Here we've displayed a list of the best Movie Set films : The Stunt Man(1980), The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story(2009), Singin' in the Rain(1952), The Last Command(1928), Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures(2001), Millennium Actress(2001), Burden of Dreams(1982), Drive(2011), Adaptation(2002), Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988), Divine Trash(1998), The Cold Blue(2018) ... ...
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1980
129 Minutes
Peter O'Toole Steve Railsback Barbara Hershey Allen Goorwitz Alex Rocco Sharon Farrell Adam Roarke Philip Bruns Chuck Bail John Garwood James Hess
fugitive actress director stuntman amusing engaging intense hollywood, calif. movie set movie making fugitives dangerous assignment deception adventure discovery underdog 1980s
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Documentary
USA
2009
101 Minutes
Jeff Sherman Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman Julie Andrews Jim Dale Roy Edward Disney Micky Dolenz
songwriter brother coworker friend musician inspiring fascinating studio movie set career brotherhood music legacy filmmaking rise love rivalry 20th century
In 1981, black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for the murder of white Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner and was convicted of it in 1982. More than 25 years later, the ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
102 Minutes
Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Donald O'Connor Jean Hagen Millard Mitchell Rita Moreno Douglas Fowley Cyd Charisse Madge Blake King Donovan
actor singer actress friend songwriter filmmaker emotional playful witty hollywood new york city street movie set silent movies movie making song and dance love triangle jealousy media love
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Drama, Romance, History
USA
1928
90 Minutes
Emil Jannings Evelyn Brent William Powell Nicholas Soussanin Michael Visaroff
revolutionary russian general director extra gripping disheartening intense russia hollywood movie set revenge role reversal humiliation insanity movie making fall rivalry transformation 1920s
A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
Documentary, Biography
USA
2001
141 Minutes
Paul Mazursky Irene Kane James B. Harris Marie Windsor Richard Schickel Christiane Kubrick
director actor producer film critic daughter wife fascinating amusing inspiring los angeles bronx, n.y. movie set school house stanley kubrick filmmaking rise transformation 1990s
The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.
Anime, Fantasy, Drama
Japan
2001
87 Minutes
actress director love interest mother emotional profound japan movie set household acting romance search aging filmmaking love pursuit 1970s
A TV interviewer and his cameraman meet a former actress and travel through her memories and career.
Documentary
USA
1982
95 Minutes
filmmaker actor native mick jagger cinematographer shocking passionate spectacular peru amazon mountain steamboat movie set river werner herzog obsession filmmaking collaboration bad luck quest
A documentary following German auteur Werner Herzog as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather and getting a boat over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film Fitzcarraldo (1982).
Drama, Action, Crime
USA
2011
100 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Carey Mulligan Bryan Cranston Albert Brooks Oscar Isaac Ron Perlman Kaden Leos Christina Hendricks
stuntman mechanic single mother young boy ex-convict mob boss brutal thrilling powerful los angeles apartment building pawn shop car movie set garage heist organized crime love triangle stunt driving one last job
A mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic moonlights as a getaway driver and finds himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2002
114 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Meryl Streep Chris Cooper Tilda Swinton Cara Seymour Brian Cox Judy Greer Maggie Gyllenhaal Ron Livingston Jay Tavare Stephen Tobolowsky
screenwriter writer twin thief waitress quirky frenetic household jungle movie set restaurant new york city swamp evolution movie making robbery romance writer's block obsession pursuit
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
Comedy
USA|UK
1988
104 Minutes
Bob Hoskins Christopher Lloyd Joanna Cassidy Stubby Kaye Alan Tilvern Richard LeParmentier Joel Silver Betsy Brantley Paul Springer Richard Ridings Edwin Craig
detective judge roger rabbit rabbit businessperson studio head amusing creative cheeky spectacular hollywood movie set toontown bar murder infidelity actors corruption cartoons mystery
A toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder.
