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1. Sing (2016)
PG | 108 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same.
Directors: Garth Jennings, Christophe Lourdelet | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson
Votes: 191,656 | Gross: $270.40M
2. The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 130,823 | Gross: $51.27M
3. Dancing Lady (1933)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, May Robson
Votes: 2,682
4. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
PG | 126 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed
Votes: 56,938 | Gross: $8.08M
5. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
R | 113 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell), in which he purports to have been a C.I.A. hitman.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts
Votes: 92,071 | Gross: $16.00M
6. The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
R | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Music
A young soprano becomes the obsession of a horribly disfigured composer, who has plans for those who oppose him or the young singer.
Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Robert Englund, Jill Schoelen, Alex Hyde-White, Bill Nighy
Votes: 4,526 | Gross: $3.95M
7. The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
Not Rated | 137 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorizes the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves.
Directors: Nick Morris, Laurence Connor | Stars: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Hadley Fraser, Wendy Ferguson
Votes: 9,954
8. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Passed | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf
Votes: 16,881 | Gross: $11.80M
9. Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Music
An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy's career.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier
Votes: 8,334 | Gross: $3.49M
10. The Last Metro (1980)
PG | 131 min | Drama, Romance, War
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Germans while doing both of their jobs.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol
Votes: 15,844
11. The Tall Guy (1989)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
A nasty comedian's assistant has allergy induced sneezes, giving problems at work, et cetera. He accepts weekly injections after seeing the cute nurse. After a dozen injections, he finally asks her out.
Director: Mel Smith | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Rowan Atkinson, Emma Thompson, Geraldine James
Votes: 4,983 | Gross: $0.51M
12. Stage Beauty (2004)
R | 106 min | Drama
A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Derek Hutchinson
Votes: 10,745 | Gross: $0.78M
13. Ratboy (1986)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Several shady and shallow people try to profit, one after the other, from a physically deformed teenager whose face looks like a snout of a rodent and who lives hidden in a city garbage dump, alone and miserable.
Director: Sondra Locke | Stars: Sondra Locke, Robert Townsend, Christopher Hewett, Larry Hankin
Votes: 779
14. Lady of Burlesque (1943)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before he strikes again.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg, Iris Adrian
Votes: 2,786
15. The Puppetmaster (1993)
142 min | Biography, Drama, War
Puppeteer Li Tian-lu tells his life story, and through it, the story of Taiwan in the first half of the 20th century.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Tien-Lu Li, Giong Lim, Kuei-Chung Cheng, Chien-ru Huang
Votes: 2,075
16. Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
Stagestruck adolescent learns about love the hard way while interning in Cleveland summer stock during the early '50's.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Frank Langella, Glynnis O'Connor, Tom Hulce, Jerry Stiller
Votes: 330 | Gross: $0.06M
17. Mystery at the Burlesque (1949)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Musical, Mystery
A man watching a musical show at the Windmill theatre is shot apparently from the stage. The cast continues the performance so that the detective can solve the murder.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Garry Marsh, Jack Livesey, Jon Pertwee, Eliot Makeham
Votes: 135
18. The Play House (1921)
23 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
After waking up from his wacky dream, a theater stage hand inadvertently causes havoc everywhere he works.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Monte Collins, Virginia Fox
Votes: 4,594
19. Revue Starlight the Movie (2021)
120 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Starlight - This is a story of a far off star, a long time ago, and in the distant future. Two young girls, captivated by the glamour of the performance, exchange promises: "We'll become stars." "I'll wait for you on stage."
Director: Tomohiro Furukawa | Stars: Momoyo Koyama, Suzuko Mimori, Haruki Iwata, Aina Aiba
Votes: 198
20. Tokyo Family (2013)
146 min | Drama
In this update of Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story", a retired schoolteacher and his wife visit their three working children in modern-day Tokyo.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 2,239
21. Jeanne Eagels (1957)
Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Drake
Votes: 847
22. Upon the Edge (2022)
84 min | Drama, Thriller
The company of a West End play find their minds racing over past and present anxieties when a nearby terrorist attack forces them to take shelter beneath the streets of London.
