| Black Swan (2010) | 8.0 | |
| Boogie Nights (1997) | 7.9 | |
| Ed Wood (1994) | 7.8 | |
| Behind the Candelabra (2013) | 7.0 | |
| Vinyl (2016) | 7.7 |
Showbiz movies and TV shows – page 6
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two brothers from Alabama struggle to rise above the ghetto rap scene to land a major record deal in Chicago in this journey through love, sibling rivalry, betrayal, violence and redemption.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, crime drama
Plot:
musician's life, rise to the top, showbiz, ambition, siblings relations, celebrity culture, rich and poor, hopes, human spirit, urban ghetto life, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Best-selling author Ted Gold faces a moral dilemma when Velocity, an avant-garde performance artist and the living embodiment of integrity, rocks his 1% world.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, satirical, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, social commentary, class differences, showbiz, performance art, celebrity culture, fame, price of fame, celebrity, desire for fame, morality, success ...
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Easy to Assemble is a Webseries created by and starring Illeana Douglas, and sponsored by furniture store IKEA.
Douglas plays a fictional version of herself trying to quit acting and work a "real job" at the IKEA in Burbank, CA. She soon ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, cynical, not serious, offbeat
Plot:
lifestyle, showbiz, best friend, workplace situations, actor's life, support group, hopes, unsupportive friend, disorder, workplace, starting over, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Sometimes, when you think you have it all, everything falls apart. That is exactly the story of Jeanne .Just when she is offered the chance to dub famous American actress Jennifer Marshall in a successful American TV Show and her salary is about to ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, light hearted, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fish out of water, hollywood, actor's life, obsessive quest, life turned upside down, showbiz, artists and showbiz, disorder, celebrity culture, female protagonist, movie business, culture clash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
It's James Franco's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast.
Style:
humorous, independent film, realistic, talky, not serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
comedian, culture clash, actor's life, dialogue, showbiz, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, insult, stand up comedy, journalism, concert, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A satirical songwriter comes to Los Angeles and puts his life's work in jeopardy.
Style:
humorous, satirical, captivating, entertaining, cult classic ...
Plot:
showbiz, mistaken identity, rising to stardom, ambition, media, farce, overnight success, musician's life, comedian, folklore, music, media satire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.
Style:
sincere, realistic, emotional, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
nun, convent, mother superior, ambition, musician's life, follow your dream, showbiz, clergy, rebelliousness, against the rules, society, rise and fall ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
europe, belgium
Is relevant?
9K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, psychological, cult classic ...
Plot:
photograph, hollywood, friendship, actor, actor's life, magazine, showbiz, celebrity, buddy, celebrity culture, journalism, photography ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s, year 1955
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This biographical docu-drama alternates between two parallel threads in the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger: his formative early years as the repeat winner of the Mr. Olympia body-building championship; and his modern foray into the world of politics, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
politics, campaign, bodybuilding, showbiz, relationship vs career, rise and fall, actor's life, rise to the top, athlete's life, ambition, filmmaking, hollywood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, austria, san diego california, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Hollywood Roses is starting to make it big and they’re ready for the next step. Of course all their success has come after the band killed off the original founder, Drake. Once they realized he was holding them back, they turned on him and now ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, scary, slasher ...
Plot:
vengeance, rivalry, music band, musician's life, desire for fame, showbiz, investigation, artists and showbiz, murder, heavy metal, gory, rock ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A beautiful and successful journalist, interviews her three previous boyfriends, to find out why they never proposed. Each distinctly different interview, comically teaches Traci more about herself than she would care to know.
Style:
contemplative, realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
journalist, introspection, interview, jealousy, journalism, love and romance, showbiz, couples, singleness, slice of life, voice over narration, ice cream ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A production company begins casting for its next feature, and an up-and-coming actress named Rose tries to manipulate her filmmaker boyfriend, Alex, into giving her a screen test. Alex's wife, Emma, knows about the affair and is considering ...
Style:
ironic, psychological, enigmatic, tense, cerebral ...
Plot:
manipulation, jealousy, infidelity, couple relations, existentialism, surveillance, adaptation, storytelling, love and romance, artists and showbiz, showbiz, lesbian ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Holly has everything it takes to be a star; the voice, the dream and the dedication, but she lacks the means to break away from her humble Texas upbringing. Then she gets the chance to attend an art and music school on the East coast and her future ...
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, cute, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
showbiz, hopes, follow your dream, parents and children, music, rising to stardom, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, fish out of water, humiliation, family relations, snobbism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Bar worker Diana Diaz (Elsa Pataky) leaves Madrid for Miami and with new boyfriend, Robert (Luis Hacha), they then head for Hollywood, prepared to do anything for fame.
Style:
sexy, captivating, realistic, sexual, psychological ...
Plot:
sex scene, closeted homosexual, hollywood, casting couch, showbiz, desire for fame, actor's life, rising to stardom, follow your dream, ambition, agent, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, miami
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The Business is a Canadian television series, which airs on The Movie Network in Canada and IFC in the United States.
The plot of the show centres on Vic Morgan, an adult film director of a low-budget softcore pornographic series similar to Girls ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, captivating, mockumentary ...
