Movie business movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movie business movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, weird, entertaining, thought provoking, suspense and stylized films and TV shows about / with movie business, filmmaking, dialogue, storytelling, filmmaker, mentor, hollywood, actor, writers and showbiz plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as movie business: Get Shorty (1995), What Just Happened (2008), The Player (1992), The Holiday (2006), Bowfinger (1999), The Day of the Locust (1975), Hollywood Ending (2002), Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963), Law of Desire (1987), Trumbo (2015).
Best films
New films
| Babylon (2022) | 7.1 | |
| Knee-Deep (2021) | 6.2 | |
| Paradoxes (2020) | 3.9 | |
| The Fall Guy (2024) | 6.8 | |
| Tank Cleaner (2021) | 6.5 |
List of movie business movies
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, ...
Style:
clever, funny, humorous, cult classic, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
debt, hollywood, movie business, producer, gangster, filmmaking, gambling, dark humor, mobster, organized crime, loan shark, mafia ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
miami, los angeles, california, florida, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben (Robert De Niro) must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete his latest projects. A demanding studio boss (Catherine Keener) demands extensive ...
Style:
stylized, melancholic, witty, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
movie business, hollywood, midlife crisis, nothing goes right, satire, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, showbiz, workplace, workplace situations, disagreement, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, cannes, california
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Style:
suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, satirical, sexy ...
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, film industry, murder, writers, movie business, satire, police investigation, male nudity, showbiz, blackmail, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 1992, 20th century, future, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, pasadena california
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365K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Two women, one (Cameron Diaz) from America and one (Kate Winslet) from Britain, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man (Jude Law, Jack Black) but realizes that the imminent ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, romantic comedy, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
holiday, christmas, love and romance, love, happy ending, love story, couples, fall in love, multiple storylines, snow, looking for love, christmas spirit ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, england, london, california, united kingdom ...
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77K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio ...
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, witty, spoof ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, satire, movie business, dog, actor, cameraman, deception, african american, actress, audition, desire for fame ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
Style:
cult classic, disturbing, cerebral, cynical, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, female nudity, movie business, filmmaking, great depression, art, satire, showbiz, accountant, politics, actor, surrealism ...
Time:
1930s, year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, glendale california
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, witty, light, stylized ...
Plot:
movie business, blindness and impaired vision, filmmaking, satire, dysfunctional family, justice, adultery, one more chance, showbiz, disorder, blind character, comedy of errors ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
With 8 ½ Frederico Fellini leaves a self-portrait where dreams and reality are a mix. With help from a most excellent cast and unique scenery this self reflecting film is one of his master works.
Style:
psychological, art house, cerebral, philosophical, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, childhood, filmmaking, midlife crisis, loneliness, stream of consciousness, flashback, memory, satire, catholic, dream, actress ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 60s, 1930s
Place:
italy, europe, paris france, france, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When porn director Pablo reluctantly breaks up with his boyfriend, Juan, he encourages him to stay in touch. Juan moves away to live in a lighthouse and eventually writes his ex, but in the interim Pablo has taken up a psychotic new lover, Antonio ...
Style:
sexy, surreal, erotic, homoerotic, stylized ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, lgbt, murder, male nudity, movie business, obsession, filmmaking, passion, gay interest, gays and lesbians, love triangle ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe, morocco, madrid
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87K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Style:
emotional, political, sad, factual, talky ...
Plot:
communism, politics, hollywood, biopic, gossip columnist, gossip, communist, cancer, movie business, mccarthyism, screenwriter, lung cancer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, 70s, year 1947, 1940s ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, kentucky
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123K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, natural horror, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
jungle, snake, boat, animal attack, dangerous animal, survival, danger, river, giant snake, amazon river, strong violent content, killer animal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, ecuador, brazil, south america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.
Style:
sincere, touching, disturbing, hispanic, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, introspection, lgbt, movie business, filmmaker, lgbtq, actor, nostalgia, childhood memory, death of mother, drawing ...
Time:
2010s, 1950s, year 1985, year 2019, year 1981 ...
Place:
spain, madrid
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany, Portugal
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Lisbon Story is Wim Wender’s homage to Lisbon and films. A sound engineer obtains a mysterous postcard of a friend who at the moment is filming a film in Lisbon. He sets out across Europe to find him and help him.
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
filmmaking, movie business, musician, showbiz, artists and showbiz, amusement park, couple relations, filmmaker, road trip, art, on the road, rock ...
Time:
90s
Place:
portugal, germany, lisbon portugal, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A thinly fictionalized account of a legendary movie director, whose desire to hunt down an animal turns into a grim situation with his movie crew in Africa
Style:
enigmatic, talky, melancholic, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
filmmaking, obsession, wilderness, movie business, elephant, storytelling, obsessive quest, danger, friends, friendship, racial slur, treasure hunt ...
Time:
50s, year 1990, 20th century, 1950s, 70s
Place:
africa, uganda, london, texas, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once ...
Style:
suspense, melancholic, harsh, entertaining, realistic ...
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, friendship, movie business, rise to the top, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, rivalry, ambition, celebrity culture, rich and poor, satire ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A film about the making of Citizen Kane. Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane, despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.
Style:
talky, historical drama, sentimental, stylized, clever ...
