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Movies About Movies Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
2012
Argo (2012)
AA Best Picture Win
2016
La La Land (2016)
AA Best Picture Nom
2004
The Aviator (2004)
AA Best Picture Nom
1952
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
1950
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
AA Best Picture Nom
1937
A Star Is Born (1937)
AA Best Picture Nom
1954
A Star Is Born (1954)
2011
The Artist (2011)
AA Best Picture Win
2019
Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019)
AA Best Picture Nom
1954
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
1995
Get Shorty (1995)
1941
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
1952
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
2009
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
1976
Silent Movie (1976)
1946
Without Reservations (1946)
2008
Tropic Thunder (2008)
1941
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
1963
8½ (1963)
1978
Hooper (1978)
1947
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
1978
California Suite (1978)
1939
Second Fiddle (1939)
1999
Bowfinger (1999)
1957
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
1950
In a Lonely Place (1950)
1937
Hollywood Hotel (1937)
1990
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
1997
Wag the Dog (1997)
1967
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
2013
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
1997
Boogie Nights (1997)
1992
The Player (1992)
1940
The Bank Dick (1940)
2002
Adaptation. (2002)
2001
America's Sweethearts (2001)
1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
1928
The Cameraman (1928)
1988
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
1933
Bombshell (1933)
1986
¡Three Amigos! (1986)
1949
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
2017
The Disaster Artist (2017)
1975
The Day of the Locust (1975)
1977
The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
1994
Ed Wood (1994)
1928
Show People (1928)
1943
Crazy House (1943)
1947
Merton of the Movies (1947)
2001
Mulholland Drive (2001)
1932
What Price Hollywood? (1932)
1933
Going Hollywood (1933)
1965
Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
1991
Barton Fink (1991)
1981
S.O.B. (1981)
1980
The Stunt Man (1980)
1962
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
1980
Stardust Memories (1980)
1998
Gods and Monsters (1998)
1965
Harlow (Embassy Pictures) (1965)
1955
The Big Knife (1955)
2011
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
2019
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Netflix
2016
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
1973
Day for Night (1973)
2006
Venus (2006)
2019
Honey Boy (2019)
2018
Stan & Ollie (2018)
1991
The Hard Way (1991)
1965
Harlow (Theatrofilm) (1965)
1987
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
2000
State and Main (2000)
2000
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
2003
Baadasssss! (2003)
1964
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
1976
Gable and Lombard (1976)
1993
Matinee (1993)
1978
Fedora (1978)
1995
Living in Oblivion (1995)
2015
Trumbo (2015)
2006
Hollywoodland (2006)
1937
Something To Sing About (1937)
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
1937
It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
1938
Boy Meets Girl (1938)
1994
Swimming with Sharks (1994)
1958
Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
2006
Inland Empire (2006)
1982
Frances (1982)
2006
For Your Consideration (2006)
2014
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
1992
Chaplin (1992)
1952
The Star (1952)
2010
Somewhere (2010)
2017
The Hero (2017)
1975
Inserts (1975)
1969
The Comic (1969)
1986
Sweet Liberty (1986)
1981
Under the Rainbow (1981)
2012
Hitchcock (2012)
2018
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
1984
Irreconcilable Differences (1984)
2017
The Last Movie Star (2017)
1930
Free and Easy (1930)
1976
Nickelodeon (1976)
2005
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
1957
The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
2016
Rules Don't Apply (2016)
2014
Maps to the Stars (2014)
2000
Cecil B. Demented (2000)
