F/X (1986)
A movie special effects man is hired to fake a real life mob killing for a witness protection plan, but finds his own life in danger
F/X2 (1991)
A special effects man helps his girlfriends ex, a cop, with a sting operation, where the ex gets killed Somethings off and he investigates with help from an ex cop PI friend
Pelvis (1977)
A young man moves to New York to strike it big in the music business