to begin to begin I’m gonna start I’m
hungry these movie showcase the glitz
the glamour and the lifestyle that has
made the entire world
obsessed with Hollywood that was last
year this year I’m trying to earn a
living
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
films about filmmaking for this list
we’re looking at films about a person or
a group of people who are producing
directing writing or acting in a movie
nobody important really just a movie
writer with a couple of B pictures to
his credit however since this list is
about making movies you won’t find
flicks like The Truman Show here since
it’s about TV yes number 10 Sunset
Boulevard a tour dope he always wanted a
pool well in the end he got himself a
pool only the price turned out to be a
little high legendary director Billy
Wilder guides us through a film noir
about a has-been silent movie actress
who thinks she has a shot at rekindling
her career when a young screenwriter
makes the mistake of indulging her crazy
your Norma Desmond used to be in silent
pictures used to be big I am big it’s
the pictures that got small this
backfires horribly when he can no longer
take her delusion and attempts to set
her straight I’m packing
[Music]
good evening me yes I am Norma oh you’re
not named for a hollywood area street
with an historical connection to
filmmaking this classic oscar-winning
movie picks apart the false and
misleading fantasy world associated with
the pictures and thus was considered
offensive by many contemporary stars at
the time mr. DeMille I’m ready for my
close-up
[Music]
number nine Tropic Thunder load luck
co-written produced directed by and
starring Ben Stiller this film follows a
down-and-out actor who tries to revamp
his career by starring in a Vietnam War
film let’s go and make the greatest war
movie yeah he wants it so bad that even
when his director explodes right in
front of him he refuses to call it quits
and leads his cast deeper into drug
cartel territory pour syrup and latex
one blood flavored corn syrup
ignoring the signs and pissing off a lot
of people along the way with celebrity
cameos and invaluable acting advice
thrown in
everybody knows you never go full retard
Tropic Thunder is a satirical look at
movie industry pros who take themselves
too seriously man I don’t drop character
to that done a DVD commentary number
eight contempt art and commerce but
heads in this hundred minute long study
in parallelisms brigitte bardot stars as
the wife of Paul Jay valve a
screenwriter hired to jazz up the
screenplay for a film rendition of the
Odyssey but while the screenwriter
producer and director all argue about
the treatment of the film
Paul’s relationship with his wife begins
to disintegrate as she cozies up with
the producer talk about complicated
however the fact that contempt places
artistic desires at odd with the
director’s wish for a big-budget action
epic helps the film resonate even today
where are we going only to the most
wonderful place on earth
it’s Neverland and Oz and Treasure
Island all wrapped into one number seven
Hugo before we start questioning Martin
Scorsese’s choice in directing a
warm-and-fuzzy feature that’s absolutely
nothing like his usual violent mob
movies let us not forget that the man
himself is a hardcore cinephile to the
movies all the time he told me about the
first one I ever saw he went into a dark
room and on a white screen saw a rocket
fly into the eye of the man in the moon
and the film is basically about a boy
who helps a once famous filmmaker
rekindle his love for movies and in case
you were wondering if Scorsese could
pull it off the movie went on to win
five Oscars and revived everyone’s love
of film come and dream with me
number six singing in the ring
just singing in the rain what a glorious
feel this is one of those films that you
want to watch over and over and over
again starring Gene Kelly Debbie
Reynolds and Donald O’Connor the story
is set in the roaring 20s when Hollywood
underwent a major shift from silent
films to talking pictures the sensation
the public is screaming for more talking
pictures talking pictures oh it’s just a
freak
ironically while the plot revolved
around overdubbing actors whose voices
weren’t up to snuff this wig weighs a
ton what double wear a thing like this
everybody used to wear them leave and
then everybody was a dope life imitated
art when reynolds own voice was replaced
by an uncredited actress in some scenes
you’re nothing but a shadow on film a
shadow you’re not flesh and blood even
so it’s spectacular Technicolor sets and
feel-good songs make you wish the whole
