Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "acting-student"

1. Firebird (I) (2021)

R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Firebird follows a handsome, soulful young soldier who embarks on a clandestine sexual affair with a charismatic fighter pilot on a Soviet Air Force Base at the height of 1970's Communist rule.

Director: Peeter Rebane | Stars: Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, Diana Pozharskaya, Jake Henderson

Votes: 12,779

2. Stage Fright (1950)

Approved | 110 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Jane Wyman, Richard Todd, Michael Wilding

Votes: 16,166

3. City Island (2009)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

Prison guard Vince tells Molly from acting class, that one inmate is his 24 y.o. love child. Vince takes him home to stay with his family - straight A son with fat girl fetish, college dropout/stripper daughter and cute wife.

Director: Raymond De Felitta | Stars: Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Emily Mortimer

Votes: 32,564 | Gross: $6.67M

4. Drama (2010)

80 min | Drama

Three theater students, influenced by a professor and French theorist Antonin Artaud's acting technique, begin to experiment with their own lives, searching for real emotions and situations... See full summary »

Director: Matias Lira | Stars: Eusebio Arenas, Diego Ruiz, Isidora Urrejola, Jaime McManus

Votes: 701

5. Beloved Infidel (1959)

Not Rated | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Toward the end of his life, F. Scott Fitzgerald is writing for Hollywood studios to be able to afford the cost of an asylum for his wife. He is also struggling against alcoholism. Into his life comes the famous gossip columnist.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Gregory Peck, Deborah Kerr, Eddie Albert, Philip Ober

Votes: 1,185

6. These Foolish Things (2006)

Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A struggling young actress, a fledgling director and an ambitious playwright become embroiled in an emotional love triangle as they strive for recognition, fame and fortune in a world on the brink of World War II.

Director: Julia Taylor-Stanley | Stars: Charlotte Lucas, Craig Rooke, Julia McKenzie, Roisin Goodall

Votes: 590

7. Strawberry & Chocolate (1993)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Story of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other.

Directors: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Francisco Gattorno

Votes: 6,022 | Gross: $2.08M

8. The Gang of Four (1989)

160 min | Drama, Mystery

A drama following 4 women at stage school. Considered by some to be the summation of director Jacques Rivette's work as a whole.

Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Bulle Ogier, Benoît Régent, Fejria Deliba, Laurence Côte

Votes: 1,155

9. Revue Starlight the Movie (2021)

120 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Starlight - This is a story of a far off star, a long time ago, and in the distant future. Two young girls, captivated by the glamour of the performance, exchange promises: "We'll become stars." "I'll wait for you on stage."

Director: Tomohiro Furukawa | Stars: Momoyo Koyama, Suzuko Mimori, Haruki Iwata, Aina Aiba

Votes: 197

10. James Dean (1976 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 94 min | Biography, Drama

A dramatization of the story of legendary movie actor James Dean. The film's writer, William Bast, had roomed with Dean in the early '50s, when both were trying to break into films as actors.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Michael Brandon, Stephen McHattie, Brooke Adams, Julian Burton

Votes: 330

11. Revue Starlight (2018–2019)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Starlight is a song and dance revue troupe loved throughout the world. Karen and Hikari make a promise with each other when they're young that one day they'll stand on that stage together. ... See full summary »

Stars: Momoyo Koyama, Suzuko Mimori, Moeka Koizumi, Aina Aiba

Votes: 299

12. Star Struck (1996)

94 min | Comedy, Drama

A boy from the Midwest comes to Hollywood in search of a dream: he wants to be a star. He finds acting teacher Aaron Gillespie who bills himself as "The Buddah of Buddahs" of acting ... See full summary »

Director: Massimo Mazzucco | Stars: Scott Trost, Sean Michael Allen, Scott Caan, Michael Capellupo

Votes: 25

13. Mere Players (2016)

18 min | Short, Comedy

To prepare for his acting roles, Meisner actor Jerome goes on blind dates with his gay roommate's unsuspecting girlfriends. After three professionally successful but romantically disastrous... See full summary »

Director: Dan Levy Dagerman | Stars: Amy Argyle, Johnny Cannizzaro, Grace De Silva, Ella James

14. Four and a Living Room (2021– )

Comedy, Drama

When three twenty-somethings who've been living together in a single house get a new roommate, things start to change at a fast pace.

Stars: Natalija Surlich, Laetitia Vander Meulen, Wesley Ngoto, Niels De Coster

15. The Decalogue (1989–1990)
Episode: Dekalog, cztery (1989)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama

When her father is away on business, a young woman discovers a letter from her dead mother reading, 'Open after my death'.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Adrianna Biedrzynska, Janusz Gajos, Artur Barcis, Aleksander Bardini

Votes: 4,631

16. The Best Years (2007– )
Episode: Girl Interupted (2007)

TV-PG | 46 min | Drama

Between the hubbub on her floor and Cynthia Song's hospital drama, Samantha has difficulty studying for her mid-terms. She accepts her benefactor Dorothy O'Sullivan's offer of her home for ... See full summary »

Director: Gail Harvey | Stars: Charity Shea, Brandon Jay McLaren, Jennifer Miller, Athena Karkanis

Votes: 7