An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to win.

Plunder Road
1957
6.9/10

Valley of the Dolls
1967
6.1/10

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019
6.9/10

Fedora
1978
6.7/10

Hands of Stone
2016
6.6/10

The Proud Rebel
1958
6.0/10

The Girl
2012
6.1/10

Brotherly Love
2015
7.0/10

Hardball
2001
6.5/10

Pimp
2018
6.2/10

Broke
2025
7.0/10

Road to Paloma
2014
5.8/10

Jesus Revolution
2023
6.9/10

Gigi & Nate
2022
7.6/10

True Grit
1969
7.3/10

The Padre
2018
5.9/10

The Carpetbaggers
1964
6.0/10

Jawbone
2017
6.1/10

Beast
2026
7.5/10

Cry of the City
1948
6.7/10
Hurlyburly
1998
5.5/10