world were one big dance number
[Music]
this is a giant cock number five Boogie
Nights not all filmmaking is as innocent
as a Gene Kelly musical but what would a
countdown about filmmaking be if it
didn’t mention the CD or side of motion
pictures my wife has an ass inner cock
in the driveway Kurt alright I’m sorry
if my thoughts are not on the
photography of the film were shooting
tomorrow Boogie Nights follows Dirk
Diggler a high school dropout who with
the help of his oversized manhood rises
to the heights of porn stardom buys a
lot of stuff does a lot of drugs and
eventually gets in way over his head
like all filmmaking porn is a business
and kind of a boring one at that but
this movie is anything but thanks to
Mark Wahlberg’s star-making performance
in this name is just so bright so sharp
that the sign it just blows up because
the name is just so powerful
number four the player great movie huh
it’s so refreshing to see something like
this after all these cop movies and you
know a yuppie studio exec played by Tim
Robbins turns down the wrong script and
starts receiving threatening postcards
from a rejected screenwriter threats in
a desperate act he kills a man he
wrongfully suspects of being the
postcard sender and spends the rest of
the film covering his tracks a couple of
passes to a screening where they can
stick two rows behind Michelle Pfeiffer
the player is the epitome of 90s
Hollywood replete with oversized suits
and car phones and including cameos from
over 50 celebrities gently satirizing
Hollywood culture the player is packed
within jokes that are a nod to director
Robert Altman’s own troubles with the
Hollywood Machine Studio he thinks is
her ass number three the artist
many contemporary films have used
old-timey filming styles but few have
succeeded in combining old with new so
perfectly as writer director Michel
Hazanavicius and to have an almost
entirely silent film when the Best
Picture Oscar in 2012 is a feat unto
itself the artist centers on the lives
of two people who meet in the late 1920s
a veteran silent film actor and a
beautiful woman aspiring to be the next
Hollywood starlet from this meet-cute
their lives are forever entwined as they
navigate through Hollywood’s evolution
toward talking pictures
[Music]
number two Ed Wood I know what it’s like
to live with a secret and worry about
what people are gonna think of you my
girlfriend still doesn’t know why your
sweaters are always stretched out
sometimes even terrible stories are
worth watching this movie follows the
career of a man widely considered the
worst director ever who ends up making
plan 9 from outer space widely
considered the worst movie ever how’d
you get all your friends to get baptized
the supernatural thriller the character
of real-life film director Ed Wood is
just obscure enough to suit Tim Burton’s
directing style and Johnny Depp plays
him to a tee whether in pants or a skirt
and pumps you shut up and let me do
things my way
Edie would the film may not have
achieved box-office success but it did
bling critical acclaim for its portrayal
of exploitation films in the 50s
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions walking down the
street and you see a little ghost what
you’re gonna do about ghosts pass –
that’s what what what is that
that’s that Ghostbusters theme song
[Music]
the only idea
moreover used in serial killers is
multiple personality on top of that you
explore the notion that cop and criminal
are really two aspects of the same
person see every cop movie ever made for
other examples of this mom called it
psychologically talk you need guidance
talk to another writer who just throw a
rock in here you’ll hit one do me a
favor think number one eight and a half
[Music]
it’s an indirectly autobiographical
movie about a director who’s trying to
make an indirectly autobiographical
movie fidelity return by looking on so
okay Jericho Kingdom on collateral that
monumental upon its release Federico
Fellini’s masterpiece is about a
filmmaker who recalls his past while
looking for inspiration for his next
film
[Music]
conveyed from the director characters
own point of view it’s a movie about the
nature of inspiration how creativeness
comes from unexpected places and the
tricks of the filmmaking trade not only
is eight and a half number one on our
list it’s also considered one of the
most important films of all time
dignity bombing do you agree with our
list which film do you think best
describes Tinseltown
bye-bye for more illuminating top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
Oh
[Music]
