Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-joan-crawford"

1. RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV

New show will serve up a new twist on the mega-hit RuPaul's Drag Race as it pits queens from previous seasons in a wig-to-wig drag battle royale.

Stars: RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews

Votes: 9,740

2. Heathers (1988)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime

At Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.

Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk

Votes: 116,362 | Gross: $1.11M

3. Ted (2012)

R | 106 min | Comedy

John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear, Ted or his girlfriend, Lori.

Director: Seth MacFarlane | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Joel McHale

Votes: 659,141 | Gross: $218.82M

4. The Aviator (2004)

PG-13 | 170 min | Biography, Drama

A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly

Votes: 384,848 | Gross: $102.61M

5. The Apartment (1960)

Approved | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston

Votes: 197,521 | Gross: $18.60M

6. Get Shorty (1995)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt, and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, John Travolta

Votes: 89,407 | Gross: $72.08M

7. Big Eyes (I) (2014)

PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter

Votes: 99,308 | Gross: $14.48M

8. The Baby (1973)

PG | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A social worker, still reeling from the loss of her architect husband, investigates the eccentric, psychedelic Wadsworth Family, consisting of a mother, two daughters, and an adult son with the apparent mental capacity of an infant.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill, Susanne Zenor

Votes: 4,496

9. Café Society (2016)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In the 1930s, a Bronx native moves to Hollywood and falls in love with a young woman who is seeing a married man.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively

Votes: 81,437 | Gross: $11.10M

10. Dirty Girl (2010)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

It's 1987 and Danielle, the high-school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joa and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.

Director: Abe Sylvia | Stars: Juno Temple, Jeremy Dozier, Milla Jovovich, Zach Lasry

Votes: 11,367 | Gross: $0.05M

11. A Star Is Born (1954)

Passed | 154 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford

Votes: 19,707 | Gross: $14.93M

12. 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: 10,926 | Gross: $4.36M

13. My Life Without Me (2003)

R | 106 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.

Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman, Mark Ruffalo, Leonor Watling

Votes: 25,871 | Gross: $0.40M

14. The Boys in the Band (1970)

R | 118 min | Drama

Tempers fray and true selves are revealed when a heterosexual accidentally intrudes on a homosexual party.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Kenneth Nelson, Peter White, Leonard Frey, Frederick Combs

Votes: 5,909 | Gross: $7.63M

15. Totally F***ed Up (1993)

TV-MA | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Six queer teenagers struggle to get along with each other and with life in the face of varying obstacles.

Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid, Jenee Gill

Votes: 3,954 | Gross: $0.10M

16. Torch Song Trilogy (1988)

R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Arnold is a gay man working as drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.

Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein, Brian Kerwin

Votes: 7,831 | Gross: $4.87M

17. 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: 4,289

18. Fedora (1978)

PG | 114 min | Drama, Romance

Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement only to discover the horrible truth behind her success.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef, José Ferrer

Votes: 5,207 | Gross: $2.20M

19. G.B.F. (2013)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

What happens after Tanner is outed by his classmates and becomes the title "gay best friend" for three high school queen bees?

Director: Darren Stein | Stars: Michael J. Willett, Paul Iacono, Sasha Pieterse, Andrea Bowen

Votes: 11,441

20. What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)

R | 101 min | Crime, Horror, Musical

Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.

Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver, Micheál MacLiammóir

Votes: 2,308

21. Goodbye Lover (1998)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Sandra is married to Jake, an alcoholic executive, but has a secret relationship with her brother-in-law Ben, who is attracted to Peggy, a woman who hides a dark side known to few. When Sandra finds out, Ben mysteriously disappears.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Mary-Louise Parker, Ellen DeGeneres

Votes: 4,352 | Gross: $1.92M

22. Is It Just Me? (2010)

Unrated | 93 min | Comedy, Romance

A socially shunned columnist finds his romantic match online, but messaging under the wrong account causes his sleazy roommate's picture to be forwarded, creating an identity mix-up.

