Film industry movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant film industry movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out entertaining, captivating, serious, realistic, feel good and suspense films and TV shows about / with film industry, filmmaking, movie business, hollywood, filmmaker, film producer, ambition, actor, movie studio and behind the scenes plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
film industry movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as film industry: Losing Alice (2020), Hollywood (2020), Hail, Caesar! (2016), Arpa Colla (1982), The Movie Emperor (2023), GangStars (2018), Shamitabh (2015), The Oscars (2018), The Oscars (2019), I Love That Crazy Little Thing (2016).

List of film industry movies

 6.6
 2K
Losing Alice (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 64 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Alice, an ambitious 47 year old female film director who becomes obsessed with 24 year old femme-fatale Sophie and eventually surrenders all moral integrity in order to achieve power, success and unlimited relevance.
Style: psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot: sex scene, female nudity, older woman younger woman relationship, ambitious woman, film industry, lesbian attraction, seductress, femme fatale, female protagonist, manipulative woman, mysterious disappearance, mind game ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: israel
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 7.5
 44K
Hollywood (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood try to make it big — no matter the cost.
Style: saga, funny, colorful, social, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: hollywood, lgbtq, closeted homosexual, gay interest, male male relationship, racial discrimination, gay couple, gay, male prostitute, gay relationship, follow your dream, aspiring actor ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, 20th century
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 6.3
 149K
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Tells the comedic tale of Eddie Mannix, a fixer who worked for the Hollywood studios in the 1950s. The story finds him at work when a star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming.
Style: black comedy, humorous, period piece, witty, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hollywood, movie star, satire, ransom, filmmaking, gay subtext, showbiz, kidnapping, actor, dark humor, film industry, chinese restaurant ...
Time: 50s, year 2016, 1950s, year 2015, 20th century ...
Place: los angeles, greece, usa, california, malibu california
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 6.5
 572
Arpa Colla (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece, West Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: "Arpa-colla" in Greek literally means "Grab and stick", a phrase used to show something that has been done quickly and therefore isn't good enough. This is what the 2 main heroes of the film are doing. The one is a ...
Style: independent film, parody, experimental
Plot: film industry, satire, filmmaking, ambition, behind the scenes, creative block, surrealism, social commentary, friendship, improv, collaboration, chaos ...
Time: 80s
Place: greece, athens greece, ancient greece
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The Movie Emperor (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Andy Lau is perfectly, cheekily cast as a movie star seeking relevance via a film festival–baiting art-house role in director Ning Hao’s sharp satire of movie industry pretension.
Style: serious, entertaining, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: filmmaking, film industry, filmmaker, movie actor, movie business, movie star, cinema, movie studio, artist, actor, artists and showbiz, celebrity ...
Time: 60s
Place: china, hong kong
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 6.5
 331
GangStars (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
TV show
Story: KrishnaDas is a gangster. The doctor tells das that he has a stomach cancer. Ajay dream to become a filmmaker. Keerthi is the niece of a film stars manager. Vishwa and Aishwarya breakup during shooting refuse to work. Das threatens Ajay and Keerthi ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, crime drama, tense ...
Plot: film industry, filmmaking, murder, gangster, murder mystery, movie star, intrigue, filmmaker, movie business, film producer, problem, male female relationship ...
Time: 2010s
Place: india
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 6.7
 8K
Shamitabh (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A mute, aspiring actor joins forces with a man who has a powerful voice. Together they take the film industry by storm, but will their egos get in the way?
Style: psychological, emotional, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Plot: actor, film industry, ambition, success, ego, egoism, deaf mute, mute, price of fame, ego clash, selfishness, power struggle ...
Place: mumbai india, india
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 5.8
 2K
The Oscars (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 187 min.
Story: The 90th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, celebrates the film industry's biggest achievements for the year 2017.
Style: serious, disturbing, captivating, realistic, entertaining ...
Plot: film industry, award ceremony, award, reward, movie star, movie actress, movie actor, celebrity, actress, cinema, movie business, actor ...
Place: los angeles
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 5.5
 2K
The Oscars (2019)
Genre: Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story: The top movies of 2018 are honored at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony, where "The Favourite (2018)" and Roma (2018)" lead the way with 10 nominations each, while "A Star Is Born (2018)" and "Vice (2018)" are both ...
Style: captivating, feel good, light, entertaining, disturbing ...
Plot: award ceremony, film industry, movie star, award, cinema, reward, movie actress, movie business, celebrity, actress, actor, hollywood ...
Place: los angeles
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I Love That Crazy Little Thing (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Film editor Jiang dreams of becoming a director, but those dreams turn into a nightmare when his assistant, Meng, splices an unlicensed song into the soundtrack of a soon-to-be premiered movie. Not that Jiang's personal life is more successful, ...
Style: captivating, feel good, semi serious, light, entertaining ...
Plot: film industry, love and romance, problem solving, ambition, love story, movie business, misfit, escapades, relationships, love affair, filmmaker, relationship vs career ...
Time: 2010s
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 5.6
 501
Rough Play (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Young is a nameless actor who dreams of becoming a big movie star. Then one day, he makes his breakthrough with a film and becomes a star overnight.
Style: disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, intense ...
Plot: glory, actor, film industry, arrogance, showbiz, rise and fall, character study, celebrity culture, fame, blind ambition, relationship vs career, price of fame ...
Place: south korea, seoul
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Boris: The Film (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A director and his crew attempt to make the transition from the small to the big screen.
Style: satirical, entertaining, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: film industry, ambition, satire, behind the scenes, humour, filmmaking, silly humor, filmmaker, irreverent, media satire, compromise, urban ...