2001
The Majestic (2001)
1992
Mistress (1992)
1976
W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
1975
The Wild Party (1975)
1976
The Last Tycoon (1976)
1988
Memories of Me (1988)
2002
Hollywood Ending (2002)
1981
The Fan (1981)
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
2008
What Just Happened (2008)
2015
Knight of Cups (2015)
1994
Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
2004
The Last Shot (2004)
2008
Flashbacks of a Fool (2008)
1988
Sunset (1988)
1966
The Oscar (1966)
1970
Cover Me Babe (1970)
2013
The Last of Robin Hood (2013)
2019
Zeroville (2019)
2022
The Bubble (2022)
Netflix
1985
Movers & Shakers (1985)
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Argo (2012) AA Best Picture Win |
Ben Affleck & Bryan Cranston |
136.00 | 184.2 | 314.60 | 22 | 90 | 07 / 03 | 99.8 | |
| 2 | La La Land (2016) AA Best Picture Nom |
Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone |
151.10 | 188.3 | 553.20 | 19 | 82 | 14 / 06 | 99.5 | |
| 3 | The Aviator (2004) AA Best Picture Nom |
Leonardo DiCaprio & Cate Blanchett |
102.60 | 178.1 | 371.00 | 22 | 83 | 11 / 05 | 99.2 | |
| 2 | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | Gene Kelly & Debbie Reynolds |
12.40 | 242.4 | 371.30 | 6 | 93 | 02 / 00 | 99.1 | |
| 3 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) | Bob Hoskins | 156.50 | 410.4 | 865.00 | 2 | 85 | 06 / 03 | 99.1 | |
| 7 | Sunset Blvd. (1950) AA Best Picture Nom |
William Holden & Gloria Swanson |
6.70 | 150.8 | 150.80 | 24 | 90 | 11 / 03 | 99.0 | |
| 9 | A Star Is Born (1937) AA Best Picture Nom |
Janet Gaynor & Fredric March |
4.40 | 182.4 | 182.40 | 32 | 81 | 07 / 01 | 98.7 | |
| 8 | A Star Is Born (1954) | Judy Garland & James Mason |
13.10 | 306.7 | 410.80 | 13 | 83 | 06 / 00 | 98.7 | |
| 9 | The Artist (2011) AA Best Picture Win |
Jean Dujardin & John Goodman |
44.70 | 60.7 | 181.40 | 73 | 91 | 10 / 05 | 98.6 | |
| 10 | Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019) AA Best Picture Nom |
Leonardo DiCaprio & Brad Pitt |
142.50 | 167.7 | 437.80 | 20 | 79 | 10 / 02 | 98.4 | |
| 11 | The Barefoot Contessa (1954) | Humphrey Bogart | 9.40 | 221.0 | 221.00 | 28 | 77 | 02 / 01 | 97.4 | |
| 12 | Get Shorty (1995) | John Travolta & Gene Hackman |
72.10 | 178.7 | 285.20 | 19 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 96.0 | |
| 12 | Hellzapoppin' (1941) | Martha Raye | 5.50 | 211.1 | 211.10 | 20 | 73 | 01 / 00 | 96.0 | |
| 15 | The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) | Lana Turner & Kirk Douglas |
6.60 | 128.9 | 183.60 | 37 | 85 | 06 / 05 | 95.9 | |
| 15 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) | Brad Pitt & Directed by Quentin Tarantino |
120.50 | 173.3 | 462.00 | 24 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 95.6 | |
| 16 | Silent Movie (1976) | Mel Brooks & James Caan |
36.10 | 182.9 | 182.90 | 14 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 16 | Without Reservations (1946) | John Wayne & Claudette Colbert |
7.40 | 228.9 | 285.50 | 44 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 95.2 | |
| 20 | Tropic Thunder (2008) | Robert Downey Jr. & Tom Cruise |
110.50 | 165.9 | 282.40 | 24 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 21 | Sullivan's Travels (1941) | Joel McCrea & Veronica Lake |
3.70 | 142.8 | 142.80 | 62 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 22 | 8½ (1963) | Marcello Mastroianni | 10.00 | 125.3 | 125.30 | 27 | 82 | 05 / 02 | 93.8 | |
| 21 | Hooper (1978) | Burt Reynolds & Sally Field |
78.00 | 359.3 | 359.30 | 6 | 62 | 01 / 00 | 93.3 | |
| 22 | The Perils of Pauline (1947) | Betty Hutton | 10.30 | 299.2 | 299.20 | 14 | 62 | 01 / 00 | 93.3 | |
| 23 | California Suite (1978) | Michael Caine & Maggie Smith |
42.90 | 197.7 | 197.70 | 13 | 55 | 03 / 01 | 91.9 | |
| 26 | Second Fiddle (1939) | Tyrone Power & Sonja Henie |
4.80 | 184.8 | 184.80 | 34 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 25 | Bowfinger (1999) | Steve Martin & Eddie Murphy |
66.40 | 141.4 | 210.00 | 34 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 26 | Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) | James Cagney & Dorothy Malone |
