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1. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

M | 129 min | Drama

7.8

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72 Metascore

The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young

Votes: 20,913 | Gross: $12.60M

2. The Day of the Locust (1975)

R | 144 min | Drama, Thriller

6.9

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61 Metascore

An art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton

Votes: 6,385 | Gross: $17.79M

3. Variety Girl (1947)

Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Musical

6.3

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Almost everyone under contract to Paramount Pictures at the time make cameos or perform songs, with particularly large amounts of screen time featuring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Mary Hatcher, Olga San Juan, DeForest Kelley, Frank Ferguson

Votes: 507

4. It Happened in Hollywood (1937)

Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.2

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While hospitalized young Billy meets his silent movie idol Tim Bart but then the talkies came, destroying Bart's career. Now Bart must convince his young friend he is still a star.

Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Richard Dix, Fay Wray, Victor Kilian, Charles Arnt

Votes: 706

5. Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, Romance

6.5

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With a full Hollywood background and settings, but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: John Halliday, Marsha Hunt, Robert Cummings, C. Henry Gordon

Votes: 132

6. Louisiana Hayride (1944)

Approved | 67 min | Action, Comedy, Music

6.0

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Two con men dupe a country bumpkin into giving them all of her money under the pretense that they'll make her a movie star. She and her family eventually track them in Hollywood, still ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Judy Canova, Ross Hunter, Richard Lane, Lloyd Bridges

Votes: 68