Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "fame-seeking"

1. X (II) (2022)

R | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the crew find themselves fighting for their lives.

Director: Ti West | Stars: Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Kid Cudi

Votes: 173,186

2. Pearl (2022)

R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

In 1918, a young woman on the brink of madness pursues stardom in a desperate attempt to escape the drudgery, isolation, and lovelessness of life on her parents' farm.

Director: Ti West | Stars: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland

Votes: 96,793 | Gross: $9.42M

3. Mulholland Drive (2001)

R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Jeanne Bates

Votes: 383,919 | Gross: $7.22M

4. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Passed | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy

Votes: 61,904 | Gross: $4.05M

5. The Neon Demon (2016)

R | 117 min | Horror, Thriller

An aspiring model, Jesse, is new to Los Angeles. However, her beauty and youth, which generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry, may prove themselves sinister.

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Karl Glusman

Votes: 103,952 | Gross: $1.33M

6. Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson

Votes: 236,494

7. Home Again (2017)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

Director: Hallie Meyers-Shyer | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Michael Sheen, Candice Bergen, Pico Alexander

Votes: 35,123 | Gross: $27.02M

8. The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)

TV-MA | 101 min | Comedy, Horror

Two years after Cole survived a satanic blood cult, he's living another nightmare: high school. And the demons from his past? Still making his life hell.

Director: McG | Stars: Judah Lewis, Samara Weaving, Jenna Ortega, Emily Alyn Lind

Votes: 50,953

9. Cam (2018)

TV-MA | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Alice, an ambitious camgirl, wakes up one day to discover she's been replaced on her show with an exact replica of herself.

Director: Daniel Goldhaber | Stars: Madeline Brewer, Patch Darragh, Melora Walters, Devin Druid

Votes: 36,082

10. Don't Hang Up (2016)

R | 83 min | Horror, Thriller

An evening of drunken prank calls becomes a nightmare for two teenagers when a stranger turns their own game against them, with deadly consequences.

Directors: Damien Macé, Alexis Wajsbrot | Stars: Gregg Sulkin, Garrett Clayton, Bella Dayne, Sienna Guillory

Votes: 16,349

11. Going Overboard (1989)

R | 99 min | Comedy

A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship hoping for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise-ship comedy.

Director: Valerie Breiman | Stars: Adam Sandler, Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Zane, Burt Young

Votes: 14,495

12. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson

Votes: 59,591 | Gross: $27.38M

13. Yoga Hosers (2016)

PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

Two teenage yoga enthusiasts must do battle with an evil presence that is threatening to rise from its underground lair and endanger their major party plans.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Lily-Rose Depp, Harley Quinn Smith, Johnny Depp, Adam Brody

Votes: 15,494

14. Starry Eyes (2014)

Not Rated | 98 min | Horror, Mystery

A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.

Directors: Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer | Stars: Alexandra Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan, Fabianne Therese

Votes: 22,339

15. A Star Is Born (1937)

Passed | 111 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.

Directors: William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Victor Fleming | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson

Votes: 10,890 | Gross: $4.36M

16. Airplane Mode (II) (2019)

TV-14 | 80 min | Comedy

En route to Australia, Logan is terrified; it's his first time flying. All of his worst nightmares come true when the "influencers" aboard refuse to switch their phones to airplane mode. The internet is about to crash.

Directors: David Dinetz, Dylan Trussell | Stars: Logan Paul, Lauren Swickard, Juanpa Zurita, Lele Pons

Votes: 4,791

17. Chantal (2007 Video)

R | 96 min | Drama

Chantal is a hot, naive and dangerously delusional young woman, wandering the boulevards of L.A. looking for her first big break. There she meets Tracy who warns of the harsh realities lurking beyond the glamorous facade of Hollywood.

Director: Tony Marsiglia | Stars: Erin Brown, Julian Wells, Andrea Davis, Darian Caine

Votes: 467

18. Terminal Exposure (1987)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime

Two beach combing-shutterbugs accidentally capture a murder on film. Now detectives, the boys set out to capture a murderess shot only from behind, with a rose tattoo on her behind. Fun in ... See full summary »

Director: Nico Mastorakis | Stars: Mark Hennessy, Scott King, Hope Marie Carlton, Steve Donmyer

Votes: 1,391

19. Lover Come Back (1961)

Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Edie Adams

Votes: 8,763 | Gross: $16.94M

20. Alibi.com (2016)

89 min | Comedy, Romance

Greg and his company provide alibis for infidelities, among other sins. He falls in love with Flo, whose dad turns out to be his customer.