6.90 | 132.0 | 132.00 | 33 | 73 | 01 / 00 | 89.8 | |
| 28 | In a Lonely Place (1950) | Humphrey Bogart | 3.90 | 88.2 | 88.20 | 82 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 89.4 | |
| 28 | Hollywood Hotel (1937) | Ronald Reagan & Dick Powell |
4.40 | 181.4 | 223.70 | 33 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 89.1 | |
| 31 | Postcards from the Edge (1990) | Meryl Streep & Shirley MacLaine |
39.10 | 99.6 | 99.60 | 33 | 78 | 02 / 00 | 88.8 | |
| 31 | Wag the Dog (1997) | Dustin Hoffman & Robert DeNiro |
43.10 | 101.1 | 150.90 | 50 | 79 | 02 / 00 | 88.7 | |
| 30 | Valley of the Dolls (1967) | Susan Hayward | 50.00 | 445.5 | 445.50 | 6 | 48 | 01 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 33 | Saving Mr. Banks (2013) | Tom Hanks & Emma Thompson |
83.30 | 110.5 | 156.30 | 43 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 88.3 | |
| 32 | Boogie Nights (1997) | Mark Wahlberg & Julianne Moore |
26.40 | 62.0 | 101.20 | 77 | 89 | 03 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 35 | The Player (1992) | Tim Robbins & Directed by Robert Altman |
21.70 | 56.4 | 75.10 | 57 | 86 | 03 / 00 | 86.5 | |
| 36 | The Bank Dick (1940) | W.C. Fields & Cora Witherspoon |
2.10 | 82.5 | 82.50 | 93 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 86.5 | |
| 35 | Adaptation. (2002) | Nicolas Cage & Meryl Streep |
22.50 | 41.8 | 61.00 | 102 | 88 | 04 / 01 | 86.4 | |
| 37 | America's Sweethearts (2001) | Julia Roberts & John Cusack |
93.60 | 178.6 | 263.70 | 23 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 84.3 | |
| 39 | Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) | W.C. Fields | 2.20 | 86.3 | 86.30 | 107 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 37 | The Cameraman (1928) | Buster Keaton | 1.20 | 38.3 | 84.20 | 75 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 39 | Cinema Paradiso (1988) | Philippe Noiret & Enzo Cannavale |
12.00 | 31.4 | 31.40 | 80 | 87 | 01 / 01 | 83.3 | |
| 41 | Bombshell (1933) | Jean Harlow & Pat O'Brien |
1.50 | 71.1 | 97.40 | 60 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 83.0 | |
| 42 | ¡Three Amigos! (1986) | Steve Martin & Chevy Chase |
41.20 | 119.8 | 119.80 | 21 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 82.1 | |
| 43 | It's a Great Feeling (1949) | Doris Day & Ronald Reagan |
5.70 | 143.4 | 188.90 | 42 | 51 | 01 / 00 | 82.1 | |
| 44 | The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) | Mia Farrow & Van Johnson |
10.60 | 32.3 | 32.30 | 79 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 81.0 | |
| 45 | The Disaster Artist (2017) | James Franco & Seth Rogen |
21.10 | 25.4 | 34.90 | 96 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 80.7 | |
| 47 | The Day of the Locust (1975) | Burgess Meredith & Donald Sutherland |
12.10 | 63.7 | 63.70 | 47 | 72 | 02 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 48 | The World's Greatest Lover (1977) | Gene Wilder | 26.80 | 129.3 | 129.30 | 31 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 79.8 | |
| 47 | Ed Wood (1994) | Johnny Depp & Bill Murray |
5.90 | 15.6 | 15.60 | 139 | 84 | 02 / 02 | 79.6 | |
| 51 | Show People (1928) | Marion Davies | 2.40 | 76.6 | 103.70 | 38 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 79.0 | |
| 50 | Crazy House (1943) | Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson |
2.90 | 102.7 | 102.70 | 99 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 78.6 | |
| 51 | Merton of the Movies (1947) | Red Skelton & Gloria Grahame |
3.40 | 100.3 | 134.80 | 98 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 78.5 | |
| 52 | Mulholland Drive (2001) | Naomi Watts & Directed by David Lync |
7.20 | 13.8 | 38.40 | 139 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 78.5 | |
| 53 | What Price Hollywood? (1932) | Directed by George Cukor | 1.20 | 60.2 | 79.90 | 93 | 71 | 01 / 00 | 78.2 | |
| 55 | Going Hollywood (1933) | Marion Davies & Bing Crosby |
1.80 | 83.0 | 128.80 | 46 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 77.8 | |
| 56 | Inside Daisy Clover (1965) | Natalie Wood & Robert Redford |
8.10 | 85.7 | 85.70 | 37 | 60 | 03 / 00 | 77.1 | |
| 55 | Barton Fink (1991) | John Goodman & John Mahoney |
