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1. White Nights (1985)
PG-13 | 136 min | Drama, Music
A Russian American ballet dancer's airplane is forced to land in USSR, where he's "repatriated". He stays with an American man married to a Russian. Will the American help him flee USSR?
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren
Votes: 8,211 | Gross: $42.16M
2. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 896
3. Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Approved | 126 min | Musical, Romance
A wealthy American has a chance encounter with a joyful young French woman, and anonymously pays for her education. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor, nicknaming him from the description given by some of her fellow orphans.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter
Votes: 4,284
4. Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
Passed | 112 min | Biography, Family, Musical
The opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales."
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire, Joseph Walsh
Votes: 4,218
5. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.
Stars: Ed Sullivan, The Ray Bloch Orchestra, Ray Bloch, Johnny Wayne
Votes: 1,560
6. The Glass Slipper (1955)
Unrated | 93 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
Tomboyish outcast "Cinder" Ella and the duke's charming son Charles fall in love in this comedic rendition of the classic fairy tale.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Leslie Caron, Michael Wilding, Keenan Wynn, Estelle Winwood
Votes: 1,589 | Gross: $2.97M
7. Anything Goes (1956)
TV-PG | 106 min | Musical, Romance
Bill Benson and Ted Adams are to appear in a Broadway show together and, while in Paris, each discovers the perfect leading lady for the plum female role. Each promises the prize role to ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Lewis | Stars: Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor, Zizi Jeanmaire, Mitzi Gaynor
Votes: 1,029
8. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 293
9. Alice in Wonderland (1949)
Not Rated | 83 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
This exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic features a combination of live characters and stop-motion animation.
Director: Dallas Bower | Stars: Stephen Murray, Ernest Milton, Pamela Brown, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 875
10. First Position (2011)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary
A documentary that follows six young dancers from around the world as they prepare for the Youth America Grand Prix, one of the most prestigious ballet competitions in the world.
Director: Bess Kargman | Stars: Aran Bell, Rebecca Houseknecht, Joan Sebastian Zamora, Miko Fogarty
Votes: 3,454 | Gross: $1.10M
11. Thé ou café (1996– )
65 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Catherine Ceylac, Emmanuel Donzella, Erik Orsenna, Clémentine Célarié
Votes: 33
12. Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955–1967)
60 min | Comedy, Music
A revival of the British variety show Tonight at the London Palladium, it ran from 28 October 1973 to 28 October 1974.
Stars: Bruce Forsyth, Tommy Trinder, Norman Vaughan, Don Arroll
Votes: 48
13. Black Tights (1960)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Musical
Live scenes of Paris and a continuity Narrator link together four dramatic re-enactments of original ballet creations by Roland Petit and his ensemble, Ballets de Paris: Carmen (1949), La croqueuse de diamants (1950), Deuil en 24 heures (1953), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1959).
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Les Ballets de Paris, Zizi Jeanmaire, Dirk Sanders
Votes: 263
14. Nulle part ailleurs (1987–2001)
120 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
One of the best all time before-prime-time show in France especially the mythical conduction of the couple Antoine de Caune and Philippe Gildas...every night with high level french and ... See full summary »
Stars: Philippe Gildas, Guillaume Durand, Nagui, Valérie Payet
Votes: 105
15. Champs-Elysées (1982–2013)
Music
Champs-Élysées is a French television variety program presented by Michel Drucker and broadcast live from January 16, 1982 to June 1985 and from January 1986 until June 29, 1990 every ... See full summary »
Stars: Michel Drucker, Michel Sardou, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Johnny Hallyday
Votes: 86
16. Le grand échiquier (1972– )
Music
Artists from different backgrounds reveal themselves in a new angle and we discover those who make them dream and inspire.
Stars: Jacques Chancel, Pierre Rabbath, Raymond Devos, Juliette Gréco
Votes: 34
17. Cinq colonnes à la une (1959– )
Documentary, News
Stars: Pierre Desgraupes, Pierre Dumayet, Jeanne Moreau, Brigitte Bardot
18. Bouillon de culture (1991–2001)
Documentary, Talk-Show
Broth of culture.
Stars: Bernard Pivot, Philippe Sollers, Jean Tulard, Bernard-Henri Lévy
Votes: 40
19. Folies-Bergère (1956)
102 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A GI on furlough attends a Folies-Bergères show. He falls in love with a dancer, Claudie, the star of the theater.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Zizi Jeanmaire, Yves Robert, Jacques Morel
Votes: 54
20. Dancing Chaplin (2010)
131 min | Documentary, Musical
Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Tamiyo Kusakari, Luigi Bonino, Lienz Chang, Charles Chaplin
Votes: 30
21. The Lively Arts (1969– )
Documentary
Documentary series taking a serious and wide-ranging look at the arts, encompassing intellectual subject matter and popular culture.
Stars: Robin Ray, Melvyn Bragg, Richard Baker, André Previn
22. The Magic of Dance (1979– )
Documentary
Dame Margot Fonteyn acts as tour guide to the British ballet.
Stars: Margot Fonteyn, Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis Jr., Mikhail Baryshnikov
Votes: 14
23. Reflets de Cannes (1952– )
Documentary
The first show of the French television about movies; the only one dedicated to the Cannes Film Festival. Features interviews and backstage footage devoted to the event, the gala evenings, the competing films, and everyday life in Cannes.
Stars: François Chalais, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Achard, Michèle Morgan
Votes: 135
24. Charmants garçons (1957)
105 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Glamorous French night-club singer plays the field of male admirers.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Zizi Jeanmaire, Daniel Gélin, Henri Vidal, François Périer
Votes: 101
26. Rudolf Nureyev (1991)
Documentary
The ups and downs of ballet star Rudolf Nureyev's career.
