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103 Fashion Films and Series

by JonathanWalford • Created 11 years ago • Modified 3 years ago
The best films about fashion or set in the world of fashion
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  • Helena Christensen in Ready to Wear (1994)

    1. Ready to Wear

    19942h 13mR48Metascore
    5.2 (16K)
    A chronicle of the interconnected lives of a group of people in the lead up to Paris Fashion Week.
    DirectorRobert AltmanStarsSophia LorenJulia RobertsMarcello Mastroianni
    Funny Altman film about the journalists, editors, designers, and models at the 1994 Paris ready to wear shows.
  • Sami Frey, Grayson Hall, Dorothy McGowan, and Jean Rochefort in Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966)

    2. Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?

    19661h 41mNot Rated
    6.8 (1.3K)
    A model tells a television crew about her dreams of a life with Prince Charming while she is fending off the lecherous advances of a horde of men.
    DirectorWilliam KleinStarsDorothy McGowanJean RochefortSami Frey
    A must-see parody of the Paris fashion industry
  • The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

    3. The Devil Wears Prada

    20061h 49mPG-1362Metascore
    7.0 (506K)
    With an aspiration to become a journalist, Andy, a smart but sensible young graduate, travels to New York. She starts working as an assistant to one of the city's biggest high fashion magazine editors, the cynical Miranda Priestly.
    DirectorDavid FrankelStarsAnne HathawayMeryl StreepAdrian Grenier
    A young assistant's career succeeds at a high-powered fashion magazine, but loses her identity
  • Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face (1957)

    4. Funny Face

    19571h 43mApproved75Metascore
    7.0 (35K)
    An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.
    DirectorStanley DonenStarsAudrey HepburnFred AstaireKay Thompson
    An unwilling bookish girl becomes a big fashion model in Paris and falls in love with her photographer
  • Diana Ross in Mahogany (1975)

    5. Mahogany

    19751h 49mPG
    6.1 (2.4K)
    Tracy is a black girl with no financial resources who struggles to be able to afford fashion college. Her goal is to become an internationally famous fashion designer.
    DirectorsBerry GordyTony RichardsonJack WormserStarsDiana RossBilly Dee WilliamsAnthony Perkins
    A Chicago designer tries to become internationally famous
  • Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)

    6. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

    19971h 32mR60Metascore
    6.4 (56K)
    Two dim-witted, inseparable friends hit the road for their ten-year high school reunion and concoct an elaborate lie about their lives in order to impress their classmates.
    DirectorDavid MirkinStarsMira SorvinoLisa KudrowJaneane Garofalo
    A high school reunion doesn't go as planned but results with Romy and Michele starting a fashion business
  • Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, and Jon Cryer in Pretty in Pink (1986)

    7. Pretty in Pink

    19861h 37mPG-1356Metascore
    6.7 (93K)
    A poor girl must choose between the affections of dating her childhood sweetheart or a rich but sensitive playboy.
    DirectorHoward DeutchStarsMolly RingwaldJon CryerHarry Dean Stanton
    Not a fashion movie, but the title alludes to a certain pink dress that has an important role in the film
  • Bernadette Peters in Slaves of New York (1989)

    8. Slaves of New York

    19892h 4mR
    5.7 (1.2K)
    Benadette Peters stars in this ironic film based on Tama Janowitz's best-selling collection of short stories that defined the downtown New York art scene of the 1980s
    DirectorJames IvoryStarsBernadette PetersAdam Coleman HowardChris Sarandon
    Off-beat fashions, art, and living in the Village
  • Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

    9. Eyes of Laura Mars

    19781h 44mR49Metascore
    6.2 (13K)
    Fashion photographer Laura Mars, whose photographs contain violent images, develops the ability to see through a killer's eyes. Those around her include her driver Tommy, her manager Donald, her ex-husband Michael, and policeman John.
    DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsFaye DunawayTommy Lee JonesBrad Dourif
    Fashion, murder, and psychic visions
  • David Hemmings and Veruschka von Lehndorff in Blow-Up (1966)

    10. Blow-Up

    19661h 51mNot Rated82Metascore
    7.4 (71K)
    A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.
    DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsDavid HemmingsVanessa RedgraveSarah Miles
    A mod fashion photographer in London accidentally witnesses a murder
  • Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992)

    11. Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

    19921h 32mTV Movie
    7.3 (1.1K)
    An elderly charwoman in 1950s London spots a Dior dress at the home of her employer and becomes determined to travel to Paris and buy one herself.
    DirectorAnthony Pullen ShawStarsAngela LansburyDiana RiggLothaire Bluteau
    Charming tale of a char woman who saves up for years to buy a Dior couture dress
  • Sarah-Jane Potts, Joel Edgerton, and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Kinky Boots (2005)

    12. Kinky Boots

    20051h 47mPG-1357Metascore
    7.1 (22K)
    A drag queen comes to the rescue of a man who, after inheriting his father's shoe factory, needs to diversify his product if he wants to keep the business afloat.
    DirectorJulian JarroldStarsChiwetel EjioforJoel EdgertonSarah-Jane Potts
    A failing shoe company creates a new product line to save their business
  • À la mode (1993)

