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Kanopy
82
7.7
/12728/
70
/242/
75
/251/
3.9
/17502/
93
/44/
86
/308/

Pandora's Box (1929)
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
poster
82
7.7
/691278/
73
/19989/
74
/13274/
4.0
/1088439/
91
/360/
78
/5818/
87
/58/
cc age 16+

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.
poster
81
7.4
/6258/
68
/59/
67
/76/
3.6
/3256/
100
/15/
86
/87/
cc age 12+

The Dresser (1983)
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
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Criterion Channel
75
6.8
/67662/
69
/1496/
70
/1202/
3.9
/157528/
72
/117/
75
/4266/
73
/25/
cc age 17+

Inland Empire (2006)
When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.
poster
The Roku Channel
75
7.3
/17447/
72
/730/
71
/330/
3.8
/25356/
85
/117/
95
/37/
57
/20/
cc age 14+

Our Friend (2019)
After learning that his terminally ill wife has six months to live, a man welcomes the support of his best friend who moves into their home to help out.
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Starz
71
6.7
/3982/
67
/160/
62
/87/
3.5
/1713/
100
/14/
61
/20/

The Dresser (2015)
One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time and if he does will he be able to perform that night? The Dresser is a wickedly funny and deeply moving story of friendship and loyalty as Sir reflects on his lifelong accomplishments and seeks to reconcile his turbulent friendships with those in his employ before the final curtain.
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Hulu
69
6.5
/19273/
63
/881/
64
/228/
3.3
/164569/
83
/238/
72
/274/
66
/44/
cc age 15+

The Last Showgirl (2024)
When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, a glamorous showgirl must reconcile with the decisions she’s made and the community she has built as she plans her next act.
poster
69
6.2
/5211/
62
/64/
56
/79/
3.2
/2395/
86
/21/
65
/127/

The Tall Guy (1989)
An American actor in England tries to find love and work.
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Criterion Channel
73
66
7.2
/7692/
69
/110/
68
/109/
3.6
/10082/
86
/29/
75
/91/

Twentieth Century (1934)
A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.
poster
65
6.7
/3233/
64
/65/
64
/64/
3.3
/1616/
57
/7/
62
/14/

The Honey Pot (1967)
A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends.
poster
67
64
6.4
/9147/
63
/254/
62
/204/
3.1
/13208/
81
/21/
77
/672/
63
/7/

Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make beautiful young soprano Christine Dubois the star of the opera and wreak revenge on those who stole his music.
poster
78
64
7.7
/3661/
70
/92/
71
/52/
3.6
/670/
96
/46/
88
/296/
76
/19/

Nanking (2007)
The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of this horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded together to save 250,000. Nanking shows the tremendous impact individuals can make on the course of history.
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Kanopy
64
6.4
/15112/
64
/453/
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
68
62
5.9
/2924/
60
/208/
56
/83/
2.6
/2108/
96
/27/
90
/196/
cc age 16+

Opening Night (2016)
A failed Broadway singer who now works as a production manager must save opening night on his new production by wrangling his eccentric cast and crew.
poster
Kanopy
62
57
6.3
/7645/
62
/159/
60
/140/
3.1
/6716/
83
/18/
39
/72/
70
/8/

Murder! (1930)
When actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation.
poster
72
55
7.0
/7181/
66
/118/
64
/90/
3.3
/5359/
93
/14/
75
/8/

Kiss Me Kate (1953)
A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.
poster
The Roku Channel
54
6.2
/25000/
67
/2053/
60
/605/
3.0
/15714/
44
/161/
41
/212/
53
/42/
cc age 16+

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
poster
82
53
8.1
/2238/
82
/78/
79
/35/
4.1
/2856/
89
/17/

Depeche Mode 101 (1989)
A fascinating documentary focusing on backstage realities of art and business during the British synthesizer band's 1988 American tour.
poster
54
50
5.7
/5795/
59
/195/
58
/100/
3.2
/11438/
43
/7/
62
/650/
36
/7/

