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51. Man Alive (1945)
70 min | Comedy
Michael McBride is declared dead after a car accident leaving his wife Connie grief stricken. When he reappears he has difficulty convincing people it's him due to the interference of Tolliver and a young Ignatius claiming to be his son.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou, Ellen Drew, Rudy Vallee
Votes: 275
52. My Friend Victoria (2014)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama
At age eight, Victoria spends a night in the home of a wealthy white family; years later, she encounters them again and her life is changed forever.
Director: Jean-Paul Civeyrac | Stars: Guslagie Malanda, Nadia Moussa, Catherine Mouchet, Pascal Greggory
Votes: 347
53. Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016)
84 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Intimate and compelling documentary on the life and career of Leslie Howard (1893-1943)
Director: Thomas Hamilton | Stars: Derek Partridge, Leslie Ruth Howard, Norman Spencer, Matthew Sweet
Votes: 369
54. The Firebird (1934)
Approved | 74 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Herman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old daughter Mariette. One day, as Carola ... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Verree Teasdale, Ricardo Cortez, Lionel Atwill, Anita Louise
Votes: 327
55. To afentiko mou itan koroido! (1969)
87 min | Comedy
A kind housekeeper is having a crush on her employer, who fails to realise his dormant feelings for her. Then, the local butcher asks him for her hand in marriage. Will the oblivious boss see that his soulmate is closer than he thinks?
Director: Errikos Thalassinos | Stars: Nikos Stavridis, Despoina Stylianopoulou, Anna Matzourani, Giorgos Kappis
Votes: 40
56. Murder in Times Square (1943)
Passed | 65 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
Actor-playwright Cory Williams (Edmund Lowe) is sitting in a nightclub when Longacre Lil (Esther Dale), a Broadway vagrant, comes in and asks him for some money. He not only refuses her but... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Marguerite Chapman, John Litel, William Wright
Votes: 77
57. Oshi ga jôshi ni narimasite (2023)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Superfan Hitomi's heart shatters with her stage idol's retirement. But little does she know, he's now her charming (and clueless) new boss under his real name. Can awkward Hitomi conquer her fangirl panic and win his attention?
Stars: Airi Suzuki, Ryôta Katayose, Yuriyan Retriever, Yûtarô Watanabe
Votes: 7
58. The Last Act (1991)
110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
"Gaslight" as Farsi farce. Kamran and Moluk, middle-aged siblings, live penniless in the family's Tehran mansion, selling furniture to pay expenses. Their brother, who owns the house, has ... See full summary »
Director: Varuzh Karim-Masihi | Stars: Farimah Farjami, Dariush Arjmand, Niku Kheradmand, Shahin Alizadeh
Votes: 521
59. I'll Be Good, Old Man! (1979)
86 min | Comedy
To the intolerant and bloody-minded Prague actor Bergner (Milos Kopecký) is the lead in Moliere's Misanthrope which he is studying now as tailor-made. On top of that he is malicious and he ... See full summary »
Director: Petr Schulhoff | Stars: Milos Kopecký, Alena Vránová, Ladislav Pesek, Frantisek Filipovský
Votes: 122
60. Why Girls Go Back Home (1926)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Trusting country girl Marie Downey (Patsy Ruth Miller) falls in love with touring stage-actor Clifford Dudley (Clive Brook) and becomes a chorus girl as he becomes a matinée idol on old Broadway.
Director: James Flood | Stars: Patsy Ruth Miller, Clive Brook, Jane Winton, Myrna Loy
Votes: 18
61. Call the Usual Suspects: The Craft of the Character Actor (2006 Video)
23 min | Short, History, Biography
Stars: Judith Anderson, Lauren Bacall, Rudy Behlmer, Humphrey Bogart
62. Curtain at Eight (1933)
68 min | Mystery
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a stage actor.
Director: E. Mason Hopper | Stars: C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Mackaill, Paul Cavanagh, Sam Hardy
Votes: 216
63. Nancy Drew: Labyrinth of Lies (2014 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates a series of thefts from a museum in Greece.
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Julia Stockton, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Beau Prichard
Votes: 47
64. Elipsis (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Parallel fragmented stories are linked by the relationship between successful actor Sebastián Castillo and his friend Galo Vidal, a frustrated fashion designer. The tables are turned and ... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo Arias-Nath | Stars: Edgar Ramírez, Erich Wildpret, Seu Jorge, Angélica Aragón
Votes: 294
65. Sola a los 40 (2023)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A 44-year-old widow tries to find new romance despite the jealous opposition of her daughter.
