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

1. Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

R | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.

Director: Stephen Chow | Stars: Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen, Qiu Yuen, Siu-Lung Leung

Votes: 151,288 | Gross: $17.11M

2. Blow Out (1981)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz

Votes: 63,858 | Gross: $13.75M

3. America's Sweethearts (2001)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Romance

A movie publicist deals with the messy public split of his movie's co-stars while keeping reporters at bay while a reclusive director holds the film's print hostage.

Director: Joe Roth | Stars: Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Votes: 60,455 | Gross: $93.61M

4. Flashbacks of a Fool (2008)

R | 109 min | Drama

A fading Hollywood star looks back at the days of his youth as he returns home from his best friend's funeral.

Director: Baillie Walsh | Stars: Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Eve, Olivia Williams

Votes: 12,956 | Gross: $0.00M

5. Living in Oblivion (1995)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

This ultimate tribute to all independent filmmakers takes place during one day on the set of a non-budget movie.

Director: Tom DiCillo | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney, Danielle von Zerneck

Votes: 20,225 | Gross: $1.15M

6. The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

R | 122 min | Drama

At a media-swamped party to celebrate his 70th birthday and screen his avant-garde film-in-progress, a legendary but jaded Hollywood director is faced both with voracious fans and unsettling questions about what became of his lead actor.

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg

Votes: 8,070

7. Scarlet Diva (2000)

R | 90 min | Drama

A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while doing some soul searching to find the path for redemption.

Director: Asia Argento | Stars: Asia Argento, Jean Shepard, Herbert Fritsch, Gianluca Arcopinto

Votes: 2,758 | Gross: $0.02M

8. S.O.B. (1981)

R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama

A successful movie director makes the most expensive film in his career and it becomes a huge flop. He tries to salvage his career by reshooting the film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Julie Andrews, William Holden, Marisa Berenson, Larry Hagman

Votes: 6,500 | Gross: $14.87M

9. The Anniversary Party (2001)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Love is complex and relationships deteriorate.

Directors: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh | Stars: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Phoebe Cates, Kevin Kline

Votes: 8,761 | Gross: $4.01M

10. An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)

R | 86 min | Comedy

When a rookie filmmaker with the unfortunate name Alan Smithee realizes he's an unwitting studio puppet, being forced to make a big-budget action movie he knows is horrible, he steals the master reels and tries to make a deal.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D, Eric Idle

Votes: 3,775 | Gross: $0.05M

11. The Muse (1999)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy

With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who proves to test his patience.

Director: Albert Brooks | Stars: Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone, Andie MacDowell, Jeff Bridges

Votes: 11,430 | Gross: $11.61M

12. Nickelodeon (1976)

PG | 121 min | Comedy

Buck and lawyer Leo accidentally get into movie production in the early days (1910).

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Brian Keith

Votes: 2,809

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: 2,734 | Gross: $0.01M

14. The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)

114 min | Documentary, Biography

A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.

Directors: Peter Middleton, James Spinney | Stars: Pearl Mackie, Jeff Rawle, Paul Ryan, Matthew Wolf

Votes: 1,807

15. Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)

R | 90 min | Comedy

An ex-pop singer kills her much-hated husband to be with her young lover. Her daughter plots Electra-like revenge.

Director: Mark Rucker | Stars: Charles Busch, Natasha Lyonne, Jason Priestley, Angela Paton

Votes: 2,138

16. The State of Things (1982)

121 min | Drama

The crew is running out of money to finish their film.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Allen Garfield, Samuel Fuller, Isabelle Weingarten, Rebecca Pauly

Votes: 3,635 | Gross: $6.00M

17. 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: 2,784

18. Queenie (1987)

233 min | Drama, Romance

An Anglo-Indian woman emigrates from India to Great Britain, pursues fame and fortune at the cost of personal happiness, and becomes a Hollywood movie star while suppressing the truth of her heritage.

