Highest-Rated Movies about 'Film Set', Sort by Popularity

Double Dare (2003), RKO 281 (1999), The Girl Next Door (2000), Beware of a Holy Whore (1971), Teen Beach Movie (2013), Light Keeps Me Company (2000), The Party (1968), The Artist (2011) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Film Set movies.

#1. Double Dare (2003)

Storyline: Stuntwomen Jeannie Epper and Zoe Bell are experts at taking punches, swinging swords and being blown to bits. Epper first gained respect as Lynda Carter's stuntwoman on TV's "Wonder Woman," while Bell had a long run as Lucy Lawless' double on the series "Xena: Warrior Princess." But, in a primarily male profession, the women still have to struggle against sexism to find jobs. This documentary chronicles their uphill battle in Hollywood and their enduring friendship throughout it all.

Plot Keywords: stuntwoman, woman, senior citizen, actress, friend, quentin tarantino, engaging ...

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#2. RKO 281 (1999)

Storyline: Orson Welles (Liev Schreiber), all charisma and stubborn vision, is signed to direct films for RKO Pictures with a startling amount of creative freedom. Welles decides to make production number 281 a disguised biopic of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst (James Cromwell), a film which would come to be known as "Citizen Kane." But Welles doesn't understand just how much clout Hearst yields. When he gets word of the unflattering production, Hearst does everything in his power to stop it.

Plot Keywords: filmmaker, screenwriter, columnist, director, publisher, fiery, thrilling ...

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#3. The Girl Next Door (2000)

Storyline: Christine Fugate's look into the porn career of Stacy Valentine begins during the marriage that led her to the industry. When Stacy wins a Hustler magazine contest that her husband urged her to enter, she's thrust into a world of opportunities. She leaves her husband and moves to Los Angeles, where she pursues acting in hardcore porn films. Candid footage from Valentine's life explores her multiple plastic surgeries, her tumultuous relationship with a fellow actor and her personal issues.

Plot Keywords: porn star, husband, male model, actor, mother, pornographer, fascinating ...

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#7. The Party (1968)

Storyline: While trying to tie his shoe, bumbling extra Hrundi V. Bakshi (Peter Sellers) unwittingly triggers explosives that destroy the set of an epic war film. The furious director tells executive Fred Clutterbuck (J. Edward McKinley) to fire him. Because of a misunderstanding, Bakshi instead mistakenly receives an invitation to an exclusive party at Clutterbuck's Hollywood mansion, where he proceeds to wreak havoc on partygoers as he stumbles through what will become the wildest night he's ever seen.

Plot Keywords: actor, director, studio head, daughter, waiter, singer, hilarious ...

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#8. The Artist (2011)

Storyline: Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers. The headlines demand: "Who's That Girl?" and Peppy is inspired to audition for a dancing bit-part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction of talking-pictures turns Valentin's world upside-down.

Plot Keywords: movie star, actress, wife, dog, driver, studio head, charming ...

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#9. Ed Wood (1994)

Storyline: Because of his eccentric habits and bafflingly strange films, director Edward D. Wood Jr. is a Hollywood outcast. Nevertheless, with the help of the formerly famous Bela Lugosi and a devoted cast and crew of show-business misfits who believe in Ed's off-kilter vision, the filmmaker is able to bring his oversize dreams to cinematic life. Despite a lack of critical or commercial success, Ed and his friends manage to create an oddly endearing series of extremely low-budget films.

Plot Keywords: filmmaker, actor, girlfriend, actress, orson welles, quirky, creative ...

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#10. Veronika Voss (1982)

Storyline: Munich, 1955: A sports journalist meets Veronika Voss, an UFA actress who supposedly had an affair with Goebbels. Now declining, Voss is kept by her "kind" doctor, Dr. Katz, supplying her house, food, clean clothes and her favourite: morphine. Voss, trying to come back towards the cinema, cannot perform an absurdly simple scene, but it attracts the attention of the journalist, who suspects that something's very wrong regarding her doctor.—Sdicht <sdicht@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: actress, sports reporter, girlfriend, neurologist, ex-husband, director, dark ...

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#11. Overnight (2003)

Storyline: This documentary follows Troy Duffy, a brash, foul-mouthed bartender whose screenplay for an action film called "Boondock Saints" scores him a generous contract to write and direct the film for Harvey Weinstein at Miramax Studios. Duffy's band, the Brood, is also in the midst of signing a contract with Madonna's Maverick Records. Duffy's fiery manner is instrumental to his success, but when the deals go sour, no one seems safe from his explosive temper.

Plot Keywords: filmmaker, writer, director, actor, studio head, friend, brooding ...

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#12. Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)

Storyline: The story of "Ozploitation" movies - a time when Australian cinema showed an explosion of sex, violence, horror and action. Includes anecdotes, lessons in maverick filmmaking and a genuine love of Australian movies. It moves through Aussie genre cinema of the 70s and early 80s - claiming it's an unjustly forgotten cinematic era of boobs, pubes, tubes... and even a little kung fu.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: filmmaker, actor, director, producer, film fan, lighthearted, creative ...

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#13. Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)

Storyline: In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.—Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Plot Keywords: martin scorsese, editor, cinematographer, director, engaging, inspiring, spirited ...

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#14. Peeping Tom (1960)

Storyline: Mark Lewis, works as a focus puller in a British film studio. On his off hours, he supplies a local porno shop with cheesecake photos and also dabbles in filmmaking. A lonely, unfriendly, sexually repressed fellow, Mark is obsessed with the effects of fear and how they are registered on the face and behavior of the frightened. This obsession dates from the time when, as a child, he served as the subject of some cold-blooded experiments in terror conducted by his own scientist father. As a grown man, Mark becomes a compulsive murderer who kills women and records their contorted features and dying gasps on film. His ongoing project is a documentary on fear. With 16mm camera in hand, he accompanies a prostitute to her room and stabs her with a blade concealed in his tripod, all the while photographing her contorted face in the throes of terror and death. Alone in his room, he surrounds himself with the sights and sounds of terror: taped screams, black-and-white "home movies" of convulsed...

Plot Keywords: murderer, victim, neighbor, police officer, psychiatrist, photographer, dark ...

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#15. Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)

Storyline: An exploration of the history, artistry, and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a look at their actual process of creation and discovery.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: actor, sound operator, director, expert, cool, engaging, fascinating ...

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