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MGM Plus
90
8.4
/257496/
81
/3679/
82
/2796/
4.4
/318575/
98
/125/
95
/3486/
94
/32/
cc age 13+

Sunset Boulevard (1950)
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
90
8.3
/278450/
82
/5405/
81
/3361/
4.3
/551011/
100
/78/
95
/7919/
99
/17/
cc age 6+

Singin' in the Rain (1952)
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
poster
Kanopy
88
8.0
/131365/
78
/2000/
81
/2446/
4.3
/236073/
97
/62/
91
/2558/
93
/23/

8½ (1963)
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
poster
87
8.1
/25236/
79
/835/
79
/394/
4.2
/59346/
100
/33/
94
/534/
95
/7/

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
poster
86
8.0
/26035/
76
/483/
78
/633/
4.2
/45887/
98
/40/
91
/423/

Day for Night (1973)
A committed filmmaker struggles to complete his latest project while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
poster
85
7.8
/20889/
76
/535/
76
/261/
4.2
/51298/
94
/51/
90
/994/
84
/29/

American Movie (1999)
American Movie documents the story of filmmaker Mark Borchardt, his mission, and his dream. Spanning over two years of intense struggle with his film, his family, financial decline, and spiritual crisis, American Movie is a portrayal of ambition, obsession, excess, and one man's quest for the American Dream.
poster
85
8.5
/5478/
80
/402/
78
/167/
3.9
/10111/
100
/9/
94
/196/

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
poster
84
7.5
/74780/
75
/2706/
74
/1411/
4.2
/354327/
97
/216/
78
/272/
91
/42/
cc age 15+

Drive My Car (2021)
Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
poster
Hoopla
84
8.2
/7842/
81
/611/
76
/208/
4.0
/9597/
96
/23/
92
/52/

An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but brilliant people, they went on to create the longest running science fiction series ever made.
poster
84
8.0
/62252/
77
/1258/
77
/1021/
4.0
/53708/
97
/152/
91
/2622/
91
/33/
cc age 17+

Waltz with Bashir (2008)
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/520056/
75
/13466/
73
/7770/
3.8
/1270938/
95
/234/
85
/22275/
91
/44/
cc age 16+

Lost in Translation (2003)
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.
poster
fuboTV
82
7.5
/3271/
76
/206/
69
/40/
3.8
/8415/
100
/56/
87
/18/
87
/11/

Attica (2021)
Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
poster
Netflix
82
7.3
/7700/
76
/626/
82
/509/
3.7
/35541/
94
/16/
95
/117/
cc age 12+

BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky (2020)
Record-shattering Korean girl band BLACKPINK tell their story — and detail the hard fought journey of the dreams and trials behind their meteoric rise.
poster
Apple TV
84
82
8.3
/48445/
80
/3761/
77
/740/
4.3
/147511/
86
/21/
93
/34/
cc age 3+

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but it is a frustrating struggle. When an attempt to restore the proper spirit with a forlorn little fir Christmas tree fails, he needs Linus' help to learn the meaning of Christmas.
poster
Netflix
82
8.0
/988630/
81
/58695/
77
/20634/
3.8
/1497991/
91
/385/
91
/7133/
80
/46/
cc age 12+

The Martian (2015)
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
poster
81
7.2
/4667/
67
/217/
71
/110/
4.0
/22634/
93
/74/
85
/22/

Close Your Eyes (2023)
Years after his mysterious disappearance, Julio Arenas, a famous Spanish actor, is back in the news thanks to a television program.
poster
NBC
81
7.4
/107219/
72
/3861/
70
/1433/
3.9
/591270/
91
/361/
74
/222/
93
/60/
cc age 15+

TÁR (2022)
As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.
poster
81
7.8
/27746/
77
/616/
75
/431/
3.9
/34220/
100
/5/
83
/88/

