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1. Tropic Thunder (2008)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, War
Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Kahn
Votes: 448,172 | Gross: $110.52M
2. 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: 384,133 | Gross: $102.61M
3. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
G | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen
Votes: 260,705 | Gross: $8.82M
4. Their Finest (2016)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Richard E. Grant
Votes: 21,299 | Gross: $3.60M
5. A Burning Hot Summer (2011)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
The once-happy marriage between brooding painter Frederic and his movie-star wife Angele hits the rocks when another couple joins them on a Roman holiday.
Director: Philippe Garrel | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Louis Garrel, Céline Sallette, Jérôme Robart
Votes: 2,349
6. Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
Spalding Gray discusses his participation in the film The Killing Fields (1984) and the background story about the troubles of Cambodia.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Spalding Gray, Sam Waterston, Ira Wheeler
Votes: 2,378 | Gross: $1.09M
7. Filmworker (2017)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary about how English actor Leon Vitali came to work as an assistant to American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick for over 30 years.
Director: Tony Zierra | Stars: Leon Vitali, Ryan O'Neal, Brian Capron, Mike Alfreds
Votes: 3,502 | Gross: $0.10M
8. The Rest is Silence (2007)
114 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1911-12, the Romanian movie director Grigore Brezianu and the financial tycoon Leon Popescu made together the 2 hours long movie "Romania's Independence" - an as faithful as possible ... See full summary »
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: Marius Florea Vizante, Ovidiu Niculescu, Mirela Zeta, Sandu Mihai Gruia
Votes: 2,931
9. Forced March (1989)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, History, War
Ben Kline is a successful television actor looking for a meaningful role to make him a movie star. When he sets out to play a hero who died in the Holocaust, he is forced to face the ... See full summary »
Director: Rick King | Stars: Chris Sarandon, Renée Soutendijk, Josef Sommer, John Seitz
Votes: 111
10. Iraq in Fragments (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, War
Stories from modern day Iraq as told by Iraqis living in a time of war, occupation and ethnic tension.
Director: James Longley | Stars: Marmar Alhilali, Mohammed Haithem, Suleiman Mahmoud, Mohamed Qasim Sainakh
Votes: 1,546 | Gross: $0.20M
11. Enemy at the Gates: Through the Crosshairs (2002 Video)
19 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Toby Reisz | Stars: Peter Cullen, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Alisa Tager, Jude Law
Votes: 229
12. You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca' (1992 Video)
35 min | Documentary, Short
The making of 'Casablanca'.
Director: Scott Benson | Stars: Lauren Bacall, Pia Lindström, Rudy Behlmer, Julius J. Epstein
Votes: 269
13. The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)
56 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A look at the parallel lives of Charles Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of The Great Dictator (1940).
Directors: Kevin Brownlow, Michael Kloft | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Adolf Hitler, Sydney Chaplin, Stanley Kauffmann
Votes: 682
14. Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988)
106 min | Documentary, War
A documentary about how Hollywood kept up morale during the years of World War II.
Director: Julian Schlossberg | Stars: Van Johnson, Vivian Blaine, Humphrey Bogart, Dane Clark
Votes: 96
15. Hollywood contra Franco (2008)
92 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The Spanish Civil War made a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of the 20th Century. Lots of films were made in Hollywood referring to this event, and the defeat ... See full summary »
Director: Oriol Porta | Stars: Lluís Soler, Brendan Price, Alvah Bessie, Moe Fishman
Votes: 63
16. Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
92 min | Documentary, History
The history of Hollywood's handling of the Nazis and its later depiction of the Holocaust they perpetrated.
