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1) Fan
Publisher
Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Hindi
Description
Superstar Aryan inspires Gaurav, his fan who attacks anyone attacking his idol. But what happens when Aryan himself rejects Gaurav - does Gaurav remain Aryan's adoring fan?
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Broadway actress Georgia Hines made a decision six years earlier to give up custody of her daughter, Polly, in order to straighten out her life. Now, just as Georgia is about to star in a play, Polly decides she's going to move in with her mother.
Publisher
Buffalo 8
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events during the 1942 Nazi occupation of Poland, LOVE GETSA ROOM is the story of a Jewish stage actress who must make the gut-wrenching decision to follow her heart or to escape the Warsaw ghetto. Told in real-time like Cortes' acclaimed BURIED, the film is a romantic tale of love and survival in the face of harrowing circumstances.
4) In a world
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
An unsuccessful vocal coach competes against her arrogant father in the movie trailer voice-over business.
Series
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of alcoholic star Norman Maine, is given a shot at stardom, and is caught up in the Hollywood glamour machine. She and her idol Norman marry; but as her star rises, his comes crashing down.
7) MaXXXine
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
9) Sanju
Publisher
Reliance Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Hindi
Description
Coming from a family of cinema legends, he himself became a film star, and ten saw dizzying heights an darkest depths: Adulation of diehard fans, unending battles with various addictions, brushes with the underworld, prison terms, loss of loved ones, and the haunting speculation that he might or might not be a terrorist. It is in turns a hilarious and heartbreaking exploration of one man's battle against his own wild self and the formidable external...
10) Judy
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Thirty years after rising to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town. While preparing for the shows, Garland battles with management, reminisces with friends and adoring fans, and embarks on a whirlwind romance with soon-to-be fifth husband Mickey Deans, all while bravely struggling to overcome intensifying anxiety and physical decline.
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An amazingly original hybrid of film noir, supernatural fantasy, and backstage melodrama, the film stars Joan Leslie as a Broadway actress who magically relives the previous year of her life, but can she alter the fateful mistakes and misjudgments that led to a New Year's Eve tragedy?
12) The hero
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A former Western icon re-evaluates his life, his image and more importantly his heart after a surprise diagnosis.
13) Finding you
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Talented aspiring violinist Finley meets Beckett, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small village in Ireland. An unexpected romance develops as the heartthrob Beckett leads the uptight Finley on an adventurous revival, and she inspires him to take charge of his future until the pressures of his stardom get in the way.
14) La La Land
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing dreams.
15) Fool's paradise
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A satirical comedy about a down-on-his-luck publicist who discovers a recently released mental health patient who looks just like a misbehaving movie star. The publicist subs him into a film, creating a new star. But fame and fortune are not all they are cracked up to be.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Sam, a single mother and working actor with no filter, raises her three daughters, Max, Frankie, and Duke in Los Angeles. She also looks after her mother, Phil, an English expatriate with questionable faculties who lives across the street. Whether she's struggling to keep her daughters close or trying to push one of them out of the nest, Sam approaches every challenge with fierce love, raw honesty, and humor. At the end of the day, Sam's just trying...
17) The artist
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
In 1927, George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. However, the advent of the talkies will kill his career and he will sink into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the limit as major movie stardom awaits. Though their careers are taking different paths their destinies will become entwined.
18) Gemini
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant unravels the mystery, she must confront her own understanding of friendship, truth, and celebrity.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Jamie Wellerstein is an up and coming Jewish novelist who falls in love with Cathy Hiatt, a Shiksa Goddess and struggling actress. Their story is told almost entirely through songs using an intercutting time line device; all of Cathy's songs begin at the end of their marriage and move backwards in time to the beginning of their love affair while Jamie's songs start at the beginning of their affair and move forward to the end of their marriage. They...
20) Tribute
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Cilla McGowan is a former child star who buys her grandmother's farmhouse in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley to restore it from ruin. Her hope for serenity is soon shattered by haunting dreams of her famous grandmother who perished in the house thirty years before. She finds comfort in her neighbor, Ford Sawyer, who must protect her when the dark visions and family secrets spiral into a real-life nightmare.
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