Documentary
USA
1998
105 Minutes
John Waters Jeanine Basinger Steve Buscemi Brad Ganson Hal Hartley Ken Jacobs Jim Jarmusch George Kuchar Mike Kuchar Herschell Gordon Lewis David Lochary
filmmaker actor parent friend campy amusing engaging offbeat baltimore movie set john waters filmmaking divine queer cinema cult films rise underdog 1990s
The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters. Intercut with a 1972 interview of Waters are clips from his first films and recent interviews with his ... See full summary »
Documentary, War
USA
2018
72 Minutes
director actor documentarian inspiring touching powerful fascinating studio movie set cinema footage filmmaking documentary filmmaking filmmaker documentaries discovery transformation rescue 1940s
A tribute to one of the world's great filmmakers and the men of the 8th Air Force who flew mission after suicidal mission in the Second World War.
Drama, Comedy
USA|UK|China
2019
159 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Brad Pitt Margot Robbie Kurt Russell Dakota Fanning Damon Herriman Austin Butler Emile Hirsch Scoot McNairy Luke Perry Al Pacino
actor struggling actor middle-aged man hippie stuntman director cool confident offbeat hollywood restaurant ranch movie set movie studio movie making acting alcoholism stardom starting over fall
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.
Musical
USA
1954
176 Minutes
Judy Garland James Mason Jack Carson Charles Bickford Tommy Noonan Lucy Marlow Amanda Blake Irving Bacon Hazel Shermet James Brown Lotus Robb
actor actress emotional engaging touching hollywood, calif. movie set aging actors love ambition alcoholism love sacrifice transformation 1950s
A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.
Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
UK|USA|France
2011
126 Minutes
Ben Kingsley Sacha Baron Cohen Asa Butterfield Chloë Grace Moretz Ray Winstone Emily Mortimer Christopher Lee Helen McCrory Michael Stuhlbarg Frances de la Tour Richard Griffiths
orphan uncle georges méliès inspector god-daughter father heartwarming dreamy spectacular train station museum paris toy shop movie set father/son relationship filmmaking imagination loneliness growing up quest
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Documentary
Canada
2017
90 Minutes
Adrian Buitenhuls
actor artist musician friend celebrity family emotional endearing heartwarming somber home studio movie set documentaries biography death of friend footage reminiscence remembrance discovery
Friends and family of the late actor Heath Ledger remember his life and career.
Documentary
France|USA
1998
85 Minutes
Roger Deakins Dante Ferretti Tencho Gyalpo Dalai Lama Robert Lin Melissa Mathison Lobsang Samten Martin Scorsese Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong Jigme Tsarong
dalai lama director screenwriter producer actor monk powerful solemn morocco movie set office monastery buddhism filmmaking religion martin scorsese kundun quest 1990s
Documentary
UK|USA
2002
92 Minutes
Louis Pepe
terry gilliam johnny depp actor producer cameraman fascinating incredible wild spain movie set jungle trailer don quixote filmmaking setbacks obsession film bad luck discovery quest
Terry Gilliam's doomed attempt to get his film, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018), off the ground.
Drama
USA
1937
111 Minutes
Janet Gaynor Fredric March Adolphe Menjou May Robson Andy Devine Lionel Stander Franklin Pangborn Owen Moore J.C. Nugent Clara Blandick Peggy Wood
actor actress engaging emotional touching hollywood, calif. movie set aging alcoholism love ambition actors love sacrifice quest 1930s
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.
Documentary
USA
2007
81 Minutes
interviewee historian professor soldier marine military officer inspiring somber office movie set iraq afghanistan military base battlefield literature horrors of war iraq war afghanistan war history transformation
A unique documentary about troops' experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, based on writings by soldiers, Marines, and air men. Some writings were published in the New Yorker in summer 2006. A... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain
2009
128 Minutes
Penélope Cruz Lluís Homar Blanca Portillo José Luis Gómez Tamar Novas Rubén Ochandiano Marta Aledo Agustín Almodóvar Enrique Aparicio Yuyi Beringola Javier Coll
stockbroker director producer actress son filmmaker melodramatic suspenseful intricate movie set house office funeral love triangle revenge death father/son relationship the past jealousy discovery
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Documentary
USA|Japan
2015
80 Minutes
japanese man actor director wife samurai friend brooding emotional intense movie set office car japan village island samurai movies acting passion drinking
A feature-length documentary about the life and films of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune, weaving together film clips, archival stills, and interviews with such luminaries as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. Narrated by Keanu Reeves.
