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

1. Die Hart (2020– )

TV-MA | 8 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

Kevin Hart - playing a version of himself - is on a death-defying quest to become an action star.

Stars: Kevin Hart, Nathalie Emmanuel, John Travolta, Jean Reno

Votes: 7,130

2. Myra Breckinridge (1970)

R | 94 min | Comedy

After undergoing gender reassignment surgery, an aspiring actress travels to Hollywood, where she also wants to make a claim on her wealthy uncle's estate.

Director: Michael Sarne | Stars: Mae West, John Huston, Raquel Welch, Rex Reed

Votes: 3,464 | Gross: $8.72M

3. Firebird (I) (2021)

R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Firebird follows a handsome, soulful young soldier who embarks on a clandestine sexual affair with a charismatic fighter pilot on a Soviet Air Force Base at the height of 1970's Communist rule.

Director: Peeter Rebane | Stars: Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, Diana Pozharskaya, Jake Henderson

Votes: 12,850

4. 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: 11,673 | Gross: $1.41M

5. 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: 11,071 | Gross: $0.36M

6. 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

7. Confessions of a Go-Go Girl (2008 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 88 min | Drama

Jane McCoy, a recent college graduate, much to her parent's dismay, decides to scrap her plans for law school to pursue an acting career full-time. Struggling to make ends meat, she meets a... See full summary »

Director: Grant Harvey | Stars: Chelsea Hobbs, Sarah Carter, Corbin Bernsen, Rachel Hunter

Votes: 471

8. Allyson Is Watching (1997)

R | 90 min | Drama

Innocent, sexy Allyson leaves her boyfriend Peter to go to acting classes in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles she rents a room in an apartment building from the grumpy Mr. Merry next to the ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Kubilos | Stars: Caroline Ambrose, James Horan, David Andriole, Jack DeLeon

Votes: 382

9. Love, Marilyn (2012)

Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography

Modern day celebrities interpret excerpts from memoirs written by people who knew Marilyn Monroe as well as her recently discovered personal journals and letters.

Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Banks, Adrien Brody, Ellen Burstyn

Votes: 1,992

10. Revue Starlight (2018–2019)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Starlight is a song and dance revue troupe loved throughout the world. Karen and Hikari make a promise with each other when they're young that one day they'll stand on that stage together. ... See full summary »

Stars: Momoyo Koyama, Suzuko Mimori, Moeka Koizumi, Aina Aiba

Votes: 303

11. Casting By (2012)

TV-14 | 89 min | Documentary, Biography

The surprising, never-before-told tale of the indispensable yet unsung Casting Director - Iconoclasts whose keen eye, exquisite taste and gut instincts redefined Hollywood.

Director: Tom Donahue | Stars: Deborah Aquila, Risa Bramon Garcia, Ellen Chenoweth, Marion Dougherty

Votes: 1,638 | Gross: $0.01M

12. Revue Starlight the Movie (2021)

120 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Starlight - This is a story of a far off star, a long time ago, and in the distant future. Two young girls, captivated by the glamour of the performance, exchange promises: "We'll become stars." "I'll wait for you on stage."

Director: Tomohiro Furukawa | Stars: Momoyo Koyama, Suzuko Mimori, Haruki Iwata, Aina Aiba

Votes: 200

13. Dramatic School (1938)

Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance

Aspiring actress Louise Mauban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. She daydreams and "acts" her way ... See full summary »

Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshal, Lana Turner

Votes: 476

14. Little Sharks (1992)

87 min | Comedy, Romance

When dishwasher Ingo, whose girl-friend has just left him, returns a borrowed bar stool to the Folkwang Acting School in Essen, he stumbles into the audition for next year's new students. ... See full summary »

Director: Sönke Wortmann | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Kai Wiesinger, Gedeon Burkhard, Meret Becker

Votes: 1,475

15. Hollywood Dreams (2006)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In the City of Angels, a young Iowan girl (Frederick) fresh off the bus falls in love with a promising actor (Kirk).

Director: Henry Jaglom | Stars: Tanna Frederick, Justin Kirk, David Proval, Zack Norman

Votes: 259 | Gross: $0.17M

16. Sin vergüenza (2001)

116 min | Comedy, Drama

A movie script is presented to Isabel. After reading it she realizes it's based on an old love affair she had with movie director Mario Fabra, the author of the script.

Director: Joaquín Oristrell | Stars: Verónica Forqué, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Candela Peña, Carmen Balagué

Votes: 532

17. Pociag do Hollywood (1987)

97 min | Comedy, Romance

A young woman is bitten by the acting bug after seeing Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot". She patterns herself after MM and after finishing high school goes for screen tests to the Film ... See full summary »

Director: Radoslaw Piwowarski | Stars: Katarzyna Figura, Piotr Siwkiewicz, Rafal Wegrzyniak, Grazyna Krukówna

Votes: 202

18. Merton of the Movies (1947)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Romance

A Kansas bumpkin goes to Hollywood to become a movie star and gets a job burlesquing his favorite actor - only he thinks the role is serious.

