Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "art-imitates-life"

1. Candyman (2021)

R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

A sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.

Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo

Votes: 76,006 | Gross: $61.19M

2. On the Road (2012)

R | 124 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Young writer Sal Paradise has his life shaken by the arrival of free-spirited Dean Moriarty and his girl, Marylou. As they travel across the country, they encounter a mix of people who each impact their journey indelibly.

Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams

Votes: 43,345 | Gross: $0.72M

3. Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A creature named Kyubey offers Madoka and Sayaka a wish if they agree to become 'magical girls' and fight abstract beings called 'witches'. However, a magical girl named Homura is, for uncertain reasons, determined to stop this agreement.

Stars: Aoi Yûki, Chiwa Saitô, Emiri Kato, Cristina Valenzuela

Votes: 11,403

4. Love Stinks (1999)

R | 94 min | Comedy

Seth Winnick has it all: a successful career in television, good friends, and a passionate relationship with beautiful Chelsea. However, when he fails to make a timely marriage proposal, Chelsea tries to make his life hell.

Director: Jeff Franklin | Stars: French Stewart, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Bill Bellamy, Tyra Banks

Votes: 5,556 | Gross: $2.80M

5. The Last Metro (1980)

PG | 131 min | Drama, Romance, War

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Germans while doing both of their jobs.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol

Votes: 15,864

6. Out of Hand (2023)

TV-MA | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Dr. Valerie Cross is a professor of literature and psychology at Berkeley. She and her lover David became the main suspects in the terrible murder of one of her students.

Director: Brian Skiba | Stars: Louise Linton, Pierson Fode, William Baldwin, Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez

Votes: 38

7. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)

PG-13 | 87 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Paris...at the turn of the century. Inspector Vidocq investigates a series of unexplained murders at a Grand Guignol-type theatre...where the players have suddenly become real-life victims. Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.

Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Adolfo Celi

Votes: 1,557

8. Killer Legends (2014)

TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Delving into our collective nightmares, this horror-documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them.

Director: Joshua Zeman | Stars: Rachel Mills, Joshua Zeman, Stephen Winick, James Presley

Votes: 3,540

9. Restaurant (1998)

R | 107 min | Drama

A few young waiters at a popular New Jersey restaurant are dreaming of becoming actors or otherwise getting into the artistic community.

Director: Eric Bross | Stars: Adrien Brody, Elise Neal, David Moscow, Simon Baker

Votes: 693 | Gross: $0.07M

10. Screamplay (1984)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

A detective investigating a series of murders discovers that they are similar to the slayings that occur in the new script of a Hollywood screenwriter.

Director: Rufus Butler Seder | Stars: Rufus Butler Seder, Eugene Seder, Cheryl Hirshman, James McCann

Votes: 366

11. Nothing Is Truer Than Truth (2018)

75 min | Documentary, Biography, History

NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, A-list party boy on the continental circuit, who spent a year and a half in ... See full summary »

Director: Cheryl Eagan-Donovan | Stars: Charles Bird, Michael Cecil, Alberto Toso Fei, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 127

12. La femme de l'hôtel (1984)

89 min | Drama

Making a film in her native town, a director finds inspiration in a woman, Estelle David, seen wandering through a hotel.

Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Paule Baillargeon, Louise Marleau, Marthe Turgeon, Serge Dupire

Votes: 82

13. Gaze (2010)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary

An exploration of twenty artists and their bodies of work.

Director: Matt Riddlehoover | Stars: Derrick Barry, Ryan Basham, Jackie Beat, Rob Beyond

Votes: 352

14. Skitser & Skygger (2012)

12 min | Short, Drama

Right before going on stage a young actress breaks up with her male co-lead, causing drama backstage. But the show must go on.

Director: Kristian Ahm | Stars: Marie Elisabet Hogsbro, Luke McQuillan

15. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966)
Episode: The Curious Thing About Women (1962)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Laura opens and reads Rob's mail, she giving him a Reader's Digest version of it, and even throwing away what she considers unimportant. Rob is not angry that Laura opened his mail, but he ... See full summary »

Director: John Rich | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Mary Tyler Moore

Votes: 427

16. It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986–1990)
Episode: Mr Smith Goes to Nam (1988)

TV-14 | Comedy

Ailing comedienne Gilda Radner visits Garry together with her male nurse. Garry's neighbor, Leonard, recognizes him as one of his Vietnam war buddies whom he abandoned during a fight. Garry tries to help him literally face his past.

Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Garry Shandling, Molly Cheek, Scott Nemes, Michael Tucci

Votes: 32

17. Sanford and Son (1972–1978)
Episode: Steinberg and Son (1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

The series spoofs itself when the characters in the new television show "Steinberg and Son" turn out to be Borscht Belt parallels to those in the life of Fred G. Sanford.

Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lou Jacobi, Whitman Mayo

Votes: 142

18. True Crime Obsessed (2017– )
30: Beware The Slenderman (2018 Podcast Episode)

53 min | Documentary, Crime

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19. True Crime Obsessed (2017– )
Beware The Slenderman (2019 Podcast Episode)

48 min | Documentary, Crime

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20. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Murdoch at the Opera (2012)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A talented young opera singer, who is being mentored by the show's diva as her understudy, is poisoned at a rehearsal with Brackenreid, a great admirer of the soprano,, in charge of the investigation.

Director: Yannick Bisson | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris, Georgina Reilly

Votes: 347

21. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: The Filmed Adventures of Detective William Murdoch (2013)

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

Detective Murdoch and many others attend a special showing of a film that will also include sound. The man behind the scheme is James Pendrick and his main competitor, Thomas Edison, is ... See full summary »

Director: Gail Harvey | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy, Jonny Harris

Votes: 399

22. Half in the Bag (2011– )
Episode: Slender Man (2018)

Unrated | 34 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Oh no. It's Slender Man. How scaaaaaaarrrrryyyy.

Director: Mike Stoklasa | Stars: Mike Stoklasa, Jay Bauman, Rich Evans

Votes: 42