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List of actor's life movies

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Road to Fame (2008)
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, semi serious, feel good, realistic, political ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: ambition, desire for fame, actor's life, showbiz, artists and showbiz, filmmaking, farce, baby, dog, masquerade, ballroom dancing, skin ...
Place: mexico, latin america, mexico city
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 7.2
 405
Barrymore (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: As John Barrymore reckons with the ravages of his life of excess, he rents an old theatre to rehearse for a backer's audition to raise money for a revival of his 1920 Broadway triumph in Richard III.
Style: realistic, sincere, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: artists and showbiz, actor's life, theater, showbiz, performer's life, introspection, actor, rivalry, society, hollywood, art, biopic ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1920s
Place: canada
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Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy' (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An inside look at the ABC sitcom which turned Robin Williams into a star in 1978.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, sitcom
Plot: rising to stardom, ambition, actor's life, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, couple relations, showbiz, workplace, filmmaking, hollywood, comedian, celebrity culture ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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Sam Has 7 Friends (2006)
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Sam Has 7 Friends was a 2006 web television series drama created, produced, and funded by the production company Big Fantastic and subsequently bought and distributed by the web TV studio Vuguru. The series appeared on YouTube, Revver, iTunes and ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot: who done it, ambition, actor's life, artists and showbiz, showbiz, murder, best friend, friends, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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Grosse Pointe (2000)
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, not serious, humorous, cynical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: actor, actress, rivalry, actor's life, showbiz, lifestyle, celebrity culture, dishonesty, workplace intrigue, workplace, starlet, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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 7.8
 36K
Episodes (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A British husband-and-wife comedy writing team travel to Hollywood to remake their successful British TV series, with disastrous results.
Style: sitcom, humorous, funny, realistic, witty ...
Plot: showbiz, hollywood, actor's life, womanizer, couple relations, producer, lifestyle, writer's life, career, culture clash, workplace situations, success ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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 4.9
 482
See Arnold Run (2005)
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, ambition, actor's life, rise to the top, athlete's life, rise and fall, showbiz, relationship vs career, bodybuilding, couple relations, rising to stardom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, austria, san diego california, los angeles
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My Name Is Fame (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Fai, a talented actor who has won the Best New Artist of the Hong Kong Film Awards and always plays leading roles in television, is an arrogant guy who does not cherish the opportunities given to him. As he keeps on criticizing his co-workers, his ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, light ...
Plot: filmmaking, ambition, actor's life, couples, hotshot hero, artists and showbiz, showbiz, unsupportive coworkers, ex husband ex wife relationship, mentor, job interview, stuntman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
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Quitting (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: China
Duration: 114 min.
Story: An actor becomes increasingly introverted and psychotic and his entire family attempts to intervene.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, tense ...
Plot: addiction, haunted by the past, actor's life, rise and fall, downfall, rehabilitation, tragic hero, family in crisis, drug abuse, showbiz, rebelliousness, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: china, asia, beijing china
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Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story: As America struggled through the Great Depression in the 1930s, a little girl with big dimples and indescribable charm danced her way into the hearts of moviegoers around the world.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, independent film
Audience: family outing, preschool
Plot: hollywood, youth, showbiz, rise to the top, actor's life, lifestyle, desire for fame, ambition, family relations, rising to stardom, single parent, teenage life ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s
Place: california, usa
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 5.3
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G-Spot (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: G-Spot is a Canadian adult comedy television series. The show debuted on The Movie Network and Movie Central on April 25, 2005 and ran for two seasons until April 3, 2006, and is also seen on the Showcase and E! network. The show is executive ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sexy, sexual ...
Plot: hollywood, female friendship, follow your dream, ambition, actor's life, starting over, comeback, artists and showbiz, hopes, lifestyle, family relations, showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
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My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Riya lives a middle-classed lifestyle in Mumbai and works as an Assistant Director for a movie producer, Bharucha. After the passing of her mother, she is consoled by a young man, Anthony Gonsalves, in the church graveyard. He introduces himself as ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, rough
Plot: gangster, orphan, desire for fame, actor's life, ambition, lifestyle, friendship, love and romance, hopes, nothing goes right, gang, witnessing a crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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Queen of the Lot (2010)
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, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot: actor's life, showbiz, bittersweet, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, alcohol abuse, love triangle, paparazzi, unstoppable, couples, hopes, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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Most Promising Young Actress (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Yvon Rance, a born hairdresser and an elegant middle-aged man with a perfect toupee, reigns in his native Brittany over a clientèle of little old ladies. But his main reason for living, his masterpiece, is Laetitia, his only daughter, whom he has ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic
Plot: follow your dream, ambition, actor's life, desire for fame, life turned upside down, youth, artists and showbiz, overnight success, parents and children, beauty salon, father daughter relationship, hairdresser ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, france, brittany, paris france
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Bollywood Calling (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: India
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An alcoholic, cancer-ridden American film-maker decides to produce a Bollywood movie.
Style: captivating, realistic, semi serious, humorous, spoof
Plot: filmmaking, actor's life, fish out of water, culture clash, misfit, society, showbiz, love, film industry, artists and showbiz, unemployment, wedding ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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The Wager (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An actor at the pinnacle of his Hollywood career finds himself buckling to temptation after he accepts the lead in a classic tale of good versus evil. Michael Steele has just been nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards. In the wake of that ...
Style: christian film, realistic, serious, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot: christianity, hollywood, actor's life, desire for fame, human spirit, introspection, ambition, relationship vs career, couples, society, hotshot hero, rising to stardom ...
