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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, multicultural ...
Plot:
actor's life, desire for fame, rise to the top, ambition, theater, youth, teachers and students, celebrity culture, showbiz, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, backstage ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
london, england, europe, palestine
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Matthew Bourne choreographs this performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet, filmed live in London. The show, the longest running ballet on both Broadway and the West End, follows the story of Prince Siegfried, who promises his love to swan maiden ...
Style:
aesthetic, dramatic, emotional, poignant, melancholic ...
Plot:
ballet, theater, choreography, dance, human becomes animal, classical music, live performance, adaptation, tragic love, broadway, spectacle, lgbtq ...
Place:
london, west end london
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A troupe of struggling stage actors is rehearsing for a small-town production of a play. Everything seems to be as it should until one of the cast members turns up dead. In a panic, the others try to get out, only to find they are now locked in the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, psychopath, gory, strangulation, theater, blood, woman in danger, death, macabre, serial killer, theatre group, owl ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A perennial understudy takes matters into her own hands to achieve fame at any price.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, cynical ...
Plot:
artists and showbiz, actor's life, rivalry, theater, desire for fame, ambition, workplace, ego clash, blind ambition, body double, against the odds, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
As John Barrymore reckons with the ravages of his life of excess, he rents an old theatre to rehearse for a backer's audition to raise money for a revival of his 1920 Broadway triumph in Richard III.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sincere, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
artists and showbiz, actor's life, theater, performer's life, showbiz, introspection, actor, society, rivalry, hollywood, art, biopic ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1920s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Julian Marsh is an out of work ladies' man who lands a job directing a bizarre adaptation of Hamlet. After casting his best friend and his ex-girlfriend in the show, Julian finds himself in the middle of a two thousand year old conspiracy that ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
supernatural romance, holy grail, love triangle, dangerous attraction, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, theater, disorder, wooing, danger, nothing goes right, shakespeare ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Uruguay, Spain
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life after the cinema he worked at for over 25 years is forced to shut down.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
self discovery, theater, introspection, cinema, society, social relations, loss of job, fired from the job, social problems, filmmaking, dialogue, existentialism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, uruguay
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A beautiful young man has been summoned to an eerie meditation retreat by a dying theatre director. The young man has been given a tape of instructions; over a weekend he must perform scenes from the director's life. He visits different rooms ...
Style:
serious, surreal, atmospheric, captivating, meta ...
Plot:
self discovery, estrangement, artists and showbiz, theater, theatre director, dying, surrealism, retreat, wizards and magicians, gory, imaginary kingdom, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Sylvain, a film-obsessed 31-year-old, lives in the basement of a small art-house theater where he works as a programmer, projectionist and cashier. Each night, after the last showing, he goes out for a murderous ritual.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, danger, psychopath, theater, small town, murder, violence, mentally unstable, solitary, woman in danger, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Un couple se dirige vers un train en partance pour Venise. Sur le quai, Julien annonce à Marie qu’il part en rejoindre une autre et s’en va, la laissant seule à Paris, enceinte. Bouleversée, Marie se refuse à être victime de cette ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couple relations, friendship, breakup, workplace, couples, theater, boss and employee, love and romance, family problems, male female relationship, pregnant woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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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:
talky, not serious, witty, humorous, hilarious ...
Plot:
performer's life, society, physical appearance, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, buddies, theater, stand up comedy, comedian, talk show, cabaret, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
One of America's fastest-rising comedians, Bill Burr wields his razor-sharp wit with rare skill. In this brand-new stand-up performance, Bill takes aim at the stuff that drives us crazy, political correctness gone haywire, and girlfriends, or ...
Style:
witty, realistic, humorous, not serious, cynical ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, battle of the sexes, lifestyle, social differences, politics, artists and showbiz, couple relations, theater, performer's life, disorder, comedian, robot ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Not The Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) is a comic oratorio based on Monty Python's Life of Brian, which retells the tragic tale of Mandy, impregnated by a Roman soldier, giving birth to Brian, a reluctant revolutionary of the ...
Style:
parody, humorous, not serious, harsh, light ...
