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MGM Plus
88
8.0
/255590/
78
/6231/
78
/4252/
4.2
/542653/
97
/88/
87
/4057/
96
/16/
cc age 16+

Rosemary's Baby (1968)
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
poster
81
7.6
/45311/
73
/443/
71
/378/
3.8
/11377/
90
/174/
91
/1662/
76
/41/
cc age 15+

In America (2003)
A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.
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FXNow
79
7.6
/948200/
73
/30887/
74
/14479/
3.8
/2859215/
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…
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
7.9
/10139/
79
/805/
78
/252/
3.9
/16086/
94
/52/
89
/31/
74
/15/

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)
A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.
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Amazon Prime Video
77
7.6
/16185/
73
/783/
72
/214/
3.8
/41382/
93
/123/
89
/121/

Val (2021)
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.
poster
75
7.0
/176945/
70
/9859/
67
/2363/
3.4
/453677/
87
/318/
87
/594/
68
/52/
cc age 15+

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.
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The Roku Channel
72
6.8
/44312/
68
/1221/
67
/883/
3.8
/103672/
78
/41/
65
/471/
69
/18/

Body Double (1984)
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.
poster
71
7.0
/2667/
71
/49/
63
/41/
3.6
/2116/
86
/22/
63
/31/

Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
poster
60
6.6
/39661/
68
/1637/
65
/766/
3.2
/16869/
45
/132/
59
/520/
43
/34/
cc age 16+

Wish I Was Here (2014)
Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic Space-Knight he'd always dreamed he'd be as a little kid. When his ailing father can no longer afford to pay for private school for his two kids and the only available public school is on its last legs, Aidan reluctantly agrees to attempt to home-school them. Through teaching them about life his way, Aidan gradually discovers some of the parts of himself he couldn't find.
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Amazon Prime Video
59
6.1
/3703/
54
/74/
54
/48/
3.1
/1236/
73
/49/
38
/581/
60
/18/
cc age 15+

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006)
Life has its downs for James, living with his mom in Chicago at 39, an aging performer at Second City, eating and weighing too much. A woman he's been dating drops him, as does his agent, her brother. James turns down roles in local TV, roles that make him sad. Someone's remaking his favorite movie, "Marty," a role he'd love, but he doesn't even get an audition.
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70
45
7.1
/1618/
70
/37/
65
/51/
3.7
/3348/

The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra (1928)
This short experimental film tells the story of a man who comes to Hollywood to become a star, only to fail and be dehumanized. He is identified by the number 9413 written on his forehead.
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AMC+
56
45
6.1
/4710/
64
/145/
56
/60/
3.2
/622/
56
/16/
40
/57/
56
/9/

Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster (2011)
Based on a real WWII vet and family man turned bank robber. Disillusioned by his post war circumstances, Eddie Boyd is torn between the need to provide for his young family and an unfulfilled dream to head to Hollywood to become a star. He discovers a way to do both, robbing banks Hollywood style, but his dream leads him down a path of danger and tragedy.
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Amazon Prime Video
61
44
6.1
/1609/
64
/103/
61
/40/
3.2
/680/
75
/8/
57
/25/
50
/5/

Buddymoon (2016)
When David is left by his fiancé just days before the wedding, his relentlessly upbeat best man, Flula, insists that the pair go on David's previously planned honeymoon: a seven-day backpacking trip through the breathtaking mountains of Oregon. Their adventures are bookended with passages from William Clark's diary describing his friendship with Meriwether Lewis and the terrain they crossed during their expedition.
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Kanopy
70
43
6.6
/1265/
66
/38/
59
/28/
3.3
/1418/
88
/17/
68
/5/
79
/5/

Nobody's Watching (2017)
Nico is a famous actor in Argentina, but in New York, nobody takes notice. He needs to juggle bartending, babysitting and odd jobs to keep himself afloat. But when old friends from Buenos Aires come to visit, he needs to juggle the image of his old life with the reality of the struggling actor in New York City.
poster
79
41
6.9
/457/
76
/10/
73
/15/
3.5
/432/
97
/63/
89
/2832/

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014)
In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitions, like many others; but his charisma and superb acting skills made him truly unique, so that the doors to the starry sky of Hollywood opened for him. However, his peculiar manners, political commitment and complicated love life always overshadowed his artistic success.
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fuboTV
58
32
6.3
/2263/
68
/185/
57
/59/
2.9
/529/
45
/5/

'Tis the Season for Love (2015)
An out-of-work New York City actress returns home to the quaint small town she escaped 10 years before and finds a place far different than the hamlet she left. She suddenly finds performing possibilities and even romance that kind of blow her away.
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fuboTV
52
26
5.7
/1484/
65
/156/
58
/54/
2.8
/411/
25
/2/

