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1. Beaches (1988)
PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray
Votes: 29,018 | Gross: $57.04M
2. The Producers (1967)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Music
A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars
Votes: 60,292 | Gross: $0.11M
3. A Chorus Line (1985)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Hopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Michael Blevins, Yamil Borges
Votes: 11,686 | Gross: $14.20M
4. The Country Girl (1954)
Unrated | 104 min | Drama, Music
A director hires an alcoholic has-been and strikes up a stormy relationship with the actor's wife, who he believes is the cause of all the man's problems.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden, Anthony Ross
Votes: 6,698
5. The Best of Everything (1959)
Approved | 121 min | Drama, Romance
An expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Suzy Parker, Martha Hyer
Votes: 2,374
6. 42nd Street (1933)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler
Votes: 13,074 | Gross: $2.30M
7. Funny Lady (1975)
PG | 136 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Story of singer Fanny Brice's stormy relationship with showman Billy Rose.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 5,977 | Gross: $40.06M
8. Murder Most Foul (1964)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When Miss Jane Marple joins a theatrical company after a blackmailer is murdered, several members of the troupe are also dispatched by this mysterious killer.
Director: George Pollock | Stars: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Andrew Cruickshank
Votes: 6,340
9. Author! Author! (1982)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
While facing the stress of his play being produced on Broadway, a playwright deals with having to raise his son, his stepdaughters, and his stepsons.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Bob Dishy
Votes: 5,775 | Gross: $13.11M
10. Stage Fright (1980)
82 min | Horror, Thriller
A stage actress - who is hiding a deep trauma over the car accident that killed her mother - finds herself living a new nightmare when her fellow cast members are butchered by a glass-wielding killer.
Director: John D. Lamond | Stars: Jenny Neumann, Gary Sweet, Nina Landis, Max Phipps
Votes: 884
11. 99 River Street (1953)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter, Frank Faylen
Votes: 3,458
12. Murder in a Small Town (1999 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 92 min | Crime, Thriller, Mystery
A widowed theatre director moves to a small Connecticut town where he gets involved in solving the murder of a millionaire, who was the most despised man in town.
Director: Joyce Chopra | Stars: Gene Wilder, Mike Starr, Terry O'Quinn, Cherry Jones
Votes: 624
13. Le roi danse (2000)
115 min | Drama, History, Music
Corbiau repeats the Farinelli formula, artistic rivalry and social private drama expressed in dazzling, sometimes excessively lavish baroque scenery, music and costume, but this time in its... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Corbiau | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Boris Terral, Tchéky Karyo, Colette Emmanuelle
Votes: 2,402
14. Eyes in the Night (1942)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Mystery
A blind detective and his seeing-eye dog investigate a murder and discover a Nazi plot.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Stephen McNally
Votes: 1,964
15. The West Point Story (1950)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Music
A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae
Votes: 1,484
16. The Lady in Question (1999 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 94 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In 1938, Jewish rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone else? Detective Tony Rossini investigates... See full summary »
Director: Joyce Chopra | Stars: Gene Wilder, Mike Starr, Cherry Jones, Barbara Sukowa
Votes: 334
17. The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
A married author (Parker Posey) tries to stimulate her imagination for an erotic novel with hands-on research.
Director: Brian Skeet | Stars: Parker Posey, Jeremy Northam, Craig Chester, Elizabeth McGovern
Votes: 659
18. 16 Years of Alcohol (2003)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama
16 years of alcohol is about a skinhead named Frankie; his violent childhood, alcoholism and his love for Ska.
Director: Richard Jobson | Stars: Kevin McKidd, Laura Fraser, Susan Lynch, Stuart Sinclair Blyth
Votes: 1,744 | Gross: $0.01M
19. It's a Date (1940)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 672
20. Stage Struck (1936)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Broadway dance director George Randall (Dick Powell) is stuck with staging a Broadway show starring Peggy Revere (Joan Blondell), a wealthy but untalented performer who is starring only ... See full summary »
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Warren William, Frank McHugh
Votes: 366
21. Manhattan Parade (1931)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Musical
The fortunes of a Broadway costume company rise and fall depending on who is running it, and whether its clients' shows succeed or not.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Joe Smith, Charles Dale, Winnie Lightner, Charles Butterworth
Votes: 173
22. Peas at 5:30 (2004)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A theater director loses his sight in an accident and must learn to live without his eyes. He and the blind woman assigned to help him go on a funny and romantic adventure that will change both their lives.
