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1. Withnail & I (1987)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.
Director: Bruce Robinson | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown
Votes: 47,941 | Gross: $1.54M
2. Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999–2001)
TV-14 | 34 min | Comedy
Raucous 90s sitcom starring Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus as awful flatmates. Tom is an out-of-work actor with a sharp tongue, and Linda La Hughes is his dysfunctional friend.
Stars: Kathy Burke, James Dreyfus, Beth Goddard, Rosalind Knight
Votes: 3,176
3. Count Arthur Strong (2013–2017)
30 min | Comedy
Delusional show business character Count Arthur Strong, a pompous, out-of-work actor from Doncaster attempts to recount his life story with the help of the scholarly son of his former comedy partner.
Stars: Steve Delaney, Rory Kinnear, Zahra Ahmadi, Andy Linden
Votes: 1,099
4. The Big Empty (2003)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
John Person is an actor with little work, and no money, who suddenly finds himself with an opportunity to make some quick cash by delivering a suitcase to the middle of nowhere.
Director: Steve Anderson | Stars: Jon Favreau, Joey Lauren Adams, Kelsey Grammer, Daryl Hannah
Votes: 4,290
5. A Film with Me in It (2008)
89 min | Comedy, Thriller
A broke, jobless actor and a broke, jobless screenwriter set out to make a movie and then find that life starts imitating art.
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon | Stars: Dylan Moran, Mark Doherty, Keith Allen, Amy Huberman
Votes: 3,940
6. Love Me Do (2015)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A female investment banker lets an out-of-work actor into her life for a romantic adventure with chilling results.
Director: Martin Stitt | Stars: Jack Gordon, Rebecca Calder, Max Wrottesley, Samantha Coughlan
Votes: 100
7. Show Business (1932)
20 min | Comedy, Short
The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd, Anita Garvin, Monte Collins
Votes: 154
8. Low Fat Elephants (2001)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Greta is madly and deeply in lust for her straight room mate Cassandra. Too shy to confess her feelings, she writes passionate love letters, signing them "Jean Pierre." Her roommate is fixated so Greta hires an actor to play the fake Jean.
Director: Phillip Marzella | Stars: Tessa Wells, Karen Pang, Phillip Marzella, Christopher Gabardi
9.
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends (1998–2000)
Episode:
Off-Off Broadway
(1999)
Not Rated | 49 min | Documentary
Chronicles the struggles of actors trying to "break in" to the business in New York City.
Director: Geoffrey O'Connor | Stars: Louis Theroux, Erin Foley, Lisa Gold, Nicole Greenwood
Votes: 221
10.
Crackanory (2013–2017)
Episode:
The Despot of Tea
(2017)
Comedy, Drama
An out of work actor agrees to take part in making an advert for tea in an isolated former Soviet-bloc country. Years later he returns to the country to discover that his character Sir Slurpington-Boots has become a national treasure.
Director: Richard Pengelley | Star: Bob Mortimer