Movies about movies – ranked!
20. Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
What if Max Schreck, star of FW Murnau’s silent classic Nosferatu, really had been a vampire? It’s an irresistible premise, and Willem Dafoe is poignant, repulsive and hilarious as the actor who works only at night – but the film-makers blot their copybook by depicting Murnau, film-making genius, as a talentless hack.
19. The Stunt Man (1980)
A fugitive Vietnam war veteran blunders on to a film set, accidentally kills a stuntman and is blackmailed by the megalomaniac director (Peter O’Toole) into taking the dead man’s place. Richard Rush’s clever dramedy pioneers the sort of reality-bending scenario that would become all the rage 20 years later.
18. Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
A washed-up American
