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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, disturbing ...
Plot:
nazi, nazi germany, actor, pact with the devil, theater, nazism, ambition, ethics, success, price of fame, female nudity, biopic ...
Time:
year 1981, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, berlin germany, eastern europe, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Broadway producer, Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming little old ladies to invest in a production many times over what it will actually cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their ...
Style:
cult classic, funny, humorous, hilarious, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
satire, broadway, theater, accountant, playwright, showbiz, nazi, great ending, farce, filmmaking, theatrical producer, secretary ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, new york state ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Human attempts to understand why when acting they are all going through the heart, but in real life are playing a role.
Style:
tragicomedy, period drama
Plot:
theater, actress, aging, heartbreak, ambition, introspection, regret, relationships, identity, midlife crisis, entertainment industry, love affair ...
Time:
70s
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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: 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, contemplative ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay love, gay lead character, gay, gay son, gay relationship, male nudity, gay couple, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, gay club, gay youth ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Country music legend Patsy Cline was a trailblazer in her genre, paving the way for artists who followed in her footsteps. This fall, Great Performances presents Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight, a star-studded concert filmed at the historic ...
Style:
anthology, uplifting, vintage
Plot:
theater, concert, dance, ballet, television, rebirth, adaptation, opera, broadway, intimate, choreography, black ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 70s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An actor past his prime gives drama lessons to prisoners in an attempt to stage "Waiting for Godot."
Style:
satirical, semi serious, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
theater, prison, prisoner, teacher, actor, satire, lifestyle, relationships, compassion, redemption, second chance, character study ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: Egypt
TV show
Story:
Based on legendary Egyptian novelist Naguib Mafhouzs novel. The series revolves around a theater group in the 70s who discover that the characters in their new script are actually themselves and that the script reveals all their secrets.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, period piece, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
theater, secrets, theatre group, theatre milieu, secret, undercover, theatrical troupe, behind the scenes, character study, identity, adaptation, moral dilemma ...
Time:
70s
Place:
cairo egypt
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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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231
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The original, 8-episode series by eminent theatre artists - Monika Strzępka and Paweł Demirski about what is going on behind-the-scenes of one of the muncipial theatres in Warsaw. The story also can be read as an ambiguous metaphor, where artistic ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, semi serious, disturbing, political ...
Plot:
theatre director, theater, ambition, satire, employer employee relationship, coping, ambitious man, workplace, workplace situations, theatre group, creative process, social commentary ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
The lives of a Shakespearian theatre group and their personal struggles to organize the production of 'Hamlet'.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, art house, realistic ...
Plot:
theater, shakespeare's hamlet, love, actor, shakespeare, theatrical troupe, theatre group, coworker, co worker co worker relationship, workplace, theatre play, employer employee relationship ...
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Genre: Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Live From Lincoln Center is an ongoing series of musical performances produced by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in conjunction with Thirteen/WNET in New York City.
A series of concerts, ballets, operas, and recitals telecast, as the title ...
Style:
anthology, captivating, realistic, serious
Plot:
theater, live performance, ballet, opera, concert, classical music, performance art, orchestra, dance, dancing, choir, jazz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Her father passed away very early and her mother lives and works in a crowded Chinese restaurant. Kitajima Maya, a 13-year old girl, has to carry the burden of making ends meet as she fights against her ill fate. However, she is able to overcome the ...
Style:
anime, shoujo, captivating, psychological, inspirational
Plot:
female protagonist, theater, ambition, rivalry, coming of age, actress, competition, youth, female rivalry, dream, perseverance, class differences ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Finland, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jeanine, an earnest theatre director, has been given the task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, she allows her repressed trauma to color the present as she ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, dark, intense ...
Plot:
trauma, opera, theater, female protagonist, theatre director, repression, theatre group, theatrical producer, problem, stage actress, theatre play, character study ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The story of Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, beautiful Eve. The golden girl, the girl next door. But you know all about Eve…don’t you…?
Style:
captivating, exciting, dramatic, serious, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
theater, actress, broadway, aspiring actress, life, fame, manipulation, backstage, deception, rivalry, ambition, ward ...
Time:
1950s, 1930s, 1920s
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Genre: Biography
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
In early 20th-century Naples, a theatrical parody lands beloved thespian and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta in court, facing a malicious lawsuit that could compromise his freedom of expression and the economic security of his extended ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, parody, poignant ...
Plot:
playwright, theater, biopic, theatre play, courtroom drama, actor, stage actor, fictional biography, lifestyle, comedian, legal battle, historical figure ...
