Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "aging-actress"

1. Death Becomes Her (1992)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

When a fading actress learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini

Votes: 131,473 | Gross: $58.42M

2. The First Wives Club (1996)

PG | 103 min | Comedy

Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.

Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith

Votes: 54,250 | Gross: $105.49M

3. Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson

Votes: 236,590

4. All About Eve (1950)

Passed | 138 min | Drama

A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm

Votes: 138,832 | Gross: $0.01M

5. Fanny and Alexander (1982)

R | 188 min | Drama

Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Bertil Guve, Pernilla Allwin, Kristina Adolphson, Börje Ahlstedt

Votes: 67,520 | Gross: $4.97M

6. Harper (1966)

Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cool private investigator Lew Harper is hired by a wealthy California matron to locate her kidnapped husband.

Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill

Votes: 10,920

7. The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

PG | 105 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Miss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Geraldine Chaplin

Votes: 9,442

8. The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

R | 122 min | Drama

At a media-swamped party to celebrate his 70th birthday and screen his avant-garde film-in-progress, a legendary but jaded Hollywood director is faced both with voracious fans and unsettling questions about what became of his lead actor.

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg

Votes: 8,051

9. Pal Joey (1957)

Approved | 111 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Joey Evans is a charming, handsome, funny, talented 1st class, A-Number 1 heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl and now rich widow Vera Simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Barbara Nichols

Votes: 5,863

10. The Truth (2019)

PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

A stormy reunion between scriptwriter Lumir with her famous mother and actress, Fabienne, against the backdrop of Fabienne's autobiographic book and her latest role in a Sci-Fi picture as a daughter of a mother who never grows old.

Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Clémentine Grenier

Votes: 7,851

11. The Killing of Sister George (1968)

X | 138 min | Drama

The life of a soap opera actress begins to unravel as she fears her character will be written out of the series.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Beryl Reid, Susannah York, Coral Browne, Ronald Fraser

Votes: 2,561

12. She Will (2021)

95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

An aging film star retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse to recover from surgery. While there, mysterious forces of revenge emerge from the land where witches were burned.

Director: Charlotte Colbert | Stars: Jonathan Aris, Joanna Bacon, Heidi Brown, Malcolm McDowell

Votes: 3,026

13. The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

The young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed befriends her father's dead first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.

Directors: Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise | Stars: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Ann Carter

Votes: 7,181

14. Reborn (I) (2018)

Not Rated | 77 min | Horror

A stillborn baby girl is abducted by a morgue attendant and brought back to life by electrokinetic power. On her 16th birthday, she escapes captivity and sets out to find her birth mother, leaving a trail of destruction behind her.

Director: Julian Richards | Stars: Barbara Crampton, Michael Paré, Kayleigh Gilbert, Rae Dawn Chong

Votes: 812

15. Veronika Voss (1982)

R | 104 min | Drama

Partially based on the life of Sybille Schmitz, who found fame under the Nazi regime, but whose career was destroyed afterward. Veronika Voss is a once prominent UFA actress, kept by her doctor, who raises suspicion in a sports journalist.

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess, Annemarie Düringer

Votes: 7,791

16. G-Spot (2005–2009)

26 min | Comedy

A small group of friends help a past-her-prime actress attempt to re-ignite her career.

Stars: Brigitte Bako, Heather Hanson, Kimberly Huie, Ian Alden

Votes: 371

17. The Honey Pot (1967)

Not Rated | 150 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy ex-girlfriends into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson, Capucine

Votes: 2,861

18. Anna (1987)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama

Anna, an aging Czech movie star, comes to NYC struggling to establish her career. When she meets a beautiful, young peasant girl, she teaches her the ins and outs of acting, only to have the young girl become a screen star instead.

Director: Yurek Bogayevicz | Stars: Sally Kirkland, Paulina Porizkova, Robert Fields, Gibby Brand

Votes: 807 | Gross: $1.24M

19. Hollywood Horror House (1970)

R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

An aging actress living in her Hollywood mansion with a retinue of elderly servants employs a new, mentally disturbed, personal assistant who schemes to take over the large estate.

Director: Donald Wolfe | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, David Garfield, Gale Sondergaard, Virginia Wing

Votes: 536

20. The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)

95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The witnesses of a train murder must take the investigation into their own hands if they want to survive.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli

Votes: 2,241

21. Don't Break Me (2023)

94 min | Comedy

Two women struggling with anger issues join forces to defeat an eccentric surgeon who endangers their lives, in this hilarious, comedy-filled romp.