Brother (1997)
Danila goes to his successful brother, Victor, in Petersburg to start a new life. Unknown to Danila, Victor is a contract killer, but is in hiding after asking for too much money to assassinate a Chechen mob boss. To avoid exposure, Victor convinces Danila to kill the boss instead.
poster
81
8.0
/3152/
74
/31/
71
/29/
3.8
/1094/
96
/25/
87
/38/

The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl. The film recounts the rise of her career from a dancer, to a movie actor to the most important film director in Nazi Germany who directed such famous propaganda films as Triumph of the Will and Olympiad. The film also explores her later activities after Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945 and her disgrace for being so associated with it which includes her amazingly active life over the age of 90.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.4
/6568/
73
/346/
70
/168/
3.7
/19122/
95
/112/
85
/68/
83
/31/

De Palma (2016)
An intimate conversation between filmmakers, chronicling De Palma’s 55-year career, his life, and his filmmaking process, with revealing anecdotes and, of course, a wealth of film clips.
poster
Hulu
81
8.0
/875781/
77
/21885/
77
/15158/
4.2
/2595802/
85
/320/
84
/19892/
79
/42/
cc age 17+

Black Swan (2010)
The story of a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life is completely consumed with dance. Nina lives with her retired ballerina mother who zealously supports her daughter's professional ambition. When the artistic director decides to replace the prima ballerina for the opening production of their new season, Nina is his first choice.
poster
Hoopla
80
7.6
/34405/
76
/2192/
76
/933/
4.1
/135039/
100
/98/
84
/156/
86
/14/

One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Real zombies arrive and terrorize the crew of a zombie film being shot in an abandoned warehouse, said to be the site of military experiments on humans.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.1
/3203/
78
/42/
68
/64/
3.6
/4375/
92
/13/
80
/17/

After the Rehearsal (1984)
Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back, ostensibly looking for a bracelet. She is the lead in his new production of Strindberg's A Dream Play. She talks of her hatred for her mother, now dead, an alcoholic actress, who was Vogler's star and lover.
poster
MGM Plus
79
7.5
/401593/
73
/8389/
72
/5621/
3.8
/306465/
86
/227/
79
/7991/
77
/41/
cc age 16+

The Aviator (2004)
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
poster
Hulu
79
7.6
/939360/
73
/30316/
74
/14326/
3.8
/2713013/
86
/581/
70
/6406/
84
/62/
cc age 17+

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…
poster
79
7.8
/2788/
72
/70/
69
/31/
3.9
/1778/
91
/76/
89
/110/
72
/23/

Stevie (2002)
In 1995 Director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) returned to rural Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy he had been an 'Advocate Big Brother' to ten years earlier.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.7
/31889/
77
/658/
77
/523/
4.2
/89237/
67
/30/
86
/799/

Dreams (1990)
Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.4
/52977/
74
/1265/
72
/915/
3.7
/25062/
87
/123/
88
/1672/
75
/33/
cc age 17+

Zatoichi (2003)
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
poster
Disney Plus
78
7.8
/742275/
79
/51973/
75
/15996/
3.8
/1433028/
84
/459/
87
/9512/
65
/51/
cc age 11+

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.4
/32160/
74
/728/
69
/257/
3.8
/49830/
90
/52/
91
/2395/
72
/19/
cc age 14+

Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.
poster
77
7.5
/103333/
75
/2934/
75
/1524/
4.2
/255154/
69
/193/
71
/3839/
67
/34/

Synecdoche, New York (2008)
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
poster
77
7.2
/121233/
72
/3203/
69
/1715/
3.5
/62985/
96
/73/
79
/1266/
74
/16/
cc age 16+

In the Line of Fire (1993)
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.
poster
76
7.3
/33972/
70
/515/
69
/379/
3.6
/15918/
96
/70/
82
/607/
74
/32/
cc age 15+

Gods and Monsters (1998)
It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, hires a handsome young gardener, the flamboyant director and simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship, which will change them forever.
poster
78
76
7.1
/15166/
70
/351/
71
/320/
3.8
/43451/
100
/13/
82
/231/

