Performer's life movies and TV shows – page 4
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| Titoudao (2020) | 7.9 | |
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| The Nightingale of Bursa (2023) | 6.8 | |
| Bosé (2022) | 5.7 |
List of performer's life movies
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Slovenia, Ireland, Finland, Sweden
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A man stays alone with his children in a half demolished house in the middle of a desolate field. His wife has just been killed by a grenade in a military battle. He is expecting a new attack. Instead a wandering caravan called Circus Fantasticus ...
Style:
surreal, touching, stylized, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
circus, hopes, wartime life, human spirit, performer's life, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, death in the family, magic realism, grief, mourning ...
Place:
poetic realism
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
Dave Chappelle returns for a stand-up to D.C. and riffs on politics, police, race relations, drugs, Sesame Street and more.
Style:
humorous, not serious, witty, realistic, funny ...
Plot:
comedian, stand up comedy, racism, marijuana, police corruption, performer's life, workplace, lifestyle, couple relations, african american, partner, police investigation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
washington d.c., cuba, haiti
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Genre: Documentary, Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Raising Asia is an American reality television series that debuted on Lifetime on July 29, 2014. This series is a spin-off of Dance Moms. It follows the daily life of Asia Monet Ray, a then eight-year-old dancer, and her family. The show focuses ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, emotional
Audience:
teens
Plot:
prodigy, dancer's life, follow your dream, desire for fame, ambition, parents and children, contests and competitions, showbiz, artists and showbiz, youth, performer's life, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.
Style:
serious, stylized, realistic, captivating, epic
Plot:
gender bending, warning, opera, ambition, tragic love, lifestyle, couples, love and romance, performer's life, society, music, unfulfillment ...
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A renowned artist must uncover a young dancer's secrets in order to truly capture her likeness for a commissioned work.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, psychological, esoteric ...
Plot:
painter, mother daughter relationship, portrait, wealth, love and romance, family relations, dancer's life, couples, family problems, artists and showbiz, performer's life, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany, munich germany, bavaria
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
High Times' Pot Luck is an upbeat pot caper that centers around a mobster who discovers the magic of marijuana.
Style:
semi serious, cynical, humorous, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
stoner, drug dealing, music band, prodigy, performer's life, gangster, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, unlikely criminals, celebrity culture, drug abuse, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, kentucky
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After his movie and television career has run dry, Bruce Madsen (Adam Carolla) is forced to go back on the road playing one dingy comedy club after another, spending endless nights in budget hotel rooms and always flying coach. Amidst trying to ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, talky, witty, semi serious ...
Plot:
travel, road trip, on the road, self discovery, showbiz, downfall, performer's life, artists and showbiz, cross country, hopes, human nature, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
2014 standup special originally aired on Comedy Central.
Style:
cynical, humorous, talky, witty, not serious ...
Plot:
society, performer's life, profanity, artists and showbiz, adult humor, live performance, improv, club, dark humor, talk show, blue collar, stand up comedy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, minneapolis minnesota, philadelphia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Standup special filmed live at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
Style:
humorous, witty, talky, offbeat, captivating ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, artists and showbiz, dark humor, performer's life, comedian, society, live performance, female comedian, monologue, irreverence, irreverent, deadpan ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, san francisco
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
The life of comedienne Fannie Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of the Lower East Side, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, including her marriage to and eventual divorce from her first husband, Nick Arnstein.
Style:
touching, witty, light, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot:
divorce, marriage, broadway, dancing, biopic, women, showgirl, gambling debt, mother daughter relationship, gambler, theatrical producer, showbiz ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 20th century, 1900s, 1930s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, baltimore, chicago ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A rock and roll musician travels to Afghanistan to win the hearts and minds of its people.
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, melancholic, sincere ...
Plot:
military, escapades, musician's life, performer's life, war, music, terrorism, farce, fish out of water, military life, disorder, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A four-member teen girl group named the Cheetah Girls go to a Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts and try to become the first freshmen to win the talent show in the school's history. During the talent show auditions, they meet a ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, pre-teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
friendship, biracial, high school, coming of age, showbiz, musician's life, follow your dream, fashion, music band, rising to stardom, lifestyle, teenage life ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Filipina performance artist Bethesda moves into an art commune to search for her long missing biological mother. Along the way, she comes to realize that she just might be a fairy princess, fag hag, fruit fly.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, performer's life, lifestyle, gay, city life, gay man straight woman relationship, birth mother, gay interest, lgbt, friends, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A magician meets a weird girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It's only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.
Style:
romantic, semi serious, stylized, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
supernatural ability, ghost, supernatural, performer's life, odd couple, seeing dead people, life & death, love story, mascot, friendship, socially awkward, magician ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
east asia, asia, korea
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, period piece, inspirational, colorful ...
