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1. Inland Empire (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern
Votes: 61,886 | Gross: $0.75M
2. 8½ (1963)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama
A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale, Sandra Milo
Votes: 125,142 | Gross: $0.05M
3. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
R | 96 min | Documentary
Documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems--nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director.
Directors: Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, George Lucas
Votes: 23,213 | Gross: $1.32M
4. You Don't Nomi (2019)
Unrated | 92 min | Documentary
Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls (1995) was met by critics and audiences with near-universal derision. "You Don't Nomi" traces the film's redemptive journey from notorious flop to cult classic, and maybe even masterpiece.
Director: Jeffrey McHale | Stars: Toon Agterberg, Nancy Allen, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Baume
Votes: 1,258
5. Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Adventure
A behind the scenes chronicle of how clash of vision, bad creative decisions, lack of interest and really bad weather plagued the disastrous production of the infamous The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).
Director: David Gregory | Stars: Richard Stanley, Kier-La Janisse, Michael Gingold, Graham Humphreys
Votes: 4,411
6. Best Worst Movie (2009)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Comedy
A look at the making of the film Troll 2 (1990) and its journey from being crowned the "worst film of all time" to a cherished cult classic.
Director: Michael Paul Stephenson | Stars: George Hardy, Pita Ray, Micki Knox, Tommy Bice
Votes: 8,523 | Gross: $0.10M
7. Sharknado: Heart of Sharkness (2015)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy
A 'mockumentary' about David Moore, the filmmaker who first dreamed of "sharks in a tornado" and brought on disaster by using real sharks. The first SHARKNADO was to be a movie never seen, ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Wagener | Stars: Jared Cohn, Zack Ward, Julie McCullough, Rachel True
Votes: 483
8. Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2022)
101 min | Documentary, History
Follows the behind-the-scenes odyssey to get Midnight Cowboy (1969) produced, as well as the tumultuous era in which the movie was released and embraced.
Director: Nancy Buirski | Stars: Jon Voight, Waldo Salt, Jennifer Salt, John Schlesinger
Votes: 265
9. Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2019)
128 min | Documentary
Cast and crew of Ghostbusters (1984) discuss the making of the film.
Director: Anthony Bueno | Stars: Alice Drummond, Annie Potts, Dan Aykroyd, David Margulies
Votes: 460
10. Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021)
85 min | Documentary
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young songwriters and romantic partners, find themselves caught in movie star Gloria Swanson's web when she hires them to write a musical version of "Sunset Boulevard."
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Steve Allen, Brooke Anderson, Julie Andrews
Votes: 234
11. Les Aigles de la République
Drama | Pre-production
Egypt's most adored actor, George El-Nabawi, falls into disgrace with the authorities overnight. On the verge of losing everything, George is forced to accept an offer he can't refuse.
Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Lyna Khoudri, Fares Fares
12. Uncle Meat (1987 Video)
100 min | Comedy, Music, Sci-Fi
Biff Debris becomes obsessed with trying to record a hit single.
Director: Frank Zappa | Stars: Phyllis Smith Altenhaus, Dick Barber, Massimo Bassoli, Rodney Bingenheimer
Votes: 202
13. The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988 Video)
59 min | Documentary
The bizarre story behind the creation of Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer's film 200 Motels (1971).
Director: Frank Zappa | Stars: Phyllis Smith Altenhaus, Dick Barber, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Bikel
Votes: 120
14. Waiting for Ishtar (2017)
46 min | Documentary
A conversation about guilty pleasures turns into one man's quest to find others on a library waiting list, while simultaneously examining the fate of the famous Hollywood bomb Ishtar (1987).
Directors: Jonathan Crombie, John Mitchell | Stars: John Mitchell, Jonathan Crombie, George Anthony, Andy Barrie
Votes: 6
15. Konets filma (2020)
110 min | Comedy
Mitya a run-down film director is tired of endless cycles of cynicism and hypocrisy in the movie business. In desperate attempt to go free he flees from his own TV-show set. Director ... See full summary »
Director: Vladimir Kott | Stars: Egor Beroev, Anna Chernisheva, Boris Kamorzin, Andrey Kharybin
Votes: 38
16. Persistence of Vision (2012)
83 min | Documentary, History
A documentary about the animated film The Thief and the Cobbler (1993). Its production began in the 1960s and ended in the 1990s, but it wasn't finished by the director, Richard Williams.
Director: Kevin Schreck | Stars: Omar Ali-Shah, Art Babbitt, Howard Blake, Richard Burdett
Votes: 218
17. Mysteries of Love (2002 Video)
71 min | Documentary
A documentary about Blue Velvet (1986).
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Angelo Badalamenti, Fred C. Caruso, Laura Dern, Duwayne Dunham
Votes: 284
18. El caso Rocío (2013)
75 min | Documentary
'The Rocío affair' narrates the making, prosecution and persecution of the film 'Rocío', directed by Fernando Ruiz Vergara and released in 1980, which has gone down in history as the first ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Tirado | Stars: Fernando Ruiz Vergara, Ana Vila, Victor Estevão, Isidoro Moreno
19. Sloneczny zegar (1997)
108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An actress and a director form a happy married couple living in a country house by the river. It's a semi-documentary collection of loose episodes - both funny and serious - relating to their real lives, thoughts and fantasies.
Director: Andrzej Kondratiuk | Stars: Iga Cembrzynska, Katarzyna Figura, Andrzej Kondratiuk, Roman Mielczarek
Votes: 53
20. Advarselen (2010)
9 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
A found footage film about a strange and mysterious movie production.
Director: Christian Thomas Roaas | Stars: Georg Andreas Roaas, Christian Thomas Roaas, Teodor Ande Elstad
21. Persian new year time (2017)
90 min | Drama
Persian New Year shows the lives of several families who have different conflicts and problems before the end of the year.
Director: Hosein Ghena'at | Stars: Ahmad Alamedahr, Azar Faramarzi, Magsafe Hashemi, Sedigheh Kianfar
22. Bombay Movie (2014)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
After years of watching his beloved city marginalize its working class citizens and crush their dreams, independent filmmaker Raja Menon sets out to tell their story in an unconventional ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandra Eaton | Stars: Giulia Achilli, Arjun Mathur, Raja Menon, Vijay Raaz
23. Close-Up Shot (2018)
13 min | Short, Crime
Stars: Cedric Gegel, William Scarborough, Joseph Turner
24. Syndare i filmparadiset (1956)
104 min
Set during 1930's Stockholm, a portrayal about the birth of Europa Films - featuring over thirty segments from other movies, including one color scene from Klockorna i Gamla sta'n (1946).
Director: Gösta Bernhard | Stars: Stig Järrel, Gösta Bernhard, Sigge Fürst, Gösta Krantz
25. Bring Me the Head of Antonio Mayans (2017)
19 min | Short, Biography, Thriller
Veteran Spanish actor Antonio Mayans is kidnapped by a director with whom he made a terrible film in the past, and whose career was destroyed by the failure of it. He seeks revenge and wants Mayans to act on his new project: a snuff movie.
Director: Felipe M. Guerra | Stars: Antonio Mayans, Valentín Javier Diment, J.J. Weber, Luigi Cozzi