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Gabriel Iglesias: Hot and Fluffy (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Gabriel Iglesias is one of the fastest-rising comics today! With his unique brand of humor, lovable stage presence and wide range of voices and impressions, it's no wonder that he already has a huge fan following. Now you can see Comedy ...
Style: witty, humorous, talky, not serious, skit ...
Plot: performer's life, society, buddies, artists and showbiz, physical appearance, lifestyle, theater, stand up comedy, comedian, talk show, cabaret, latinos ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story: There's something magical about an Australian accent that seems to make even the most caustic wit come off with good-natured charm. And that delicate blend of deviant behavior and good intentions has skyrocketed Aussie comic Jim Jefferies to ...
Style: not serious, sincere, witty, cynical, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: stand up comedian, stand up comedy, satire, performer's life, artists and showbiz, society, misfit, showbiz, theater, comedian, talk show, religions or cults ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Louis C.K.: Shameless (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story: Louis C.K. is back on HBO in an ALL-NEW hour of raw no-holds-barred stand-up comedy! The creator and star of the 2006 comedy series Lucky Louie, performs in front of a live audience in LA at the Henry Fonda Theater. Louis C.K. covers issues near and ...
Style: witty, humorous, sincere, cynical, not serious ...
Plot: stand up comedian, stand up comedy, physical appearance, couples, social problems, couple relations, artists and showbiz, performer's life, theater, sexual dysfunction, live performance, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Patrice O'Neal is one of the funniest, most respected comedians working today. You know him from his recurring roles on The Office and Arrested Development, as host of VH1's Web Junk 20, as a featured guest on Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn. ...
Style: humorous, talky, not serious, witty, realistic ...
Plot: stand up comedian, stand up comedy, couples, society, theater, racism, humour, concert, comedian, live performance, profanity, stand up
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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A Bunch of Amateurs (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Burt Reynolds stars as Jefferson Steel, a washed-up Hollywood action star desperate to revive his flagging career. When his sleazy agent signs him up for what he believes is a high-profile Royal Shakespeare Company production of King Lear at ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, realistic
Plot: ambition, rehearsal, comedy of errors, showbiz, elderly, fish out of water, culture clash, actor's life, one last chance, society, theater, celebrity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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 4.6
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Trust Me (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A comical fresco on human misdemeanors and betrayals... A film about our right to not be perfect.
Style: semi serious, humorous, atmospheric, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: love affair, actor's life, disorder, theater, betrayal, nordic, strong female presence, artists and showbiz, love and romance, rehearsal, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, unfaithful boyfriend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Not Fat... I'm Fluffy (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Gabriel Iglesias entertains a packed house at El Paso's Theatre in this Comedy Central special. For I'm Not Fat, I'm Fluffy, the comedian reaches new heights of hilarity, providing eerily perfect imitations and tales too tall not to ...
Style: talky, not serious, realistic, humorous, hilarious ...
Plot: comedian, performer's life, stand up comedy, artists and showbiz, friends, theater, girlfriend, profanity, physical appearance, prostitute, adopted son, hooker ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa
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Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time (2014)
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story: Performing for a packed house at Spreckels Theater in San Diego, comedian Patton Oswalt delivers a blistering stand-up set in his trademark blend of acerbic wit and unabashed silliness. His topics include a wide array of modern issues, from the ...
Style: sincere, humorous, witty, realistic, not serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: comedian, family life, showbiz, introspection, dark humor, theater, performer's life, human nature, silly humor, satire, parents and children, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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Latham Entertainment Presents (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The stand-up comedy concert film Latham Entertainment Presents features a handful of African-American comedians including D.L. Hughley, Bruce Bruce, Earthquake, and Rickey Smiley.
Style: humorous, realistic, not serious, talky, live comedy
Plot: comedian, stand up comedian, society, performer's life, artists and showbiz, theater, profanity, joke, stand up comedy, concert, african american, stand up ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Eddie Izzard: Circle (2002)
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Town Hall, New York City, 26 June 2000. An evening with Eddie Izzard in which he moves back and forth in time, with religion as the loose but constant theme.
Style: not serious, realistic, talky, witty, biting ...
Plot: transvestism, performer's life, artists and showbiz, society, physical appearance, gender bending, theater, stand up comedy, space travel, renaissance, lgbtq, comedian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, britain, spain, greece, amsterdam ...
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 5.7
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Actresses (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Comédienne hantée par son rôle de Nathalia Petrovna, l'héroïne de la pièce de Tourguéniev Un Mois à la campagne qu'elle répète difficilement, Marcelline tente de noyer ses angoisses dans une piscine sur un air de Glenn Miller. ...
Style: humorous, sentimental, captivating, psychological, talky ...
Plot: unfulfillment, midlife crisis, family relations, actor's life, theatre director, lifestyle, parents and children, theater, rivalry, friendship, love of one's life, theatre play ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
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Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
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, serious, realistic
Plot: theater, concert, dancing, live performance, arts and culture, opera, ballet, jazz, music, artists and showbiz, celebrity guests, orchestral ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Notre-Dame de Paris (1998)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel "Notre Dame de Paris" which follows the gypsy dancer Esmeralda and the three men who vie for her love: the kind hunchback Quadimodo, the twisted priest Frollo, and the unfaithful soldier ...
Style: atmospheric, stylized, captivating, compassionate, philosophical ...
Plot: love and romance, notre dame cathedral, unfulfilled love, impossible love, theater, hunchback, tragedy, obsessive love, musical performance, unfaithful, life is a bitch, priest ...
Time: middle ages, 15th century
Place: france, paris france
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 7.5
 59K
The Producers (1967)
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: funny, humorous, hilarious, dark comedy, cult classic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: broadway, satire, showbiz, great ending, accountant, farce, theater, filmmaking, playwright, world war two, holocaust, nazi ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, new york state
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 7.6
 328
Theatre (1978)
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.
