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1	Sunset Boulevard (1950) more movies like this directed by Billy Wilder featuring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard ranks among the most scathing satires of Hollywood and the cruel fickleness of movie fandom. The story begins at the end as the body of Joe Gillis (William Holden) is fished out of a Hollywood swimming pool. From The Great Beyond, Joe details the circumstances of his untimely demise (originally, the film contained a ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $6.87!
2	The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) more movies like this directed by Cecil B. DeMille featuring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth is a lavish tribute to circuses, featuring three intertwining plotlines concerning romance and rivalry beneath the big top. DeMille's film includes spectacular action sequences, including a show-stopping train wreck. The Greatest Show on Earth won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Story. ... see all copies from $6.84! new only from $6.87!
3	All About Eve (1950) more movies like this directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz featuring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill Based on the story The Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr, All About Eve is an elegantly bitchy backstage story revolving around aspiring actress Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter). Tattered and forlorn, Eve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing (Bette Davis), weaving a melancholy life story to Margo and her friends. Taking pity on ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $2.95!
4	Fame (1980) more movies like this directed by Alan Parker featuring Irene Cara, Paul McCrane, Barry Miller, Gene Anthony Ray, Lee Curreri Fame is set at New York's High School of Performing Arts, where talented teens train for show-business careers. The film concentrates on five of the most gifted students: singer Irene Cara, actors Paul McCrane and Barry Miller, dancer Gene Anthony Ray, and musician Lee Currieri. More so than the subsequent TV series Fame, the film emphasizes the ... see all copies from $2.23! new only from $10.51!
5	Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) more movies like this directed by Norman Taurog featuring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter MGM's third follow-up to its landmark Broadway Melody is short on story, but that's okay, since the plot is merely a clothesline upon which to hang sleek and opulent musical production numbers by Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell -- particularly a breathless and eye-popping gloriously black-and-white six-minute tap dance finale between Astaire and ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $16.25!
6	Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989) more movies like this directed by Jean-Claude Lord featuring Michael Paré, Marina Orsini, Bernie Coulson, Michael Rhoades This sequel to the rock & roll mystery Eddie and the Cruisers explains many of the questions concerning the mysterious death of 1960s rocker Eddie Wilson, who with his Cruisers was celebrating the success of their first album when he got in a terrible car wreck, from which his body was never recovered. Also missing were the masters from the group ... see all copies from $39.25!
7	Boogie Nights (1997) more movies like this directed by Paul Thomas Anderson featuring Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle, Heather Graham, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy While set within the milieu of the Los Angeles adult film industry, Boogie Nights is less a film about pornography than the serio-comic story of a group of misfits, losers, and lost souls who are embraced by Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), a director who makes "adult films, exotic motion pictures." In 1977, while hanging out at a disco, Jack spots ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.07!
8	What's Love Got to Do with It? (1993) more movies like this directed by Brian Gibson featuring Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Jenifer Lewis, Phyllis Stickney What's Love Got to Do With It? is the filmed biography of R&B/pop singer Tina Turner (Angela Bassett), documenting her efforts to break away from her abusive husband Ike (Laurence Fishburne). After a few scenes detailing Tina's life as a young singer in Nutbush, TN, she's discovered by Ike Turner, an already established songwriter, guitarist, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95!
9	The Five Heartbeats (1991) more movies like this directed by Robert Townsend featuring Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells Loosely based on the life and times of several R&B artists (The Dells, The Temptations, Frankie Lymon, Sam Cooke and others) The Five Heartbeats traces the rise and fall of a popular African-American 1950s singing aggregation. The story is told from the point of view of one of the "Heartbeats," played by Robert Townsend (who also co-produced, ... see all copies from $2.51! new only from $7.15!
10	The Jazz Singer (1980) more movies like this directed by Richard Fleischer featuring Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier, Lucie Arnaz, Catlin Adams, Franklyn Ajaye, Paul Nicholas Pop singer Neil Diamond stars in this ill-begotten second remake of Al Jolson's seminal 1927 musical The Jazz Singer. The moth-eaten story concerns a cantor's son who desires success as a pop singer, despite the wishes of his imperious father. The film takes place in the present day with Yussel Rabinowitz (Neil Diamond) playing a young (though ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $9.16!
11 view cover	The Miracle of the Bells (1948) more movies like this directed by Irving Pichel featuring Philip Ahn, Lee J. Cobb, Fred MacMurray, Charles Meredith, Veronika Pataky Casting Frank Sinatra as a Pennsylvania priest is but one of the many miscalculations made by the producers of Miracle of the Bells. Adapted by Ben Hecht and Quentin Reynolds from the best-selling novel by Russell Janney, the story revolves around an aspiring actress named Olga Treskovna (Alida Valli). Escaping the sooty environs of Coaltown, ... see all copies from $2.74! new only from $23.99!
12 view cover	The Doors (1991) more movies like this directed by Oliver Stone featuring Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley, Kevin Dillon Val Kilmer delivers what was considered one of 1991's best performances as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's hallucinatory bio-pic of the seminal 1960s rock group The Doors. Stone cuts a jagged swath through Morrison's life, starting with a childhood memory where Morrison sees an elderly Indian dying by the roadside. It picks up with Morrison's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95!
13 view cover	Tender Mercies (1983) more movies like this directed by Bruce Beresford featuring Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Allan Hubbard, Betty Buckley, Ellen Barkin Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall), a once-famous country western singer, wakes up broke, alone and hung over in a tiny Texas motel run by widowed Rosa Lee (Tess Harper). Having nowhere else to go, Sledge takes a job at the motel, and through the kindness and faith of Rosa he changes his self-destructive ways. He marries Rosa (after he's baptized at her ... see all copies from $4.40! new only from $6.75!
