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Kanopy
90
8.4
/259000/
81
/3777/
82
/2844/
4.4
/333854/
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
Kanopy
88
8.0
/39275/
77
/697/
76
/561/
4.2
/62461/
98
/62/
91
/532/
100
/5/

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
poster
Plex
84
8.0
/85254/
77
/1423/
80
/1995/
4.3
/143122/
95
/77/
90
/1537/
95
/13/
cc age 15+

La Dolce Vita (1960)
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
poster
78
7.2
/9951/
71
/289/
69
/160/
3.8
/19476/
90
/21/
84
/115/

The Last of Sheila (1973)
A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game—but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
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Kanopy
77
75
7.3
/11758/
73
/268/
71
/232/
3.6
/13205/
100
/24/
78
/103/
77
/5/

A Star Is Born (1937)
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
poster
74
7.2
/5328/
67
/132/
63
/76/
3.5
/2975/
85
/48/
78
/327/
78
/16/

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
72
6.2
/42568/
73
/5479/
68
/1548/
3.1
/76061/
91
/175/
78
/1158/
71
/35/
cc age 17+

Girls Trip (2017)
Four girlfriends take a trip to New Orleans for an annual festival and, along the way, rediscover their wild sides and strengthen the bonds of sisterhood.
poster
Kanopy
70
7.4
/87243/
73
/3381/
71
/1650/
3.4
/55581/
74
/206/
79
/771/
60
/33/
cc age 16+

Trumbo (2015)
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.
poster
67
6.9
/104129/
71
/3916/
69
/3576/
3.4
/157043/
72
/193/
68
/1044/
62
/40/
cc age 13+

Big Eyes (2014)
In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
6.5
/6731/
64
/137/
62
/92/
3.2
/9581/
65
/110/
68
/303/
64
/32/

Bright Young Things (2003)
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes, who is attempting to raise enough money to marry fellow member Nina Blount. However, after customs officials confiscate his first manuscript, Fenwick-Symes must recover from the financial setback and figure out new ways to earn money for a wedding.
poster
Netflix
65
7.1
/203060/
70
/7892/
73
/3620/
3.9
/998861/
57
/364/
52
/589/
61
/63/
cc age 17+

Babylon (2022)
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
72
64
7.0
/6718/
68
/106/
63
/98/
3.3
/3304/
92
/13/
75
/133/

RKO 281 (1999)
In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the purpose of making his first film.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
6.4
/9474/
60
/147/
58
/133/
3.1
/5259/
76
/126/
52
/264/
63
/34/
cc age 15+

The Cat's Meow (2001)
Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.
poster
74
63
7.1
/3388/
70
/58/
64
/54/
3.3
/2740/
90
/10/
76
/40/
81
/9/

Bombshell (1933)
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
poster
69
59
6.8
/4750/
69
/75/
59
/95/
3.4
/4531/
91
/11/
59
/38/

The Big Knife (1955)
Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio's films and wants to start a new life. While his estranged wife supports him in the decision, Castle's talent agent urges him to reconsider. When Castle continues to be uncooperative, Hoff resorts to blackmail in order to get his way.
poster
65
58
6.4
/6851/
67
/91/
59
/92/
3.2
/3392/
82
/28/
63
/104/
62
/9/

S.O.B. (1981)
A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.
poster
57
6.6
/41450/
68
/1017/
66
/686/
3.6
/160226/
39
/61/
73
/1892/
19
/15/

Gummo (1997)
Solomon and Tummler are two teenagers killing time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.
poster
72
53
6.9
/2288/
67
/61/
63
/44/
3.6
/8324/
100
/18/
62
/17/

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.
poster
Criterion Channel
64
53
6.9
/4438/
65
/75/
60
/57/
3.4
/4388/
62
/39/

Black Angel (1946)
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.
poster
fuboTV
77
51
7.3
/2035/
75
/109/
75
/25/
3.6
/2708/
96
/45/
87
/2/
66
/14/

The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
poster
50
5.7
/1645/
50
/12/
59
/28/
3.1
/935/
60
/5/
39
/15/

The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
poster
56
50
5.6
/3928/
57
/94/
54
/66/
3.0
/2941/
73
/11/
38
/87/
60
/13/

Absolute Beginners (1986)
A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...
poster
71
49
6.7
/2237/
62
/40/
64
/22/
3.3
/1537/
90
/10/
77
/29/

Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gordon will recognize her--and her talent. Gordon is too busy sparring with a dirt-dishing gossip columnist to notice, but his wisecracking, heart-of-gold secretary certainly does. She and Irene must use their wits to show him what he's missing!
poster
Disney Plus
49
47
5.1
/7939/
55
/312/
52
/233/
2.8
/29460/
40
/5/
42
/752/
cc age 10+

Get a Clue (2002)
A wealthy student with too much fashion sense, her equally rich friends, and her rival/superior from the school paper work together to solve the case when their teacher goes missing.
poster
58
40
6.4
/2378/
68
/45/
60
/29/
3.0
/1700/
43
/7/
58
/34/

Susan Slept Here (1954)
On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Susan thinking she will inspire Christopher while providing a place for her to spend the holidays outside of juvenile hall.
poster
70
28
7.6
/919/
66
/23/
67
/32/
3.6
/843/

A Star Is Bored (1956)
Daffy Duck must double for Bugs in any slapstick which Warners considers too dangerous for its star Bug Bunny.
poster
MGM Plus
58
27
6.2
/1109/
53
/10/
61
/19/
3.2
/440/
83
/6/
30
/6/