Director: Philippe Lacheau | Stars: Philippe Lacheau, Élodie Fontan, Julien Arruti, Tarek Boudali

Votes: 10,020

21. Inside Daisy Clover (1965)

Approved | 128 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon

Votes: 4,259

22. Chatterbox! (1977)

R | 73 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A young woman who works in a beauty parlor discovers that her vagina can talk, which causes her no end of trouble.

Director: Tom DeSimone | Stars: Candice Rialson, Larry Gelman, Jane Kean, Perry Bullington

Votes: 818

23. Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On (2017)

TV-MA | 280 min | Documentary

Personal stories reveal how the intersection of sex, technology and intimate relationships is rewiring us in fundamental ways.

Stars: James Rhine, Lauren Phillips, Kylie Quinn, Kleio Valentien

Votes: 2,377

24. Haters Back Off! (2016–2017)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The oddball family life of Miranda Sings, an incredibly confident, totally untalented star on the rise who continues to fail upward by the power of her belief that she was born famous--but nobody knows yet.

Stars: Colleen Ballinger, Angela Kinsey, Francesca Reale, Erik Stocklin

Votes: 7,878

25. The Last Horror Film (1982)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror

A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a series of violent killings of the lady's friends.

Director: David Winters | Stars: J'Len Winters, John Kelly, Joe Spinell, Simone Overman

Votes: 2,222

26. 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: 3,147 | Gross: $0.01M

27. Strangler vs. Strangler (1984)

96 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A mentally-disturbed flower seller starts killing young girls on the streets of Belgrade. While the frustrated police inspector is trying to stop him, an aspiring musician finds his life and work deeply intertwined with that of a killer.

Director: Slobodan Sijan | Stars: Tasko Nacic, Nikola Simic, Srdjan Saper, Sonja Savic

Votes: 4,348

28. Girl in Gold Boots (1968)

R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Music

A young woman leaves her job as a waitress and travels to Los Angeles, where she strives to become the top star in the glamorous world of go-go dancing.

Director: Ted V. Mikels | Stars: Jody Daniels, Leslie McRay, Tom Pace, Mark Herron

Votes: 3,951

29. Celebrity Sex Tapes Unwound (2006 TV Movie)

48 min | Documentary

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Director: Stuart Mitchell | Stars: Arabella Weir, Sal Abbate, Pamela Anderson, Geoff Beattie

Votes: 54

30. The Slasher ...is the Sex Maniac! (1972)

X | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.

Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero | Stars: Farley Granger, Sylva Koscina, Silvano Tranquilli, Annabella Incontrera

Votes: 1,092

31. Walk of Fame (I) (2017)

93 min | Comedy

A motley crew of aspiring performers come under the guidance of an eccentric and volatile acting coach.

Director: Jesse Thomas | Stars: Scott Eastwood, Malcolm McDowell, Chris Kattan, Jamie Kennedy

Votes: 1,015

32. Walk the Angry Beach (1961)

74 min | Drama

A young girl comes to Hollywood to try to break into the movies, but winds up being taken advantage of by sleazy producers, and is forced to become a stripper.

Director: John Hayes | Stars: Tony Vorno, Paul Bruce, Ernest Macias, John Barrick

Votes: 633

33. The American Meme (2018)

TV-MA | 98 min | Documentary

Social media stars Paris Hilton, Josh Ostrovsky, Brittany Furlan and Kirill Bichutsky hustle to build online empires - and face the pitfalls of fame.

Director: Bert Marcus | Stars: Kirill Bichutsky, Hailey Bieber, Amanda Cerny, Dane Cook

Votes: 14,813

34. A Stranger in the Mirror (1993 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

A naive young woman arrives in Hollywood to become a star, but after she gets drugged and raped during a shoot, she hardens quickly and catches the eye of a popular womanizing comedian who introduces her to his shady powerful agent.

Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Perry King, Lori Loughlin, Geordie Johnson, Juliet Mills

Votes: 164

35. Star Time (1992)

85 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A delusional misfit becomes suicidal when his favorite TV show is cancelled. An agent promises to make him a TV star if he kills certain people, so he becomes "The Baby Mask Killer."

Director: Alexander Cassini | Stars: John P. Ryan, Michael St. Gerard, Maureen Teefy, Dana Dantine

Votes: 428

36. All About Alice (1972)

68 min | Comedy

A female impersonator leads a cast of non-professional actors in a spoof of the film "All About Eve".

Director: Ray Harrison | Stars: Warren Fremming, Chuck Bratton, Wallace Fredericks, Tom Whitman

Votes: 76

37. Rat Fink (1965)

80 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A sadistic rock singer will do whatever it takes to become a star.