Director: Timothy Reynard | Stars: Maynard Eziashi, Amaka Okafor, Zulekha Chaka, Will FitzGerald
23. Behind the Screen (1916)
TV-G | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Charlie is an overworked labourer at a film studio who helps a young woman find work even while his coworkers strike against his tyrannical boss.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin
Votes: 3,035
24. The Extra Girl (1923)
Not Rated | 68 min | Comedy, Romance
A small town girl dreams of movie stardom. A switched photo wins her a movie contract. Arrivng in Hollywood, she is assigned to the props department. Her parents visit and invest some money with a very shifty individual.
Director: F. Richard Jones | Stars: Mabel Normand, Ralph Graves, George Nichols, Anna Dodge
Votes: 1,209
25. Bumping Into Broadway (1919)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Short
Young playwright spends his last cent to pay the rent of struggling actress in a theatrical boarding house. Pursuing her, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big, just before a police raid.
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, Helen Gilmore
Votes: 1,389
26. Show Business (1944)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A song-and-dance man and his comic partner undergo romantic ups and downs when they team up with a female duo and transition from burlesque to vaudeville.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Eddie Cantor, George Murphy, Joan Davis, Nancy Kelly
Votes: 253
27. Albures mexicanos (1985)
90 min | Comedy, Music
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Carmen Salinas, Alfonso Zayas, Sergio Ramos, Grace Renat
Votes: 17
28. Three Hams on Rye (1950)
Approved | 15 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are stage hands who also have small parts in a big play. They quickly get on the bad side of the producer. First they fail to prevent a famous critic from sneaking into the ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Nanette Bordeaux
Votes: 349
29. Wake Up and Dream (1934)
Passed | 77 min | Adventure, Music, Romance
The story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Russ Columbo, Roger Pryor, June Knight, Catherine Doucet
Votes: 69
30. The Turandot Project (2000)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Music
In May of 1997, Zubin Mehta conducts and Zhang Yimou directs Puccini's "Turnadot" in Florence. A year later, they stage nine performances in Beijing. This documentary focuses on the China ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Miller | Stars: Zubin Mehta, Carlo Allemano, Lando Bartolini, Giovanna Casolla
Votes: 137 | Gross: $0.03M
31. Un grand cri d'amour (1998)
90 min | Comedy
A famous couple is going on stage after ten years of separation and hate.
Director: Josiane Balasko | Stars: Josiane Balasko, Richard Berry, Daniel Prévost, Daniel Ceccaldi
Votes: 236
32. Ladies Love Danger (1935)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A mystery-comedy with multiple backgrounds set in a back-stage and penthouse backgrounds finds actress Rita Witherspoom mistakenly entering the apartment of Ricardo Souchet, a rich bachelor... See full summary »
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Mona Barrie, Gilbert Roland, Donald Cook, Adrienne Ames
Votes: 41
33. Blossoms on Broadway (1937)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music
The wealthy "Death Valley" Cora (Kitty Kelly) is coming to New York but is kidnapped by con-man Ira Collins (Edward Arnold) who has showgirl Sally Shea (Shirley Ross)impersonating her to ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Edward Arnold, Shirley Ross, John Trent, Rufe Davis
Votes: 28
34. Quiet, Please (1939)
Not Rated | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Temperamental film director Nitvich sees himself as an auteur long before the term was coined and feels he must change the scripts to suit himself.
Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Fritz Feld, Charley Foy, Kathryn Kane, Larry Williams
Votes: 76
35. Ghost Light (2014– )
13 min | Comedy
People who work backstage should never be seen or heard. . . until now.
