▲Director Todd Phillips pictured with Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck/Joker before filming a running scene in Newark, New Jersey.

▲'MotherFatherSon' is Gere's first major television role, and the Andalusian city provided a suitably dramatic backdrop for this BBC-produced thriller.

▲Actress Michelle Dockery chatting to cast and crew between takes during the filming of 'Downton Abbey.'

▲Joaquin Phoenix cries in a phone booth in his clown costume while filming 'Joker' under the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn's DUMBO ("Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass") district.

▲Richard Gere in front of the camera as the actor begins filming in Seville, in southern Spain.

▲Michelle Dockery on the set of 'Downton Abbey.' The historical period drama was filmed in London and Wiltshire, as well as at the more familiar Highclere Castle.

▲Sitting in his beat-up Porsche between takes, actor Brad Pitt glances towards a still photographer's lens while the next scene is set up.

▲Glasgow city center in Scotland becomes the stage for 'Hobbs and Shaw' filming, a spin-off of the 'Fast and Furious' movie series. Actor Idris Elba (pictured) plays Brixton Lore, a cyber-genetically enhanced terrorist.

▲Brad Pitt get direction from Quentin Tarantino during the filming of 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood' in Los Angeles, California.

▲Russell Crowe takes a seat between filming as a makeup artist makes adjustments to the actor's prosthetic face.

▲Members of the public look on as 'Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw' is filmed in the Scottish city of Glasgow.

▲An unrecognizable Russell Crowe transforms into late Fox News Chief Roger Ailes as he wears a fat suit and prosthetics on his face while filming the showtime TV series 'The Loudest Voice' in Manhattan, New York.

▲Sienna Miller, Chadwick Boseman, and Taylor Kitsch filming an action shoot-out scene in Manhattan's Meatpacking District.

▲Sienna Miller is spotted in New York City on the set of '21 Bridges' goofing around with a real NYPD police officer during a break from filming. The actress took his hat and then posed for a photo with her own prop gun.

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Holmes plays Jackie Kennedy in a scene where she is hounded by photographers on the street.

▲Katie Holmes in period costume on the set of 'The Kennedys After Camelot' during a makeup session.

▲The actor spots the photographer and flashes a smile. Sometimes the only thing to do between takes is to grin and bear it.

▲An assistant helps Will Smith slip on a coat to keep dry as a shower breaks out on the set of 'Gemini Man.'

▲Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman filming scenes on 'The Undoing' set in Manhattan's Upper East Side—with a little help from crew members tasked with keeping the sun off them both.

▲Bill Murray readies himself for a scene during filming of 'On The Rocks,' written and directed by Sofia Coppola.

▲Nicole Kidman and veteran actor Donald Sutherland on the set of HBO's drama 'The Undoing.'

▲Mentally going through his lines perhaps, Bill Murray contemplates his character's role between takes on the set of 'On the Rocks.'

▲Nearly 34 years after 'Top Gun,' Tom Cruise is again pilot Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. He's pictured preparing for a scene from the much anticipated sequel.

▲Tom Cruise reprises his role as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell and brushes some hair away from Jennifer Connelly's face as they film a motorcycle scene together for the sequel 'Top Gun:Maverick' in Los Angeles, California.

▲Steven Spielberg directs Ansel Elgort as "Tony" with fellow members of the Jets gang during filming of 'West Side Story' in New York City.

▲Anya Taylor-Joy and Matt Smith chat between takes during filming in London of 'Last Night in Soho.'

▲Steven Spielberg lines up a scene during rehearsals with actress Rachel Zegler as the director prepares to shoot 'West Side Story,' a remake of the classic 1961 musical.

▲Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Ray Romano are pictured on the set of Martin Scorsese's 'The Irishman' in Long Island, New York.

▲Robert De Niro is pictured during the filming of 'The Irishman' wearing high platform shoes to increase his height.

▲Set in the 1960s, the psychological horror film makes full use of the Soho district's colorful but potentially seedy environment.

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Movie making is a complex business. What we see on the screen is the result of a long and often arduous process that involves hundreds, sometimes thousands of people. A scene lasting a few minutes can take hours to set up, and days to shoot. But this is a fascinating side to filmmaking few ever see. Fortunately, publicity units are on hand to capture ins and outs of movie production... and the results represent an extraordinary visual diary of how a film is created, from "action" to "wrap."

Browse the gallery and get to know a bit more about what life looks like behind the scenes.