List of films featuring fictional films
Film Fictional film Year Description
Adaptation The Orchid Thief 2002 In the comedy-drama film , one of the twin brother protagonists adapts the book The Orchid Thief into a film and draws the jealousy of his brother
The Artist A Russian Affair 2011 In the romantic comedy-drama film , Jean Dujardin is an actor who plays the hero in the film A Russian Affair in which he is rescued from a Russian villain by his dog
Be My Cat : A Film for Anne Be My Cat 2015 In the found footage horror movie , an aspiring Romanian filmmaker shoots a demo film to send to actress Anne Hathaway to convince her to star in his upcoming film . Moreover , the demo film is about the making of another fictional film
Berberian Sound Studio The Equestrian Vortex 2012 In the horror film , a sound engineer is tasked with working on the Foley effects for the never-seen film
Big Fat Liar Big Fat Liar 2002 Marty Wolf , the main antagonist , produces a film under Wolf Pictures . This film , however , plagiarises Jason Shepherd 's English assignment . In the end , the film is released with Jason getting writing credits
The Big Lebowski Logjammin ' 1998 In the comedy film , the Dude watches a pornographic film with Maude and sees Bunny Lebowski starring in the film
Boogie Nights Brock Landers : Angels Live In My Town 1997 In the drama film , Mark Wahlberg plays a rising porn actor . In part of his acting career , the character stars as a cop in a series of pornographic action films , with the partner played by John C. Reilly
Bowfinger Chubby Rain 1999 In the comedy film , film producer Bobby Bowfinger , played by Steve Martin , aims to produce his dream science fiction thriller film Chubby Rain and uses shots of an unsuspecting person , played by Eddie Murphy for the film
Bowfinger Fake Purse Ninjas 1999 In the comedy film , characters played by Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy infiltrate a factory where Chinese ninjas counterfeit goods
Broken City Kiss of Life 2013 In the crime film , a softcore romance film is featured , which The New Yorker ' s Richard Brody described , flowery dialogue and poetic views of nature are followed by the actresss hot and naked sex scene with the sensitive leading man
Burn After Reading Coming Up Daisy 2008 The black comedy film features a film based on a chick lit book by Cormac McCarthy
Day for Night Meet Pamela 1973 The film follows the lives of the cast and crew while they shoot the film Meet Pamela
Dirty Work Men In Black Who Like To Have Sex With Each Other 1998 In the comedy film , two cinema employees ( Norm MacDonald and Artie Lange ) get revenge on their manager by replacing a print of Men In Black with a pornographic parody when the corporate bosses arrive to inspect the theater
Drive-In Disaster '76 1976 The film playing during the events at a drive-in movie theater
Entourage Hyde 2015 In the comedy film , Vincent Chase directs a film readaption of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and stars as its leading character , an EDM DJ
The Exorcist Crash Course 1973 In the horror film , before the mother 's daughter is possessed , the mother stars in a film about student activism
Evil Ed Loose Limbs 5 1997 In the horror comedy film , a newly hired film editor goes insane while editing the latest in a long running series of slasher films
For Your Consideration Home for Purim 2006 In the comedy film , the fictional film featured as a tribute to the Jewish holiday Purim . The studio executives in For Your Consideration change the film 's title to Home for Thanksgiving to avoid isolating Gentile audiences
Funny People Re-Do 2009 In the comedy-drama film , Adam Sandler plays a successful film actor who learns that he is dying of leukemia and decides to revisit his stand-up comedy career . One of the actor 's featured films was the comedy Re-Do , which starred him as trapped inside a baby 's body
The Holiday Deception 2006 In the romantic comedy film , one of the main characters is a movie trailer producer . One of her featured works is the action film Deception starring James Franco and Lindsay Lohan
List of films
A body of films feature fictional films as part of their narrative. These are also called films within films.