Director: Daniel Anker | Stars: Gene Hackman, Norma Barzman, Jack Benny, Michael Berenbaum
Votes: 663 | Gross: $0.02M
17. John Wayne: American Hero of the Movies (1990 Video)
60 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
Star: John Wayne
18. Nitrato d'argento (1996)
87 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The film celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of cinema. It presents the technical and artistic evolution of the motion pictures. We move from mute to sound, from black-and-white ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: László Balogh, Éric Berger, Marc Berman, Doriana Bianchi
Votes: 145
19. I Want to Live (2015)
106 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Stories of Kurdish Refugees from Syria who are living in refugee camps in Kurdistan. The film was shot on location and takes place during the Syrian civil war and the ISIS attacks on ... See full summary »
Director: Karzan Kardozi | Stars: Shndar Noradin Ali, Ahmed Noradin Ali, Noradin Khalaf Ali, Nariman Abdullah
Votes: 2,877
20. John Ford Goes to War (2002)
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
When World War II broke out, John Ford, in his forties, commissioned in the Naval Reserve, was put in charge of the Field Photographic Unit by Bill Donavan, director of the soon-to-be-OSS. ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Thurman | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Ward Bond, Michael Curtiz, Jane Darwell
Votes: 153
21. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003 TV Special)
TV-14 | Documentary
The American Film Institute celebrates 100 years of film by recognizing the top 50 film heroes and top 50 film villains of all time.
Directors: Gary Smith, Dann Netter | Stars: Kathy Bates, Anthony Hopkins, Hayden Christensen, Glenn Close
Votes: 271
22. Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion (2000 TV Movie)
Unrated | 28 min | Documentary
A very well structured making-of documentary for the film 'Braveheart' (1995). We learn about how Mel Gibson got attached to the project as star, director and producer. This is a fairly ... See full summary »
Directors: Tom Shelly, Toby Reisz | Stars: Mel Gibson, Randall Wallace, Catherine McCormack, Bruce Davey
Votes: 169
23. MovieReal: Kingdom of Heaven (2005 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary, History, War
A look at the historical accuracies and inaccuracies of the movie Kingdom of Heaven (2005).
Stars: Orlando Bloom, Jill Claster, Paul M. Cobb, Hamid Dabashi
Votes: 23
24. The China Odyssey: 'Empire of the Sun', a Film by Steven Spielberg (1987 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary
A documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun (1987).
Director: Les Mayfield | Stars: Martin Sheen, Steven Spielberg, J.G. Ballard, Christian Bale
Votes: 242
25. Vida en sombras (1949)
90 min | Drama
His director's only film, Vida en Sombras tells the story of a man who from his childhood falls in love with cinema and grows to be a director and cameraman. While struggling to make ... See full summary »
Director: Lorenzo Llobet Gracia | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, María Dolores Pradera, Isabel de Pomés, Fernando Sancho
Votes: 311
26. A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' (2003 Video)
11 min | Documentary, Short
In the 40's Howard Hawks boasts that he can make a movie out of the worst thing Hemingway ever has written. When Hemingway asks, which novel he means, Hawks says To Have and Have Not. Jules... See full summary »
Stars: Leonard Maltin, Eric Lax, Robert Osborne, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 65
27. A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' (2001 Video)
53 min | Documentary
Revisiting Platoon (1986)
Directors: Charles Kiselyak, Jeff McQueen | Stars: Oliver Stone, Arnold Kopelson, Dale Dye, Charlie Sheen
Votes: 201
28. Journey to the Screen: The Making of 'Pearl Harbor' (2001 TV Movie)
47 min | Documentary
An overview of the making of the film Pearl Harbor (2001) and a look back at the real life events
Director: Doug McCallie | Stars: Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin, Kenny Bates, Michael Bay
Votes: 124
29. The Making of 'Midway' (2001 Video)
39 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary short looks at the making of the 1976 movie about the Battle of Midway that turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific .
Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: Edward Albert, Geneviève Bujold, James Coburn, Dabney Coleman
Votes: 70
30. Sharpe's Challenge: Behind the Scenes (2006 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Zeynep Santiroglu
Votes: 9
31. The Making of 'Sands of Iwo Jima' (1993 Video)
Documentary, Short
A documentary hosted by film critic Leonard Maltin, detailing the making of the classic 1949 John Wayne war film "The Sands of Iwo Jima." Included are clips from the film and interviews with Wayne's co-stars and members of his family.
Stars: Leonard Maltin, John Agar, Wally Cassell, Len Fribourg
Votes: 45
32. The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975)
167 min | Documentary, History, War
"The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War" (1975) is a compilation documentary narrated by Lowell Thomas, illustrating changing attitudes toward the war and its participants, as well as ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Ward | Stars: Bothwell Browne, Charles Chaplin, Lillian Gish, D.W. Griffith
Votes: 31
33. Zwartboek: The Special (2006 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short
A behind the scenes look at the making of Paul Verhoeven's return to Dutch cinema: Zwartboek.
