Behind the scenes movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant behind the scenes movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, mockumentary, entertaining, satirical, humorous and semi serious films and TV shows about / with behind the scenes, backstage, satire, filmmaking, showbiz, ambition, biopic, urban, film industry and hollywood plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as behind the scenes: Rinko Eighteen (2009), Valley of the Dolls (1967), This Time with Alan Partridge (2019), The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980), Beggars and Choosers (1999), Totally Doctor Who (2006), Humorously Yours (2016), Bianca Beauchamp: All Access (2007), WWE Break it Down (2020), Nightcap (2016).
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
What happens when an innocent 18-year-old girl has to work in the adult video industry? Find out the hilarious results in Rinko Eighteen, based on the comic by Matsumoto Taka. In her first starring role, gravure model Tashiro Sayaka stars as Rinko, ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, semi serious, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
adult filmmaking, behind the scenes, female protagonist, satire, porn industry, awkwardness, young woman, money problems, filmmaking, needing money, film set, workplace ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young ladies in show business.
Style:
cynical, erotic, cult classic, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
drug addiction, husband wife relationship, glamour, price of fame, singer, actress, sex, showbiz, drinking, psychiatric nurse, swimming pool, lawyer ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, los angeles, new england, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Alan is handed a career lifeline - the chance to stand in as co-host on This Time, a weekday magazine show. But can he capitalise on the opportunity?
Style:
parody, spoof, captivating, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, talk show, humour, behind the scenes, magazine, television studio, socially awkward, awkwardness, media satire, tv host, career, television crew ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
As NBC's hit sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" proves a long-running hit for a network desperately in need of one, its young stars: Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, and Dana Plato face all sorts of trouble off-camera. Gary battles with his ...
Style:
sitcom, disturbing, psychological, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
family conflict, behind the scenes, african american, television, biopic, fame, parents and children, social problems, lifestyle, career, slice of life, children ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This is the story of how one of the famous movie roles was cast. The role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tension, costume drama
Plot:
hollywood, behind the scenes, film industry, casting, filmmaking, biopic, talent show, rivalry, ambition, glamour, nostalgia, fame ...
Time:
1930s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Beggars and Choosers is a comedy-drama series broadcast by Showtime. Developed by Peter Lefcourt and Brandon Tartikoff, the series was a comedic, behind-the-scenes look at network television. Its 42 episodes aired between June 19, 1999 and December ...
Style:
dark comedy, semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous
Plot:
behind the scenes, ambition, media satire, showbiz, professional rivalry, manipulation, scandal, urban, workplace, office romance, artists and showbiz, media ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A look at everything Doctor Who, with exclusive behind-the-scenes clips, interviews with the programme's stars and competitions.
Style:
disturbing, entertaining, captivating, futuristic, informative ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids
Plot:
behind the scenes, doctor who, interview, time traveler, time travel, time machine, technology, alien technology, time warp, time jump, time paradox, pop culture ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
TV show
Story:
Follows the life of Vipul Goyal , a Stand Up comedian. As the tagline says "The drama behind the comedy"
Style:
satirical, thrilling, entertaining, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
comedian, behind the scenes, stand up comedy, satire, joke, live performance, stand up comedian, humour, public speaking, ambition, slice of life, urban ...
Place:
india, mumbai india
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Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Documents the sub-culture of latex fetishism. ALL ACCESS offers a visit inside the private and public circles of a fetish icons. It follows Bianca Beauchamp through three days and three nights during one of the Montreal Fetish Weekend. A party at ...
Style:
non fiction, erotic, sensual, independent film
Plot:
latex, fetish, behind the scenes, subculture, nightlife, community, sexuality, party, intimate, portrait, voyeur, performance art ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
quebec
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
The stories behind some of the biggest matches and moments in WWE history are discussed by the Superstars and legends who lived them.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, emotional, inspirational, dramatic ...
Plot:
professional wrestling, behind the scenes, legend, backstage, professional sports, athlete and trainer, entertainment, arena, professional rivalry, athlete's life, rivalry, fight ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
A laugh-at-itself, satirical look at the late-night TV landscape, set behind the scenes of the fictitious talk show Nightcap With Jimmy.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, funny, satirical, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
talk show, satire, workplace, behind the scenes, staff, entertainment industry, workplace situations, backstage, employment agency, celebrity, insanity, coworker ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Emeril is a shot-lived American sitcom that aired on NBC in 2001. The series stars chef Emeril Lagasse playing himself as the star of a TV cooking show.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, culinary, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
nothing goes right, chef, cooking, behind the scenes, celebrity culture, cooking show, fictional reality show, television, showbiz, media satire, urban, cooking and food ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.
Style:
feel good, light, period piece, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
friendship, hollywood, strange person, male nudity, filmmaking, bromance, male pubic hair, aspiring actor, ambition, friendship between men, actor, sex scene ...
Time:
2010s, year 2003, year 1998, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, america, san francisco
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A candid and campy portrayal of life behind the scenes of the original Charlies Angels.
Style:
thrilling, entertaining, captivating, historical drama, comedy drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
behind the scenes, actress, showbiz, film industry, backstage, women, movie actor, movie actress, movie business, actor's life, filmmaker, filmmaking ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Everyone has a skeleton or two in his or her closet, but what about the director behind some of the most successful thrillers ever to hit the silver screen? Could M. Night Shyamalan be hiding a deep, dark secret that drives his macabre cinematic ...
Style:
mockumentary, serious, cult classic, fake documentary
Plot:
interview, uncover truth, showbiz, filmmaking, found footage, behind the scenes, water, crow, ouija board, conspiracy, shaman, celebrity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the West Coast Crew dance troupe, led by the talented and ambitious Buddy, is selected to enter the widely broadcast “Superdance” reality TV talent show, the young dancers revel in their newfound fame and dream of their lives as winners of ...
