Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "film-in-film"

51. Stunt Rock (1978)

PG | 91 min | Action, Drama, Music

While working on a TV show in Los Angeles, famed Australian stuntman Grant Page helps an up-and-coming fantasy-themed rock band develop special effects and dangerous stunts for their act.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Grant Page, Monique van de Ven, Margaret Gerard, Sorcery

Votes: 617

52. Mary (I) (2005)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Thriller

The Virgin Mary delivers a message to an 11-year-old girl.

Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Modine, Marion Cotillard

Votes: 2,115

53. Passion (1982)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama

A film director has an inspirational crisis while working on the production, Passion, and struggles with the nature of work and art.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Radziwilowicz

Votes: 2,851

54. Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995 TV Movie)

210 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Elizabeth Taylor's rise to stardom, beginning in Los Angeles 1942. Growing up, Elizabeth has several love-affairs - and several divorces, since her husbands can't accept being married to a Hollywood icon.

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Sherilyn Fenn, Nigel Havers, Katherine Helmond, Angus Macfadyen

Votes: 539

55. Two Friends (2015)

100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two best friends have their relationship tested when Abel tries to help his friend Clement with the latter's love interest Mona.

Director: Louis Garrel | Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Vincent Macaigne, Louis Garrel, Mahaut Adam

Votes: 2,154

56. Intervista (1987)

105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Federico Fellini accepts the request of a television crew to be interviewed about his career, narrating memories, dreams, realities and fantasies.

Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Sergio Rubini, Antonella Ponziani, Maurizio Mein, Paola Liguori

Votes: 3,196 | Gross: $0.11M

57. Babs (2017 TV Movie)

90 min | Biography, Drama

A drama about the life and career of actress Barbara Windsor.

Director: Dominic Leclerc | Stars: Samantha Spiro, Charlie Archer, Nick Moran, Honor Kneafsey

Votes: 666

58. Forgotten Silver (1995 TV Movie)

53 min | Comedy

The film deals with the career of a supposedly forgotten pioneer of international cinema, Colin McKenzie, who was allegedly born in rural New Zealand in 1888.

Directors: Costa Botes, Peter Jackson | Stars: Peter Jackson, Jeffrey Thomas, Costa Botes, Leonard Maltin

Votes: 6,325 | Gross: $0.03M

59. Memories of My Father (2020)

136 min | Drama, History

An author recalls life with his father, a university professor who fought against oppression and social inequality in Colombia in the seventies.

Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Javier Cámara, Nicolás Reyes Cano, Juan Pablo Urrego, Patricia Tamayo

Votes: 2,635

60. Merci La Vie (1991)

117 min | Drama

A lonely teenage girl studying her exams meets a homeless woman and befriend with her.

Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anouk Grinberg, Michel Blanc, Jean Carmet

Votes: 1,374

61. Sherman's March (1985)

Not Rated | 157 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

Documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee sets out to make a movie about Union General Sherman's March to the Sea towards the end of the American Civil War, but keeps getting sidetracked by his own love life.

Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Ross McElwee, Dede McElwee, Ross McElwee Jr., Patricia Rendleman

Votes: 2,712

62. Love Is a Funny Thing (1969)

R | 110 min | Drama, Romance

Filming in the USA, Henri and Françoise meet and fall in love with each other.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Annie Girardot, Maria Pia Conte, Marcel Bozzuffi

Votes: 751

63. Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2018)

TV-14 | 80 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

The true story of how Luis Buñuel made his third movie.

Director: Salvador Simó | Stars: Jorge Usón, Fernando Ramos, Luis Enrique de Tomás, Cyril Corral

Votes: 2,451 | Gross: $0.03M

64. Something in the Air (2012)

Not Rated | 122 min | Drama

In the months after the heady weeks of May '68, a group of young Europeans search for a way to continue the revolution believed to be just beginning.

Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Clément Métayer, André Marcon, Lola Créton, Felix Armand

Votes: 4,720 | Gross: $0.07M

65. Three Men and a Leg (1997)

100 min | Comedy

Three friends cross Italy by car in order to deliver their boss his dog and a wooden leg.

Directors: Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Giovanni Storti, Massimo Venier | Stars: Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti, Marina Massironi

Votes: 10,213

66. French film

90 min | Drama, Romance | Post-production

Sam and Léna, two actors, are in love. Sam wants to completely possess Léna. She gives herself entirely to him. Yet their relationship deteriorates to the point of disaster.

Director: Claude Chamis | Stars: Luca Colucci, Pauline Miocekovitz, Augustin De Winter, Nathan Moreira

67. Cet été-là (2022)

99 min | Comedy, Drama

Chronicles the passage from childhood to adolescence through the story of pre-teens who meet each summer as a family and share all the questions of entering adolescence.

Director: Éric Lartigau | Stars: Rose Pou-Pellicer, Juliette Havelange, Marina Foïs, Gael García Bernal

Votes: 219

68. Arpa Colla (1982)

98 min | Comedy

Two filmmakers with progressive ideas try to be inspired by the surrounding reality on an attempt to make a movie.

Director: Nicos Perakis | Stars: Mimis Hrysomallis, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Despina Pajanou, Rocky Taylor

Votes: 516

69. More About the Language of Love (1970)

90 min | Documentary

While LANGUAGE OF LOVE illustrated general sex behaviour, MORE ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE shows minority group attitudes towards sex. As in the first film, there is an expert panel of ... See full summary »

Director: Torgny Wickman | Stars: Inge Hegeler, Sten Hegeler, Maj-Brith Bergström-Walan, Ove Alström

Votes: 158

70. Tango (1998)

PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Musical

Mario Suarez is a forty-something tango artist, whose wife Laura has left him. He leaves his apartment and starts preparing a film about tango.

Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Miguel Ángel Solá, Cecilia Narova, Mía Maestro, Juan Carlos Copes

Votes: 3,075 | Gross: $1.69M

71. Yoyo (1965)

Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A man has everything: dozens of servants, a palace, vast woods, gardens, a lake, mechanical toys, private entertainment troupes of musicians and dancers. He has it all - but love. When ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Étaix | Stars: Pierre Étaix, Claudine Auger, Philippe Dionnet, Luce Klein

Votes: 1,692

72. Che ora è? (1989)

97 min | Comedy, Drama

The visit of a lawer to his military son is an opportunity to recall the past, discuss the future and find a meeting point between two diametrically opposite personalities.

Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Troisi, Anne Parillaud, Renato Moretti

Votes: 1,308

73. Last Words (II) (2020)

126 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

It is 2085. A young man, one of the few survivors of the human community of old, embarks on a long voyage to find others.

Director: Jonathan Nossiter | Stars: Nick Nolte, Kalipha Touray, Charlotte Rampling, Alba Rohrwacher

Votes: 369

74. Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An FBI agent investigates the murder of his partner by taking over the 3 cases he was working on, determined to find his killer.

Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Ruth Roman, Martha Hyer, Marisa Pavan

Votes: 1,570

75. The House of Seven Corpses (1974)

PG | 88 min | Horror

A director is filming on location in a house where seven murders were committed. The caretaker warns them not to mess with things they do not understand (the murders were occult related), ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Harrison | Stars: John Ireland, Faith Domergue, John Carradine, Carole Wells

Votes: 1,595

76. Student Affairs (1987)

R | 92 min | Comedy

The story of a group of people who are making a film about life in high school in the 1950's.

Director: Chuck Vincent | Stars: Louie Bonanno, Jim Abele, Tracey Adams, Alan Fisler

Votes: 84

77. Rum Runners (1971)

Not Rated | 135 min | Adventure, Comedy

In the prohibition years, the 'rumrunners' travel through the Caribbean Sea with the forbidden liquor barely escaping the ship patrols. While on the run, one of the bootleggers falls in love with an actress on a movie set.

Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Lino Ventura, Brigitte Bardot, Bill Travers, Clive Revill

Votes: 605

78. Afstiros katallilo (2008)

110 min | Comedy

Two young Greek filmmakers seeking financing for their film "The End of the Passion" and end up with "Panourgias" a former porn-king of the 70s. He agrees to shoot the film but he also has another secret plan.

Directors: Thanasis Papathanasiou, Michalis Reppas | Stars: Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos, Pigmalion Dadakaridis, Penelope Pitsouli, Dimitris Tzoumakis

Votes: 2,171

79. The Caiman (2006)

112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A skewering of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Silvio Orlando, Margherita Buy, Jasmine Trinca, Michele Placido

Votes: 5,297

80. The Making of '...and God Spoke' (1993)

R | 82 min | Comedy

A documentary on the making of a big budget Bible picture. This is a spoof that shows the inside action on a film set where everything that could possibly go wrong goes wrong

Director: Arthur Borman | Stars: Michael Riley, Stephen Rappaport, Tamara Mello, Ashlie Rhey

Votes: 947 | Gross: $0.06M

81. Casanova's Return (2023)

90 min | Drama

The Venetian libertine has trouble facing the fact that he's over 60.

Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Toni Servillo, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Sara Serraiocco, Natalino Balasso

Votes: 429

82. Don Quixote (1992)

Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama

The story of a Spanish gentlemen gone mad and his dim-witted squire Sancho Panza, who set forth on a journey to right wrongs and accomplish good deeds in the name of chivalry.

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Francisco Reiguera, Akim Tamiroff, Pepe Mediavilla, Juan Carlos Ordóñez

Votes: 907

83. The Passionate Thief (1960)

106 min | Comedy, Drama

Tortorella tries to spend New Year's Eve with her wealthy friends, but ends up with an actor in decay and a pickpocket.

Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Anna Magnani, Totò, Ben Gazzara, Fred Clark

Votes: 921 | Gross: $0.03M

84. Sexy Cat (1973)

87 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A Spanish television crew shooting a pilot for a show about the hit female comic-book character Sexy Cat finds itself stalked by a serial killer dressed as the character.

Director: Julio Pérez Tabernero | Stars: Germán Cobos, Dyanik Zurakowska, Lone Fleming, María Villa

Votes: 162

85. Slogan (1969)

GP | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

In Venice, forty-old-year old Serge Fabergé has just been given the best advertisement director award. While taking a walk on the Piazza San Marco, Serge meets Evelyn Nicholson, a ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Grimblat | Stars: Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, Andréa Parisy, Daniel Gélin

Votes: 479

86. The Orphanage (2019)

90 min | Drama

A 15-year-old ticket scalper in Kabul dreams of Bollywood until the Soviets force him into a state facility.

Director: Shahrbanoo Sadat | Stars: Karan Jeet Singh, Qodrat, Eshanullah Kharoti, Anwar Hashimi

Votes: 685

87. Dutch Wife in the Desert (1967)

NC-17 | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A private detective is hired to find a woman who has apparently been murdered in a snuff film. It turns out the woman's not dead, but very much alive, and he gets sucked into a torrid ... See full summary »

Director: Atsushi Yamatoya | Stars: Miki Watari, Yûichi Minato, Shôhei Yamamoto, Masayoshi Nogami

Votes: 539

88. Big City Blues (1997)

R | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A collection of characters threaten to cross paths, unknowingly, during a night in the big city. The film focuses on two hit men who are bound to collide with Cates, a beautiful prostitute.

