"Based on the true story of one movie so bad it became infamous."

2017

1h 44m

7.1(3611 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

An aspiring actor in Hollywood meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau, the meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted; creating the worst movie ever made.

Where to Watch

Stream

Rent

Links & Resources

Website IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Videos & Trailers

10 videos

Cast & Crew

102 members

Acting

Dave Franco

Greg / 'Mark'

Acting

James Franco

Tommy / 'Johnny'

Acting

Seth Rogen

Sandy

Acting

Ari Graynor

Juliette / 'Lisa'

Acting

Alison Brie

Amber

Acting

Jacki Weaver

Carolyn / 'Claudette'

Acting

Paul Scheer

Raphael

Acting

Zac Efron

Dan / 'Chris-R'

Acting

Josh Hutcherson

Philip / 'Denny'

Acting

June Diane Raphael

Robyn / 'Michelle'

Acting

Megan Mullally

Mrs. Sestero

Acting

Jason Mantzoukas

Peter

Acting

Andrew Santino

Scott Holmes / 'Mike'

Acting

Nathan Fielder

Kyle Vogt / 'Peter'

Acting

Joe Mande

Todd

Acting

Sharon Stone

Iris Burton

Acting

John Early

Chris

Acting

Melanie Griffith

Jean Shelton

Acting

Hannibal Buress

Bill

Acting

Charlyne Yi

Safowa

Acting

Jessie Ennis

Receptionist

Acting

Peter Gilroy

Laemmle Employee

Acting

Lauren Ash

Florist 'Erin'

Acting

Karen Macarah

Casting Director

No Image

Acting

Sugar Lyn Beard

Actress #2

Acting

Bob Odenkirk

Stanislavsky Teacher

Acting

Brian Huskey

Teller 'James'

Acting

Megan Ferguson

Jessie

Acting

Randall Park

Male Actor

Acting

Steven Liu

Waiter

No Image

Acting

Tommy Wiseau

Henry

Acting

Casey Wilson

Casting Director #2

Acting

Jerrod Carmichael

Actor Friend

Acting

Xosha Roquemore

Actress #3

Acting

Kelly Oxford

Amy - Makeup

Acting

Kether Donohue

Actress #6

Acting

Jeffrey C. Goodell

Todd's Assistant

No Image

Acting

Dree Hemingway

Female Guest #2

Acting

Angelyne

Acting

Tom Franco

Karl

Acting

Zoey Deutch

Bobbi

Acting

Ike Barinholtz

Directing

Kevin Smith

Acting

Keegan-Michael Key

Acting

Adam Scott

Acting

Danny McBride

Acting

Kristen Bell

Directing

J.J. Abrams

Acting

Lizzy Caplan

Acting

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston (uncredited)

Directing

Judd Apatow

Judd Apatow (uncredited)

Acting

Zach Braff

Zach Braff (uncredited)

Directing

David DeCoteau

David DeCoteau (uncredited)

Acting

Dylan Minnette

Dylan Minnette (uncredited)

Acting

Kate Upton

Kate Upton (uncredited)

Acting

Brett Gelman

Acting Teacher (uncredited)

Acting

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Sid (uncredited)

Acting

Jason Mitchell

Nate (uncredited)

Acting

Greg Sestero

Casting Agent (uncredited)

Acting

Eliza Coupe

Erica Chase (uncredited)

Acting

Erin Cummings

Female Guest (uncredited)

Acting

Michelle Arthur

Theatre Participant (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Ricky Mabe

Casting Person (uncredited)

Acting

Shane Ryan-Reid

Front Row Premiere Attendee (uncredited)

Acting

Tamzin Brown

Tommy's Date at Premier (uncredited)

Acting

Cate Freedman

Actress #1 (uncredited)

Acting

Amechi Okocha

Mama's Boy (uncredited)

Acting

Cameron Brinkman

Actor at Premier (uncredited)

