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- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsLeonardo DiCaprioBrad PittMargot RobbieA faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.
Operazione Dyn-O-Mite! (Poster)
Nebraska Jim (Poster)
Tanner (Poster)
Kill Me Now Ringo, Said The Gringo (Italian: Uccidimi Subito Ringo, Disse Il Gringo) (Poster)
In the period comedy film, Rick Dalton, portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, moves to Italy to star in spaghetti westerns. - DirectorVikramaditya MotwaneStarsAnil KapoorAnurag KashyapSonam KapoorA filmmaker kidnaps the daughter of a movie star, and while the star searches for his daughter the director films the desperate search in real time for his next blockbuster movie.
Once Upon a Time in... Bollywood
A filmmaker kidnaps the daughter of a movie star, and while the star searches for his daughter, the director films the desperate search in real-time for his next blockbuster movie. - DirectorBen StillerStarsBen StillerJack BlackRobert Downey Jr.Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
Tropic Thunder
Simple Jack
The Fatties: Fart 2
Satan's Alley
The action-comedy film features the production of a film based on a Vietnam War veteran's memoir. The actors that are involved in the production are also shown to be in other fictional films, such as Ben Stiller in Simple Jack and Jack Black in The Fatties: Fart 2.
Satan's Alley features two gay priests played by Robert Downey Jr. and Tobey Maguire at a medieval church. - DirectorKevin SmithStarsJason MewesKevin SmithAmy NobleThe comic "Bluntman and Chronic" is based on real-life stoners Jay and Silent Bob, so when they get no profit from a big-screen adaptation, they set out to wreck the movie.
Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season (Poster)
Bluntman and Chronic
The duo Jay and Silent Bob encounter the making of Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season, a satirical sequel to Good Will Hunting (1997). The making of the sequel also featured the original film's director Gus Van Sant and its stars, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
Bluntman and Chronic is a fictional movie based on Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards’ comic from Chasing Amy (1997), where Mark Hamill plays a villain named Cocknocker and fights the titular characters. - DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsMark WahlbergJulianne MooreBurt ReynoldsBack when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.
Brock Landers: Angels Live In My Town
In this film, Mark Wahlberg plays a rising porn actor. In part of his acting career, the character stars as a cop in a series of pornographic action films, with the partner played by John C. Reilly. - DirectorFarah KhanStarsShah Rukh KhanDeepika PadukoneArjun RampalIn the 1970s, Om, an aspiring actor, is murdered, but is immediately reincarnated into the present day. He attempts to discover the mystery of his demise and find Shanti, the love of his previous life.
Phir Bhi Dil Hai NRI
Main Bhi Hoon Na
Dhoom 5
Various other fictional films.
Om, played by Shah Rukh Khan, is an actor in the film who starred in many fictional films and was also nominated for his role in Phir Bhi Dil Hai NRI and Main Bhi Hoon Na which are a sequel to an actual film, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000) and Main Hoon Na (2004).
Abhishek Bachchan, who made a cameo in the film was nominated for Dhoom 5 which is a sequel to an actual film series. Several other real-life actors also made a cameo with their fictional films. - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
Nation's Pride (German: Stolz der Nation) (Poster)
A Nazi propaganda film called Nation's Pride, which is a crucial plot element in the film's climax. - DirectorEdgar WrightStarsMichael CeraMary Elizabeth WinsteadKieran CulkinIn a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart.
You Just Don't Exist
Scott Pilgrim confronts one of his girlfriend's ex-boyfriends, who is a skateboarder and actor producing the action film You Just Don't Exist. - DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda BlairWhen a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
Crash Course
In the horror film, before the mother's daughter is possessed, the mother played by Ellen Burstyn, stars in a film about student activism. - DirectorChris ColumbusStarsMacaulay CulkinJoe PesciDaniel SternAn eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
Angels with Filthy Souls (Poster)
Kevin McCallister is accidentally left at home during Christmas when his family went to Paris without him. Kevin watches Angels with Filthy Souls (a parody of the 1938 film Angels with Dirty Faces) which his parents and his uncle forbade him to watch. He later uses the film to distract burglars that break into his home. - DirectorChris ColumbusStarsMacaulay CulkinJoe PesciDaniel SternOne year after Kevin McCallister was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself stranded in New York City - and the same criminals are not far behind.
Angels with Even Filthier Souls
Kevin McCallister watches the sequel to Angels with Filthy Souls. The director studied the 1930s and 1940s film noir to make Angels with Even Filthier Souls appear authentic. - DirectorTrey ParkerStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneMary Kay BergmanWhen Stan Marsh and his friends go see an R-rated movie, they start cursing and their parents think that Canada is to blame.
