Dealing with "not so glamorous" side of the movie industry. For example, L.A. Confidential, Get Shorty, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, possibly F/X and Bowfinger. Get Shorty (TV show) and eary seasons of Ray Donovan.

Basically a crime/thriller movie located in LA and involves Hollywood people only as a supporting character (either as a victim or perpetrator).

I am now reading David Baldacci's Dream Town where a PI is looking for a screenwriter and the investigation takes him from a "glamorous world of Hollywood to the darkest corners of Los Angeles—a city in which beautiful faces are attached to cutthroat schemers".... so something similar :)

Edit: More like a crime story located in Holywood, rather than the main characters being producers, actors, or directors., e.g., Hollywoodland or The Black Dahlia, The Nice Guys

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BEE_REAL_ t1_iucvk3m wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:10 AM

Mulholland Drive

Barton Fink

Sunset Boulevard

Hail Caesar

White Hunter, Black Heart (not set in Hollywood, but about Hollywood people travelling to Africa based largely on a real story)

In a Lonely Place (maybe only the setting of Hollywood rather than about it though)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Boogie Nights (Hollywood adjacent)

[deleted] t1_iucw8xn wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:19 AM

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mikebuba OP t1_iucwfe5 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:21 AM

>In a Lonely Place

 This one looks interesting: "the story is a mordant comment on Hollywood mores and the pitfalls of celebrity and near-celebrity".

BEE_REAL_ t1_iucwov5 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:25 AM

Go for it then, it's a great movie

ZorroMeansFox t1_iucw4pg wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:18 AM

Robert Altman's The Player is great.

A crappy film: Fade to Black.

A nifty, meta, Hollywood Horror film: Rubber.

A cool comedy Thriller: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

MrThrowAweh t1_iucx353 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:29 AM

Training day

floofymonstercat t1_iud61hk wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:03 PM

Hollywoodland, Black Dalia

orwll t1_iudcz17 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:02 PM

Under the Silver Lake

Kiwislark2 t1_iudj6rm wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:48 PM

Drive starring Ryan Gosling

E_Blofeld t1_iudqh00 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:40 PM

Hollywoodland, a 2006 crime-drama, a fictionalized account about the death of actor George Reeves. Stars Gabriel Byrne, Ben Affleck, Diane Lane and Bob Hoskins.

Perhaps not one of the all-time greatest films, but a solid and well-made movie with good performances.

Dadriks t1_iucy1s9 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:41 AM

Holywood County Down?

oilxxx t1_iud1y33 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:24 PM

Joseph Wambau movies or books.

LatkaGravas t1_iue6qul wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:31 PM

Wonderland (2003)

LauraPalmersMom430 t1_iue80x7 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:40 PM

Mulholland Drive
Under the Silver Lake
Inherent Vice
Maps to the Stars
Body Double
Nightcrawler
Gemini

Zealousideal_Ad642 t1_iuhc6pv wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:20 AM

Kiss kiss bang bang perhaps?