Plot:
showbiz, filmmaking, friendship, audition, lifestyle, desire for fame, satire, sleazy, power relations, workplace, ambition, boss and employee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The confessional, behind-the-scenes showbiz melodrama goes under the knife — so to speak — in this drag comedy. "Girls Will Be Girls" casts three male performers in the roles of Evie Harris (Jack Plotnick), a has-been starlet of the ...
Style:
parody, not serious, humorous, feel good, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
longing, transvestism, hollywood, lgbt, cabaret, gay, lgbtq, showbiz, lifestyle, actor's life, transsexual, filmmaking ...
Place:
usa, arkansas, wyoming
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A biography of the Three Stooges, in which their careers and rise to fame is shown throughout the eyes of their leader, Moe.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
three stooges, actor's life, rise to the top, ambition, lifestyle, showbiz, artists and showbiz, disability, comedian, hollywood, comedy team, biopic ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tell-all story of what happened behind the scenes of the 70s hit TV series "The Brady Bunch." Based on the book written by Barry Williams, the actor who played Greg Brady.
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
actor's life, relationship vs career, showbiz, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, workplace, alcohol abuse, movie studio, love, family relations, sexual content, hollywood ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An electronic ankle bracelet and being under house arrest aren't about to stop up-and-coming actress Maggie Chase (Tanna Frederick) from the two things she craves the most: real fame and true love. With more "Google points" than her ...
Style:
talky, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
actor's life, showbiz, bittersweet, paparazzi, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, love triangle, alcohol abuse, couples, unstoppable, lifestyle, rising to stardom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
54K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, ...
Style:
erotic, melancholic, psychological, sexy, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
lesbian, fashion, addiction, aids, drug abuse, drug addiction, lgbtq, supermodel, model, lgbt, heroin, mental illness ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Sonny with a Chance is an American children's sitcom which aired on Disney Channel, created by Steve Marmel, that follows the experiences of teenager Sonny Munroe, portrayed by Demi Lovato, who becomes the newest accepted cast member of her ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
teenage life, teenager, teenage girl, comedian, aspiring actor, youth, artists and showbiz, friends, friendship, showbiz, best friend, new life ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A dysfunctional family of adult film stars reunites for a memorial porn shoot following the death of legendary producer Mo Saltzman. Along the way, the film's hapless director must contend with dueling divas, bickering couples, ...
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, not serious, captivating, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
porn industry, incest, female nudity, showbiz, filmmaking, nothing goes right, couples, quibbling, actor's life, strong sexual content, accidental incest, estranged brother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The film follows the story of Jamie, a struggling butch lesbian actress who gets cast as a man in a film. The main plot is a romantic comedy between Jamie's male alter-ego, "Male Jamie," and Jill, a heterosexual woman on set. The ...
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
lesbian, hollywood, gender bending, showbiz, actor's life, lesbian relationship, couples, gender, switching roles, lgbtq, transsexual, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, period piece, inspirational, colorful ...
Plot:
working class, artists and showbiz, showbiz, performer's life, against the odds, hopes, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, follow your dream, music, family problems, political unrest ...
Time:
1930s, year 2008, 20th century, pre world war two, year 1935 ...
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Motivated by Box Office statistics, Dax Shepard has made a decision to leave comedy to pursue his dream of becoming an international Martial Arts action star.
Style:
cynical, realistic, not serious, humorous, mockumentary ...
Plot:
filmmaking, martial arts, hollywood, showbiz, lifestyle, partner, buddies, actor's life, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, silly humor, partnership ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
After inhabiting dozens of comical alter-egos over the course of her award-winning career, Tracey Ullman finally 'takes on' the one role that spawned all of her characters--herself. This exclusive HBO comedy event features Tracey in a ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, witty, talky ...
Plot:
actor's life, lifestyle, showbiz, disorder, artists and showbiz, family relations, impostor, comedian, mother daughter relationship, hollywood, variety show, stand up comedy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, new york, germany, england ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Cayman Islands, Ireland, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Based on Toby Young's memoir "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People".
Style:
funny, romantic, satirical, humorous, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
starlet, sarcasm, love story, workplace romance, journalist, love triangle, rags to riches, obsession, fashion, rise to the top, overnight success, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, britain, usa, london, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by Andy Zeffer, "Going Down in LA-LA Land" is a riveting and uncensored look at Hollywood. It is a story that reveals how friendships sustain us and keep us going. It is a tale that reflects our celebrity-obsessed ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, closeted homosexual, lgbtq, gay relationship, fame, gay sex, follow your dream, friends, male prostitute, actor, drug addict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and private lives, from his ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, gay club, gay bar, homosexual history, gays and lesbians, lgbt, gay lead character, englishman abroad, gender bending, narcissism, aids, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bernand Fréderic is a mediocre bank executive. He's married and have a son. He used to have antother profession: to be French star Claude Francois. Now, with the Imitators Gala Night coming up, he must choose between his wife or the only thing ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, surprise ending
Plot:
performer's life, desire for fame, ambition, showbiz, dull life, rivalry, artists and showbiz, crumbling marriage, obsessive quest, lifestyle, celebrity culture, lookalikes ...
Time:
2000s, 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
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