Showbiz Drama
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    Two Weeks in Another Town

    An actor (Kirk Douglas) and a director (Edward G. Robinson), both washed-up in Hollywood, try to...

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    Timecode (2000)

    Four simultaneous, improvised stories center around a movie producer (Saffron Burrows), his wife...

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    The Entertainer

    British song-and-dance man Archie (Laurence Olivier) knows he's a failure, and so does his alcoholic...

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    Fame (1980)

    Leroy, Coco (Irene Cara), Bruno (Lee Curreri) and others of mixed talents and means attend New...

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    The Jazz Singer (1980)

    Against his traditional father's wishes, the son (Neil Diamond) of a Jewish cantor (Laurence...

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    The Rose (1979)

    An exhausted rock star (Bette Midler) turns to drugs, alcohol and a lover (Frederic Forrest) when...

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    Trapeze (1956)

    Two aerialists (Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis) and a tumbler (Gina Lollobrigida) form a...

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    Bird (1988)

    Jazz saxophonist Charlie ``Bird'' Parker (Forest Whitaker) lives fast and self-destructs, dead at 34...

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    People I Know (2003)

    A world-weary publicist's (Al Pacino) life spins out of control as he prepares for an important...

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    A Star Is Born (1954)

    A Hollywood star (James Mason) drinks away his career, as his singer wife (Judy Garland) becomes...

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    A Star Is Born (1937)

    A matinee idol turns to alcohol in response to his wife's heightened popularity in this...

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    Safe Conduct (2002)

    Story about filmmaking under the wartime Vichy regime.

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    Esther Kahn (2002)

    A young Jewish woman (Summer Phoenix) of the lower class takes a mentor (Ian Holm) in order to...

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    Swimming With Sharks (1995)

    A fed-up film-school graduate (Frank Whaley) makes his abusive boss (Kevin Spacey) pay for all the...

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    Blame It on the Night (1984)

    In this standard, slightly maudlin drama developed by Mick Jagger and director Gene Taft, Charles...

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    Alex in Wonderland (1970)

    A hot-shot director (Donald Sutherland) desperately seeks inspiration amid Hollywood vulgarity.

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    Scarlet Diva (2002)

    A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while...

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    Punchline (1988)

    A medical student (Tom Hanks) trying to be a stand-up comic meets a New Jersey housewife (Sally...

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    Sunset Strip (2000)

    In 1972 struggling young musicians contend with one another while trying for their big break into...

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    Models

    Controversial documentary filmmaker Ulrich Seidl follows the sex lives and careers of a trio of...

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    Break a Leg

    Unable to land good roles, a frustrated actor (John Cassini) decides to sabotage his competitors.

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    The Last Tycoon (1976)

    Harold Pinter adapted the screenplay from F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novel about a powerful...

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    Meeting Venus (1991)

    A Hungarian conductor attempts to stage an opera in Paris with a multinational company.

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    Limelight (1953)

    A has-been music-hall clown (Charles Chaplin) helps a suicidal ballerina (Claire Bloom) become the...

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    The Cat's Meow (2002)

    Movie producer Thomas Ince (Cary Elwes) dies after yachting with William Randolph Hearst (Edward...

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    Glitter (2001)

    A singer (Mariah Carey) develops a volatile relationship with the disc jockey (Max Beesley) who...

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    Frances (1982)

    Actress Frances Farmer (Jessica Lange) makes trouble in 1930s and '40s Hollywood; her mother (Kim...

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    Stand-Ins (1997)

    The story of stand-ins for famous 1930's starlets.

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    The Tango Lesson (1997)

    A film director, Sally, is agonizing over the visuals to a film called "Rage," a $20 million epic on...

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    The Anniversary Party (2001)

    A couple (Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh) who have been separated for a year reunite for their...