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1	Singin' in the Rain (1952) more movies like this directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen featuring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell Hollywood, 1927: the silent-film romantic team of Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) is the toast of Tinseltown. While Lockwood and Lamont personify smoldering passions onscreen, in real life the down-to-earth Lockwood can't stand the egotistical, brainless Lina. He prefers the company of aspiring actress Kathy Selden (Debbie ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $14.44!
2	Galaxy Quest (1999) more movies like this directed by Dean Parisot featuring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Enrico Colantoni A team of intrepid adventurers travels through the outer reaches of the galaxy, each week finding excitement and adventure on Galaxy Quest ! Or at least that's the way it was in the mid-1970s, when brave if reckless Captain Peter Quincy Taggart, lovely Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and inscrutable alien Dr. Lazarus were the leaders of an interstellar ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.88!
3	A Hard Day's Night (2000) more movies like this directed by Richard Lester featuring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell During the first worldwide flush of Beatlemania in 1964, United Artists wanted to ship out a movie with The Beatles before their vogue was over. Working within a tight $500,000 budget, director Richard Lester turned out A Hard Day's Night in a fast 6 1/2 weeks; the picture was in the theatres three months after shooting commenced. Using a variety ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
4	White Christmas (1954) more movies like this directed by Michael Curtiz featuring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger White Christmas, Paramount's belated follow-up to the 1942 hit Holiday Inn, was the studio's first VistaVision production. A veritable warehouse full of oldie-but-goodie Irving Berlin tunes are woven into the film's simplistic plotline, along with a handful of new songs, of which "What Can You Do With a General?" is the least memorable. Bing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.40!
5	Shakespeare in Love (1998) more movies like this directed by John Madden featuring Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is on a cold streak. Not only is he writing for Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush), owner of "The Rose," a theatre whose doors are about to be closed by sadistic creditors, but he's got a nasty case of writer's block. Shakespeare hasn't written a hit in years. In fact, he hasn't written much of anything recently. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
6	Noises Off (1992) more movies like this directed by Peter Bogdanovich featuring Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott, Julie Hagerty, Marilu Henner, Mark Linn-Baker Michael Frayn's frantic West End and Broadway farce makes a literal transformation to the screen in Peter Bogdanoch's faithful adaptation, which is transplanted from the London suburbs to Des Moines, Iowa to accommodate the (mostly) American cast. Michael Caine stars as director Lloyd Fellowes, assigned to bring the successful British sex farce ... see all copies from $2.88! new only from $11.05!
7	Bye Bye Birdie (1963) more movies like this directed by George Sidney featuring Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Maureen Stapleton, Bobby Rydell, Paul Lynde George Sidney's adaptation of the satiric Broadway musical smash by Michael Stewart, Charles Strouse, and Lee Adams -- about an Elvis Presley-inspired rock star, who is drafted into the army and who creates a near-riot in a small Midwestern town when he stops there for one last publicity junket -- takes good-natured swipes at popular culture, rock ... see all copies from $10.73! new only from $10.73!
8	Notting Hill (1999) more movies like this directed by Roger Michell featuring Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus, Gina McKee Can a beautiful and internationally famous American actress find happiness with a frumpy British bookstore clerk? She can -- at least for a while, it seems -- in Notting Hill. William Thacker (played by Hugh Grant) is a bookseller at a shop in the Notting Hill district in West London, who shares a house with an eccentric Welsh friend, Spike (Rhys ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.93!
9	Get Shorty (1995) more movies like this directed by Barry Sonnenfeld featuring John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini A gangster is looking to get away from crooked deals and double-crossing people but ends up in the movie business anyway in this comic crime story. Chili Palmer (John Travolta) is a Miami-based loan collector for the mob trying to collect a gambling debt. His assignment takes him to Hollywood to collect money from Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.88!
10	This Is Spinal Tap (1984) more movies like this directed by Rob Reiner featuring Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, R.J. Parnell, Tony Hendra Largely improvised by director Rob Reiner and his cast, This Is Spinal Tap looks and sounds like a "real" documentary, with Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest as David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls, and Nigel Tufnel, the key members of a going-nowhere British heavy metal band called Spinal Tap. The "group" started as an informal ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99!
11 view cover	Bowfinger (1999) more movies like this directed by Frank Oz featuring Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Christine Baranski, Jamie Kennedy A group of wanna-be filmmakers and actors concocts a scheme to make a movie with a major star without having to pay him in this comedy. Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) has struggled for years to make it in Hollywood with no real success; he's convinced that he has to make his big break soon or it will be too late. Bobby has a script, and he has a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
12 view cover	Waiting for Guffman (1996) more movies like this directed by Christopher Guest featuring Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Bob Balaban, Parker Posey The city of Blaine, Missouri is celebrating its sesquicentennial, and what better reason could there be to put on a show? Corky St. Claire (Christopher Guest), current leader of Blaine's community theater group and creator of a stage musical version of Backdraft that led to the unfortunate destruction of the theater, has been commissioned to put ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.05!
13 view cover	My Favorite Year (1982) more movies like this directed by Richard Benjamin featuring Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna, Bill Macy Richard Benjamin's directorial debut is an engaging slice of nostalgia, purportedly based on an incident in life of Mel Brooks. Mark Linn-Baker stars as Benjy Stone, junior writer on the popular 1950s TV comedy/variety series The King Kaiser Show. Kaiser (Joseph Bologna)'s guest star this week is Hollywood matinee idol Alan Swann (Peter O'Toole), ... see all copies from $2.42! new only from $5.07!
