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List of actor's life movies

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Hollywood North (2003)
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, love and romance, obnoxious boss, curses spells and rituals, movie business, older woman younger man relationship, satire ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: canada
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The Friggin' Mafia Movie (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Filmmaker Vance Gordon struggles to pull a team of wannabe actors together for his new Mafia movie. After a stint of quitting actors, Vance is forced to cast the crew members in his film in a last ditch effort to save the production. As the team of ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, rough, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: save the day, heroes, hotshot hero, hitman, actor's life, showbiz, filmmaking, danger, chases and races, hostage, hollywood, chaos and mayhem ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago
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 6.5
 181
The Slammer (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Slammer is a children's talent show that has been broadcasting on BBC One since 22 September 2006. Set in a fictional prison called HM Slammer, this programme follows a variety show format where “prisoners” compete, by performing to an ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, light
Audience: kids
Plot: showbiz, actor's life, artists and showbiz, confined, redemption, comedian, performer, talent show, rivals, prison, prison life, magician ...
Time: 21st century
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A collection of Christopher Walken's greatest SNL skits and hosting jobs
Style: not serious, humorous, witty, light, sketch comedy
Plot: lifestyle, workplace, workplace situations, goofy hero, media satire, nothing goes right, disorder, showbiz, actor's life, silly humor, artists and showbiz, media
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Chump Change (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A failed Hollywood actor returns to his home town in Wisconsin and reminisces about his life in L.A. to a potential new girlfriend about his faults, auditions, misadventures, and confrontations with the evils of Hollywood.
Style: cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: hollywood, filmmaking, desire for fame, nothing goes right, rise and fall, ambition, rise to the top, looking for love, showbiz, homecoming, disorder, actor's life ...
Time: 90s
Place: wisconsin, iceland, los angeles, california, milwaukee wisconsin
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 5.0
 258
Last Goodbye (2004)
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A confusing intermingling of individuals, drunk office worker, vampire slayer actress, rock band members, runaway teenage girl, father, whiskey drinking preacher etc., whose lives are somehow connected.
Style: realistic, semi serious, gothic, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: actor's life, love and romance, on the run, couple relations, redemption, couples, homecoming, parents and children, showbiz, teenage life, alcohol abuse, music band ...
Time: 21st century
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 4.6
 838
Trust Me (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A comical fresco on human misdemeanors and betrayals... A film about our right to not be perfect.
Style: semi serious, humorous, atmospheric, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: love affair, actor's life, disorder, theater, betrayal, nordic, strong female presence, artists and showbiz, love and romance, rehearsal, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, unfaithful boyfriend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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 6.7
 4K
The Dresser (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sad ...
Plot: world war two, aging, friendship, illness, actor's life, elderly, showbiz, actor, death, adultery, lgbtq, obsession ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: england, london
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Loitering with Intent (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Fledgling screenwriters retreat to a quiet country manor to work on their script, but a constellation of needy characters produces constant interruptions.
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: friends, deadline, ambition, artists and showbiz, actor's life, family relations, house, disorder, farm, actor, writers, post traumatic stress disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, new york state
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 6.0
 577
Viola (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story: Several actresses get caught up in a web of romantic intrigue while performing in a production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night."
Style: non-linear, realistic, serious, postmodern, talky ...
Plot: actor's life, lesbian relationship, theater, strong female presence, twentysomething life, actress, women, girl, urban, female female kiss, lesbian kiss
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america
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 7.1
 3K
Painted Fire (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The struggles of an artist. Jang Seung-up (1843-1897), also called Owon, focusing on the years 1882 to 1897, when Korea was in political upheaval, caught between China and Japan, the conservative dynasty dying, and peasant revolt at hand. Jang, born ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, sentimental, melancholic ...
Plot: painter, artist, biopic, art, politics, painting, ambition, human spirit, actor's life, hopes, rise to the top, power relations ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, 1870s, 1860s, 1890s ...
Place: korea, japan, asia, seoul, china ...
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A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam pay tribute to their late Monty Python colleague Graham Chapman in this hilarious, 3-D animated adaptation of Chapman's brazenly fictionalized life story. (TIFF)
Style: humorous, not serious, surreal, witty, realistic ...
Plot: monty python, artists and showbiz, actor's life, fictional biography, writer's life, father son relationship, biopic, broadway, drinking problem, gay, gay sex, gay subtext ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, year 1942
Place: england, europe, new zealand, ibiza, new york
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Method (2004)
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The line between fantasy and reality blurs when an actress begins behaving like the 19th-century murderer she is playing.
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, filmmaking, murder, mind game, obsession, psychopath, haunted by the past, dangerous attraction, actor's life, danger, journalism, couples ...
Time: 19th century
Place: indiana, romania, europe, usa, new orleans ...
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 5.5
 5K
Hope & Faith (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Hope, a down-to-earth, happily married mother of three has her tidy world turned upside down when her celebrity sister moves in. Faith was living the Hollywood life as a soap opera star before her character was killed off.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, sincere, light ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: sibling relationship, artists and showbiz, actor's life, suburban life, sister sister relationship, sister, women, silly humor, family problems, family relations, couples, unfulfillment ...
Place: ohio, usa
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 8.0
 8K
The Trip (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 172 min.
TV show
Story: The Trip is a television sitcom series first broadcast on BBC Two and BBC HD in the United Kingdom. The series stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as fictionalised versions of themselves undertaking a restaurant tour of northern England. The partly ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, cynical ...
