Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "hand-cranked-camera"

1. Nope (2022)

R | 130 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.

Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott

Votes: 268,952 | Gross: $123.28M

2. The Cameraman (1928)

Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Hopelessly in love with a woman working at MGM Studios, a clumsy man attempts to become a motion-picture cameraman to be close to the object of his desire.

Directors: Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey

Votes: 13,227

3. Voyager (1991)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance

April 1957: Rational engineer Faber's plane crashes in Mexico. He learns that he became a dad in 1938. He takes a ship from NYC to France and meets cute, young Sabeth. Fate?

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy, Barbara Sukowa, Traci Lind

Votes: 3,575 | Gross: $0.52M

4. Jacquot of Nantes (1991)

PG | 118 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A boy growing up in Nantes during World War II around his father's auto shop has a love for puppet shows and cinema and develops it into his own art. Jacques Demy, the artist at the end of his life, reflects on his childhood influences.

Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Philippe Maron, Edouard Joubeaud, Laurent Monnier, Brigitte De Villepoix

Votes: 2,012 | Gross: $0.15M

5. Behind the Screen (1916)

TV-G | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

Charlie is an overworked labourer at a film studio who helps a young woman find work even while his coworkers strike against his tyrannical boss.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin

Votes: 3,038

6. Stan (2006 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 59 min | Biography

Based on the Neil Brand's critically acclaimed radio play of the same name, the drama follows Stan Laurel's last visit to his dying friend and comedy partner Oliver 'Babe' Hardy and Stan's ... See full summary »

Director: Jon Sen | Stars: Jim Norton, Trevor Cooper, Dearbhla Molloy, Lorelei King

Votes: 272

7. Ingagi (1930)

Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

An expedition enters an area of the Congo jungle to investigate reports of a gorilla-worshipping tribe. After many dangerous adventures, they come upon the tribe they sought, only to watch ... See full summary »

Director: William Campbell | Stars: Sir Hubert Winstead, Charles Gemora, Arthur Clayton, Louis Nizor

Votes: 216 | Gross: $4.00M

8. Ella Cinders (1926)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Romance

Ella Cinders, oppressed and abused by her stepmother and stepsisters, wins a contest for a film role in Hollywood. When the contest turns out to be fraudulent, she determines to stay and achieve Hollywood stardom the hard way.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Colleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes, Vera Lewis, Doris Baker

Votes: 1,084

9. His New Job (1915)

TV-G | 31 min | Short, Comedy

Charlie is trying to get a job in a movie. After causing difficulty on the set, he is told to help the carpenter. When one of the actors doesn't show, Charlie is given a chance to act but ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Billy Armstrong, Agnes Ayres, Arthur W. Bates

Votes: 2,045

10. Hollywood Capers (1935)

7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Beans sneaks in to a Hollywood movie studio lot, where he gets into a heap of trouble.

Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Tommy Bond, Bernice Hansen, Tedd Pierce

Votes: 531

11. How to Make Movies (1918)

16 min | Short, Comedy

A short film showing the development of Chaplin Studios & the adventures that take place there.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Albert Austin, Nellie Bly Baker, Henry Bergman, Eric Campbell

Votes: 593

12. The Hollywood Kid (1924)

20 min | Comedy, Short

The story of a producer's troubles in selecting and "making" a new juvenile star. The opening is in Mack Sennett's private office, with Sennett himself interviewing directors, actors, ... See full summary »

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Charles Murray, Louise Carver, Jackie Lucas, Vernon Dent

Votes: 48

13. 1925 Studio Tour (1925)

Unrated | 32 min | Documentary, Short

A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 is given to meet the people who make the movies there and see how movies are made.

Stars: Mrs. M.F. Lee, Carey Wilson, Howard Hawks, Agnes Christine Johnston

Votes: 430

14. The Rat's Knuckles (1925)

11 min | Short, Comedy

Professor James Jump hopes to strike it rich with his invention of a more humane mouse trap.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Martha Sleeper, Sammy Brooks, Jack Gavin

Votes: 76

15. A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (1920)

26 min | Documentary, Short

A behind-the-scenes look at Thomas H. Ince Studios in Culver City, California.

Director: Hunt Stromberg | Stars: Enid Bennett, Hobart Bosworth, Ralph Dixon, Louise Glaum

Votes: 23

16. His Busy Day (II) (1918)

Short, Comedy

A two-reel comic number featuring Toto in his usual knockabout tricks. He is first seen flirting in a park, but later appears at a moving picture studio. He gets in trouble here and escapes... See full summary »

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Armando Novello, Clarine Seymour, Bud Jamison, Margaret Joslin

Votes: 21

17. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: Autocrats (1980)

Documentary, Biography, History

Autocratic directors like the martinet Cecil B. DeMille and the idiosyncratic Eric Von Stroheim are highlighted in this episode.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Karl Brown, Agnes de Mille, Valerie Germonprez

Votes: 70

18. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: Hollywood Goes to War (1980)

52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Hollywood and its stars support the War effort with propaganda and patriotic films and war bond tours.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Karl Brown, Agnes de Mille, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Votes: 74

19. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: In the Beginning (1980)

52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Some of the less affluent studios escape bad weather and legal entanglements in New Jersey and make Hollywood the world film capitol.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Viola Dana, Agnes de Mille, Allan Dwan

Votes: 82

20. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: Out West (1980)

Documentary, Biography, History

The development of the uniquely American film genre, the Western, is shown from its inception with archival footage and interviews with surviving artists.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Karl Brown, Yakima Canutt, Olive Carey

Votes: 60

21. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: Single Beds and Double Standards (1980)

Documentary, Biography, History

Mounting scandals including drug addiction and murder force the studios to appoint Will Hays as a morals czar to oversee production.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Cedric Belfrage, Karl Brown, Viola Dana

Votes: 84

22. Birth of Hollywood (2011)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2011)

Documentary, History

The immeasurable contribution of DW Griffith and other early filmmakers is delved into by British star actor/director of TV and film, Paul Merton, as he explores the first motion pictures as silent film approached the era of the talkies.

Director: Paul Merton | Stars: Paul Merton, Jane Zumwalt, Jacob Ochsner, Micah Tayloe Owens

Votes: 11

23. Antiques Roadshow (1997– )
Episode: Old Sturbridge Village, Hour 3 (2024)

TV-G | 52 min | Reality-TV

View show-stopping appraisals from Old Sturbridge Village, like one $150,000 find.

Director: Jeff Cronenberg | Stars: Joel Bohy, Richard Cervantes, Michelle Cheng, Linda Dyer

24. The Dream Merchants (1980)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1980)

97 min | Drama

A free ticket to a nickelodeon puts stars in Johnny's eyes and launches a journey that leads to the early days of Hollywood. He inspires the theater owner to leap into producing movies, and falls into the arms of a blonde seductress.

Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Mark Harmon, Vincent Gardenia, Morgan Fairchild, Brianne Leary