Director: Clive Fleury | Stars: Burt Reynolds, William Forsythe, Giancarlo Esposito, Arye Gross

Votes: 365

89. I complessi (1965)

107 min | Comedy

In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer Gabriella, lover of Alvaro, with the complexity of shyness. In the second part, Prof. Beozi, in order to avoid a scandal, ends up in a raid of... See full summary »

Directors: Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Dino Risi, Franco Rossi | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Ilaria Occhini, Riccardo Garrone, Umberto D'Orsi

Votes: 924

90. Compelling Evidence (1995)

86 min | Thriller

Rick Stone is the world's biggest action star but unfortunately, he is also the prime suspect in his wife's death. He must enlist the help of a conniving tabloid reporter named Dana Fields ... See full summary »

Director: Donald Farmer | Stars: Brigitte Nielsen, Danny Fendley, Dana Plato, Melissa Moore

Votes: 472

91. Un + Une (2015)

Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

French famous film score composer goes to India to compose the score for an Indian adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. There he meets the wife of the French ambassador to India, and a complicated relationship ensues.

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Elsa Zylberstein, Christopher Lambert, Alice Pol

Votes: 2,484

92. In Praise of Love (2001)

PG | 97 min | Drama

An author works on a project on the subject of love, and, in the process, crosses paths with a former love in his life.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Bruno Putzulu, Cécile Camp, Jean Davy, Françoise Verny

Votes: 3,029 | Gross: $0.25M

93. Lily in Love (1984)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy

Broadway star Fitzroy Wynn (Christopher Plummer) is thrilled when his wife Lily (Dame Maggie Smith) writes a new script with a brilliant lead role. While egocentric Fitz thinks himself ... See full summary »

Director: Károly Makk | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Maggie Smith, Elke Sommer, Adolph Green

Votes: 260 | Gross: $0.38M

94. Rented Lips (1987)

R | 82 min | Comedy

A documentary filmmaker who has spent the last 15 years making films like "Aluminum: Our Shiny Friend," is finally given the chance to make the documentary on Indian farming he has always ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Martin Mull, Dick Shawn, Jennifer Tilly, Edy Williams

Votes: 390

95. Nina Wu (2019)

Unrated | 102 min | Drama

Nina Wu, a girl who leaves small theatre company in the country for the big city in pursuit of her actress dream. The wait seems to be endless, as she lives a lonely and repressed life ... See full summary »

Director: Midi Z | Stars: Ke-Xi Wu, Vivian Sung, Kimi Hsia, Li-Ang Chang

Votes: 1,326

96. Zingo (1998)

92 min | Comedy

A comedy about a young man with a tendency to screw things up. After years of unhealthy living he is looking for calm and rest. But first he has to deal with a drug-dealing debt. He teams ... See full summary »

Director: Christjan Wegner | Stars: Björn Kjellman, Helena Af Sandeberg, Per Morberg, Thomas Hellberg

Votes: 987

97. Jackie Chan Presents: Wushu (2008)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, Family

Ten years ago, five students joined a martial arts school and learned the disciplines of Wushu and the bonds of friendship. Today, both will be put to the test after they and a former student stumble into a child kidnapping ring.

Director: Antony Szeto | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Fengchao Liu, Wenjie Wang, Phoebe Wang

Votes: 780

98. A Castle in Italy (2013)

104 min | Comedy, Drama

A family is forced to sell their Italian home.

Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Louis Garrel, Filippo Timi, Marisa Borini

Votes: 1,255

99. Lobster Man from Mars (1989)

PG | 82 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A movie mogul in search of a tax shelter screens a space parody about a young woman, a mad scientist and a space monster.

Director: Stanley Sheff | Stars: Deborah Foreman, S.D. Nemeth, Anthony Hickox, Dean Jacobson

Votes: 709

100. The Size of Watermelons (1996)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Music

A political activist and comic-store owner heads to Las Vegas with all of his money to try to win enough cash to get his filmmaker pal's project off the ground.

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Paul Rudd, Donal Logue, Ione Skye, Donovan Leitch Jr.

Votes: 284