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

1. The Kominsky Method (2018–2021)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

An aging actor, who long ago enjoyed a brush with fame, makes his living as an acting coach.

Stars: Michael Douglas, Sarah Baker, Graham Rogers, Melissa Tang

Votes: 44,033

2. A Chorus Line (1985)

PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Music, Musical

Hopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical.

Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Michael Blevins, Yamil Borges

Votes: 11,607 | Gross: $14.20M

3. Their Finest (2016)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.

Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Richard E. Grant

Votes: 21,272 | Gross: $3.60M

4. My Week with Marilyn (2011)

R | 99 min | Biography, Drama

Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond

Votes: 89,570 | Gross: $14.60M

5. The Libertine (2004)

R | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.

Director: Laurence Dunmore | Stars: Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Paul Ritter

Votes: 37,752 | Gross: $4.84M

6. Curtains (1983)

R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.

Director: Richard Ciupka | Stars: John Vernon, Samantha Eggar, Linda Thorson, Anne Ditchburn

Votes: 5,719

7. A Little Daytime Drama (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Romance

In order to save her daytime soap drama from cancellation, head writer Maggie must convince Darin (her real-life ex-boyfriend) to return to the show.

Director: Heather Hawthorn Doyle | Stars: Jen Lilley, Ryan Paevey, Linda Dano, Brittany Mitchell

Votes: 1,081

8. A Murder of Crows (1998)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A disbarred lawyer takes credit for a late friend's book, which becomes a smash hit but the tables turn on him sooner than he suspected.

Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Berenger, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Eric Stoltz

Votes: 9,023

9. Being Julia (2004)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Set in 1930s London, this movie involves stage actors and actresses and their experiences with love and revenge.

Director: István Szabó | Stars: Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Maury Chaykin, Jeremy Irons

Votes: 12,925 | Gross: $7.74M

10. Stage Door (1937)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.

Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick

Votes: 8,997

11. Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996 TV Movie)

R | 139 min | Biography, Drama

This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her superstar pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino, Josh Charles, Ron Rifkin

Votes: 2,811

12. Ratboy (1986)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Several shady and shallow people try to profit, one after the other, from a physically deformed teenager whose face looks like a snout of a rodent and who lives hidden in a city garbage dump, alone and miserable.

Director: Sondra Locke | Stars: Sondra Locke, Robert Townsend, Christopher Hewett, Larry Hankin

Votes: 776

13. Undiscovered (2005)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A group of aspiring entertainers try to establish careers for themselves in LA.

Director: Meiert Avis | Stars: Kip Pardue, Carrie Fisher, Shannyn Sossamon, Pell James

Votes: 2,924 | Gross: $1.07M

14. The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)

Approved | 130 min | Drama

A dictatorial film director (Peter Finch) hires an unknown actress (Kim Novak) to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Milton Selzer

Votes: 1,501

15. Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

The ups and downs of life as experienced by a group of aspiring young artists in the early Fifties New York.

Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Lois Smith

Votes: 2,465

16. Bachchhan Paandey (2022)

147 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When a struggling filmmaker and actor set out to make a biography on one of the most dreaded gangsters, they have little idea about just how crazy and dangerous it's going to be.

Director: Farhad Samji | Stars: Kriti Sanon, Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi, Jacqueline Fernandez

Votes: 36,576

17. Walk of Fame (I) (2017)

93 min | Comedy

A motley crew of aspiring performers come under the guidance of an eccentric and volatile acting coach.

Director: Jesse Thomas | Stars: Scott Eastwood, Malcolm McDowell, Chris Kattan, Jamie Kennedy

Votes: 1,014

18. Unscripted (2005)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Three young actors try to make it big in Hollywood.

Stars: Krista Allen, Bryan Greenberg, Jennifer Hall, Frank Langella

Votes: 493

19. For Ladies Only (1981 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama

A young man from Iowa comes to New York hoping to make it as an actor. However, he doesn't get a break and is almost out of money. So another actor who moonlights as a stripper encourages ... See full summary »

Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Gregory Harrison, Marc Singer, Patti Davis, Viveca Lindfors

Votes: 215

20. Fame L.A. (1997–1998)

60 min | Drama

Updated version of the acclaimed show from the '80s, set in Los Angeles, and featuring a group of talented Performing Arts students being mentored by a seasoned acting coach.

