Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "washed-up-actor"

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

R | 161 min | Comedy, Drama

A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch

Votes: 848,012 | Gross: $142.50M

2. The Menu (2022)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

Director: Mark Mylod | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau

Votes: 392,393 | Gross: $38.50M

3. Babylon (I) (2022)

R | 189 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Jean Smart, Olivia Wilde

Votes: 167,588

4. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama

A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough

Votes: 666,593 | Gross: $42.34M

5. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)

PG | 97 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Thirty years after their popular television show ended, chipmunks Chip and Dale live very different lives. When a cast member from the original series mysteriously disappears, the pair must reunite to save their friend.

Director: Akiva Schaffer | Stars: Andy Samberg, John Mulaney, KiKi Layne, Will Arnett

Votes: 46,985

6. Ed Wood (1994)

R | 127 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Ambitious but troubled movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. tries his best to fulfill his dreams despite his lack of talent.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette

Votes: 183,986 | Gross: $5.89M

7. Out of This World (1987–1991)

30 min | Comedy, Family

A teenager discovers that her birth father is an alien and that she has supernatural powers.

Stars: Donna Pescow, Maureen Flannigan, Burt Reynolds, Doug McClure

Votes: 2,212

8. Mindhorn (2016)

TV-MA | 89 min | Comedy, Thriller

A has-been actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective series "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be a real person.

Director: Sean Foley | Stars: Julian Barratt, Simon Farnaby, Essie Davis, Steve Coogan

Votes: 13,715

9. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson

Votes: 59,591 | Gross: $27.38M

10. The Country Girl (1954)

Unrated | 104 min | Drama, Music

A director hires an alcoholic has-been and strikes up a stormy relationship with the actor's wife, who he believes is the cause of all the man's problems.

Director: George Seaton | Stars: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden, Anthony Ross

Votes: 6,673

11. Rigor Mortis (2013)

Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

A public housing tenement is plunged into a dark storm of supernatural chaos.

Director: Juno Mak | Stars: Siu-Ho Chin, Kara Wai, Hee Ching Paw, Anthony Chan

Votes: 6,497

12. My Name Is Bruce (2007)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Mistaken for his character Ash from the 'Evil Dead' trilogy, Bruce Campbell is forced to fight a real monster in a small Oregon town.

Director: Bruce Campbell | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Grace Thorsen, Taylor Sharpe, Ted Raimi

Votes: 25,143 | Gross: $0.17M

13. I Knew Her Well (1965)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama

Adriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business.

Director: Antonio Pietrangeli | Stars: Stefania Sandrelli, Mario Adorf, Jean-Claude Brialy, Joachim Fuchsberger

Votes: 3,144 | Gross: $0.01M

14. Frightmare (1983)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror

When his loyal fans decide to steal his fresh corpse from the mortuary to party with it all night long, a true horror film star returns from the grave as a ghastly blood-sucker, bent on revenge. At least, will he spare his followers?

Director: Norman Thaddeus Vane | Stars: Ferdy Mayne, Luca Bercovici, Nita Talbot, Leon Askin

Votes: 1,746

15. Quicksand (2003)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a workaholic banker journeys to Monaco to investigate the suspicious activities of a company, he finds himself framed for murder and running for his life.

Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Michael Keaton, Michael Caine, Judith Godrèche, Rade Serbedzija

Votes: 2,759

16. Catch Hell (2014)

Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A fading Hollywood pretty-boy gets taken and brutalized in Louisiana by two local men with his total ruination at heart.

Director: Ryan Phillippe | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Ian Barford, Stephen Louis Grush, James DuMont

Votes: 3,129

17. The Oscar (1966)

Approved | 119 min | Drama

Snotty Hollywood actor becomes even more full of himself after he's nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker

Votes: 1,462

18. Anarchy in Japan-Suke (1999)

68 min | Drama

MIZUKI is infertile. Desperate for a child, she kidnaps a baby boy from the car of a couple who are screwing outside. Mizuki raises the boy and names him YOSHIKI. Eight years later, Mizuko ... See full summary »

Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Yumeka Sasaki, Kazuhiro Sano, Yukiko Izumi, Natsuko Sawada

Votes: 135

19. The Great Nick D (2024)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

A sweet-natured tale of redemption following a washed up 90's porn star now a Venice Beach nobody, who gets a second chance to restart his mainstream acting career in order to win back the Oscar nominated actress girlfriend from his past.

Directors: Ansel Faraj, Nathan Wilson | Stars: O-Lan Jones, Lara Parker, David Selby, Kathryn Leigh Scott

20. Women in Temptation (2010)

118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When a marriage counselor is abandoned by her husband for a younger woman, she sets out for new companionship.

Director: Jirí Vejdelek | Stars: Lenka Vlasáková, Eliska Balzerová, Vojtech Dyk, Veronika Khek Kubarová

Votes: 812

21. Almost Heaven (2006)

Drama

A Canadian television director is hired to salvage an international fishing show in Scotland. The only hitch: his ex-wife is the host. What he finds in Scotland is love in the form of a ... See full summary »

Director: Shel Piercy | Stars: Julie Cox, Donal Logue, Alisa Cox, Christopher Fairbank

Votes: 217

22. The Actor (I) (2018)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A mentally disturbed aspiring actor returns to New York City, as he hides his violent urges, he discovers the world of social media and faces the horrifying power of the internet.

Directors: Bijan Daryani, Ali Raza Taqui | Stars: Bijan Daryani, Kaye Tuckerman, Harry Aspinwall, Linda Mendivel

Votes: 95

23. Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling trapped with her father in her small world... See full summary »

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Monty Woolley, Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Sara Allgood

Votes: 252 | Gross: $0.20M

24. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: The Cream of the Jest (1957)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

Broken-down actor Charles Gresham, who has a weakness for booze, demands that playwright Wayne Campbell give him a part. When Campbell refuses, Gresham resorts to blackmail.

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Claude Rains, James Gregory, Paul Picerni

Votes: 623

25. The Baron (1966–1967)
Episode: The Legions of Ammak (1966)

TV-PG | 49 min | Crime, Drama

Mannering is asked to handle the sale of "The Legions of Ammak", a golden necklace that contains seven perfectly matched black pearls from a Middle Eastern king to an eccentric millionaire.... See full summary »

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Steve Forrest, Peter Wyngarde, George Murcell, Paul Ferris

Votes: 28

26. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: A Fish Called Selma (1996)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Washed-up movie star Troy McClure starts dating Selma in an attempt to silence bizarre rumors about his personal life and resuscitate his career.

Director: Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,335

27. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Jack Cassidy and Tim Conway (1973)

TV-G | 45 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include a parody of "A Star Is Born".

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 40

28. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: Need to Know (2013)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Esposito and Ryan investigate a former TV star's murder, but Beckett and her partner take over the case and do not want them, or Castle, involved.

Director: Larry Shaw | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas

Votes: 1,207