Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "fictional-celebrity"

1. Galaxy Quest (1999)

PG | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

The alumni cast of a space opera television series have to play their roles as the real thing when an alien race needs their help. However, they also have to defend both Earth and the alien race from a reptilian warlord.

Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub

Votes: 178,346 | Gross: $71.58M

2. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Passed | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy

Votes: 61,936 | Gross: $4.05M

3. Death Becomes Her (1992)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

When a fading actress learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini

Votes: 131,471 | Gross: $58.42M

4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Devastated Peter takes a Hawaiian vacation in order to deal with the recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah. Little does he know, Sarah's traveling to the same resort as her ex - and she's bringing along her new boyfriend.

Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Kristen Bell, Jason Segel, Paul Rudd, Mila Kunis

Votes: 302,605 | Gross: $63.17M

5. Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson

Votes: 236,587

6. The Bodyguard (1992)

R | 129 min | Action, Drama, Music

A former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to an R&B singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's.

Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs

Votes: 147,761 | Gross: $121.95M

7. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Music

Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.

Director: Jake Kasdan | Stars: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, David Krumholtz, Nat Faxon

Votes: 77,278 | Gross: $18.32M

8. All About Eve (1950)

Passed | 138 min | Drama

A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm

Votes: 138,832 | Gross: $0.01M

9. Music and Lyrics (2007)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.

Director: Marc Lawrence | Stars: Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Scott Porter, Nick Bacon

Votes: 107,221 | Gross: $50.57M

10. S1m0ne (2002)

PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

A producer's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star, becoming an overnight sensation that everyone thinks is a real person.

Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Rachel Roberts, Benjamin Salisbury

Votes: 62,479 | Gross: $9.68M

11. Cecil B. Demented (2000)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.

Director: John Waters | Stars: Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier

Votes: 16,657 | Gross: $1.28M

12. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

A small-town girl wins a date with a male celebrity through a contest. When the date goes better than expected, a love triangle forms between the girl, the male celebrity, and the girl's best friend.

Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel, Topher Grace, Nathan Lane

Votes: 29,441 | Gross: $17.07M

13. Nurse Betty (2000)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Comedy about a widow's post-traumatic obsession with a soap star.

Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear

Votes: 36,199 | Gross: $25.17M

14. The Star (1952)

Passed | 89 min | Drama, Romance

A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but still desires a comeback.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood, Warner Anderson

Votes: 4,147

15. Lazare (2020)

108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical

A team of French-Brazilian actors goes to Bucharest to shoot a film at a lower cost. But the Romanian technical team secretly shoot their own film.

Director: Philippe Chalem | Stars: Emine Meyrem, Milena Straube, Lionel Rousselot, Stanislas Siwiorek

Votes: 11

16. Country Gold (1982 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

An aging country singer is not yet ready to be yesterday's news, so she resents the success of a popular young country singer.

Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Loni Anderson, Earl Holliman, Linda Hamilton, Cooper Huckabee

Votes: 75

17. Model Citizen (2014 TV Movie)

24 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

As an aging supermodel's career implodes, she decides to leave Los Angeles and go home to support her father as he running for reelection as Mayor. When health reasons cause him to drop out, she deciders to run in his place.

Director: Matt Berman | Stars: Angie Everhart, Conrad Bachmann, Bob Bancroft, Jason Brye

18. Trixie Wonderland - Weihnachten mit Trixie Dörfel (2017 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy, Music

Olli Dittrich is playing the fictional Trixie Dörfel, former child singer, actress, now a respectful star who shows singer Stefanie Hertel and the viewers how she is celebrating Christmas ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Theunissen | Stars: Amro Alsibae, Olli Dittrich, Stefanie Hertel, Katinka Jaekel

Votes: 5

19. Trixie Nightmare - Der tiefe Fall der Trixie Dörfel (2018 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy

In the sequel of "Trixie Wonderland" this mockumentary tells the story of the downfall of the former children actress and singer and movie diva Trixie Dörfel, her scandal with her husband ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Theunissen | Stars: Iris Berben, Nadja Bobyleva, Howard Carpendale, Olli Dittrich

20. 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001)
Episode: Fifteen Minutes of Dick (1997)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Sally stands up to Mark Hamill who unknowingly has taken the Solomons place in a restaurant and becomes a local hero.

Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Votes: 355

21. Zeke and Luther (2009–2012)
Episode: Adventure Boy (2009)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Zeke and Luther are big fans of TV risk-taker, Rutger Murdoch, so when the boys meet him at Don's they are really excited. That is until they realize he's in town to see Zeke's crush, Olivia.

Director: Gregory Hobson | Stars: Hutch Dano, Adam Hicks, Daniel Curtis Lee, Ryan Whitney

Votes: 12