Stars: Danny Wooten, William R. Moses, Heidi Lenhart, Christian Kane

Votes: 252

21. Allyson Is Watching (1997)

R | 90 min | Drama

Innocent, sexy Allyson leaves her boyfriend Peter to go to acting classes in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles she rents a room in an apartment building from the grumpy Mr. Merry next to the ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Kubilos | Stars: Caroline Ambrose, James Horan, David Andriole, Jack DeLeon

Votes: 380

22. Playmaker (1994)

R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A would-be actress uncovers horrifying files on other starlets.

Director: Yuri Zeltser | Stars: Colin Firth, Jennifer Rubin, John Getz, Jeff Perry

Votes: 471

23. Filmworker (2017)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography

A documentary about how English actor Leon Vitali came to work as an assistant to American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick for over 30 years.

Director: Tony Zierra | Stars: Leon Vitali, Ryan O'Neal, Brian Capron, Mike Alfreds

Votes: 3,493 | Gross: $0.10M

24. Star Dust (1940)

Approved | 90 min | Drama

Carolyn Sayres gets a Hollywood contract from talent scout Brooke but is later rejected because she's too young. She falls in love with Bud Borden, another contractee who helps her to ... See full summary »

Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Linda Darnell, John Payne, Roland Young, Charlotte Greenwood

Votes: 385

25. Evil Obsession (1996)

R | 95 min | Thriller

As models show up on calendars and magazine covers, someone is making bodies show up at the morgue. Is it the obsessed fan?

Director: Richard W. Munchkin | Stars: Corey Feldman, Kimberly Stevens, Mark Derwin, Brion James

Votes: 141

26. Playmates (1941)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music

For the sake of a lucrative radio contract, John Barrymore agrees to turn bandleader Kay Kyser into a Shakespearian actor.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Kay Kyser, John Barrymore, Lupe Velez, Ginny Simms

Votes: 345

27. 10 Cent Pistol (2014)

Unrated | 91 min | Crime, Thriller

A story about two lifelong criminals who maneuver through the shady underbelly of Los Angeles in search of wealth, love and redemption.

Director: Michael C. Martin | Stars: Jena Malone, JT Alexander, Damon Alexander, Joe Mantegna

Votes: 577

28. Frogs for Snakes (1998)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Eva is a legit actress who does debt-collecting jobs on the side for her ex-husband, loan shark Al. She doesn't want to go on with collecting, but Al asks her to do one last job: finding a missing $600,000 stolen from him by Flav.

Director: Amos Poe | Stars: José Rafael Arango, Nicole Arlyn, David Cale, Nick Chinlund

Votes: 383 | Gross: $0.02M

29. Intentions (2003)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance

A coming of age piece: an exploration of love, relationships, and sexuality. The story revolves around a married college Professor who unexpectedly falls in love with one of her female ... See full summary »

Director: Luane Beck | Stars: Deidre Kotch, Katherine Lee, Maria Biber-Ferro, Tom Darci

Votes: 224

30. Sunny Side Up (1994)

80 min | Comedy, Romance

Speer is training in Hollywood to be an actress. She falls in love with the window cleaner of her hotel.

Director: Bettina Speer | Stars: Bettina Speer, Andreas Michera, Richard Angarola, Stephanie Seymour

Votes: 82

31. Dot Goes to Hollywood (1987)

73 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Eight entry in the series of animated films about a little Australian girl called Dot and her animal friends. Dot competes to become a film star in 1930s Hollywood in order to pay for the operation that could save her sick koala friend.

Director: Yoram Gross | Stars: Robyn Moore, Keith Scott, Barbara Frawley, Ross Higgins

Votes: 58

32. 365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)

Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: James Dunn, Alice Faye, Frank Mitchell, Jack Durant

Votes: 173

33. Montgomery Clift (1983)

122 min | Documentary, Biography

The tragic life of method actor Montgomery Clift. a very talented but deeply troubled star addicted to alcohol and drugs, is recounted by friends and co-workers.

Director: Claudio Masenza | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Judy Balaban, Patricia Bosworth, Brooks Clift

Votes: 88

34. The Nut Farm (1935)

Passed | 65 min | Comedy

Bob and Helen decide to move to California and make a fresh start. Bob wants to buy a nut farm, but Helen dreams of being in the movies. While Bob is looking for a farm to buy, Helen is ... See full summary »

Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Wallace Ford, Betty Alden, Florence Roberts, Spencer Charters

Votes: 125

35. Special Thanks to Roy London (2005)

TV-G | 89 min | Documentary

An homage to avant-garde acting coach Roy London.