Acting

Nicole Gordon-Levitt

Girl in Red Dress (uncredited)

Acting

Elizabeth Hirsch-Tauber

Girl on Phone (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Jenna Curtis

William Morris Agent (uncredited)

Acting

Frederick Keeve

Bartender (uncredited)

Acting

Slim Khezri

Actor at Premiere (uncredited)

Acting

Corey Weber

Door Man / Bouncer (uncredited)

Acting

Katherine Neff

Coco (uncredited)

Acting

Taylor DeVoe

Auditioning Actress (uncredited)

Acting

Johnny Meyer

Guy Driving Alfa Romeo (uncredited)

Acting

Tearra Oso

Jarrod's Friend (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Vince Chavez

Movie Premiere Attendee in Blue Shirt (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Krista West

Auditioning Actress (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Aidiye Aidarbekov

Guest (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Kara Gibson

Actor at Premiere (uncredited)

Acting

Reşit Barker Enhoş

Actor at Premiere (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Tudor Munteanu

Crew Member, Hans (uncredited)

Acting

Frank Lui Geo

Premiere Analyst (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Bill Rojas

Movie Premiere Actor (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Mark Anthony Petrucelli

Jeff (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Zhubin Rahbar

Zsolt Magyar (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Javi Sánchez-Blanco Boyer

Movie Premiere Guest (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Jolie Mitnick Salter

Model Party Guest (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Ramona Tibrin

Trophy Wife (uncredited)

Acting

Vincent Marinelli

Bartender (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Adonis Simmons

Cast and Crew (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Elena Cristiean

Auditioning Actress (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Cerra Angela Vallentine

Movie Premier Guest (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Danny Finneran

Blonde at Casting (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Eloho Josephine Okujeni

Hooker (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Dan Byelich

Movie Premier Actor (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Cynthia Natera

Costume Girl (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Jordan Daem

Waiter (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Max Valentine

Romano (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Michael Rousselet

Movie Premiere Guest (uncredited)

Similar Movies

5.1

1976

The Tenth Level

Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."

Movie

3.9

1976

Beatriz

A child is witness to an assault on a monk by the gang of Lorenzo the Fifth. The monk escapes and takes refuge in the estate of Doña Carlota, a countess who lives with her son Juan and daughter Beatriz. Basilisa, the maid, conjures the devil to free her son from an irreversible illness, but to do so the evil must be transmitted to an innocent soul, and for that she chooses Beatriz. The child begins to be the victim of a possession, for which everyone blames the monk.

Movie

5.4

2014

The Creep Behind the Camera

An exploration of the making of b-movie sci-fi cult classic "The Creeping Terror" and its con-man director Art "A.J." Nelson/Vic Savage.

Movie

5.0

1996

My Name Is Shadow

Doctor Beiral, torn apart by the internal struggle between his social persona and the dark instincts that torment him, manages to use his investigations to give life to the monster that he has long held within him.

Movie

7.0

2003

Jean Moulin, une affaire française

Drama set in the Second World War, focused on Jean Moulin, hero, martyr and symbol of the French resistance and the patriotism during the dark years of Nazi occupation.

Movie

7.3

2022

Minions: The Rise of Gru

A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.

Movie

Anteojito and Antifaz, A Thousand Attempts and One Invention

8.1

1972

Anteojito and Antifaz, A Thousand Attempts and One Invention

Anteojito and Antifaz live in an apartment house in Villa Trompeta, a fantasy city with funny animals, dancing vegetables, and Uncle Antifaz’s enemy, Cachavacha the witch, living with Pajarraco her owl, in the apartment right under his. Uncle Antifaz tries to invent an invisibility formula with Anteojito’s help, and Cachavacha tries to steal it.

Movie

7.5

1955

East of Eden

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

Movie

7.4

1999

Boys Don't Cry

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

Movie

2019

Naan Petta Makan

Young leader Abhimanyu from Maharaja’s College in Kochi was one among millions, and the testimonials of his friends and well-wishers about him spoke volumes about his inner worth and the visionary that he was.

