Theater movies and TV shows – page 7
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List of theater movies
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Morecambe FM disc jockey Lewis Loud is thrilled to be appearing in his first pantomime 'Dick Whittington' opposite glamorous soap star Tamsin.
Style:
lighthearted, feel good
Plot:
theater, pantomime, backstage, showbiz, ambition, teamwork, improv, heartwarming, producer, redemption, director, single father ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
David McVicar's spectacular production of Charles Gounod’s Faust, featuring a divine cast of opera’s superstars: Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside and Sophie Koch – recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent ...
Style:
thrilling, tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
opera, classical music, deal with the devil, faust, live performance, theater, problem, ghost, music, deal, intrigue, orchestra ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A bittersweet drama covering 30 years in the lives of group of friends united by their devotion to the theatre, 30 Ans begins in Paris in 1974, when Aurelian, his girlfriend Barbara, and childhood friend Antoine form a theatre. Taking the plight of ...
Style:
melancholic, dramatic, period drama
Plot:
theater, nostalgia, unrequited love, friendship, longing, character study, bittersweet, creativity, love triangle, obsession, midlife crisis, affair ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 90s
Place:
paris france, dunkirk
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Revolves around the life of Lovaraju, a theatre artist and a gully cricketer in a village named Lampakalova.
Style:
inspirational
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
theater, village life, ambition, underdog, coming of age, family relations, slice of life, struggle, resilience, community, friendship, getting home ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
After retirement, a Shakespearean theater actor, divides his property amongst his two children. However, their ungratefulness leaves him and his wife homeless during their old age.
Style:
emotional, tragicomedy, tragic
Plot:
theater, family conflict, parent child relationship, family drama, stage actor, father figure, betrayal, empathy, sibling rivalry, legacy, social commentary, bittersweet ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
As London's East End scrubs up for the coronation, Mr and Mrs Peachum gear up for a bumper day in the beggary business. Keeping tight control of the city's underground – and their daughter’s whereabouts.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, horror musical, political, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, blackmail, poverty, beggar, theater, problem, music, musician, adaptation, social commentary, urban, irreverent ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Musical is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Ku Hye-sun, Choi Daniel, Park Ki-woong, Ock Joo-hyun and Kim Eun-se. It aired on SBS from September 2 to December 23, 2011 on Fridays at 22:00 for 15 episodes.
Filming began in July ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, touching, romantic drama
Plot:
love triangle, ambition, showbiz, follow your dream, lifestyle, actor's life, love and romance, couples, musician's life, hopes, theater, aspiring actress ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, seoul, new york, korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 33 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama Queenz is a comedy about three actors and roommates dealing with life, love, and auditioning in New York City. Told over three episodes, the film explores the lives of these three actors as they attempt to achieve their dreams in a kooky and ...
Style:
feel good, satirical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
actor, roommate, acting audition, aspiration, theater, dream, friendship, relationships, audition, neighbor, satire, multiple storylines ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A record of McKellen's one-man Broadway show about the Bard.
Style:
intellectual, meditative, educational, one man show
Plot:
shakespeare, monologue, theater, broadway, performance art, minimalism, intimate, thoughtful, literary, engagement, realism, behind the scenes ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When she wins a small supporting role in a play, a young actress is disappointed, but fate tempts her with another shot at stardom.
Style:
ambiguous ending, period piece, suspense
Plot:
theater, stage play, double life, ambition, female protagonist, obsession, identity, coming of age, professional rivalry, character study, urban, creative process ...
Place:
tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A group of ex-university students reunite to perform a Shakespeare play in a quaint English village.
Style:
reflective, melancholic, independent film, period drama
Plot:
friendship, shakespeare, theater, character study, nostalgia, male female relationship, alienation, midlife crisis, identity, mentor protege relationship, literary, english countryside ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A Broadway producer puts on a play with a Devil character in it. Soon the actors begin having nightmares, and events that are mentioned in the play really start happening.
Style:
gothic, tense, psychological, sinister, suspense ...
Plot:
satanic cult, devil, nightmare, theater, broadway, supernatural, escalation, paranormal, haunting, curse, showbiz, performance art ...
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
After a party amongst a theatre group, their sole actress, Anjali is subjected to a crime from one of the men in the group. A meeting is called for. In trying to reach a consensus, stories unravel, suspicions surface and clamour ensues.
Style:
intense, tension, suspense, psychological, dark ...
Plot:
theater, suspicion, sexual assault, trauma, secrets, accusation, moral dilemma, interrogation, deception, lie, guilt, social commentary ...
Place:
india
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
Award-winning British comic geniuses Mischief, creators of the Broadway and London smash 'The Play That Goes Wrong’, present the hit BBC comedy The Goes Wrong Show, where a fictional amateur group attempt to put on a series of terrible TV ...
Style:
parody, feel good, funny, humorous, sitcom ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
satire, plan gone wrong, awkward situation, stage play, failed attempt, mishap, falling down, farce, theater, life, topical humor, misdirection ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
Appa, a veteran theatre actor who has primarily worked in adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, falls upon hard times in his old age.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
actor, mortality, aging, family drama, character study, tragedy, loneliness, theater, tragic hero, family problems, social problems, family relations ...
