This Is Spinal Tap
Mar 02, 1984 | IMDB 7.4
82 min Watch NowComedy, Music
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
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Spaceballs
Almost Famous
Good Morning, Vietnam
Shrek
Shrek the Third
Airplane!
An American Werewolf in London
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Moulin Rouge!
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Toy Story 2
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IMDB 7.5 | Feb , 1938
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IMDB 7 | Jun , 2006
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IMDB 6.7 | May , 1992
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IMDB 6.9 | Jun , 1987
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IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 2000
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IMDB 7.4 | Aug , 1981
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IMDB 6 | Jul , 2002
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