Director: J.C. Calciano | Stars: Nicholas Downs, David Loren, Adam Huss, Michelle G. O'Neil

Votes: 3,391

23. The Stripper (1963)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance

Lila Green is an insecure and aging showgirl for Madame Olga's stage shows. When her boyfriend, Rick, runs off with the show's money, Madame Olga and Ronny let Lila go. Lila goes to stay ... See full summary »

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor, Carol Lynley

Votes: 456

24. Hero at Large (1980)

PG | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

A struggling actor buying milk stops a robbery while wearing a superhero uniform, promoting a movie. The unknown hero decides to try again. Can he impress his cute neighbor?

Director: Martin Davidson | Stars: John Ritter, Anne Archer, Bert Convy, Kevin McCarthy

Votes: 1,839 | Gross: $15.93M

25. The Surrogate (1984)

R | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Stuck in a sexless marriage, a frustrated well-to-do couple agrees to see a female sex therapist. Unfortunately, she only helps escalate the tensions between them. Meanwhile, the police are baffled by a string of brutal nightly killings.

Director: Don Carmody | Stars: Art Hindle, Carole Laure, Shannon Tweed, Jim Bailey

Votes: 306

26. Some of My Best Friends Are... (1971)

R | 110 min | Drama

A dramatic expose of the lives of a group of gays who meet in a New York City bar on Christmas Eve.

Director: Mervyn Nelson | Stars: Tom Bade, James Murdock, Paul Blake, Gary Campbell

Votes: 369 | Gross: $0.12M

27. Bettie Page Reveals All (2012)

R | 101 min | Documentary, Biography

The world's greatest pinup model and cult icon, Bettie Page, recounts the true story of how her free expression overcame government witch-hunts to help launch America's sexual revolution.

Director: Mark Mori | Stars: Bettie Page, Hugh Hefner, Olivia de Berardinis, Dita Von Teese

Votes: 1,633 | Gross: $0.10M

28. Everybody Wins (1990)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Angela (Debra Winger) hires/lures a P.I. (Nick Nolte) to prove a convicted teenager is innocent of his uncle's murder.

Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton, Judith Ivey

Votes: 1,378 | Gross: $1.37M

29. Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)

Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A Broadway producer is reluctant to hire his high school sweetheart for the leading role in a new show, so she decides to take advantage of a rumor started by a gossip columnist.

Directors: Roy Del Ruth, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, Una Merkel

Votes: 2,002

30. 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

31. Bill Cunningham New York (2010)

Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer.

Director: Richard Press | Stars: Bill Cunningham, Anna Wintour, Michael Kors, Editta Sherman

Votes: 5,679 | Gross: $1.51M

32. Eat My Shit (2015)

3 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Samantha has taken a selfie of her face and posted it on Instagram, but it has been censored and deleted for alleged 'sexual content'. Samantha did not choose to be born this way. Samantha is sick and tired of people's laughs.

Director: Eduardo Casanova | Stars: Ana Polvorosa, Itziar Castro

Votes: 558

33. Hollywood Mouth (2008)

Not Rated | 75 min | Drama

In Hollywood, a film buff gets involved with selling a Faberge egg.

Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Michael Abruscato, Katy Baker, Sam Bologna, Veli Erturk

Votes: 714

34. Once a Year on Blackpool Sands (2021)

Unrated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A gritty Northern LGBTQ comedy drama. Blackpool 1953. Two young gay Yorkshire miners, Eddy and Tommy, on their annual holiday there, meet transvestite James Elbridge who is summoning up the courage to do the fabled walk from pier to pier.

Director: Karlton Parris | Stars: Kyle Brookes, Macaulay Cooper, Wendy Laurence James, Elizabeth Coombs

Votes: 142

35. Fade to Black (2006)

R | 99 min | Mystery, Thriller

Attempting to recover from his failed marriage to Rita Hayworth and restart his career, Orson Welles travels to Italy only to be drawn into a dangerous web of intrigue, murder and politics when an actor is murdered on his set.

Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Danny Huston, Diego Luna, Paz Vega, Christopher Walken

Votes: 915

36. Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2021)

120 min | Documentary

This documentary explores film through the voices of significant professionals who have contributed to make sure moving images survive and remain accessible.

