| Entourage (2015) | 6.5 | |
| Khadgam (2002) | 7.8 | |
| Prince the Fighter (2021) | 8.0 | |
| Soiree (2020) | 8.0 | |
| Jigarthanda Double X (2023) | 8.0 |
Aspiring actor movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant aspiring actor movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, independent film and feel good films and TV shows about / with aspiring actor, actor, friendship, ambition, love and romance, gay, urban, audition, artists and showbiz and satire plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, India, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as aspiring actor: Maps to the Stars (2014), Hollywood (2020), Swingers (1996), Sonny with a Chance (2009), True Romance (1993), Entourage (2015), Not Fit (2015), If I Had Known I Was a Genius (2007), The Disaster Artist (2017), Barry (2018).
Best films
New films
| Reset (2025) | 7.8 | |
| Cooking Up Love (2021) | 6.0 | |
| The Exocet (2020) | 5.8 | |
| Easter Sunday (2022) | 5.3 | |
| The Movie Emperor (2023) | 6.1 |
List of aspiring actor movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
Style:
surreal, emotional, disturbing, cerebral, cynical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hollywood, dysfunctional family, mental illness, aspiring actor, satire, child star, obsession, actress, threesome, sex, false memory, menage a trois ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, canada
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44K
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
Is relevant?
92K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, cult classic, sexy, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship between men, casino, womanizer, aspiring actor, sex, comedian, dancing, friendship, depression, breakup, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, relationships ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, las vegas, new york, wisconsin ...
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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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259K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Style:
sexy, cult classic, dark comedy, intense, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, cocaine, lovers on the run, gangster, mafia, gunfight, shootout, drug dealing, husband wife relationship, bodyguard, love, hotel ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, seattle, michigan ...
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85K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate ...
Style:
sexy, teen, entertaining, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
hollywood, showbiz, friendship, aspiring actor, filmmaking, skinny dipping, satire, rivalry, celebrity, relationship vs career, movie star, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, amarillo texas, spain ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 16 min.
TV show
Story:
India's first mockumentary web-series, Not Fit, chronicles the humorous adventures of Neerav Kapoor (Nero), struggling actor extraordinaire and quintessential fool, as he tries to make his mark as an actor in the entertainment industry.
Style:
mockumentary, funny, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, aspiring actor, office, actor, humour, movie actor, acting audition, artists and showbiz, artist, actor's life, ambition, behind the scenes ...
Place:
mumbai india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A teenager with a high I.Q. who decides to become an actor. When his TV show gets cancelled, he is faced with a difficult career choice.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, semi serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
aspiring actor, teenager, family drama, coming of age, underdog, dysfunctional family, boy genius, direction and purpose, social misfits, desire for fame, following a dream, lifestyle ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.
Style:
feel good, light, period piece, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
friendship, hollywood, strange person, male nudity, filmmaking, bromance, male pubic hair, aspiring actor, ambition, friendship between men, actor, sex scene ...
Time:
2010s, year 2003, year 1998, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, america, san francisco
Is relevant?
140K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.
Style:
tense, sitcom, dark comedy, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hitman, gay couple, male male relationship, aspiring actor, gay latino, dark humor, mentor, police investigation, betrayal, criminal, danger, shooting ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
Sebastien is a small town boy who moves to Paris and begins to explore the gay night life there. When a friend from back home calls to announce he's coming to Paris, Sebastien confronts some unrequited feelings
Style:
homoerotic, sexual, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, gay interest, friendship, gay relationship, lgbt, lgbtq, gay sex, gay club, love and romance, youth, gay lead character, gay straight relations ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
Is relevant?
575
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Louise thought she’d met the man of her dreams. But it all went wrong when she introduced him to her gay friends... Harry hates being a TV producer and dreams of leaving his job to travel the world. He loves Alex, an aspiring actor who is ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
infidelity, lgbt, gay, breakup, aspiring actor, single parent, looking for love, gender, couple relations, family relations, model, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
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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, ambition, artists and showbiz, city life, female protagonist, black, women, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, georgia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
Style:
light, humorous, clever, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
adultery, multiple storylines, aspiring actor, artists and showbiz, love and romance, actor's life, love affair, fall in love, writers, sex worker, hotel, actor ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 70s, 1930s, 80s ...
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
A notorious gangster is incited to transform into a film hero and opts for a filmmaker and their project descends into a scenario they had never anticipated.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, black comedy, neo noir, period piece ...
Plot:
gangster, filmmaking, aspiring actor, actor, director, filmmaker, problem, mob boss, satire, moral ambiguity, ambition, dark humor ...
Time:
70s
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An aspiring actor discovers that his spacious new apartment comes complete with eight friendly ghosts.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, semi serious, offbeat
Plot:
gay, unrequited love, supernatural, gay slur, actor's life, follow your dream, ghost, self discovery, showbiz, redemption, artists and showbiz, audition ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Unscripted is the on going tales of three out of work actors navigating the rough terrain of Los Angeles. In a land where the universal word for actors is "No", Unscripted takes a look at these three kind souls just trying to survive. ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, actor's life, showbiz, media, lifestyle, aspiring actor, casting, audition, hollywood, satire, media satire, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was ...
