Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "actress-playing-an-actress"

1. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Passed | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy

Votes: 61,947 | Gross: $4.05M

2. 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: 236,604

3. 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: 138,844 | Gross: $0.01M

4. Yannick (2023)

67 min | Comedy, Drama

In the middle of a performance of the play "Le Cocu", a very bad boulevard comedy, Yannick gets up and interrupts the show to take the evening back in hand.

Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Raphaël Quenard, Pio Marmaï, Blanche Gardin, Sébastien Chassagne

Votes: 4,429

5. La Vie En Rose (2007)

PG-13 | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.

Director: Olivier Dahan | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner

Votes: 90,779 | Gross: $10.30M

6. Brother and Sister (2022)

108 min | Drama

Alice and Louis are estranged siblings who have been avoiding each other for over twenty years and are forced to reunite after a tragedy.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud, Golshifteh Farahani, Patrick Timsit

Votes: 1,255

7. Don't Break Me (2023)

94 min | Comedy

Two women struggling with anger issues join forces to defeat an eccentric surgeon who endangers their lives, in this hilarious, comedy-filled romp.

Director: Azul Lombardía | Stars: Carla Peterson, Julieta Díaz, Salvador del Solar, Fito Páez

Votes: 468

8. La Tour de glace

Drama | Pre-production

Jeanne, a 15-year-old orphan, witnesses the shoot for a film adaptation of the fairy tale The Snow Queen, and she becomes fascinated by its star, Cristina, an actress who is just as mysterious and alluring as the Queen she is playing.

Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic | Star: Marion Cotillard

9. French film

90 min | Drama, Romance | Post-production

Sam and Léna, two actors, are in love. Sam wants to completely possess Léna. She gives herself entirely to him. Yet their relationship deteriorates to the point of disaster.

Director: Claude Chamis | Stars: Luca Colucci, Pauline Miocekovitz, Augustin De Winter, Nathan Moreira

10. Oh La La! (2006)

87 min | Comedy

A forgotten actress, a part-time director, a fashionable actress, a young man of disturbing beauty try, together, to realize their dream.

Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Arielle Dombasle, Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, Andy Gillet

Votes: 165

11. Lisa (I) (2001)

109 min | Drama, Romance, War

Stumbling across an uncompleted 1939 film called "Princess Marushka", filmmaker Sam becomes intrigued with the young actor Sylvain Marceau, who last appeared in the film. Hoping to discover... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Grimblat | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Sagamore Stévenin

Votes: 211

12. Ang babae sa septic tank 2: #ForeverIsNotEnough (2016)

TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy

Eugene prepares for her comeback vehicle after a long sabbatical from movie making. Rainier proposes "The Itinerary," a heartbreaking anatomy of a crumbling marriage as told through a ... See full summary »

Director: Marlon Rivera | Stars: Eugene Domingo, Kean Cipriano, Cai Cortez, Khalil Ramos

Votes: 121 | Gross: $0.03M

13. Malditos Pandilleros (2023)

Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Comedy

An actress accuses her co-star of ruining a nude scene by sexually harassing her. The co-star denies it. Somebody is lying--and there is proof.

Director: Álex Montoya | Stars: Irene Anula, Iñaki Ardanaz, Zoe Berriatúa, Jon D. Domínguez

14. 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001)
Episode: Fifteen Minutes of Dick (1997)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Sally stands up to Mark Hamill who unknowingly has taken the Solomons place in a restaurant and becomes a local hero.

Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Votes: 355