Plot:
backstage, behind the scenes, hip hop, rapper, rap, competition, live performance, music industry, musical tour, fame, talent show, street dance ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Largely improvised with only two people privy to the "secret" - that a fictional movie was being made using the players, crew, and settings of the adult movie industry as its background. Canadian television director Ethan dreams of making ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, mockumentary
Plot:
behind the scenes, film industry, porn industry, sexual content, relationship vs career, filmmaking, porn actress, porn star, male female relationship, couple relations, film producer, relationship problems ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
It was as funny and as cartoonish as the series with three survivors (Gilligan, Mary-Anne, and the Professor) telling their favorite anecdotes and having some of them acted out. The host segments were wonderful, and the flashbacks were done very ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, semi serious, retro ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
fame, behind the scenes, television, filmmaking, interview, memories, backstage, biopic, flashback, travel and leisure, professor, fandom ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Novice Baxter falls in love with exotic singer Mitchelle, who turns out to be the high priestess of a cult he's investigating. The fictional part of the film is bookended with behind-the-scenes footage of the production.
Style:
independent film, suspense, psychological horror, retro, art house ...
Plot:
behind the scenes, transformation, investigation, occult, cult leader, ritual, seduction, obsession, manipulation, fanaticism, forbidden love, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Antics from a film crew as they attempt to remake movies, claiming that they can make them better.
Style:
humorous, parody, realistic, not serious, lighthearted ...
Plot:
filmmaking, silly humor, media, artists and showbiz, stupidity, behind the scenes, film set, improv, irreverent, collaboration, satire, competition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The professional and personal lives of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are examined.
Style:
historical drama, dramatic, melancholic, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
hollywood, biopic, showbiz, entertainment industry, behind the scenes, comedy duo, partnership, friendship, burlesque, rise and fall, vaudeville, rivalry ...
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Story:
A director sets out to shoot a documentary with 4 actors he did a film with ten years earlier. After blackmailing one of the actresses, he is murdered. But who done it?
Style:
suspense, dark, crime thriller, tense, documentary filmmaking
Plot:
behind the scenes, hollywood, murder mystery, whodunit, twists and turns, manipulation, blackmail, investigation, betrayal, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, interrogation ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A documentary on the making of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), featuring interviews with the cast and crew, as well as behind-the-scenes footage.
Style:
captivating, light, entertaining, educational
Plot:
superhero, interview, behind the scenes, spider man, heroes, movie business, film set, filmmaking, actor, trick, urban, biopic ...
Place:
new york, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic, Poland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
“The fact that I’m playing myself doesn’t mean that it’s me.” Four old schoolmates, today well-known Czech actors (Pavel Liška, Tomáš Matonoha, Josef Polášek and Marek Daniel), decide to make a movie together. Their ambitious ...
Style:
mockumentary, art house, melancholic, ironic, existential ...
Plot:
behind the scenes, film set, identity, midlife crisis, friendship, intimate, experimental narrative, bittersweet, financial problem, claustrophobia, language barrier, schizophrenic ...
Place:
czech republic
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Story:
Mockumentary about a producer who attempts to reunite the cast and crew of the horror B-movie, "Curse of the Jackalope," for a 10-year reunion screening.
Style:
mockumentary, meta, indie film, satirical, dark comedy ...
Plot:
found footage, film industry, behind the scenes, satire, nostalgia, ambition, media circus, casting, bittersweet, reconciliation, small town, road trip ...
Place:
georgia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A year after the collapse of a low-budget British rom-com, documentary maker Andy Wiseman sets out to find out what went wrong. He speaks to the producer, Nicholas Johnson, an alcoholic whose office is a lap-dancing club, the writer, Flynn Beatty, ...
Style:
mockumentary, witty, satirical, parody, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
filmmaking, film industry, behind the scenes, satire, interview, irreverent, deadpan, obscurity, alcoholism, disorder, womanizer, actor's life ...
Place:
europe, england
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Producing Parker is a Canadian animated television sitcom that debuted May 4, 2009 on TVtropolis. Episodes began airing on Global in fall 2009.
The plot revolves around the behind-the-scenes antics of a female-targeted daytime television talk show, ...
Style:
adult animation, feel good, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
workplace, satire, behind the scenes, talk show host, workplace situations, talk show, office politics, showbiz, media satire, female protagonist, burnout, irreverent ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a television show whose premise is that every episode will be about the making of the previous episode. ...
Style:
satirical, meta, independent film, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
filmmaking, behind the scenes, talk show, escapades, backstage, satire, creative process, urban, autobiography, intimate, character study, small community ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Udayabhanu is an assistant director and scriptwriter, who dreams of making it big in the film industry. His attempt is thwarted by his roommate, a junior artiste, Rajappan Thengamoodu who steals his script to become superstar Saroj Kumar
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, comedy drama, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
filmmaking, movie star, film industry, celebrity culture, behind the scenes, problem, escapades, movie business, filmmaker, ego clash, ambition, betrayal ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The "Musashi-Sakai x Shirobako Harumatsuri" (Musashi-Sakai x Shirobako Spring Festival) event in Tokyo for the Shirobako anime revealed on Saturday that the franchise will get an anime film project. P.A. Works is starting production on the ...
Style:
anime, captivating, semi serious, meta, realistic ...
Plot:
workplace, slice of life, animator, screenwriter, film producer, film industry, behind the scenes, satire, workplace situations, female protagonist, career, teamwork ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
tokyo, japan
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