Movie

8.0

2017

Secret Fruit

The story revolves around a pair of teens who meet during difficult times and wind up falling in love.

Movie

7.1

2019

The Painted Bird

After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.

Movie

6.8

1937

The Prince and the Pauper

Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards discover them and throw out the prince thinking he's the urchin. No one believes them when they try to tell the truth about which is which. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.

Movie

6.7

1957

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

To save his career, an ad man wants a sex symbol to endorse a lipstick but in exchange, she wants him to pretend to be her lover.

Movie

7.6

2017

Cross My Heart

12-years-old Manon promises her younger brother, Mimi, that they will stay together, despite their difficult family circumstances and the ominous signs of being put into foster care. During the height of Quebec's FLQ Crisis in 1970, they stage their own rebellion by kidnapping an elderly woman and hiding her in the country, aided by their two cousins.

Movie

6.7

1970

The House of the Bories

Julien, a renowned geologist, lives with his wife Isabelle and their two children in a country house. But his sullen, uncompromising attitude leaves tensions high. The arrival of Carl-Stephane, a young German student, brings a breath of fresh air and lightness to the household.

Movie

5.0

1927

The Joy Girl

Though she loves one man, an ambitious Palm Beach girl marries another, whom she thinks is rich. He turns out to be a fraud who thought she was an heiress. She returns to a successful hat shop she maintains catering to socialites. Her true love turns out to be in fact, a rich man who let her think he was not to test her.

Movie

6.8

1915

Fanchon, the Cricket

A young wild girl, Fanchon, lives in a forest with her eccentric grandmother who is suspected by the villagers of being a witch. The unkempt Fanchon suffers from her grandmother's sorceress reputation. One day the girl rescues a boy from drowning and they fall in love, but Fanchon won't agree to marry him unless his father asks her. A year later the boy has fallen very ill and it is only the presence of the enchanting Fanchon that helps to restore his health.

Movie

8.4

2002

City of God

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Movie

8.3

1950

Sunset Boulevard

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Movie

Recommended Movies

4.0

2003

The Room

Johnny is a successful banker with great respect for and dedication to the people in his life, especially his future wife Lisa. The happy-go-lucky guy sees his world being torn apart when his friends begin to betray him one-by-one.

Movie

7.4

2017

The Florida Project

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

Movie

5.7

2016

Office Christmas Party

When Carol Vanstone, CEO of the technology company Zenotek, expresses her intention to close the Chicago branch, run by her brother Clay, he and his co-workers organize a Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and save their jobs. But the party gets out of control…

Movie

7.2

2017

The Shape of Water

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

Movie

7.5

2017

I, Tonya

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

Movie

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

8.1

2017

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

Movie

6.5

2017

All the Money in the World

The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

Movie

7.1

2017

Brigsby Bear

Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.

Movie

7.2

2016

Tickled

Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.

Movie

4.8

2017

The Humanity Bureau

In 2030 the world is in a permanent state of economic recession and facing serious environmental problems as a result of global warming.

Movie

7.4

2017

Mudbound

In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.

Movie

7.4

2017

Darkest Hour

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

Movie

6.8

2017

Battle of the Sexes

The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

Movie

7.6

2017

Icarus

While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer despite shocking allegations that place Rodchenkov at the center of Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program.

Movie

7.1

2017

The Place

The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

Movie

7.3

2017

Phantom Thread

In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.

Movie

6.8

2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.

Movie

7.7

2017

BPM (Beats per Minute)

Paris, in the early 1990s: a group of young activists is desperately tied to finding the cure against an unknown lethal disease. They target the pharmaceutical labs that are retaining potential cures, and multiply direct actions, with the hope of saving their lives as well as the ones of future generations.

Movie

7.3

2017

Lady Bird

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

Movie

7.0

2017

The Post

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

Movie