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1. 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: 383,961 | Gross: $7.22M
2. 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: 103,958 | Gross: $1.33M
3. Coyote Ugly (2000)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Aspiring songwriter Violet Sanford, after getting a job at a women-run NYC bar that teases its male patrons, comes out of her shell.
Director: David McNally | Stars: Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, John Goodman, Maria Bello
Votes: 120,953 | Gross: $60.79M
4. Burlesque (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.
Director: Steve Antin | Stars: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Alan Cumming, Eric Dane
Votes: 93,192 | Gross: $39.44M
5. Crossroads (I) (2002)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three childhood friends embark on a cross-country adventure to pursue dreams they once put aside, taking risks that are sure to change their lives forever.
Director: Tamra Davis | Stars: Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning
Votes: 44,132 | Gross: $37.19M
6. View from the Top (2003)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
A small-town woman tries to achieve her goal of becoming a flight attendant.
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Kelly Preston, Mark Ruffalo
Votes: 28,590 | Gross: $15.59M
7. Show Me Love (1998)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson, Mathias Rust
Votes: 55,409 | Gross: $0.17M
8. Zombie Strippers! (2008)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A zombie epidemic spreads throughout a strip club in Nebraska.
Director: Jay Lee | Stars: Jenna Jameson, Robert Englund, Roxy Saint, Penny Vital
Votes: 18,967
9. 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: 10,893 | Gross: $4.36M
10. 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
11. The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran, Kent Smith
Votes: 3,558 | Gross: $1.54M
12. The Awakening of Gabriella (1999)
R | 93 min | Drama
After leaving her small-town lover, an innocent beauty named Gabriella hits Hollywood with plans to enter a daring and exciting new chapter in her life.
Director: Carlton McRae | Stars: Susan Featherly, Mark Ritter, Jeannie Millar, Taimie Hannum
Votes: 526
13. The Truth (1960)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama
A liberated small-town girl and the family's black sheep moves to Paris with her sister, only to find herself standing trial for the shocking murder of her young lover. Was his killing premeditated or was this a crime of passion?
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Sami Frey
Votes: 4,458
14. Love Sick (2006)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
In order to spend more time with her girlfriend, Kiki, the young student Alex decides to give up her room at the student's hostel and move into the house where Kiki lives. A few months ... See full summary »
Director: Tudor Giurgiu | Stars: Maria Popistasu, Ioana Barbu, Tudor Chirila, Catalina Murgea
Votes: 3,246
15. Nothing Sacred (1937)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly
Votes: 7,264
16. Life in a Metro (2007)
132 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Six different stories, about nine people, each with different issues and problems, all occurring within one place: the METRO.
Director: Anurag Basu | Stars: Dharmendra, Gautam Kapur, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma
Votes: 12,899 | Gross: $0.15M
17. Straight Talk (1992)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman ditches her small-town life for big-city Chicago, where she becomes a sensation as a radio-show host.
Director: Barnet Kellman | Stars: Dolly Parton, James Woods, Griffin Dunne, Michael Madsen
Votes: 3,993 | Gross: $21.20M
18. Walk All Over Me (2007)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A small town girl runs into big time trouble as she takes on her roommates identity as a dominatrix to pay the bills.
Director: Robert Cuffley | Stars: Leelee Sobieski, Tricia Helfer, Lothaire Bluteau, Jacob Tierney
Votes: 2,506
19. It's a Great Feeling (1949)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Music
A waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when two actors agree to help her.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Doris Day, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Bill Goodwin
Votes: 1,977
20. Summer in the City (2016 TV Movie)
TV-G | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
The star manager of a small-town clothing store is suddenly promoted to run a company's flagship store--in Manhattan. To make it in the big city, she must combine her newly-acquired New ... See full summary »
Director: Vic Sarin | Stars: Julianna Guill, Marc Bendavid, Natasha Henstridge, Marla Sokoloff
Votes: 1,538
21. When Strangers Marry (1944)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Kim Hunter, Dean Jagger, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 1,375
22. Blonde Ambition (2007)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A young professional woman (Simpson) unwittingly becomes the pawn of two business executives in their bid to oust the head of a mega-conglomerate.