Director: Azul Lombardía | Stars: Carla Peterson, Julieta Díaz, Salvador del Solar, Fito Páez

Votes: 468

22. How About You (2007)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama

A young British woman struggling with the direction of her life spends Christmas watching over a retirement home filled with demanding residents.

Director: Anthony Byrne | Stars: Joss Ackland, Hayley Atwell, Orla Brady, Kevin Flood

Votes: 1,819 | Gross: $0.08M

23. The Velvet Touch (1948)

Approved | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it after the police investigator targets a rival actress.

Director: Jack Gage | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor, Sydney Greenstreet

Votes: 1,285

24. The Model Murder Case (1963)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a beautiful girl is murdered, Inspector Birkett finds that she had some famous friends who don't want publicity.

Director: Michael Truman | Stars: Ian Hendry, Ronald Fraser, Margaret Johnston, Natasha Parry

Votes: 343

25. Twilight for the Gods (1958)

Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama

The sailing vessel Cannibal has a leaking hull. The captain (Rock Hudson) reluctantly changes course for Honolulu, where one passenger (Cyd Charisse) is wanted by the law. The water rising, everyone struggles against nature to survive.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Rock Hudson, Cyd Charisse, Arthur Kennedy, Leif Erickson

Votes: 306

26. Cynthia Watros Gets Lost (2012– )

Comedy

Actress Cynthia Watros, best known for her role as Libby in the TV hit "Lost," struggles to find work as an aging actress. Desperate to stay in the game, she throws herself into anything ... See full summary »

Stars: Cynthia Watros, Ben Fritz, Amara Gyulai, Melissa Nearman

Votes: 9

27. All About Ewa (2018 Video)

Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Short

An interview with the titular Ewa Aulin, retired Swedish actress and former Miss Teen International, in which she discusses her film career, her marriage to the late British musician-turned-filmmaker John W. Shadow (d. 2014), and more.

Director: Federico Caddeo | Star: Ewa Aulin

28. Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode: Falling Star (1968)

TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Vain, arrogant, fading movie star Anne Marion calls a press conference to announce plans for an autobiography. Then, a bomb goes off. The actress hires Intertect and, after a look at ... See full summary »

Director: Denis Sanders | Stars: Mike Connors, Joseph Campanella, Jan Sterling, Marian Seldes

Votes: 154

29. Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode: A Wig for Miss Devore (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

An aging actress tries for a comeback in a film about a witch hanged for murder. As a stunt she insists on wearing the historical woman's wig, which turns out to be cursed, changing her into a literal man-killer.

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Boris Karloff, Patricia Barry, John Baragrey, John Fiedler

Votes: 225

30. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode: The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine (1959)

TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Barbara Jean Trenton is a faded film star who lives in the past by constantly re-watching her old movies instead of moving on with her life, so her associates try to lure her out of her self-imposed isolation.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Rod Serling, Ida Lupino, Martin Balsam, Jerome Cowan

Votes: 5,005

31. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Hazardous Henry vs. Perilous Perry (2021)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

Bill gets caught up in a copyright infringement lawsuit when a new sitcom rips off his cult 1960s sitcom "Hazardous Henry". Featured cartoons are Upswept Hare (1953), Timid Tabby (1957), Onion Pacific (1940), The Unexpected Pest (1956), and Porky's Pet (1936).

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein

32. Marple (2004–2013)
Episode: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (2010)

TV-PG | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A troubled Hollywood star and her husband move to St. Mary Mead, but their arrival becomes clouded in tragedy when a fan is fatally poisoned during a garden fête.

Director: Tom Shankland | Stars: Julia McKenzie, Lindsay Duncan, Gene Goodman, Isabella Parriss

Votes: 1,284

33. The Lincoln Lawyer (2022– )
Episode: The Fifth Witness (2023)

TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After an unexpected witness gives emotional testimony on the stand, Mickey and Lorna hatch a clever plan to cast doubt on the prosecution's case.

Director: Ted Humphrey | Stars: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Becki Newton, Angus Sampson, Jazz Raycole

Votes: 662

34. Lucifer (2016–2021)
Episode: Pops (2016)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Lucifer and Chloe suspect a restaurateur's son played a part in his death; the return of Chloe's mother sends her life into upheaval.

Director: Tara Nicole Weyr | Stars: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, D.B. Woodside

Votes: 5,304

35. Schitt's Creek (2015–2020)
Episode: Meet the Parents (2019)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

While in town for the surprise party, Patrick's parents get a surprise of their own. Moira gets coaxed into going to a soap opera convention with Alexis.

Director: Jordan Canning | Stars: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy, Annie Murphy

Votes: 2,150