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1. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Approved | 137 min | Drama, Horror
A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 236,056
2. Noises Off... (1992)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy
A travelling theater group find so much action going on behind-the-scenes, they almost ruin the performances.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, Denholm Elliott, Julie Hagerty
Votes: 12,290 | Gross: $2.28M
3. Undefeatable (1993)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Kristi Jones (Cynthia Rothrock) avenges her sister's death at the hands of a crazed martial arts rapist.
Director: Godfrey Ho | Stars: Cynthia Rothrock, Don Niam, John Miller, Donna Jason
Votes: 2,598
4. Caesar Must Die (2012)
Unrated | 77 min | Drama
Inmates at a high-security prison in Rome prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar."
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri, Antonio Frasca
Votes: 6,828
5. Spotlight on Christmas (2020 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 84 min | Drama, Romance
Dumped before Christmas, famous Hollywood actress Olivia secretly returns to her hometown to eat cookies and avoid the press. Instead, she must step up to take the starring role in her own life.
Director: Ali Liebert | Stars: Tori Anderson, Victor Zinck Jr., Lia Frankland, Janet Kidder
Votes: 952
6. The Ladder (2021)
137 min | Drama, History
Based on true events, The Ladder follows the spiritual journey of Andrei, a sensitive, socially awkward young man who turns to acting in his search for true happiness. After the fall of ... See full summary »
Director: Vlad Paunescu | Stars: Eduard Trifa, Ana Maria Guran, Ioana Craciunescu, Valentin Teodosiu
Votes: 241
7. The Mysterious Miss X (1939)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Keith Neville and Dan Casey, two small-time stage actors, are traveling by bus back to New York City, and have an overnight stay in a small town. They take a room in a local hotel and a ... See full summary »
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Michael Whalen, Lynne Roberts, Chick Chandler, Mabel Todd
Votes: 66
8. You're a Sweetheart (1937)
Approved | 96 min | Music, Romance
Hal Adams tries to win the heart of Broadway star Betty Bradley.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Alice Faye, George Murphy, Ken Murray, Charles Winninger
Votes: 145
9. Dickens (2002)
164 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A docudrama biopic of the 19th-century author Charles Dickens
Stars: Peter Ackroyd, Miriam Margolyes, Kenneth Cranham, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 80
10. The Impostor (1975 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama
An ex-Army intelligence agent is hired to impersonate a rich builder who has been marked for assassination. While impersonating the builder, he discovers a conspiracy to embezzle a land-development company.
Director: Edward M. Abroms | Stars: Paul Hecht, Nancy Kelly, Meredith Baxter, Jack Ging
Votes: 21
11. Akropol (1996)
125 min | Musical, Drama
This musical shows of the Acropole dominated Greek theater during the 1950s and 60s. Acropole follows Prince, the self-made producer of this unusual and mythic theater, and Lakis, the ... See full summary »
Director: Pantelis Voulgaris | Stars: Lefteris Voyatzis, Stavros Paravas, Konstantinos Tzoumas, Themis Bazaka
Votes: 177
12. Jeszcze nie wieczór (2008)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of retired esteemed actors plans to stage Goethe's Faust. Their work toward fulfilling the dream breaks the routine of everyday life at the Retirement Home for Actors, and reveals the joy of reappearing on the stage.
Director: Jacek Blawut | Stars: Jan Nowicki, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Ewa Krasnodebska, Irena Kwiatkowska
Votes: 144
13. The Real Presence (1984)
60 min
Odd "fictional documentary" about the Avignon Festival.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Franck Oger, Nadège Clair, Camila Mora-Scheihing, Catherine Oudin
Votes: 25
14. The Artist Within (2012)
101 min | Drama, Thriller
The artist's psyche pushes the actor to the edge so that he loses his identity.
Director: Sunil Prem Vyas | Stars: Mamta Bhatia, Sunil Prem Vyas
15. Skuespillerens værktøjer (2001– )
28 min | Documentary
Actor/director Jens Arentzen takes a group of young people through a two day master course in acting. What does it take to seduce a stage audience or a film camera? The four episodes deal ... See full summary »
Stars: Jens Arentzen, Søs Sif Andersen, Tina Lehmann Jensen, Kasper Heron Købke
16. Que deviendront-ils? N° 10 (1993 TV Movie)
61 min | Documentary
Director: Michel Fresnel | Stars: Franck Crudo, Philippe Descout, Valérie Goupil, Ingrid
17.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
(1989)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
In the summer of 1931, three young idealists, Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg, were inspired by a passionate dream of transforming the American theater.
Director: David Heeley | Stars: Stella Adler, Margaret Barker, Phoebe Brand, Ellen Burstyn
Votes: 92
18.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Miracle on 44th Street: A Portrait of the Actors Studio
(1991)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
For the past fifty years, the Old Labor Stage on 44th street in New York City has been home to some of the most inventive acting, directing, and playwrighting in the country.
Director: Dennis Powers | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Frank Corsaro, Lee Grant, Anne Jackson
Votes: 78
19.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Cream of the Jest
(1957)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Broken-down actor Charles Gresham, who has a weakness for booze, demands that playwright Wayne Campbell give him a part. When Campbell refuses, Gresham resorts to blackmail.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Claude Rains, James Gregory, Paul Picerni
Votes: 627