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1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
R | 161 min | Comedy, Drama
A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch
Votes: 849,749 | Gross: $142.50M
2. Dinner at Eight (1933)
Passed | 111 min | Drama
Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow
Votes: 9,028 | Gross: $4.58M
3. Funny Story (2018)
TV-14 | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
A dramedy about a well-intentioned father who inadvertently wreaks havoc on the life of his estranged daughter when she invites him to her woodland wedding.
Director: Michael J. Gallagher | Stars: Matthew Glave, Emily Bett Rickards, Jana Gallagher, Nikki Limo
Votes: 558
4. Hollywood Wives (1985)
270 min | Drama, Romance
A three-part, six-hour adoptation of Jackie Collins' book about a group of very wealthy, attractive, snobbish women who are caught up in the low life and high society of Hollywood.
Stars: Candice Bergen, Joanna Cassidy, Mary Crosby, Angie Dickinson
Votes: 380
5. Dancing in the Dark (1949)
Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Conceited actor Emery Slade, on a mission to recruit a Broadway star for Fox, picks unknown Julie Clarke instead.
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: William Powell, Mark Stevens, Betsy Drake, Adolphe Menjou
Votes: 229
6. It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
While hospitalized young Billy meets his silent movie idol Tim Bart but then the talkies came, destroying Bart's career. Now Bart must convince his young friend he is still a star.
Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Richard Dix, Fay Wray, Victor Kilian, Charles Arnt
Votes: 705
7. Lookwell (1991 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The former star of a cancelled cop TV show solves crimes. Pilot episode for a TV series that was never picked up.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Adam West, Ron Frazier, Ann Weldon, Todd Field
Votes: 561
8. Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, Romance
With a full Hollywood background and settings, but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: John Halliday, Marsha Hunt, Robert Cummings, C. Henry Gordon
Votes: 132