Director: Lars Büchel | Stars: Fritzi Haberlandt, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Tina Engel, Harald Schrott
Votes: 1,094
23. Intentions (2003)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A coming of age piece: an exploration of love, relationships, and sexuality. The story revolves around a married college Professor who unexpectedly falls in love with one of her female ... See full summary »
Director: Luane Beck | Stars: Deidre Kotch, Katherine Lee, Maria Biber-Ferro, Tom Darci
Votes: 224
24. Gandharvam (1993)
155 min | Drama, Romance
Sam Alex falls in love with Sridevi, but her family will stop at nothing to make sure to keep the couples apart.
Director: Sangeeth Sivan | Stars: Mohanlal, Kanchan, Paravoor Bharathan, Devan
Votes: 298
25. Lulú de noche (1986)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
German, a young theater director, tries to organize a theater play about Lulu, a prostitute that was killed in London by Jack the ripper. While looking for the protagonist, Rufo appears, an... See full summary »
Director: Emilio Martínez Lázaro | Stars: Imanol Arias, Amparo Muñoz, Antonio Resines, Assumpta Serna
Votes: 82
26. The Stratford Adventure (1954)
45 min | Documentary, Short
The story of the founding, by Stratford-born journalist Tom Patterson, of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, which opened in July of 1953 with a performance of "Richard III" ... See full summary »
Director: Morten Parker | Stars: John Drainie, Michael Bates, Lloyd Bochner, Douglas Campbell
Votes: 69
27. Curtain Call (1940)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Romance
A naive playwright sells her awful play, "The End of Everything," to two Broadway producers who want to get even with an ungrateful star.
Director: Frank Woodruff | Stars: Barbara Read, Alan Mowbray, Helen Vinson, Donald MacBride
Votes: 238
28. Poutníci (1989)
91 min | Romance
Director: Zdenek Zaoral | Stars: Ondrej Pavelka, Karel Hábl, Eva Salzmannová, Petra Lustigová
Votes: 11
29. The Tales of Helpmann (1990)
50 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Director: Don Featherstone | Stars: Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton, Ninette de Valois, Margot Fonteyn
Votes: 25
30. Tosca: A Tale of Love and Torture (2000 TV Movie)
85 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Trevor Graham | Stars: Roderick Brydon, Joan Carden, Vincent Colgiuri, Cathy Dadd
31. Kosky in Paradise (1995)
55 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Melissa Rymer | Stars: Barrie Kosky, Robyn Archer, Ian Scobie
32.
The Danny Kaye Show (1963–1967)
Episode:
Episode #2.20
(1965)
Comedy, Music
Danny is joined by actor Fred Gwynne, singer John Gary and series semi-regulars Harvey Korman and Joyce Van Patten. Danny plays a novice Broadway actor who receives advice from a director ... See full summary »
Stars: Danny Kaye, John Gary, Fred Gwynne, Harvey Korman
33.
Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal (2018)
Episode:
Castaway
(2018)
59 min | Documentary, Biography
Princess Margaret finally finds a safe haven from the press on her friend's private tropical island, where she spends time with her friends partying in peace, but the rise of vicious tabloid journalism in the 1970s ruins everything.
Stars: Julie Andrews, David Armstrong-Jones, Sarah Armstrong-Jones, Doris Bacon
Votes: 27
34.
Schitt's Creek (2015–2020)
Episode:
A Whisper of Desire
(2019)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
Johnny believes Ted's mom is attracted to him. Moira gets involved in a local musical production.
Director: Jordan Canning | Stars: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy, Annie Murphy
Votes: 1,291
35.
Schitt's Creek (2015–2020)
Episode:
The Hospies
(2019)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
Johnny and Stevie attend the regional hospitality awards, while Moira does everything in her power to stop Alexis from auditioning for Cabaret.
Director: Jordan Canning | Stars: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy, Annie Murphy
Votes: 1,372