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HBO Max Amazon Channel
90
8.3
/278450/
82
/5405/
81
/3361/
4.3
/551011/
100
/78/
95
/7919/
99
/17/
cc age 6+

Singin' in the Rain (1952)
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
poster
Criterion Channel
89
8.3
/22228/
79
/341/
81
/438/
4.3
/23283/
98
/42/
95
/480/
96
/20/

Children of Paradise (1945)
In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.
poster
Kanopy
87
8.1
/40664/
77
/689/
79
/748/
4.2
/42261/
97
/73/
92
/622/

Grand Illusion (1937)
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
poster
Kanopy
84
8.0
/66572/
79
/1675/
79
/1114/
4.2
/115947/
91
/53/
91
/1789/
75
/15/
cc age 13+

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
poster
Disney Plus
84
7.7
/230245/
77
/10586/
75
/5982/
4.0
/401183/
96
/76/
85
/13281/
83
/15/
cc age 12+

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
poster
Kanopy
83
8.0
/23602/
78
/430/
79
/566/
4.1
/21722/
88
/40/
90
/336/
84
/15/

Limelight (1952)
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.4
/26907/
77
/739/
72
/411/
4.0
/59452/
95
/55/
85
/859/
88
/16/
cc age 10+

Funny Girl (1968)
The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
82
7.8
/22861/
75
/380/
76
/712/
4.0
/35878/
100
/29/
90
/242/
87
/10/

I Vitelloni (1953)
Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.
poster
81
7.6
/17840/
74
/300/
70
/222/
3.5
/12773/
91
/32/
83
/487/
89
/10/
cc age 8+

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
poster
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
79
7.2
/253937/
74
/5433/
71
/2792/
4.0
/423751/
87
/260/
83
/17475/
81
/39/
cc age 14+

Chicago (2002)
Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
poster
79
7.4
/14830/
72
/170/
70
/214/
3.8
/6986/
88
/43/
90
/377/
75
/31/

The Girl on the Bridge (1999)
It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.
poster
83
77
8.0
/9873/
75
/175/
75
/188/
4.1
/11870/
96
/24/
90
/132/

The Crowd (1928)
John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
74
7.2
/6920/
70
/137/
68
/154/
4.2
/20932/
80
/54/
87
/132/
100
/4/

Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974)
Julie, a daydreaming librarian, meets Céline, an enigmatic magician, and together they become the heroines of a time-warping adventure involving a haunted house, psychotropic candy, and a murder-mystery melodrama.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
74
7.2
/465398/
70
/12283/
69
/8269/
3.4
/425628/
84
/266/
50
/1687538/
81
/39/
cc age 14+

King Kong (2005)
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
73
7.7
/8777/
75
/148/
75
/245/
3.9
/10063/
92
/24/
88
/61/

Daybreak (1939)
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
poster
JustWatchTV
75
73
7.5
/15746/
74
/315/
71
/288/
3.6
/14736/
94
/16/
78
/302/
65
/8/

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
poster
Kanopy
76
73
7.3
/13668/
69
/289/
69
/206/
3.6
/14858/
92
/26/
74
/293/
83
/9/

42nd Street (1933)
A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.
poster
82
72
8.4
/6438/
77
/165/
77
/172/
4.2
/8279/
88
/38/

One Froggy Evening (1955)
A workman finds a singing frog in the cornerstone of an old building being demolished. But when he tries to cash in on his discovery, he finds the frog will sing only for him, and just croak for the talent agent and the audience in the theater he's spent his life savings on.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.8
/61725/
70
/3229/
67
/1504/
3.2
/44229/
87
/235/
68
/681/
71
/41/
cc age 12+

Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
poster
71
7.1
/25041/
72
/564/
70
/468/
3.5
/13766/
88
/25/
74
/376/
56
/6/

How the West Was Won (1962)
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
poster
Netflix
75
70
7.1
/3460/
70
/385/
67
/77/
3.5
/4798/
100
/10/
74
/30/

Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life (2018)
Comedians and writers Steve Martin and Martin Short perform a live comedy set with music by The Steep Canyon Rangers and jazz pianist, Jeff Babko, at the Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
7.7
/544/
63
/6/
56
/12/
3.5
/525/
64
/2/

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
poster
The Roku Channel
69
7.0
/17029/
69
/211/
66
/225/
3.3
/3661/
68
/142/
72
/1031/
71
/36/
cc age 16+

Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs. Henderson suggests they add female nudity similar to the Moulin Rouge in Paris.
poster
68
6.9
/6875/
67
/104/
64
/106/
3.6
/6243/
63
/35/
75
/118/
61
/14/

The Day of the Locust (1975)
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.
poster
MGM Plus
67
7.5
/64969/
75
/1389/
74
/1155/
3.6
/39488/
62
/52/
81
/1342/
47
/22/
cc age 13+

Chaplin (1992)
An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.
poster
73
66
6.9
/7520/
72
/123/
69
/95/
3.3
/5955/
85
/13/
81
/472/

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. With high spirits and wearing one of those new high hemlines, she arrives in New York to test the "modern" ideas she had been reading about back in Kansas: "I've taken the girl out of Kansas. Now I have to take Kansas out of the girl!"
poster
Criterion Channel
75
65
7.1
/4238/
68
/81/
70
/98/
3.5
/6330/
100
/12/
71
/28/
81
/8/

Variety Lights (1950)
In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.
poster
76
65
7.4
/3828/
71
/89/
72
/106/
4.0
/7381/
85
/70/

Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
6.4
/17353/
64
/393/
59
/173/
3.2
/9995/
79
/150/
61
/2396/
72
/39/

The Aristocrats (2005)
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
poster
Kanopy
73
63
7.5
/4837/
69
/113/
68
/136/
3.6
/6158/
86
/39/

The Play House (1921)
Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.
poster
75
63
7.1
/3945/
74
/63/
67
/45/
3.4
/1393/
100
/6/
76
/56/
72
/7/

Road to Utopia (1946)
While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.
poster
69
62
7.1
/7188/
66
/135/
68
/106/
3.5
/3558/
69
/39/
72
/79/
cc age 12+

The Sunshine Boys (1975)
Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshine Boys back together again.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
61
7.1
/4048/
71
/48/
62
/53/
3.6
/2738/
71
/14/
74
/55/
70
/10/

The Entertainer (1960)
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
poster
68
61
7.1
/7429/
70
/119/
63
/74/
3.5
/5850/
64
/14/
74
/214/

Gypsy (1962)
Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.
poster
Netflix
60
6.4
/98033/
71
/3703/
72
/2326/
3.4
/209201/
37
/178/
64
/4475/
47
/38/
cc age 15+

Burlesque (2010)
Ali leaves behind a troubled life and follows her dreams to Los Angeles, where she lands a job as a cocktail waitress at the Burlesque Lounge, a once-majestic theater that houses an inspired musical revue. Vowing to perform there, she makes the leap from bar to stage, helping restore the club's former glory.
poster
75
59
7.0
/2710/
68
/49/
67
/45/
3.6
/4372/
100
/7/
75
/28/

All I Desire (1953)
In 1910, a stage actress re-visits her husband and children she deserted ten years ago.
poster
59
6.6
/6793/
65
/84/
62
/123/
3.4
/6714/
56
/83/

The Serpent's Egg (1977)
In 1923 Berlin, following the suicide of his brother, an American acrobat struggles to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism, and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic.
poster
fuboTV
64
58
6.4
/7196/
66
/152/
61
/101/
3.2
/5065/
73
/11/
58
/165/

There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
poster
67
57
6.3
/3051/
55
/63/
64
/44/
2.9
/2655/
90
/39/
70
/77/

Babes in Arms (1939)
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.
poster
68
57
6.8
/3943/
70
/112/
65
/73/
3.3
/1395/
85
/13/
59
/51/

Houdini (1953)
By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Scotland Yard's jails.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
57
7.2
/2397/
72
/76/
62
/34/
3.6
/3726/
71
/7/
75
/115/

Gypsy (1993)
Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.
poster
56
6.0
/1140/
70
/21/
53
/17/
3.1
/343/
42
/4/

Just You and Me, Kid (1979)
George Burns stars as a former vaudevillian who befriends a young runaway, played by 14-year old Brooke Shields, who is being chased by drug dealers.
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
55
5.4
/1328/
74
/30/
56
/23/
3.0
/687/
50
/12/
32
/10/

Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century—by gaining the enmity of the most famous bank robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.
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
6.7
/3709/
63
/59/
64
/34/
3.3
/3762/
78
/1508/

Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
poster
72
53
7.2
/2910/
71
/39/
68
/34/
3.5
/1307/
80
/5/
73
/39/

City for Conquest (1940)
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
poster
62
53
6.4
/3948/
62
/54/
60
/55/
3.2
/3449/
69
/13/
57
/85/

Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.


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