Director: Patricia Foy | Stars: Ninette de Valois, Natalya Dudinskaya, Razida Evegrafova, Margot Fonteyn
Votes: 26
27. Carmen (1981 TV Movie)
44 min | Music, Romance
Director: Dirk Sanders | Stars: Zizi Jeanmaire, Denis Ganio, Luigi Bonino, Mikhail Baryshnikov
Votes: 30
28. Allons au cinéma (1975–1978)
Stars: André Halimi, Henry Chapier, Michel Mohrt, Christine Gauthey
29. Le Jeune Homme et la Mort (1967)
15 min | Short, Music
A man awakes, checks his watch and grows concerned that his lover is late. She arrives and is fickle in both charming and spurning him. He adores her. She abuses him. She sets up a noose, shows it to him and runs away. He hangs himself.
Director: Roland Petit | Stars: Zizi Jeanmaire, Rudolf Nureyev
Votes: 11
30. Notre-Dame de Paris (1996 TV Movie)
86 min | Music, Drama
Director: André Flédérick | Stars: Isabelle Guérin, Nicolas Le Riche, Laurent Hilaire, Manuel Legris
Votes: 19
31. Samedi soir (1971– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Philippe Bouvard, Diane Segard, Jean Amadou, Colette Deréal
32. Gala Performance (1963–1982)
60 min
Stars: Michael Flanders, Julian Bream, James Robertson Justice, Rudolf Nureyev
33. Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Ève Ruggieri, Eddy Mitchell, Alain Souchon, Riccardo Cocciante
Votes: 11
34. Adieux de Tabarin (1966 TV Movie)
60 min | Music
Director: Marcel Achard | Stars: Danièle Delorme, Yves Robert, Marcel Amont, Tessa Beaumont
35. Dominique Khalfouni - Like a Dream (2008)
91 min | Documentary, Biography
First dance slippers at age 4, admission to the Paris Opera Dance School just five years later, Dominique Khalfouni became an étoile dancer in 1976 on the evening she performed the role of ... See full summary »
Director: Marlène Ionesco | Stars: Dominique Khalfouni, Jean-Pierre Aviotte, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Denys Ganio
36. Margot (2005)
163 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The life and tribulations of world renown ballerina Margot Fonteyn as told by herself, friends and fellow dancers
Director: Tony Palmer | Stars: Frederick Ashton, Ninette de Valois, Leslie Edwards, Margot Fonteyn
Votes: 52
38. La danse éternelle (1942)
Short
Directors: François Ardoin, René Chanas | Stars: Lycette Darsonval, Roland Petit
39. Il pipistrello (2003 TV Movie)
92 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Director: Tina Protasoni | Stars: Alessandra Ferri, Massimo Murru, Luigi Bonino, Mick Zeni
Votes: 6
40. Symphonie en blanc (1942)
28 min | Short, Musical
Directors: François Ardoin, René Chanas | Stars: Denis d'Inès, Julien Bertheau, Serge Lifar, Yvette Chauviré
41. Cyrano de Bergerac (1978 TV Movie)
90 min | Musical
Long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.
Director: Dirk Sanders | Stars: Denis Ganio, Evelyne Desutter, Pierre Boisserie, Luigi Bonino
42. Roland Petit: Le Jeune Homme et la Mort & Carmen (2005)
66 min | Music
Director: Denis Caïozzi | Stars: Marie-Agnès Gillot, Nicolas Le Riche, Clairemarie Osta
43. Casino de Paris - Zizi Jeanmaire dans la revue de Roland Petit (1971 TV Special)
56 min | Music
Director: Roland Petit | Stars: Zizi Jeanmaire, Rudy Wowor, Skippy, Jean-Pierre Brossman
44. L'Arlésienne (1997 TV Movie)
43 min | Musical
Director: Dirk Sanders | Stars: Isabelle Guérin, Manuel Legris
45. L'ange bleu (1988 TV Movie)
77 min | Drama, Music
"L'ange bleu / Der blaue Engel" - a French/West German ballet co-production based on the novel "Professor Unrat, oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen" by Heinrich Mann published 1905, made popular ... See full summary »
Director: Dirk Sanders | Stars: Dominique Khalfouni, Roland Petit, Jean-Pierre Aviotte, Maxie Krausser
46. Le diable amoureux (1993 TV Movie)
58 min | Fantasy, Music, Romance
Director: José Montes-Baquer | Stars: Jan Broeckx, Alessandra Ferri, Jean-Charles Verchère, Luigi Bonino
47. À la folie, pas du tout (1986–1988)
Documentary
Stars: Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Yves Duteil, Francis Lalanne, Florent Pagny
Votes: 7
48. Au coeur de Paris (1963 TV Movie)
60 min | Music
Director: Roland Petit | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Zizi Jeanmaire, Marcel Marceau, Roland Petit
49. Clavigo (1999 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Music
Director: François Roussillon | Stars: Nicolas Le Riche, Clairemarie Osta, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Yann Saïz
Votes: 12
50. Maïa (2000)
90 min | Documentary
Everything you wanted to know about Maya Plissetskaya, the Bolshoi prima ballerina, from her green years in Moscow, to her training years at the Bolshoi school of Dance, to her brilliant ... See full summary »
Director: Dominique Delouche | Stars: Maya Plisetskaya, Maurice Béjart, Vladimir Vasilev, Céline Talon
Votes: 9