Showbiz movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant showbiz movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, cult classic, stylized, humorous, captivating and weird films and TV shows about / with showbiz, artists and showbiz, actor, filmmaking, dancing, ambition, backstage, love and romance, actress and cigarette smoking plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Musical genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as showbiz: Showgirls (1995), UnREAL (2015), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Black Swan (2010), Rags (2012), A Star is Born (2018), Smash (2012), Get Him to the Greek (2010), Hail, Caesar! (2016), Mulholland Drive (2001).
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74K
Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A young drifter named Nomi arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become a top showgirl.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, realistic, sensual ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
striptease, stripper, showbiz, erotica, sex, showgirl, rape, seduction, sex scene, pole dancing, nudity, lap dance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
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15K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Set against the backdrop of a hit dating competition show, "UnREAL" is led by Rachel, a young staffer whose sole job is to manipulate her relationships with and among the contestants to get the vital dramatic and outrageous footage the ...
Style:
biting, semi serious, realistic, captivating, grindhouse ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly
Plot:
showbiz, media, media satire, manipulation, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, workplace intrigue, satire, workplace situations, eligible bachelor, blind ambition, desire for fame ...
Time:
21st century
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298K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with ...
Style:
sentimental, sexy, visually stunning, romantic, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
cabaret, love story, showbiz, tragic love, nightclub, jealousy, music, performer's life, love and romance, seduction, tango, terminal illness ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, year 2001, victorian era, 1800s ...
Place:
paris france, europe, detroit, montmartre paris, france ...
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819K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
Style:
psychological, suspense, cerebral, atmospheric, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
ballet, mental illness, obsession, psychology, insanity, dancing, character study, surrealism, hallucination, mother daughter relationship, paranoia, showbiz ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, bolivia, manhattan new york city
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3K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Rags follows the story of Charlie Prince, an orphan living with his acerbic and unloving stepfather and spoiled, simple-minded stepbrothers. Charlie's dream is to be a singer, and while he is vocally talented and can write music, he can't ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, fairy tale, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
cinderella story, cinderella, teenage love, orphan, showbiz, youth, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, step siblings, social differences, love and romance, unlikely couple ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer – until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the ...
Style:
sad, inspirational, romantic drama, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
showbiz, singer, country music, alcoholic, fame, friendship, addiction, brother brother relationship, concert, alcoholism, drinking problem, suicide ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
america, los angeles, memphis, boston, arizona
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, dark comedy, black comedy, psychedelic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
midlife crisis, existentialism, theater, surrealism, showbiz, actor, magic realism, satire, father daughter relationship, dark humor, alter ego, art ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles, america, ethiopia, manhattan new york city ...
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18K
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Smash is an American musical drama television series created by playwright Theresa Rebeck and developed by Robert Greenblatt for NBC. Steven Spielberg served as one of the executive producers. The series was broadcast in the US by NBC and produced ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
showbiz, dancer, actor's life, young woman, producer, actor, ambition, rising to stardom, follow your dream, lifestyle, desire for fame, starlet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Pinnacle records has the perfect plan to get their sinking company back on track: a comeback concert in LA featuring Aldous Snow, a fading rockstar who has dropped off the radar in recent years. Record company intern Aaron Green is faced with the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, not serious, hilarious, road movie ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
showbiz, marijuana, rock and roll, musician's life, lifestyle, plan gone awry, celebrity culture, alcohol abuse, escapades, friends, road trip, intern ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, california, new york, usa ...
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143K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Tells the comedic tale of Eddie Mannix, a fixer who worked for the Hollywood studios in the 1950s. The story finds him at work when a star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming.
Style:
humorous, black comedy, talky, surreal, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, movie star, showbiz, kidnapping, actor, dark humor, journalist, chinese restaurant, screenwriter, film industry, ransom ...
Time:
50s, year 2016, 1950s, 2010s, year 2015 ...
Place:
los angeles, greece, usa, california, malibu california
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Style:
surreal, psychological, art house, neo noir, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
surrealism, twists and turns, lesbian, amnesia, obsession, hollywood, nightmare, hallucination, doppelganger, alternate reality, filmmaking, dream ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, future, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, persia, usa, california
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128K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Style:
psychological, surreal, neo noir, dark comedy, cerebral ...
Plot:
twists and turns, hollywood, showbiz, murder, screenwriter, neighbor, surrealism, serial killer, insanity, dark humor, film industry, filmmaking ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, year 1991, year 1941
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new york, new york state
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, black comedy, funny, talky ...
