Poll: Film Within a Film

Results of 532 votes:

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

    

   Operazione Dyn-O-Mite! (Poster) Nebraska Jim (Poster) Tanner (Poster) Kill Me Now Ringo, Said The Gringo (Italian: Uccidimi Subito Ringo, Disse Il Gringo) (Poster) In the period comedy film, Rick Dalt…
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   Tropic Thunder (2008)

    

   Tropic Thunder Simple Jack The Fatties: Fart 2 Satan's Alley The action-comedy film features the production of a film based on a Vietnam War veteran's memoir. The actors that are involved in the produ…
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   Inglourious Basterds (2009)

    

   Nation's Pride (German: Stolz der Nation) (Poster) A Nazi propaganda film called Nation's Pride, which is a crucial plot element in the film's climax.
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   Home Alone (1990)

    

   Angels with Filthy Souls (Poster) Kevin McCallister is accidentally left at home during Christmas when his family went to Paris without him. Kevin watches Angels with Filthy Souls (a parody of the 193…
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   The Big Lebowski (1998)

    

   Logjammin' The Dude watches a pornographic film with Maude and sees Bunny Lebowski starring in the film.
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   Boogie Nights (1997)

    

   Brock Landers: Angels Live In My Town In this film, Mark Wahlberg plays a rising porn actor. In part of his acting career, the character stars as a cop in a series of pornographic action films, with t…
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   Singin' in the Rain (1952)

    

   The Dancing Cavalier The musical film's couple star in the musical film that ends in a modern-day Broadway ballet.
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   Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

    

   Somethin's Cookin' The Live-Action/Animation Hybrid features the filming of a theatrical short starring Baby Herman and Roger Rabbit. It parodies golden age cartoons such as "Looney Tunes."
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   Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

    

   You Just Don't Exist Scott Pilgrim confronts one of his girlfriend's ex-boyfriends, who is a skateboarder and actor producing the action film You Just Don't Exist.
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    Scream 2 (1997)

     

    Stab A film is produced based on the events that took place in the first film Scream (1996). A whole Stab series is featured throughout the Scream film series. Stab 2 and 3 in Scream 3 (2000), and fro…
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    Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

     

    Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season (Poster) Bluntman and Chronic The duo Jay and Silent Bob encounter the making of Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season, a satirical sequel to Good Will Hunting (1997)…
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    The Exorcist (1973)

     

    Crash Course In the horror film, before the mother's daughter is possessed, the mother played by Ellen Burstyn, stars in a film about student activism.
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    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

     

    Angels with Even Filthier Souls Kevin McCallister watches the sequel to Angels with Filthy Souls. The director studied the 1930s and 1940s film noir to make Angels with Even Filthier Souls appear auth…
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    Last Action Hero (1993)

     

    Hamlet (Poster) Arnold Schwarzenegger's character Jack Slater is featured as playing Hamlet.
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    Adaptation. (2002)

     

    The Orchid Thief One of the twin brother protagonists adapts the book The Orchid Thief into a film and draws the jealousy of his brother.
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    AK vs AK (2020)

     

    Once Upon a Time in... Bollywood A filmmaker kidnaps the daughter of a movie star, and while the star searches for his daughter, the director films the desperate search in real-time for his next block…
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    Om Shanti Om (2007)

     

    Phir Bhi Dil Hai NRI Main Bhi Hoon Na Dhoom 5 Various other fictional films. Om, played by Shah Rukh Khan, is an actor in the film who starred in many fictional films and was also nominated for his ro…
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    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)

     

    Terrance and Phillip: Asses of Fire The musical comedy based on an obscene cartoon within the musical comedy based on an obscene cartoon serves as a self-reflexive cautionary tale regarding censorship…
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    Sherlock Jr. (1924)

     

    Heart and Pearls The protagonist dreams that he appears in a melodrama and solves the mystery as Sherlock Jr.
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    Planet Terror (2007)

     

    Machete Preceding the zombie film is a trailer for Machete that features Danny Trejo as a former Mexican Federale who seeks revenge on those from both sides of the border who betrayed him. It was late…
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    The Artist (2011)

     

    A Russian Affair Jean Dujardin's character George Valentin is an actor who plays the hero in the film A Russian Affair in which he is rescued from a Russian villain by his dog.
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    The Holiday (2006)

     

    Deception One of the main characters is a movie trailer producer. One of her featured works is the action film Deception starring James Franco and Lindsay Lohan.
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    Big Fat Liar (2002)

     

    Big Fat Liar Marty Wolf, the main antagonist, produces a film under Wolf Pictures. This film, however, plagiarises Jason Shepherd's English assignment. In the end, the film is released with Jason gett…
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    Bowfinger (1999)

     

    Chubby Rain Fake Purse Ninjas Film producer Bobby Bowfinger, played by Steve Martin, aims to produce his dream science fiction thriller film Chubby Rain and uses shots of an unsuspecting person, playe…
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    Burn After Reading (2008)

     

    Coming Up Daisy The black comedy film features a film based on a chick lit book by Cormac McCarthy.
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    Holy Motors (2012)

     

    Untitled monster movie. The protagonist creates a motion-capture performance with a female counterpart, which is later revealed to be two snakelike creatures.
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    The Player (1992)

     

    Habeas Corpus A depressing film about a woman on death row is pitched, and it eventually becomes produced but changed to have a feel-good ending.
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    Three Amigos! (1986)

     

    The Three Amigos The three protagonists feature in a silent film called The Three Amigos that defies the conventions of films of its genre.
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    Entourage (2015)

     

    Hyde Adrian Grenier's character Vincent Chase directs a film adaption of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and stars as its leading character, an EDM DJ.
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    Broken City (2013)

     

    Kiss of Life In the crime film, a softcore romance film is featured, which The New Yorker's Richard Brody described, "flowery dialogue and poetic views of nature are followed by the actress’s hot…
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    Funny People (2009)

     

    Re-Do Adam Sandler plays a successful film actor who learns that he is dying of leukemia and decides to revisit his stand-up comedy career. One of the actor's featured films was the comedy Re-Do, whic…