Place:
india
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the late 1980s, stage actor Alexander Petrov is banned from theatre without any apparent reason. When he reappears, after the demise of the Communist regime, he discovers that he had been denounced by the one man he admired most, his master and ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
theater, betrayal, actor, secret, problem, political unrest, life is a bitch, moral ambiguity, corruption, power struggle, frustration, character study ...
Time:
90s
Place:
eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Oslo in beautiful autumn. Ingvild is a stage manager at the National Theatre, and trying to make a life change, with her artistic ambitions. Not liking actors, she still manages to get into two very different affairs.
Style:
disturbing, romantic, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
relationships, actor, theater, autumn, couples, couple relations, romantic relationship, love affair, love and romance, love story, male female relationship, actor's life ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Ali and Morteza, two talented theater actors who live in an abandoned theater enter complex adventures to achieve their dreams.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, existential, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
theater, creative process, backstage, actor, ambition, rehearsal, friendship, camaraderie, abandoned building, character study, sacrifice, obsession ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Animation, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
In Tokyo, there is a place called Velude Way. It is a district notorious for its performers and theatrical groups. Izumi Tachibana, who was previously a stage actress, arrives with a letter that reads, "Full of debt! Zero customers! Only one ...
Style:
anime, disturbing, psychological, captivating, uplifting ...
Plot:
theatrical troupe, slice of life, theater, social problems, family problems, actor, mafia, music, rebirth, rehearsal, backstage, training ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Best friends Alma and Margot are inseparable, whether it’s terrorizing cheating lovers or crashing wedding parties. The two women also share the same dream of a successful career on the stage. They get one step closer when they are cast as lead ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
dream, friendship, ambition, loyalty, female friendship, theater, sisterhood, friends, changing lives, grownups, lifestyle change, women ...
Place:
paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A washed-up Hollywood action hero is tricked into starring in a small English town’s chaotic Christmas pantomime, where a straight-talking dance instructor and his estranged daughter just might help him rediscover the magic of the season.
Style:
comedy drama, feel good, romantic comedy
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, small town, pantomime, second chance, transformation, self discovery, fish out of water, theater, redemption, comeback, hollywood, heartwarming ...
Place:
west end london
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In this follow up to 'Hollywood Dreams' and 'Queen of the Lot', cheerful and neurotic actress Maggie Chase has cut some of her losses and focuses her acting career at local theater in West Hollywood. Still employed by her acting ...
Style:
independent film, romantic drama, romantic comedy
Plot:
theater, showbiz, self discovery, personal growth, rehearsal, ambition, celebrity, friendship, audition, bittersweet, urban, professional rivalry ...
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Can theater director Lila rise to the challenge of putting on the perfect Christmas ballet, while also discovering her office Secret Santa in the process?
Style:
feel good, psychological, christmas special, captivating, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, xmas, theater, christmas spirit, celebration, marketing, winter, snow, christmas season, christmas present, female protagonist ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Lake, a young theater actor with no respect for the elderly, is forced to make himself look old, in order to land a part in a Broadway-bound play. His ego drives his girlfriend away, and when research for the play requires him to spend a week in a ...
Style:
disturbing, satirical, semi serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
retirement home, actor, theater, personal growth, character change, elderly, elderly man, changing lives, retired, satire, old man, social issues ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
As laid-off factory worker Marcos pins his hopes for a new life on completing his long-unfinished one-man play, he contacts his estranged friend Martín, now a television writer, for help. But can their collaboration transcend an uneasy past? As the ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, melancholic, art house, one man show
Audience:
adult
Plot:
creative process, theater, friendship, slice of life, factory worker, playwright, introspection, intimate, collaboration, realism, working class, reconciliation ...
Place:
argentina
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Saori (Kanako Momota) is a high school student at a provincial city. She is a member of playgroup at her school. Yoshioka (Haru Kuroki) begins to work at the same high school as a new teacher. Yoshioka performed in plays when she was in college back ...
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, emotional, light hearted
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
competition, theater, high school, high school life, stage play, performance art, coming of age, teacher student relationship, youth, self discovery, teamwork, determination ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
“Hana-Dama”—a flower in the wasteland. This flower is a symbol of earthly desires and every human is overwhelmed by desire and their rationality collapses wherever the flower is in bloom. And even today, the “Hana-Dama” continues to ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, surreal, art house ...
Plot:
projectionist, cinema, desire, theater, mystery woman, confronting the past, tragic past, male female relationship, mysterious man, memories, repression, obsession ...
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Following in the aftermath of a terrible Demon-Human war, turn of the century Japan is preparing a new fighting force in case the demons decide to return. A squadron of giant robots are built to be controlled by the spirit of the pilot, but it is ...
Style:
anime, mecha, colorful, costume drama, teen ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
female warrior, giant robot, supernatural, theater, christmas, alternate history, friendship, heroism, secret identity, spectacle, shakespeare, coming of age ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
135
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In the past, Soviet prima ballerina and now world-renowned choreographer Ruta Myers returns to the country after almost 40 years to stage a performance at the country's main ballet theater. Ruta is forced to rebuild relationships with friends ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, exciting, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
dance, ballerina, ballet, choreography, female protagonist, theater, dancing, choreographer, women, dancer, dancer's life, music and dance ...
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In pre-war Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his comedic script. As they work with and against each other, the script ends up developing in unexpected ways.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thought provoking, intellectual, tension ...
Plot:
satire, theatre play, theater, screenwriter, playwright, character study, wartime, bureaucracy, literary, ethical dilemma, collaboration, performance art ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