Place:
naples italy, napoli italy
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Set in the tumultuous Naxalite uprising in Bengal in 1971, Byomkesh Bakshi gets involved in a story of vengeance when he decides to attend a play at the theatre and becomes witness to a crime unfolding on the center stage. As Byomkesh digs deep into ...
Style:
suspense, detective, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, theater, infidelity, betrayal, murder, crime investigation, death, love, murder investigation, stage actor, revenge, vengeance ...
Time:
70s
Place:
kolkata
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
TV show
Story:
The modern theater is preparing for the premiere of the long-awaited play that was a huge success in the mid-1980s. However, as the entire ensemble eagerly awaits the big night, they begin to receive anonymous threats. In order to solve the case, ...
Style:
suspense, tension, detective, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, theater, secrets, murder mystery, mysterious death, threat, murder investigation, uncover truth, theatrical troupe, secret, forensics, homicide detective ...
Place:
belgrade, serbia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
In the early 20th century, Luka, a poor, crippled young boy from the wrong side of the tracks, stumbles upon a theatre at the end of a carnival, where he befriends a bunch of kids who work and live at the theatre, and he feels more at home there ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, costume drama, uplifting, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, theater, friendship, magic, carnival, theatrical troupe, money problems, christmas season, society, theatre group, social problems, friends ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
TV show
Story:
Comedy series set in the world of a collegiate Shakespeare competition. Hal, a Shakespeare-obsessed Midwesterner, makes it to the finals only to discover that the road to victory is often paved with douchebag-ery.
Style:
humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, independent film
Plot:
underdog, shakespeare, theater, actor's life, rivalry, artists and showbiz, passionate interest, hopes, competition, actor, performance art, socially awkward ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Some students decide to set up a play written by one of their classmates, who has commited suicide. The play is based on a tragic and mysterious legend about a love affair between two teachers at the school long ago. Some girls then accidentally ...
Style:
psychological, mysterious, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
suicide, theater, legend, school, teenager, problem, high school, urban legend, loss, tragedy, student, murder ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
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119
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After years hiding in the shadows, the ancient ghosts of an old Pittsburgh theater make their presence known once again.
Style:
semi serious, scary, suspenseful, humorous, detective
Plot:
haunted house, theater, zombie, ghost, investigation, supernatural, gory, disorder, goofy hero, haunted, police, decapitation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, usa
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Kurogo Kurusu, is a high school student with an almost annoying love of kabuki. The only problem for him is that his school doesn’t have a club for it. He decides to take matters into his own hands and create a kabuki club.
Style:
anime, feel good, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
school club, theater, kabuki, high school, theatre play, teenager, adolescence, dream, teenage life, satire, follow your dream, theatrical troupe ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 132 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, gestapo, nazi, women, world war, passion, anti semitism, love triangle, infidelity, wartime life, actor ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1980
Place:
france, paris france, europe, montmartre paris, germany ...
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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:
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: Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Once upon a time, the great soprano Sofia Mayer conquered the world with her voice, her beauty and the legend she carefully built around herself. Now only the legend remains — the diva herself hasn't performed for years, nor been seen in the ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, psychological, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
intrigue, ambition, theater, gambling, card playing, actor, aspiration, desire for fame, female singer, workplace situations, stage actress, spectacle ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belong to her.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, touching, romantic, intense ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
playwright, writers, single father, stepfather stepson relationship, children, depression, midlife crisis, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional marriage, theater, argument, marital separation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982, 70s
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, israel
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The stage emulates life and compresses it, setting free skills learned over lifetimes in brief but dazzling displays for the amusement and judgment of others. For the performers, it is the ultimate risk, and some will rise while others must fall. ...
Style:
anime, postmodern, surreal, crying
Plot:
theater, train, tokyo tower, giraffe, surrealism, high school life, bow and arrow, katana, gymnastics, dormitory, sword duel, singing ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s
Place:
japan, england, london, tokyo, tower bridge london
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, middle-aged, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.
Style:
sincere, suspenseful, tear jerker, psychological, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
motherhood, single mother, spanish civil war, pregnancy, childbirth, mother daughter relationship, lesbian relationship, grave, pregnant teenager, babysitter, theater, female bonding ...
Time:
2020s, year 2016, 2010s
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, madrid
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young ladies in show business.
Style:
cynical, erotic, cult classic, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
drug addiction, husband wife relationship, glamour, price of fame, singer, actress, sex, showbiz, drinking, psychiatric nurse, swimming pool, lawyer ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, los angeles, new england, new york ...
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