Showbiz Drama
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    Movies

    It's a Pleasure

    It's a Pleasure was the third release from International Pictures, the feisty independent that would...

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    The Informers (2009)

    A multi-strand narrative set in early 1980's Los Angeles, centered on an array of characters who...

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    Showgirls (1995)

    A dancer (Elizabeth Berkley) becomes understudy in a Las Vegas show, sleeps with the boss (Kyle...

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    Ed Wood (1994)

    Edward D. Wood Jr. (Johnny Depp) directs awful '50s cult films like ``Glen or Glenda'' and ``Plan 9...

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    I Love Your Work (2005)

    A movie star (Giovanni Ribisi) begins a gradual descent into madness as he tries to come to terms...

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    Hollywood Dreams (2007)

    In the City of Angels, a young Iowan girl (Frederick) fresh off the bus falls in love with a...

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    Fame (2009)

    An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of...

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    Mo' Better Blues (1990)

    Music comes first for a Manhattan jazzman (Denzel Washington) with one too many lovers and a manager...

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    Inserts (1976)

    A has-been director (Richard Dreyfuss) cranks out 1930s stag films in his rococo Hollywood mansion.

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    Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

    Director F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) makes a Faustian pact with a vampire (Willem Dafoe) to get him...

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    What's Love Got to Do With It (1993)

    Anna Mae Bullock (Angela Bassett) meets singer/songwriter Ike Turner (Laurence Fishburne) and goes...

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    The Big Knife (1955)

    A Hollywood movie star's battle with a studio chief leads to a downward spiral of alcohol, blackmail...

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    Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)

    After the death of her husband, a woman (Judi Dench) buys a derelict theater and hires an impresario...

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    Control (2007)

    The demands of fame, a crumbling marriage and declining health take a toll on Ian Curtis (Sam...

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    I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)

    1930s singer/actress Lillian Roth (Susan Hayward) hits bottom after bad marriages, then joins...

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    Lenny (1974)

    1950s comic Lenny Bruce (Dustin Hoffman) spurs controversy with his drug use, graphic language and...

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    Contempt (1964)

    A screenwriter's (Michel Piccoli) wife (Brigitte Bardot) hates him for joining the U.S. producer...

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    The Carpetbaggers (1964)

    Based on the novel by Harold Robbins. A rich young executive becomes involved in many romantic...

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    Honeysuckle Rose (1980)

    A country singer (Willie Nelson) loves his wife (Dyan Cannon), drinks too much and fools around with...

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    El Estrella (1952)

    A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but still desires a come-back.

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    Star! (1968)

    English actress Gertrude Lawrence (Julie Andrews) reviews her musical career as a London and...

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    Opening Night (1979)

    A Broadway actress (Gena Rowlands) prepares for a premiere on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

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    Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)

    A 1980s TV newswoman (Ellen Barkin) picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader...

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    Inside Daisy Clover (1966)

    An overnight starlet (Natalie Wood) marries a homosexual actor (Robert Redford) and goes downhill in...

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    The Joker Is Wild (1957)

    Singer Joe E. Lewis (Frank Sinatra) turns nightclub comic in 1920s Chicago, with a socialite (Jeanne...

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    Heat (1972)

    Dynamic women (Penny Flame, Courtney Simpson, Alicia Alighatti) entertain lucky men.

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    Emerald City (1989)

    A story about a scriptwriter and his wife who struggle with the temptations of wealth and power.

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    Stage Door (1937)

    New York chorus girls (Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers) room at a theatrical boardinghouse while...

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    Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)

    A classical musician (Tyrone Power) goes ragtime and rivals a composer (Don Ameche) for a singer...

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    Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

    Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell) produces game shows for television and leads a double life as a CIA...