Plot:
atheism, disorder, mistaken identity, profanity, silly humor, society, chosen one, religions or cults, artists and showbiz, theater, farce, fall in love ...
Place:
middle east
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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:
witty, humorous, cynical, not serious, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
stand up comedian, stand up comedy, satire, performer's life, misfit, showbiz, society, artists and showbiz, theater, comedian, talk show, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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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, live performance, profanity, couples, physical appearance, couple relations, theater, social problems, sexual dysfunction, artists and showbiz, performer's life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
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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: 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:
talky, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, stand up comedian, live performance, couples, racism, society, theater, humour, adult humor, social commentary, race, mature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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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:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, entertaining, realistic
Plot:
english countryside, rehearsal, ambition, showbiz, elderly, comedy of errors, fish out of water, culture clash, actor's life, one last chance, theater, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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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, captivating, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
actor's life, love affair, disorder, theater, betrayal, nordic, strong female presence, artists and showbiz, love and romance, rehearsal, sabotage, eviction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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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, realistic, not serious, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
comedian, stand up comedy, performer's life, artists and showbiz, friends, theater, girlfriend, live performance, storytelling, arena, profanity, physical appearance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
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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, witty, humorous, talky, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
comedian, introspection, dark humor, showbiz, family life, human nature, performer's life, theater, silly humor, satire, artists and showbiz, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
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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, not serious, realistic, talky, uplifting ...
Plot:
comedian, stand up comedy, stand up comedian, artists and showbiz, performer's life, society, theater, profanity, joke, urban, live performance, club ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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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:
talky, realistic, not serious, witty, biting ...
Plot:
transvestism, gender bending, performer's life, artists and showbiz, society, physical appearance, theater, stand up comedy, renaissance, space travel, lgbtq, comedian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, britain, spain, greece, amsterdam ...
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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, theater, parents and children, rivalry, friendship, childlessness, single ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Roberto is an unemployed publicist who achieved success when he thought of a famous slogan: "Coca-Cola, the spark of life." Now he is a desperate man, trying to remember the happy days, back to the hotel where he spent the honeymoon with ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, captivating, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
business, social satire, couple relations, life is a bitch, unemployment, desire for fame, couples, change of luck, down on your luck, theater, husband wife relationship, death of father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Combining his amazing talent and his unorthodox sense of humor, Jeff Dunham returns, yet again, with a hilarious stand-up comedy and ventriloquist performance. Starting off with the infamously known Walter, scrutinizing every bit of today's ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, clever, witty, light ...
Plot:
ventriloquist dummy, stand up comedy, disorder, goofy hero, puppet, dirty old man, theater, artists and showbiz, prank, silly humor, comedian, ventriloquist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Chicks dig a British accent so either learn from the real deal or prepare to swoon when the Daily Show's John Oliver headlines his own series featuring wildly original stand-up sets from the likes of Eugene Mirman and Brian Posehn. Cheerio, ...
Style:
talky, realistic, not serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
comedian, stand up comedian, disorder, showbiz, introspection, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, performer's life, liberal, culture clash, theater, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
On a dark, rainy night, an historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial arts feature "Dragon Inn". As the film plays, the lives of the theater's various employees and patrons intersect, and two ghostly actors ...
Style:
contemplative, surreal, sincere, atmospheric, slow cinema ...
Plot:
longing, tourist, introspection, human nature, dull life, solitude, theater, loneliness, minimalism, underground, asian, life & death ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
taipei, taiwan, japan, east asia, asia
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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, romantic, sexy, visually stunning, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
cabaret, love story, tragic love, jealousy, nightclub, sexual attraction, showbiz, music, performer's life, bohemian life, passion, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, year 2001, ancient times, victorian era ...
Place:
paris france, europe, detroit, france, montmartre paris ...
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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:
melancholic, psychological, cerebral, atmospheric, philosophical ...
Plot:
actress, skinny dipping, lesbian, movie actress, divorce, midlife crisis, women, mountain, relationships, sexual attraction, character study, suicide attempt ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
switzerland, swiss alps, alps, london, zurich switzerland ...
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