Aramis Trindade, Bruno Garcia, Carlos Casagrande
Votes: 6,994
93. Blood Theatre (1984)
R | 75 min | Comedy, Horror
An old movie house plagued with a history of unexplained tragedies is reopened with bloody history repeating itself
Director: Rick Sloane | Stars: Mary Woronov, Jenny Cunningham, Jonathan Blakely, Andrew Cofrin
Votes: 998
94. The Majestic (2001)
PG | 152 min | Drama, Romance
In 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 57,678 | Gross: $27.81M
95. Tropic Thunder (2008)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, War
Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Kahn
Votes: 448,276 | Gross: $110.52M
96. The Independent (2000)
R | 81 min | Comedy
A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story of a serial killer who wants his biography film to be a musical.
Director: Stephen Kessler | Stars: Jerry Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich, Ted Demme
Votes: 1,372 | Gross: $0.24M
97. Tokyo Cowboy (1994)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
No Ogawa, a young Japanese man, loves American western movies. What little English he does know he learned from these movies. When he is fired from his latest job at a fast food restaurant,... See full summary »
Director: Kathy Garneau | Stars: Anna Ferguson, Sharon Heath, Christianne Hirt, Hiromoto Ida
Votes: 117
98. Bleeder (1999)
98 min | Crime, Drama
Two stories for the price of one: Lenny works in a video shop and tries to get aquainted with the waitress Lea. Leo beats his pregnant wife, Louise, which is a VERY bad idea, as her brother, Louis, is a violent racist.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Rikke Louise Andersson, Liv Corfixen
Votes: 9,185
99. Terror Firmer (1999)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Horror
A homicidal maniac is on the loose in the city and the low-budget film crew of a Troma movie has the power to stop them.
Director: Lloyd Kaufman | Stars: Will Keenan, Alyce LaTourelle, Lloyd Kaufman, Trent Haaga
Votes: 5,671 | Gross: $0.00M
100. Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Adventure
A behind the scenes chronicle of how clash of vision, bad creative decisions, lack of interest and really bad weather plagued the disastrous production of the infamous The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).
Director: David Gregory | Stars: Richard Stanley, Kier-La Janisse, Michael Gingold, Graham Humphreys
Votes: 4,413
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