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poster
84
7.9
/422717/
76
/10823/
78
/6833/
4.3
/1116364/
84
/264/
87
/10342/
87
/38/
cc age 18+

Mulholland Drive (2001)
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.5
/51548/
75
/1103/
72
/607/
4.0
/92084/
84
/86/
93
/3760/
84
/18/
cc age 16+

Withnail & I (1987)
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
IMDb 56
7.2
/398594/
69
/20790/
71
/5601/
3.8
/3203399/
89
/377/
76
/762/
78
/57/
cc age 17+

The Substance (2024)
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.0
/155733/
71
/7640/
72
/2441/
3.7
/1857761/
93
/218/
83
/195/
76
/39/
cc age 17+

Pearl (2022)
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.5
/220960/
65
/10442/
67
/3806/
3.4
/1618015/
94
/230/
76
/303/
80
/35/
cc age 17+

X (2022)
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
60
7.6
/3666/
74
/84/
74
/169/
4.0
/9924/
91
/11/
80
/11/

I Knew Her Well (1965)
A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
6.1
/110128/
60
/5564/
65
/3874/
3.1
/294596/
59
/261/
51
/805/
51
/45/
cc age 18+

The Neon Demon (2016)
When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
poster
Kanopy
50
5.8
/4050/
60
/170/
58
/74/
2.8
/7650/
54
/63/
36
/18/
45
/19/

England Is Mine (2017)
A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 1980s band The Smiths.
poster
53
44
6.1
/4618/
61
/49/
56
/54/
3.1
/2572/
31
/16/
50
/59/

Inside Daisy Clover (1966)
A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.
poster
56
21
6.5
/1596/
60
/22/
54
/22/
3.2
/629/
36
/12/

Vicki (1953)
A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.
poster
Fandor
25
17
2.3
/4029/
22
/21/
28
/34/
2.2
/1045/
12
/396/

Girl in Gold Boots (1968)
A girl tries to become the top star in the glamorous world of Go-Go Dancing.
poster
Plex
49
13
4.7
/313/
50
/18/
44
/13/
2.9
/813/

Hellbent (1988)
A bandleader whose career is nosediving makes a deal with the owner of a bar to sell his soul for success.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
38
8
4.0
/578/
39
/36/
41
/18/
33
/1/

Chantal (2007)
An innocent and naive young woman arrives in Los Angeles to make it as a big-name actress, only to suffer though the pain and humiliation of the casting couch routine again and again thus getting a first hand look at Hollywood at its worst.
poster
36
5
4.0
/480/
34
/5/
32
/7/
3.0
/208/
15
/10/

Valet Girls (1987)
A young girl who aspires to a singing career gets herself and her best friend a job as valet parking girls at a Malibu party in order to meet people who can help them achieve their dreams.
poster
?
6.7
/36/
55
/2/

Hollywood (2007)
Hollywood, CA, a place of refuge for dreamers from all over the world. Enter a small town girl from Kansas who comes to LA to hit it big....a jaded Detective who's looking for a way out....and her disappearance that binds them. Perhaps he would find her, perhaps he would find himself.
poster
?
4.7
/28/
10
/1/
50
/3/

Chantal (1968)
A young woman moves to Hollywood to find fame and fails badly.
poster
55
?
4.4
/125/
66
/6/
53
/23/

A Porn Star Is Born (2012)
Beautiful Aliana Love moves to Los Angeles with dreams of becoming a star, but quickly realizes that, in Hollywood, you are either on the plate or in front of it. Financial woes force a reluctant but desperate Aliana into the seedy world of adult films, and porn king John Goldman is only too happy to exploit her looks and innocence - turning her into the biggest, X-rated contract star in years.
poster
31
?
2.1
/673/
34
/5/
17
/10/
2.7
/258/

Hollywood After Dark (1961)
A young girl comes to Hollywood to try to break into the movies, but winds up being taken advantage of by sleazy producers, and is forced to become a stripper.
poster
Cultpix
?
4.9
/30/
10
/1/
35
/2/

Confessions of a Bad Girl (1965)
Judith, a pretty young girl from a small town, comes to New York City determined to become a famous actress. She auditions for a variety of modeling and acting jobs, and finds out that the men she's auditioning for expect more than one kind of "audition" from her.
poster
?
7.3
/40/
20
/1/

The Dark Side of Hollywood (1998)
Behind the scenes of Hollywood's low-budget movie industry. It is a powerful portrait of the fragility of fame and the cost of stardom. B-pictures have long been the spawning ground of today's and tomorrow's stars. They started the careers of Jack Nicholson and Sylvester Stallone among many others, as well as now super star directors Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Ron Howard and James Cameron. The film examines the evolution of starry-eyed newcomers arriving in Hollywood and discovering the harsh reality of getting into pictures.
poster
?
5.1
/49/
30
/2/
40
/5/

Hell Is A Place Called Hollywood (1950)
A beauty queen called Sheila Anderson wins a part in a Hollywood motion picture. The film turns out to be a cheap nudie film, she is then shunned by the theatrical community and ends up working as a nude model. Soon she is old news and struggles to get work, resulting in abject poverty.
poster
?
48
/2/

Johnny Castle: Rising Star (2006)
Ever since he was a kid, Johnny Castle had a dream: to become a movie star. Driven by his obsession, Johnny moved to Los Angeles, and the corner of Hollywood and Vine Boulevards became his natural stage on which to promote himself. Johnny is absolutely convinced that some day a producer or a director will sign him for their next movie. Even though Johnny has this optimistic way of looking at life, in the three years since his move to Los Angeles he has only been able to get a small part in a science fiction B-movie. Very soon the movie will debut in the theaters, and Johnny wants to show the result of his work to his father, who lives in Chicago. He obtains a preview DVD copy of the movie from the director so that he'll be able to present it to his dad as a wonderful birthday surprise.
poster
29
?
4.7
/181/
10
/1/
30
/4/

A Stranger in the Mirror (1993)
A naive young woman arrives in Hollywood to become a star, but after she gets drugged and raped during a shoot, she hardens quickly and catches the eye of a popular womanizing comedian who introduces her to his shady powerful agent.
poster
33
?
5.8
/100/
30
/4/
12
/271/

Mirrors (1985)
An aspiring Midwestern ballerina (Marguerite Hickey) struggles in New York as the only jobs she can get are as chorus performers. Her personal life is equally dismal.


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