Shock Treatment (1981)
Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriage Maze. Poor Brad is heavily sedated and institutionalised, whilst Janet is given a radical makeover and primed for stardom. But what are the real motivations behind the kooky DTV crew and their enigmatic head-honcho, Farley Flavors?
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Kanopy
64
44
6.8
/2298/
64
/39/
60
/39/
3.3
/3261/
62
/31/

Repeat Performance (1947)
On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
poster
Criterion Channel
65
42
6.9
/1480/
58
/24/
69
/28/
3.5
/2025/
58
/119/

Bumping Into Broadway (1919)
A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just before a police raid.
poster
49
40
4.6
/4525/
47
/58/
50
/42/
2.4
/1307/
73
/22/
15
/9/
66
/8/
cc age 15+

Cordelia (2019)
Cordelia ia a troubled, damaged soul who is only just recovering after some unnamed trauma; she is an actor rehearsing a play and comes to stay in a creepy London mansion flat occupied by her twin sister Caroline and Caroline’s boyfriend Matt. When they leave her alone there Cordelia strikes up a friendship with Frank the charming, but strange and unreliable young man they can hear practising his cello in the upstairs flat – a relationship which quickly becomes very disturbing.
poster
68
39
7.1
/1685/
62
/15/
63
/21/
3.5
/1232/
74
/142/

The Hard Way (1943)
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
poster
fuboTV
60
38
6.1
/1726/
66
/27/
65
/29/
3.1
/1765/
48
/560/

Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to misery.
poster
68
38
6.8
/1181/
68
/48/
67
/61/
3.5
/1288/

Le Créateur (1999)
A playwright of note, Darius developed a drinking problem after his first major hit, and has taken time out from writing his follow-up to go to a clinic and dry out. After his release, Darius finds his producer has hired a leading lady for his next show, booked the theater and advertised the starting date -- all without Darius writing so much as a word of this new play. Darius desperately tries to come up with ideas, but nothing comes to mind, with an inflexible deadline staring him in the face. One day, Darius kills a neighbor's cat by accident; terribly depressed, he swallows some sedatives and falls asleep at his computer -- only to awake with the beginning of his play glowing on the screen. Darius is now convinced he must kill in order to create, and starts murdering an ever-expanding variety of creatures in order to satisfy his now bloodthirsty muse.
poster
62
36
6.5
/1451/
68
/33/
57
/30/
3.3
/1028/
67
/6/
49
/23/

Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.
poster
60
31
6.3
/495/
42
/4/
56
/29/
3.4
/802/
71
/133/

Three Seats for the 26th (1988)
Yves Montand, playing himself, returns to his hometown of Marseilles to appear in an autobiographical musical. Once there, he searches for the barmaid he once loved and also encounters young hopeful Marion, giving her the chance of a lifetime
poster
65
26
6.5
/948/
60
/9/
59
/11/
3.2
/247/
80
/644/

Happy Go Lovely (1951)
Rich bachelor B.G. Bruno, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An American troupe visiting Edinburgh wants to produce a musical in town but has trouble getting financiers. Bruno meets several leading ladies; through a misunderstanding, he doesn't correct their impression that he's a newspaper reporter.
poster
54
24
5.6
/815/
54
/12/
52
/17/
2.9
/663/
63
/8/
41
/16/

One Night of Love (1934)
Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their relationship develops into love. But, jealousy and misunderstandings prevent Mary and Guilio from acknowledging their true feelings.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
57
21
6.5
/1353/
64
/25/
50
/16/
3.4
/677/
38
/21/

The Gangster (1947)
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is his singer girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.
poster
56
17
5.6
/273/
57
/4/
53
/3/
60
/58/

George White's Scandals (1945)
Two couples work through their issues in this backstage Broadway musical.
poster
fuboTV
57
15
6.1
/1203/
61
/8/
56
/12/
3.2
/393/
44
/15/

Once Upon a Time (1944)
Broadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a set of costly flops. Outside his theater one night, Flynn meets a young boy who just might save the day. Inside a small box the boy shows Flynn his pride and joy: a caterpillar named Curly that dances to Yes Sir, That's My Baby. Word quickly spreads about the amazingly talented hoofer, and the caterpillar becomes a symbol of hope for wartime America. Soon, offers are pouring in to capitalize on this sensational insect.
poster
38
12
6.1
/277/
10
/3/
40
/1/
43
/55/

