Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "acting-class"

1. Blonde (2022)

NC-17 | 167 min | Drama, History

The story of American actress Marilyn Monroe, covering her love and professional lives.

Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Ana de Armas, Lily Fisher, Julianne Nicholson, Tygh Runyan

Votes: 72,274

2. Body Double (1984)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton

Votes: 38,313 | Gross: $8.80M

3. The Disaster Artist (2017)

R | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

When aspiring actor Greg Sestero meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.

Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Dave Franco, Ari Graynor, Seth Rogen

Votes: 164,404 | Gross: $21.12M

4. A Chorus Line (1985)

PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Music, Musical

Hopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical.

Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Michael Blevins, Yamil Borges

Votes: 11,658 | Gross: $14.20M

5. The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)

R | 91 min | Biography, Drama

The life of Bettie Page, a 1950s pin-up model and one of the first sex icons in America, who became the target of a Senate investigation because of her risqué bondage photos.

Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris

Votes: 11,659 | Gross: $1.41M

6. I Am Burt Reynolds (2020)

91 min | Documentary, Biography

The ups and downs of Burt Reynolds' career and private life, especially with Loni Anderson and his adopted son.

Director: Adrian Buitenhuis | Stars: Adam Rifkin, Alfie Wise, Ann Scurry, Ariel Winter

Votes: 360

7. Stage Fright (1950)

Approved | 110 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Jane Wyman, Richard Todd, Michael Wilding

Votes: 16,181

8. Playing by Heart (1998)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in Los Angeles.

Director: Willard Carroll | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Connery, Anthony Edwards

Votes: 20,302 | Gross: $3.96M

9. For Your Consideration (2006)

PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy

Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.

Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey, Christopher Guest

Votes: 15,898 | Gross: $5.54M

10. Blonde (2001)

TV-14 | 165 min | Biography, Drama

A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with series of real events in her life.

Stars: Poppy Montgomery, Patricia Richardson, Patrick Dempsey, Wallace Shawn

Votes: 1,241

11. City Island (2009)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

Prison guard Vince tells Molly from acting class, that one inmate is his 24 y.o. love child. Vince takes him home to stay with his family - straight A son with fat girl fetish, college dropout/stripper daughter and cute wife.

Director: Raymond De Felitta | Stars: Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Emily Mortimer

Votes: 32,568 | Gross: $6.67M

12. Camp (2003)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Musical, Drama

After a series of Broadway flops, songwriter Bert Hanley (Dixon) goes to work at a musical camp for young performers. Inspired by the kids, he finds an opportunity to regain success by staging an altogether new production.

Director: Todd Graff | Stars: Don Dixon, Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat, Robin de Jesus

Votes: 6,171 | Gross: $1.63M

13. James Dean (2001 TV Movie)

PG | 120 min | Biography, Drama

The man behind the legend and 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic biopic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Franco, Michael Moriarty, Valentina Cervi, Enrico Colantoni

Votes: 5,731

14. Lemon (2017)

Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama

A man watches his life unravel after he is left by his girlfriend of 10 years.

Director: Janicza Bravo | Stars: Inger Tudor, Brett Gelman, Judy Greer, Michael Cera

Votes: 2,735 | Gross: $0.03M

15. Drama (2010)

80 min | Drama

Three theater students, influenced by a professor and French theorist Antonin Artaud's acting technique, begin to experiment with their own lives, searching for real emotions and situations... See full summary »

Director: Matias Lira | Stars: Eusebio Arenas, Diego Ruiz, Isidora Urrejola, Jaime McManus

Votes: 701

16. Happy Together (1989)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Romance

Serious wannabe writer Chris starts college at UCLA and shares a room with Alex, who turns out to be a cute party girl. He wants to move--at first.

Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Helen Slater, Dan Schneider, Kevin Hardesty

Votes: 2,138

17. Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

The ups and downs of life as experienced by a group of aspiring young artists in the early Fifties New York.

Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Lois Smith

Votes: 2,472

18. Straight Up (I) (2019)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

Todd and Rory are intellectual soul mates. He might be gay. She might not care. A romantic-comedy drama with a twist; a love story without the thrill of copulation.

Director: James Sweeney | Stars: James Sweeney, Katie Findlay, Dana Drori, James Scully

Votes: 3,324

19. Reborn (I) (2018)

Not Rated | 77 min | Horror

A stillborn baby girl is abducted by a morgue attendant and brought back to life by electrokinetic power. On her 16th birthday, she escapes captivity and sets out to find her birth mother, leaving a trail of destruction behind her.

Director: Julian Richards | Stars: Barbara Crampton, Michael Paré, Kayleigh Gilbert, Rae Dawn Chong

Votes: 813

20. Little Men (2016)

PG | 85 min | Drama

A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease.

Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina García, Theo Taplitz

Votes: 7,819 | Gross: $0.70M

21. Heights (2005)

R | 93 min | Drama, Romance

Spanning 24 hours, "Heights" follows five New Yorkers challenged to choose their destiny before the sun comes up the next day.

Director: Chris Terrio | Stars: Elizabeth Banks, Glenn Close, James Marsden, Chandler Williams

Votes: 4,834 | Gross: $1.16M

22. Luck by Chance (2009)

Not Rated | 156 min | Drama

When Vikram gets tapped to play the male lead in a Bollywood film, he can't believe his luck. But it may ruin his relationship with his girlfriend.

Director: Zoya Akhtar | Stars: Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia

Votes: 11,060 | Gross: $0.36M

23. I Knew Her Well (1965)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama

Adriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business.

Director: Antonio Pietrangeli | Stars: Stefania Sandrelli, Mario Adorf, Jean-Claude Brialy, Joachim Fuchsberger

Votes: 3,152 | Gross: $0.01M

24. The Wine of Summer (2013)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A frustrated actor travels to Spain in search of a playwright, a trip that unexpectedly binds him to a group of five previously unconnected people.

Director: Maria Matteoli | Stars: Sonia Braga, Nicholas Dominic Talvola, Bob Wells, Ethan Peck

Votes: 465

25. Malhação (1995–2020)

30 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Long-running soap that depicts the lives of a group of teens as they struggle in the midst of life choices, love, ambition, disappointment, and family and relationship issues.

Stars: Alexandre Slaviero, Edvana Carvalho, Leo Jaime, Jéssica Lobo

Votes: 722

26. These Foolish Things (2006)

Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A struggling young actress, a fledgling director and an ambitious playwright become embroiled in an emotional love triangle as they strive for recognition, fame and fortune in a world on the brink of World War II.

Director: Julia Taylor-Stanley | Stars: Charlotte Lucas, Craig Rooke, Julia McKenzie, Roisin Goodall

Votes: 592

27. Bright Days Ahead (2013)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance

Caroline has retired and realizes that this new freedom is synonymous with boredom. Especially when she receives a membership to her neighborhood's senior club - Reluctant at first, she nevertheless decides to take the plunge.

Director: Marion Vernoux | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Laurent Lafitte, Patrick Chesnais, Jean-François Stévenin

Votes: 1,864 | Gross: $0.01M

28. Love the Hard Way (2001)

R | 104 min | Drama, Crime, Romance

The story of a petty thief who meets an innocent young woman and brings her into his world of crime while she teaches him the lessons of enjoying life and being loved.

Director: Peter Sehr | Stars: Adrien Brody, Charlotte Ayanna, Jon Seda, August Diehl

Votes: 2,575 | Gross: $0.04M

29. Deception (2003 TV Movie)

R | 88 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Erin, a struggling actress, has little faith in men. She works for a detective agency, her job is to seduce married men and let their wives catch them in the act. But lately, Erin is been ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Roy | Stars: Dina Meyer, Steve Bacic, Gary Hudson, Anna Silk

Votes: 312

30. Hunting and Gathering (2007)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance

When Camille (Audrey Tautou) falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck (Guillaume Canet). A moving trio story.

Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Guillaume Canet, Laurent Stocker, Françoise Bertin

Votes: 12,539

31. Julie's Greenroom (2017)

27 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Ms. Julie (Dame Julie Andrews) teaches performing arts workshops to a group of puppet children and a duck with the help of her assistant Gus (Giullian Yao Gioiello) and celebrity guests at her Wellspring Center for the Performing Arts.

Stars: Julie Andrews, Giullian Yao Gioiello, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, John Tartaglia

Votes: 356

32. Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)

108 min | Drama, Romance

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old.

Director: James Ivory | Stars: David Redden, Michael Wager, Robert Powell, Gael Hammer

Votes: 302

33. For Ladies Only (1981 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama

A young man from Iowa comes to New York hoping to make it as an actor. However, he doesn't get a break and is almost out of money. So another actor who moonlights as a stripper encourages ... See full summary »

Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Gregory Harrison, Marc Singer, Patti Davis, Viveca Lindfors

Votes: 216

34. My Wife Is an Actress (2001)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A "normal" guy who is married to a hot actress gets worried that she is involved with her costar. This worry turns into jealousy and causes problems in their relationship. This is a story about trust and a comedy about the actions between men and women.

Director: Yvan Attal | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Terence Stamp, Noémie Lvovsky

Votes: 3,747 | Gross: $1.05M

35. Love After Love (2017)

91 min | Drama, Romance

Following the death of their father, two sons deal with the trials of their own lives while watching their mother explore new beginnings of her own.