Director: Scott Marshall | Stars: Jessica Simpson, Luke Wilson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Penelope Ann Miller
Votes: 6,185 | Gross: $0.01M
23. 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
24. Elsewhere (2009)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A teen girl disappears after trying to meet men online in order to escape her small town. Apparently, only her best friend worries enough to investigate the mystery.
Director: Nathan Hope | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Jon Gries, Tania Raymonde, Paul Wesley
Votes: 3,503
25. 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
26. Turkey Drop (2019 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lucy Jacobs is a small-town girl who has started her freshman year at a big-city university. When Lucy returns home for Thanksgiving break, she suspects she is about to get turkey dropped: dumped by her high school sweetheart.
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti | Stars: Cheryl Hines, Olivia Holt, David Hewlett, Karen Cliche
Votes: 624
27. Millie (1931)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance
Millie's life begins to crumble when she finds out her husband is having an affair.
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Ames, James Hall
Votes: 857
28. Alice Adams (1935)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Evelyn Venable
Votes: 4,566
29. By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 2,479
30. Laaga Chunari Mein Daag: Journey of a Woman (2007)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A small town girl lands in big bad Mumbai to earn an honest living but faces a confrontation she would've never dreamt of in her wildest dreams.
Director: Pradeep Sarkar | Stars: Rani Mukerji, Jaya Bachchan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kunal Kapoor
Votes: 2,714 | Gross: $0.68M
31. On Moonlight Bay (1951)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Jack Smith, Leon Ames
Votes: 3,059
32. Prowl (2010)
R | 84 min | Horror
In Famfield, the teenager Amber feels displaced and dreams on moving to Chicago. When she learns that she is the foster daughter of her mother, she decides to move to the big city. Amber ... See full summary »
Director: Patrik Syversen | Stars: Ruta Gedmintas, Josh Bowman, Perdita Weeks, Jamie Blackley
Votes: 5,142
33. Schoolgirls (2020)
97 min | Drama
Celia, an 11-year-old girl, studies at a convent school and lives with her mum, a 30-year-old widow. The arrival of a new classmate hurls Celia into adolescence.
Director: Pilar Palomero | Stars: Andrea Fandos, Natalia de Molina, Zoé Arnao, Julia Sierra
Votes: 2,722
34. Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Small-town Indiana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadway producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. She follows him to New York and worms her way into his show, and his heart.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter, Richard Carlson
Votes: 1,270
35. Eggshells (1969)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy
Experimental allegorical story about a group of hippie students in Austin, Texas, who move into an old big house in the woods. However, something else is there and it's influencing them.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Mahlon Foreman, Ron Barnhart, Amy Lester, Kim Henkel
Votes: 495
36. Eva - Den utstötta (1969)
R | 93 min | Drama
A girl of 14 is embarrassing her foster parents. She exposes herself to a homeless and police. It turns out that the girl has had sex with various men in exchange for a little kindness and ... See full summary »
Director: Torgny Wickman | Stars: Solveig Andersson, Hans Wahlgren, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Einar Axelsson
Votes: 128
37. Headless Horseman (2007)
R | 87 min | Horror
Seven college kids take a shortcut on their way to a party and unfortunately end up in Wormwood, where the spirit of the Headless Horseman hunts them one by one.