6.20 | 15.8 | 15.80 | 118 | 82 | 03 / 00 | 77.1 | |
| 57 | S.O.B. (1981) | William Holden & Julie Andrews |
14.90 | 57.7 | 57.70 | 58 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 76.4 | |
| 56 | The Stunt Man (1980) | Peter O'Toole & Barbara Hershey |
7.10 | 29.3 | 29.30 | 88 | 76 | 03 / 00 | 75.4 | |
| 61 | Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) | Kirk Douglas & Edward G. Robinson |
2.90 | 41.1 | 102.70 | 80 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 75.2 | |
| 62 | Stardust Memories (1980) | Woody Allen | 10.40 | 43.1 | 43.10 | 70 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 74.5 | |
| 60 | Gods and Monsters (1998) | Ian McKellen & Lynn Redgrave |
6.50 | 14.8 | 14.80 | 136 | 78 | 03 / 01 | 74.1 | |
| 62 | Harlow (Embassy Pictures) (1965) | Red Buttons & Angela Lansbury |
8.60 | 91.4 | 91.40 | 32 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 72.7 | |
| 65 | The Big Knife (1955) | Shelley Winters & Rod Steiger |
2.30 | 48.1 | 48.10 | 126 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 72.6 | |
| 63 | My Week with Marilyn (2011) | Michelle Williams & Eddie Redmayne |
14.60 | 19.8 | 47.70 | 129 | 76 | 02 / 00 | 72.4 | |
| 65 | Dolemite Is My Name (2019) Netflix |
Eddie Murphy & Wesley Snipes |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 273 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 72.3 | |
| 68 | Hail, Caesar! (2016) | George Clooney & Scarlett Johansson |
30.50 | 38.0 | 79.30 | 92 | 70 | 01 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 67 | Day for Night (1973) | Jacqueline Bisset & Directed by Francois Truffaut |
1.20 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 147 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 71.0 | |
| 69 | Venus (2006) | Peter O'Toole | 3.30 | 5.5 | 12.80 | 196 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 70.8 | |
| 68 | Honey Boy (2019) | Shia LaBeouf | 3.00 | 3.5 | 3.80 | 153 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 70.8 | |
| 68 | Stan & Ollie (2018) | John C. Reilly & Steve Coogan |
5.50 | 6.5 | 31.10 | 153 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 70.0 | |
| 71 | The Hard Way (1991) | Michael J. Fox & James Woods |
25.90 | 66.3 | 66.30 | 48 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 69.3 | |
| 73 | Harlow (Theatrofilm) (1965) | Ginger Rogers & Carol Lynley |
9.20 | 97.1 | 97.10 | 31 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 69.1 | |
| 73 | Hollywood Shuffle (1987) | Robert Townsend & Craigus R. Johnson |
5.20 | 14.4 | 14.40 | 104 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 68.8 | |
| 72 | State and Main (2000) | Philip Seymour Hoffman & Alec Baldwin |
6.90 | 13.9 | 18.40 | 135 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 68.3 | |
| 74 | Shadow of the Vampire (2000) | Willem Dafoe & John Malkovich |
8.30 | 16.6 | 16.60 | 131 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 67.2 | |
| 76 | Baadasssss! (2003) | Mario Van Peebles & Adam West |
0.40 | 0.7 | 0.70 | 216 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 66.4 | |
| 78 | Paris When It Sizzles (1964) | William Holden & Audrey Hepburn |
5.70 | 65.5 | 65.50 | 49 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 66.3 | |
| 78 | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) | Matt Damon & Will Ferrell |
30.10 | 57.4 | 64.50 | 79 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 64.5 | |
| 81 | Gable and Lombard (1976) | James Brolin & Jill Clayburgh |
18.30 | 92.7 | 92.70 | 36 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 64.0 | |
| 79 | Matinee (1993) | John Goodman | 9.50 | 24.8 | 24.80 | 112 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 63.9 | |
| 80 | Fedora (1978) | William Holden & Directed by Billy Wilder |
2.20 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 105 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 63.7 | |
| 80 | Living in Oblivion (1995) | Steve Buscemi | 1.10 | 2.8 | 2.80 | 186 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 62.4 | |
| 81 | Trumbo (2015) | Bryan Cranston & John Goodman |
7.90 | 10.0 | 10.50 | 128 | 72 | 01 / 00 | 62.2 | |
| 84 | Hollywoodland (2006) | Ben Affleck & Diane Lane |