Christmas Encore (2017)
A struggling actress is cast in her last off (off) Broadway show - a modern take on “A Christmas Carol” - before giving up her dream and moving home. Instead, she finds romance with her director and a renewed passion for her craft and the city. But when the historic theater loses its lease and the show is set to fold, she and her cast mates are need of a Christmas miracle.
poster
61
24
6.1
/1177/
56
/13/
65
/10/
3.2
/396/
80
/5/
44
/6/

I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face.
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Amazon Prime Video
45
23
5.1
/1432/
52
/104/
47
/35/
2.8
/479/
33
/9/
34
/11/
cc age 17+

Faraway Eyes (2021)
Michael, a struggling actor, dies right after a bad breakup. He finds himself awakening in a very bright room with a very strange lady and learns that he is in singles Purgatory, where he must find his soul mate in order to cross over to the other side. With limited time to find true love among other recently deceased single New Yorkers, Michael must navigate the new customs of a ghostly dating life... as if dating in life wasn't hard enough already.
poster
61
21
7.6
/48/
78
/14/
86
/8/
3.8
/1154/
31
/103/
23
/3553/

Christopher Reeve, Superman Forever (2024)
A French documentary on Superman actor Christopher Reeve as told by his French voice dubbing actor, Pierre Arditi.
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Fandango at Home Free
52
21
5.4
/305/
52
/14/
51
/16/
53
/4/

Show Me What You Got (2021)
Follows three young millennials as they form a wholehearted ménage à trois, each of them going through a moment of transition: Fun-loving Marcello from under the thumb of his Italian soap star father, soulful French-Iranian actor Nassim toward a more fulfilling career, and artist Christine through the grief following the death of her grandfather. The trio finds joy together by joining political protests, making art, and falling deeper into their unconventional love, until Marcello must return to Italy.
poster
67
15
6.5
/385/
67
/14/
72
/17/
3.5
/433/

The Contract (1978)
Struggling actor Chih-Wen (Michael Hui) got a raw deal from his company, MTV Studios. He signed a binding 8-year contract with the studio and was only given one opportunity to perform live thus far. Soon, he received a better deal with a rival company, who promised a 5-year contract and better opportunities to perform and make money. Since he cannot start working for the new company because of his current 8-year contract with MTV, he and his scientist-aspiring brother (Ricky Hui), with the help of magician Shih-Chieh (Sam Hui), attempt to steal the contract from his ruthless manager.
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?
65
/2/

Red Velvet (2024)
A struggling actor’s commute to a callback takes an abrupt detour, thrusting him into an eye-opening LA excursion with an unlikely companion.
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?
5.6
/36/
62
/5/
63
/3/

This Is Not a Love Story (2002)
In an inner city loft Belinda(Smuts-Kennedy) lives her dream of being a writer. Across the street is Suzanne (Rutter), a painter who has the success Belinda craves. Suzanne lives with Tony (Lovatt), an actor frustrated by his dead-end role in a soap, who is looking for a way out. Soon Belinda is caught up in a love triangle - which is just the experience she needs to inspire her first novel. This is about sex and love, success and failure, creativity and careers.
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?
6.2
/38/

Audition (2007)
A character study about a childlike man who believes in signs, but gets himself in trouble when he arrives in the big city to audition for a movie.
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?
8.8
/7/
100
/1/

Introducing Parker Dowd (2015)
A struggling actress loses a role to her dog and must watch him skyrocket to celebrity as she descends into vengeful madness. Written and starring Rebecca Blaine Carton with Lewis Black as the agent and directed by Lauren Ashley Carter.
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?
7.5
/19/

The Great Nick D (2024)
A sweet-natured tale of redemption following a washed up 90's porn star now a Venice Beach nobody, who gets a second chance to restart his mainstream acting career in order to win back the Oscar nominated actress girlfriend from his past.
poster
?
7.2
/64/
76
/6/
80
/4/
25
/3/

Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film (2024)
Shadows have followed Harvey Keitel wherever he went, from his blasphematory childhood, to the army and his iconic roles in films such as Scorsese’s Mean Streets and Taxi Driver. Treated as an outcast after being fired from the set of Apocalypse Now, he made a triumphant return with directors such as Tarantino and Jane Campion.
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?
9.1
/30/

Yaan Superstar (2023)
A struggling Padhubidri actor's life is upended by the arrival of a Bangalore superstar.
poster
?
100
/1/

The Den (2022)
A struggling actress becomes entangled in an abusive relationship with her idol at a cult-like New York theatre company.
poster
?
7.0
/10/

We're Not Shooting a Film (2020)
Kurt is a stage actor in Munich theatres. He has a critical view at our society and relationships become too close very fast. Often his attitude is upsetting his fellow men. “To change the world – start with yourself!” Kurt hires a camerawoman to make videos of his everyday life which hopefully enable him to solve his problems.
poster
?
7.8
/5/

A Relaxing Day (2007)
Nina is a high-strung New York actress and Anton is a struggling actor who wants to change gears and start a family. Their relaxing day starts off beautifully (and humorously), but they realize that their feelings may be at odds.
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?
60
/23/