Director: Inés Toharia Terán | Stars: Ann Adachi-Tasch, Laure Adler, Benjamin Chowkwan Ado, Janice Allen

Votes: 258

37. Hollywood Mouth 3 (2018)

109 min | Drama

A film buff learns something new about her family and encounters noir-like situations in Hollywood.

Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Heidi Appe, Anastasia Art, Barbara Bologna, Angelica Coralvine

38. Stand-ins (1997)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama

A group of dysfunctional, disappointed actresses congregate in a Hollywood bar circa 1937.

Director: Harvey Keith | Stars: Katherine Morris, Costas Mandylor, Jordan Ladd, Daphne Zuniga

Votes: 198

39. Outrageous! (1977)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

A story about a female impersonator who rooms with a pregnant schizophrenic.

Director: Richard Benner | Stars: Craig Russell, Hollis McLaren, Richert Easley, Allan Moyle

Votes: 1,027

40. The Big Wheel (1949)

Approved | 92 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A brash young midget car race driver lives in the shadow of his famous father, a drunken womanizer, who was killed in an accident years earlier.

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Michael O'Shea, Mary Hatcher

Votes: 638

41. Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014)

84 min | Drama

A film buff discovers strange goings-on at a movie museum and elsewhere in Hollywood.

Director: Jordan Mohr | Stars: Sam Bologna, Alexander Des Combes, Ronald Duthweiler, Matthew Glaser

Votes: 698

42. Honolulu (1939)

Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, George Burns, Gracie Allen

Votes: 762

43. Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance

The love story between British writer, Christopher Isherwood (whose book 'The Berlin Stories' inspired the musical and film Cabaret) and Don Bachardy, American portrait artist.

Directors: Tina Mascara, Guido Santi | Stars: W.H. Auden, Don Bachardy, Ted Bachardy, James Berg

Votes: 990 | Gross: $0.21M

44. Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)

Passed | 116 min | Comedy, Drama

A young comic plays second-rate nightclubs and chintzy resorts in his struggle to break into the big time.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Milton Berle, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman, Bert Lahr

Votes: 468

45. Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981)

115 min | Documentary

Famous actresses talk about their role in the movie industry, and the demand to "be beautiful and shut up".

Director: Delphine Seyrig | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Jill Clayburgh, Marie Dubois, Delia Salvi

Votes: 300

46. Superstar in a Housedress (2004)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

"Jackie Curtis is not a drag queen. Jackie is an artist. A pioneer without a frontier." -- Andy Warhol. Superstar in a Housedress examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite ... See full summary »

Director: Craig Highberger | Stars: Peter Allen, Paul Ambrose, Michael André, Penny Arcade

Votes: 171 | Gross: $0.03M

47. R U Invited? (2006)

85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Invited! Five friends get invites to a sex party. But, in order to get the details, each must submit revealing pictures for approval. As party time draws near, friendships are tested, personalities clash, sexual histories are laid bare.

Director: Israel Luna | Stars: Oscar Contreras, John de los Santos, Christopher Jones, David Matherly

Votes: 195

48. Femmes femmes (1974)

115 min | Comedy, Drama

The fantasies and dreams of two over-the-hill actresses are intertwined with their realities, as the two roommates struggle to survive their day-to-day lives in the expensive and difficult ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Vecchiali | Stars: Hélène Surgère, Sonia Saviange, Huguette Forge, Michel Delahaye

Votes: 261

49. The CooCoo Nut Grove (1936)

Not Rated | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

A visit to a Hollywood nightclub, featuring caricatures of, among others, Walter Winchell, Hugh Herbert, W.C. Fields, Katharine Hepburn, Ned Sparks, Johnny Weissmuller, Lupe Velez, John ... See full summary »

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Jeane Cowan, Verna Deane, Melvin J. Gibby, Bernice Hansen

Votes: 612

50. Mickey's Gala Premier (1933)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A host of movie stars show up for the premiere of Mickey and Minnie's newest cartoon.

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Dorothy Compton, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Beatrice Hagen

Votes: 538