hungry these movie showcase the glitz
the glamour and the lifestyle that has
made the entire world
obsessed with Hollywood that was last
year this year I’m trying to earn a
living
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
films about filmmaking for this list
we’re looking at films about a person or
a group of people who are producing
directing writing or acting in a movie
nobody important really just a movie
writer with a couple of B pictures to
his credit however since this list is
about making movies you won’t find
flicks like The Truman Show here since
it’s about TV yes number 10 Sunset
Boulevard a tour dope he always wanted a
pool well in the end he got himself a
pool only the price turned out to be a
little high legendary director Billy
Wilder guides us through a film noir
about a has-been silent movie actress
who thinks she has a shot at rekindling
her career when a young screenwriter
makes the mistake of indulging her crazy
your Norma Desmond used to be in silent
pictures used to be big I am big it’s
the pictures that got small this
backfires horribly when he can no longer
take her delusion and attempts to set
her straight I’m packing
[Music]
good evening me yes I am Norma oh you’re
not named for a hollywood area street
with an historical connection to
filmmaking this classic oscar-winning
movie picks apart the false and
misleading fantasy world associated with
the pictures and thus was considered
offensive by many contemporary stars at
the time mr. DeMille I’m ready for my
close-up
[Music]
number nine Tropic Thunder load luck
co-written produced directed by and
starring Ben Stiller this film follows a
down-and-out actor who tries to revamp
his career by starring in a Vietnam War
film let’s go and make the greatest war
movie yeah he wants it so bad that even
when his director explodes right in
front of him he refuses to call it quits
and leads his cast deeper into drug
cartel territory pour syrup and latex
one blood flavored corn syrup
ignoring the signs and pissing off a lot
of people along the way with celebrity
cameos and invaluable acting advice
thrown in
everybody knows you never go full retard
Tropic Thunder is a satirical look at
movie industry pros who take themselves
too seriously man I don’t drop character
to that done a DVD commentary number
eight contempt art and commerce but
heads in this hundred minute long study
in parallelisms brigitte bardot stars as
the wife of Paul Jay valve a
screenwriter hired to jazz up the
screenplay for a film rendition of the
Odyssey but while the screenwriter
producer and director all argue about
the treatment of the film
Paul’s relationship with his wife begins
to disintegrate as she cozies up with
the producer talk about complicated
however the fact that contempt places
artistic desires at odd with the
director’s wish for a big-budget action
epic helps the film resonate even today
where are we going only to the most
wonderful place on earth
it’s Neverland and Oz and Treasure
Island all wrapped into one number seven
Hugo before we start questioning Martin
Scorsese’s choice in directing a
warm-and-fuzzy feature that’s absolutely
nothing like his usual violent mob
movies let us not forget that the man
himself is a hardcore cinephile to the
movies all the time he told me about the
first one I ever saw he went into a dark
room and on a white screen saw a rocket
fly into the eye of the man in the moon
and the film is basically about a boy
who helps a once famous filmmaker
rekindle his love for movies and in case
you were wondering if Scorsese could
pull it off the movie went on to win
five Oscars and revived everyone’s love
of film come and dream with me
number six singing in the ring
just singing in the rain what a glorious
feel this is one of those films that you
want to watch over and over and over
again starring Gene Kelly Debbie
Reynolds and Donald O’Connor the story
is set in the roaring 20s when Hollywood
underwent a major shift from silent
films to talking pictures the sensation
the public is screaming for more talking
pictures talking pictures oh it’s just a
freak
ironically while the plot revolved
around overdubbing actors whose voices
weren’t up to snuff this wig weighs a
ton what double wear a thing like this
everybody used to wear them leave and
then everybody was a dope life imitated
art when reynolds own voice was replaced
by an uncredited actress in some scenes
you’re nothing but a shadow on film a
shadow you’re not flesh and blood even
so it’s spectacular Technicolor sets and
feel-good songs make you wish the whole
world were one big dance number
[Music]
