Drama, Romance
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Let Liv
Three
Kill the Poor
Bounce
Eye of the Needle
The Ref
Shadow of the Vampire
Deadly Maria
Barfly
Waitress
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Glitter
Far from Heaven
The Clearing
Banksters
Kanchana Sita
¡Jo, papá!
The Beast Must Die
Fläskfarmen
Cheaper by the Dozen
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Let Liv
IMDB 6 | Jun , 2023
A young alcoholic woman agrees to attend an AA meeting with her partner. When she unexpectedly runs into her estranged mother, she's forced to confront demons from her past.Three
IMDB 5.5 | May , 2006
After a yachting accident, a millionaire and his wife are shipwrecked on a desert island along with their former deckhand, Manuel.Kill the Poor
IMDB 4.4 | May , 2003
When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenement building on New York's Lower East Side. The street is like a war zone with none of the nostalgic appeal that Joe remembers from tales of his immigrant grandparents arriving in the same neighborhood with a new life. This is the urban frontier filled with comic mixture of gentrifies, homeboys, dealers and local residents simply bent on staying a floatBounce
IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 2000
Buddy Amaral, a successful and self-absorbed Los Angeles advertising executive, switches airline tickets with a stranger just before boarding a long-delayed flight so that he might enjoy an overnight fling with a pretty Dallas businesswoman. When the plane goes down, killing all aboard, Buddy's guilt soon turns into an alcohol problem. As part of his 12-step program, Buddy seeks atonement and decides to seek out the woman he thinks he's left a widow.Eye of the Needle
IMDB 6.6 | Jul , 1981
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.The Ref
IMDB 6.6 | Mar , 1994
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.Shadow of the Vampire
IMDB 6.7 | May , 2000
Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."Deadly Maria
IMDB 5.7 | Oct , 1993
40-year Maria is living in a monotonous and deadlocked marriage with her husband. In addition, she has to take care of her ill despotic father. One day, she falls in love with her sensitive neighbour Dieter. But her attempt to leave her gloomy everyday life behind leads straight into tragedy.Barfly
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 1987
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.Waitress
IMDB 6.7 | May , 2007
Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.The Purple Rose of Cairo
IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 1985
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.Glitter
IMDB 4.3 | Sep , 2001
A young woman is catapulted into pop stardom, with her already-famous DJ boyfriend calling the shots.Far from Heaven
IMDB 7 | Nov , 2002
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.The Clearing
IMDB 5.8 | Jul , 2004
When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.Banksters
IMDB 5.9 | Oct , 2020
Karolina (Katarzyna Zawadzka) works in a bank, she is energetic, self-confident, go-getting. When the latest currency product comes into her hands - a loan in Swiss francs, the woman gets a great chance to prove herself. Having the full consent of his boss - Adam (Tomasz Karolak), he unscrupulously starts persuading clients to take the most risky and unfavorable investments. Jan (Jan Frycz) is the gray eminence of the Polish financiers. In his phone, he has contacts to the presidents of the largest banks in Poland. His cynical ideas and decisions affect the economy and the fate of hundreds of thousands of people overnight. Such as Artur (Rafał Zawierucha) - an ambitious head of an IT company who decides to use currency options to develop his business. His partner is Mateusz (Antoni Królikowski), who dreams of independence, his own place and the longed-for move away from his in-laws.Kanchana Sita
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 1978
The film interprets a story from the Uttara Kanda of the epic poem Ramayana, where Rama sends his wife, Sita, to the jungle to satisfy his subjects. Sita is never actually seen in the film, but her virtual presence is compellingly evoked in the moods of the forest and the elements. The film retells the epic from a womens' liberationist perspective, and is about the tragedy of power and the sacrifices that adherence to dharma demands, including abandoning a chaste wife.¡Jo, papá!
IMDB 5.2 | Nov , 1975
With the purpose of recalling a youthful adventure, Enrique, a well-placed merchant, decides to travel around Spain in the company of his wife Alicia and his two daughters, Pilar and Carmen.The Beast Must Die
IMDB 6.6 | May , 1952
A crime writer gets involved in a murder investigation.Fläskfarmen
IMDB 7.5 | Jan , 1986
A bunch of homeless people becomes interested in a rehab facility for alcoholics, run by a religious foundation. They think it will be an easy and comfortable stay/cure to sober up and get fat. But they don't know what they are getting themselves into. The staff at the foundation are very eager to treat the newcomers.Cheaper by the Dozen
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 2003
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.