Something to Sing About (1937)
James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a New York bandleader struggling with a Hollywood studio boss.
poster
MGM Plus
55
26
6.1
/1116/
55
/15/
52
/30/
3.2
/772/
41
/140/

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
Jeffrey Haywood wants to marry to Virginia Embrey. However, Virginia refused to marry unless her older sister, the hard-to-please Angelica gets married first. Angelica, in turn, finds every man she knows too dull and predictable, and for this reason prefers to stay single. Jeff then tries to make Angelica interested in the mild-mannered and timid Reggie Irving passing him off as a notorious playboy to intrigue her. He asks his friend Polly to teach Reggie "how to treat a woman right", but he turns to be a disastrous learner.
poster
67
26
7.3
/968/
67
/30/
61
/27/
3.5
/829/

A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947)
Bugs Bunny relates his early life in the Manhattan tenements and spotlights his encounter with a gang of canine toughs.
poster
50
24
6.1
/1464/
62
/44/
53
/27/
3.2
/805/
20
/5/
41
/19/

Copacabana (1947)
A talent agent sells his girlfriend to a nightclub – as two separate acts. The deception and constant costume changes are too much for his girl, and the men who have fallen for the different performers.
poster
68
21
6.9
/825/
64
/9/
65
/8/
3.4
/705/
78
/18/

Blessed Event (1932)
A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.
poster
52
19
6.3
/802/
55
/12/
61
/14/
3.2
/873/
20
/66/

It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.
poster
66
18
6.8
/1369/
63
/8/
69
/13/
3.3
/433/

The Murder Man (1935)
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.
poster
Hulu
44
12
4.4
/438/
49
/39/
34
/5/
2.6
/1035/

Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl (2023)
This documenary reveals the story behind the now-defunct "Park Avenue Peerage" blog. In the height of heiress-era NYC, an anonymous blogger infiltrated Manhattan's elite, bringing socialite celebrity to new heights, according to the doc’s logline. When the website's creator was unmasked, the mastermind was not who anybody expected.
poster
61
12
6.2
/621/
61
/5/
53
/15/
3.3
/400/

Love Is a Racket (1932)
A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.
poster
51
10
6.0
/753/
55
/6/
57
/10/
3.1
/353/
22
/6/

Chance at Heaven (1933)
A young woman's ambitious boyfriend falls for a ditzy socialite.
poster
54
10
5.7
/777/
49
/11/
60
/10/
3.2
/334/
44
/5/

The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957)
When beautiful blonde movie star Laurel Stevens is kidnapped on the verge of the premiere of her film “The Kidnapped Bride”, everyone thinks it's a publicity stunt. It's not.
poster
Plex
39
9
4.1
/1084/
45
/50/
39
/13/
2.7
/221/
Popcorn
17
/7/

Angry Neighbors (2022)
When his ultra-wealthy neighbor in the Hamptons builds an obnoxious mega-mansion next door, grumpy retired novelist Harry March concocts an elaborate scheme for revenge that is destined to go hilariously awry.
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Hoopla
47
8
6.0
/628/
51
/8/
52
/12/
3.1
/259/
12
/3/

The Inner Circle (1946)
A fresh-faced young detective gets set up, framed for murder, and alibied by a smart blonde.
poster
73
?
7.7
/1489/
75
/43/
73
/28/
3.6
/1546/

The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996)
Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also acts as a relatively complete biograph of Hearst's career.
poster
?
5.6
/99/

Doin' the Ritz (1998)
So let's go back to the 1950's. The "Atomic Age", an exciting time to be around. Everyone wanted a big slice of the pie. Flashy cars, zoot suits, and the women; dames, broads, call 'em what you will, they sure know how to turn it on. Now, if you really wanted to pick up the hottest ones, you had to goto the Ritz; everyone was doin' it at that joint...
poster
?
5.4
/95/
60
/1/

The Studio Murder Mystery (1932)
When the leading lady of a motion picture is murdered in the middle of a scene, Inspector Carr and Dr. Crabtree are called in to investigate.
poster
?
5.9
/94/
30
/2/
50
/1/

Country Music Holiday (1958)
A small-town singer is persuaded by his Army buddies to try and crash big-time TV.
poster
?
6.9
/54/
30
/4/
38
/2/

Drums of Fu Manchu (1943)
Feature version of the 1940 Republic serial, about Fu Manchu's attempt to conquer Asia.
poster
?
85
/2/
33
/3/

Stick It (2014)
The single channel video STICK IT combines television footage of women's gymnastics with recordings of the artist attempting the same routines. Merging himself and the young gymnasts of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta into one composite character, he enters an ambivalent position between envy, identification, rejection and critique of these highly controlled bodies and their restricted performative roles. The video follows the preparation and execution of a floor routine, suspending the marginal moment right before the action, encapsulating ambition, the pressure to succeed and the looming possibility of failure.
poster
?
6.2
/11/

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3 (1942)
Hedda reports on a dog training school and a Hemingway hunting trip.
poster
34
?
4.2
/292/
26
/3/
35
/2/

Junket Whore (1998)
A documentary film that explores the relationship between publicists and journalists in Hollywood.
poster
55
?
5.8
/236/
55
/4/

There Goes My Girl (1937)
Jerry and Connie are engaged to be married, but they're also rival newspaper reporters, and when they're both assigned to cover the same murder case, the temptation to out-scoop the other threatens their relationship.


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