Plot:
biopic, filmmaking, screenwriter, movie business, movie studio, film industry, writers, obsession, hollywood, american history, bankruptcy, movie star ...
Time:
1940s, 70s
Place:
wisconsin, california, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
A faded TV actor and his stunt double embark on an odyssey to make a name for themselves in the film industry during the Helter Skelter reign of terror in 1969 Los Angeles.
Style:
sexy, controversial, black comedy, period piece, twist ending ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
hippie, alternate history, nagging wife, actor, agent, friendship between men, sexy woman, filmmaking, struggling actor, home invasion, friendship, knocked up ...
Time:
year 1969, 2010s, year 2019, 20th century, 60s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, italy
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Miles Daly works as muscle for a murderous crime ring in Nevada and attempts to change professions and become a movie producer, laundering money through a Hollywood film with the help of washed-up filmmaker Rick Moreweather.
Based on Elmore ...
Style:
funny, sensual, erotic, captivating, light ...
Plot:
nudity, female nudity, movie business, love affair, hollywood, mafia, money laundering, mobster, filmmaking, twists and turns, partner, family problems ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
While on the run from the police, Steve Railsback hides in a group of moviemakers where he pretends to be a stunt man. Both aided and endangered by the director (Peter O'Toole) he avoids both the police and sudden death as a stuntman. The ...
Style:
psychological, black comedy, suspense, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
stuntman, showbiz, filmmaking, police investigation, mistaken identity, on the run, femme fatale, twists and turns, danger, fish out of water, disorder, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
california, holland, korea, guatemala, amsterdam ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the ...
Style:
parody, witty, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
hollywood, racism, farce, filmmaking, blaxploitation, black, prejudice, dark humor, storytelling, movie business, black history, misfit ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, africa, los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the counter of a Dairy Queen.
Style:
disturbing, stylized, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
playboy, female nudity, murder, obsession, nude model, true crime, photograph, fame, rise and fall, movie business, jealous husband, couple relations ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, year 1978, 70s
Place:
vancouver, canada, california, los angeles
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204K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films and to sound films in the late 1920s.
Style:
costume drama, visual, thrilling, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
film history, filmmaking, hedonism, orgy, party, hollywood, movie star, film industry, gambling, profanity, sex scene, graphic violence ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 2020s, 1930s, year 1932 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, new york
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Genre: Biography
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On the 20th anniversary of Federico Fellini’s death, Ettore Scola, a devoted admirer of the incomparable maestro, commemorates the lesser-known aspects of Fellini’s personality, employing interviews, photographs, behind-the-scenes footage as ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, factual, captivating ...
Plot:
movie business, filmmaking, ambition, rising to stardom, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, memories, friendship, biopic, desire for fame, direction and purpose, historical figure ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 50s
Place:
italy, rome italy
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the 1970s, a British sound technician is brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film. His nightmarish task slowly takes over his psyche, driving him to confront his own past.
Style:
retro, atmospheric, psychological, tense, serious ...
Plot:
movie studio, mental disorder, unsettling, nightmare, arthouse horror, torture, repeated scene, torment, puzzle, darkness, underground, folk horror ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Mexico, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, atmospheric, visual ...
Plot:
gay, erection, male nudity, naked man, gay sex, homosexuality, filmmaking, sodomy, rain, filmmaker, thunderstorm, movie business ...
Time:
year 1948, 2010s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1917 ...
Place:
mexico, soviet union, latin america, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Mike Max is a Hollywood producer who became powerful and rich thanks to brutal and bloody action films. His ignored wife Paige is close to leaving him. Suddenly Mike is kidnapped by two bandits, but escapes and hides out with his Mexican ...
Style:
serious, surreal, enigmatic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
violence, surveillance, relationships, brutality, twists and turns, murder, loneliness, movie business, hollywood, investigation, crumbling marriage, kidnapping ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, year 1996
Place:
los angeles, iraq, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Showcasing Turkey of the 1960s, while it follows a film producer who will tell the story of survival in Yesilcam as he experiences the golden age of Turkish cinema.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, reflective, sentimental ...
Plot:
filmmaking, ambition, movie business, film producer, director, film industry, filmmaker, actress, movie actress, movie star, survival, bittersweet ...
Time:
60s
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When the Teen Titans go to the big screen, they go big! Teen Titans GO! to the Movies finds our egocentric, wildly satirical superheroes in their first feature film extravaganza—a fresh, gleefully clever, kid-appropriately crass and ...
Style:
spoof, captivating, entertaining, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
batman, villain, superhero, time travel, superman, green lantern, giant, supernatural power, superpower, superhuman powers, robot, female alien ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Set in 1973 Spain, a struggling encyclopedia salesman and his wife take advantage of an offer to make adult films. The act turns him into an aspring legit filmmaker and her into an international sex symbol.
Style:
erotic, sexual, humorous, atmospheric, funny ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
adult filmmaking, couple relations, adult film industry, cuckold, fondling, rebelliousness, impotent husband, skinny dipping, porn, movie business, obsessive quest, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
spain, europe, london, california
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468K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, scenic, action adventure, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
king kong, creature, jungle, dinosaur, giant animal, monster, gorilla, giant ape, beast, rescue, island, dangerous animal ...
Time:
1930s, year 2005, prehistoric times, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, fictional island, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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