Directors: Rolf Laimböck, Peter Wingender | Stars: Carice van Houten, Hugo Metsers, Thom Hoffman, Paul Verhoeven
Votes: 49
34. Into the Breach: 'Saving Private Ryan' (1998 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Chris Harty | Stars: Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Matt Damon, Edward Burns
Votes: 356
35. The Making of 'Gettysburg' (1993 Video)
52 min | Documentary
Stars: Martin Sheen, Ron Maxwell, Moctesuma Esparza, Robert Katz
Votes: 65
36. Oscar Presents: The War Movies and John Wayne (1977)
100 min | Documentary, Biography
Star: John Wayne
Votes: 36
37. Once Upon a Time in the South: Behind 'the Last Confederate' (2007 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
The story behind the Adams family and the making of "The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams." Weston Adams and his son, Julian, tell the tale of making a feature film about their ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Adams | Stars: Weston Adams, Julian Adams, A. Blaine Miller, Robert W. Filion
Votes: 31
38. Samuel Fuller & The Big Red One (1979)
77 min | Documentary
A documentary chronicling the filming of Samuel Fuller's 1980 war film, "The Big Red One." Included are clips from the film and interviews with the cast and crew.
Director: Thys Ockersen | Stars: Samuel Fuller, Kelly Ward, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco
Votes: 40
39. We Get to Win This Time (2002 Video)
20 min | Short, Documentary
The cast and crew of Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) reflect on making the film.
Director: Ian T. Haufrect | Stars: Mario Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna, David Morrell, George P. Cosmatos
Votes: 92
40. Fight Against Time: Oliver Stone's Alexander (2005 Video)
76 min | Documentary
When Sean Stone took time off from college to film behind-the-scenes on his father Oliver Stone's 2004 epic, 'Alexander', he didn't expect to work out his own feelings of alienation from a ... See full summary »
Director: Sean Stone | Stars: Moritz Borman, Elliot Cowan, Rosario Dawson, Colin Farrell
Votes: 34
41. So You Want to Be an Actor (1949)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Comedy
Unemployed thespian Joe McDoakes makes all the casting calls, reads all of the trade papers, sees agents, and tries out for casting directors and producers, and finally lands a role: the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: George O'Hanlon, Fred Clark, Art Gilmore, Fred Kelsey
Votes: 65
42. A Story of Survival: Behind the Scenes of 'the Pianist' (2003 Video)
39 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Roman Polanski, Adrien Brody, Gene Gutowski, Robert Benmussa
Votes: 94
43. 100 Years of John Wayne (2007 TV Short)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Jim Beaver, Ward Bond, David Dean Bottrell, Myles Cabot
Votes: 21
44. Alfred the Great (II) (1969)
5 min | Short, Biography
This promotional short for the feature film Alfred the Great (1969) briefly tells of the virtues of the warrior-king, and comments on the three major players in the film. Scenes from the movie are featured.
Stars: Clive Donner, David Hemmings, Prunella Ransome, Michael York
Votes: 24
45. A Film for the Few: Making 'Battle of Britain' (2004 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Greg Carson | Stars: Guy Hamilton, Bernard Williams, Garth Thomas, Paul Annett
Votes: 20
46. Inside 'Enemy at the Gates' (2001 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris
Votes: 73
47. A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' (2000 Video)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: David Bond, Jack Cardiff, Ian Christie, Stephen Fry
Votes: 81
48. Operation Dirty Dozen (1967)
9 min | Short, Documentary
This promotional short film provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Dirty Dozen (1967). It shows star Lee Marvin and the other actors on set and enjoying their time off in London during the Swinging 1960s.
Director: Ronald Saland | Stars: Lee Marvin, John Cassavetes, Jim Brown, Clint Walker
Votes: 196
49. Destruction of Silence: Making Of (2014 Video)
Documentary, Short
Stars: David Gisik, Jakob Gisik, Joe Hall, Boris Hansmann
50. Die Feindfahrt von U 96 (1981 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Directors: Wilhelm Bittorf, Ulli Pfau
Votes: 31