    13. À la mode

    19931h 22mR
    5.7 (216)
    Fausto enters an orphanage and is initially bullied, but then makes friends with a new bunkmate, Raymond. He is apprenticed to Mietek, a tailor in the Jewish quarter, who teaches him the trade. Fausto charms everyone in the quarter, and falls in love with Tonie, the mechanic's daughter. He starts making outrageous suits for publicity and, after dressing Tonie, decides that he wants to be a famous couturier.
    DirectorRémy DucheminStarsKên HigelinJean YanneFlorence Darel
    French tale of a young apprentice who becomes a sensational new designer and finds love along the way
  • Joan Bennett and Warner Baxter in Vogues of 1938 (1937)

    14. Vogues of 1938

    19371h 49mApproved
    5.9 (339)
    The blueblooded Van Kletterings are broke; debutante Wendy, slated to remedy this by marrying rich bore Henry Morgan, instead leaves him at the altar and goes to work as a model for high-fashion clothing designer George Curson, whom she soon falls for. But he's happily married (at least on his side) and going into debt financing a show to please wife Mary's desire for stardom. Vindictive Morgan, jealous of George, hopes to hasten his ruin. Can the House of Curson be saved?
    DirectorIrving CummingsStarsWarner BaxterJoan BennettHelen Vinson
    A runaway bride becomes a fashion model, the fashion show finale is spectacular
  • A New Kind of Love (1963)

    15. A New Kind of Love

    19631h 50mUnrated
    5.7 (1.7K)
    The fashion industry and Paris provide the setting for a comedy surrounding the mistaken impression that Samantha Blake is a high-priced call girl. Steve Sherman is the journalist interviewing her for insights on her profession.
    DirectorMelville ShavelsonStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardThelma Ritter
    A fashion designer is mistaken for being a call girl in Paris
  • Ben Stiller in Zoolander (2001)

    16. Zoolander

    20011h 30mR61Metascore
    6.5 (308K)
    At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
    DirectorBen StillerStarsBen StillerOwen WilsonChristine Taylor
    Funny film about the absurdities of modelling
  • Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, and Norma Shearer in The Women (1939)

    17. The Women

    19392h 13mApproved
    7.7 (16K)
    A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsNorma ShearerJoan CrawfordRosalind Russell
    Don't bother with the horrible remake, the 1939 original is by far the better film, known for bitchy banter with a fabulous all-colour fashion show
  • Cover Girl (1944)

    18. Cover Girl

    19441h 47mApproved
    6.7 (6.3K)
    Rusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.
    DirectorCharles VidorStarsRita HayworthGene KellyLee Bowman
    A girl wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl model
  • Lovely to Look At (1952)

    19. Lovely to Look At

    19521h 43mApproved
    6.2 (919)
    Three Broadway producers struggling to get backing for their show, hope one's sudden inheritance of a half interest in a Parisian fashion house is the answer. They travel to Paris only to learn the salon is in debt and requires their help.
    DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsKathryn GraysonRed SkeltonHoward Keel
    Predictable tale with a fabulous fashion show finale with fashions by Adrian
  • Audrey Tautou in Coco Before Chanel (2009)

    20. Coco Before Chanel

    20091h 45mPG-1365Metascore
    6.6 (43K)
    The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.
    DirectorAnne FontaineStarsAudrey TautouBenoît PoelvoordeAlessandro Nivola
    Glib overview of the highlights of Chanel's early career
  • Angelina Jolie in Gia (1998)

    21. Gia

    19982hRTV Movie
    6.9 (53K)
    The story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death.
    DirectorMichael CristoferStarsAngelina JolieFaye DunawayElizabeth Mitchell
    Better than average television movie based on the model's rise and fall
  • Juan Carlos Hernández in Garmento (2002)

    22. Garmento

    20021h 27m33Metascore
    6.3 (102)
    An idealistic, want-to-be fashionista lands the dream job with her favorite designer in New York City. Swept away by the glamorous facade of the fashion world, Grindy gets sewn within the seams of the garb underworld while climbing to success. Shot on 35mm.
    DirectorMichele MaherStarsDavid ThorntonKatie MacNicholSaundra Santiago
    Expose of the other side of the fashion industry
  • How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

    23. How to Marry a Millionaire

    19531h 35mApproved
    6.8 (26K)
    Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
    DirectorJean NegulescoStarsMarilyn MonroeBetty GrableLauren Bacall
    Three women share an upper east side New York apartment while working as models and looking for rich husbands
  • James Purefoy in Beau Brummell: This Charming Man (2006)

    24. Beau Brummell: This Charming Man

    20061h 18mNot RatedTV Movie
    7.0 (718)
    George 'Beau' Brummel, a penniless but witty London gentleman, maintains a refined lifestyle with his loyal servant, cook Robinson. Only the friendship of the unpopular Hanoverian heir and Prince Regent, George, Prince of Wales, who acclaims Brummel's fashionable invention, dandy-ism, keeps the creditors from his back, even allows him unconditional credit. Alas a triangle with lady Julia and the equally dubious poet Lord Byron ends up costing him the prince's favor, so his debts come bite him with a vengeance.
    DirectorPhilippa LowthorpeStarsJames PurefoyHugh BonnevillePhil Davis
    Mediocre quality television drama about the biggest dandy of all time
  • Craig Ferguson in The Big Tease (1999)

    25. The Big Tease

    19991h 26mR53Metascore
    6.1 (2.7K)
    The Big Tease is big fun, a fish-out-of-water tale teeming with charm and a hilariously satiric view of life in L. A.
    DirectorKevin AllenStarsCraig FergusonChris LanghamDavid Rasche
    Comedy about a BIG hair competition

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