Stars: Darcy Cadman, Jeanette Bonner, Ben Sterling, Armani Del Rio
36. 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
37. So's Your Uncle (1943)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not approve of their relationship.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Billie Burke, Donald Woods, Elyse Knox, Frank Jenks
Votes: 30
38. No! No! A Thousand Times No!! (1935)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop and Freddie appear on stage in a melodrama, wherein Betty sings the title song to the villain.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 210
39. Ring Up the Curtain (1919)
Not Rated | 12 min | Comedy, Short
Stage hand Harold falls in love with the leading lady of a visiting theatrical troupe.
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, Bud Jamison
Votes: 267
40. I Stem the Tide (2019)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A director of a failing theatre company finds himself in a quandary after he uncovers a sinister plot.
Director: Faisal Al-Jadir | Stars: Danielle Arden, Ashley William Griffiths, Fiona Kerley, Greg Lunn
41. I taxitzou (1970)
88 min | Comedy
An incident on a movie set in front of Rika Dialyna and Alkis Giannakas paves the way for a brilliant career, catapulting an emancipated female cab driver to the top. Can now the feisty woman win the heart of her secret love interest?
Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Despoina Stylianopoulou, Nikos Rizos, Rika Dialyna, Alkis Giannakas
Votes: 88
42. Don't Get Nervous (1929)
TV-G | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Georgie Price tells Bryan Foy, who is to direct his short film, that he is nervous about performing to a camera and microphone instead of an audience. He then sings a couple songs, in an Al Jolson/Eddie Cantor style.
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Georgie Price, Bryan Foy, Harold Levey, Frank McNellis
Votes: 90
43. Zwanezang (1964 TV Movie)
25 min
Wasli, an older Russian actor reminisces about his life and his work on a deserted stage.
Director: Jan Retèl | Stars: Ko van Dijk, Pierre Myin
44. The Red Daisy (1990)
97 min | Comedy
Alekos leaves the pharmaceutical company where he works, to follow a theater actress with whom falls in love.
Director: Vasilis Vafeas | Stars: Kostas Voutsas, Pemi Zouni, Eirini Inglesi, Giorgos Hristodoulou
Votes: 38
45. Mortimor Tromblay (2015)
11 min | Short, Comedy
Mortimor Tromblay wants to be a standup comedian. His biggest critics, his parents are front and center for his debut performance. Follow Mortimore on his special night that's intermingled ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Dimension | Stars: Chris Dalbey, Rob Dimension Jr., Rob Dimension, Kimberly Gailor
46.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Abra Cadaver
(2002)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During a magic show, a female participant really disappears during a disappearing act. Nick and Catherine investigates the death of a rock star found on his tour bus with a needle stuck in his arm.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 856
47.
The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode:
Dame Maggie Smith
(1975)
TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family
Highlights include: Eunice, Ed, and Mama have a conference with Bubba's teacher Miss Collins (guest Maggie Smith) in "The Family"; a consumer protection official doesn't notice that his own... See full summary »
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway
Votes: 50
48.
The Muppet Show (1976–1981)
Episode:
Gene Kelly
(1981)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
When Gene Kelly was first booked for the show he said to the writers that he didn't just want to do 'Singin' in the Rain'. The writers turned Gene's request into a running gag for the show,... See full summary »
Director: Philip Casson | Stars: Gene Kelly, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt
Votes: 160
49.
Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode:
Murder in Provins
(2019)
86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A real dagger - not a prop - Is used against the director of a medieval theater troupe.
Director: Olivier Doran | Stars: Thierry Neuvic, Anne Caillon, Gil Alma, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié
Votes: 92
50.
Police Academy: The Animated Series (1988–1989)
Episode:
A Blue Knight at the Opera
(1988)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Comedy, Crime
The Academy is assigned to look after opera singer Mademoiselle Diva after several attempts have been made on her life.
Directors: Cosmo Anzilotti, Bill Hutten, Tony Love, Charles Nichols | Stars: Ron Rubin, Howard Morris, Charles Woods Gray, Greg Swanson
Votes: 12