The Bad and the Beautiful

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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Drama, Romance

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The Souvenir: Part II

The Souvenir: Part II

2021 ★ 6.5

In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.

The Souvenir

The Souvenir

2019 ★ 6.1

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

Chemical Hearts

Chemical Hearts

2020 ★ 7.3

When a hopelessly romantic high school senior falls for a mysterious new classmate, it sets them both on an unexpected journey that teaches them about love, loss, and most importantly themselves.

The Man from Elysian Fields

The Man from Elysian Fields

2001 ★ 5.9

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004 ★ 8.1

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

My Week with Marilyn

My Week with Marilyn

2011 ★ 6.7

London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.

The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002 ★ 6.5

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

Malcolm & Marie

Malcolm & Marie

2021 ★ 7.0

As a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.

Newness

Newness

2017 ★ 6.0

In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

Fire with Fire

Fire with Fire

1986 ★ 6.2

A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.

Strange Weather

Strange Weather

2016 ★ 5.8

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

The Last Movie Star

The Last Movie Star

2018 ★ 6.5

An aging screen icon gets lured into accepting an award at a rinky-dink film festival in Nashville, Tenn., sending him on a hilarious fish-out-of-water adventure and an unexpectedly poignant journey into his past.

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

1950 ★ 8.3

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

The Assistant

The Assistant

2020 ★ 6.3

A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.

The Other Side of the Wind

The Other Side of the Wind

2018 ★ 6.7

At a media-swamped party to celebrate his seventieth birthday and screen his avant-garde film-in-progress, a legendary but jaded Hollywood director is faced both with voracious fans and unsettling questions about what became of his lead actor.

A Journal for Jordan

A Journal for Jordan

2021 ★ 7.0

Based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King, a soldier deployed to Iraq begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Back at home, senior New York Times editor Dana Canedy revisits the story of her unlikely, life-altering relationship with King and his enduring devotion to her and their child.

Heatwave

Heatwave

2022 ★ 6.3

A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.

The Arrangement

The Arrangement

1969 ★ 6.6

An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.

The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon

1976 ★ 6.3

Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death.

The Day of the Locust

The Day of the Locust

1975 ★ 6.4

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.

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