Plot:
obsession, desire for fame, ambition, showbiz, character study, delusion, kidnapping, artists and showbiz, insanity, satire, psychology, television ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach (Michael Douglas). After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie (Alyson Reed), who once had a ...
Style:
stylized, lyrical, sexy, clever, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
broadway, showbiz, audition, dancing, music, ballet, rehearsal, ballet school, rise to the top, choreography, dance, choreographer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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131K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
30 Rock is an American television comedy series that ran on NBC from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013, and was created by Tina Fey. The series, which is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live, takes place ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, parody, not serious, witty ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
workplace, employer employee relationship, female protagonist, showbiz, topical humor, comedian, pop culture, friendship, actor, feminist, nothing goes right, entertainment ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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183K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
Style:
black and white, dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
hollywood, showbiz, misfit, biopic, drug addiction, friendship, director, addiction, character study, actress, lgbtq, transvestism ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, america, usa
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83K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate ...
Style:
sexy, entertaining, humorous, cynical, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
hollywood, showbiz, friendship, filmmaking, rivalry, celebrity, relationship vs career, movie star, actor's life, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, aspiring actor ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, spain, london ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his ...
Style:
surreal, captivating, touching, humorous, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
music, showbiz, jazz, dancing, workaholic, death, divorce, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, dancer's life, love and romance, downfall ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, emotional, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, showbiz, art, friendship, audition, brutality, couple relations, love and romance, artists and showbiz, couples, chorus line, follow your dream ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1940s, year 2005, year 1937
Place:
london, france, england, europe, west end london ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Three young women – Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson – dream of becoming pop stars and they get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.
Style:
stylized, emotional, lyrical, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
african american, performer's life, showbiz, music, fame, dancing, broadway, jazz, manager, black, unlikely friendships, dance ...
Time:
60s, 70s, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, los angeles, detroit, usa, new york ...
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248K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
Style:
black and white, romantic, touching, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly, date night
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, actor, movie star, showbiz, love and romance, dog, actor's life, fame, actress, love, art ...
Time:
1920s, 2010s, year 2011, 1930s, 1900s ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, iran
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281K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a ...
Style:
stylized, erotic, sexy, talky, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
sex, drug abuse, rise and fall, porn industry, addiction, multiple storylines, disco, drug, cocaine, character study, drug addiction, adult filmmaking ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 90s, year 1997, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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79K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Hitchcock follows the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of his most famous film "Psycho" - and the trials and tribulations the director faced from Hollywood censors.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
biopic, showbiz, obsession, secrets, filmmaking, hollywood, manipulation, investigation, couple relations, love and romance, talented, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
1950s, year 1959, 1940s, year 2012, 1900s ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
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17K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establisment as too obscene for the public.
Style:
black and white, psychological, atmospheric, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, drug abuse, showbiz, addiction, judaism, biopic, rise and fall, fighting the system, drug addiction, civil rights, courtroom, drug ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1974, 50s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The complicated life and controversial suicide of George Reeves is investigated by a fictional private detective who finds that there are reasons to suspect that Reeves may not have killed himself after all. The detective also finds that there is a ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, intense, period piece, atmospheric ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, showbiz, hollywood, biopic, fame, uncover truth, starlet, actor's life, dishonesty, husband murders wife, filmmaking ...
Time:
50s, year 1959, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, neo noir, clever, black comedy ...
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, film industry, murder, police investigation, blackmail, showbiz, writers, movie business, satire, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1992, future, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, pasadena california
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The professional and personal life of actor and comedian Peter Sellers was a turbulent one. His early movie fame was based primarily on his comic characterizations, often of bumbling and foreign-accented persons, characters which he embodied. As his ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, stylized, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
comedian, actor's life, showbiz, filmmaking, biopic, relationships, lifestyle, rise and fall, rising to stardom, family relations, understanding, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
london, switzerland, italy, rome italy
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
While on the run from the police, Steve Railsback hides in a group of moviemakers where he pretends to be a stunt man. Both aided and endangered by the director (Peter O'Toole) he avoids both the police and sudden death as a stuntman. The ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
stuntman, showbiz, filmmaking, police investigation, on the run, mistaken identity, twists and turns, danger, femme fatale, disorder, fish out of water, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
amsterdam, korea, guatemala, holland, california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.
Style:
humorous, light, lyrical, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
broadway, showbiz, theater, farce, sex maniac, audition, eccentricity, dancing, cons and scams, mentor, transvestism, accountant ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1959, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, middle east, poland, bronx new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, feel good, light, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, teen drama
Plot:
music, drummer, recording studio, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, rock and roll, fictional band, showbiz, small town, music band, jazz, friendship, rising to stardom ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, columbus ohio, ohio, usa, las vegas ...
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