Place: rome italy
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Men Show Movies & Women Their Breasts (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Isabell Suba, ambitious up-and-coming director, has made it – one of her short films is in the line-up of the most important film festival of the world! When she arrives at the 65. Cannes film festival, she has face the accomplished facts: David, ...
Style: feel good, funny, entertaining, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: film industry, satire, women, movie business, film producer, male female partnership, sexism, humour, filmmaking, relationships, filmmaker, female empowerment ...
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Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019)
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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Burning Down the House (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A down-on-his-luck film director sets fire to his home so he can collect the insurance money and fund his new movie. But crime apparently does pay, because once the rumor mill gets wind of his plans, everyone suddenly wants a slice of his new ...
Style: satirical, entertaining, captivating, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: arson, insurance fraud, scam, film industry, satire, director, financial problem, film producer, filmmaker, escapades, silly humor, humour ...
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Say You Love Me (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: There’s Byung-Soo and Young-Chae who have grown up together ever since they were little. They seem to share everything, not to mention their dream so in order to together make their dream come true, they enter the same film company. And there’s ...
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: film industry, ambition, ambitious man, film producer, movie business, friendship, filmmaker, follow your dream, direction and purpose, aspiration, movie studio, friends ...
Place: seoul
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The Biggest Fan (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Gérard Lanvin has an important role in a new blockbuster! Filming is about to begin in the South of France. On site, he meets Momo Zapareto, the pool boy at the house he is renting for the duration or the shoot. But Momo is a fan, a big fan… an ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot: fanaticism, celebrity, film industry, satire, obsessed fan, movie star, obsession, fan culture, actor's life, fan, problem, cultural icon ...
Place: south of france
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 7.3
 49K
She Said (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story: New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Style: f word
Plot: journalism, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, sexual assault, abuse of power, film producer, women's rights, film industry, rape, investigation, sex crime, based on real people ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, year 2017, year 1992, 21st century
Place: hong kong, manhattan new york city, ireland, new york, venice ...
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 7.2
 28K
She Said (2022)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story: New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Style: sexual, serious, sexy, f word, interesting
Plot: journalism, based on real people, sexism, sexual harassment, film industry, sex crime, sexual assault, women's rights, rapist, film producer, sexual abuse, rape ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, year 2016, 2020s, year 1992 ...
Place: italy, hong kong, manhattan new york city, new york, ireland ...
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The Lonely Lady (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young screenwriter allows others to exploit her in the hopes of "making it" in Hollywood.
Style: realistic, serious, sexual, rough, sexy
Plot: female nudity, lesbian, misogyny, older man younger woman relationship, sex scene, casting couch, screenwriter, hollywood, rape, price of fame, film industry, sexism ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: california, usa
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 7.0
 7K
RKO 281 (1999)
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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 7.4
 39K
Contempt (1963)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker ...
Style: art house, erotic, philosophical, biting, grindhouse ...
Audience: adult
Plot: filmmaking, screenwriter, satire, femme fatale, writers, film producer, estranged couple, car accident, film industry, passive aggression, swimming pool, relationships ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place: rome italy, italy, france, mediterranean sea, southern italy ...
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Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.
Style: realistic, tense, serious, emotional, cult classic ...
Plot: hollywood, coming of age, tomboy, secret relationship, marriage proposal, nervous breakdown, movie star, rags to riches, showbiz, naive young woman, mental breakdown, gay husband ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1936
Place: california, los angeles, usa, arizona
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 5.5
 43K
Big Fat Liar (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Fourteen-year-old Jason Shepherd (Muniz) has a reputation for stretching the truth. So, when big-time Hollywood producer Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) steals his class paper and turns it into a smash movie, no one believes Jason's latest tall ...
Style: humorous, teen, hilarious, light, not serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: hollywood, revenge, prank, liar, youth, film industry, film producer, plagiarism, summer school, filmmaking, movie business, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, 80s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, michigan
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 7.8
 255K
Beauty Spot (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
Style: feel good, sentimental, touching, sweet, artsy ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, family friendly, date night
Plot: hollywood, filmmaking, actor, movie star, love and romance, showbiz, actress, fame, actor's life, movie studio, film industry, art ...
Time: 1920s, 2010s, year 2011, 1930s, 1900s ...
Place: los angeles, usa, california, iran
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To Give a Dream (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: 13 years ago, the Abe family moved to a town in the suburbs, surrounded by nature. The Abe family consists of their French father Toma (De Lencquesaing Nozomi), his Japanese wife Mikiko (Rinko Kikuchi) and their beautiful daughter Yuko (Kanon Tani). ...
Style: psychological, serious, dramatic, captivating
Plot: mother daughter relationship, entertainment industry, film industry, dancer, actress, showbiz, relationships, family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, family life, fall in love ...
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 7.5
 72K
The Player (1992)
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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 7.4
 87K
Trumbo (2015)
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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The Franchise (2024)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The crew of an unloved franchise movie fight for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe. The series shines a light on the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking, to ask the question — how exactly does the cinematic ...
Style: comedy drama, dark comedy, cynical, meta
Plot: superhero, filmmaking, hollywood, satire, film industry, behind the scenes, ambition, backstage, commercialism, compromise, bureaucracy, survival ...
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 8.1
 59K
The Studio (2025)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Desperate for celebrity approval, the newly appointed head of a movie studio and his executive team at Continental Studios must juggle corporate demands with creative ambitions as they try to keep movies alive and relevant.
Style: dark comedy, intense
Plot: hollywood, film industry, ambition, celebrity culture, power struggle, backstage, identity crisis, nostalgia, moral ambiguity, satire, irreverent, movie studio ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, las vegas
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