Stage movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant stage movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, serious, humorous, sentimental and inspirational films and TV shows about / with stage, singing, artists and showbiz, friendship, theater, dancing, singer, musician, showbiz and music plots mostly in Drama, Musical and Family genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as stage: Elvis (2022), Charlotte's Web (1973), Naked Boys Singing! (2007), Pain and Glory (2019), Phantom Images (2011), Purple Rain (1984), The Illusionist (2010), La Guzmán (2019), Feel the Beat (2020), Breaking Brooklyn (2018).

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 7.3
 230K
Elvis (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 159 min.
Story: The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Style: historical drama, touching, semi autobiographical, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: rock music, career, male protagonist, legend, singer, fame, music, musician, singing, manager, christmas, famous singer ...
Time: year 1977, 20th century, 1950s, 2020s, year 1968 ...
Place: las vegas, nevada, memphis, germany
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Charlotte's Web (1973)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Style: colorful, light, sweet, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: friendship, pig, rescue, farm, children, friends who live together, compassion, animal human communication, misunderstanding, love, rat, broom ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place: new england, usa, maine
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
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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Naked Boys Singing! (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This whimsical Off-Broadway hit musical is aptly reworked and transferred to the screen. The self-descriptively titled Naked Boys Singing is a musical revue of songs that poke fun at gay life, body image, love, loss and yearning.
Style: humorous, realistic, sexy, semi serious, independent film ...
Plot: male nudity, dancing, nudity, porn star, singer, pianist, voyeurism, dancer, human nature, naked in public, movie star, choreography ...
Place: usa, los angeles
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 7.5
 63K
Pain and Glory (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.
Style: sincere, touching, disturbing, twist ending, hispanic ...
Plot: gay, movie business, filmmaker, lgbt, actor, introspection, addiction, cinema, drawing, childhood memory, nostalgia, death of mother ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, year 1985, 1950s, year 1981
Place: spain, madrid
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Phantom Images (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A filmmaker continues shooting his film after his funding is pulled.
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, disturbing, sexual ...
Plot: gay, gender, gays and lesbians, dying, male nudity, filmmaker, filmmaking, gay interest, gay lead character, gay sex, morphine, race ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.5
 24K
Purple Rain (1984)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A young man with a talent for music meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs.
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, sentimental, cult classic ...
Plot: rivalry, musician, music, african american, motorcycle, dysfunctional family, singer, redemption, dancing, human spirit, rock and roll, aspiring singer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, usa
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All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When an awkward date on Christmas Eve leads a couple into a strange theater, they're treated to a bizarre and frightening collection of Christmas stories, featuring a wide ensemble of characters doing their best to avoid the horrors of the ...
Style: anthology, christmas horror, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot: christmas, demon, theater, alien, creature, holiday horror, ghost, van, gas mask, dating, xmas, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Musical, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Times are hard in 1846 London and one must make do. Nellie Lovett adds something extra to the meat pies she peddles on Fleet Street. The secret ingredient: freshly murdered victims of her partner in crime, barber Sweeney Todd. Composer/lyricist ...
Style: gothic, offbeat, horror musical, tense, scary ...
Plot: psychopath, serial killer, cannibalism, cannibal, dark humor, murderous pair, barber, broadway, music, revenge, murder, vengeance ...
Time: year 1982, 19th century
Place: london, england
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The Illusionist (2010)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Scotland, late 1950s. A struggling illusionist visits an isolated community and meets a young lady who is convinced that he is a real magician.
Style: emotional, stylized, touching, visual, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: loneliness, art, magic, friendship, coming of age, magician, imagination, transformation, mentor, life philosophy, character study, theater ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 2010s, year 2010, 50s ...
Place: england, scotland, france, edinburgh scotland, scottish highlands ...
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 7.7
 65
La Guzmán (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Mexico
TV show
Story: Mni series about the life of Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán.
Style: intense, entertaining, visually appealing, talky, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: life, queen, singer, rock, diva, rehearsal, musician, life philosophy, cultural icon, showbiz, pop star, backstage ...
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Diomedes, the Cacique of La Junta (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
TV show
Story: At just 10 years Diomedes shares with his father Rafael Maria responsibility to bring up her family. In the Board, Guajira, his birth place, and in the midst of so many brothers and little money, Diomedes know that doing this is not easy. Diomedes ...
Style: suspense, lyrical, realistic, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: musician, drug, artist, rehearsal, death, betrayal, singing, love, husband wife relationship, concert, backstage, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 20th century
Place: colombia
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 6.3
 13K
Feel the Beat (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.
Style: sweet, feel good, light, funny, rom com
Audience: date night, family outing, chick flick, teens
Plot: broadway, dancing, dance, christmas, competition, rivalry, love affair, fall in love, escapades, family relations, girl, ambition ...
Time: 2020s
Place: usa
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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, Iceland, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Two small-town aspiring musicians chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bond.
Style: feel good, romantic, funny, touching, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: musician, contest, father son relationship, small town, rivalry, competition, love, seaside town, ethnic stereotype, underdog, fisherman, ambition ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: iceland, edinburgh scotland, reykjavik iceland
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Breaking Brooklyn (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A 12 year old boy with a passion for dance and his brother are rescued from the streets by an old showman who takes them to live with his estranged former dancing partner/brother.
Style: captivating, entertaining, sweet, sexy, exciting
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: mentor, relationships, ballet, hopes, ambition, dancing, dancer's life, counterculture, destiny, artists and showbiz, dancer, choreography ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, brooklyn new york city
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Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Based on the best-selling book, Remember the Time: Protecting Michael Jackson in His Final Days, and told through the eyes of Jackson's trusted bodyguards, Bill Whitfield and Javon Beard. The movie will reveal firsthand the devotion Michael ...