Plot:
working class, artists and showbiz, showbiz, performer's life, against the odds, hopes, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, follow your dream, music, family problems, political unrest ...
Time:
1930s, year 2008, 20th century, pre world war two, year 1935 ...
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and private lives, from his ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, gay club, gay bar, homosexual history, gays and lesbians, lgbt, gay lead character, englishman abroad, gender bending, narcissism, aids, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
sentimental, touching, inspirational, period piece, road movie ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
music, rock and roll, country music, musician's life, musician, marriage, addiction, biopic, accident, prison, drug, concert ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 50s, 1950s, 2000s ...
Place:
memphis, tennessee, southern usa, usa, arkansas ...
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648
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Rapper/multi-millionaire P. Miller becomes the guardian of his sister's three children - all of whom need a father figure in their lives.
Style:
humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, hip hop, custody, family life, family relations, performer's life, fish out of water, mischievous children, rivalry, friendship, disorder, estrangement ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A drama centered on brother-and-sister musicians trained to perform the epic Korean poems known as pansori.
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, serious, poignant ...
Plot:
true love, family relations, starting over, performer's life, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, siblings relations, hopes, brother sister relationship, sibling relationship, grief, sacrifice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, teen, reflective, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, love affair, older man younger woman relationship, parents and children, youth, sex, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, sex with a minor, sexuality, teenage girl, teenager, older man young girl relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new jersey, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Twenty-three years after the release of the original Beatles mockumentary, 'The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash', famous artists, actors and musicians speak out on how The Rutles influenced them.
Style:
parody, realistic, not serious, humorous, cynical ...
Plot:
artists and showbiz, rise and fall, friends, musician's life, music band, music, performer's life, unfulfillment, ambition, journalism, workplace, desire for fame ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
This controversial work, created and performed by Eve Ensler, debuted off-off-Broadway in 1996 and soon rode a wave of national acclaim. Now, the intimacy of Ensler's original show has been lovingly brought to the screen. Capturing her unique ...
Style:
semi serious, contemplative, witty, clever, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
satire, sexual dysfunction, introspection, society, feminism, battle of the sexes, artists and showbiz, couples, performer's life, sexual relations, profanity, gender ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
10K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on the cusp of success. When the two meet, they form an unlikely friendship, and Steven tries to ...
Style:
talky, humorous, intense, realistic, clever ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, nightclub, self discovery, creativity, showbiz, rise to the top, ambition, couples, friendship, performer's life, comedian, redemption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Tripp Campbell is the new lead guitarist for Iron Weasel, a band that once ruled the world of 80s pop metal. Can he push the washed-up rockers out of his parents' guest room and back in the limelight?
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens
Plot:
heavy metal, music band, starting over, musician's life, career change, performer's life, artists and showbiz, youth, unlikely partners, hip hop, grownups, dream come true ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 2000s
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, History
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, Croatia, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. A contemporary of Rembrandt and, indeed, more celebrated during his life, Goltzius seduces the Margrave of Alsace ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, sex scene, naked man, taboo, male nudity, sexuality, renaissance, theater, human nature, painter, performer's life, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
16th century, 2010s
Place:
europe
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Fantasy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A remake of the Dicken's classic, "A Christmas Carol" featuring a very nasty pop singer who gets a reality check by three Christmas spirits.
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, feel good, humorous, christmas classics ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
christmas, christmas carol, ghost, supernatural, unlikely couple, couples, workplace situations, change of heart, lifestyle, self discovery, redemption, performer's life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
One day in Europe shows stories set in four European countries. All of them involve thievery in some way or the other. The protagonists are strangers in the respective country. For none of them their stay turns out as planned.
Style:
realistic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching
Plot:
disorder, culture clash, fish out of water, lifestyle, travel, communication problem, society, performer's life, dishonesty, soccer, city life, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany, russia, spain, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After being accused of crimes he did not commit, a lonely circus performer exacts his revenge on those who unjustly condemned him. The act sparks something inside of him which he cannot stop and now, years later, his inner-demons have truly ...
Style:
slasher, disturbing, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot:
killer clown, clown, serial killer, killer, evil clown, amateur detective, journalist, murder, investigation, psychopath, haunted by the past, journalism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie, an aspiring actress, who moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York to try to make it big in New York City. Ann has to take ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, humorous, semi serious, independent film ...
Plot:
female protagonist, lifestyle, actor's life, media, workplace, love and romance, workplace situations, couples, power relations, artists and showbiz, boss and employee, performer's life ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
usa, new york, new york state, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Growing up at a zoo, young ballet dancer Sophie always loved animals - but none as much as her pet elephant Sheba. When her parents are forced to sell Sheba to a travelling circus, Sophie has no choice but to runaway and join him on the road to get ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, circus, family relations, teenage love, performer's life, elephant, zoo, ballet, girl, child, wild animal, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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