Director: James Landis | Stars: Schuyler Hayden, Hal Bokar, Judy Hughes, Warrene Ott

Votes: 127

38. El mundo es nuestro (2012)

83 min | Comedy, Crime

Two thugs with no talent intend to follow in the footsteps of Dioni and plan a bank robbery. They end up becoming part of a massive media circus instead.

Director: Alfonso Sánchez | Stars: Alfonso Sánchez, Alberto López, Alfonso Valenzuela, Joserra Leza

Votes: 1,556

39. The Dark Side of Hollywood (1998)

54 min | Documentary

A documentary looking behind the scenes of Hollywood's low-budget movie industry. It is a powerful portrait of the fragility of fame and the cost of stardom. B-pictures have long been the ... See full summary »

Director: Odette Springer | Stars: Jon Kalina, Edward Albert, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Lisa Boyle

Votes: 34

40. Confessions of a Bad Girl (1965)

63 min | Drama

Judith, a pretty young girl from a small town, comes to New York City determined to become a famous actress. She auditions for a variety of modeling and acting jobs, and finds out that the ... See full summary »

Director: Barry Mahon | Stars: Judy Adler, Dawn Bennett, Anna Karol, Byron Mabe

Votes: 23

41. Cuando tú no estás (1966)

91 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

After not obtaining any significant success with the variety company with which he has traveled throughout Spain, the singer Raphael decides to leave it and go to Madrid looking for the ... See full summary »

Director: Mario Camus | Stars: Raphael, María José Alfonso, Ricardo Lucía, Margaret B. Peters

Votes: 100

42. Get Ready with Me (2019)

30 min | Short, Thriller

Aspiring YouTuber Vendela decides to get up in front of her high school class and show a disturbing video that disrupts the lesson and causes her teacher Lukas to fear for her life.

Director: Jonatan Etzler | Stars: Shanti Roney, Miriam Ingrid, Lisa Agby, Jenna Chaaraoui

Votes: 179

43. The Secret of a Great Narrator (1972)

101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Alexandre Dumas Sr. is a charming but poor young man who comes to Paris in the 1820s and enters the service of the king. He is hired as a scribe, and from the moment he picks up a pen for the first time, his fate is sealed.

Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Martin Stepánek, Petr Stepánek, Otakar Brousek, Jana Hlavácová

Votes: 40

44. Hollywood (2007 Video)

Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Drama

Hollywood. A place of dreams. A place of refuge for dreamers from all over the world. Enter a small town girl from Kansas who comes to LA to hit it big....and a jaded Detective who's ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher L. Golon | Stars: Kevin Michael Turner, Alexis Ostrander, Julia Melim, Samuel Morris

Votes: 37

45. Workhorse Queen (2021)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary

By day, Ed Popil worked as the manager of a telemarketing center in post-industrial Rochester, New York for 18 years. By night, he transformed into drag queen Mrs. Kasha Davis. Not your ... See full summary »

Director: Angela Washko | Stars: Edward Popil, Steven Levins, Thomas Smalley, Greg Meyer

Votes: 117

46. The White World According to Daliborek (2017)

105 min | Documentary

A stylized portrait of a Czech neo-Nazi, who hates his life but doesn't know what to change about it. Corrosively absurd and starkly chilling in equal measure, this tragicomedy investigates... See full summary »

Director: Vít Klusák

Votes: 261

47. A Star for Rose (2013)

98 min | Drama

Small town girl Marcy (Tara Walker) comes to LA with stars in her eyes, thinking she can make it big on "Search For A Star." Instead, with little money and no friends, she finds herself ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Yost | Stars: Debbie Allen, John Savage, Tara Walker, Melinda Skilondz

Votes: 15

48. Johnny Castle: Rising Star (2006)

65 min | Documentary

Ever since he was a kid, Johnny Castle had a dream: to become a movie star. Driven by his obsession, Johnny moved to Los Angeles, and the corner of Hollywood and Vine Boulevards became his ... See full summary »

Director: Paolo Vandoni | Stars: Johnny Castle, Vincent Di Paolo, Tom Green, Ted Rivera

49. I mostri oggi (2009)

102 min | Comedy

Divided into 16 separate parts, the film analyses and parodies the vices, weaknesses and fears of contemporary Italy.

Director: Enrico Oldoini | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Carlo Buccirosso, Sabrina Ferilli, Giorgio Panariello

Votes: 311

50. Hell Is a Place Called Hollywood (1950)

21 min | Short, Drama

A beauty queen called Sheila Anderson wins a part in a Hollywood motion picture. The film turns out to be a cheap nudie film, she is then shunned by the theatrical community and ends up ... See full summary »

Star: Sheila Anderson

Votes: 42