Director: Christopher Monger | Stars: Rhonda Aldrich, Louie Anderson, Patricia Arquette, Richmond Arquette

Votes: 96

36. Michael Blanco (2004)

80 min | Drama, Comedy

Michael Blanco arrives in Los Angeles. He dreams of becoming a movie star. There are 900,000 others like him in that city.

Director: Stephan Streker | Stars: Michaël Goldberg, Larry Moss, Lily Holbrook, Judy Dickerson

Votes: 96

37. 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

38. Making It Again? (2017)

Approved | 60 min | Comedy

The story line behind "Making It Again?" is about a fourteen year old boy named Sheridan Cantarelli, who used to be a talented boy soprano, but after a few years of performing in front of ... See full summary »

Stars: Sheridan Archbold, Amanda Flahive, Deric Anthony Gochenauer, Rob Luedtke

Votes: 7

39. Along for the Ride: The Making of 'Last Ride' (2009 Video)

55 min | Documentary

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Directors: Jono Hill, Tim Mummery | Stars: Antonia Barnard, Andrew Fenton, Josephine Ford, Greig Fraser

40. From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff (2002)

Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary

Several of the interviews in this documentary were filmed at a symposium about the career and biography of Michael Chekhov, which was held in the US in the 1990s. The participants in the ... See full summary »

Director: Frederick Keeve | Stars: Gregory Peck, Mala Powers, John Berry, Dorothy Dean Bridges

Votes: 37

41. Last Ride: Behind the Scenes - Web Clips (2009 Video)

11 min | Documentary, Short

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Stars: Antonia Barnard, Glendyn Ivin, Marion Lee, Fiona Rees-Jones

42. Actors' Transformation: The Work of Deena Levy and Her Students (2003)

50 min | Documentary

"I want to act." These words ring out thousands of times a day in classrooms, cafés, and bathroom mirrors around the world. Everyone wants to act, but how many people actually know what ... See full summary »

Director: Geneviève Appleton | Stars: Deena Levy, Jonathan Abrahams, Michelle Schulman, Matthew Armstrong

43. Improved Improv (2010)

7 min | Short, Comedy

An aspiring actress joins an improv class with one student and a psychotic instructor, quickly learning the art of improv is not one to be taken lightly.

Director: Jake Parker | Stars: Jack Zullo, Rebecca Raphaelson, Jake Parker

44. Lion: A Pride of Lions - Casting the Film (2017 Video)

7 min | Documentary, Short

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Stars: Iain Canning, Luke Davies, Garth Davis, Miranda Harcourt

45. Lion: Finding Home - Garth Davis and the Direction of 'Lion' (2017 Video)

8 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

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Stars: Iain Canning, Garth Davis, Angie Fielder, Greig Fraser

46. Lion: A Lion's Journey - From Life to Screen (2017 Video)

8 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

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Stars: Saroo Brierley, Iain Canning, Luke Davies, Garth Davis

47. Last Ride: Behind the Scenes - Rehearsal Footage (2009 Video)

9 min | Documentary, Short

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Stars: Glendyn Ivin, Tom Russell, Hugo Weaving

48. Contender: Mastering the Method (2001 Video)

25 min | Documentary, Short

An in-depth analysis and celebration of the famous "I coulda been a contender" scene between Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger in the classic film "On the Waterfront".

Director: David Naylor | Stars: James Lipton, Jeff Young, Patricia Bosworth, Rod Steiger

Votes: 52

49. Laisse un peu d'amour (1998 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama

Monique, a 57-year-old worker, is put in early retirement. Her life then takes a different turn in that she can now take advantage of long days without work. For her two daughters life is ... See full summary »

Director: Zaïda Ghorab-Volta | Stars: Andrée Damant, Aurélia Petit, Lise Payen, Paola Bechis

50. The Inner World of Filmmaking Podcast (2021 Podcast Series)

Talk-Show

Host Tami Magaro interviews filmmakers in all facets of production and distribution. She explores the inner world and how collaborations can go much smoother when working as a team. The ... See full summary »

Stars: Tami Magaro, Caroline Amiguet, Robin Martin, Alan Vazquez