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8 1/2(1963)

NR
| 2h 19min | Fantasy, Drama
4.1/5 (with 994 votes)

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.

Directed by Federico Fellini - With Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, ...
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Pain and Glory(2019)

1h 54min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 794 votes)

Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar - With Antonio Banderas, Cecilia Roth, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Penélope Cruz, Asier Etxeandía, Nora Navas, ...

Hollywood Ending(2002)

PG-13
| 1h 52min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 214 votes)

Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val blinded by love when he opts for the reconnect? Is love blind when it comes to Ellie's staunch support? Literally and figuratively, the proof is the picture.

Directed by Woody Allen - With Woody Allen, Téa Leoni, Treat Williams, George Hamilton, Debra Messing, Mark Rydell, ...

Based on a True Story(2017)

1h 37min | Thriller, Mystery, Drama
2.9/5 (with 220 votes)

Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by the promotional tour, just when she feels out of place, paralyzed by the idea of having to start writing again, she meets Elle, a young, attractive, intelligent, intuitive woman who seems to understand her better than anyone.

Directed by Roman Polanski - With Emmanuelle Seigner, Eva Green, Vincent Perez, Damien Bonnard, Camille Chamoux, Brigitte Roüan, ...

Alex in Wonderland(1970)

R
| 1h 50min | Comedy, Drama
2.9/5 (with 7 votes)

Bohemian Alex Morrison has just finished directing his first feature length movie. In its previews, the movie is considered a critical, artistic and surefire commercial success. As such, Alex seemingly has his choice of what his next project will be. As he makes the rounds both in the Hollywood community and European movie centers for ideas, he fantasizes about movie scenarios of those everyday situations he is in.

Directed by Paul Mazursky - With Donald Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn, Angelo Rossitto, Federico Fellini, Jeanne Moreau, Michael Lerner, ...
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Dead Man's Dream(2023)

1h 40min | Drama, Mystery

Focusing on the journey a young writer takes in his mind, how he may overcome his insomnia through strange hallucinations, with great friends and daring inspiration.

8 things that you don't know about men(2022)

1h 35min | Comedy
2.2/5 (with 5 votes)

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Quartzo(2023)

13min | Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Ariel is a painter who finds herself stuck in a creative slump that threatens her sanity. Meanwhile, her ego takes the shape of an Astronaut, looking for something that might awaken her from this creative and psychological state.