Director: Robert Alton | Stars: Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien, Gloria Grahame, Leon Ames

Votes: 504

19. Moonlight in Vermont (1943)

Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A poor country girl from Vermont travels to New York City to attend a theatrical school.

Director: Edward C. Lilley | Stars: Gloria Jean, Ray Malone, George Dolenz, Fay Helm

Votes: 53

20. Star Struck (1996)

94 min | Comedy, Drama

A boy from the Midwest comes to Hollywood in search of a dream: he wants to be a star. He finds acting teacher Aaron Gillespie who bills himself as "The Buddah of Buddahs" of acting ... See full summary »

Director: Massimo Mazzucco | Stars: Scott Trost, Sean Michael Allen, Scott Caan, Michael Capellupo

Votes: 25

21. The Cage (2019 TV Movie)

87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An old woman finds herself trapped in her own apartment as she finds out a man pretending to be her distant nephew is actually a stranger.

Director: Jirí Strach | Stars: Jirina Bohdalová, Krystof Hádek, Viktor Preiss, David Svehlík

Votes: 288

22. Addicted to Blood (2011 Video)

92 min | Comedy, Horror

'Addicted to Blood' follows one hot aspiring actor and a few gorgeous young actresses, after another, as they find themselves duped by a horny nest of vampires,leaded by the dark and ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Oakley | Stars: Domiziano Arcangeli, Leslie Garza, Melanie Grunder, Ellina Adel

Votes: 15

23. 365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)

Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: James Dunn, Alice Faye, Frank Mitchell, Jack Durant

Votes: 177

24. Die Spielwütigen (2004)

108 min | Documentary

Documentary accompanies four students at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin (Prodromos Antoniadis, Constanze Becker, Karina Plachetka and Stephanie Stremler) throughout their studies.

Director: Andres Veiel | Stars: Karina Plachetka, Constanze Becker, Prodromos Antoniadis, Stephanie Stremler

Votes: 278

25. The Nut Farm (1935)

Passed | 65 min | Comedy

Bob and Helen decide to move to California and make a fresh start. Bob wants to buy a nut farm, but Helen dreams of being in the movies. While Bob is looking for a farm to buy, Helen is ... See full summary »

Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Wallace Ford, Betty Alden, Florence Roberts, Spencer Charters

Votes: 126

26. Große Liebe gesucht (1989 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Conny will finish high school soon and is not sure yet if she wants to be a doctor or an actor.

Director: Peter Vogel | Stars: Iris Albrecht, Oliver Bäßler, Carl Heinz Choynski, Susanne Eipper

27. Personal Affairs (1979)

96 min | Documentary, Drama

The story follows the five months in the life of Belgrade student Maja Sabljic, an actress to be, from her high school graduation day (at the end of May) until mid September when she tries ... See full summary »

Director: Aleksandar Mandic | Stars: Maja Sabljic, Ljiljana Sabljic, Stevan Sabljic, Snezana Sabljic

Votes: 34

28. Stastná (2014)

Romance

Victorie Stastná fulfills her dream of studying acting at the academy in Prague. But she soon discovers that her original ideals don't match with reality. She becomes a part of a group of ... See full summary »

Director: Eva Toulová | Stars: Andrea Danková, David Kraus, Aneta Krejcíková, Marie Rencová

Votes: 23

29. Reality School (2002)

14 min | Comedy, Short

A school is started to teach reality Television contestants to be better actors.

Director: John Sparano | Stars: Richard Karn, Mark DeCarlo, Jay Michael Ferguson, Danica McKellar

Votes: 26

30. A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' (2003 Video)

11 min | Documentary, Short

In the 40's Howard Hawks boasts that he can make a movie out of the worst thing Hemingway ever has written. When Hemingway asks, which novel he means, Hawks says To Have and Have Not. Jules... See full summary »

Stars: Leonard Maltin, Eric Lax, Robert Osborne, Lauren Bacall

Votes: 65

31. Actors' Transformation: The Work of Deena Levy and Her Students (2003)

50 min | Documentary

"I want to act." These words ring out thousands of times a day in classrooms, cafés, and bathroom mirrors around the world. Everyone wants to act, but how many people actually know what ... See full summary »

Director: Geneviève Appleton | Stars: Deena Levy, Jonathan Abrahams, Michelle Schulman, Matthew Armstrong

32. Princess Lamp (2016)

7 min | Short, Romance

The story is centred around a lamp in the Acting Self-Tape Room that displays human consciousness, thoughts and emotions. No one can hear her until one day someone hears her cry and attempts to comfort her.