14 view cover	Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) more movies like this directed by Martin Davidson featuring Tom Berenger, Michael Paré, Joe Pantoliano, Helen Schneider In the early 1960's, Eddie Wilson (Michael Pare) and his band The Cruisers enjoyed a brief fling with success, but their career came to a halt when Eddie's badly damaged car was discovered in an accident on a bridge. However, Eddie's body was never found, and years later, a reissue of the group's only album sparks rumors that the mysterious Eddie ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
15 view cover	A Star Is Born (1976) more movies like this directed by Frank Pierson featuring Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Paul Mazursky, Gary Busey, Oliver Clark The third remake of the 1932 drama What Price Hollywood?, this adaptation of A Star Is Born moved the story into the mid-1970's and changed the milieu from the movie business to pop music. John Norman Howard (Kris Kristofferson) is a rock star whose career has peaked; he is numbed by booze and cocaine, his music has lost its edge, and his ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $15.04!
16 view cover	Dreamgirls (2006) more movies like this directed by Bill Condon featuring Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Sharon Leal Director Bill Condon brings Tom Eyen's Tony award-winning Broadway musical to the big screen in a tale of dreams, stardom, and the high cost of success in the cutthroat recording industry. The time is the 1960s, and singers Effie (Jennifer Hudson), Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose), and Deena (Beyoncé Knowles) are about to find out just what it's like to ... see all copies from $5.77! new only from $6.75!
17 view cover	Ed Wood (1994) more movies like this directed by Tim Burton featuring Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Bill Murray, Jeffrey Jones Hollywood visionary Tim Burton pays homage to another Hollywood visionary, albeit a less successful one, in this unusual fictionalized biography. The film follows Wood (Johnny Depp) in his quest for film greatness as he writes and directs turkey after turkey, cross-dresses, and surrounds himself with a motley crew of Hollywood misfits, outcasts, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.45!
18 view cover	Little Voice (1998) more movies like this directed by Mark Herman featuring Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Ewan McGregor Based on Jim Cartright's play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, this screen adaptation directed by Mark Herman is an underdog film about an underdog girl named Little Voice (or LV for short). LV (Jane Horrocks from Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet who does all her own singing) is a shy, mousy woman living with her mom Mari (Secrets and Lies' Brenda ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.33!
19 view cover	The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) more movies like this directed by Karel Reisz featuring Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae, Emily Morgan, Charlotte Mitchell John Fowles' original novel The French Lieutenant's Woman was distinguished by a literary technique that involved telling a story of Victorian sexual and social oppression within the bounds of a 1970s viewpoint. How does one convey this time-frame dichotomy on film? The decision made by director Karel Reisz and Harold Pinter was to frame Fowles' ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $5.95!
20 view cover	The Rose (1979) more movies like this directed by Mark Rydell featuring Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, Barry Primus Bette Midler stars as Rose in this somber drama loosely based on the life of the late Janis Joplin. She plays an ill-fated singer who succumbs to the pressures of performing by indulging in drugs and alcohol. Her sweetheart Dyer (Frederic Forrest) is the former chauffeur who naively tries to save her from self destruction, while her British ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.15!
21 view cover	Mulholland Dr. (2001) more movies like this directed by David Lynch featuring Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring, Ann Miller, Dan Hedaya David Lynch wrote and directed this look at two women who find themselves walking a fine line between truth and deception in the beautiful but dangerous netherworld of Hollywood. A beautiful woman (Laura Elena Harring) riding in a limousine along Los Angeles' Mulholland Drive is targeted by a would-be shooter, but before he can pull the trigger, ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $10.66!
22 view cover	Showgirls (1995) more movies like this directed by Paul Verhoeven featuring Elizabeth Berkley, Gina Gershon, Kyle MacLachlan, Robert Davi, Alan Rachins, William Shockley "I'm gonna dance," Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley) insists in the opening scene of Showgirls, and dance she does. In this quasi-update of All About Eve, Nomi is a drifter whose sole ambition is to headline the "Goddess" topless dance show at the Stardust in Las Vegas. Of course, even Nomi must pay her dues, and she does so at the Cheetah, grinding ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.85!
23 view cover	A Star is Born (1954) more movies like this directed by George Cukor featuring Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan The 1954 musical remake of A Star is Born could have been titled A Star is Reborn , in that it represented the triumphal return to the screen of Judy Garland after a four-year absence. The remake adheres closely to the plotline of the 1937 original: An alcoholic film star, on his last professional legs, gives a career boost to a unknown aspiring ... see all copies from $2.24! new only from $3.29!
24 view cover	The Bodyguard (1992) more movies like this directed by Mick Jackson featuring Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs, Ralph Waite Lawrence Kasdan originally wrote his script for The Bodyguard in the late 1960s as a vehicle for Steve McQueen; by the time it reached the screen, Kasdan's star was another movie hearthrob, Kevin Costner. When imperious musical superstar Whitney Houston begins receiving death threats, she is compelled to hire a bodyguard. Enter Costner, who ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.49!
25 view cover	Sparkle (1976) more movies like this directed by Sam O'Steen featuring Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith, Mary Alice A trio of musically talented Harlem sisters rise to become major stars of the '50s. Unfortunately, their sudden popularity causes much turmoil in their lives. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide see all copies from $2.24! new only from $9.20!

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