Plot: travel, comedian, food, actor, actor's life, artists and showbiz, impersonating, fame, career, buddies, odd couple, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire
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Michael & Michael Have Issues (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Michael & Michael Have Issues is a cable television comedy series starring comedians and actors Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter, who created the series. Both comedians appeared together in several TV comedy series, including The State, ...
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous, light, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, producer, odd couple, actor's life, buddies, intern, self involved, employer employee relationship, social satire, showbiz, comedy team, fictional reality show ...
Time: 21st century
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I'm Going Home (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash. Having to take care of his now-orphaned grandson, he struggles to ...
Style: psychological, realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: old age, family problems, love and romance, actor's life, getting home, couples, couple relations, dealing with death, hopes, death in the family, male female relationship, love ...
Time: year 2001
Place: france, portugal, paris france, europe
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 4.7
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Butch Jamie (2007)
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: usa, california, los angeles
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All About Actresses (2009)
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, actor ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, india
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 6.1
 1K
Fat Actress (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Fat Actress is an American sitcom television series starring Kirstie Alley. It aired on Showtime in the United States in the spring of 2005, on Movie Central in Western Canada, The Movie Network in Eastern Canada, FX in the UK, Network Ten in ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: satire, artists and showbiz, actor's life, lifestyle, showbiz, media satire, physical appearance, media, hypocrisy, celebrity culture, hollywood, comeback ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Live Fast, Die Young (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When a famous star is found dead at an exclusive Christmas Eve party filled with A-list Hollywood types, the police must hold for questioning a group of powerful entertainment industry players who are eager to leave the scene. As they reflect upon ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, psychotronic ...
Plot: hollywood, society, lifestyle, actor's life, redemption, overdose, drug abuse, writer's life, hopes, artists and showbiz, starlet, filmmaking ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.4
 137K
Man on the Moon (1999)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A film about the life and career of the eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
Style: offbeat, depressing, inspirational, touching, humorous ...
Plot: comedian, biopic, showbiz, wrestler, character study, prank, life philosophy, human spirit, actor's life, rising to stardom, performer's life, rise and fall ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1999, 70s ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, memphis, the philippines ...
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 6.8
 56K
Rent (2005)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village, New York, USA. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark ...
Style: sentimental, stylized, lyrical, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: aids, lesbian, bohemian life, gay, drug abuse, friendship, broadway, addiction, music, christmas, drug addiction, hiv ...
Time: 80s, future, year 2005, 90s, year 1989 ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city, usa, santa fe new mexico ...
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Hollywood, je t'aime (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Recently broken up and barely enduring a dreary winter, gay Parisian Jérôme Beaunez impulsively books a solo Christmas vacation to Los Angeles. While there he meets some colorful locals and pursues a dormant desire to become a movie star - but ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, sexy ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, gender, transsexual, prostitute, transvestism, lifestyle, lgbt, friends, disorder, couples, love and romance, self discovery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, los angeles, paris france, california
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 4.8
 75K
Bewitched (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".
Style: romantic, feel good, witty, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: witch, magic, wizards and magicians, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, supernatural romance, disorder, witchcraft, misfit, actor's life, hidden identity, couple relations ...
Time: 2000s
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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 6.4
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Funkytown (2011)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Set in Montreal during the disco phenomenon some 35 years ago, Funkytown follows the life of a group of colorful characters. We follow their lives and tribulations as everyone converges on a regular basis at Montreal's hot disco spot: ...
Style: serious, suspense, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: disco, gay hustler, nightclub, nightlife, addiction, lifestyle, social decay, artists and showbiz, society, actor's life, gay husband, social relations ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1971, year 1982 ...
Place: montreal, canada, new york, toronto ontario canada, quebec
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Phileine Says Sorry (2003)
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Gorgeous Dutch youngster Max has two passions, acting and girls. The first becomes his brilliant career, which takes off so well he gets invited to a prestigious New York theatre course for a year. But since he met fickle bitch Phileine in an ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental, erotic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: battle of the sexes, couples, dishonesty, actor's life, lifestyle, infidelity, artists and showbiz, intimate, weatherman, love and romance, couple relations, city life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, new york, holland, usa
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 6.2
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Pittsburgh (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Jeff Goldblum put his Hollywood actor life on hold to star alongside his new girlfriend in a Pittsburgh regional theater production of The Music Man. Co-directors Bradley and LaBrache tread a surprisingly elegant line between genuine documentary and ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, mockumentary ...
Plot: lifestyle, showbiz, relationship vs career, actor's life, artists and showbiz, couple relations, couples, celebrity culture, hollywood, audition, filmmaking, media ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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 6.7
 4K
Funny Bones (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian but his Las Vegas debut is a failure. He goes back to Blackpool, UK, where his father, also a comedian started and where he spent the summers of his childhood. He starts to search for a partner, a comic ...
Style: surreal, humorous, touching, clever, entertaining ...
Plot: comedian, eccentricity, farce, creativity, self discovery, friendship, actor's life, introspection, parents and children, haunted by the past, father son relationship, clown ...
Time: 90s
Place: las vegas, england, europe, usa
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 5.6
 3K
The Fluffer (2001)
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Johnny Rebel is a charismatic heterosexual man who makes his living acting in gay porn. His live in girlfriend Babylon is a stripper so she understands the reality of working in the sex industry. Sean McGinnis doesnt. He is a 22-year-old kid who ...
Style: melancholic, intense, satirical, semi serious, sexual ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, sex, obsession, porn industry, gender, lgbt, unrequited love, murder, unfulfilled love, actor's life, filmmaking, lgbtq ...
Place: los angeles, california, usa, mexico
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