Theater movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant theater movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, emotional and humorous films and TV shows about / with theater, artists and showbiz, couples, actor, love and romance, singing, actress, showbiz, love and actor's life plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as theater: Venus in Fur (2013), Noises Off... (1992), Theater Camp (2023), Being Julia (2004), tick, tick... BOOM! (2021), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Company (2011), Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical (2001), Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994).
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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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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An enigmatic actress (Emmanuelle Seigner) may have a hidden agenda when she auditions for a part in a misogynistic writer's (Mathieu Amalric) play.
Style:
erotic, stylized, sexual, psychological, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bdsm, masochism, theater, femdom, dominatrix, power relations, audition, female nudity, flirting, fetish, sadomasochism, role playing ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, paris france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A travelling theater group has so much action going on behind-the-scenes it almost ruins the performances.
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, light, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
actor's life, theater, theatre play, love and romance, disorder, showbiz, workplace situations, backstage, actor, eternal love, strong female lead, dance ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
iowa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After the indomitable and beloved founder of a scrappy theater camp in upstate New York falls into a coma, the eccentric staff must band together with her clueless "crypto-bro" son to keep the thespian paradise afloat.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, satirical
Plot:
theater, summer camp, camp, job, satire, ambition, teamwork, theatrical troupe, theatre group, escapades, gay, boy ...
Place:
new york state
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, Hungary, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of ...
Style:
period piece, stylized, emotional, entertaining, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
midlife crisis, older woman younger man relationship, theater, loneliness, women, complex characters, actor's life, love, art, adultery, backstage, vengeance ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1938
Place:
england, europe, london, west end london
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Jonathon Larson, a promising young theater composer, navigates love, friendship, and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.
Style:
touching, emotional, sweet, sincere, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
theater, believe in yourself, broadway, composer, music, gay interest, gay friend, screenwriter, best friend, flash forward, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, year 1992, year 1990
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Style:
psychological, depressing, surreal, independent film, confusing ...
Plot:
depression, existentialism, death, theater, magic realism, schizophrenic, obsession, writers, twists and turns, philosophy, writer's life, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 90s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, berlin germany, manhattan new york city
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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:
theater, friends, friendship, concert, bachelor, live performance, couple relations, redheaded woman, 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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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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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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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: 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, sincere, cerebral, talky, stylized ...
Plot:
theater, loneliness, relationships, character study, artists and showbiz, family problems, human nature, art, existentialism, family gatherings, anton chekhov, drinking ...
Time:
year 1994, 20th century, 90s, 1890s, turn of the century
Place:
new york, russia, usa, manhattan new york city, st. petersburg russia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 177 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the 1890s, Tipping the Velvet tells the lesbian love affair between male impersonator music hall star Kitty Butler and Nan Astley.
Style:
costume drama, touching, realistic, serious, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, gender, lesbian romance, performer's life, sexual relations, couples, cross dressing, lgbt, gays and lesbians, sex ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 217 min.
Story:
Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, Doctor Strange) plays the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Now seen by over 900,000 people worldwide, the original broadcast returns to international cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th ...
Style:
entertaining, melancholic, intense, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
shakespeare, medieval, theater, live performance, theatre play, royal court, life & death, obsession, runaway, mother son relationship, sword fight, queen ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
europe, denmark
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Exactly 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, a theatre director stages a play to bring the ghosts of the past back to life.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, disturbing, sad
Plot:
armenian genocide, theater, soldier, turkish history, life is a bitch, society, culture clash, brutality, violence, great war, genocide, stage play ...
Time:
year 1915
Place:
armenia, ottoman empire, turkey, los angeles
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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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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:
captivating, feel good, humorous, entertaining
Plot:
theater, dance, live performance, racism, fat girl, race, dream, equality, broadway, dancing, society, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, year 1962
Place:
baltimore, maryland
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Abandoned by his prostitute mother in 1920, Douzi was raised by a theater troupe. There he meets Shitou and over the following years the two develop an act entitled, "Farewell My Concubine," that brings them fame and fortune. When Shitou ...
