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Entertainment Industry Drama movies

Fame and career drama in film, TV, music, or theater: ambition, image, exploitation, and the cost of success.

Not Okay

1. Not Okay

Comedy Drama Satire Entertainment Industry Drama
6.1
20221h 43min

Overview

An ambitious young woman, desperate for followers and fame, fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence. When a terrifying incident takes place in the real world and becomes part of her imaginary trip, her white lie becomes a moral quandary that offers her all the attention she’s wanted.

Themes

Social media performativity, Online shaming consequences, Viral notoriety, Performative deception, Fame versus integrity, Ethical boundaries of influence

Available on

Hulu
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Red Rocket

2. Red Rocket

Drama Comedy Entertainment Industry Drama Awkward Comedy
7.1
20212h 10min

Overview

After hitting rock bottom in Los Angeles, former porn star Mikey Saber returns to his hometown in Texas to stay with his estranged wife and mother-in-law. Just as tensions begin to ease, he becomes infatuated with a young doughnut shop worker named Strawberry.

Themes

Economic desperation, Romantic manipulation, Deception and leverage, Fame versus employment, Desire and power, Family interference

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
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The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

3. The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Drama Comedy Satire Entertainment Industry Drama
7.1
20211h 48min

Overview

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

Themes

Memory and legacy, Journalistic objectivity, Revolutionary student protest, Art as social currency, Foreignness and belonging, Artworld spectacle

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Delicious

4. Delicious

History Comedy Drama Satire Entertainment Industry Drama
7.0
20211h 52min

Overview

France, 1789 - just before the Revolution. When talented chef Manceron is dismissed from his prestigious position by the Duke of Chamfort, he loses the taste for cooking. But when he meets the mysterious Louise, together they decide to create the very first restaurant in France.

Themes

Class inequality, Betrayal and deception, Community over privilege, Dining as protest, Innovation against tradition

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Official Competition

5. Official Competition

Comedy Drama Satire Entertainment Industry Drama
7.0
20211h 54min

Overview

When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavour. Completing the all-star team are two actors with massive talent but even bigger egos: Hollywood heartthrob Félix Rivero and radical theatre actor Iván Torres. Both are legends, but not exactly best friends. Through a series of increasingly eccentric trials set by Lola, Félix and Iván must confront not only each other but also their own legacies. Who will be left when the cameras finally start rolling?

Themes

Public performance scrutiny, Creative ambition vs ego, Deception within collaboration, Performer ego dynamics, Legacy through art, Rehearsal as weapon

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Bergman Island

6. Bergman Island

Drama Romance Entertainment Industry Drama Passionate Romance
6.6
20211h 53min

Overview

An English-German filmmaking couple retreat to Fårö for the summer to each write screenplays for their upcoming films in an act of pilgrimage to the place that inspired Ingmar Bergman. As the summer and their screenplays advance, the lines between reality and fiction start to blur against the backdrop of the Island's wild landscape.

Themes

Romantic tension under artistry, Isolation amplifies collaboration pressure, Creative pilgrimage and ambition, Legacy and influence on craft, Blurred reality and fiction, Perception versus truth in storytelling

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Annette

7. Annette

Drama Romance Entertainment Industry Drama Dark Romance
6.3
20212h 20min

Overview

In present-day Los Angeles, controversial stand-up comedian Henry McHenry and internationally renowned opera singer Ann Defrasnoux form the façade of a happy couple in the spotlight. Ann gives birth to a baby girl named Annette, who possesses an exceptional gift that will change all of their lives forever.

Themes

Public image vs private life, Ambition and dependency, Manipulation through art, Revenge through performance, Fame at personal cost, Parental influence and legacy

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
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Mainstream

8. Mainstream

Comedy Drama Dark Comedy Entertainment Industry Drama
5.1
20211h 35min

Overview

A young woman thinks she’s found a path to internet stardom when she starts making YouTube videos with a charismatic stranger – until the dark side of viral celebrity threatens to ruin them both.

Themes

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Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Malcolm & Marie

9. Malcolm & Marie

Drama Romance Entertainment Industry Drama Passionate Romance
6.6
20211h 46min

Overview

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

Themes

Authenticity versus performance, Creative ego vs relationships, Criticism and interpretation politics, Jealousy and projection, Validation through acknowledgment, Film as self-expression

Available on

Netflix
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Sound of Metal

10. Sound of Metal

Drama Music Entertainment Industry Drama Narrative Musical
7.7
20202h 1min

Overview

Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.

Themes

Deaf identity, Sobriety and recovery, Community belonging, Disrupted sound perception, Sign language learning, Rehab shelter dynamics

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Kanopy
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