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1. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough
Votes: 667,415 | Gross: $42.34M
2. Drive My Car (2021)
Unrated | 179 min | Drama
A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada
Votes: 66,300
3. It's a Sin (2021)
TV-MA | 48 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The lives of a group of friends living in 1980s London are irreparably changed by the AIDS crisis.
Stars: Olly Alexander, Nathaniel Curtis, Shaun Dooley, Omari Douglas
Votes: 37,037
4. Paddington 2 (2017)
PG | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.
Director: Paul King | Stars: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins
Votes: 94,349 | Gross: $40.44M
5. 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: 60,109 | Gross: $0.11M
6. Vernost (2019)
82 min | Drama
Midwife Lena, a loving wife, is driven towards a string of infidelities after her husband continues to neglect her.
Director: Nigina Sayfullaeva | Stars: Evgeniya Gromova, Aleksandr Pal, Marina Vasileva, Aleksey Agranovich
Votes: 2,991
7. All About My Mother (1999)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan
Votes: 103,074 | Gross: $8.26M
8. The Wolfman (2010)
R | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten and subsequently cursed by a werewolf.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Simon Merrells
Votes: 111,841 | Gross: $61.98M
9. All About Anna (2005 Video)
91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anna is a modern, independent single girl, focused on her job and wary of getting caught in romantic relationships. Her life is all about fun. Strangers without strings. No commitment, no ... See full summary »
Directors: Jessica Nilsson, Nicolas Barbano | Stars: Gry Bay, Adrian Bouchet, Eileen Daly, Thomas Raft
Votes: 2,761
10. Yannick (2023)
67 min | Comedy, Drama
In the middle of a performance of the play "Le Cocu", a very bad boulevard comedy, Yannick gets up and interrupts the show to take the evening back in hand.
Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Raphaël Quenard, Pio Marmaï, Blanche Gardin, Sébastien Chassagne
Votes: 4,630
11. She's Funny That Way (2014)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover and the call-girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Imogen Poots, Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Kathryn Hahn
Votes: 28,893 | Gross: $0.09M
12. Winter Sleep (2014)
Not Rated | 196 min | Drama
A hotel owner and landlord in a remote Turkish village deals with conflicts within his family and a tenant behind on his rent.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag, Ayberk Pekcan
Votes: 55,678 | Gross: $0.17M
13. Serial Bad Weddings (2014)
97 min | Comedy
A French Catholic couple sees their life get turned upside-down when their four daughters get married to men of different nationalities and religions.
Director: Philippe de Chauveron | Stars: Christian Clavier, Chantal Lauby, Ary Abittan, Medi Sadoun
Votes: 45,515
14. Official Competition (2021)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
A wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film.
Directors: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Oscar Martínez, José Luis Gómez
Votes: 14,779
15. Theater of Blood (1973)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews
Votes: 12,322
16. The Humbling (2014)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A stage actor who is slowly losing his mind engages in a relationship with a sexually confused younger woman.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Al Pacino, Greta Gerwig, Nina Arianda, Charles Grodin
Votes: 7,206
17. Truman (2015)
TV-14 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
Julián receives an unexpected visit from his friend Tomás, who lives in Canada. The two men, accompanied by Julián's faithful dog, Truman, will share emotional and surprising moments prompted by Julián's complicated situation.
Director: Cesc Gay | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Javier Cámara, Dolores Fonzi, Troilo
Votes: 13,915 | Gross: $0.21M
18. The Seventh Victim (1943)
Approved | 71 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village and finds that they could have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Kim Hunter, Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 7,588
19. The Big Hit (2020)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
An actor past his prime gives drama lessons to prisoners in an attempt to stage "Waiting for Godot."
Director: Emmanuel Courcol | Stars: Kad Merad, David Ayala, Lamine Cissokho, Sofian Khammes
Votes: 2,940
20. My Little Sister (2020)
99 min | Drama
Lisa has bid goodbye to her ambitions as a playwright and the Berlin arts scene and now lives in Switzerland with her husband, who runs an international school. When her twin brother falls ill, she returns to Berlin.
