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Kanopy
88
8.1
/42560/
80
/950/
79
/716/
4.4
/139190/
98
/65/
91
/825/
cc age 10+

The Red Shoes (1948)
A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.
poster
80
8.5
/1557166/
83
/35629/
82
/17016/
4.3
/1550991/
77
/206/
92
/43661/
66
/36/
cc age 14+

The Prestige (2006)
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
poster
79
7.8
/277952/
77
/5892/
74
/3029/
3.8
/214573/
83
/208/
90
/27742/
72
/39/
cc age 15+

Walk the Line (2005)
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
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MUBI
75
6.9
/2740/
66
/68/
63
/56/
3.5
/6736/
100
/26/
65
/6/
81
/10/

Rimini (2022)
Richie Bravo, once upon a time a successful pop star, chases after his faded fame in wintry Rimini. Trapped between permanent intoxication and concerts for busloads of tourists, his world starts to collapse when his adult daughter breaks into his life.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.7
/24388/
62
/281/
62
/308/
3.4
/14286/
81
/197/
59
/2105/
75
/38/
cc age 13+

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.
poster
67
7.1
/4690/
64
/44/
64
/86/
3.6
/3636/
50
/12/
74
/29/

Lili Marleen (1981)
The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert, whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.
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Amazon Prime Video
68
66
6.8
/15130/
68
/352/
68
/305/
3.5
/22825/
87
/23/
65
/351/
49
/10/

Magic (1978)
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
poster
66
7.2
/758176/
75
/37856/
73
/16276/
3.4
/1140169/
51
/174/
70
/8376/
50
/35/
cc age 13+

Now You See Me (2013)
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
poster
64
6.0
/804/
64
/7/
58
/13/
3.4
/887/
74
/23/
52
/12/
63
/6/

Around a Small Mountain (2009)
Vittorio stops to help Kate when her car breaks down on a mountain road. When they meet again, Vittorio discovers that Kate has rejoined a circus after a long time away. He begins to learn about the troupe's buried past and Kate's connection to it, while experiencing the magic of the circus.
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Kanopy
64
6.4
/15112/
64
/455/
60
/262/
3.0
/3634/
70
/94/
49
/713/
63
/25/
cc age 12+

The Great Buck Howard (2008)
When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician struggling to resurrect his career. This leads to a journey across the country staging the comeback of a lifetime.
poster
58
6.5
/73025/
65
/2083/
64
/2134/
3.0
/57367/
52
/189/
45
/634/
54
/40/
cc age 12+

Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.
poster
70
56
7.1
/3104/
70
/35/
66
/41/
3.4
/1388/
80
/10/
78
/69/
58
/6/

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.
poster
67
55
7.0
/3522/
65
/69/
65
/66/
3.5
/2675/
66
/278/

Armored Car Robbery (1950)
While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne, then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn't know is that Phillips' partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell, is wise to the criminal's plans and is closing in on his prey.
poster
80
54
7.7
/1240/
71
/30/
72
/31/
3.8
/1413/
100
/5/
88
/31/

Show Biz Bugs (1957)
Bugs and Daffy are vaudevillians competing for praise from the audience. They love Bugs no matter what; just the opposite for Daffy.
poster
67
54
6.5
/2733/
64
/33/
65
/69/
3.5
/1855/
85
/20/
55
/47/

On Tour (2010)
After leaving France in search of a better life in America, a television producer returns with a group of burlesque dancers to take the Paris club scene by storm.
poster
66
52
6.5
/2627/
66
/70/
69
/47/
3.3
/2443/
64
/402/

The Mad Magician (1954)
Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.
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Kanopy
68
50
7.2
/2267/
67
/48/
72
/29/
3.6
/1477/
63
/8/
74
/32/
58
/4/

The Red Chapel (2010)
Two Danish comedians join the director on a trip to North Korea, where they have been allowed access under the pretext of wanting to perform a vaudeville act.
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fuboTV
73
48
7.1
/984/
70
/34/
64
/16/
3.6
/993/
85
/73/
79
/66/
76
/22/

Soul Power (2009)
Soul Power is a 2008 documentary film about the Zaire 74 music festival in Kinshasa which accompanied the Rumble in the Jungle heavyweight boxing championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in October 1974. The film was made from archival footage; other footage shot at the time focusing on the fight was edited to form the film When We Were Kings.
poster
70
43
7.5
/1814/
67
/39/
67
/38/
3.7
/1793/

What's Up, Doc? (1950)
Bugs' showbiz career is recounted from babyhood to stardom. Bugs and Elmer Fudd perform the title song.
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MGM Plus
70
42
6.7
/1748/
71
/47/
66
/33/
3.4
/842/
78
/2074/