this is a giant cock number five Boogie
Nights not all filmmaking is as innocent
as a Gene Kelly musical but what would a
countdown about filmmaking be if it
didn’t mention the CD or side of motion
pictures my wife has an ass inner cock
in the driveway Kurt alright I’m sorry
if my thoughts are not on the
photography of the film were shooting
tomorrow Boogie Nights follows Dirk
Diggler a high school dropout who with
the help of his oversized manhood rises
to the heights of porn stardom buys a
lot of stuff does a lot of drugs and
eventually gets in way over his head
like all filmmaking porn is a business
and kind of a boring one at that but
this movie is anything but thanks to
Mark Wahlberg’s star-making performance
in this name is just so bright so sharp
that the sign it just blows up because
the name is just so powerful
number four the player great movie huh
it’s so refreshing to see something like
this after all these cop movies and you
know a yuppie studio exec played by Tim
Robbins turns down the wrong script and
starts receiving threatening postcards
from a rejected screenwriter threats in
a desperate act he kills a man he
wrongfully suspects of being the
postcard sender and spends the rest of
the film covering his tracks a couple of
passes to a screening where they can
stick two rows behind Michelle Pfeiffer
the player is the epitome of 90s
Hollywood replete with oversized suits
and car phones and including cameos from
over 50 celebrities gently satirizing
Hollywood culture the player is packed
within jokes that are a nod to director
Robert Altman’s own troubles with the
Hollywood Machine Studio he thinks is
her ass number three the artist
many contemporary films have used
old-timey filming styles but few have
succeeded in combining old with new so
perfectly as writer director Michel
Hazanavicius and to have an almost
entirely silent film when the Best
Picture Oscar in 2012 is a feat unto
itself the artist centers on the lives
of two people who meet in the late 1920s
a veteran silent film actor and a
beautiful woman aspiring to be the next
Hollywood starlet from this meet-cute
their lives are forever entwined as they
navigate through Hollywood’s evolution
toward talking pictures
[Music]
number two Ed Wood I know what it’s like
to live with a secret and worry about
what people are gonna think of you my
girlfriend still doesn’t know why your
sweaters are always stretched out
sometimes even terrible stories are
worth watching this movie follows the
career of a man widely considered the
worst director ever who ends up making
plan 9 from outer space widely
considered the worst movie ever how’d
you get all your friends to get baptized
the supernatural thriller the character
of real-life film director Ed Wood is
just obscure enough to suit Tim Burton’s
directing style and Johnny Depp plays
him to a tee whether in pants or a skirt
and pumps you shut up and let me do
things my way
Edie would the film may not have
achieved box-office success but it did
bling critical acclaim for its portrayal
of exploitation films in the 50s
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions walking down the
street and you see a little ghost what
you’re gonna do about ghosts pass –
that’s what what what is that
that’s that Ghostbusters theme song
[Music]
the only idea
moreover used in serial killers is
multiple personality on top of that you
explore the notion that cop and criminal
are really two aspects of the same
person see every cop movie ever made for
other examples of this mom called it
psychologically talk you need guidance
talk to another writer who just throw a
rock in here you’ll hit one do me a
favor think number one eight and a half
[Music]
it’s an indirectly autobiographical
movie about a director who’s trying to
make an indirectly autobiographical
movie fidelity return by looking on so
okay Jericho Kingdom on collateral that
monumental upon its release Federico
Fellini’s masterpiece is about a
filmmaker who recalls his past while
looking for inspiration for his next
film
[Music]
conveyed from the director characters
own point of view it’s a movie about the
nature of inspiration how creativeness
comes from unexpected places and the
tricks of the filmmaking trade not only
is eight and a half number one on our
list it’s also considered one of the
most important films of all time
dignity bombing do you agree with our
list which film do you think best
describes Tinseltown
bye-bye for more illuminating top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
Oh
[Music]
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