14.40 | 23.6 | 27.50 | 137 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 62.1 | |
| 85 | Something To Sing About (1937) | James Cagney | 1.70 | 70.5 | 70.50 | 132 | 53 | 01 / 00 | 62.0 | |
| 87 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955) | Abbott & Costello |
2.10 | 44.1 | 44.10 | 134 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 61.1 | |
| 89 | It Happened in Hollywood (1937) | Fay Wray & Richard Dix |
1.10 | 47.3 | 47.30 | 159 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 61.1 | |
| 88 | Boy Meets Girl (1938) | James Cagney | 2.20 | 89.6 | 104.40 | 102 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 60.9 | |
| 89 | Swimming with Sharks (1994) | Kevin Spacey | 0.40 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 208 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 60.8 | |
| 90 | Too Much, Too Soon (1958) | Errol Flynn & Dorothy Malone |
1.50 | 27.7 | 48.50 | 120 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 60.6 | |
| 89 | Inland Empire (2006) | Laura Dern & Jeremy Irons |
0.90 | 1.4 | 1.40 | 236 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 60.4 | |
| 92 | Frances (1982) | Jessica Lange | 5.00 | 18.3 | 18.30 | 97 | 67 | 02 / 00 | 59.1 | |
| 94 | For Your Consideration (2006) | John Krasinski | 5.50 | 9.1 | 9.10 | 183 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 55.9 | |
| 92 | Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) | Kristen Stewart | 1.90 | 2.4 | 4.10 | 169 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 55.7 | |
| 95 | Chaplin (1992) | Robert Downey Jr. & Milla Jovovich |
9.50 | 24.7 | 24.70 | 97 | 62 | 03 / 00 | 55.3 | |
| 97 | The Star (1952) | Bette Davis & Natalie Wood |
2.80 | 54.4 | 54.40 | 121 | 52 | 01 / 00 | 51.5 | |
| 96 | Somewhere (2010) | Stephen Dorff & Elle Fanning |
1.70 | 2.3 | 2.30 | 165 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 51.0 | |
| 97 | The Hero (2017) | Sam Elliott & Katharine Ross |
4.10 | 4.9 | 4.90 | 140 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 48.7 | |
| 99 | Inserts (1975) | Richard Dreyfuss | 2.70 | 14.3 | 14.30 | 92 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 48.5 | |
| 102 | The Comic (1969) | Mickey Rooney & Dick Van Dyke |
2.10 | 16.3 | 16.30 | 95 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 47.6 | |
| 101 | Sweet Liberty (1986) | Michael Caine & Alan Alda |
14.20 | 41.3 | 41.30 | 58 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 47.4 | |
| 102 | Under the Rainbow (1981) | Chevy Chase & Carrie Fisher |
18.80 | 73.0 | 73.00 | 45 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 47.4 | |
| 103 | Hitchcock (2012) | Anthony Hopkins & Scarlett Johansson |
6.00 | 8.1 | 31.90 | 142 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 46.9 | |
| 104 | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) | Adam Driver & Directed by Terry Gilliam |
0.30 | 0.4 | 2.80 | 228 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.5 | |
| 105 | Irreconcilable Differences (1984) | Ryan O'Neal & Drew Barrymore |
12.40 | 39.8 | 39.80 | 67 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 46.0 | |
| 106 | The Last Movie Star (2017) | Burt Reynolds & Chevy Chase |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 281 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 45.3 | |
| 109 | Free and Easy (1930) | Robert Montgomery & Buster Keaton |
1.30 | 72.6 | 72.60 | 90 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 45.1 | |
| 108 | Nickelodeon (1976) | Burt Reynolds & Ryan O'Neal |
18.20 | 92.0 | 92.00 | 37 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 44.5 | |
| 109 | Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005) | Steve Coogan | 1.30 | 2.1 | 2.10 | 204 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 41.4 | |
| 111 | The Buster Keaton Story (1957) | Donald O'Connor & Peter Falk |
1.40 | 26.1 | 26.10 | 138 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 40.7 | |
| 111 | Rules Don't Apply (2016) | Warren Beatty & Martin Sheen |
3.70 | 4.6 | 4.80 | 185 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 40.6 | |
| 110 | Maps to the Stars (2014) | John Cusack & Julianne Moore |
