Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "movie-making"

1. A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)

TV-MA | 101 min | Biography, Comedy

In the 1970s and '80s, National Lampoon's success and influence creates a new media empire overseen in part by the brilliant and troubled Douglas Kenney.

Director: David Wain | Stars: Frank Gingerich, Morgan Gingerich, Annette O'Toole, Harry Groener

Votes: 17,960

2. A Classic Horror Story (2021)

TV-MA | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

In this gruesome suspense film, strangers traveling in southern Italy become stranded in the woods, where they must fight desperately to get out alive.

Directors: Roberto De Feo, Paolo Strippoli | Stars: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Francesco Russo, Peppino Mazzotta, Will Merrick

Votes: 21,923

3. S1m0ne (2002)

PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

A producer's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star, becoming an overnight sensation that everyone thinks is a real person.

Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Rachel Roberts, Benjamin Salisbury

Votes: 62,466 | Gross: $9.68M

4. Sonic X (2003–2006)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A slight malfunction causes Chaos Control, and sends Sonic the Hedgehog to Earth. While there, Sonic meets Chris Thorndyke, who aids at collecting the Chaos Emeralds, so Sonic and friends can go home.

Stars: Gabriella Lewis, Jun'ichi Kanemaru, Sanae Kobayashi, Jason Griffith

Votes: 5,528

5. The Comeback Trail (2020)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime

A film producer who owes money to a mobster tries to "accidentally" kill his aging movie star for an insurance scam so he can payoff his debt, but he begins to realize that the movie they're shooting is a masterpiece in the making.

Director: George Gallo | Stars: Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman, Zach Braff

Votes: 11,177

6. Sonic Boom (2014–2017)

TV-Y7 | 11 min | Animation, Short, Action

Twenty-three years after the original Sonic the Hedgehog video game, fast, handsome, and arrogant hero Sonic continues to fight his arch nemesis, Dr. Eggman. Along with Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and a new recruit named Sticks.

Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Cindy Robinson, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Travis Willingham

Votes: 7,025

7. 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: 32,556 | Gross: $6.67M

8. The Legend of Tarzan (2001–2003)

TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The further adventures of the jungle hero Tarzan (1999) and his friends.

Stars: Michael T. Weiss, Olivia d'Abo, Jim Cummings, April Winchell

Votes: 3,425

9. Reality (2014)

Unrated | 95 min | Comedy

A wanna-be director is given 48 hours by a producer to find the best groan of pain, worthy of an Oscar, as the only condition to back his film.

Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Alain Chabat, Jonathan Lambert, Élodie Bouchez, Kyla Kenedy

Votes: 6,945

10. Thirteen at Dinner (1985 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An American movie actress, best known for playing dumb blondes, is Scotland Yard's prime suspect when her husband, Lord Edgware, is murdered. The great detective, Hercule Poirot, digs deeper into the case.

Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, David Suchet, Jonathan Cecil

Votes: 2,675

11. Action (1999–2000)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

A dark comedy about Peter Dragon, a sleazy Hollywood executive. His last, massively expensive, movie bombed and he needs a hit. Will "Beverley Hills Gun Club" be it and how far will he have to go to make it?

Stars: Jay Mohr, Illeana Douglas, Jarrad Paul, Jack Plotnick

Votes: 1,601

12. Tristram Shandy (2005)

R | 94 min | Comedy

Director Michael Winterbottom (Northam) attempts to shoot the adaptation of Laurence Sterne's essentially unfilmable novel, "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman."

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Jeremy Northam, Rob Brydon, Keeley Hawes

Votes: 13,177 | Gross: $1.25M

13. Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013 Video)

Not Rated | 400 min | Documentary, Horror

A chronicle of the history of the Friday the 13th franchise.

Director: Daniel Farrands | Stars: Corey Feldman, Peter M. Bracke, Samantha Delutri, Kimberly Higgins

Votes: 2,696

14. Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)

Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Adventure

A behind the scenes chronicle of how clash of vision, bad creative decisions, lack of interest and really bad weather plagued the disastrous production of the infamous The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).

