Performance movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant performance movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, feel good, stylized, sincere and weird films and TV shows about / with artists and showbiz, musician, friendship, music, friends, lifestyle, storytelling, singer, mentor and dancing plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Music genres shot in USA, Japan, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as performance: Pitch Perfect (2012), Burlesque (2010), Perfect Blue (1997), Lemonade Mouth (2011), Glee (2009), Julie and the Phantoms (2020), Step Up (2006), High Strung (2016), K-On! (2009), Control (2007).
Best films
List of performance movies
349K
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot:
youth, music, competition, female friendship, college life, rivalry, college, female protagonist, singing competition, music band, audition, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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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
Is relevant?
119K
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.
Style:
adult animation, suspense, suspenseful, surreal, anime ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, murder, obsession, twists and turns, stalking, actor's life, actress, violence, stalker, rising to stardom, danger, mentally unstable ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story follows five disparate high school students - Olivia, Mo, Charlie, Stella, and Wen who meet in detention. They realize they are destined to rock, and ultimately form a band that becomes a champion for students sidelined by the high school ...
Style:
teen, thrilling, light, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
youth, high school, friends, teenage life, lifestyle, teenager, music band, high school life, follow your dream, friendship, artists and showbiz, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
rhode island, usa
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161K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Glee is an American teen musical comedy-drama television series that airs on the Fox network in the United States. It focuses on the reconstituted William McKinley High School glee club, New Directions, which competes on the show choir competition ...
Style:
stylized, feel good, sexy, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
high school, gay, cheerleader, youth, teenage life, contests and competitions, teenage girl, outcast, singing, sapphic, gay teenager, coach ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, idaho, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Teenage Julie finds her passion for music and life while helping the Phantoms -- a trio of ghostly guys -- become the band they were never able to be.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, sweet, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teen fantasy, girls' night
Plot:
pop star, musician's life, love and romance, schoolgirl, first love, teenage girl, friendship, music band, celebrity, gay interest, gay, teenager ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
133K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, romantic, teen, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, dance, hip hop, music, love and romance, happy ending, couples, teen romance, dancer, ballet, dance school, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a ...
Style:
romantic, light, entertaining, sweet, happy
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
dancing, ballet, dance, dancer's life, violin, musician, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth, competition, culture clash, breaking point, music ...
Place:
new york
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Genre:
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed is a series of television shows in which the methods behind magic tricks and illusions are explained. In its original incarnation there were four shows broadcast in ...
Style:
realistic, serious, explanatory, controversial, educational ...
Plot:
magic, magic show, magician, wizards and magicians, uncover truth, delusion, backstage, stage magician, secrets, illusion, stage magic, entertainment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
6K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Rock n' Roll may never die, but the Sakuragoaka Girl's High School Light Music Club might not be here to stay unless would-be drummer Ritsu Tainaka can find three more members to replace the graduated seniors. Determined to see that the ...
Style:
anime, humorous, realistic, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
music band, music, friendship, friends, high school, student life, high school life, youth, social relations, teenage life, coming of age, shyness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant?
71K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Australia, Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Control is the biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, taking his story from schoolboy days of 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.
Style:
atmospheric, depressing, sad, cult classic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
music, suicide, punk, singer, musician's life, depression, musician, punk rock, rock and roll, biopic, epilepsy, music band ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, y2k, year 1980, year 1973 ...
Place:
england, london, manchester, northern england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A musical director who craves advancement participates in a musical which picks the role of a king in a survival method as a mentor. There he meets a multicultural child who becomes partners with him and experiences his first intentions and ...
Style:
captivating, inspirational, uplifting, emotional, intercultural ...
Plot:
coming of age, theater, friendship, singing, audition, child prodigy, music, coping, musician's life, dance performance, friends, teamwork ...
Place:
south korea, the philippines
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348K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary ...
Style:
inspirational, sexy, realistic, serious, harsh ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
hip hop, underdog, music, rap, follow your dream, musician, urban ghetto life, success, urban ghetto, street gang, musician's life, trailer park ...
Time:
year 2002, 90s, year 1995, y2k, 2000s ...
Place:
detroit, michigan, los angeles, america, usa
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After failing to get the coveted role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in this year's production of The Nutcracker, Vivíana Serrano joins forces with Natalia, to create a surprise reprise of the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy...with a Latin twist.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, sincere, feel good, uplifting ...
Plot:
christmas, ambition, choreography, ballet, dance, female protagonist, dance performance, dream, follow your dream, empowerment, female friendship, theater ...
Is relevant?
5K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Vitus tells the story of a highly-gifted boy (played by real-life piano prodigy Teo Gheorghiu) whose parents have demanding and ambitious plans for him.
Style:
sincere, semi serious, realistic, touching, feel good ...
Plot:
child prodigy, prodigy, boy, music, youth, coming of age, childhood, family relations, pianist, rebelliousness, parents and children, friendship ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
switzerland, europe, zurich switzerland
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new symphony. However, it has been years since his last success and he is plagued by deafness, ...
