Movies About Movies
A list created by sensoria
43 fictional films, in no particular order, that have something to do with the movie-making process, Hollywood, or theaters. I’m intentionally leaving out documentaries.
Movies on Movies About Movies List| Ed Wood | Tim Burton | 1994 |
| Matinee | Joe Dante | 1993 |
| Fade to Black | Vernon Zimmerman | 1980 |
| Popcorn | Mark Herrier | 1991 |
| New Nightmare | Wes Craven | 1994 |
| Shadow of the Vampire | E. Elias Merhige | 2000 |
| Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | Quentin Tarantino | 2019 |
| Dolemite Is My Name | Craig Brewer | 2019 |
| Big Picture, The | Christopher Guest | 1989 |
| Hail, Caesar! | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | 2016 |
| Contempt | Jean-Luc Godard | 1963 |
| Bad and the Beautiful, The | Vincente Minnelli | 1952 |
| 8½ | Federico Fellini | 1963 |
| Super 8 | J.J. Abrams | 2011 |
| Fabelmans, The | Steven Spielberg | 2022 |
| Babylon | Dana Kjeldsen | 2022 |
| Mulholland Drive | David Lynch | 2001 |
| Player, The | Robert Altman | 1992 |
| Sunset Boulevard | Billy Wilder | 1950 |
| White Hunter, Black Heart | Clint Eastwood | 1990 |
| Tropic Thunder | Ben Stiller | 2008 |
| Broken Embraces | Pedro Almodóvar | 2009 |
| State and Main | David Mamet | 2000 |
| What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Robert Aldrich | 1962 |
| Bowfinger | Frank Oz | 1999 |
| Aviator, The | Martin Scorsese | 2004 |
| Gods and Monsters | Bill Condon | 1998 |
| Hugo | Martin Scorsese | 2011 |
| Last Picture Show, The | Peter Bogdanovich | 1971 |
| Swimming with Sharks | George Huang | 1994 |
| Adaptation. | Spike Jonze | 2002 |
| L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson | 1997 |
| Sullivan's Travels | Preston Sturges | 1941 |
| Boogie Nights | Paul Thomas Anderson | 1997 |
| Living in Oblivion | Tom DiCillo | 1995 |
| Star Is Born, A | George Cukor | 1954 |
| Artist, The | Michel Hazanavicius | 2011 |
| Sherlock Jr. | Buster Keaton | 1924 |
| Barton Fink | Joel Coen | 1991 |
| Cinema Paradiso | Giuseppe Tornatore | 1988 |
| Day for Night | François Truffaut | 1973 |
| Goodbye, Dragon Inn | Tsai Ming-liang | 2003 |
| Blade in the Dark, A | Lamberto Bava | 1983 |
| Effects | Dusty Nelson | 1979 |
| Special Effects | Larry Cohen | 1984 |