Style:
dark comedy, ironic, psychological thriller
Audience:
date night
Plot:
aspiring actor, male nudity, female nudity, identity, body horror, playwright, transformation, pity, self loathing, male protagonist, blood, violence ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Paula McFadden knows: In romance, actors all follow the same stage instruction: Exit. Without warning, her actor boyfriend split today for a movie role and sublet their Manhattan apartment. The new tenant's name: Elliot Garfield. Profession: ...
Style:
sweet, romantic comedy, funny, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
single mother, true love, love story, happy ending, dancer, audition, actor, love, divorce, women, passion, aspiring actor ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, california
Is relevant?
366
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Two strangers discover you really can find anything at a convenience store -- even love. An aspiring actor stuck in a small town who has big plans of moving to Hollywood so he can strike it rich. One night, while on his way into a corner store, he ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, road movie ...
Plot:
couple relations, unlikely criminals, odd couple, fall in love, couples, love and romance, on the road, aspiring actor, small town, shoplifting, business, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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, captivating, humorous, rough
Plot:
nothing goes right, gangster, orphan, friendship, lifestyle, ambition, desire for fame, actor's life, showbiz, comedy of errors, family relations, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
Is relevant?

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Story of a jewish man who discovers that his boyfriend of 10 years is cheating on him.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, offbeat ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
infidelity, gay relationship, gay, breakup, love affair, lifestyle, looking for love, fish out of water, looking for sex, dating, aspiring actor, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, cleveland ohio, ohio, malibu california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 78 min.
TV show
Story:
The first half of the fifties, Czechoslovakia, Prague. Stanislav Láník is a talented actor. However, his position affects the staff profile. The father died in the resistance, the mother was killed after a neighbor was accused of allegedly ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, contemplative, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
closeted gay, closeted homosexual, communism, actor, double life, spy, secret agent, coworker relationship, gay lead character, secret mission, social climber, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place:
central europe, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The passionate journey of three Bollywood fanatics who wish to make it big in the industry.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
ambition, dream, aspiring actor, passion, ambitious, desire for fame, multiple storylines, aspiration, direction and purpose, actor, hopes, perseverance ...
Place:
india, kolkata, delhi
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Khadgam is a 2002 Telugu language Patriotic movie produced by Sunkara Madhu Murali under Karthikeya Movies banner. The film features Srikanth, Ravi Teja, Prakash Raj, Sangeetha, Sonali Bendre and Kim Sharma in the lead roles. Music has been ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, action drama ...
Plot:
terrorism, patriotism, police officer, murder, brother brother relationship, love interest, religious fanatic, terrorist, aspiring actor, justice, heroism, urban ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
india
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Greece, Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off. The budding friendship is put at risk, however, when a rent dispute ...
Style:
social, atmospheric, melancholic, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
best friend, boy, friendship between boys, bullying, father son relationship, 13 year old, landlord tenant relationship, coming of age, psychotherapist, storytelling, theatre director, acting class ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, usa
Is relevant?
370K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the 'no-fly' list. Peter embarks on a terrifying journey ...
Style:
hilarious, road movie, funny, humorous, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
road trip, stupidity, weed, getting home, hitchhiker, odd couple, bonding, marijuana, trip, buddies, screwball, nothing goes right ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
dallas texas, usa, birmingham alabama, louisiana, texas ...
Is relevant?
952
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An unlikely couple fake a relationship to win a TV game show prize. Wannabe actress Estrella dreams of becoming a hostess on a romance reality-TV show presented by Amador Rosales. Meanwhile, movie usher and film buff Victor, who hates such reality ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating
Audience:
date night
Plot:
media, unlikely couple, dishonesty, fall in love, couples, disorder, love and romance, aspiring actor, hidden camera, wedding, relationships, ladykiller ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
Is relevant?
228
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Larry is an ardent evangelical Christian, lives in New York, works as a mover, and dreams of breaking into the world of commercial acting. As he seeks his big break, he argues with his boss and leads a solitary life. His fate takes an unexpected ...
Style:
feel good, light, realistic, sincere, reflective ...
Plot:
dark humor, revenge, religion, voyeurism, mentally unstable, violence, mental breakdown, american dream, acting audition, aspiring actress, aspiring actor, faith ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An Iranian man with high hopes of becoming a professional actor arrives in Can,France to meet Spielberg but his expectations and the reality are not so much alike.
Style:
independent film, heartfelt, intercultural
Plot:
film industry, showbiz, satire, aspiring actor, fame, bittersweet, celebrity culture, fish out of water, ambition, social commentary, frustration, realism ...
Place:
cannes, france, paris france, iran
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