Terrance and Phillip: Asses of Fire
The musical comedy based on an obscene cartoon within the musical comedy based on an obscene cartoon serves as a self-reflexive cautionary tale regarding censorship. - DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJulianne MooreJeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
Logjammin'
The Dude watches a pornographic film with Maude and sees Bunny Lebowski starring in the film. - DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie ReynoldsA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
The Dancing Cavalier
The musical film's couple star in the musical film that ends in a modern-day Broadway ballet. - DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonKathryn McGuireJoe KeatonA film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
Heart and Pearls
The protagonist dreams that he appears in a melodrama and solves the mystery as Sherlock Jr. - DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsRose McGowanFreddy RodríguezJosh BrolinAfter an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.
Machete
Preceding the zombie film is a trailer for Machete that features Danny Trejo as a former Mexican Federale who seeks revenge on those from both sides of the border who betrayed him. It was later made into a full-length feature film, also called Machete (2010). - DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerF. Murray AbrahamArt CarneyWith the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsNicolas CageMeryl StreepChris CooperA lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
The Orchid Thief
One of the twin brother protagonists adapts the book The Orchid Thief into a film and draws the jealousy of his brother. - DirectorMichel HazanaviciusStarsJean DujardinBérénice BejoJohn GoodmanWhen George, a silent movie superstar, meets Peppy Miller, a dancer, sparks fly between the two. However, after the introduction of talking pictures, their fortunes change, affecting their dynamic.
A Russian Affair
Jean Dujardin's character George Valentin is an actor who plays the hero in the film A Russian Affair in which he is rescued from a Russian villain by his dog. - DirectorShawn LevyStarsFrankie MunizAmanda BynesPaul GiamattiFourteen-year-old Jason Shepherd has a reputation for stretching the truth. So, when big-time Hollywood producer Marty Wolf steals his class paper and turns it into a smash hit movie, no one believes Jason's latest tall tale.
Big Fat Liar
Marty Wolf, the main antagonist, produces a film under Wolf Pictures. This film, however, plagiarises Jason Shepherd's English assignment. In the end, the film is released with Jason getting writing credits. - DirectorFrank OzStarsSteve MartinEddie MurphyHeather GrahamWhen a desperate movie producer fails to get a major star for his bargain-basement film, he decides to shoot the film secretly around him.
Chubby Rain
Fake Purse Ninjas
Film producer Bobby Bowfinger, played by Steve Martin, aims to produce his dream science fiction thriller film Chubby Rain and uses shots of an unsuspecting person, played by Eddie Murphy for the film.
Fake Purse Ninjas is a film where the characters played by Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy infiltrate a factory where Chinese ninjas counterfeit goods. - DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsBrad PittFrances McDormandGeorge ClooneyA disk containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it.
- DirectorJudd ApatowStarsAdam SandlerSeth RogenLeslie MannWhen seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship causes him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.
Re-Do
Adam Sandler plays a successful film actor who learns that he is dying of leukemia and decides to revisit his stand-up comedy career. One of the actor's featured films was the comedy Re-Do, which starred him as trapped inside a baby's body. - DirectorNancy MeyersStarsKate WinsletCameron DiazJude LawTwo women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.
Deception
One of the main characters is a movie trailer producer. One of her featured works is the action film Deception starring James Franco and Lindsay Lohan. - DirectorRobert AltmanStarsTim RobbinsGreta ScacchiFred WardA Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?
Habeas Corpus
A depressing film about a woman on death row is pitched, and it eventually becomes produced but changed to have a feel-good ending. - DirectorWes CravenStarsNeve CampbellCourteney CoxDavid ArquetteTwo years after the first series of murders, as Sidney acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.
Stab
A film is produced based on the events that took place in the first film Scream (1996).
A whole Stab series is featured throughout the Scream film series. Stab 2 and 3 in Scream 3 (2000), and from 4 to 7 in Scream 4 (2011). - DirectorJohn LandisStarsSteve MartinChevy ChaseMartin ShortThree actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.
The Three Amigos
The three protagonists feature in a silent film called The Three Amigos that defies the conventions of films of its genre. - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsBob HoskinsChristopher LloydJoanna CassidyWhen a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.
Somethin's Cookin'
The Live-Action/Animation Hybrid features the filming of a theatrical short starring Baby Herman and Roger Rabbit. It parodies golden age cartoons such as "Looney Tunes." - DirectorAllen HughesStarsMark WahlbergRussell CroweCatherine Zeta-JonesIn a city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed by its most powerful figure: Mayor Nicholas Hostetler.
Kiss of Life
In the crime film, a softcore romance film is featured, which The New Yorker's Richard Brody described, "flowery dialogue and poetic views of nature are followed by the actress’s hot and naked sex scene with the sensitive leading man." - DirectorDoug EllinStarsAdrian GrenierKevin ConnollyJerry FerraraMovie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys Eric, Turtle, and Johnny, are back - and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold on a risky project that will serve as Vince's directorial debut.
Hyde
Adrian Grenier's character Vincent Chase directs a film adaption of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and stars as its leading character, an EDM DJ. - DirectorLeos CaraxStarsDenis LavantEdith ScobEva MendesA man boards a limousine to be driven to his day's work: nine mysterious "appointments."Untitled monster movie.
The protagonist creates a motion-capture performance with a female counterpart, which is later revealed to be two snakelike creatures.