Director: Ángel Muñiz | Stars: Miguel Ángel Martínez, Lumy Lizardo, Luis del Valle, María Tavárez
66. Nick Nolte: No Exit (2008)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary, Biography
A frank and unconventional view of the life and work of actor Nick Nolte.
Director: Tom Thurman | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Jacqueline Bisset, Powers Boothe, F.X. Feeney
Votes: 156
67. I Was It Three Times (1952)
81 min | Comedy, Romance
A husband who had divorced twice because he had been betrayed by his former wives, takes his precautions to prevent the did to happen a third time. And yet it does.
Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Bernard Blier, Lana Marconi, Simone Paris
Votes: 107
68. The Gay Deceiver (1926)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance
Antoine de Tillois leaves his puritanical wife and in Paris becomes known as King Toto, leader of the bohemian set. Their daughter, Louise, spends 8 months of each year with her mother in ... See full summary »
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Lew Cody, Malcolm McGregor, Marceline Day, Carmel Myers
69. Fired Wife (1943)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
In this comedy, a husband and wife want to keep their marriage a secret on professional grounds, and are consequently pursued romantically by an 'other man' and 'other woman', resulting in awkward complications.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Robert Paige, Louise Allbritton, Diana Barrymore, Walter Abel
Votes: 30
70. Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli (1970)
45 min | Documentary
Directors: Elio Petri, Nelo Risi | Stars: Giancarlo Dettori, Luigi Diberti, Renzo Montagnani, Licia Pinelli
Votes: 47
71. The Man in the Barn (1937)
Passed | 11 min | Short, History, Mystery
Questioning accepted history, this speculative drama asks if John Wilkes Booth didn't die by gunshot while trapped in a burning barn surrounded by troops just days after Lincoln's assassination, but rather escaped to live another 38 years.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Carey Wilson, Ernie Adams, Erville Alderson, Virginia Brissac
Votes: 238
72. Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography
A chronicle of the life and career of silent film star Mary Pickford.
Director: Nicholas Eliopoulos | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Votes: 223
73. My Naked Villainy (2011)
127 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ian, a commercially successful stage director, mounts an avant-garde production of 'Othello' for the sole purpose of destroying Tyson, the actor who stole his fiancee Anne. Fanatic in his ... See full summary »
Director: Gil Austin | Stars: Gil Austin, Barth Bennett, Leslie Ann Chastain, R. Michael Clinkscales
74. The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night (1990)
103 min | Drama, Mystery
A bus arrives to the village, carrying a group of traveling actors who begin to perform passion plays from the Bible. Editor Alena (Kveta Fialová), lover of one of the actors, Baritone (... See full summary »
Director: Evald Schorm | Stars: Jan Libícek, Václav Babka, Josef Bek, Karel Belohradský
Votes: 121
75. The Real Presence (1984)
60 min
Odd "fictional documentary" about the Avignon Festival.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Franck Oger, Nadège Clair, Camila Mora-Scheihing, Catherine Oudin
Votes: 24
76. Lear
Drama | Pre-production
A failed Broadway stage director finds redemption through his estranged Alzheimer-ridden father, a once great stage actor.
77. La voce naturale - Giving Voice (2008)
91 min | Documentary
Stromboli, Sicily. Kristin Linklater (voice teacher and text coach) leads an international group of actors through an exploration of their own voices and several tales from Ted Hughes' contemporary adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Director: Alessandro Fabrizi | Stars: Noel Arthur, Isabelle Byloos, Ken Cheeseman, Christian Crahay
78. Remembering Hearts in Atlantis (2002 Video)
30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Scott Hicks, Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin
79. The Zero Hour (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Drama, Romance
A theater producer and his protege star fall in love and decide to wed. In route to their nuptials, tragedy strikes and the would-be groom ends up bound to a wheelchair. Nine years later, the wife tries to adopt a little girl.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Frieda Inescort, Otto Kruger, Adrienne Ames, Donald Douglas
Votes: 55
80. Gorgo: Behind the Scenes (2000 Video)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Sci-Fi
Documentary on the making of "Gorgo" (1961).
Stars: Steve Garfinkel, William Sylvester, Bill Travers
81. Grey (2009)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
In a 1920s drama, the son of a racist producer befriends a black stage actor to alter the very course of his vaudeville production house.
