With The Fall Guy crashing into theaters and the upcoming MaXXXine topping our community’s watchlists, we’ve been reminded of how much we love movies about movies. Take a Universal Studios tour tram through La La Land, drive out to Inland Empire, then sail to Bergman Island to come up with a list of 8½—nope, kidding—ten films about the pain and glory of filmmaking. If you find yourself living in oblivion, consult these maps to the stars (lists courtesy of Olivia, Andrew and Emma), or ask Sammy Fabelman for directions. And remember: we’re looking for more Scream 3 than Scream.
Jim Cody 8 films
Eddie Ryan 44 films
Melissa 378 films
PJ Martínez 37 films
Eduardo Ramírez 24 films
DonJohn80 10 films
AronDanburg 10 films
Erin 63 films
Princess Buttercup 147 films
Daniel N. Butler 7 films
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Andrew Clarke 10 films
Andrew Franklin 22 films
Film Aesthetics 11 films
tidal 20 films
c4han 12 films
Ian 14 films
NerdsbiAsh 215 films
j 6 films
kernelkurtz 20 films
stephen 10 films
Zemfira 149 films
Flrsi 33 films
Jon Mas 15 films
certified_clown 24 films
Jonathan Marasco 21 films
Funky Yisus 15 films
Alvaro D. Ruiz 26 films
Benjamou 109 films
pattycash 8 films
William Damm 22 films
knoahtall 5 films
Pola C. 40 films
Arjo Gupto 85 films
J_NC 10 films
Cody Bentley 12 films
Stephen Hanson 12 films
Mariner35 10 films
Flicks With Friends 10 films
Drew G 10 films
MPo 10 films
optiMSTie 26 films
marina 12 films
okrc (J.Arturo) 10 films
anthony leoncio 14 films
Adam T 11 films
Rebecca 10 films
nonphenomenal 10 films
NiteOfTheWorld 10 films
Leif 20 films
BretMaverick 10 films
Kabir 16 films
Zayne 10 films
happens 5 films
Brianna 13 films
Wesley Weld 9 films
Robert Speewack Bojorquez 10 films
johnny422 10 films
FFMMDD 10 films
Lara 11 films
Heather E 10 films
nathan 10 films
drchaput1 15 films
Joshua Grossi 35 films
Brendan O'Keeffe 10 films
LRSVDR 10 films
filmplanet 10 films
Guilherme Simões Reis 11 films
Sam 10 films
JACK$ON 14 films
Rob Young 10 films
Tucker Barry Verbois 13 films
herr_weissbrot 10 films
ayşe nur 8 films
Axel Stelzmann 10 films
antoniomr96 10 films
Fred Sullivan 10 films
Marek Neu 31 films
James 10 films
CaptainNapalm 10 films
Anton 10 films
Simon Eastmond 7 films
Madfrieza 10 films
Josias Troyer 10 films
Bimmer Kurtyka 10 films
TheLocalGuy 7 films
Danny Fain 10 films
Brandon 10 films
mel 🦊 12 films
Jack Damm 10 films