Director: Ross Munro | Stars: Adam Doquiatan, Laura Gobbo, Karlene Millwood, Jenna Newton

Votes: 7

33. Atores em Busca de Nelson (2016 Video)

10 min | Documentary, Short

The documentary shows the backstage and parts from the play "Forgive me for me betray" by Nelson Rodrigues, staged by Companhia Fiandeiros de Teatro (Spinners Theater Company), in Recife, PE, Brazil.

Director: Lucas Fitipaldi | Stars: Amanda Antônia, André Filho, André Maranhão, Andrezza Oliveira

34. Hollywood Acting Academy (2009)

PG | Short, Comedy

Corey Lyons is a former child star most remembered for his frequent guest starring roles on popular (and unpopular) 80's sitcoms. Unfortunately Corey hasn't had an acting job since he ... See full summary »

Director: Brendon John Kelly | Stars: Alex Aves, Stuart Barron, Bernadette Birkett, Phil Brown

35. High Rolling: Interviews with Cast and Crew (2004 Video)

12 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

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Stars: Igor Auzins, Tom Burstall, Dan Burstall, Wendy Hughes

36. Palec bozy (1973)

88 min | Drama

Determined to become a professional stage actor, ambitious Tadeusz takes entrance exams to an acting school. Even failure does not deter him from keeping on trying.

Director: Antoni Krauze | Stars: Marian Opania, Aleksander Benczak, Grazyna Checinska, Maciej Englert

Votes: 49

37. Characters (1980 TV Movie)

Comedy

Incidents in the lives of Carol and Jack, students at the Workshop, a theatrical acting school in Chicago. Leila is the workshop director; Steve is Carol's friend.

Director: Will Mackenzie | Stars: Terry Lester, Philip Charles MacKenzie, Maggie Roswell, Marcia Wallace

38. American Masters (1985– )
Episode: Miracle on 44th Street: A Portrait of the Actors Studio (1991)

TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History

For the past fifty years, the Old Labor Stage on 44th street in New York City has been home to some of the most inventive acting, directing, and playwrighting in the country.

Director: Dennis Powers | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Frank Corsaro, Lee Grant, Anne Jackson

Votes: 78

39. Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet (1968)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When several young, blonde actresses are murdered by a serial strangler, Julie goes undercover as an aspiring actress, hoping to catch the killer.

Director: George McCowan | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews

Votes: 50

40. Suspicion (1957–1958)
Episode: Protégé (1958)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An once famous actress, reduced by the ravages of alcoholism to running a third-rate dramatic school, decides to trod the boards again.

Director: Jules Bricken | Stars: Agnes Moorehead, Phyllis Love, William Shatner, Jack Klugman

Votes: 31

41. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
Episode: Lauren Bacall/Pete Fountain/Jim Fowler (1983)

TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Johnny teaches a class for actors in commercials. Lauren Bacall talks about touring with her musical "Woman of the Year" following its Broadway run; Pete Fountain performs with the NBC Orchestra; Jim Fowler presents wild animals.

Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Lauren Bacall

Votes: 23

42. Mike Hammer (1958–1959)
Episode: Crepe for Suzette (1958)

26 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Mike is hired to locate a young woman who moved to New York, but suddenly stopped writing home to her parents. Mike quickly learns that she was killed in a hit and run automobile accident, ... See full summary »

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Darren McGavin, Alan Mowbray, Ruta Lee, Henry Hunter

Votes: 23

43. The Life of Riley (1948–1950)
Episode: Acting Lessons (1950)

30 min | Comedy

Babs and her boyfriend have foolishly spent their money on an acting school con. Riley and Gillis are determined to go to the phony school and demand the kids' money be returned, but they didn't expect the teacher to be a gorgeous blonde.

Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Rosemary DeCamp, Gloria Winters, Sid Tomack

Votes: 10

44. Skoda lásky (2013– )
Episode: Prirozený talent (2014)

Comedy

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Director: Vít Karas | Stars: Jirí Langmajer, Eliska Krenková, Lucie Zednícková, Boris Hybner

Votes: 9

45. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
Episode: Charles Nelson Reilly/Cathy Moriarty/Richard Lewis (1981)

TV-G | Comedy, Talk-Show

A lecture of the Commercial Actors School is presented. Director Charles Nelson Reilly (play "Chapter Two") recalls his awful commercials; Cathy Moriarty (Raging Bull (1980)). Also: Richard Lewis performs stand-up.

Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Tommy Newsom, Charles Nelson Reilly

Votes: 11