Director: David Gregory | Stars: Richard Stanley, Kier-La Janisse, Michael Gingold, Graham Humphreys

Votes: 4,412

15. How to Make a Monster (1958)

Unrated | 73 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

When a master monster make-up artist is sacked by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.

Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Robert H. Harris, Paul Brinegar, Gary Conway, Gary Clarke

Votes: 1,518

16. Magnífica 70 (2015–2018)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

MAGNÍFICA 70 portrays the underground cinema-making scene of São Paulo in the '70s with stunning visuals and an award-winning cast and crew. The third season wraps up the series with the ... See full summary »

Stars: Marcos Winter, Simone Spoladore, Adriano Garib, Maria Luísa Mendonça

Votes: 455

17. The Bank Dick (1940)

Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy

Henpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.

Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio

Votes: 7,802

18. Popatopolis (2009)

75 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

Prolific B-movie director Jim Wynorski attempts to make a feature film in three days.

Director: Clay Westervelt | Stars: Jim Wynorski, Julie K. Smith, Julie Strain, Monique Parent

Votes: 348

19. The Black Cat (1989)

R | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An actress starts seeing visions of a witch character called Levana, which she's supposed to play in an upcoming horror movie, and slowly begins to discover a supernatural plot against her life.

Director: Luigi Cozzi | Stars: Florence Guérin, Urbano Barberini, Caroline Munro, Brett Halsey

Votes: 790

20. Beethoven's Big Break (2008 Video)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Family

Eddie, a struggling animal trainer and single dad suddenly finds himself the personal wrangler for a large and lovable St. Bernard whose fabulous movie "audition" catapults the dog to ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Elliott | Stars: Jonathan Silverman, Jennifer Finnigan, Moises Arias, Eddie Griffin

Votes: 2,366

21. Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)

R | 103 min | Documentary, History

The story of the Australian exploitation genre cinema of 1970s and 80s.

Director: Mark Hartley | Stars: Phillip Adams, Glory Annen, Christine Amor, Victoria Anoux

Votes: 4,683 | Gross: $0.02M

22. Coming Soon (2014)

134 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Pirated DVD seller Zafer who is formerly an extra in movies; swore to give up illegal works when his wife wanted to get divorce. To win his family back, he and his old-fashioned crew ... See full summary »

Director: Cem Yilmaz | Stars: Cem Yilmaz, Tülin Özen, Zafer Algöz, Özkan Ugur

Votes: 35,753

23. Megazone 23 (1985 Video)

Not Rated | 81 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In 1980s Tokyo, a young motorcycle enthusiast discovers that the transforming bike/mecha entrusted to him by his murdered friend holds the key to the true nature of his world.

Directors: Yasuo Hasegawa, Noboru Ishiguro, Ichirô Itano | Stars: Masato Kubota, Maria Kawamura, Mîna Tominaga, Mayumi Shô

Votes: 725

24. Found Footage 3D (2016)

R | 100 min | Horror

A group of filmmakers set out to make the first 3D found footage horror movie, but find themselves in a found footage horror movie when the evil entity from their film escapes into their behind-the-scenes footage.

Director: Steven DeGennaro | Stars: Carter Roy, Alena von Stroheim, Chris O'Brien, Tom Saporito

Votes: 2,582

25. Ditte & Louise (2018)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy

Ditte and Louise, two middle-aged actresses and best friends, form a comedy duo and travel around the country. Louise has accepted that the entertainment industry can't offer her more, and ... See full summary »

Director: Niclas Bendixen | Stars: Ditte Hansen, Louise Mieritz, Anders W. Berthelsen, Adam Brix

Votes: 710

26. Smash Cut (2009)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Horror

After his latest film is met with horrible reviews, Able Whitman sets out to prove the critics wrong by finding inspiration in his cast and crew. Sometimes great art requires great sacrifice, and the director always gets final cut.

