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Youth(2015)

R
| 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?

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino - With Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Jane Fonda, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Ed Stoppard, ...
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Passages(2023)

NR
| 1h 31min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.3/5 (with 32 votes)

Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe. But when Martin begins an affair of his own, Tomas must confront life decisions he may be unprepared—or unwilling—to deal with.

Directed by Ira Sachs - With Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Caroline Chaniolleau, Théo Cholbi, William Nadylam, ...

Malcolm & Marie(2021)

R
| 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.

Directed by Sam Levinson - With Zendaya, John David Washington
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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, ...

Sibyl(2019)

1h 40min | Drama, Comedy
2.8/5 (with 158 votes)

Sibyl, a jaded psychotherapist, returns to her first passion: writing. But her newest patient Margot, a troubled up-and-coming actress, proves to be a source of inspiration that is far too tempting. Fascinated almost to the point of obsession, Sibyl becomes more and more involved in Margot’s tumultuous life, reviving volatile memories that bring her face to face with her past.

Directed by Justine Triet - With Virginie Efira, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Gaspard Ulliel, Sandra Hüller, Paul Hamy, Niels Schneider, ...

Nine(2009)

PG-13
| 1h 52min | Drama, Music, Romance / Love
2.8/5 (with 257 votes)

Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.

Directed by Rob Marshall - With Daniel Day-Lewis, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, ...

The Last of Sheila(1973)

PG
| 2h | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 50 votes)

A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game — but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.

Directed by Herbert Ross - With James Coburn, Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Mason, Raquel Welch, Joan Hackett, ...
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Godard Mon Amour(2017)

R
| 1h 48min | Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 155 votes)

In 1967, during the making of “La Chinoise,” film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 19-year-old actress Anne Wiazemsky and marries her.

Directed by Michel Hazanavicius - With Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo, Louis Garrel, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Grégory Gadebois, Micha Lescot, ...
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Day for Night(1973)

1h 56min | Comedy, Drama
3.9/5 (with 260 votes)

A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.

Directed by François Truffaut - With Nike Arrighi, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Valentina Cortese, François Truffaut, ...

The Barefoot Contessa(1954)

NR
| 2h 8min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 88 votes)

Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when independently wealthy Kirk Edwards hires him to write and direct a film. They go to Madrid to find Maria Vargas, a dancer who will star in the film.

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz - With Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart, Edmond O'Brien, Valentina Cortese, Rossano Brazzi, Franco Interlenghi, ...
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Gods and Monsters(1998)

R
| 1h 45min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 151 votes)

It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, hires a handsome young gardener, the flamboyant director and simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship, which will change them forever.

Directed by Bill Condon - With Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Matt McKenzie, Arthur Dignam, Lolita Davidovich, ...
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S.O.B.(1981)

R
| 2h 1min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 40 votes)

A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.

Directed by Blake Edwards - With Julie Andrews, William Holden, Richard Mulligan, Robert Preston, Robert Vaughn, Robert Webber, ...
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White Hunter, Black Heart(1990)

PG
| 1h 52min | Adventure, Drama
3.2/5 (with 110 votes)

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing one specific elephant.

Directed by Clint Eastwood - With Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza, Alun Armstrong, Marisa Berenson, Timothy Spall, ...
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Sullivan's Travels(1941)

NR
| 1h 31min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 185 votes)

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

Directed by Preston Sturges - With Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, William Demarest, Porter Hall, Jimmy Conlin, Robert Warwick, ...
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Ritual(2000)

2h 8min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 21 votes)

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young girl who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera.

Directed by Hideaki Anno - With Shunji Iwai, Ayako Fujitani, Jun Murakami, Shinobu Ōtake

Matinee(1993)

PG
| 1h 39min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 117 votes)

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalises on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.

Directed by Joe Dante - With John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Omri Katz, Kellie Martin, Lisa Jakub, Simon Fenton, ...
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Peter von Kant(2022)

1h 30min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 33 votes)

Peter von Kant, a successful, famous director, lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress Sidonie, he meets and falls in love with Amir, a handsome young man of modest means. He offers to share his apartment and help Amir break into the world of cinema. Several months later, Amir becomes a star. But as soon as he acquires fame, he breaks up with Peter, leaving him alone to face himself.

Directed by François Ozon - With Denis Ménochet, Isabelle Adjani, Hanna Schygulla, Stefan Crepon, Aminthe Audiard, Khalil Ben Gharbia, ...

The Stunt Man(1980)

R
| 2h 11min | Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 57 votes)

A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director.

