Movies about actors

Movies about actors
List of the best movies about actors selected by visitors to our site: Friends: The Reunion, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Escape Room, Rosy, Madeline's Madeline, Madness in the Method, Dolemite Is My Name, Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, She Wants Me, Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, documentary, biography
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

The cast of Friends reunites for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the hit series, an unforgettable evening filled with iconic memories, uncontrollable laughter, happy tears, and special guests.

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Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryUSA

Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration02:30

Six friends test their intelligence in a game that takes a dark turn.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:52

A socially awkward young man kidnaps an aspiring actress with the hope that they will fall in love. A psychosexual noir that explores power dynamics between men and women.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:05

Jason wants to be taken more seriously as an actor, so he asks his friend Kevin Smith for advice, and decides to become a method actor. Trouble is, being a method actor drives him mad and he slowly becomes a serial killer.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, biography
CountryUSA
Duration03:03

The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredocumentary
CountryUSA

An intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty featuring Debbie Reynolds, Todd Fisher, and Carrie Fisher.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA

A neurotic writer working on his new film gets into a tricky situation when an A-list actress shows interest in the role intended for his girlfriend.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA

Part period melodrama, part film noir, part 50s road movie "JOSHUA TREE, 1951" is a portrait of screen legend and outsider icon James Dean as you have never seen him before.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA

Former Hollywood star Reagan Pearce is kidnapped by two men connected to his past while on location in Louisiana. When he wakes up bound and chained in a rundown shack, he soon discovers the real motives of his captors and finds himself in the middle of a twisted scheme with little chance to survive. With no rescue in sight, Reagan must use every ounce of strength he has left to break free and get his revenge.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA

Whitney is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from September 22, 2011 to March 27, 2013. The series originally aired in the 9:30 pm /8:30 pm Thursday night timeslot. The show stars Whitney Cummings and is based on her real-life experience and her comedy routines. On September 25, 2011, the pilot of Whitney was multipurposed on various NBCUniversal networks, including Oxygen, E!, Style, and Bravo; it last aired on E!.On May 9, 2013, Whitney was canceled by NBC.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
CountryUSA, Italy, Spain
Duration01:52

    Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry discovers a mortician with an amazing voice, and he seizes the opportunity to rejuvenate his own flagging career; a young couple have separate romantic interludes; a spotlight shines on an ordinary man.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, documentary, biography, history
    CountryUSA

    The stranger-than-fiction true story of George Lazenby, a poor Australian car mechanic who, through an unbelievable set of circumstances, landed the role of James Bond despite having never acted a day in his life.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    British Prime Minister Winston Churchill suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953 that's kept a secret from the rest of the world.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA

    Three very different people in their twenties try to figure out love, sex, identity and friendship in Los Angeles.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:20

    Two men embark on an unconventional romance in Todd Verow's sexy Parisian-set drama. Claude finds a young man passed out in the street and, taking pity on him, decides to take him to his apartment to safely sleep. Awakening the next morning, the sexy stranger soon makes a play for his forty-something host, kick-starting a passionate romance. But will the chance meeting develop into more than just lust or will the pair's differences drive them apart? An accomplished, serious and very modern gay romance .

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
    Duration03:21

      Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking when he meets James Reed, a charismatic DJ who takes the 23-year-old under his wing. Soon, his seemingly clear path to success gets complicated when he starts falling for his mentor's girlfriend, jeopardizing his new friendship and the future he seems destined to fulfill.

      Markimdb: 4
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      On the morning he is set to star in a career changing blockbuster film, an Irish actor trying to live down his rocky past confronts a series of devastating events that threaten his sobriety, his loved ones, and ultimately his life.

