| Rock of Ages (2012) | 5.9 | |
| Hair (1979) | 7.5 | |
| Les Misérables (2012) | 7.5 | |
| Oliver! (1968) | 7.4 | |
| The Producers (2005) | 6.4 |
Broadway movies and TV shows – page 3
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List of broadway movies
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face catastrophe—until a most unexpected hero rises to take center stage.
Style:
surreal, satirical, colorful, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
friendship, broadway, save the day, sea voyage, heroes, surrealism, satire, adaptation, spectacle, heroism, children, underwater ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and creates an alter ego who’s to be her only customer.
Style:
humorous, stylized, sex comedy, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
prostitute, pimp, prostitution, fall in love, smoking, police, unlikely couple, couple relations, love triangle, disorder, love of one's life, couples ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 60s
Place:
paris france, europe, france, america
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: West Germany, Austria, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
"Fredrik Egerman is very happy in his marriage to a seventeen-year-old virgin, Anne. Only she's been a virgin for the whole eleven months of the marriage, and being a bit restless, Fredrik goes to see an old flame, the famous actress ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
broadway, love affair, love triangle, dancing, high society, adopted son, actress, lawyer, couples, estate, friends, master and servant ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s
Place:
austria, europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: UK, France, South Africa, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools. The stage version presents a school uprising similar to the Soweto uprising on June 16, 1976. A ...
Style:
realistic, political, retro, contemplative, uplifting ...
Plot:
teacher, children, broadway, renaissance, racism, high school, dedicated educator, dance, coming of age, girl, black history, high school teacher ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
africa, south africa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Following five couples and their friend Robert (Neil Patrick Harris), the perpetual bachelor, Company explores the true meaning of being in a relationship through a series of vignettes. Winner of the 1971 Tony Award for Best Musical, Neil Patrick ...
Style:
semi serious, stylized, realistic, humorous, feel good
Plot:
live performance, theater, friends, redheaded woman, friendship, concert, bachelor, couple relations, artists and showbiz, love and romance, broadway, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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14K
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The classic Charles Dickens' Christmas ghost tale told in musical form.
Style:
christmas horror, christmas classics, hilarious, christmas special, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, scrooge, christmas carol, ghost, charles dickens, dancing, broadway, xmas, redemption, victorian england, destiny ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1840s, 1860s, 1800s ...
Place:
london, tokyo, england
Is relevant?
55K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s ...
Style:
teen, feel good, romantic, sincere, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, dance, small town, teenage love, love and romance, dancer's life, teenage girl, dancer, music, youth, young lovers, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2011, 80s, 21st century
Place:
georgia, usa, southern usa, boston
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
After enjoying a holiday romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High, where she must contend with cynical Rizzo and the Pink Ladies.
Style:
lyrical, captivating, semi serious, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dancing, live performance, high school life, friends, teenage love, youth, coming of age, broadway, teen romance, twins, theater, opposites attract ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1959
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A worldwide epidemic encourages a bio-tech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.
Style:
gothic, dark, medical horror, horror musical, visual ...
Plot:
goth, medical, opera, violence, mercilessness, support group, musician, torture, addiction, rock, life is a bitch, against humanity ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
italy, venice, paris france
Is relevant?
99K
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess, a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. With the Lounge's troupe members becoming ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, entertaining, light, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dancing, performer's life, desire for fame, cabaret, dancer, burlesque, ambition, love and romance, happy ending, sexy woman, nightlife, nightclub ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iowa, usa, canada
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Music, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A darker version of the classic Gaston Leroux novel. A young soprano becomes the obsession of a horribly disfigured composer who has plans for those oppose himself or the young singer.
Style:
slasher, gothic, stylized, horror musical, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
deal with the devil, phantom of the opera, broadway, gory, supernatural, music, police investigation, murder, woman in jeopardy, composer, disfigured face, disfigurement ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, victorian era, 19th century, 20th century ...
Place:
london, new york, europe, america, england ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the tale of his remarkable life. Kevin Spacey did his own singing for Beyond the Sea, recreating Bobby ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, stylized, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, biopic, musician, showbiz, singer, nightclub, musician's life, lifestyle, rise and fall, rising to stardom, ambition, dancing ...
Time:
50s, year 2004, 60s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
usa, las vegas, italy, new york, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hansel Schmidt, is a young East German boy, born and raised during the Cold War in communist East Berlin. In his 20s, he meets Luther Robinson, an older American soldier, who falls in love with Hansel and the two decide to marry, which will allow ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, lyrical, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
gender, transvestism, transsexual, gay, gay interest, drag queen, transvestite, berlin wall, musician, self discovery, gender bending, lgbtqi ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 2000s, 90s, 80s
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, usa, europe ...
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Genre: Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two rural teens sing and dance their way through a forbidden romance and a dangerous travelling carnival.
Style:
lyrical, semi serious, humorous, feel good, anamorphic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dancing, couple relations, couples, social relations, small town, cabaret, broadway, family feud, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, teenage girl, teenage boy ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the ...
