Variety show movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant variety show movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out sketch comedy, humorous, parody, feel good, realistic and entertaining films and TV shows about / with variety show, satire, comedian, celebrity guests, sketch, joke, variety, stand up comedy, stand up comedian and monologue plots mostly in Comedy, Music and Family genres shot in USA, UK, Spain and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as variety show: Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005), Maya & Marty (2016), Sherman's Showcase (2019), Hey! Spring of Trivia (2004), HitRECord on TV (2014), The Judy Garland Show (1963), The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour (1977), Live Nude Comedy (2009), Cast Party (2015), La hora de José Mota (2009).
Best films
List of variety show movies
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, emotional, period piece, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, closeted homosexual, brutality, unwanted pregnancy, showbiz, couples, art, friendship, nobility, chorus line, audition, love and romance ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 2005, year 1937
Place:
london, england, france, europe, west end london ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Within comedy circles, Maya Rudolph and Martin Short are considered two of the best sketch performers in the business. This series will feature sketches that spoof current events, celebrities and topical trends, as well as musical performances.
Style:
sketch comedy, skit, funny, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
variety show, sketch, talk show, dancer, showbiz, artists and showbiz, celebrity, dance, music, tv star, dancing, music and dance ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Travel through time via music and comedy drawn from the forty-year library of the legendary, but fictional, musical variety show called “Sherman's Showcase.”
Style:
sketch comedy, parody, semi serious, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
variety show, satire, black cast, musician's life, singer, music, musician, pop singer, lifestyle, ambition, irreverent, nostalgia ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 80s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Hey! Spring of Trivia is the name given by Spike TV to the show The Fountain of Trivia a Japanese variety show on Fuji TV.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, funny, satirical, ironic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
variety show, entertainment, satire, humour, absurd humor, joke, irony, quiz, pop culture, celebrity culture, studio, laughter ...
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A television show comprised of contributions from the hitRECord community, a collaborative production company founded by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and his brother "Burning Dan."
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, experimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
variety show, videotaping, media, power of media, social problems, live performance, creative process, internet culture, college, behind the scenes, intimate, cyberspace ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, melancholic, black and white, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
variety show, celebrity, live performance, showbiz, nostalgia, behind the scenes, glamour, artists and showbiz, music, performer's life, jazz, strong female presence ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour was a ABC produced variety show hosted by Redd Foxx (John Elroy Sanford) following his hit sitcom Sanford and Son. It debuted on September 15, 1977 and last aired on January 26, 1978. Despite being rated by critics as ...
Style:
sketch comedy, light hearted, spoof, parody
Plot:
variety show, stand up comedy, irreverent, joke, comedian, monologue, social satire, ethnic humor, guest, african american, stand up comedian, satire ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A series that mixes stand-up comedy with burlesque dancers and sketches to make a hysterical, sexy variety show.
Style:
entertaining, light, satirical, sexy, sketch comedy ...
Plot:
dancer, burlesque, variety show, satire, stripper, dancing, comedian, live performance, cabaret, club, striptease, glamour ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Podcast giants join forces for one night in New York City, to create the "Lollapalooza of podcasts." Featuring live stage performances by Radiolab, Invisibilia, Reply All, The Truth, Lauren Lapkus and SNL's Bobby Moynihan. Plus music ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
variety show, live performance, public speaking, joke, stand up comedian, satire, humour, comedian, urban, entertainment industry, celebration, behind the scenes
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Spain
TV show
Style:
entertaining, humorous, captivating, feel good, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
variety show, satire, sketch, humour, musician, music, current affairs, everyday life, irreverent, absurd humor, political satire, social commentary
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour is an American network television music and comedy variety show hosted by singer Glen Campbell from January 1969 through June 1972 on CBS. He was offered the show after he hosted a 1968 summer replacement for The ...
Style:
lighthearted, entertaining, sketch comedy, retro, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
variety show, country music, showbiz, pop music, talk show, music, artists and showbiz, country, singer, singing, studio, guitar playing ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Muppet Show is a comedy-variety television series produced by puppeteer Jim Henson and featuring The Muppets. After two pilot episodes produced in 1974 and 1975 failed to get the attention of America's network heads, Lew Grade approached ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, exciting, sitcom, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot:
puppet, muppets, pig, media satire, variety show, eagle, bear, friends, showbiz, fame, workplace, performer's life ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Hey Hey It's Saturday was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 27 years, debuting on the Nine Network on 9 October 1971 and broadcasting its last episode on 20 November 1999. Its host ...
Style:
sketch comedy, humorous, lighthearted, retro, children's program
Plot:
variety show, television, talent show, entertainment industry, irreverent, talking animal, angel, competition, prank, entertainment, celebrity guests, live broadcast ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 80s
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Hee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on CBS-TV from 1969–1971 before a 20-year run in local syndication. The show was inspired by Rowan ...
Style:
sketch comedy, game show, lighthearted, sexy, not serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
variety show, sketch, country music, small town, hillbilly, artists and showbiz, music, country, comedian, barnyard, gospel music, sing along ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Viva Variety is an American sketch comedy series that aired on Comedy Central from April 1997 to December 1999. The series satirizes European variety shows.
Style:
sketch comedy, parody, surreal, absurd, mockumentary ...