Stars: Joss Ackland, Martin Balsam, Claire Bloom, Gary Cady

Votes: 472

19. Zubeidaa (2001)

Unrated | 153 min | Biography, Drama, History

Zubeidaa, an aspiring Muslim actress, marries a Sikh prince to become his second wife. Her tumultuous relationship with her husband, and her inner demons lead her to a decision which has fatal consequences for them all.

Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Karisma Kapoor, Rekha, Manoj Bajpayee, Rajit Kapoor

Votes: 1,702

20. Duck Amuck (1953)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 9,456

21. King of Cool (2021)

107 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The story of Dean Martin.

Director: Tom Donahue | Stars: Dean Martin, Frankie Avalon, Jerry Blavat, Bill Boggs

Votes: 891

22. Girl 27 (2007)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography

The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped.

Director: David Stenn | Stars: Patricia Douglas, Baby Peggy, Richard W. Bann, Kelly Brown

Votes: 1,188

23. The Next Big Hit (2023)

118 min | Action, Comedy, Musical

A down and out stunt man and his gay, high-strung movie producer cousin, on the run from a loan shark, hit the jackpot by producing the first martial-arts musical.

Director: Pat Battistini | Stars: Zak Lee, Cerina Vincent, Marlyn Mason, Perry Anzilotti

Votes: 13

24. 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: 12,213

25. 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: 491

26. Halla Bol (2008)

Not Rated | 142 min | Crime, Drama

A popular Bollywood actor witnesses a murder but refuses to come forward to identify the killer(s).

Director: Rajkumar Santoshi | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Vidya Balan, Pankaj Kapur, Darshan Jariwala

Votes: 2,411

27. Hierarchy (2009)

R | 125 min | Drama

A washed-up boxer, a struggling writer, a Hollywood producer and a just-fired engineer cross paths.

Director: Michael Fredianelli | Stars: Anthony Spears, Maggie VandenBerghe, Brian Gallegos, Ronald Kaplan

Votes: 50

28. The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films (2014)

88 min | Documentary

Two Israeli cousins, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, in pursuit of the American Dream, turned the Hollywood power structure upside down, producing over 300 films and becoming the most powerful independent film company in the world.

Director: Hilla Medalia | Stars: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus, Yehuda Barkan, Ram Globus

Votes: 605

29. Rhinoceros Eyes (2003)

R | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

A young autistic man living in a prop warehouse becomes involved in crime as he tries to win the heart of a beautiful set designer.

Director: Aaron Woodley | Stars: Michael Pitt, Paige Turco, Gale Harold, Matt Servitto

Votes: 758

30. Lazare (2020)

108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical

A team of French-Brazilian actors goes to Bucharest to shoot a film at a lower cost. But the Romanian technical team secretly shoot their own film.

Director: Philippe Chalem | Stars: Emine Meyrem, Milena Straube, Lionel Rousselot, Stanislas Siwiorek

Votes: 11

31. JFK: The Final Evidence (2023)

Documentary, Action, Crime

In this two-part series, explore the mystery behind the assassination of President John F Kennedy with Dr David J Hall.

Stars: Emma Long, David J. Hall, Chris Moran

Votes: 26

32. Bookends (2008)

Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A group of old friends reunite at a birthday party.

Director: Matt Riddlehoover | Stars: Matt Riddlehoover, Brandon Eaves, Lindsey Hancock Williamson, Sam Williamson

Votes: 819

33. Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 (2006 Video)

R | 46 min | Documentary

An investigation of UK video censorship after the video recordings act was introduced.

Director: David Gregory | Stars: Chris Theobald, Mary Whitehouse, Graham Bright, Ken Penry

Votes: 260

34. To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story (2017)

Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary, Biography

The emotional story of Kane Hodder who survived a harrowing childhood and near-death accident to become one of films biggest and most beloved horror icons.

Director: Derek Dennis Herbert | Stars: Kane Hodder, Mike Aloisi, John Carl Buechler, Bruce Campbell

Votes: 865

35. The Life of Bruce Lee (1994 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary, Biography

Documentary about martial arts actor Bruce Lee, from his birth in 1940 till his death in 1973, with interviews with his fellow actors and family. Dedicated to his son, Brandon.