Directors: Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond | Stars: Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, Marthe Keller, Jens Albinus
Votes: 1,346
21. Spring Blossom (2020)
73 min | Drama, Romance
A 16 year old girl, bored with her own age group, becomes involved with an older man at a theater she passes.
Director: Suzanne Lindon | Stars: Suzanne Lindon, Arnaud Valois, Frédéric Pierrot, Florence Viala
Votes: 1,188
22. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
PG-13 | 87 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Paris...at the turn of the century. Inspector Vidocq investigates a series of unexplained murders at a Grand Guignol-type theatre...where the players have suddenly become real-life victims. Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Adolfo Celi
Votes: 1,556
23. George Washington Slept Here (1942)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy
When Bill and Connie Fuller are forced to move out of their Manhattan apartment because of their pet dog, Connie purchases a dilapidated old Pennsylvania house where George Washington allegedly slept, and persuades Bill to renovate it.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Percy Kilbride
Votes: 1,958 | Gross: $0.66M
24. Spring Awakening: Those You've Known (2022)
TV-MA | 83 min | Documentary, Musical
Fifteen years after the Tony-winning Broadway run of Spring Awakening, the original cast and creative team reunite for a spectacular, one night only concert.
Director: Michael John Warren | Stars: Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, John Gallagher Jr., Lauren Pritchard
Votes: 732
25. Illusions of Sin (1997)
R | 88 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An obsession turns deadly when Elizabeth, a beautiful actress, discovers she has a secret admirer. While working as an understudy in a play, someone tries to kill the sexy lead actress, and all clues point to Elizabeth.
Director: Eric Gibson | Stars: Mellara Gold, Landon Hall, Johnny Keatth, Elina Madison
Votes: 172
26. Jacob the Liar (1974)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Jewish ghetto in central Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Beyer | Stars: Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen, Blanche Kommerell
Votes: 1,378
27. Love Circle (1969)
R | 125 min | Drama
A liberal-thinking author watches his wife as she attempts to seduce his best friend at a dinner party.
Director: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Tony Musante, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Annie Girardot
Votes: 309
28. Chazarot (2020– )
33 min | Comedy, Romance
Two theater writers are forced to work together just when they're going through a breakup in their relationship. They are joined by two egotistical TV stars.
Stars: Noa Koler, Erez Drigues, Agam Rudberg, Itay Turgeman
Votes: 653
29. Laugh or Die (2018)
TV-14 | 103 min | Drama, History, War
In a detention camp in 1918, a group of Finnish actors are sentenced to death. When an important German general arrives, the camp's vicious commandant forges out a cruel plan: the ... See full summary »
Director: Heikki Kujanpää | Stars: Martti Suosalo, Jani Volanen, Leena Pöysti, Paavo Kinnunen
Votes: 1,085
30. A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012)
R | 85 min | Animation, Comedy
An animated, factually incorrect biography of Graham Arthur Chapman, one of the founding members of the comedy group Monty Python.
Directors: Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, Ben Timlett | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Votes: 1,836 | Gross: $0.01M
31. Insect (2018)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Amateur actors rehearsing "Pictures from the Insects' Life". The actors find themselves living out their characters' roles and hallucinating insects. "Insects", is intercut with the ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Jirí Lábus, Jan Budar, Pavel Nový, Norbert Lichý
Votes: 524
32. Sommerfest (2017)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stefan, a theatre-actor, receives a phone call which informs him that his father died. He immediately returns to his hometown Bochum, where he once was growing up. There he meets old friends, acquaintances and his former love Charlie.
Director: Sönke Wortmann | Stars: Lucas Gregorowicz, Anna Bederke, Nicholas Bodeux, Peter Jordan
Votes: 375
33. Bicycling with Molière (2013)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Two actors. One play. Can the differences between the two egocentric men be put aside for the sake of friendship and theatre?