Law of Desire (1987)
Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire.
poster
Hoopla
76
7.4
/9607/
70
/163/
69
/164/
3.7
/13711/
88
/60/
84
/366/
79
/22/

The Five Obstructions (2003)
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates increasingly further elaborate stipulations.
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Kanopy
76
7.3
/12233/
73
/315/
70
/228/
3.6
/11816/
94
/103/
77
/590/
75
/36/

Lost in La Mancha (2002)
Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
6.9
/1696/
65
/20/
64
/32/
3.5
/783/
76
/37/
79
/7/
82
/15/

Safe Conduct (2002)
During the Nazi occupation of France as two filmmakers attempt to navigate their careers without compromising their ideals. Facing pressure from the Vichy government, assistant director Jean Devaivre uses his position at the German-controlled studio Continental Films as a cover for his resistance activities, while screenwriter Jean Aurenche uses his wits to keep from being involved in the creation of any collaborationist propaganda.
poster
Netflix
75
7.4
/15394/
72
/320/
70
/280/
3.5
/15276/
87
/62/
85
/232/
69
/20/

Even the Rain (2011)
As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.
poster
Hulu
74
6.2
/941/
63
/83/
64
/27/
3.6
/3003/
100
/24/
75
/8/
81
/10/
cc age 15+

Bruiser (2022)
During summer break, 14-year-old Darious explores the boundaries of his manhood through tumultuous interactions with Malcolm his strict father and a burgeoning mentorship with mysterious drifter Porter.
poster
74
7.3
/1219/
70
/21/
66
/15/
3.9
/4120/
80
/5/
81
/6/

Uptight (1968)
Set against the backdrop of a community mourning the recent MLK assassination, Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
poster
Netflix
74
6.7
/8414/
65
/282/
67
/225/
3.7
/21613/
82
/97/
57
/59/
80
/32/
cc age 17+

The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 by Orson Welles but never completed during his lifetime.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.1
/1301/
66
/45/
70
/44/
3.6
/4271/
85
/13/
88
/2/
68
/6/

Friedkin Uncut (2018)
An introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an extraordinary and offbeat director of cult films such as The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer, Cruising, To Live and Die in L.A. and Killer Joe. For the first time Friedkin opens up, guiding the audience on a fascinating journey through the themes and the stories that have influenced his life and his artistic career.
poster
74
6.7
/19390/
67
/423/
65
/319/
3.4
/12292/
79
/29/
72
/487/
75
/7/

Silent Movie (1976)
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 studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
7.2
/37902/
69
/502/
67
/532/
3.6
/19497/
77
/60/
81
/510/
70
/33/

Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
poster
73
6.5
/17649/
64
/1107/
64
/280/
3.6
/88363/
89
/161/
65
/98/
79
/27/
cc age 16+

Black Bear (2020)
At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, a couple entertains an out-of-town guest looking for inspiration in her filmmaking. The group quickly falls into a calculated game of desire, manipulation, and jealousy, unaware of how dangerously intertwined their lives will soon become.
poster
Hoopla
73
7.0
/1004/
63
/21/
60
/31/
3.8
/2973/
94
/17/
54
/6/
87
/8/

Level Five (1997)
Laura, a French programmer, inherits the task of creating a game about the World War II Battle of Okinawa. Her research and interviews with Japanese experts and witnesses prompt her to reflect on life, humanity, and the lasting influence of history and memories.
poster
83
73
8.2
/3670/
72
/39/
75
/69/
4.0
/3304/
100
/20/
87
/76/
90
/8/

My Voyage to Italy (1999)
World-renowned director Martin Scorsese narrates this journey through his favorites in Italian cinema.
poster
73
6.8
/8692/
68
/180/
64
/133/
3.6
/14283/
81
/16/
69
/142/
63
/13/

Star 80 (1983)
Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the counter of a Dairy Queen. Under his guidance Dorothy grows to fame as a Playboy Playmate. But when Dorothy begins pursuing an acting career, the jealous Paul finds himself elbowed out of the picture by more famous men.


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