Director: Russell Harbaugh | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Chris O'Dowd, James Adomian, Gareth Williams

Votes: 1,104 | Gross: $0.11M

36. Nobody's Fool (1986)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A sepia tinted weepie where a niave girl learns about men in more ways than one; a loss of innocence - but full of charm

Director: Evelyn Purcell | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Eric Roberts, Mare Winningham, Jim Youngs

Votes: 908 | Gross: $0.56M

37. Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980 TV Movie)

156 min | Biography, Drama

The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom, to her marriages and untimely death.

Directors: Jack Arnold, John Flynn, Lawrence Schiller | Stars: Catherine Hicks, Richard Basehart, Frank Converse, John Ireland

Votes: 271

38. The Last Porno Show (2019)

90 min | Drama

Wayne, a struggling method actor, inherits the city's last porno cinema from his estranged father Al. Seeing this as an unconventional opportunity to reconcile their relationship, Wayne ... See full summary »

Director: Kire Paputts | Stars: Nathanael Chadwick, Mickey Vos, Victoria Dunsmore, Amaan Morrell

Votes: 147

39. Like Me (I) (2022)

Unrated | 88 min | Drama

Tom, a high school senior who is required by his father to find a new residence within 2 weeks, finds himself in a demanding relationship with a fashion photographer who is older than him, ... See full summary »

Director: Eyal Kantor | Stars: Yoav Keren, Mendi Barsheshet, Gal Amitai, Danny Geva

Votes: 116

40. A Perfect Fit (2005)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A psychological drama about an unstable man, tormented by nightmares, who seeks help from a shrink but is pushed over the edge into increasingly dangerous, psychotic territory by a relationship he is unable to control.

Director: Ron Brown | Stars: Adrian Grenier, Polly Draper, Leila Arcieri, Michele Santopietro

Votes: 446

41. James Dean (1976 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 94 min | Biography, Drama

A dramatization of the story of legendary movie actor James Dean. The film's writer, William Bast, had roomed with Dean in the early '50s, when both were trying to break into films as actors.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Michael Brandon, Stephen McHattie, Brooke Adams, Julian Burton

Votes: 331

42. Annie Claus Is Coming to Town (2011 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

This year, Santa's daughter (Maria Thayer) takes her first trip away from the North Pole during the Christmas season hoping to find adventure and love in sunny California. While Santa ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Maria Thayer, Sam Page, Randy J. Goodwin, Vivica A. Fox

Votes: 1,826

43. Evil Obsession (1996)

R | 95 min | Thriller

As models show up on calendars and magazine covers, someone is making bodies show up at the morgue. Is it the obsessed fan?

Director: Richard W. Munchkin | Stars: Corey Feldman, Kimberly Stevens, Mark Derwin, Brion James

Votes: 142

44. Big Time (1989 TV Movie)

R | 84 min | Drama

Set in the fast paced materialistic world of the late 1980's the film depicts a destructive love triangle. The young, ruthless characters play out a hard-edged drama of life, love and greed.

Director: Jan Egleson | Stars: Mia Sara, Dennis Boutsikaris, Adrian Pasdar, Paul Guilfoyle

Votes: 59

45. She-Wolf in Hollywood: The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya

59 min | Documentary | Completed

The story of actress and acting teacher Maria Ouspenskaya, who brought modern acting techniques to the U.S., focusing on her years in Hollywood (1936-1949).

Director: Jordan Mohr | Star: Jordan Mohr

46. Esther Kahn (2000)

Not Rated | 157 min | Drama, Romance

A Jewish girl in nineteenth century London, dreams of becoming a stage actress.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Summer Phoenix, Ian Holm, Fabrice Desplechin, Akbar Kurtha

Votes: 1,173

47. Fresh Hell (2011–2012)

Comedy

Popular actor Brent Spiner, who plays himself in this web-series, becomes the most hated person in the business after "an incident" and must rebuild his career from the bottom up all over again. His porn star neighbor Dakota helps him.

Stars: Brent Spiner, Kat Steel, Brian Palermo, Kate Connor

Votes: 238

48. Lookwell (1991 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

The former star of a cancelled cop TV show solves crimes. Pilot episode for a TV series that was never picked up.

Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Adam West, Ron Frazier, Ann Weldon, Todd Field

Votes: 561

49. Fright House (1989 Video)

R | 110 min | Horror

Two stories about witches getting ready to meet with the Devil, and a schoolteacher who never ages.

Director: Len Anthony | Stars: Al Lewis, Paul Borghese, Jennifer Delora, Kit Jones

Votes: 181

50. The James Dean Story (1957)

Approved | 81 min | Documentary, Biography

This documentary, which was undertaken soon after James Dean's death, looks at Dean's life through the use of still photographs with narration, and interviews with many of the people involved in his short life.

Directors: Robert Altman, George W. George | Stars: Martin Gabel, James Dean, Lew Bracker, Marvin Carter

Votes: 699