The Stooge (1951)
Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge—Ted Rogers, a guy positioned in the audience to be the butt of Bill's jokes. After Ted begins to steal the show, Bill's girlfriend and his pals advise him to make Ted an equal partner.
poster
64
40
6.5
/1771/
65
/81/
61
/60/
3.4
/5036/
62
/12/

Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi’s gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.
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Amazon Prime Video
50
37
5.7
/3165/
54
/74/
53
/79/
2.8
/4565/
30
/23/

The Pleasure Garden (1925)
Two chorus girls at the Pleasure Garden Theatre follow different paths in love and fortune.
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Hoopla
43
33
4.9
/2836/
48
/60/
46
/50/
2.7
/1866/
33
/6/
31
/35/

Devil Doll (1964)
An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
poster
AMC+
56
32
5.9
/1618/
60
/35/
56
/35/
3.0
/2169/
46
/16/

Watch Me When I Kill (1977)
A pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer.
poster
58
24
6.6
/1286/
56
/11/
60
/19/
3.3
/503/
43
/170/

The Clairvoyant (1935)
A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)
poster
50
21
5.8
/925/
56
/12/
53
/25/
3.1
/837/
22
/1327/

Gran Casino (1947)
After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives from Argentina, and, believing that Gerardo killed her brother to keep the wells for himself, she starts working as a singer under a false name in the same casino her brother disappeared, in order to find out what exactly happened.
poster
49
20
5.1
/724/
46
/19/
43
/26/
2.9
/1093/

Imperial Japanese Dance (1894)
A graceful performance of the Mikado dance, featuring three Japanese women in elaborate traditional costume. Originally noted for its striking effect when hand-colored.
poster
53
16
5.2
/370/
61
/10/
44
/17/
3.1
/952/

Annabelle Sun Dance (1894)
Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film
poster
41
14
4.3
/608/
36
/16/
34
/22/
2.7
/809/

Band Drill (1894)
A scene from Charles Hoyt's 'A Milk White Flag': A brass band marches out, led by bandmaster Steele Ayers. When Ayers reaches his position, he turns around and directs the musicians as they take up their own positions.
poster
54
14
6.0
/980/
65
/20/
67
/9/
3.2
/369/
16
/118/

Lucky Me (1954)
Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy oilman to finance a musical he is scripting, promising them stardom if it comes to fruition.
poster
55
13
5.5
/344/
51
/9/
55
/17/
3.1
/479/

The Microscopic Dancer (1902)
“This is an absolutely new and extraordinary subject. A juggler takes in succession about a dozen eggs out of his servant's mouth. He breaks all the eggs into a hat, and after having beaten them up after the manner of a cook, he extracts an egg as large as the hat itself. As soon as he sets this egg on the table there appears a tiny dancing girl, full of life, as big as a baby's doll, and who performs on the table some beautiful stage dances. All of a sudden she increases to the size of a ordinary woman, and jumping on the floor she delights the audience with her turns. The juggler and the dancing girl disappear in the most extraordinary way.” (Méliès Catalog)
poster
24
13
2.5
/886/
31
/27/
27
/37/
1.9
/1440/
3
/64/

Carnival Magic (1983)
A magician in a carnival--who actually can read minds and levitate people and objects--works with a superintelligent chimp named Alex, who can also talk. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. However, the wild-animal trainer, who has been displaced by the team as the carnival's top act, decides to kidnap Alex and sell him to a medical laboratory for experimentation, thereby getting rid of his competition.
poster
?
6.4
/65/
60
/1/

Dizzy Dames (1935)
A musical comedy in a theatrical boarding house.
poster
?
5.4
/73/
100
/1/

Jack Buchanan with the Glee Quartet (1930)
Early Vitaphone-Warner Bros. short film introduced as part of the Vitaphone Varieties series featuring Jack Buchanan who announces to the audience that he will be replacing a member of the Glee Quartet though he has had little time to rehearse. He doesn't know the lyrics, any of the coordinated movements and is generally out of sync with the others to the point of losing his shoes.
poster
?
6.2
/44/
10
/1/
50
/1/

The Talking Dog (1956)
Maggie and Sam have finally saved enough money to be able to pay off the mortgage on their home, and Maggie warns Sam to be careful on his way to the bank. Sam immediately runs into a shady character who offers many ways for Sam to lose his money, but Sam resists them all until he is offered a talking dog. San, figuring a talking dog is a way to get rich immediately buys it. He has many rejections before he can get the dog a booking at a theatre. Before the dog can exhibit his skills, a cat shows up and ruins the act. Maggie and Sam lose their home, and Sam ends up in the dog house, with a talking dog as his companion.
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?
5.0
/16/
10
/1/