Time: 21st century
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State of Georgia (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: State of Georgia is an American television situation comedy. It stars Raven-Symoné, Majandra Delfino and Loretta Devine. The half-hour multi-cam comedy series stars Raven-Symoné as Georgia, an aspiring actress with a larger-than-life personality, ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, captivating, realistic
Audience: family outing
Plot: friendship, lifestyle, actor's life, aspiring actor, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, ambition, city life, geek, female protagonist, black, women ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, georgia
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These Foolish Things (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: As war looms on the horizon, a hopeful ingenue (Zoe Tapper) finds herself caught between the warring affections of a playwright (David Leon) and a director (Andrew Lincoln) in 1930s London. Director Julia Taylor-Stanley's heartwarming ensemble ...
Style: touching, emotional, sentimental, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: love triangle, family relations, rise to the top, lifestyle, actor's life, love affair, showbiz, ego clash, fall in love, hopes, couples, rich and poor ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, post world war two
Place: london, england
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Girl Play (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Two real-life lesbian actresses meet by chance when they are cast as lovers in a local stage play, and end up actually falling in love. Robin, who is married to her girlfriend for half a dozen years, and Lacie, someone who never had a lasting ...
Style: sexy, sentimental, sincere, touching, independent film ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: lesbian relationship, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, lesbian, love affair, actor's life, self discovery, infidelity, showbiz, looking for love, couple relations, lifestyle, couples ...
Place: los angeles, usa
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Sal (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of the blockbuster films Rebel Without a Cause and Exodus.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot: gay, lifestyle, introspection, ambition, actor's life, artists and showbiz, hopes, friendship, murder, celebrity, biopic, beat generation ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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Li Xiao Long chuan qi (2008)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The story of the legendary martial arts icon Bruce Lee following him from Hong Kong to America and back again, leading up to his tragic death at the age of 32.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, stylized, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, tough guy, follow your dream, actor's life, rising to stardom, rivalry, lifestyle, society, cultural icon, instructor, filmmaking ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: asia, hong kong, usa, china
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Life's Too Short (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Life's Too Short is a British sitcom mockumentary created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant from an idea by Warwick Davis, and is as described by Gervais, about "the life of a showbiz dwarf".
Style: sitcom, mockumentary, funny, cynical, humorous ...
Plot: comedian, actor, humour, fame, everyday life, actor's life, lifestyle, showbiz, career, dark humor, workplace, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
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Lost in Translation (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Style: melancholic, atmospheric, offbeat, psychological, artsy ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot: loneliness, midlife crisis, age difference, friendship, older man younger woman relationship, alienation, fish out of water, love story, unlikely couple, self discovery, relationships, adultery ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, america, yale university ...
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Little Lili (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: This film, loosely inspired by Anton Chekov's The Seagull, weaves a story about sex, family and the business of making films. When the young and overly sensitive filmmaker Julien screens his new DV art-film starring his girlfriend Lili ...
Style: realistic, serious, clever, touching, erotic ...
Plot: filmmaking, older man younger woman relationship, actor's life, love triangle, couples, lifestyle, love and romance, couple relations, fall in love, obsession, unfulfilled love, infidelity ...
Time: year 2003
Place: france, brittany
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Straight-Jacket (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In 1950's Hollywood, movie star Guy Stone must marry a studio secretary in order to conceal his homosexuality. Sally has no idea her marriage is a sham, though, and turns Guy's life upside-down. Then he falls in love.
Style: humorous, sentimental, feel good, witty, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, hollywood, movie star, lgbt, lifestyle, fall in love, actor's life, love affair, couples, couple relations, showbiz, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: usa, california
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Holy Flying Circus (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A fantastical re-imagining of the events of 1979, when Monty Python made Life of Brian and the debate about what is an acceptable subject for comedy was blown wide open.
Style: surreal, clever, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: actor's life, clergy, religions or cults, society, artists and showbiz, friends, debate, religion, ignorance, blasphemy, christianity, television ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe, united kingdom, britain
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 10K
Cold Souls (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Paul Giamatti stars as himself, agonizing over his interpretation of "Uncle Vanya." Paralyzed by anxiety, he stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by extracting souls. ...
Style: clever, surreal, bleak, dark comedy, stylized ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: existentialism, loneliness, depression, art, life turned upside down, artists and showbiz, actor's life, disorder, lifestyle, self discovery, hopes, introspection ...
Time: year 2009
Place: russia, new york, usa, st. petersburg russia
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 1K
Childstar (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Childstar is about an egotistical 12-year-old named Taylor Brandon Burns who has skyrocketed to fame at that young age. His relationship with his driver, Rick, takes a turn when Taylor confides in him about the problems of celebrity and the fears of ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, independent film ...
Plot: youth, fame, actor's life, coming of age, lifestyle, showbiz, filmmaking, movie business, artists and showbiz, parents and children, celebrity culture, family relations ...
Place: canada
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Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: "La La Wood" follows the legacy of Jiminy Glick, first introduced on "The Martin Short Show," who went on to get (non)-critical acclaim for his talk show "Primetime Glick," where Mr. Glick interviewed countless ...
Style: witty, humorous, cynical, not serious, biting ...
Plot: showbiz, actor's life, lifestyle, journalism, desire for fame, celebrity culture, workplace intrigue, culture clash, media satire, artists and showbiz, celebrity, filmmaking ...
Time: year 2004
Place: canada, usa, toronto ontario canada, india, montana
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These Old Broads (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: "These Old Broads" is a 2001 television film written by Carrie Fisher and starring her mother Debbie Reynolds, as well as Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, and Elizabeth Taylor in her final starring film role. Network television executive ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, witty, humorous, biting ...
Plot: showbiz, ambition, lifestyle, actor's life, against the odds, rise and fall, aging, filmmaking, love affair, artists and showbiz, farce, hollywood ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 60s
Place: usa
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