      Markimdb: 2.8
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, musical
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan

      A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genredrama, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:36

      The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:50

        A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:45

        On a trip to Big Sur, two friends, both actresses, try to reconnect with one another. Once alone, the women's suppressed jealousies and deep-seated resentments begin to rise, causing them to lose their grasp on not only the true nature of their relationship, but also their identities.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:41

        It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:57

        A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
        CountryUSA, Belgium
        Duration01:36

        A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredocumentary, biography
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:47

        Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend at various stages in her life.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredocumentary
        CountryUSA

        Filmmaker Lawrence Shapiro discusses voice-over acting with the talented people behind the characters.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA

        Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 12-year-old Mahiro hires Ishii to impersonate her missing father, the line between acting and reality threatens to blur.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:57

        In the year after graduating college, Izzy struggles to navigate the seemingly incessant failures of adulthood, the reality of a substandard dating pool and a debilitating fear of top-sheets, all in between X-Files marathons. Comically unsuccessful in love over the course the year, including five half-hearted relationships with astoundingly self-centered men, Izzy resigns herself to the support of her mother and sister, who are struggling with their own relationship problems. Seeing herself in them, Izzy gradually gains the confidence to be honest and vulnerable.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryCanada, Germany, France, USA
        Duration01:47

        Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        A young woman with Asperger's tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrecomedy, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:11

        Hoping to leave his criminal lifestyle behind him, a successful art thief teams up with a sexy con woman to pull off the ultimate heist and set himself free.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrethriller
        CountryUSA

        A reclusive movie star hires a private detective after he's anonymously blackmailed. Things turn violent when an aspiring writer is fingered for the crime in a dangerous case of mistaken identity.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA, Greece, Brazil
        Duration02:30

        Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off. The budding friendship is put at risk, however, when a rent dispute between Jake's father, Brian, and Tony's mother, Leonor, threatens to become contentious.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:40

        A parolee battles a gangster for the affections of a reclusive movie star.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA

        When a boy’s video to a female star goes viral, it scores him a date with his celebrity crush to the prom. Complications arise when the famous starlet falls for the boy’s small-town teacher.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:38

          Hitchcock follows the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of his most famous film "Psycho" - and the trials and tribulations the director faced from Hollywood censors.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:33

          Divorced and demoralised, Amy Minsky’s prospects look bleak when she is condemned to move back in with her parents at the age of 35. Everyone wants to help but, as her patience level with advice is plummeting, a bold teenage boy enters her life, igniting her last bit of self-esteem.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genredrama, documentary, music, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:44

          Filmmaker Kevin Macdonald examines the life and career of singer Whitney Houston. Features never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive recordings, rare performances and interviews with the people who knew her best.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
          CountryUSA

          Gavin Stone, a washed-up former child star, is forced to do community service at a local megachurch and pretends to be Christian so he can land the part of Jesus in their annual Passion Play, only to discover that the most important role of his life is far from Hollywood.

          Markimdb: 7.9
          Genrecomedy, documentary, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:26

          A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:59

          A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.

          Markimdb: 4.7
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA

          A man watches his life unravel after he is left by his blind girlfriend.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrecomedy
          CountryUSA

          Three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age have their lives changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands in Cleveland and they soon rediscover themselves in this new "promised land."

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:54

            For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration01:39

            Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to see the blonde bombshell, while Olivier is struggling to meet her many demands and acting ineptness, and Colin is intrigued by her. Colin's intrigue is met when Marilyn invites him into her inner world where she struggles with her fame, her beauty and her desire to be a great actress.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genrethriller
            CountryUSA

            A normal New Yorker's life is upended when his girlfriend is murdered by the Bulgarian mob. He flees to Paris to hide from her killers. But three years later, he sees a similar looking woman on the silver screen. Obsession with past love takes Sam to Los Angeles to look for answers, only to put him back into the sights of the Bulgarians. An updated Hitchcockian thriller in the vein of Vertigo and Rear Window

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genreaction, documentary, biography, history
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

            Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his fifteen year tenure as James Bond. Includes never-before-seen archival footage spanning from Casino Royale (2006) to No Time to Die (2021).

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genredocumentary
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:05

            A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.




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