Stage Struck (1950)
Half-Pint, a stage-struck baby circus elephant, is forever getting into and messing up somebody's act. Although the ringmaster thinks he is too young to perform, Half-Pint cannot resist the applause of the crowd, and is continually turning up in the center-ring in impromptu acts which are not part of the circus-manager's plan. He joins the band making music with his trunk; performs as a unicycle artist, and generally disrupts the execution of the show.
poster
?
7.0
/56/
10
/1/
70
/2/

Jiggery Pokery (1994)
The story begins at the stage door after a performance. A cabaret somewhere presenting songs from Dietrich to pop performed by various artists.
poster
?
8.3
/35/
10
/1/

Yearning for Sodom (1989)
Made during the last months of actor Kurt Raab, who died of AIDS in 1988. Raab, who had worked in both theatre and film, most notably with Fassbinder, was in the process of making a series of video sketches for a new production when he learned that he had AIDS. Despite his deteriorating health, and with the caring support of his friend Hans Hirshmuller, he carried on working. This tape is his last testimony. Awarded with the Adolf Grimme Award and Cinéma du Réel Award
poster
?
3.6
/85/
35
/4/
40
/3/

Chirgwin in His Humorous Business (1896)
'The White Eyed Kaffir' performs with top hat.
poster
37
?
4.3
/255/
31
/6/
39
/8/

Troubles of a Manager of a Burlesque Show (1904)
Facing a stationary camera, sitting at a desk, a man works busily. Posters of burlesque queens are on the wall behind him. A single woman, followed later by later two others, comes into the office seeking a job. The manager hands each a box with a costume in it and points to dressing rooms. Each of the women has a different reaction when she discovers the nature of her costume, and the busy manager has a distinct response to each of the women as well.
poster
?
6.6
/31/
60
/1/

Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941)
Like the first entry, this one is played mostly for laughs, with Radio's Mister District Attorney. James Ellison replacing Dennis O'Keefe as feckless assistant DA P. Cadwallader Jones. The publisher of a tony fashion magazine is murdered, requiring Jones to sift through a colorful array of suspects. He is helped along by snoopy girl reporter Terry Parker.
poster
52
?
5.7
/207/
56
/3/
45
/4/

Their Big Moment (1934)
Early '30s comedy-mystery involving magicians, fake psychics and murder.
poster
57
?
6.1
/254/
60
/1/
52
/6/

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942)
A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded Lord Epping to get it past customs. Now, his lordship is visiting Uncle Matt Lindsay who looks just like him. Thanks to flirtatious Diana's efforts to get the elephant back, the comic confusion proliferates, with 'spitfire' Carmelita (now a blonde) playing a prominent part.
poster
?
6.0
/24/

Little Miss Roughneck (1938)
Sad-eyed, uniquely talented child actress Edith Fellows was Columbia's "answer" to Shirley Temple, Jane Withers and Deanna Durbin. In Little Miss Roughneck, Fellows is cast as Foxine LaRue, a tomboyish sort who is being prodded into a show-biz career by her stage mother Gert (Margaret Irving). Young Mr. Partridge (Scott Colton) becomes Foxine's agent, principally because he's sweet on the girl's older sister Mary (Jacqueline Wells). Blackballed from Hollywood because of her mother's pushiness, Foxine tries to help out Partridge and her own family by cooking up a bizarre publicity stunt, enlisting the aid of easy-going Mexican "papacita" Pascual (Leo Carrillo).
poster
?
5.8
/65/
60
/1/

This Is the Life (1935)
A popular child star, exploited and overworked by her greedy guardians, decides enough is enough--and takes it on the lam.
poster
?
4.8
/61/
10
/1/
100
/1/

Rock Dancer (1995)
Jaya is a dancer who wants to build a charitable hospital for the poor, but when her show takes place, she is shot, making her unable to dance. The leader of her dance group decides to train Jaya's sister Ritu to fulfill Jaya's dream, but when Jaya is killed, Ritu's life is also under threat.
poster
?
5.6
/23/

Die Sweethearts (1977)
A clique of four young Munich girls are fed up with the world of men and decide to form an a cappella band. Although they are far from being good singers, they shine with their fervor in performance and their love of 1950s pop songs.
poster
39
?
4.3
/291/
33
/9/
44
/10/

A Fire in a Burlesque Theatre (1904)
This short, otherwise unremarkable feature is of some interest because of the way that it unabashedly caters to the tastes that it perceived in its audiences. Besides combining the elements of the risqué 'blue' movies of the era with the popularity of movies about fires, it also attempted to use the combination to get extra mileage out of it. The movie's title summarises the setup, and most of the footage shows firefighters using ladders to rescue stage girls, clad in portions of their costumes, from an upper level. Although it all seems pretty tame by today's standards, it no doubt provided its male viewers with some brief moments of excitement as the various women hurried down the ladders with their costumes in disarray. (IMDb)


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