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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A chronicle of a New York family as seen through the eyes of a charming yet self-destructive Broadway composer.
Style:
sentimental, serious, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, family life, musician's life, lifestyle, parents and children, artists and showbiz, performer's life, family drama, character study, broadway, relationships, composer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Tourgasm is an American documentary television series that aired on HBO in 2006. The series follows the 2005 30-day 20-show stand-up comedy tour featuring Dane Cook and three of his best friends in the industry: Robert Kelly, Gary Gulman and Jay ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, independent film
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
friendship, on the road, friends, lifestyle, buddies, artists and showbiz, performer's life, bus, live performance, behind the scenes, road trip, backstage ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An alcoholic theater owner needs to put together a successful musical in order to pay off his mob debt, but problems arise when the wise guys want to cast their friends in the production.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, funny, light ...
Plot:
debt, theater, artists and showbiz, criminal heroes, performer's life, problem solving, problem, friends, money problems, theatrical producer, financial problem, backstage ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Comedian Dave Chappelle does what he does best in this outrageous and hilarious standup performance, which allows him to push the envelope far beyond what he does on his TV show. Taped in San Francisco at the famed Fillmore, Chappelle lets loose on ...
Style:
humorous, talky, not serious, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, racism, disorder, injustice, lifestyle, society, performer's life, media, battle of the sexes, rising to stardom, comedian, celebrity ...
Place:
usa, san francisco
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Inspired by the picturesque paintings of Thomas Kinkade, The Christmas Cottage tells the semi-autobiographical tale of how a young boy is propelled to launch a career as an artist after he learns that his mother is in danger of losing the family ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
christmas, painter, holiday, family relations, prodigy, unfulfillment, tragic hero, youth, college life, performer's life, biopic, mentor ...
Time:
70s, year 1977
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The basic storyline of the film follows Bobby and Scott, two young men in their late twenties who are struggling to make careers out of their artistic dreams but their competitiveness with each other gets in the way.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, feel good ...
Plot:
lifestyle, looking for love, couples, performer's life, artists and showbiz, couple relations, life is a bitch, twentysomething life, urban, rivalry, male friendship, competition ...
Time:
2000s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A serial killer abducts two stand-up comedians after they mock him as part of their on-stage act. If they teach him how to be funny, he might let them live.
Style:
humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
Plot:
serial killer, partner, buddies, disorder, dark humor, power relations, psychopath, performer's life, unlikely partners, kidnapping, swearing, captivity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Wesley Tersago is a student at the movie academy of Amsterdam. When he get suspended after 4 years. Then he goes to his father who is the head of a criminal gang. After a robbery of an electro store he's filming the illegal activities of the ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, rough
Plot:
artists and showbiz, lifestyle, gang, disorder, criminal heroes, thief, double life, family relations, profanity, family problems, heroin, mob boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland, europe, amsterdam
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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After connecting with the shy Madeline, a jazz trumpeter embarks on a quest for a more gregarious paramour, but through a series of twists and turns punctuated by an original score, the two lovers seem destined to be together.
Style:
atmospheric, feel good, realistic, sentimental, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
jazz, young lovers, couples, looking for love, couple relations, artists and showbiz, musician's life, love and romance, love affair, breakup, lifestyle, performer's life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
In his debut stand-up special, Kumail Nanjiani talks about all the things that terrify him completely.
Style:
not serious, sincere, humorous, realistic
Plot:
society, immigrant, performer's life, fish out of water, culture clash, stand up comedy, childhood trauma, grownups, stand up comedian, childhood memory, talk show, theater ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, pakistan
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Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
Performing for a packed house at Spreckels Theater in San Diego, comedian Patton Oswalt delivers a blistering stand-up set in his trademark blend of acerbic wit and unabashed silliness. His topics include a wide array of modern issues, from the ...
Style:
sincere, witty, humorous, talky, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
comedian, introspection, dark humor, showbiz, family life, human nature, performer's life, theater, silly humor, satire, artists and showbiz, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow the lives of an elite group of young dancers who train at The Next Step Studio.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, sentimental, realistic, mockumentary
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
dancer, dance school, dancing, follow your dream, contests and competitions, dancer's life, teenage life, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, youth, ambition, performer's life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Nemesis is the hottest rapper in rap's hottest city; Miami, the 305. But he has a little secret...he's not really a rapper. A record label discovers Nate's talent, and offers to make him a star, as a rapper. They create Nemesis, a Hip ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, inspirational ...
Plot:
hip hop, jazz, rivalry, rise to the top, gangster, music, artists and showbiz, showbiz, society, ambition, desire for fame, rise and fall ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, miami, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.
