Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "meta-film"

1. A Serbian Film (2010)

NC-17 | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An aging porn star agrees to participate in an "art film" in order to make a clean break from the business, only to discover that he has been drafted into making a pedophilia and necrophilia themed snuff film.

Director: Srdjan Spasojevic | Stars: Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic, Slobodan Bestic

Votes: 71,657

2. Blazing Saddles (1974)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Western

In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.

Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman

Votes: 152,440 | Gross: $119.50M

3. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

G | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.

Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen

Votes: 260,593 | Gross: $8.82M

4. Body Double (1984)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton

Votes: 38,167 | Gross: $8.80M

5. Perfect Blue (1997)

R | 81 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.

Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura

Votes: 95,397 | Gross: $0.78M

6. Spaceballs (1987)

PG | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.

Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman

Votes: 206,483 | Gross: $38.12M

7. Vertigo (1958)

PG | 128 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller

A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore

Votes: 426,793 | Gross: $3.20M

8. Rear Window (1954)

PG | 112 min | Mystery, Thriller

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter

Votes: 521,939 | Gross: $36.76M

9. Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1993–2012)

TV-14 | 15 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Space Ghost, a superhero from a 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon, hosts his own talk show.

Stars: George Lowe, C. Martin Croker, Andy Merrill, Dave Willis

Votes: 7,743

10. Lost Highway (1997)

R | 134 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Anonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius, Louis Eppolito

Votes: 153,156 | Gross: $3.80M

11. Young Frankenstein (1974)

PG | 106 min | Comedy

An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.

Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle

Votes: 168,870 | Gross: $86.30M

12. 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: 203,006 | Gross: $22.25M

13. All About Eve (1950)

Passed | 138 min | Drama

A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm

Votes: 138,727 | Gross: $0.01M

14. Synecdoche, New York (2008)

R | 124 min | Drama

A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

Director: Charlie Kaufman | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener

Votes: 98,211 | Gross: $3.08M

15. 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: 125,164 | Gross: $0.05M

16. Persona (1966)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Thriller

A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand

Votes: 130,879

17. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)

PG | 97 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Thirty years after their popular television show ended, chipmunks Chip and Dale live very different lives. When a cast member from the original series mysteriously disappears, the pair must reunite to save their friend.

Director: Akiva Schaffer | Stars: Andy Samberg, John Mulaney, KiKi Layne, Will Arnett

Votes: 46,949

18. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The Looney Tunes search for a man's missing father and the mythical Blue Monkey diamond.

Directors: Joe Dante, Eric Goldberg | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Heather Locklear

Votes: 40,420 | Gross: $20.99M

19. LSD: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha (2010)

Not Rated | 155 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A video camcorder, a store security camera, and concealed cameras candidly expose lives in three loosely-linked tales.

Director: Dibakar Banerjee | Stars: Nushrratt Bharuccha, Anshuman Jha, Neha Chauhan, Rajkummar Rao

Votes: 6,110

20. Om Shanti Om (2007)

Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

In the 1970s, Om, an aspiring actor, is murdered, but is immediately reincarnated into the present day. He attempts to discover the mystery of his demise and find Shanti, the love of his previous life.

Director: Farah Khan | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal, Kirron Kher

Votes: 49,739 | Gross: $3.60M

21. 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: 28,514

22. 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: 2,378

23. Scare Package (I) (2019)

Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Horror

Chad, the owner of Rad Chad's Horror Emporium, recounts a series of bone-chilling, blood-splattered tales to illustrate the rules of the horror genre to his newest employee.

Directors: Courtney Andujar, Hillary Andujar, Anthony Cousins, Emily Hagins, Aaron B. Koontz, Chris McInroy, Noah Segan, Baron Vaughn | Stars: Jon Michael Simpson, Luxy Banner, Sydney Huddleston, Haley Alea Erickson

Votes: 5,035

24. Zoom (2015)

Not Rated | 96 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A multi-dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each lives in a separate reality but authors a story about one of the others.