Director: Lee Demarbre | Stars: David Hess, Jesse Buck, Michael Berryman, Ray Sager

Votes: 1,469

27. Movers & Shakers (1985)

PG | 80 min | Comedy

Joe Mulholland, Head of Production at a Hollywood studio, makes a rather fool-hardy promise to a dying friend. He undertakes to make a major movie using the title - if not the content - of ... See full summary »

Director: William Asher | Stars: Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Vincent Gardenia, Tyne Daly

Votes: 586 | Gross: $0.37M

28. Cry for Happy (1961)

110 min | Comedy, Romance

U.S. Navy photographic team uses Tokyo geisha house as its home.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Glenn Ford, Donald O'Connor, Miiko Taka, James Shigeta

Votes: 315

29. Garfield: His 9 Lives (1988 TV Movie)

TV-G | 48 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

This sometimes very funny and sometimes highly emotional anthology follows Garfield's nine lives throughout history, from his first life as a prehistoric cat-Neanderthal to his ninth life as an astronaut in a jam.

Directors: Phil Roman, Doug Frankel, Bob Scott, Ruth Kissane, Bill Littlejohn, Bob Nesler, George Singer, John Sparey | Stars: Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, Gregg Berger, Desirée Goyette

Votes: 842

30. Bounty Hunters (1996 Video)

R | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Jersey Bellini is a bounty hunter who forms an uneasy partnership with a rival to capture a fugitive. But the hunters soon discover that the crook is also the man the mob most wants dead! ... See full summary »

Director: George Erschbamer | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Lisa Howard, Ben Immanuel, Erin Fitzgerald

Votes: 590

31. Uncle Sasha (2018)

92 min | Comedy

The hero of "Uncle Sasha", director Alexander always lived only for himself, so that by the end of his life he would understand that he didn't have enough leftovers even for the last film ... See full summary »

Director: Aleksandr Gordon | Stars: Aleksandr Gordon, Anna Slyu, Isabelle Eydlen, Nikita Efremov

Votes: 41

32. Lula: The Sexy Empire (1998 Video Game)

Animation, Comedy

Humorous managerial simulation about a former criminal who partners up with ditzy porn star Lula to build their own porn business empire. There are three major business goals in the game and some cartoon nudity.

Stars: Andrea, Patrick Leusch, Silke Wünsch

Votes: 31

33. Boogeyman II (1983)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror

Lacey travels to Hollywood, to the home of a film director, where she brings along the last surviving haunted mirror shard from the end of the first movie as proof to her horrifying experiences.

Directors: Bruce Pearn, Ulli Lommel, Paul Willson | Stars: Suzanna Love, Ulli Lommel, Shannah Hall, Sholto von Douglas

Votes: 1,208

34. The Auteur (2008)

Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy

A sweet comedy about the world's greatest living porn director.

Director: James Westby | Stars: Melik Malkasian, Denise Chanterelle DuBois, Loren Hoskins, John Breen

Votes: 638

35. Smutek paní Snajderové (2008)

104 min | Drama, Romance

It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle ... See full summary »

Directors: Eno Milkani, Piro Milkani | Stars: Anna Geislerová, Nik Xhelilaj, Barbora Stepánová, Tomás Töpfer

Votes: 175

36. Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary

A look at the history of black horror films and the role of African Americans in the film genre from the very beginning.

Director: Xavier Burgin | Stars: Rusty Cundieff, Ernest R. Dickerson, Robin R. Means Coleman, Jordan Peele

Votes: 2,093

37. Movie Maniacs (1936)

18 min | Comedy, Short

The Stooges arrive in Hollywood hoping to make it in the movie business ("There must be a couple a hundred guys in Hollywood who don't know anything about making movies, three more ain't ... See full summary »

Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Mildred Harris

Votes: 701

38. Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)

Unrated | 88 min | Documentary, Horror

A documentary on the history of the slasher film.