Style: captivating, touching, talky, sentimental, lyrical ...
Plot: children, pop star, dancing, cultural icon, performer's life, life & death, storytelling, musician, choreography, fan, untimely death, showbiz ...
Place: usa, los angeles
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 6.5
 1K
The Humorist (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Latvia, Czech Republic
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The Humorist is a film about a week in the life of Boris Arkadiev, a fictional Soviet stand-up comedian. Boris is tormented not only by external oppression and censorship but also by his own insecurities that poison all his relationships.
Style: thought provoking, humorous, touching, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: society, kgb, danger, rivalry, writers, art, escapades, friendship, family relations, redemption, comedy club, freedom ...
Time: 80s
Place: soviet union, ussr
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The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
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, suspense, gothic horror ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: unfulfilled love, theater, obsession, disfigurement, destructive relationship, opera singer, singer, musician, tragic hero, love and romance, performer's life, lifestyle ...
Time: 19th century, 1910s, year 1919, 1870s
Place: france, paris france, europe
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The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, History, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: This new version of "The Sound of Music" will be a faithful adaptation of the original stage musical, to retell the story for a whole new generation. And more than that, it will be broadcast LIVE, adding a whole new level of immediacy and ...
Style: feel good, captivating, sentimental, touching, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: convent, youth, nun, teenage love, couples, love and romance, fall in love, family life, undisciplined, parents and children, marriage, stage musical ...
Time: 1930s, pre world war two, 1920s
Place: austria
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 7.8
 2K
Oklahoma! (1999)
Genre: Musical, Romance, Western
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story: London stage reproduction of the classic Broadway musical.
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic
Plot: love triangle, ballet, friendship, fall in love, lifestyle, couples, musician's life, artists and showbiz, performer's life, couple relations, opposites attract, trial ...
Time: 90s
Place: oklahoma, west end london, england, europe, usa
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 7.2
 611
Peter Pan (2000)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Broadway musical adaptation of the fabled children's story.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, exciting, semi serious
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: pirate, broadway, adventurer, young heroes, heroes, good versus evil, peter pan, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, imaginary kingdom, youth, escapades ...
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Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical (2001)
Genre: Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Musical version of the Robert Louis Stevenson story about a doctor who conducts an experiment on himself that results in his bringing out the dark, murderous side of his inner self, "Mr. Hyde".
Style: psychological, serious, stylized, suspenseful, horror musical ...
Plot: theater, jekyll and hyde, obsession, split personality, psychopath, serial killer, mental illness, rivalry, murder, danger, stage musical, mad doctor ...
Time: 21st century
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Once Upon a Mattress (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Queen Aggravain has ruled that none may marry until her son, Prince Dauntless marries. However, she has managed to sabotage every princess that come along. When Sir Harry and Lady Larken learn that they are going to be parents, wed or not, he goes ...
Style: captivating, humorous, feel good, semi serious, fairy tale ...
Audience: family outing, date night, girls' night, kids, pre-teens
Plot: princess, imaginary kingdom, true love, family relations, couples, parents and children, wooing, royal family, love and romance, marriage, stage musical, theater ...
Time: 2000s
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Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Based on Puccini's opera La bohème, Rent tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create in New York City in the 1990s. This is a live recording of Rent's final performance after more than 12 ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, emotional
Plot: theater, gay romance, music band, showbiz, musician's life, social differences, opera, drug abuse, artist, follow your dream, actor's life, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Peter Pan Live! (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Following in the footsteps of the phenomenally successful The Sound of Music LIVE! - which drew over 18 million viewers - comes this musical masterpiece that tells the beloved story of Peter Pan, the mischievous little boy who ran away to Neverland. ...
Style: exciting, feel good, semi serious, captivating, fairy tale
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: peter pan, pirate, adventurer, mischievous children, young heroes, friendship, good versus evil, heroes, rivalry, imaginary, escapades, disorder ...
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 7.4
 86K
Sing 2 (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Japan, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The film follows Buster and his new cast who now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City. But with no connections, he and his singers must sneak into the Crystal Entertainment offices, run ...
Style: inspirational, entertaining, visually appealing, humorous, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: anthropomorphic animal, gorilla, anthropomorphism, koala, furry, creativity, elephant, pig, music, animal, musician, dancing ...
Time: future
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 7.7
 49
Do Re Mi (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Three girls divided by personalities, cultural backgrounds and principles have one thing in common, their love for music.
Plot: glory, camping, concert, food industry, filipina, chick, schoolgirl, love, girl, rural setting, provincial, female friendship ...
Time: 90s
Place: the philippines
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 5.7
 252
Lily in Love (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hungary, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Insulted when his screenwriter wife writes a leading role for a younger man, aging Broadway idol Fitz Wynn disguises himself as a handsome young Italian.
Style: realistic, semi serious, sexy, humorous, sexual ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: showbiz, deception, fame, stage fright, hotel, producer, casting, love, friendship, writers, actor, marriage ...
Time: 80s
Place: budapest, europe, manhattan new york city, new york, hungary
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 7.4
 205K
Carrie (1976)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
Style: tense, gothic, intense, scary, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: prank, bullying, vengeance, telekinesis, cruelty, rage, prom, female protagonist, revenge, abusive mother, high school, social misfits ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, 70s, future, year 1979 ...
Place: maine, usa
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Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs like "Killer Queen", "Bohemian ...
Style: inspirational, touching, rough, informative, historical drama ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: musician, lgbt, music, gay, aids, singer, rock band, rock music, musician's life, friendship between men, fame, rock concert ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 2010s, future, 70s ...
Place: england, atlanta georgia, los angeles, edinburgh scotland, munich germany ...
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