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

Faith Based (2020), Baadasssss! (2003), The Stunt Man (1980), The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009), Two Weeks in Another Town (1962), Kurosawa (2001), The Shining (1980), Singin' in the Rain (1952) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Movie Set movies.

#1. Faith Based (2020)

Storyline: FAITH BASED focuses on two slacker friends who come to the realization that every low budget Christian movie starring 90's TV actors makes millions of dollars. They soon set out on a mission to make "A Prayer in Space", the story of the first prayer ever to be prayed... in space.

Plot Keywords: slacker, best friend, comedian, screenwriter, hilarious, madcap, witty ...

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#2. Baadasssss! (2003)

Storyline: Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.

Plot Keywords: director, actor, father, son, amusing, brash, crafty ...

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#3. The Stunt Man (1980)

Storyline: On the run from the police, Cameron (Steve Railsback) crashes the set of a Hollywood war movie. When he inadvertently causes a stunt man's death, the film's manipulative director, Eli Cross (Peter O'Toole), decides to shelter Cameron from the cops if he steps in as the daredevil's replacement. Though the arrangement seems like a good deal, it soon becomes a perilous position, with the situation only complicated when Cameron falls for the movie's lead actress, Nina Franklin (Barbara Hershey).

Plot Keywords: fugitive, actress, director, stuntman, amusing, engaging, intense ...

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#4. The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)

Storyline: As contract songwriters for Disney, Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman compose many of the studio's best-loved hits, including "It's a Small World (After All)" and songs from "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book" and many more. Their prolific professional collaborations result in many awards, including two Oscars. However, a deep, longstanding rift strikes a sour note in the brothers' personal relationship.

Plot Keywords: songwriter, brother, coworker, friend, musician, inspiring, fascinating ...

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#6. Kurosawa (2001)

Storyline: Director Adam Low explores the life and work of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, who is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all-time. Low begins with Kurosawa's childhood in Tokyo and chronicles his ascent following the release of such masterpieces as "Rashomon," "Seven Samurai" and "Throne of Blood." The film also includes interviews with figures Kurosawa has influenced, including such film icons as Clint Eastwood and George Lucas.

Plot Keywords: filmmaker, friend, historian, critic, clint eastwood, fascinating, engaging ...

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#7. The Shining (1980)

Storyline: Signing a contract, Jack Torrance, a normal writer and former teacher agrees to take care of a hotel which has a long, violent past that puts everyone in the hotel in a nervous situation. While Jack slowly gets more violent and angry of his life, his son, Danny, tries to use a special talent, the "Shining", to inform the people outside about whatever that is going on in the hotel.

Plot Keywords: wife, bartender, psychic, chef, caretaker, chilling, suspenseful ...

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#8. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Storyline: 1927 Hollywood. Monumental Pictures' biggest stars, glamorous on-screen couple Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood, are also an off-screen couple if the trade papers and gossip columns are to be believed. Both perpetuate the public perception if only to please their adoring fans and bring people into the movie theaters. In reality, Don barely tolerates her, while Lina, despite thinking Don beneath her, simplemindedly believes what she sees on screen in order to bolster her own stardom and sense of self-importance. R.F. Simpson, Monumental's head, dismisses what he thinks is a flash in the pan: talking pictures. It isn't until The Jazz Singer (1927) becomes a bona fide hit which results in all the movie theaters installing sound equipment that R.F. knows Monumental, most specifically in the form of Don and Lina, have to jump on the talking picture bandwagon, despite no one at the studio knowing anything about the technology. Musician Cosmo Brown, Don's best friend, gets hired as Monumental's ...

Plot Keywords: actor, singer, actress, friend, songwriter, filmmaker, emotional ...

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#9. The Barrel of a Gun (2010)

Storyline: In 1981, black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for the murder of white Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner and was convicted of it in 1982. More than 25 years later, the case continues to spark controversy around the world, inspiring documentaries, books and intense debate. as the world's most celebrated death row inmate keeps his silence on his version of what actually happened in the middle of cold December night on a dark Philadelphia street.—Jennifer Treichler

Plot Keywords: songwriter, brother, coworker, friend, musician, inspiring, fascinating ...

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#11. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)

Storyline: Narrated by Tom Cruise, "Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures" goes through each one of his movies and talks to various participants about their memories of working with Kubrick. For those who know very little about Kubrick, the documentary is an excellent career overview. Kubrick film clips include "Fear and Desire," "Killer's Kiss," "The Killing," "Paths of Glory," "Spartacus," "Lolita," "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," "2001: A Space Odyssey," "A Clockwork Orange," "Barry Lyndon," "The Shining," "Full Metal Jacket" and "Eyes Wide Shut." Those appearing include: Arthur C. Clarke, Keir Dullea, Shelley Duvall, James B. Harris, Richard Schickel, Michael Herr, Nicole Kidman, Anya Kubrick, Christiane Kubrick, Gert Kubrick, Katharina Kubrick, Paul Mazursky, Jack Nicholson, Malcolm McDowell, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Douglas Trumbull, Marie Windsor, Matthew Modine, Sydney Pollack and Peter Ustinov.—alfiehitchie

Plot Keywords: director, actor, producer, film critic, daughter, wife, fascinating ...

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#12. The Last Command (1928)

Storyline: A decorated, aristocratic Czarist General is reduced to penury after the collapse of Imperial Russia. An old adversary, now a successful director hires the general to re-enact the revolution which deposed him.—W. Louis <wlouis@ego.psych.mcgill.ca>

Plot Keywords: revolutionary, russian general, director, extra, gripping, disheartening, intense ...

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#14. Millennium Actress (2001)

Storyline: A movie studio is being torn down. TV interviewer Genya Tachibana has tracked down its most famous star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who has been a recluse since she left acting some 30 years ago. Tachibana delivers a key to her, and it causes her to reflect on her career; as she's telling the story, Tachibana and his long-suffering cameraman are drawn in. The key was given to her as a teenager by a painter and revolutionary that she helped to escape the police. She becomes an actress because it will make it possible to track him down, and she spends the next several decades acting out that search in various genres and eras.

Plot Keywords: actress, director, love interest, mother, emotional, profound, japan ...

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#15. Burden of Dreams (1982)

Storyline: A documentary on the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic Fitzcarraldo (1982), showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have floored a less obsessively driven director. Not only does he have major casting problems, losing both Jason Robards (health) and Mick Jagger (other commitments) halfway through shooting, but the crew gets caught up in a war between Peru and Ecuador, there are problems with the weather and the morale of cast and crew is falling rapidly.—Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>

Plot Keywords: filmmaker, actor, native, mick jagger, cinematographer, shocking, passionate ...

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