Filmmaking movies and TV shows – page 2
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.
Style:
stylized, realistic, captivating, sentimental, retro ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, producer, introspection, ambition, film industry, showbiz, fall in love, great depression, loneliness, literary, bare breasts ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1920s, 70s
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
An epic documentary chronicling the extraordinary, unbelievable life of pioneer Kiwi filmmaker Colin McKenzie. Or is it?
Style:
mockumentary, witty, humorous, semi serious, offbeat ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, found footage, photograph, director, interview, jungle, world war one, driven mad, rise and fall, ambition, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1995, year 1937, year 1936, 70s
Place:
new zealand, tahiti, spain
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their ...
Style:
gothic, psychological, psychological horror, black comedy, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mental illness, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, beach, sibling rivalry, child star, jealousy, actress, filmmaking, dysfunctional family, murder, rat ...
Time:
year 1935, 20th century, 1930s, year 1917, 1910s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, america, usa
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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: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Mexico, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Focuses on Sebastian and Costa, obsessive filmmakers who, in their quest to uncover the myth of Christopher Columbus and resistance to colonial power by Indian rebel Hatuey, ultimately end up embroiled in a modern revolt against Western ...
Style:
political, talky, thought provoking, visually appealing, tense ...
Plot:
filmmaking, politics, protest, culture clash, society, rebellion, demonstration, prejudice, audition, mentor, unlikely friendships, storytelling ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2000, 70s, 21st century
Place:
bolivia, latin america, california, spain, south america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Sweden, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter (Gemma Arterton) works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters (Lily Knight and ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, rom com, thought provoking ...
Plot:
world war two, filmmaking, bomb shelter, screenwriter, war propaganda, world war, cinema, friendship, lie, writers, feminism, woman ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 20th century
Place:
united kingdom, england, london, america, dunkirk ...
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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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181K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A murdering spree begins to happen again, this time its targeted toward the original Woodsboro survivors and those associated with the movie inside a movie, 'Stab 3'. Sydney must face the demons of her past to stop the killer.
Style:
slasher, parody, suspenseful, teen, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, mystery killer, killer, telephone call, nightmare, filmmaking, masked man, violence, serial murder, mind game, profanity ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, y2k, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A contemporary comedy set in Los Angeles, Full Frontal traces the complicated relationship among seven friends as they deal with the fragile connections that bind them together. Full Frontal takes place during a twenty-four hour period - a day in ...
Style:
entertaining, talky, melancholic, non-linear, humorous ...
Plot:
filmmaking, hollywood, actor's life, workplace intrigue, crumbling marriage, artists and showbiz, couple relations, lifestyle, husband wife relationship, satire, internet, adult filmmaking ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, tucson arizona, africa ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.
Style:
parody, humorous, talky, not serious, dark comedy ...
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, hollywood, dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, farce, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, artists and showbiz, actor's life, desire for fame ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) is looking for an escape from his family's stifling home life when he encounters Lee Carter (Will Poulter), the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of "Rambo: First Blood", Lee plans to make ...
Style:
touching, feel good, stylized, humorous, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
friendship, childhood, coming of age, filmmaking, friendship between boys, youth, bullying, small town, children, school, boy, family relations ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Style:
surreal, funny, stylized, touching, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
video store, jazz, filmmaking, nothing goes right, eccentricity, friendship, creativity, dialogue, art, sabotage, buddy, workplace ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of ...
Style:
sweet, thought provoking, talky, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
filmmaking, african american, blaxploitation, racism, interracial relations, prejudice, black man, family drama, eccentricity, fighting the system, hollywood, showbiz ...
Time:
70s, y2k, year 2003, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Style:
sexy, tense, humorous, atmospheric, romantic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, art, nervous breakdown, satire, adaptation, director, workplace, actor's life, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, workplace situations, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1973, future, 70s, 18th century
Place:
france, europe, nice france, french riviera, riviera
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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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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, contemplative, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, cinema, surrealism, filmmaker, art, film history, artist, cowboy, respect, world spanning ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, portugal, asia, latin america, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A director struggles with a difficult sex scene between a young actor and actress who can't stand one another. Aided by her loyal assistant, she is hell-bent on getting the scene right without compromise.
Style:
sexy, stylized, melancholic, art house, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, sexual relations, filmmaking, stepmother stepson relationship, female nudity, transgression, lust, fondling, female pubic hair, lifestyle, showbiz, love affair ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
atlantic ocean
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the ...
Style:
parody, spoof, satirical, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
filmmaking, satire, mime, showbiz, hollywood, creativity, actor's life, comeback, alcohol abuse, disorder, artists and showbiz, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s ...
Place:
usa, california, new york, los angeles, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.
Style:
sentimental, touching, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
actor, filmmaking, factory, death, brother sister relationship, singer, doctor, pneumonia, old woman, birthday, dancing, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his ...
Style:
surreal, semi serious, atmospheric, humorous, intellectual ...
Plot:
filmmaking, self discovery, aging, screenwriter, escape from reality, imaginary, daydreamer, hopes, writers, imagination, hallucination, friendship ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously ...
Style:
sexy, feel good, sex comedy, funny, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
porn, sex scene, sex, porn actor, porn star, strip club, female nudity, filmmaking, sex worker, nudity, best friends in love, stripper ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, serious, captivating, clever ...
Plot:
hollywood, actor, father son relationship, filmmaking, actor's life, death of mother, sports car, gay, voice over narration, biopic, dying young, rising to stardom ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
usa, malibu california, indiana, new york, santa monica california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the ...
Style:
humorous, cynical, cult classic, captivating, light ...
Plot:
filmmaking, screenwriter, mistress, money, showbiz, hollywood, artists and showbiz, dark humor, film producer, financier, interracial, satire ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from ...
Style:
clever, emotional, lyrical, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
infidelity, midlife crisis, filmmaking, memory, sexual fantasy, broadway, lifestyle, self discovery, femme fatale, dancing, couples, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 2009, 2000s, 1920s ...
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Anthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford which began early on their careers, climaxed on the set of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and evolved into an ...
Style:
sincere, anthology, melancholic, saga, costume drama ...
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, movie star, feud, actress, jealousy, glory, woman, workplace problem, family problems, frustration, women ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A passionate filmmaker creating a film based upon a true crime casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in the story. Unsuspectingly, he finds himself drawn into a complex web of haunting intrigue: ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Plot:
filmmaking, murder, investigation, artists and showbiz, dishonesty, love and romance, femme fatale, twists and turns, political corruption, filmmaker, passion, woman peeing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina
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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: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, entertaining, retro ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, small town, monster, ufo, creature, alien, friendship, coming of age, train crash, young heroes, investigation, youth ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 1979, future, year 2011 ...
Place:
ohio, usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Back in the early 1970s, at a mental institution near the Russian border, a crazed doctor, Dr. Anderson assumed the persona of "the Auteur," and began murdering his patients while filming the atrocities. Thirty years later, an American ...
Style:
slasher, scary, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
filmmaking, mental institution, psychopath, obsession, confined, gory, heroes, losing-it hero, serial killer, murderer, hidden room, sadistic psychopath ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, finland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, witty, stylized, humorous ...
Plot:
filmmaking, gays and lesbians, manipulation, musician, artists and showbiz, cons and scams, culture clash, disorder, love and romance, chess, con artists, caper ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
las vegas, london
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