Style:
period piece, captivating, realistic, touching, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
composer, classical music, musician, horse, mute or deaf, artist, music, biopic, musician's life, contests and competitions, love and romance, obsession ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, ancient times, 1800s, year 2006 ...
Place:
germany, austria, europe, vienna
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court
Style:
humorous, lyrical, feel good, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
radio, backstage, country music, musician's life, lifestyle, society, showbiz, artists and showbiz, music, singer, death, storytelling ...
Time:
year 2006, 70s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, usa, chicago, wisconsin, texas ...
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Musical, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two mermaid sisters, who end up performing at a nightclub, face cruel and bloody choices when one of them falls in love with a beautiful young man.
Style:
fairy tale, psychotronic, horror musical, modern fairy tale, perverse ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mermaid, dance club, female monster, body horror, teenage girl, sister sister relationship, dancing, musician, coming of age, breast feeding, monster, new job ...
Time:
80s
Place:
central europe, warsaw poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An uninterrupted rehersal of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" played out by a company of actors. The setting is their run down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to ...
Style:
melancholic, cerebral, sincere, stylized, clever ...
Plot:
theater, life philosophy, relationships, character study, artists and showbiz, family problems, human nature, art, longing, family gatherings, existentialism, anton chekhov ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 1890s, turn of the century ...
Place:
new york, russia, usa, manhattan new york city, st. petersburg russia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Italy, Romania, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once ...
Style:
touching, breathtaking, melancholic, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
classical music, music, redemption, twists and turns, hopes, violinist, adaptation, prodigy, music band, concert, haunted by the past, musician's life ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, russia, europe, israel
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: Sweden, France, Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A tone-deaf cop works to track down a group of guerilla percussionists whose anarchic public performances are terrorizing the city.
Style:
witty, humorous, not serious, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
gang, music, musician, rebelliousness, police detective, rebellion, music band, law enforcement, police investigation, drums, drummer, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 2010
Place:
scandinavia, europe, eastern europe, seattle
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
Filmed at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, AZ on February 15th and 16th, 2013, Oh My God is Louis C.K.'s fifth stand-up special, his first for HBO since 2007's Shameless, and his first since winning a Emmy Award for writing on his ...
Style:
humorous, atmospheric, cynical, witty, clever ...
Plot:
dark humor, honest, lifestyle, culture clash, stand up comedy, social problems, parents and children, politically correct, artists and showbiz, society, couple relations, theater ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, arizona
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Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Profane, vulgar and obscenely funny, Louis C.K. insists on telling the truth, whether you like it or not! Join the Emmy Award-winning stand-up comic and TV star (Lucky Louie) as he shares his thoughts on the stuff everyone thinks about -- male ...
Style:
cynical, talky, witty, political, stylized ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, gender, stand up comedy, artists and showbiz, physical appearance, social problems, disorder, politically correct, lifestyle, sexual relations, couples, comedian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Recorded November 10th, 2011 as part of the New York Comedy Festival, and only available for purchase online, Louis C.K. follows up his 2010 concert film Hilarious with a new hour’s worth of shrewdly observed and periodically profane material. He ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, witty, talky, independent film ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, dark humor, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, social problems, death, concert, stand up comedian, comedian, talk show, one-man show, politically correct ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Four friends spend their free time performing in a wedding band.
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, light hearted, feel good ...
Plot:
buddies, music band, friends, disorder, couples, lifestyle, singleness, friend, male friendship, bromance, wedding, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In this unique and dynamic live concert experience, Louis C.K.'s exploration of life after 40 destroys politically correct images of modern life with thoughts we have all had...but would rarely admit to.
Style:
witty, humorous, talky, parody, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
comedian, stand up comedian, sarcasm, parenthood, dark humor, pop culture, storytelling, stand up comedy, artists and showbiz, everyday life, social problems, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
İskender (Cem Yılmaz) hokkabazdır. Yani aslında sihirbazdır. Ama onun ve çocukluk arkadaşı Maradona'nın (Tuna Orhan) dışında herkes onun hokkabaz olduğunu düşünmektedir. İstanbul'dan hızla kaçmak zorunda kalan ikili, ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic, road movie
Plot:
performer's life, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, buddies, life is a bitch, introspection, down on your luck, on the road, stage magician, turk, wizard, found footage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
istanbul turkey, gallipoli, turkey
Is relevant?
13K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series based on Mad, and contained animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts as well as images of Alfred E. Neuman. Its first TV broadcast was on October 14, 1995. The one-hour show aired ...
Style:
sketch comedy, not serious, humorous, realistic, spoof ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, live performance, comedian, sketch, guest, pop culture, singer, musician, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, actor, television ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians.
From her debut recital at Carnegie ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, sincere, romantic ...
Plot:
classical music, musician's life, orchestra, hotshot, musician, prodigy, artists and showbiz, sex, teacher, rehearsal, ego clash, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Is relevant?
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