Style:
sexy, teen, entertaining, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dance, stripper, strip club, male stripper, male objectification, bare chested male, nightclub, male friendship, hopes, sex, male bonding ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
savannah georgia, florida, usa, california, rome italy
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Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A movie that starts out with the "Man in the Mirror" music video, it then changes to a montage of video clips of Michael's career. Next comes a parody of his Bad video by children, and then Michael is chased by fans in a fantasy ...
Style:
parody, surreal, entertaining, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
music, rock and roll, surrealism, dancing, chase, creativity, hip hop, adaptation, gangster, mentor, performer's life, robot ...
Time:
1930s, 80s
Place:
usa, new orleans
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
From director Clint Eastwood comes the big-screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys. The film tells the story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group ...
Style:
intense, stylized, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music, biopic, music band, broadway, rock and roll, life philosophy, desire for fame, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, friends, performer's life ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on the scene.
Style:
humorous, hilarious, funny, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
magic, friendship, creativity, showbiz, comeback, artists and showbiz, partner, disorder, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, ambition, performer's life ...
Time:
year 2013, year 1982, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to ...
Style:
mockumentary, surreal, melancholic, stylized, disturbing ...
Plot:
profanity, musician's life, career change, celebrity culture, showbiz, lifestyle, performer's life, starting over, actor's life, mental disorder, hip hop, found footage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sexy, rom com, suspense ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
love story, love, interracial romance, bodyguard, singer, love and romance, music, white male black female relationship, enemies to lovers, stalker, relationships, interracial love ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, future, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, miami, california, usa, beverly hills
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!). When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
wrestling, rock band, down on your luck, music band, artists and showbiz, rise to the top, desire for fame, ambition, showbiz, musician's life, performer's life, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s
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6K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Biographical movie about the famous rock singer Elvis Presley.
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
elvis presley, music, rock music, biopic, musician's life, price of fame, rags to riches, rock and roll, celebrity culture, desire for fame, music band, showbiz ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 1950s
Place:
las vegas, mississippi
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Alain Moreau sings for one of the few remaining dance-bands in Clermont-Ferrand. Though something of an idol amongst his female audience he has a melancholic awareness of the slow disappearance of that audience and of his advancing years. He is ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic
Plot:
fall in love, love affair, change of heart, couples, love and romance, unlikely couple, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, performer's life, singer, single mother, dancing ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Style:
meditative, stylized, lyrical, talky, philosophical ...
Plot:
music, musician, actor, biopic, poet, rock, brutality, musician's life, art, african american, music history, drug ...
Time:
70s, year 1964, year 2007, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, minnesota, new york, manhattan new york city, california ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Chile, Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra filled with her musical work, her memories, her loves and her hopes.
Style:
serious, sentimental, sincere, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
museum, music, folklore, follow your dream, loss of daughter, lifestyle, musician's life, performer's life, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, hopes, musical tour ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 60s, 50s
Place:
chile, latin america, europe, france, paris france ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Style:
inspirational, intense, stylized, talky, sincere ...
Plot:
music, musician's life, blues, rock and roll, jazz, biopic, african american, singer, pop music, success, chess, music business ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1950s, year 2008, 1940s ...
Place:
chicago, usa, indiana, london, mississippi ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off with all the money. They are actually expecting Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, so our ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, witty, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
weed, drug, buddies, stoner, anti hero, mistaken identity, nothing goes right, misfit, goofy hero, disorder, fish out of water, drug abuse ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
europe, amsterdam, netherlands, holland
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A film about the life and career of the eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
Style:
inspirational, depressing, touching, humorous, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
comedian, biopic, showbiz, wrestler, female nudity, sexism, character study, prank, life philosophy, human spirit, actor's life, rising to stardom ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, year 1999, 70s ...
Place:
new york, usa, north america, manhattan new york city, lithuania ...
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A movie that spoofs boy bands like N*Sync, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, etc. It's the boy band version of Spinal Tap!
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nothing goes right, music industry, celebrity culture, showbiz, artists and showbiz, music band, music, nightlife, rock, relationship vs career, lifestyle, musician's life ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorises the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves. The 25th anniversary of the first public performance of Phantom of the Opera ...
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, gothic horror, suspense ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
unfulfilled love, musician, obsession, theater, disfigurement, opera singer, live performance, singer, destructive relationship, dancing, mysterious man, unrequited love ...
Time:
19th century, 1910s, year 1919, 1870s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Style:
psychedelic, sexy, factual, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
rock and roll, music band, musician, drug addiction, addiction, musician's life, life philosophy, music, biopic, drug abuse, rise and fall, hippie ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1965, year 1969 ...
Place:
california, paris france, los angeles, usa, miami ...
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