Many theaters may be closed for now, but you can still recapture that magical feeling with this eclectic collection of films about a memorable trip to the movies.
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In this ode to the scrappy dreamers in Hollywood, Honorary Oscar recipient Steve Martin and Oscar nominee Eddie Murphy (in a dual role) head a ragtag movie crew intent on creating a sci-fi epic—whose star doesn’t even know he’s in it. Gotcha, suckas!
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No film captures the moviegoing experience quite like Giuseppe Tornatore’s classic Italian film (which took home the Oscar for Foreign Language Film) about a young boy coming of age through the movies and his special friendship with his town’s projectionist. Keep some tissues handy for the last five minutes.
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A two-time Oscar winner for Makeup and for Martin Landau’s Supporting Actor performance as Bela Lugosi, Tim Burton’s unforgettable biopic charts the early days of ultra-ultra-low-budget filmmaker Ed Wood on his path to creating his immortal anti-masterpiece, Plan 9 from Outer Space.
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Long before the TV show of the same name, this ultra-cool comic crime film based on Elmore Leonard’s bestseller shows what happens when a mobster finds out that his world and Hollywood aren’t quite as different as they might appear.
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From cowboy cheapies to biblical epics, this Oscar-nominated snapshot of early 1950s Tinseltown captures the movie biz in all its madcap glory. And don’t miss Channing Tatum’s showstopping “No Dams!” musical number.
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If you’ve seen it, you know exactly why this one’s on the list. If you haven’t, what are you waiting for? We wouldn’t dream of spoiling it.
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In Frank Darabont’s uplifting drama, Jim Carrey stars as a blacklisted writer who ends up in a California town and, thanks to amnesia, takes on a new identity that plays a pivotal role involving the local movie theatre.
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At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a huckster filmmaker (John Goodman) brings a blast of entertainment to a Florida community’s kids with his latest giant ant epic – which delivers an explosive movie theatre climax that’ll blow the roof off.
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Nominated for three Oscars, this comeback film for director Robert Altman dazzled audiences with its pitch-black comic portrayal of Hollywood through the eyes of murderous producer Tim Robbins. Don’t miss that eye-popping opening shot across a studio lot.
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The process of bringing a book to the screen takes on a whole new spin in this Oscar-nominated look at the making of Mary Poppins involving author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) and Walt Disney (Tom Hanks).
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The switch from silent films to talkies provides the backdrops for one of the greatest of all movie musicals, as well as a hilarious depiction of the pitfalls when an actor with a problematic voice ended up in front of millions of people.
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The most famous gimmick movie ever made features Vincent Price as a doctor who isolates the primal creature that causes human fear… and when it gets loose in a packed movie theatre, look out!