Style:
visual, epic, visually stunning, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
gays and lesbians, suicide, homosexuality, gender bending, theater, lgbt, child abuse, communism, drug addiction, childhood, lgbtq, transsexual ...
Time:
1940s, 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1993 ...
Place:
china, beijing china, tibet, asia, japan ...
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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: 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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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, West Germany, Austria
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the ...
Style:
political, horror musical, art film, mind twisting, realistic ...
Plot:
nazi, nazi germany, actor, theater, ambition, nazism, pact with the devil, price of fame, success, biopic, fascism, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1981, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
germany, eastern europe, berlin germany, hamburg germany, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Poland, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Dostoevsky’s latter-day opus about the siblings and their father is among the masterpieces of world literature. It asks profound questions about ethics and religion. Is there a God? Does the devil exist? Is everything allowed because we live in a ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, atmospheric, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
theater, hopes, lifestyle, parents and children, human nature, performer's life, redemption, artists and showbiz, society, dealing with death, siblings relations, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe, prague, poland, central europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Taking place between the years 1837 and 1843, Balzac’s classic novel focuses on the young poet Lucien de Rubempré, who leaves Angouleme for Paris in the pursuit of becoming an author.
Style:
art house
Plot:
male nudity, theater, female nudity, hashish, media manipulation, ambition, journalist, dandy, nudity, prostitute, literature, art ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1840s, 1830s
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young gay man determined to reinvent his life leaves everything behind on his quest for self-realization.
Style:
non-linear, psychological, tense, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay love, gay youth, gay, gay lead character, gay son, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, gay couple, male nudity, gay club, gay relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Horror, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After years hiding in the shadows, the ancient ghosts of an old Pittsburgh theater make their presence known once again.
Style:
scary, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
haunted house, theater, zombie, ghost, supernatural, investigation, disorder, gory, goofy hero, haunted, decapitation, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, usa
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and ...
Style:
gothic, stylized, gothic horror, sentimental, breathtaking ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
obsession, opera, disfigurement, musician's life, dangerous attraction, destructive relationship, theater, disguise, love and romance, fall in love, prodigy, broadway ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 2004, 18th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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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:
sexy, romantic, light, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dancing, performer's life, desire for fame, cabaret, ambition, burlesque, love and romance, happy ending, dancer, nightlife, sexy woman, nightclub ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iowa, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three men perform the entire 37 play canon from William Shakespeare in under two hours. A lot of quick costume changes and even more laughs.
Style:
captivating, satirical, semi serious, entertaining, parody
Plot:
shakespeare, theater, stage play, theatrical troupe, theatre play, satire, professor, rap, drag queen, breaking the fourth wall, shakespeare play, live audience ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Style:
sincere, art house, thought provoking, anthology, manga ...
Plot:
world war two, theater, nazi, gestapo, women, world war, wartime life, infidelity, anti semitism, love triangle, actor, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s, year 1980, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
france, paris france, europe, montmartre paris
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Six men, one woman (and her brother) come together with one goal - to make the play. It would be probably another common story that this theater group is composed of anti-heroes who float lost in time and space, in a town where it seems that the sun ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, funny ...
Plot:
theater, showbiz, stage play, cowboy, small town, homecoming, culture clash, society, rivalry, rules and policies, small town life, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
croatia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Victor, a disillusioned sexagenarian, sees his life turned upside down on the day when Antoine, a brilliant entrepreneur, offers him a new kind of attraction: mixing theatrical artifices and historical reconstruction, this company offers his clients ...
Style:
romantic, humorous, contemplative, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
husband wife conflict, actress, nostalgia, sex orgy, theater, orgy, dinner, romanticism, party, husband wife relationship, drug, memories ...
Place:
france
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