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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Style:
depressing, disturbing, compassionate, factual, intense ...
Plot:
mental illness, rich and poor, mother daughter relationship, hollywood, insanity, biopic, actor's life, women, lobotomy, courtroom, domineering mother, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s, 1950s, year 1958 ...
Place:
california, usa, seattle, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A gorgeous teen, Jill, resides in Switzerland with her mother and harbors feelings for the handsome Fabio, an older man who is married to one of her friends. Growing restless, Jill moves to Paris to pursue ballet, but instead finds success and fame ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, contemplative, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
price of fame, paparazzi, fame, photographer, actor's life, showbiz, desire for fame, best friend, artists and showbiz, couple relations, unfulfillment, celebrity culture ...
Time:
60s
Place:
europe, paris france, france
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.
Style:
sentimental, touching, factual, sad, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, adult
Plot:
childhood, filmmaking, biopic, hollywood, writer's life, success, love, family drama, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2013, edwardian era, 60s, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place:
california, los angeles, australia, usa, london ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Neil Diamond stars as Yussel in this tale of a young Jewish cantor who strives to make a career in music.
Style:
touching, intense, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
father son relationship, music, tradition, generation gap, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, dancing, religions or cults, desire for fame, follow your dream, estrangement ...
Time:
70s, year 1980, 80s
Place:
california, new york, usa, los angeles, venice california
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuscia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, humorous, cynical, funny ...
Plot:
satire, children, vengeance, revenge, television, naivete, depression, showbiz, performer's life, artists and showbiz, rivalry, success ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, cult classic, captivating, light ...
Plot:
filmmaking, screenwriter, mistress, money, showbiz, hollywood, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, interracial, satire ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
While shooting a documentary about all kinds of actresses, the director falls for one of them.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
filmmaking, actress, showbiz, lifestyle, celebrity culture, actor's life, love and romance, midlife crisis, money, film producer, humiliation, skinny dipping ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, india, france
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young woman is catapulted into pop stardom, with her already-famous DJ boyfriend calling the shots.
Style:
cult classic, melancholic, touching, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
music, hopes, female protagonist, showbiz, rise and fall, lifestyle, ambition, artists and showbiz, love affair, follow your dream, rising to stardom, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, year 2001, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, maryland, madison square garden manhattan new york city
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two cinephile weirdos kidnap a famous actress to force her to star in a little movie they're making with an 8mm camera.
Style:
semi serious, witty, cynical, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, lifestyle, showbiz, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, actor's life, silly humor, disorder, obsession, filmmaking, dark humor, missing person ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
spain
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
An improvised comedy, shot over five days by Shane Meadows, devised with and starring Paddy Considine. Rock roadie and failed musician, Le Donk has lived, loved and learned. Along the way he's lost a girlfriend but he has found a new sidekick ...
Style:
clever, humorous, witty, realistic, not serious ...
Plot:
showbiz, musician's life, prodigy, music business, rising to stardom, satire, rock, odd couple, artists and showbiz, media, on the road, overnight success ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The trials and tribulations of the latest Indie Folk Star - Jolene.
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, light, realistic ...
Plot:
musician's life, showbiz, desire for fame, ambition, folklore, friends, music, youth, artists and showbiz, partner, rise and fall, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Four ambitious and beautiful young women. From four very different corners of Mexico. Just like hundreds of others, they are caught up in the frenzy that sweeps the nation when Alejandro Mateos, one of the country's most powerful producers, ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, political ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
desire for fame, showbiz, actor's life, ambition, artists and showbiz, filmmaking, farce, ballroom dancing, baby, masquerade, latina, skin ...
Place:
mexico, latin america, mexico city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A talented but struggling actor is willing to go to any length to get a job - including "breaking a leg" - especially those of other actors!
Style:
semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
rivalry, ambition, showbiz, actor's life, working undercover, blind ambition, rise to the top, escapades, moral ambiguity, obsession, deception, theater ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Star Stories is a British television comedy programme that takes a satirical look at celebrities and their lives. It was first shown on Channel 4 on September 15, 2006.
Star Stories is made by Objective Productions commissioned for Channel 4 by ...
Style:
parody, realistic, not serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, celebrity culture, showbiz, celebrity, artists and showbiz, gossip and rumors, lifestyle, disorder, pop culture, irreverent, ridicule, impressionism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain, england
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Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Music
Country: Sweden, Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Movie detailing ABBA's mega-successful tour of Australia during mid-1977. While it mostly contains back-stage footage and as well as ABBA's famous songs such as "Dancing Queen", "Tiger", "Name of the Game" and ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, concert film
Plot:
artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, showbiz, music, music band, media, obsessive quest, lifestyle, radio dj, disco, interview, redheaded woman ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
australia, melbourne, eastern europe, adelaide south australia, sydney australia
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggling to get some respect, and he manages to become a star. A twist of faith makes them partners. ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, captivating, crying
Plot:
filmmaking, biopic, hollywood, showbiz, rising to stardom, actor's life, rise to the top, artists and showbiz, celebrity, husband wife relationship, fame, film history ...