Plot: theater, actor, love, actress
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 7.6
 298K
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with ...
Style: sentimental, sexy, visually stunning, romantic, colorful ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot: cabaret, love story, showbiz, tragic love, nightclub, jealousy, music, performer's life, love and romance, seduction, tango, terminal illness ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, year 2001, victorian era, 1800s ...
Place: paris france, europe, detroit, montmartre paris, france ...
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Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A veteran actress comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career 20 years earlier.
Style: realistic, psychological, melancholic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: actress, aging, lesbian, skinny dipping, midlife crisis, divorce, women, loneliness, character study, suicide, obsession, suicide attempt ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: switzerland, alps, swiss alps, london, zurich switzerland
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Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
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, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot: mafia, gangster, backstage, murder, actor, writers, playwright, actress, rehearsal, satire, friendship, showbiz ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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All That Jazz (1979)
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, captivating, touching, humorous, cerebral ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: music, showbiz, jazz, dancing, workaholic, death, divorce, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, dancer's life, love and romance, downfall ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 6.8
 1K
The Bolshoi (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Julia is incredibly talented. She can become a great ballerina. But for this purpose she must give up everything: the interests of the family, her first love, friendship. Over and over again the heroine will face a complex choice between the dream ...
Style: colorful, realistic, sad, artsy
Audience: chick flick
Plot: ballet, ballerina, dancing, female protagonist, theater, teacher, mentor protege relationship, social relations, friendship, manipulation, dishonesty, rivalry ...
Time: 2000s
Place: russia
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 6.0
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Illuminata (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, USA, Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, "Illuminata". They reject it, saying it's not finished, and intrigue starts that ...
Style: melancholic, artsy, stylized, witty, humorous ...
Plot: farce, existentialism, life philosophy, art, love and romance, actor's life, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, theater, writer's life, sex scene, gilded age ...
Time: 1900s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: america, new york, usa
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Pastorela: A Christmas Play (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Agent Jesus Juarez (aka Chucho) has always played the Devil in his town's Nativity Play. This Christmas, when the new pastor of the church recasts the role, the two men engage in a battle between good and evil.
Style: humorous, christmas horror, captivating, light, feel good ...
Plot: christmas, devil, intrigue, clergy, rivalry, church, nothing goes right, theater, tradition, supernatural, religion, catholic ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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 6.5
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Tenor (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: While working part-time as a food deliveryman, Antoine, an aspiring young rapper from the suburbs of Paris, meets Mrs. Loiseau, an eminent teacher at the Paris Opéra. Stunned by the young man's raw talent, she introduces him to the world of ...
Style: satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: rap, opera singer, singer, opera, theater, audition, female singer, music, musician's life, music teacher, humour, musician ...
Place: france, paris france
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Cadaver (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 86 min.
Story: In the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, a starving family find hope in a charismatic hotel owner. Lured by the prospect of a free dinner, they discover that the evening's entertainment blurs the lines between performance and reality. Will they ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, scary, apocalyptic, splatter ...
Plot: hotel, mother daughter relationship, theater, corpse, fight, girl, terror, apocalypse, husband wife relationship, oppression, starvation, manhunt ...
Time: 2020s
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Laugh or Die (2018)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Parikka, the actor once called the Funniest Man in Finland, and his troupe are about to be executed for the atrocities committed during the Civil War in Finland. Jaeger Lieutenant Nyborg, an admirer of Parikka, suspects a definite miscarriage of ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, thought provoking, captivating, tense ...
Plot: prisoner of war camp, finnish civil war, firing squad, humour, theater, prisoner, stage play, escape attempt, pow, disguise, theatre group, actor ...
Time: year 1918, 1910s
Place: germany, finland
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Cyrano, My Love (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story: December 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties. He has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, in verse, for the ...
Style: captivating, humorous, sincere, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: writers, love, theater, writer's life, escapades, hopes, ambition, friendship, obsession, life is a bitch, rivalry, life philosophy ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1890s
Place: paris france, france
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To Be or Not to Be (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young polish officers while he's on stage, which is also a source of depression to him. When one of ...
Style: parody, humorous, entertaining, funny, light ...
Plot: world war two, farce, satire, dark humor, disorder, german occupation, theater, actor, daring rescue, nazi, gay, war ...
Time: 20th century, year 1983
Place: poland, england, germany, middle east, europe
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After the Rehearsal (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, West Germany
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back, ostensibly looking for a bracelet. She is the lead in his new production of Stindberg's ...
Style: psychedelic, surreal, mind bending, art house, contemplative ...
Plot: theater, art, relationships, actor, dialogue, crazy love, nordic, memory, dull life, couples, aging, actor's life ...
Time: year 1984, 80s
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Roxane (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: What does Cyrano de Bergerac do at a chicken farmer? This is the problem of Raymond, who has always kept his passion for the theater hidden. But when he is threatened with bankruptcy, he decides to try everything for the whole.
Style: captivating, feel good, entertaining, funny, semi serious ...
Plot: theater, farm, escapades, bankruptcy, satire, changing lives, cattle ranch, chicken farm, money problems, bird
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Sakura Wars: The Animation (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: In 1930, two years after the events of So Long, My Love, the Great Demon War results in the annihilation of the Imperial, Paris and New York Combat Revues' Flower Divisions. With Earth at peace and the revues' actions becoming public, the ...
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, mecha, shounen
Plot: combat, theater, theatrical troupe, good versus evil, protector, fight, demon, showdown, supernatural power, squad, teamwork, battles ...
Time: year 1941
Place: japan, tokyo
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