Plot:
satire, variety show, sketch, irreverent, camp, american culture, deadpan, improv, political satire, sexual attraction, society, male female relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Michael McIntyre's Big Show is a British variety and stand-up comedy television series, presented by British comedian, presenter and former Britain's Got Talent judge Michael McIntyre.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, funny, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
variety show, entertainment, stand up comedy, live performance, public speaking, satire, social satire, humour, joke, comedian, monologue, showbiz ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The New Show is a NBC sketch comedy show produced by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, which ran for only one season from January 6 to March 23, 1984. Apart from being 60 minutes in length and entirely pre-recorded, the show is similar in ...
Style:
sketch comedy, parody
Plot:
variety show, sketch, satire, behind the scenes, sex, sexual humor, stand up comedian, monologue, comedian, guest, social satire, absurd humor ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Amanda Show is an American live action sketch comedy and variety show that aired on Nickelodeon from October 16, 1999 to September 21, 2002. It starred Amanda Bynes, Drake Bell, and Nancy Sullivan, along with several performing artists who came ...
Style:
sketch comedy, lighthearted, fast paced, parody, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
variety show, satire, sketch, youth, preteen, teenage life, hardcore, children, teenage girl, teenager, girl power, coming of age ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. ...
Style:
sketch comedy, humorous, spoof, not serious, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, sketch, musician, comedian, politics, adult humor, singer, stand up comedian, comedy team, cross dressing, actor, friends ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 2000s, y2k, 70s ...
Place:
usa, new york, america
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969.
Style:
parody, sketch comedy
Plot:
variety show, sketch, talk show, music and dance, stand up comedy, satire, current affairs, summer of love, comedian, comedy team, topical humor, singer ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Flip Wilson Show is an hour long variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September 17, 1970 to June 27, 1974. The show starred American comedian Flip Wilson; the program was one of the first American television programs starring a black ...
Style:
sketch comedy, sitcom, parody, realistic, not serious ...
Plot:
variety show, sketch, cross dressing, black, talk show, disorder, friends, artists and showbiz, music, impersonation, entertainment, joke ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Richard Pryor Show is an American comedy variety series starring Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8 p.m. opposite ABC's popular television shows Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days.
The show was ...
Style:
sketch comedy, not serious, realistic, biting, exciting ...
Plot:
sketch, variety show, black, urban, satire, disorder, society, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, performer's life, media, interracial relations ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Out of Control is an American comedy television series that ran on Nickelodeon from 1984 until 1985 with reruns until 1991, and was the first series produced specifically for that channel.
Style:
sketch comedy, lighthearted, fast paced, slapstick, teen ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
variety show, sketch, friendship, family relations, tv host, computer, interview, newscaster, part animation
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour is an American variety show starring American pop-singer Cher and her husband, Sonny Bono. The show ran on CBS in the United States, when it premiered in August 1971. The show was canceled May 1974, due to the ...
Style:
sketch comedy, lighthearted, feel good, retro, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
variety show, musical performance, entertainment, pop culture, light comedy, pop music, showbiz, glamour, sketch, stand up comedy, comedy team, singing ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell is an American television comedy-variety program that ran on ABC from September 1975 to January 1976, hosted by Howard Cosell and executive-produced by Roone Arledge. The series ran for 18 episodes before being ...
Style:
sketch comedy, period piece, lighthearted, parody, spoof
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
variety show, television, nostalgia, satire, broadway, comedian, guest, joke, celebrity, live performance, stand up comedian, monologue ...
Time:
70s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A sketch-comedy variety show.
Style:
sketch comedy, parody, fast paced, surreal, slapstick comedy ...
Plot:
variety show, satire, irreverent, young adult, political satire, stand up comedian, comedian, absurd humor, sketch, sexual humor, farce, costume
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Hark! The Herald Pundit Sings! America’s favorite Christmas tradition is now on DVD! Families have gathered around the TV to enjoy Stephen Colbert’s Christmas specials every year since 2008. Now, you can experience the joy over and over! Join ...
Style:
witty, humorous, not serious, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
christmas, disorder, nothing goes right, satire, variety show, holiday, xmas, media, confined, confinement indoors, dangerous animal, show tunes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
After inhabiting dozens of comical alter-egos over the course of her award-winning career, Tracey Ullman finally 'takes on' the one role that spawned all of her characters--herself. This exclusive HBO comedy event features Tracey in a ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, witty, talky ...
Plot:
actor's life, lifestyle, showbiz, disorder, artists and showbiz, family relations, impostor, comedian, mother daughter relationship, hollywood, variety show, stand up comedy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, new york, germany, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
George Burns has gathered many of his entertainer friends to watch him perform a one-man show. They become concerned for his health in doing a show all by himself. He says he is fine, but he starts acting like he is sick and tricks his fellow ...
Style:
light hearted, period piece, one man show, whimsical, live comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
variety show, live performance, showbiz, celebrity culture, theater, performance art, nostalgia, monologue, prank, deception, legacy, celebrity ...
Time:
70s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Bob Hope's USO tour from 1968.
Style:
christmas special, retro, light hearted, patriotic, sketch comedy
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
stand up comedy, variety show, christmas, live performance, camaraderie, veteran, travelogue, holiday, vaudeville, comedian, stand up comedian
Place:
southeast asia
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