Director: Guy Scutter | Stars: Brother Henry, Jan-Fai Lee, Taky Kimura, Roy Hollingsworth

Votes: 282

36. The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry (2010)

77 min | Documentary, Biography

A documentary depicting the life and films of Spain's 'King of Horror' Paul Naschy, aka Jacinto Molina, actor, writer, producer, and director.

Director: Ángel Agudo | Stars: Mick Garris, Paul Naschy, Javier Aguirre, José Luis Alemán

Votes: 132

37. Sankat City (2009)

120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A petty car thief and his garage-owner partner get in the bad books of a ruthless gangster.

Director: Pankaj Advani | Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Rimi Sen, Anupam Kher, Chunky Pandey

Votes: 660

38. Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown (2016 TV Movie)

61 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown chronicles the remarkable life and genius work of one of the most iconic and incomparable comic performers and filmmakers of our time.

Director: Gregory Monro | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Frank Krutnik, Tony Lewis Comedian, Ted Okuda

Votes: 903

39. The Hit Producer (2015)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Katelin Ballantine, a struggling movie producer in search of an investor, reluctantly follows the promise of money into Dublin's drug underworld where she witnesses a botched murder attempt... See full summary »

Director: Kevin de la Isla O'Neill | Stars: Michelle Doherty, Neill Fleming, Fergus Kealy, Susan Barrett

Votes: 55

40. 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: 1,792 | Gross: $0.01M

41. Life Is Too Long (2010)

86 min | Comedy, Drama

Life is too long.

Director: Dani Levy | Stars: Markus Hering, Meret Becker, Veronica Ferres, Hannah Levy

Votes: 269

42. Portrait Werner Herzog (1986)

28 min | Documentary, Short

A self portrait documentary by Werner Herzog.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Reinhold Messner, Lotte Eisner, Paul Hittscher

Votes: 403

43. Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (1998 Video)

Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary, Biography

The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and 1919.

Director: Hugh Munro Neely | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Marc Wanamaker, Christopher Sanders, Joy Noe

Votes: 28

44. Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)

Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography

A chronicle of the life and career of silent film star Mary Pickford.

Director: Nicholas Eliopoulos | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Votes: 223

45. Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 (2008 Video)

Not Rated | 225 min | Documentary

The life & times of the "Godfather of Gore" as seen through the eyes of his colleagues & peers.

Directors: Mike Baronas, Kit Gavin | Stars: Claudio Aliotti, Lucio Fulci, Adelaide Aste, Catriona MacColl

Votes: 72

46. Klaus Kinski - Ich bin kein Schauspieler (2000)

45 min | Documentary, Biography

Klaus Kinski is one of the few German actors who has achieved international fame. He made headlines. And disappeared behind them. Kinski lived his parts 24/7. This film tells the story of a... See full summary »

Director: Christoph Rüter | Stars: Mario Adorf, Rino Barillari, Peter Berling, Artur Brauner

Votes: 30

47. A Swinging Single (2013– )

54 min | Comedy

Two brothers are in the film business and run a production company. With his divorce proceedings underway the younger brother has moved in with his older brother. A last-minute cancellation... See full summary »

Stars: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Keiko Kitagawa, Hideaki Itô, Misako Renbutsu

Votes: 171

48. The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels (2008)

Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary

THE WILD WORLD OF TED V. MIKELS, a new documentary by Kevin Sean Michaels (no blood relation to Ted, but the same spirit), is a rollicking look at the independent cinema and film pioneering... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Sean Michaels | Stars: John Waters, Ted V. Mikels, Tura Satana, Lila Zaborin

Votes: 65

49. Für Umme - Die Serie (2019)

Comedy

What better job for a failing actor than to take on real life? In order to overcome the obstacles of his acting life, Mo Mikkelsen has to play different roles; Mo takes his acting skills to the next level: Life itself.

Stars: Michael Fritz Schumacher, Heiko Pinkowski, Gisa Flake, Christoph Bernhard

Votes: 457

50. That's Black Entertainment (2002–2003)

Documentary

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Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Pearl Bowser, Ossie Davis, William Greaves