0.40 | 0.5 | 1.80 | 201 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 38.7 | |
| 112 | Cecil B. Demented (2000) | Melanie Griffith & Stephen Dorff |
1.30 | 2.6 | 3.90 | 176 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 38.3 | |
| 115 | The Majestic (2001) | Jim Carrey | 27.80 | 53.1 | 71.20 | 82 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 37.2 | |
| 114 | Mistress (1992) | Robert DeNiro & Martin Landau |
1.10 | 2.9 | 2.90 | 168 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 33.7 | |
| 116 | W.C. Fields and Me (1976) | Rod Steiger | 1.30 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 136 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 30.6 | |
| 117 | The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) | Kim Novak & Peter Finch |
1.80 | 14.7 | 14.70 | 132 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 30.1 | |
| 118 | The Wild Party (1975) | Raquel Welch | 2.50 | 13.0 | 13.00 | 104 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 28.9 | |
| 120 | The Last Tycoon (1976) | Robert DeNiro & Jack Nicholson |
3.50 | 17.7 | 17.70 | 95 | 53 | 01 / 00 | 28.6 | |
| 119 | Memories of Me (1988) | Billy Crystal & Alan King |
4.00 | 10.4 | 10.40 | 131 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 28.6 | |
| 121 | Hollywood Ending (2002) | Woody Allen & Téa Leoni |
4.90 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 161 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 25.1 | |
| 122 | The Fan (1981) | Lauren Bacall & James Garner |
3.10 | 12.0 | 12.00 | 103 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 25.0 | |
| 123 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) | Bruce Dern | 3.60 | 18.4 | 18.40 | 94 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 22.9 | |
| 123 | What Just Happened (2008) | Bruce Willis & Robert DeNiro |
1.10 | 1.6 | 10.10 | 202 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 21.8 | |
| 125 | Knight of Cups (2015) | Christian Bale | 0.60 | 0.7 | 1.30 | 188 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 21.6 | |
| 126 | Jimmy Hollywood (1994) | Joe Pesci | 3.80 | 10.0 | 10.00 | 149 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 20.2 | |
| 127 | The Last Shot (2004) | Matthew Broderick & Alec Baldwin |
0.50 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 226 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 17.1 | |
| 128 | Flashbacks of a Fool (2008) | Daniel Craig | 0.10 | 0.1 | 1.80 | 297 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 16.8 | |
| 129 | Sunset (1988) | Bruce Willis & James Garner |
4.60 | 12.1 | 14.60 | 128 | 45 | 01 / 00 | 12.8 | |
| 130 | The Oscar (1966) | Ernest Borgnine & Joseph Cotten |
2.00 | 19.6 | 19.60 | 103 | 42 | 02 / 00 | 12.7 | |
| 131 | Cover Me Babe (1970) | Sondra Locke | 0.70 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 159 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 9.7 | |
| 132 | The Last of Robin Hood (2013) | Kevin Kline | 0.30 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 207 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 8.1 | |
| 133 | Zeroville (2019) | James Franco & Seth Rogen |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 275 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 6.4 | |
| 134 | The Bubble (2022) Netflix |
Karen Gillan & Directed by Judd Apatow |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 287 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 4.7 | |
| 134 | Movers & Shakers (1985) | Walter Matthau & Steve Martin |
0.40 | 1.1 | 1.10 | 174 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 2.1 |
Too Much Too Soon, Man of a Thousand Faces and Gods and Monsters
Hey Princess of Tap….great suggestions…kicking myself for not remembering Man of a Thousand Faces…that is one of my favorite James Cagney movies.
Well, I would, in addition to HELLZAPOPPIN’, add CRAZY HOUSE. The latter is about O&J returning to Universal to make another movie. They’re met with guns! How about THE DEATH KISS?
Thank you Ray F. I will see if I have box office grosses on Crazy Horse and The Death Kiss. Hellzapoppin was a very very big hit back in the day. Once again…thanks for the suggestions.
