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1. Somewhere in Time (1980)
PG | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright
Votes: 32,645 | Gross: $9.71M
2. Random Harvest (1942)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance
An amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters
Votes: 8,448 | Gross: $10.14M
3. Equus (1977)
R | 137 min | Drama, Mystery
A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright
Votes: 8,762
4. Umberto D. (1952)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova
Votes: 28,305 | Gross: $0.07M
5. Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Laura Henderson (Dame Judi Dench) buys an old London theater and opens it up as the Windmill, a performance hall which goes down in history for, amongst other things, its all-nude revues.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Guest, Will Young
Votes: 16,465 | Gross: $11.03M
6. Let's Make Love (1960)
Not Rated | 119 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Tony Randall, Frankie Vaughan
Votes: 8,048 | Gross: $6.54M
7. 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: 16,895 | Gross: $11.80M
8. Morning Glory (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance
When a naively innocent, aspiring actress arrives on the Broadway scene, she is taken under the wing of several theater veterans who mentor her to ultimate success.
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Adolphe Menjou, Mary Duncan
Votes: 3,290
9. Evil Dead Trap 2 (1992)
97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A female projectionist suddenly comes to the self-realization that she just in fact may be a serial killer responsible for brutally murdering everyone around her.
Director: Izô Hashimoto | Stars: Shoko Nakajima, Rie Kondoh, Shirô Sano, Shino Ikenami
Votes: 872
10. Free and Easy (1930)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical
A bumbling manager tries to get a small town beauty contest winner into the movies.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Trixie Friganza, Robert Montgomery
Votes: 1,028
11. The Whole Town's Talking (1926)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
In 1919, Chester Binney, a wounded World War I veteran, is discharged from the U.S. Army in Los Angeles, and returns to his hometown. There he is feted by his pre-war employer, George ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Laemmle | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Virginia Lee Corbin, Trixie Friganza, Otis Harlan
Votes: 30
12. One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady, Leopold Stokowski
Votes: 1,243 | Gross: $2.27M
13. Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A cuckolded embezzler on the verge of suicide is helped by a tout, an alcoholic playwright, and a pick-up girl to reimburse the money with a gambling sting.
Directors: Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, John Qualen
Votes: 1,347
14. The Play (I) (2019)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The world of a young theatre director in a small Czech town crumbles after he decides to realize his dream of adapting an overly ambitious play based on Euripides' classic 'Fedra'. He loses... See full summary »
Director: Alejandro Fernández Almendras | Stars: Jirí Mádl, Marika Soposká, Elizaveta Maximová, Jirí Strébl
Votes: 128
15. Inspector Lavardin (1986)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Lavardin investigates on the murder of a famous writer, whose widow happens to be Helen, a woman Lavardin once loved. She has a daughter from a first marriage, who actually killed her stepfather, as he was trying to abuse her.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Luc Bideau
Votes: 1,599
16. Eyewitness (1956)
82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Lucy Church, the sole witness to a fatal robbery, is struck by a passing bus and her life lies in the balance as the thieves wait for a chance to finish her off.
Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Belinda Lee, Michael Craig
Votes: 342
17. Broadway Bad (1933)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Music
Showgirl Joan Blondell, supported by her friend Ginger Rogers, fights for the custody of her son during a divorce hearing.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Joan Blondell, Ricardo Cortez, Ginger Rogers, Adrienne Ames
Votes: 232
18. Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema (1990)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
During the screening of the film "Daybreak" at the Liberty Cinema, movie characters suddenly come alive and begin to talk to the viewers. The situation surprises communist authorities who send a censor to the theatre.
Director: Wojciech Marczewski | Stars: Janusz Gajos, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Teresa Marczewska, Piotr Fronczewski
Votes: 1,196
19. Nana (1926)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, Romance
When the vivacious and beautiful Nana bombs at the Théâtre des Variétés, she embarks on the life of a courtesan, using her allure and charisma to entice and pleasure men.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Catherine Hessling, Pierre Lestringuez, Jacqueline Forzane, Werner Krauss
Votes: 965
20. Ogres (2015)
Not Rated | 142 min | Drama
They go from town to town, a big top on their backs, their show over their shoulder. They bring dreams and disorder to people's lives. They are ogres, giants. They've devoured the theater ... See full summary »
Director: Léa Fehner | Stars: François Fehner, Marion Bouvarel, Marc Barbé, Adèle Haenel
Votes: 806
21. Nearest to Heaven (2002)
96 min | Drama, Romance
A mature woman restores the romantic events of her youth.
Director: Tonie Marshall | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, William Hurt, Bernard Le Coq, Hélène Fillières
Votes: 577
22. Police Quest: Open Season (1993 Video Game)
T | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Police procedural crime thriller point and click semi-FMV adventure game. What starts off as a random gang-related cop-killing, turns into manhunt for a vicious serial killer.
Director: Tammy Dargan | Stars: Brandon Massey, Andrew Witches, Jeff Bianchi, Dan Rogers
Votes: 83
23. Les grands ducs (1996)
85 min | Comedy
Three aging and failed comedians, Georges Cox, Victor Vialat and Eddie Carpentier, hit the road again with a lousy production of a lousy play, of course under the worst possible conditions.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 1,080
24. This Way Please (1937)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A young woman is hired as a theater usherette and encounters her matinée idol, who helps her become a hit, and soon she finds herself engaged to another man, prompting a battle of romantic wits ensues.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Betty Grable, Ned Sparks, Jim Jordan
Votes: 71
25. This Is the Life (1935)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
After obtaining her from an orphanage a couple exploit entertainer Withers till she runs away and later becomes a professional.