Directed by Richard Rush - With Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Alex Rocco, Allen Garfield, Sharon Farrell, ...
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Cobweb(2023)

2h 15min | Drama, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 9 votes)

In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?

Directed by Kim Ji-woon - With Song Kang-ho, Im Su-jeong, Oh Jung-se, Jeon Yeo-been, Krystal Jung, Jang Young-nam, ...

Ulysses' Gaze(1995)

2h 49min | Drama, History, War
3.7/5 (with 44 votes)

"A," a Greek filmmaker living in exile in the United States, returns to his native Ptolemas to attend a special screening of one of his extremely controversial films. But A's real interest lies elsewhere--the mythical reels of the very first film shot by the Manakia brothers, who, at the dawn of the age of cinema, tirelessly criss-crossed the Balkans and, without regard for national and ethnic strife, recorded the region's history and customs. Did these primitive, never-developed images really exist?

Directed by Thodoros Angelopoulos - With Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson, Thanasis Veggos, Ljuba Tadić, Olivera Marković, ...

Sweet Liberty(1986)

PG
| 1h 46min | Comedy, Romance / Love
2.8/5 (with 16 votes)

Michael has written a schollarly book on the revolutionary war. He has sold the film rights. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors want to change their characters, directors want to re-stage battles, and he becomes very infatuated with Faith who will play the female lead in the movie. At the same time, he is fighting with his crazy mother who thinks the Devil lives in her kitchen, and his girlfriend who is talking about commitment.

Directed by Alan Alda - With Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bob Hoskins, Lillian Gish, Linda Thorson, ...

Hollywood Boulevard(1976)

R
| 1h 23min | Comedy, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 14 votes)

A Midwestern ingenue moves to Hollywood and rivals a B-movie queen in low-budget quickies.

Directed by Allan Arkush, Joe Dante - With David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow, Dick Miller, Jonathan Kaplan, Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Allan Arkush, ...

O Lucky Man!(1973)

R
| 3h 3min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music
3.5/5 (with 39 votes)

This sprawling, surrealist comedy serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in modern Britain.

Directed by Lindsay Anderson - With Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts, Arthur Lowe, Helen Mirren, Philip Stone, ...
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Two Weeks in Another Town(1962)

NR
| 1h 47min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 22 votes)

After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old director in Rome as a chance for personal and professional redemption.

Directed by Vincente Minnelli - With Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse, George Hamilton, Claire Trevor, Daliah Lavi, ...
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Everything’s Gonna Be Alright(2020)

1h 41min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 32 votes)

Bruno Salvati is a director of little success, fresh from the separation from his wife Anna with whom he had two children, the twenty-year-old Adele and the seventeen-year-old Tito. Following a sudden illness, Bruno is diagnosed with a disease that requires the intervention of a donor. All his family relationships are called into question, including that with his father Umberto, the custodian of a secret that will force Bruno to embark on a journey in search of someone who can help him.

Directed by Francesco Bruni - With Kim Rossi Stuart, Lorenza Indovina, Giuseppe Pambieri

Nickelodeon(1976)

PG
| 2h 1min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 13 votes)

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich - With Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Brian Keith, Stella Stevens, John Ritter, ...
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The Day He Arrives(2011)

NR
| 1h 19min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 31 votes)

A film director who no longer makes films, Seongjun arrives in Seoul to meet a close friend. When the friend doesn’t show up, Seongjun wanders the city aimlessly for three days, grabbing drinks and meeting women, with each day playing out like a version of the last.

Directed by Hong Sang-soo - With Yu Jun-sang, Kim Sang-joong

Eisenstein in Guanajuato(2015)

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.

Directed by Peter Greenaway - With Stelio Savante, Maya Zapata, Elmer Bäck, Lisa Owen, Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, ...

Aroused by Gymnopedies(2016)

1h 21min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 7 votes)

Shinji is a middle-aged, sleaze film director who used to be famous. He hardly goes back home and moves from one woman to another. In spite of his idleness, women are very fond of him and look after him compassionately for whatever reason.

Directed by Isao Yukisada - With Itsuji Itao, Sumire Ashina, Izumi Okamura

S Is for Stanley(2016)

1h 22min | Documentary
3.8/5 (with 38 votes)

The incredible story of the Italian Emilio D'Alessandro, personal driver of the great director Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999), who met Emilio by chance in London in 1971 and hired him, thus establishing a deep friendship that lasted thirty years and helped create four masterpieces of cinema. A moving tale about two seemingly opposing people who found their ideal travel companion far away from home….

Directed by Alex Infascelli - With Alex Infascelli
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