Style:
humorous, lighthearted, fantasy adventure, slasher, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, adult, preschool
Plot:
muppets, puppet, puppetry, pig, amnesia, broadway, children, sesame street, wedding, rat, dog, theft ...
Time:
20th century, year 1984, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, delaware, maine ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
All roads lead to magical, merry Toyland as Mary Contrary and Tom Piper prepare for their wedding! But villainous Barnaby wants Mary for himself, so he kidnaps Tom, setting off a series of comic chases, searches, and double-crosses! The "March ...
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, cute, christmas classics, psychotronic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, toys, holiday, dancing, broadway, toy soldier, magic, dance, greed, gypsy, sheep, forest ...
Time:
year 1961
Is relevant?
197K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
Style:
feel good, touching, sweet, uplifting, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, toddlers, family friendly ...
Plot:
magic, nanny, female protagonist, imagination, mischievous children, kite, child's point of view, child, brother sister relationship, literary, dance, dog ...
Time:
edwardian era, 20th century, 1910s, 1930s
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, europe, britain ...
Is relevant?
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, cerebral, captivating, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
music, workaholic, showbiz, jazz, theater, death, dancing, filmmaking, heart disease, price of fame, father daughter relationship, divorce ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Chinese stowaway Mei Li arrives in San Francisco with her father to meet her fiancé, wealthy nightclub owner Sammy Fong, in an arranged marriage; but the groom has his eye on his star singer Linda Low. This film version of the Rodgers and ...
Style:
aesthetic, independent film, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
forbidden love, nightclub owner, marriage proposal, male male relationship, chinese new year, singer, dance, illegal immigration, arranged marriage, unrequited love, father son relationship, broadway ...
Time:
year 1961
Place:
san francisco, china, california, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted
Style:
funny, retro, hilarious, black and white, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids
Plot:
cheerleader, teenager, broadway, love, small town, dancing, theater, dating, turtle, secretary, singer, songwriter ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place:
ohio, usa, washington d.c., new york, columbus ohio
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the 1860's, Giorgio (Giraudeau), a young Italian soldier is sent to a remote post, far away from his lover, Clara (Antonelli). He is lodged in the house of the colonel (Girotti). He becames friends with the colonel and the local doctor ...
Style:
sexual, novela, realistic, serious, offbeat ...
Plot:
broadway, illness, duel, obsession, soldier, female nudity, passion, nude girl, relationships, amor, infidelity, love triangle ...
Time:
19th century, year 1981, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
italy, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, captivating, feel good
Plot:
live performance, theater, dance, fat girl, racism, equality, race, broadway, dancing, society, rivalry, social relations ...
Time:
60s, year 1962
Place:
baltimore, maryland
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A princess is thrust onto the world stage. The tabloid media is captivated by her beauty and vulnerability. The globe's most celebrated monarchy is disrupted. This is the story of the most princess woman of the modern age as she struggles to ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
princess diana, broadway, historical character, historical figure, music, dancing, life, celebrity, theater, live performance, jazz, historical event ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After a series of Hollywood flops, famed director Harris Chappell (Jeffrey Tambor) returns to New York to relaunch his Broadway career. But Chappell's triumphant comeback begins to spiral out of control into a wild night of comic misadventure ...
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, feel good, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
artists and showbiz, comedy of errors, disorder, nothing goes right, goofy hero, theatre director, broadway, comeback, friendship, society, profanity, restaurant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Sam and Matt flee their small mid-western town for New York City, where hot girls roam the streets! After months of trying to pick up ladies and failing miserably, they come up with the idea to hold a fake audition to meet chicks. Hilarity ensues ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
audition, friends, fall in love, artists and showbiz, cons and scams, looking for sex, fish out of water, broadway, looking for love, inspiration, big city, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Biography, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam pay tribute to their late Monty Python colleague Graham Chapman in this hilarious, 3-D animated adaptation of Chapman's brazenly fictionalized life story. (TIFF)
Style:
humorous, not serious, surreal, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
monty python, artists and showbiz, actor's life, writer's life, father son relationship, biopic, drinking problem, broadway, gay sex, outdoor sex, gay subtext, friends ...
Time:
20th century, year 1964, 60s, year 1976, year 1979 ...
Place:
england, europe, new zealand, ibiza, new york ...
Is relevant?
363
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Biography of the curvaceous and sharp-witted actress who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s-30s with her frank approach to sex.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, costume drama, romantic comedy, vintage
Plot:
hollywood, biopic, showbiz, scandal, seduction, broadway, controversy, sexuality, vaudeville, ambition, celebrity, glamour ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, california
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Set in 1920's New York City, this movie tells the story of idealistic young playwright David Shayne. Producer Julian Marx finally finds funding for the project from gangster Nick Valenti. The catch is that Nick's girl friend Olive Neal ...
Style:
light, humorous, funny, witty, talky ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, satire, backstage, writers, theater, murder, playwright, actor, rehearsal, actress, showbiz ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
59K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, Canada, Australia, China, Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
Style:
light, enigmatic, futuristic, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
cat, singing, rebirth, friendship, dancing, female protagonist, love, fight, broadway, singer, anthropomorphic animal, outcast ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
england, london
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