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Jane Withers, John McGuire, Sally Blane, Sidney Toler
Votes: 60
26. Bring Your Smile Along (1955)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Music
Nancy Willows (Constance Towers), pretty blonde high school teacher, writes song lyrics which spark the careers of struggling young pianist-composer Martin Adams (Keefe Brasselle) and ... See full summary »
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Frankie Laine, Keefe Brasselle, Constance Towers, Lucy Marlow
Votes: 136
27. Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Songwriter Tyler Brice makes a handsome living composing jingles for radio commercials, much to the dismay of his loyal secretary, Pamela Thayer, who thinks that Ty is wasting his talent. ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Constance Moore, William Marshall, Bill Goodwin, Johnny Coy
Votes: 21
28. 8 päivää ensi-iltaan (2008)
107 min | Comedy, Romance
Vilma is a female prompter at a theater-production of "Romeo and Juliet". She's used to remain in the background, but when the female leading actress injures herself, Vilma must take on the... See full summary »
Director: Perttu Leppä | Stars: Laura Birn, Mikko Leppilampi, Iina Kuustonen, Elina Knihtilä
Votes: 556
29. Port Said (1948)
Approved | 66 min | Drama
Travel author Leslie Sears arrives in Cairo, Egypt, to meet with Greg Stewart, an old war buddy who is a theater booking agent in Port Said. Leslie telephones Greg and arranges a rendezvous... See full synopsis »
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Gloria Henry, William Bishop, Steven Geray, Edgar Barrier
Votes: 21
30. Ex-Bad Boy (1931)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Romance
A man gets in trouble with his girlfriend when a beautiful movie star and her fiance come to his small town.
Director: Vin Moore | Stars: Robert Armstrong, Jean Arthur, Jason Robards Sr., Spencer Charters
Votes: 48
31. Walking Down Broadway (1938)
Approved | 75 min | Drama
Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many different turns, often for the worse.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Claire Trevor, Phyllis Brooks, Leah Ray, Dixie Dunbar
Votes: 78
32. It Happened in New York (1935)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A New York City cab driver in need of $200 picks up a movie star in his cab, and schemes to get the money from her.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Gertrude Michael, Heather Angel, Lyle Talbot, Hugh O'Connell
Votes: 33
33. Artysci (2016– )
45 min | Comedy, Drama
Young ambitious theatre director is chosen as a manager of small municipal theatre, in which ghost of past masters coexist with the living. He has to face actors' reservations and financial... See full summary »
Stars: Marcin Czarnik, Adam Cywka, Michal Majnicz, Dobromir Dymecki
Votes: 211
34. Close Harmony (1929)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Directors: John Cromwell, A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Harry Green, Jack Oakie
Votes: 57
35. Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
Passed | 67 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Movie star Annabel Allison has further comic adventures with her wacky publicity agent.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Jack Oakie, Lucille Ball, Ruth Donnelly, Bradley Page
Votes: 339
36. Men of the Hour (1935)
Passed | 63 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Dave Durkin and Andy Blane are a pair of ace newsreel cameramen with Durkin being the assistant who does all the dirty work, with Blane getting the credit and collecting the bonuses. They ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Richard Cromwell, Billie Seward, Wallace Ford, Jack La Rue
37. Hot Heels (1927)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Glenn Higgins and Patsy Jones are a song-and-dance team traveling the vaudeville circuit across the United States, and land in a Kentucky tank-town filled with sharpies and wise-guys , ... See full summary »
Director: William James Craft | Stars: Glenn Tryon, Patsy Ruth Miller, Eileen Sedgwick, James Bradbury Sr.
Votes: 21
38. The Outcast (1934)
74 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
When the box-office manager takes off with all the money belonging to a traveling theatre-troupe, the show's promoters and leading performers, Bill Potter and Jim Truman, have to sell off ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Lee | Stars: Leslie Fuller, Mary Glynne, Hal Gordon, Jane Carr
Votes: 37
39. Döntö pillanat (1938)
79 min | Drama
Gyula Kabos is the manager of a Hungarian theater, and is a staunch supporter of Antal Pager, who is struggling for a stage career with the help of his wife, Lrari Tolney. Kabos loses his ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Andor Ajtay, Gyula Kabos, Zoltán Makláry, Béla Mihályffi
Votes: 46
40. Good Night (I) (1898)
Documentary, Short
The manager of the Alhambra Theatre bows between the entwined flags of Great Britain and the United States of America.
Star: Charles Morton
Votes: 15
41. Möte med Erik Kiviniemi (2003 TV Movie)
Documentary, Biography
Director: Bo Forsander | Star: Erik Kiviniemi
42.
I Can See Your Voice: UK (2021–2022)
Episode:
Episode #2.3
(2022)
59 min | Documentary, Family, Game-Show
This week, celebrity investigators Jimmy, Alison and Amanda try to help married couple Heather and Kaveh from Edinburgh to win the prize money so that they can treat their mums to a spa day. Becky Hill is the guest music star.
Directors: Robert Callway, Jon Foat, Julia Knowles, Meyrick Cook | Stars: Paddy McGuinness, Jimmy Carr, Alison Hammond, Amanda Holden