Showbiz Dramas on Netflix
Last updated May 05, 2024
Rough Cut
2008 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this blood-and-guts Korean action drama, a film-within-the-film threatens to become more real -- and more deadly -- than the life of its bad-boy star (Su-hyeon Hong) when he hires a real gangster to take on an important role. Desperate to avoid scandal and career suicide after beating a fellow actor half to death, spoiled superstar Su-Tae gets more than he bargained for from the performer's lethally stoic replacement, Gang-Pae (Ji-seob So).
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Shrink
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn the wake of a personal tragedy, a Hollywood psychiatrist to the stars devolves into a slovenly pothead and worries he's incapable of helping his patients. An array of real-life stars fills the couch as the shrink's brood of showbiz clientele.
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Luck by Chance
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen struggling actor Vikram gets tapped to play the male lead in a big-budget Bollywood film, he can't believe his luck. But fame and fortune have a way of ruining his relationship with his longtime girlfriend.
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Gods and Monsters
1998 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAs his life draws to a close, film director James Whale -- the openly gay genius behind The Bride of Frankenstein and The Invisible Man -- befriends a gardener, and both men learn from their unexpected but platonic bond.
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The Recipe
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen television producer Choi Yu-Jin catches wind of a death row inmate who longs to eat a fiery Korean stew known as doenjang jjigae one last time before he dies, he sets out to find the best recipe.
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My Week with Marilyn
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhile filming a movie in England, Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe slips away with a young Brit for a week of self-discovery and frivolity. The story that ensues is based on the real-life memoirs of Colin Clark, once assistant to Sir Laurence Olivier.
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A Necessary Death
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWith his roommate planning a documentary about suicide, Daniel Stamm got the idea for his own movie -- a narrative feature about a documentarian following the final days of a young man who's decided to end his own life. This film is the result.
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Flashdance
1983 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAlex works as a welder by day and a stripper by night, but she dreams of training at the local conservatory and becoming a professional dancer. Meanwhile, she navigates a romance with her boss at the steelyard.
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Barton Fink
1991 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen Hollywood taps him to pen a movie script, idealistic playwright Barton Fink develops severe writer's block and soon falls victim to a strange sequence of events, culminating in a murder investigation.
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Little Voice
1998 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsA telephone repairman and a music promoter play second fiddle to Little Voice, a young woman whose beautiful pipes could pack a thousand cabarets. Trouble is, she can only sing along to records in her room.
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Callas Forever
2002 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn this reimagining of the last days of opera diva Maria Callas, her ex-manager reenters her life and persuades the reclusive soprano to star in a movie version of "Carmen," in which she would lip-sync to her old recordings.
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Going Down in La-La Land
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsHunky actor Adam arrives in Los Angeles from New York, brimming with hope for a career in the movie business. His good looks draw the attention of agents and studio execs, and almost instantly, he begins to climb the ladder of fame -- or so it seems.
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Daydream Believers: The Monkees Story
2000 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFour young men were brought together to form the Monkees, America's answer to the Beatles phenomenon. The band burst onto the entertainment scene in 1965 and became a bubblegum pop sensation -- but what they wanted was respect.
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Lovelace
2013 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsAmanda Seyfried stars as adult film icon Linda Lovelace, a woman coerced into and abused by the porn industry before taking charge of her life. The supporting cast includes all manner of Hollywood A-listers stepping into meaty roles.
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Isn't She Great
2000 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsActress-turned-pulpy romance author Jacqueline Susann (Valley of the Dolls) was a dynamo who swept nearly everyone into the vortex of her irrepressible personality -- and what better actress to portray her life story here than Bette Midler.
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For the Boys
1991 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsOn the eve of receiving a presidential medal, aging USO performer Dixie Leonard (Bette Midler) reflects on the events of her 50-year career. Plucked from obscurity by Eddie Sparks (James Caan), Dixie agrees to a tentative partnership that takes the duo through many wars, onstage and off. Eddie and Dixie never quite see eye to eye, but they somehow manage to keep the act together -- for the sake of the boys in uniform.
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The Dirty Picture
2011 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsThis Bollywood biopic is based on the life of Indian sex symbol Silk Smitha, whose 1980s celebrity slowly faded into a lonely and forgotten existence. Silk's story also includes a fairy-tale romance with Surya Kant, her longtime favorite leading man.
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54
1998 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsThis drama recaptures the glitzy élan of New York City's most famous 1970s nightclub, where lives intertwine as Gotham's elite snort cocaine and disco the night away in owner Steve Rubell's chic nightspot.
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Tennessee
2008 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsOn a cross-country trip to find their estranged father, brothers Carter (Adam Rothenberg) and Ellis (Ethan Peck) -- whose life is on the line -- meet waitress Krystal (Mariah Carey). The aspiring singer decides to drive the brothers to Nashville in hopes of jumpstarting her career. The trio becomes a united front as Krystal's husband pursues them, Ellis's health worsens, and Carter relives the painful past he and Ellis left behind.
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Man on the Moon
1999 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsJim Carrey gives the performance of his career as the insanely inventive comedian Andy Kaufman, best known as lovable mechanic Latka Gravas on the 1970s sitcom "Taxi," who shocked audiences with his caustic, off-the-wall routines. Director Milos Forman vividly recreates the era (with help from Lorne Michaels and David Letterman, who play themselves) and profiles a man who often blended comedy with performance art.
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What We Do Is Secret
2007 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsThis dramatized biography profiles Darby Crash, the punk music pioneer who founded the short-lived but highly influential band the Germs -- from the group's earliest days when they could scarcely play their instruments to Crash's overdose in 1980.
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The Thing Called Love
1993 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAspiring country singer Miranda Presley follows her dream to Nashville and finds herself falling for two very different men. After making a rash decision, Miranda must figure out how to get her musical -- and personal -- life back on track.
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Stella Days
2011 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsIn mid-1950s Ireland, a parish priest -- in an attempt to raise funds for his church and merge his passion for film with his faith -- opens a small cinema in his community, provoking conflict with the bishop and the parishioners.
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsTrash-TV maven Chuck Barris has it all -- the hit series "The Gong Show" and the love of a good woman. But he also has a big, dark secret: He's a CIA assassin who kills while purportedly escorting his game show winners on their vacation prizes.
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A Star Is Born
1937 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsStarry-eyed Esther Blodgett yearns to make it big in Hollywood, and when she captures the attention -- and heart -- of matinee idol Norman Maine at an A-list party, she's on her way. But while Esther's star soars, Norman's career takes a nose-dive.
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