Mortal Kombat II (2026)
The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.
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?
8.6
/13/
70
/1/

Multi-Facial (2018)
A racially ambiguous actor struggles to find his place in a stereotype driven world. A modern re-imagining of Vin Diesel's 1995 Multi-Facial, set in London. Written, Produced, Directed by Taz Skylar. Cast includes Taz Skylar, Osy Ikhile and Andreas Karras.
poster
?
6.9
/26/
48
/4/

Go, Masao! (2012)
Go, Masao! describes the relationship between people and their dogs. Comedian Hideki Matsumoto and a labrador retriever named Masao are selected to appear on the travel corner segment of a TV animal program. Until Hideki Matsumoto and the labrador retriever Masao become popular, they help each other.
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Amazon Prime Video
57
?
4.7
/126/
47
/7/
75
/4/
3.0
/213/

Aliens, Clowns & Geeks (2021)
An out-of-work actor stumbles upon key to the universe, is drawn into intergalactic war between clowns and aliens.
poster
?
6.6
/46/
40
/2/
80
/3/

The Big Break (2018)
A struggling actor and director finally crack under the pressures of navigating the entertainment business.
poster
38
?
5.1
/237/
10
/1/
44
/5/

The Bit Part (1987)
Career counsellor Michael Thornton decides to change his career and become an actor. He dreams of performing Shakespeare but ends up in a television ad where only his hands appear on camera. He finds a friend in actress Mary McAllister (Nicole Kidman) until she is called to Hollywood to star in a horror feature. Katrina Foster plays Michael's understanding wife Helen, who supports him while he pursues his elusive dream.
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Amazon Prime Video
48
?
5.0
/362/
54
/10/
40
/12/

Deception (2003)
Erin, a struggling actress, has little faith in men. She works for a detective agency, her job is to seduce married men and let their wives catch them in the act. But lately, Erin is been getting threatening phone calls and someone is trying to hurt her. Is it her boss, who's in-love with her? or is it a former "client" trying to get back at her? or maybe, this new man she's been seeing?
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?
4.1
/71/
15
/2/
25
/4/

Turn of the Blade (1994)
The niece of a wealthy land developer stalks a married man and may also be trying to kill his actress wife.
poster
64
?
6.6
/398/
60
/2/
67
/10/

The Life I Want (2004)
A relationship develops between seasoned actor Stefano and his young, ambitious co-star Laura when they are cast as the two leads in a film. Stefano must deal with his growing jealousy when Laura's career begins to take off.
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?
50
/1/
50
/1/

Chennai Ungalai Anbudan Varaverkiradhu (2015)
Three bachelors, who have come to Chennai to make a living, realize that life in a metro is fraught with difficulties, both external and self-inflicted.
poster
58
?
6.2
/495/
50
/2/
62
/4/

Dramatic School (1938)
Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. She daydreams and "acts" her way through life, and her fellow students at school begin to suspect her stories are just that - fabrications. After Louise begins to weave an actual meeting with a debonair playboy into a fantasy of club dates and romance, her classmate Nana discovers the lie when she too meets the playboy. Nana sets a trap for Louise, and the result is an end to one fantasy and the realization of another.
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?
7.7
/22/
80
/1/

Thriller Theater! (2011)
Thirty-something geek Tom Stewart has always loved cheap old horror and monster movies. He's decided to pursue a dream to create a horror host TV show in an age when infomercials are more important to local television stations than original programming. When TV60-WPM gives Tom his chance, his struggle begins, leading to unexpected and unwanted compromises in all aspects of his life. Before long, Tom wonders if the show's slowly growing success is worth the pain it takes to get there...but he doesn't have to shoulder the burdens alone. "Thriller Theater!" is a gently comedic feel-good movie about the struggle to find a balance between "real life" and the pursuit of one's creative dreams.
poster
59
?
6.1
/329/
65
/2/
57
/3/

Love Is a Headache (1938)
A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill, attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans, without her knowledge.
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?

Falcatus
The feature-length reboot of the 2023 cult hit, 'Falcatus'.
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?

MATSUMOTO TRIBE (2017)
Confident that he’s the next great Japanese thespian, Matsumoto Fighter and his manager roam the streets of Shibuya to promote him. When he finds out that up-andcoming indie director Matsunaga Daishi is holding auditions for his latest film, Matsumoto pulls out all the stops to get in. Director Ninomiya Ken began this project as a Borat-esque mockumentary about the desperate measures aspiring actors take to break into show business. But when Fighter and his manager push the limits of their unsuspecting prey a little too far, fiction and reality begin to overlap in disturbing and surprisingly violent ways. Will Fighter finally get his big break, or will his dreams come crumbling down?
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Today's Cinema (2023)
After a five-year hiatus, actor Cheolgi returns to acting. He meets his co-star Hyerang for the first time at a pre-meeting for Today's Cinema. After the meeting, the two spend time trying to break the ice, but their day goes awry in the heat of the summer.


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