Director: Jeff McQueen | Stars: Ed Green, Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Joseph Stefano

Votes: 3,618

39. The American Nightmare (2000)

Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary, Horror

An examination into the nature of 1960s-'70s horror films, the artists involved, and how they reflected contemporary society.

Director: Adam Simon | Stars: George A. Romero, John Carpenter, Tom Savini, David Cronenberg

Votes: 1,988

40. Brush of the God (2024)

74 min | Short, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

A boy comes across a rabbit, guardian of a magical brush to prevent the Yamata no Orochi from re-emerging in the modern world.

Director: Keizô Murase | Stars: Takumi Saitô, Yumiko Shaku, Shinji Higuchi, Shirô Sano

41. Some Awesome Action Movies (Unas Buenas Peliculas de Acción) (2023)

90 min | Comedy

A comedic look at corruption, hypocrisy and greed in the film industry by two not very talented filmmakers.

Director: Luis Antonio Rodriguez | Stars: Héctor Soberón, Juan Carlos Casasola, Óscar Burgos, Juan Espinosa

42. The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films (2014)

88 min | Documentary

Two Israeli cousins, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, in pursuit of the American Dream, turned the Hollywood power structure upside down, producing over 300 films and becoming the most powerful independent film company in the world.

Director: Hilla Medalia | Stars: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus, Yehuda Barkan, Ram Globus

Votes: 603

43. Alien Evolution (2001 TV Movie)

75 min | Documentary

Mark Kermode brings a tribute to the successful Alien series, featuring interviews with the cast members and directors, including Sigourney Weaver and Ridley Scott.

Directors: Andrew Abbott, Russell Leven | Stars: Mark Kermode, Michael Biehn, Ralph Brown, James Cameron

Votes: 283

44. Life Kills Me (2007)

Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

A man is depressed by the death of his brother and his life changes when he meets an eccentric young man, whose favorite subject is death.

Director: Sebastián Silva | Stars: Gabriel Díaz, Diego Muñoz, Claudia Celedón, Amparo Noguera

Votes: 311

45. Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary

Gory, Gory, Hallelujah! Take an outrageous ride through the wild world of exploitation films with this often-hilarious documentary, HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS, THE GODFATHER OF GORE!

Directors: Frank Henenlotter, Jimmy Maslon | Stars: Mal Arnold, John Bloom, Duane Carney, Roger Christensen

Votes: 393

46. Cinema Komunisto (2010)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History

When history has a different script from the one in your films, who wouldn't invent a country to fool themselves? The collapsing sets of Tito's Hollywood of the East take us on a journey ... See full summary »

Director: Mila Turajlic | Stars: Stevan Petrovic, Veljko Despotovic, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Dragisa Djokic

Votes: 705

47. Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006 Video)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Horror

A retrospective documentary about the Halloween films.

Director: Stefan Hutchinson | Stars: P.J. Soles, Irwin Yablans, Moustapha Akkad, John Carpenter

Votes: 1,964

48. Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009)

Unrated | 96 min | Documentary, Horror

An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the genre.

Director: Andrew Monument | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Larry Cohen, Joe Dante, John Carpenter

Votes: 2,890

49. Make Me a Star (1932)

Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Merton Gill is longing to become a cowboy actor and leaves his hometown to try his luck in Hollywood, but there his acting ability is regarded as non-existent. Actress Flips gives him a ... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin, Zasu Pitts, Ben Turpin

Votes: 646

50. Brother's Justice (2010)

80 min | Comedy

Motivated by Box Office statistics, Dax Shepard has made a decision to leave comedy to pursue his dream of becoming an international Martial Arts action star.

Directors: David Palmer, Dax Shepard | Stars: Dax Shepard, Nate Tuck, Greg Siegel, James Feldman

Votes: 556