Director: Pedro Morelli | Stars: Tyler Labine, Alison Pill, Michael Eklund, Mariana Ximenes

Votes: 3,010

25. Tristram Shandy (2005)

R | 94 min | Comedy

Director Michael Winterbottom (Northam) attempts to shoot the adaptation of Laurence Sterne's essentially unfilmable novel, "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman."

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Jeremy Northam, Rob Brydon, Keeley Hawes

Votes: 13,176 | Gross: $1.25M

26. Road to Morocco (1942)

Passed | 82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn

Votes: 5,854 | Gross: $1.63M

27. The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)

91 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

The notorious fictional town of Royston Vasey is under threat and its inhabitants are forced to leave.

Director: Steve Bendelack | Stars: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Michael Sheen

Votes: 5,919

28. Luck by Chance (2009)

Not Rated | 156 min | Drama

When Vikram gets tapped to play the male lead in a Bollywood film, he can't believe his luck. But it may ruin his relationship with his girlfriend.

Director: Zoya Akhtar | Stars: Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia

Votes: 11,041 | Gross: $0.36M

29. Jake Speed (1986)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

In a world where, unbeknownst to the public, all famous pulp fiction heroes are real, one of them, Jake Speed, agrees to help desperate Margaret Winston save her sister from sadistic white slaver Sid, who's operating in Africa.

Director: Andrew Lane | Stars: Wayne Crawford, Dennis Christopher, Karen Kopins, John Hurt

Votes: 1,116 | Gross: $1.94M

30. We Put the World to Sleep

Adventure, Drama, Horror | Post-production

Adrian and Duru get lost in the characters they play in an apocalyptic film and embark on a secret mission to end the world for real. Second entry in Adrian Tofei and Duru Yücel's trilogy which includes Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015) and Pure.

Director: Adrian Tofei | Stars: Adrian Tofei, Duru Yücel, Erisse Peterson, Andreea Enciu

31. Paper Flowers (1959)

Unrated | 148 min | Drama, Romance

Suresh Sinha, a famous director, discovers star potential in Shanti, a woman he stumbled into one rainy evening, and casts her as the lead in a film. In a twist of fate, Shanti becomes a superstar and Suresh faces a decline in his career.

Director: Guru Dutt | Stars: Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt, Kumari Naaz, Johnny Walker

Votes: 2,775

32. The Last Blockbuster (2020)

TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary

This nostalgic documentary reveals the real story of Blockbuster's demise, and how one last location in Bend, Oregon keeps the spirit of a bygone era alive.

Director: Taylor Morden | Stars: Lauren Lapkus, Tom Casey, Kevin Smith, Sandi Harding

Votes: 6,144

33. Rangeela (1995)

Not Rated | 142 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A middle-class young woman who dreams of Bollywood fame is caught in a love triangle between her childhood friend and a famous actor.

Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Aamir Khan, Urmila Matondkar, Jackie Shroff, Gulshan Grover

Votes: 10,427

34. Sentimental Education (I) (2013)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Romance

Áurea is a sentimental older woman, who befriends teenager Áureo. They like each other, so she talks to him about herself, her spirituality, mysticism and existence itself. They become inseparable, so his jealous mother confronts her.

Director: Júlio Bressane | Stars: Josie Antello, Bernardo Marinho, Débora Olivieri, Gustavo Novaes

Votes: 183

35. Khamosh (1986)

101 min | Mystery, Thriller

When a starlet is murdered on a film location, a detective arrives to investigate the cast and crew.

Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Amol Palekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Soni Razdan

Votes: 1,154

36. Skeleton Crew (2009 Video)

R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller

The production of a horror movie based on the true story of a doctor's sadistic snuff films takes a terrifying turn when the director gets carried away with his subject.