Mr. Music (1950)
A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary conspire to get him back on track.
poster
Hoopla
59
11
5.5
/539/
61
/11/
49
/23/
3.1
/200/
69
/3/

Heroines (1997)
Two best friends, Johanna and Jeanne, live in the small town of Decazeville, a mining town in France and sing in the music group "The Sirens". Suddenly their paths in music and in life drastically change...
poster
77
10
7.1
/565/
90
/2/
79
/7/
3.5
/247/

Exit Smiling (1926)
The travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company and its wardrobe lady / maid who dreams of stepping in as their melodramatic production's (Flaming Women) female lead.
poster
?
6.4
/65/
60
/1/

Dizzy Dames (1935)
A musical comedy in a theatrical boarding house.
poster
?
5.8
/75/
35
/2/
50
/3/

Geraldine (1953)
Music manager Janey Edwards poses as a co-ed to get the rights to a song from one of the professors.
poster
?
6.6
/22/
60
/1/

Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946)
An aspiring singer and her lover, a songwriter who has desperately resorted to writing radio jingles, have many conflicts on their road to success...
poster
?
6.5
/22/

The Music Goes 'Round (1936)
Harry Wallace (Harry Richman) is the star of a musical comedy who, while on a leave of absence from Broadway, encounters a troupe of untalented showboat players and takes them to New York City. Without letting them in on the joke, he then features them in a new revue, hoping that unintentionally-funny act will bring the house down.
poster
?
6.3
/78/
50
/1/
40
/1/

Take a Chance (1933)
Take a Chance was based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, though only one of the original songs, Eadie Was a Lady, has been retained. The thinnish plot involves the misadventures of a pair of pickpockets, played on Broadway by Jack Haley and Sid Silvers and on film by James Dunn and Cliff “Ukelele Ike” Edwards.
poster
67
?
7.4
/231/
70
/2/
58
/4/

Mike Fright (1934)
The gang attends a radio station amateur show.
poster
?
5.4
/41/
53
/3/

The Outcast (1934)
A music-hall star and his best mate are conned out of their earnings (twice!) and left with nothing but a beloved greyhound.
poster
59
?
5.5
/121/
65
/2/

The Rainbow Pass (1937)
In Chinese culture, live theater performances are attended by all classes of society. This short shows a performance of "The Rainbow Pass," a tale of a wife who challenges her husband's murderer to combat.
poster
61
?
6.5
/318/
67
/4/
52
/8/

Champagne Charlie (1944)
A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the audience’s attention.
poster
69
?
6.1
/109/
100
/1/
48
/4/

The Blue Veil (1942)
In 1914, in the first months of World War I, Louise Jarraud loses her husband, killed on the front. Shortly after, she gives birth to a baby, who soon dies. Devastated by this double misfortune, Louise decides to dedicate her life to caring for the children of others. She becomes a nurse with several employers, giving her affection to little boys or girls. A widower and another man propose to her but she refuses twice determined as she is to live only for the children in her charge.
poster
?
6.7
/44/

Priorities on Parade (1942)
Band leader Johnny Draper auditions his band, the Dixie Pixies, at the Eagle Aircraft Co., hoping to be hired to play for the workers in the plant. However, personnel manager E. V. Hartley can only offer them regular jobs, and when Johnny inspires the Dixie Pixies to work in the plant, lead singer and dancer Donna D'Arcy leaves the band for a singing job at the Club Martel in downtown Los Angeles.
poster
?
6.2
/29/
45
/2/

Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945)
A lawyer's wife walks out on him, then poses as a French nurse to spy on him.
poster
?
6.1
/103/
60
/1/
48
/4/

Painted Faces (1929)
After a vaudeville performer is murdered backstage, framed-up evidence lead the police to arrest a troupe member. At his trial, Hermann, a Scandinavian clown known as Beppo, is the lone juror holding out against conviction and pleading for his innocence and acquittal.


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