I have seen 37 of these movies about movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Aviator.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Argo.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Majestic.
Top 10 Movies I Have Seen:
The Aviator
Sunset Blvd.
Singin’ in the Rain
A Star is Born
A Star is Born
The Barefoot Contessa
Top 20 Movies I Have Seen:
The Bad and the Beautiful
Hooper
The Perils of Pauline
Silent Movie
Sullivan;s Travels
California Suite
Top 30 Movies I Have Seen:
In A Lonely Place
Wag the Dog
Postcards From the Edge
Boogie Nights
Adaptation
The Cameraman
Favourite Movies About Movies:
Singin’ in the Rain
The Aviator
Ed Wood
Sunset Blvd
A Star is Born (1954)
The Barefgoot Contessa
In a Lonely Place
Day For Night
The Bad and the Beautiful
Silent Movie
Sullivan’s Travels
The Cameraman
8 1/2
Trumbo
Free and Easy
I wasn’t going to list all of the films I have seen, but Mom thought that I should since I usually do.
Other Movies about Movies I Have Seen Rated 31 and Lower:
Cinema Paradiso
Mulholland Drive
S.O.B.
Show People
What Price Hollywood (very first version of A Star is Born)
Inside Daisy Clover
Two Weeks in Another Town
State and Main
The Hard Way
Paris When it Sizzles
Something to Sing About
Chaplin
The Star
The Majestic
Hey Flora…thanks for the rest of the list. So I guess Cinema Paradiso did not register with you like it did me. Which version did you see? The one seen in theaters or the one released by the director? There is a major plot change revolving the Alfredo character….and it changes a lot of the movie. Good stuff as always.
I saw the version released in the theatre. I will try to find the version released by the director.
Hey Flora….let’s just say that Alfredo makes a decision in the director’s cut that influenced the entire plot of the movie….in the original cut…..that decision is unknown….and thus puts the emphasis/blame on another character. Good stuff.
Hey Flora……thanks for the feedback on our Movies About Movies page. Tally count…me 77, Steve 43 and you 37….good totals for everybody. Interesting that you saw exactly 6 movies in each of the Top 30…..it makes the math really easy 60% for each level. I have seen all of your favorites with the exception of the really really old ones…The Cameraman and Free Easy….but I want to see them. In A Lonely Place almost did not make the page…..but in the end…I felt it could not be excluded….that seems more like a character study/mystery than a movie about a movie. Good stuff as always.
If Argo is on the list, then Inglourious Bastards should be as well. Both feature making a fake movie to accomplish another task. The Last Shot also falls into that group.
Hey Taylor….good suggestion. I guess I need to re-watch that QT classic. Seems the movie in that one is a very small part of the movie….while the movie in Argo and The Last Shot is the basis for the entire movie….either….I will check that one out again and see.
That’s a very thorough list Bruce, and all the stats to go with it, well done!
I’ve seen 43 of the 111 films listed, more than I expected, seems movies about movies interest me. Shame I didn’t feel the same way about sports movies. 🙂
Favorites include- Hooper, Argo, La La La Land, The Aviator, Sunset Boulevard, A Star is Born (1954), Singin’ in the Rain, The Artist, Get Shorty, Bowfinger, Silent Movie, Ed Wood, The Stunt Man, Boogie Nights, The Hard Way, Chaplin, Three Amigos, Tropic Thunder and Shadow of the Vampire.
Happy to see my favorite musical – Singin in the Rain – topping the critics chart, and it did very well on the UMR and box office charts too.
I’ve never seen Day for Night, 8½ and Cinema Paradiso. All highly rated, I should check them out some day.
Excellent work amigo. Vote Up!
Hey Steve. Thanks for the thoughts on our Movies About Movies page. I have seen 77 of these movies…a lot more than I thought…but then again….the subject seems to interest me as well….lol. As for your favorites….Ed Wood, Tropic Thunder, Get Shorty and The Stunt Man would be among my favorites as well. Singin’ In The Rain did very well in all categories and picked up an overall Top 5 spot. Hmmmmm….interesting that you have not seen the great overseas classics…Day for Night, 8½ and Cinema Paradiso. Of those 3….Cinema Paradiso is the best….in my eyes…as it is one of the best movies I have seen….heck it had me crying at the end. There are two versions out there…..I saw the director’s cut last….and it has some major….and I mean major changes to the story. Good stuff as always.