Time:
year 1941, year 1966, year 1940, year 1993, year 1955 ...
Place:
mexico city, usa, los angeles, mexico
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Grosse Pointe is an American television parody series which aired on the WB Network during the 2000–2001 television season. Created by Darren Star, it was a satire depicting the behind-the-scenes drama on the set of a television show, and was ...
Style:
parody, sitcom, cynical, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
closeted homosexual, actress, actor, lifestyle, showbiz, actor's life, rivalry, workplace, dishonesty, backstage, artists and showbiz, starlet ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Powerfully redemptive and darkly comedic revenge thriller set in the vicious world of stand-up comedy, starring Stephen McCole and Malcolm Shields.
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dark comedy ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, manipulation, performer's life, life is a bitch, showbiz, artists and showbiz, kidnapping, rivalry, drug abuse, haunted by the past, dark humor, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland, europe, edinburgh scotland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star.
Style:
humorous, not serious, entertaining, feel good, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
sexual humor, porn industry, filmmaking, adult filmmaking, desire for fame, follow your dream, lifestyle, rising to stardom, misfit, goofy hero, showbiz, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, idaho, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two romantically involved down-and-out lounge singers get involved in a caper.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
sex scene, femme fatale, showbiz, cons and scams, private detective, obsession, down on your luck, love and romance, infidelity, violent content, couples, battles ...
Time:
1940s, year 1997
Place:
latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the country ...
Style:
dark comedy, talky, realistic, psychological, humorous ...
Plot:
hostage, martial arts, down on your luck, nothing goes right, actor, filmmaking, existentialism, satire, storytelling, police investigation, lifestyle, showbiz ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
belgium, europe, los angeles, brussels, brussels belgium
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
Style:
witty, feel good, semi serious, humorous, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, actress, love and romance, showbiz, dishonesty, mistaken identity, social differences, comedy of errors, bus, writers, young lovers, movie star ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, beverly hills, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Christian Taylor, a writer on hit TV series Six Feet Under, is being profiled by a British documentary crew when he's sacked, though he doesn't know they've overheard the firing. They follow him to Las Vegas, where he is ostensibly ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, rise to the top, follow your dream, actor's life, showbiz, silly humor, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple, starting over, workplace, lifestyle, couples ...
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In 1973, the Loud family became a television sensation of a new kind. It was long before a metal rock star showed his eccentric family on the small screen and decades before housewives had screaming matches with each other on camera in public. ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, realistic, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot:
filmmaking, lifestyle, private vs public, privacy invasion, self fulfillment, family life, showbiz, family problems, american dream, parents and children, youth, human nature ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
california, usa, manhattan new york city, paris france, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The making of a serious, Canadian art house film descends into Hollywood farce when its producer is forced to compromise his vision to accommodate his drug-addled star, his leading lady and his venal backers.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, biting ...
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, showbiz, actor's life, celebrity culture, lifestyle, obnoxious boss, love and romance, curses spells and rituals, older woman younger man, older woman younger man relationship, movie business ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An aspiring singer, Denise Waverly/Edna Buxton, sacrifices her own singing career to write hit songs that launch the careers of other singers. The film follows her life from her first break, through the pain of rejection from the recording industry ...
Style:
touching, lyrical, inspirational, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
songwriter, music, music industry, existentialism, loneliness, showbiz, rise and fall, lifestyle, ambition, artists and showbiz, self discovery, fictional band ...
Time:
1950s, year 1996, 60s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Soon after the rising young singer-songwriter Beau Williams gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star Kelly Canter, the pair embark on a career resurrection tour helmed by her husband/manager James and featuring a beauty ...
Style:
romantic, intense, serious, sentimental, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
country music, infidelity, dancing, musician, love triangle, musician's life, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, showbiz, ambition, love and romance, love ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
texas, tennessee, usa, dallas texas, austin texas ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to ...
Style:
sentimental, period piece, romantic, melancholic, factual ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
movie star, historical figure, fame, biopic, impossible love, actress, hollywood, celebrity, actor's life, love story, nervous breakdown, ambition ...
Time:
50s, year 2011, 1900s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
music, artists and showbiz, ambition, musician's life, showbiz, dancing, biopic, lifestyle, rise and fall, life is a bitch, drug abuse, salsa ...
Time:
70s, year 2006, 60s
Place:
usa, new york, puerto rico
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The hardest group you've never heard of is back. Gangsta Rap is a mockumentary based on a group of over the hill gangster rappers (circa NWA), trying to make a comeback. Its a hilarious look at the soft underbelly of hard core hip hop.
Style:
not serious, humorous, witty, mockumentary, parody ...
Plot:
hip hop, profanity, lifestyle, showbiz, silly humor, music band, artists and showbiz, buddies, musician's life, celebrity culture, friends, urban ghetto ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles
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