Directors: Tommi Lepola, Tero Molin | Stars: Rita Suomalainen, Steve Porter, Anna Alkiomaa, Jonathan Rankle

Votes: 1,141

37. Number Two (1975)

88 min | Documentary, Drama

An analysis of the power relations in an ordinary family.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Sandrine Battistella, Pierre Oudrey, Alexandre Rignault, Rachel Stefanopoli

Votes: 1,056

38. Hierankl (2003)

93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Young student Lene is standing at the train station; she must decide whether to take the train back to Berlin where she lives or the one to the Bavarian countryside where her family resides... See full summary »

Director: Hans Steinbichler | Stars: Johanna Wokalek, Barbara Sukowa, Josef Bierbichler, Peter Simonischek

Votes: 369

39. Zingo (1998)

92 min | Comedy

A comedy about a young man with a tendency to screw things up. After years of unhealthy living he is looking for calm and rest. But first he has to deal with a drug-dealing debt. He teams ... See full summary »

Director: Christjan Wegner | Stars: Björn Kjellman, Helena Af Sandeberg, Per Morberg, Thomas Hellberg

Votes: 985

40. The Key to Reserva (2007)

10 min | Short

Finding an unfinished script written by Alfred Hitchcock himself, Martin Scorsese attempts to recreate it himself as Hitchcock would have.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Simon Baker, Kelli O'Hara, Michael Stuhlbarg, Christopher Denham

Votes: 3,232

41. The Caiman (2006)

112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A skewering of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Silvio Orlando, Margherita Buy, Jasmine Trinca, Michele Placido

Votes: 5,279

42. Khoya Khoya Chand (2007)

131 min | Drama, Romance

Zafar, a young and rebellious writer, comes to Mumbai to try his luck in the Bollywood film industry. He soon falls in love with a starlet and loses himself in the intoxicating world of glamour.

Director: Sudhir Mishra | Stars: Shiney Ahuja, Soha Ali Khan, Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak

Votes: 578

43. Fucking with Nobody (2020)

102 min | Comedy, Drama

After losing a film job to her nemesis Kristian, Hanna teams up with her sister and counterculture friends, to create a parody romance on Instagram between herself and young actor Ekku.

Director: Hannaleena Hauru | Stars: Hannaleena Hauru, Tanja Heinänen, Samuel Kujala, Anna Kuusamo

Votes: 520

44. Casanova's Big Night (1954)

Approved | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy

A meek tailor thinks his wooing will be helped if he assumes the identity of the famous Casanova...who's deeply in debt.

Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Dalton, Basil Rathbone

Votes: 1,144 | Gross: $7.63M

45. Prison (1949)

79 min | Drama

A film director tries to create the best film in history, but finds out that human abilities have their limits.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Doris Svedlund, Birger Malmsten, Eva Henning, Hasse Ekman

Votes: 2,141

46. The Supermarket (2009)

116 min | Comedy, Drama

To the young people of Ellington the Supermarket was many different things. Another home, a place they'd known as long as they can remember. A one-of-a-kind place to work, build friendships... See full summary »

Director: Timothy Norman | Stars: Matt Jenkins, Bob Ondek, Pat Tanner, Brian Madore

Votes: 24

47. Kurt Olsson - Filmen om mitt liv som mej själv (1990)

88 min | Comedy

Kurt is born in Gothenburg in 1945. His mother is a timid housewife, his father a loud-mouthed tram driver. Already from an early age, Kurt has an ability to make a mess of everything he ... See full summary »

Director: Håkan Wennberg | Stars: Lars Brandeby, Hans Wiktorsson, Anki Rahlskog, Ulla Skoog

Votes: 670

48. Soi Cowboy (2008)

117 min | Drama

A Thai woman tries to avoid working in the red-light district of Bangkok and seeks some security by living with a European man.

Director: Thomas Clay | Stars: Nicolas Bro, Pimwalee Thampanyasan, Petch Mekoh, Natee Srimanta

Votes: 227

49. Halbe Miete (2002)

92 min | Crime

An obsessed hacker escapes and hides in empty apartments after his girlfriend dies of an overdose in his apartment, but he cannot control his obsession with breaking into others' homes.

Director: Marc Ottiker | Stars: Stephan Kampwirth, Doris Schretzmayer, Natascha Bub, Alexander Beyer

Votes: 243

50. The Critic (I) (2018)

15 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

A starry-eyed actress with a troubled past faces her harshest critic during an interview gone wrong.

Director: Stella Velon | Stars: Stella Velon, Alan Smyth, Todd Karner

Votes: 90