14 view cover	That Thing You Do! (1996) more movies like this directed by Tom Hanks featuring Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Charlize Theron, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry Tom Hanks made his directorial debut in this bright comedy set in the mid-1960's about a rock group and their brief fling with fame. Guy Patterson (Tom Everett Scott) works as a salesman at his father's appliance store and plays the drums in his spare time, fancying himself a jazz musician. One day, a buddy of Guy's tells him a local rock band, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00!
15 view cover	30 Rock: Season 01 (2006) more movies like this see all copies from $17.85! new only from $17.85!
16 view cover	Tootsie (1982) more movies like this directed by Sydney Pollack featuring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Geena Davis Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman), a brilliant but troublesome New York actor, has managed to alienate every producer on both coasts. Michael's agent George Fields (Sydney Pollack) can't even get his client a commercial since Michael complained that the tomato he was playing wasn't properly motivated. "You were a tomato!" screams George in ... see all copies from $2.11! new only from $15.59!
17 view cover	Postcards from the Edge (1990) more movies like this directed by Mike Nichols featuring Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner Mike Nichols lends some comic structure to Carrie Fisher's best-selling confessional novel concerning a woman's struggles with drug addiction and mother-daughter rivalry (subjects Fisher admits to understanding all too well). Meryl Streep, in her most full-blown comic performance up to that point, plays Suzanne Vale, a popular movie actress well ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
18 view cover	Paris When It Sizzles (1964) more movies like this directed by Richard Quine featuring William Holden, Audrey Hepburn, Gregoire Aslan, Noël Coward, Raymond Bussières, Christian Duvallex Richard Quine directs George Axelrod's acerbic script (adapted from Julien Duvivier's La Fête à Henriette) in this romantic comedy that reunites William Holden and Audrey Hepburn for the first time since 1954's Sabrina. Holden plays Richard Benson, a Hollywood screenwriter being pressured by movie producer Alexander Meyerheimer (Noël Coward) to ... see all copies from $7.18! new only from $7.18!
19 view cover	S.O.B. (1981) more movies like this directed by Blake Edwards featuring Julie Andrews, William Holden, Marisa Berenson, Larry Hagman, Robert Loggia In this biting comedy satirizing Hollywood cynicism from writer-director Blake Edwards, Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan) is a motion picture director whose career is on the skids. Having just completed a family musical that is sure to be a $30 million flop, Felix knows that his days are numbered and tries unsuccessfully to commit suicide. When he ... see all copies from $4.97! new only from $16.57!
20 view cover	Moon over Parador (1988) more movies like this directed by Paul Mazursky featuring Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Jonathan Winters, Fernando Rey Jack Noah (Richard Dreyfuss) is all actor: Self-possessed, obsessive, vulnerable, and an addict for praise, his soul burns with "the craft." Having just finished a grade-Z straight-to-cable crime thriller in the fictional South American country of Parador, he gets the ultimate acting challenge (though it's more like an offer he can't refuse) from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.87!
21 view cover	Big Fat Liar (2002) more movies like this directed by Shawn Levy featuring Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Bynes, Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison Former co-stars of the TV sitcom Head of the Class teamed up to write the story and script for this teen comedy. When junior high-school student Jason Shepherd (Frankie Muniz) realizes that his class paper has been ripped off and turned into a hit motion picture called "Big Fat Liar," he takes matters into his own hands. Along with his best friend ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.49!
22 view cover	The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) more movies like this directed by Frank Oz featuring Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Richard Hunt, Art Carney Jim Henson's Muppets find themselves in Manhattan yearning to get a musical on Broadway in this charming film that also chides show business and its foibles. Kermit the Frog has just put together a successful variety show at Danhurst college (probably somewhere between Amherst and Dartmouth), and although he would like to mount it on Broadway so ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.78!
23 view cover	Bewitched (2005) more movies like this directed by Nora Ephron featuring Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Jason Schwartzman Nora Ephron directed and co-wrote this updated adaptation of a classic situation comedy that also casts a satirical eye on the entertainment industry. Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell) is a movie star whose career has been going into a slow and steady decline. Desperate for a project that will give his reputation a jump start, Jack agrees to star in a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.19!
24 view cover	Soapdish (1991) more movies like this directed by Michael Hoffman featuring Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey, Jr., Cathy Moriarty, Whoopi Goldberg In the comedic farce Soapdish, the behind-the-scenes lives of several soap opera actors are just as melodramatic as those of their television counterparts. Sally Field stars as Celeste Talbert, the star of a declining TV show. To make matters worse, Talbert's career is thrown into turmoil when her rival, Montana Moorehead (Cathy Moriarty), tries ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.23!
25 view cover	The Producers (2005) more movies like this directed by Susan Stroman featuring Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach After transforming his first motion picture into a smash Broadway musical, Mel Brooks brings the story of two would-be theatrical moguls turned con men back to the screen in this musical comedy. Max Bialystock (Nathan Lane) was once one of Broadway's most successful producers, but a string of flops has thrown his career into a tailspin, and now he ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $6.99!

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