Director: Anthony C. Ferrante | Stars: Billy Aaron Brown, Rebecca Mozo, Richard Moll, Arianne Fraser
Votes: 1,209
38. A Life of Her Own (1950)
Passed | 108 min | Drama, Mystery
A girl from Kansas arrives in New York City to become a model. Her further success brings her before moral choice.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Lana Turner, Ray Milland, Tom Ewell, Louis Calhern
Votes: 1,351
39. A Merry Christmas Match (2019 TV Movie)
TV-G | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Corey who works in her mom's antique shop, puts on a Christmas pageant in honor of her late father. When a man named Ryder visits her store, she wonders if she should have left town to follow her dream of becoming a theater director.
Director: Jake Helgren | Stars: Ashley Newbrough, Kyle Dean Massey, Lindsey Gort, John DeLuca
Votes: 1,418
40. Small Town Girl (1953)
Passed | 92 min | Musical, Romance
A judge's daughter keeps an eye on a playboy who gets 30 days in jail for speeding.
Director: László Kardos | Stars: Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller, S.Z. Sakall
Votes: 931
41. Hot Saturday (1932)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Romance
A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious womanizer.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll, Randolph Scott, Edward Woods
Votes: 1,374
42. T.R. Baskin (1971)
GP | 90 min | Drama
An enthusiastic young woman runs away to Chicago to start a new life. She is soon confronted with the emotional coldness of the big city, and has to search for her place in the scheme of things.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Candice Bergen, Peter Boyle, James Caan, Marcia Rodd
Votes: 366 | Gross: $0.28M
43. The Flapper (1920)
88 min | Comedy, Romance
Ginger grows up in a slow town. Because of her wild attitude, her father decides to send her to a strict boarding school. Despite the strictness, the girls have fun getting into flapper lifestyle trouble including flirting.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Olive Thomas, Theodore Westman Jr., William P. Carleton, Warren Cook
Votes: 430
44. 2 Guys and a Girl (2012)
PG-13 | 9 min | Short, Comedy
What happens when you take a small town girl, move her to Los Angeles and have her room with two young men who are pretending to be gay? Welcome to the world of 2 Guys and a Girl. Leah, new... See full summary »
Director: Delora A. O'Brien | Stars: Zac Badasci, Richardson Chery, Fatmata Kamara, Lissa Lauria
Votes: 8
45. Bitter/Sweet (2009)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
Brian, an American businessman, is sent to Thailand in search of local coffee plantations to purchase, but he ends up finding more than just coffee, and that the original purpose of the trip might not even be about coffee after all.
Director: Jeff Hare | Stars: Kip Pardue, James Brolin, Napakpapha Nakprasitte, Spencer Garrett
Votes: 329
46. Terror Inside (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the smallest of Florida towns a lone well driller, Joe, works gathering geological samples for a university study. Unknowingly, Joe unearths more than just primordial muck from deep ... See full summary »
Director: Joe G. Lenders | Stars: Corey Feldman, Tanya Memme, Joe Abby, Susie Feldman
Votes: 262
47. Skyskraber (2011)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A blind girl living in a claustrophobic village that missed its chance at greatness tries to lose her virginity to a shy boy with a guilty conscience.
Director: Rune Schjøtt | Stars: Lukas Schwarz Thorsteinsson, Marta Holm Peschcke-Køedt, Lucas Schultz, Morten Suurballe
Votes: 480
48. A Virgin in Hollywood (1953)
Not Rated | 63 min | Comedy, Music
A young female newspaper reporter is assigned by her editor to investigate the seamier side of Hollywood.
Director: Klaytan W. Kirby | Stars: Dorothy Abbott, Thad Swift, Phil Rhodes, Carol Brewster
Votes: 125
49. Celeste in the City (2004 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
A small-town girl new to Manhattan gets the make-over treatment from her gay cousin, leading to a whirlwind of romantic adventures.
Director: Larry Shaw | Stars: Majandra Delfino, Nicholas Brendon, Ethan Embry, Sadie LeBlanc
Votes: 827
50. Orchestra Wives (1942)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the bands tour and learns about ... See full summary »
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: George Montgomery, Ann Rutherford, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, Lynn Bari
Votes: 1,146