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Youth(2015)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 58min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 921 votes)

Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse Brenda. And where will inspiration lead their younger friend Jimmy, an actor grasping to make sense of his next performance?

Malcolm & Marie(2021)

1h 46min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 604 votes)

As a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote(2018)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 13min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 460 votes)

Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.

Rock'n Roll(2017)

2h 3min | Comedy, Drama
2.6/5 (with 347 votes)

Guillaume Canet is told by a young co-star that he's no longer Rock'n' Roll and can't sell films anymore. He then tries to prove her wrong and gets help from his girlfriend, Marion Cotillard.

42nd Street(1933)

3.4/5 (with 71 votes)

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

Jodorowsky's Dune(2013)

1h 30min | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 269 votes)

Shot in France, England, Switzerland and the United States, this documentary covers director Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre) and his 1974 Quixotic attempt to adapt the seminal sci-fi novel Dune into a feature film. After spending 2 years and millions of dollars, the massive undertaking eventually fell apart, but the artists Jodorowsky assembled for the legendary project continued to work together. This group of artists, or his “warriors” as Jodorowsky named them, went on to define modern sci-fi cinema with such films as Alien, Blade Runner, Star Wars and Total Recall.

The Other Side of the Wind(2018)

2h 2min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 85 votes)

Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles lifetime.

Forgotten Silver(1995)

53min | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 47 votes)

The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star(2003)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 38min | Comedy
2.6/5 (with 82 votes)

TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a family to help him replay his childhood and assume the identity of an average, everyday kid.

Lost in La Mancha(2002)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 33min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 97 votes)

Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.

Woody Allen: A Documentary(2011)

3h 12min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 41 votes)

Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time. With this unprecedented access, Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Robert B. Weide followed the notoriously private film legend over a year and a half to create the ultimate film biography. "Woody Allen: A Documentary" chronicles Allen's career - from teen writer to Sid Caesar's TV scribe, from stand-up comedian to award-winning writer-director averaging one film-per-year for more than 40 years. Exploring Allen's writing habits, casting, directing, and relationship with his actors first-hand, new interviews with A-listers, writing partners, family and friends provide insight and backstory to the usually inscrutable filmmaker.

Hitchcock/Truffaut(2015)

1h 21min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 99 votes)

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De Palma(2016)

1h 48min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 64 votes)

An intimate conversation between filmmakers, chronicling De Palma’s 55-year career, his life, and his filmmaking process, with revealing anecdotes and, of course, a wealth of film clips.

Directed by Noah Baumbach - With Brian De Palma

Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo(1997)

1h 25min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Documentary about the life and works of Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini.

You Stupid Man(2002)

2.9/5 (with 35 votes)

An actress dumps her boyfriend when she gets a television show. He finally gets over the breakup and falls in love again, just in time for his ex to return -- wanting him back.

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th(2010)

1h 30min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 34 votes)

A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.

Mahanati(2018)

2h 56min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 18 votes)

Mahanati depicts the life and career of one of Telugu cinema's greatest and most iconic starlets, the first Indian female super star, Savitri.

Directed by Nag Ashwin - With Keerthy Suresh, Dulquer Salmaan, Vijay Deverakonda, Mohan Babu, Prakash Raj, Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi, ...

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies(1995)

3h 45min | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 55 votes)

Martin Scorsese celebrates American movies from the silent classics to the Hollywood of the seventies.

Radioland Murders(1994)

1h 48min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
3.0/5 (with 20 votes)

In 1939, WBN, a fourth radio network, is about to take to America's airwaves. As if the confusion of the premiere night wasn't enough, Penny Henderson, the owner's secretary, must deal with an unhappy sponsor, an overbearing boss and a soon-to-be ex-husband who desperately wants her back. As the broadcast begins, a mysterious voice breaks the broadcast and suddenly members of the cast turn up dead. It's up to her husband Roger, to find out whodunit as the police chase him through the halls of WBN.

The Five Obstructions(2003)

1h 30min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 63 votes)

Lars von Trier challenges his mentor, filmmaker Jørgen Leth, to remake Leth’s 1967 short film The Perfect Human five times, each with a different set of bizarre and challenging rules.

Tees Maar Khan(2010)

2h 17min | Comedy, Crime
2.0/5 (with 37 votes)

A con artist poses as a film director in a village with the intention of executing a caper with the unwitting help of the villagers.

Eisenstein in Guanajuato(2015)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 45min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 33 votes)

In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, the director opens up to his suppressed fears as he embraces a new world of sensual pleasures and possibilities that will shape the future of his art.

I Am Alfred Hitchcock(2021)

1h 20min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 4 votes)

Interviews and archival footage weave together to tell the story of the Master of Suspense, one of the most influential and studied filmmakers in the history of cinema.

Adonis(2017)

1h 37min | Drama
2.6/5 (with 6 votes)

Yang Ke, a Beijing Opera actor, is fatefully driven into the underworld of masculine sex workers, and becomes a class of his own. He finds himself on a roller coaster between heavenly love with both men and women, and a living hell ensnared by devious villains and hypocrites. Despite his faith, endeavor and willingness to give, he remains a prisoner to his karma. Hell awaits when heaven seems near, and the ultimate truth is revealed only in a heartbreaking moment from which there is no return.

Directed by Scud

Enter the Anime(2019)

58min | Documentary
2.9/5 (with 31 votes)

What is anime? Through deep-dives with notable masterminds of this electrifying genre, this fast-paced documentary seeks to find the answers.

Directed by Alex Burunova - With Tania Nolan

An Evening with Kevin Smith(2002)

3h 44min | Comedy, Documentary
3.7/5 (with 38 votes)

Kevin Smith interacts in Q&A sessions throughout various college stops in the USA.

Directed by J.M. Kenny - With Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Scott Mosier

Life After Flash(2017)

3.1/5 (with 9 votes)

"Life After Flash" looks at the roller coaster life of Sam J Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up against one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood.

Phantom of the Theatre(2016)

1h 43min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
2.5/5 (with 7 votes)

A haunted theatre, filled with the vengeful spirits of a tragically-trapped performance troupe murdered in a fire 13 years ago, waits for the once-grand palatial playhouse to re-open with a new show - and bring in new victims.

Directed by Raymond Yip - With Ruby Lin

Effects(1979)

1h 24min | Thriller, Horror
2.6/5 (with 11 votes)

Some crew members of a company shooting a horror film begin to suspect that the "killings" in the movie are real, and that they are actually making a "snuff" film.

Directed by Dusty Nelson - With Tom Savini

Film, Film, Film(1968)

20min | Comedy, Animation
3.8/5 (with 22 votes)

The trials and tribulations of putting a feature film together.

Directed by Fyodor Khitruk
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