Director: Sania Jhankar | Stars: Michael W Ellison, Jeffry Foote, Steven Hauck, Mick Leroy
82. Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat (1954)
Approved | 27 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
Because of his luxurious fur coat, a hammy actor becomes involved with crooks. His coat resembles the one that a gang's fence wears, and he is continually finding stolen jewelry in his coat... See full summary »
Director: Paul Dickson | Stars: Paul Douglas, Robert Adair, Peter Bathurst, Wilfrid Caithness
83. The Opening Night (1927)
Passed | 55 min | Drama
When theatrical producer Robert Chandler (E. Alyn Warren), believed drowned in a fishing accident, turns up as a lonely, broken amnesiac three months later, he arrives just in time to see ... See full summary »
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Claire Windsor, John Bowers, E. Alyn Warren, Grace Goodall
84. Profile: Hardy Krüger (1978 TV Movie)
24 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Rodney Long | Stars: Hardy Krüger, Jeremy Cordeaux, Greg Rowe, Hal McElroy
86. Colpo di scena (2014– )
45 min
Stars: Pino Strabioli, Alessandro Gassmann, Filippo Timi, Franco Zeffirelli
87. Sir Robert Helpmann (1975)
53 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Director: Keith Salvat | Star: Robert Helpmann
88. Ambitious People (1931)
Passed | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Herman Timberg, (father of Herman Timberg Jr/Tim Herbert in real life,) plays the director of a Broadway musical comedy and wants singer Barbara Blair to have the lead role, but the angel (... See full summary »
Director: Sammy Lee | Stars: Herman Timberg, Barbara Blair, Wilbur Mack, Edward J. Nugent
89. The Method (I) (2010)
28 min | Short, Drama
Director: Shane Bartlett | Stars: Brandon Boyd, Richard Daniel, David Ditmore, Miranda Fisher
90. South Australian Theatre Company's Production of Macbeth by William Shakespeare (1977 Video)
75 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Directors: Howard Rubie, Colin George | Stars: Colin George, Craig Ashley, Bruce Barry, Les Dayman
91. Philip Baker Hall: Secret Honor (2004 Video)
22 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Philip Baker Hall, Robert Altman, Stephen Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson
Votes: 7
92. Flausfilm (2009)
99 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A portrait of the actor, film teacher, critic, and legendary cinephile, John Flaus, in a unique film mosaic structured around cryptic crossword clues and solutions suggesting the content of... See full summary »
Director: Peter Tammer | Star: John Flaus
93. Never Odd or Even (2006)
14 min | Short, Comedy
What happens when a small-town, middle-aged theater actor scores an audition for a big-budget action flick? You'll find out as we follow Chet Marshall in Never Odd or Even. Chet Marshal, an... See full summary »
Directors: Ellen Arden, Theresa Jasko | Stars: Mike Sobocinski, Ellen Arden, Dana Green, Shawn Gustafson
Votes: 8
94. Sance (1971)
88 min | Drama
Director: Rangel Vulchanov | Stars: Jirina Trebická, Josef Abrhám, Jirí Krampol, Gustav Nezval
95. Kosky in Paradise (1995)
55 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Melissa Rymer | Stars: Barrie Kosky, Robyn Archer, Ian Scobie
96. Niko Poe'sie (2020)
28 min | Documentary, Short
The actor Niko Nitai claims that it was predicted 100 years ago that theater will disappear but it didn't because it gives a unique experience to the creator and the audience. In the last ... See full summary »
Director: Shira Farber | Star: Niko Nitai
97. Atto unico (2013– )
10 min | Drama
98. Bellevue (1969 TV Movie)
Drama
Mr. Kraus never stopped being a good actor. Because he never was. His tragedy is that he never knew or suspected it. He never admitted that he had no talent. Of course, he was not ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Belka | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Blanka Bohdanová, Josef Abrhám, Josef Bláha
Votes: 17
99. The Misleading Lady (1920)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy
Jack Craigen, an engineer who has just finished a construction job in South Africa, returns to New York. There, at the home of his Uncle Cannell, he meets stage-struck society girl Helen ... See full summary »
Director: George Irving | Stars: Bert Lytell, Lucy Cotton, Frank Currier, Stephen Grattan
100. Dario Fo: Lu santo jullare Francesco (2014 TV Special)
Documentary, Comedy
Director: Felice Cappa | Stars: Dario Fo, Mika