Drama
USA
1932
88 Minutes
Constance Bennett Lowell Sherman Neil Hamilton Gregory Ratoff Brooks Benedict Louise Beavers Eddie Anderson Bryant Washburn Florence Roberts Gordon De Main Heinie Conklin
actress movie star director producer husband engaging melodramatic hollywood, calif. restaurant movie set france fame movies marital problems alcoholism scandal rise transformation fall 1930s
The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
1923
80 Minutes
Eleanor Boardman Mae Busch Barbara La Marr Richard Dix Frank Mayo Lew Cody
minister serial killer wife director actress charles chaplin hilarious frenetic suspenseful small town train hollywood, calif. movie set desert hollywood acting love triangle stalking serial murders stardom
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Romance
UK
1981
123 Minutes
Meryl Streep Jeremy Irons Leo McKern Hilton McRae Emily Morgan Charlotte Mitchell Lynsey Baxter Jean Faulds Peter Vaughan Colin Jeavons Liz Smith
actor actress paleontologist brooding emotional melodramatic passionate movie set england affair filmmaking forbidden love art imitating life forbidden love temptation victorian era
Anna and Mike portray two characters in a film set in 19th century England who fall in love despite the fact that Mike's character is engaged.
Musical
USA
1943
127 Minutes
Eddie Cantor Dennis Morgan Joan Leslie S.Z. Sakall Edward Everett Horton Ruth Donnelly Joyce Reynolds Richard Lane Don Wilson Henry Armetta Willie Best
theatrical producer star bus driver singer amusing madcap heartwarming stage hollywood, calif. studio movie set world war ii singing performance egoism charity identity theft quest underdog 1940s
Two producers are putting together a wartime charity show with an all-star cast but the egotism of radio personality Eddie Cantor disrupts their plans.
Comedy, Drama
France
1996
99 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Léaud Nathalie Richard Antoine Basler Nathalie Boutefeu Bulle Ogier Lou Castel Arsinée Khanjian Alex Descas Dominique Faysse Bernard Nissile Olivier Torres
director maggie cheung costume designer crew member journalist actress witty creative crafty offbeat france movie set hotel theater vacation home filmmaking life imitating art culture clash unrequited love failing career
A Chinese movie actress, in France to star in a remake of "Les Vampires", finds petty intrigues and clashing egos on the set.
Comedy
USA
1987
80 Minutes
Robert Townsend Anne-Marie Johnson Starletta DuPois Helen Martin Craigus R. Johnson Dominick Irrera Paul Mooney Lisa Mende Robert Shafer John Witherspoon Ludie Washington
actor brother mother grandmother writer director hilarious profound dreamy los angeles barbershop hot dog stand movie studio basketball court movie set stereotypes hollywood prejudice african-americans acting self-respect
An actor limited to stereotypical roles because of his ethnicity, dreams of making it big as a highly respected performer. As he makes his rounds, the film takes a satiric look at African American actors in Hollywood.
Mystery & Thriller
France|Poland|USA
2006
179 Minutes
Laura Dern Jeremy Irons Harry Dean Stanton Justin Theroux Terryn Westbrook Julia Ormond Peter J. Lucas Grace Zabriskie Ian Abercrombie Diane Ladd William H. Macy
actress actor director prostitute neighbor phantom creepy unrestrained creative movie set los angeles street apartment backstage murder filmmaking psychology hypnosis curse escape
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Drama
UK|USA|Luxembourg
2000
93 Minutes
John Malkovich Willem Dafoe Cary Elwes Aden Gillett Eddie Izzard Udo Kier Catherine McCormack Ronan Vibert
director vampire actor actress cameraman dark campy eastern europe castle island movie set nosferatu filmmaking obsession secret method acting discovery fall 1920s
The filming of Nosferatu (1922) is hampered by the fact that its star Max Schreck is taking the role of a vampire far more seriously than seems humanly possible.