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1. Wag the Dog (1997)
directed by Barry Levinson
featuring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson, Denis Leary
In a 29-day shoot, Barry Levinson filmed this $15 million political and media satire, adapted by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet from Larry Beinhart's ... More
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2. The Truman Show (1998)
directed by Peter Weir
featuring Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone
Peter Weir directed this comedy-drama, a commentary on all-pervasive media manipulation. Scripted by Andrew M. Niccol (Gattaca), the film plays like ... More
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3. Spice World (1998)
directed by Bob Spiers
featuring Melanie Brown, Spice Girls, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Victoria Adams, Richard E. Grant, Alan Cumming
Bob Spiers (director of TV's Absolutely Fabulous) directed this feature-film debut of the five Spice Girls -- Posh Spice, Sporty Spice, Scary Spice, ... More
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4. NewsRadio [TV Series] (1995)
The only thing harder to predict than tomorrow's news is what the folks at WNYX, an all-news radio outlet in New York City, might do next on the ... More
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5. UHF (1989)
directed by Jay Levey
featuring "Weird Al" Yankovic, Michael Richards, Kevin McCarthy, Anthony Geary, Victoria Jackson, David Bowe
UHF is the film debut of comedy rock satirist Weird Al Yankovic, who also co-wrote the screenplay. George Newman (Yankovic) and his friend Bob (David ... More
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6. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
directed by Elia Kazan
featuring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick
Andy Griffith makes a spectacular film debut in this searing drama as Lonesome Rhodes, a philosophical country-western singer discovered in a ... More
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7. Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
directed by Robert Altman
featuring Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Kim Basinger
This large, sprawling comedy directed by Robert Altman concerns a variety of romantic and personal intrigues that intersect against the backdrop of ... More
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8. Scream 2 (1997)
directed by Wes Craven
featuring David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Jerry O'Connell
A year after the monstrous success of 1996's neo-slasher flick Scream, director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson reunited for this follow ... More
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9. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
directed by Alexander MacKendrick
featuring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Sam Levene
Ernest Lehman drew upon his experiences as a Broadway press agent to write the devastating a clef short story "Tell Me About Tomorrow." This in ... More
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10. Videodrome (1982)
directed by David Cronenberg
featuring James Woods, Sonja Smits, Deborah Harry, Peter Dvorsky, Les Carlson
Hardcore pornography, sadomasochism, mind control, and living televisions all play crucial roles in Videodrome, one of director David Cronenberg's ... More
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11. American Dreamz (2006)
directed by Paul Weitz
featuring Dennis Quaid, Hugh Grant, Mandy Moore, Willem Dafoe, Chris Klein
The President of the United States (Dennis Quaid) seems to be having a nervous breakdown after picking up a newspaper for the first time in four ... More
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12. His Girl Friday (1940)
directed by Howard Hawks
featuring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Helen Mack, Porter Hall, Clarence Kolb, Roscoe Karns
The second screen version of the Ben Hecht/Charles MacArthur play The Front Page, His Girl Friday changed hard-driving newspaper reporter Hildy ... More
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13. Zelig (1983)
directed by Woody Allen
featuring Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Garrett M. Brown, Stephanie Farrow, Will Holt
Leonard Zelig, the "human chameleon", is profiled in this mock-documentary. Director Woody Allen appears as Zelig in scenes that purport to be ... More
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14. Little Black Book (2004)
directed by Nick Hurran
featuring Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates, Ron Livingston, Julianne Nicholson
Directed by Nick Hurran, Little Black Book follows Stacy (Brittany Murphy), an associate producer of a popular daytime talk show starring Kippie Kann ... More
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15. The Running Man (1987)
directed by Paul Michael Glaser
featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown
Directed by former Starsky and Hutch TV star Paul Michael Glaser, this post-apocalyptic science fiction yarn satirized American entertainment, ... More
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16. Primary Colors (1998)
directed by Mike Nichols
featuring John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Adrian Lester
Mike Nichols directed this Elaine May screenplay adapted from the 1996 bestseller by "Anonymous" (Joe Klein), who fictionalized Bill Clinton's first ... More
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17. Broadcast News (1987)
directed by James L. Brooks
featuring William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack, Jack Nicholson
Writer/director/producer James L. Brooks scores on all counts with this clear-eyed look at the television news business and the dysfunctional types ... More
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18. Simone (2002)
directed by Andrew Niccol
featuring Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Jay Mohr
Is the time approaching when a persona in its entirety could be a mere fabrication of modern culture and technology? Or did Hollywood enter that time ... More
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19. Life or Something Like It (2002)
directed by Stephen Herek
featuring Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Christian Kane, Stockard Channing, Melissa Errico
An egotistical TV reporter learns to appreciate the good things in life thanks to an eccentric, homeless clairvoyant in this old-fashioned romantic ... More
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20. The TV Set (2007)
directed by Jake Kasdan
featuring David Duchovny, Sigourney Weaver, Ioan Gruffudd, Judy Greer, Fran Kranz
Writer/director Jake Kasdan's showbiz comedy The TV Set stars David Duchovny as Mike Klein, a television producer who in the beginning of the film ... More
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21. To Die For (1995)
directed by Gus Van Sant
featuring Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck, Illeana Douglas, Alison Folland
The price of fame is murder -- or at least it is in the mind of one woman in New Hampshire. Suzanne Stone (Nicole Kidman) has spent most of her life ... More
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22. Private Parts (1997)
directed by Betty Thomas
featuring Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack, Fred Norris, Jackie Martling, Paul Giamatti
Based on a best-selling autobiography, this comedy drama is the surprisingly sweet-natured life story of a controversial radio personality. Howard ... More
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23. Holy Man (1998)
directed by Stephen Herek
featuring Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Robert Loggia, Jon Cryer
Stephen Herek directed this comedy-drama in which soul-less exec Ricky Hayman (Jeff Goldblum), programmer for the failing Good Buy Shopping Network, ... More
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24. Celebrity (1998)
directed by Woody Allen
featuring Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Famke Janssen, Joe Mantegna, Melanie Griffith
Black-and-white Sven Nykvist cinematography highlights this Woody Allen comedy about fame and obscurity among Manhattan celebs. Journalist Lee Simon ... More
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25. Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
directed by Pauly Shore
featuring Earl W. Brown, Jaime Bergman, Rick Ducommun, Todd Bridges, Pauly Shore
Can death be a good career move? The star of Bio-Dome, Jury Duty, and In the Army Now decides to find out in this satirical comedy. Pauly Shore ... More
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