Director: Philippe Le Guay | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Lambert Wilson, Maya Sansa, Camille Japy
Votes: 3,162 | Gross: $0.06M
34. You Are a Widow, Sir! (1971)
97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be ... See full summary »
Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Iva Janzurová, Olga Schoberová, Eduard Cupák, Jirí Sovák
Votes: 857
35. Song Without a Name (2019)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
Georgina's newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation.
Director: Melina León | Stars: Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas, Ruth Armas
Votes: 1,152
36. Rosario (1971)
105 min | Drama
A woman accidentally kills her husband while performing in a play.
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Marga López, Enrique Lizalde, Zulma Faiad, Héctor Lechuga
Votes: 27
37. La fin du jour (1939)
99 min | Drama
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Victor Francen, Michel Simon, Louis Jouvet, Madeleine Ozeray
Votes: 1,032
38. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)
72 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. Peace and quiet are last things he gets, though, as there are some very strange things going on at the establishment.
Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Richard Dix, Miriam Seegar, Margaret Livingston, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 438
39. The Furies (2016)
TV-MA | 125 min | Drama
A family reunion. A house to sale. A wedding to celebrate. And a weekend full of secrets to reveal.
Director: Miguel del Arco | Stars: Nuria García, Marta López Mazorra, Ángela Peral, Carmen Machi
Votes: 417
40. Tomorrow's a New Day (2019)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Giuliano and Tommaso have been friends for over thirty years and now the four most difficult days of their friendship await them.
Director: Simone Spada | Stars: Valerio Mastandrea, Marco Giallini, Anna Ferzetti, Andrea Arcangeli
Votes: 1,008
41. Force of Habit (2019)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A film by seven directors shows us moments in women's lives that usually remain hidden. Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day.
Directors: Reetta Aalto, Alli Haapasalo, Anna Paavilainen, Kirsikka Saari, Miia Tervo, Elli Toivoniemi, Jenni Toivoniemi | Stars: Veikko Aalste, Teemu Aromaa, Suvi Blick, Tommi Eronen
Votes: 509
42. The Spooks (2016)
Comedy, Fantasy
A young clerk is delegated to sort out the affairs of a certain property. It is an old castle belonging to the city with a garden, in which nobody is really interested, but the tenants of ... See full summary »
Director: Zdenek Troska | Stars: Bronislav Kotis, Tereza Kostková, Carmen Mayerová, Jirí Dvorák
Votes: 77
43. Albures mexicanos (1985)
90 min | Comedy, Music
Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna | Stars: Carmen Salinas, Alfonso Zayas, Sergio Ramos, Grace Renat
Votes: 18
44. The Brighton Strangler (1945)
Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, an actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.
Director: Max Nosseck | Stars: John Loder, June Duprez, Michael St. Angel, Miles Mander
Votes: 539
45. Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
PG-13 | 91 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of the great theatre, radio and film artist.
Director: Chuck Workman | Stars: Orson Welles, Simon Callow, Christopher Welles, Joanne Hill Styles
Votes: 976 | Gross: $0.02M
46. 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
47. Les tribulations d'une caissière (2011)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
A young woman, working as a cashier for a large retailer, writes anonymously about the working conditions that she and all the cashiers face everyday. Her blog becomes famous all over the country, some people want to know who she is.
Director: Pierre Rambaldi | Stars: Déborah François, Elsa Zylberstein, Nicolas Giraud, Gilles Cohen
Votes: 453
48. Provincial Actors (1979)
121 min | Comedy, Drama
The film is set in a small town near Warsaw, to which a young and coming director comes to produce a classic play (Wyspianski "Wyzwolenie") with a modern vein. Everyone in the production ... See full summary »
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Halina Labonarska, Tadeusz Huk, Iwona Biernacka, Ewa Dalkowska
Votes: 375
49. Peter Brook: The Tightrope (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music
Filmed with five hidden cameras, The Tightrope is a total immersion into the creative process behind legendary theater director Peter Brook's work -- powerful, intimate, and emotionally ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Brook | Stars: Peter Brook, Hayley Carmichael, Jos Houben, Micha Lescot
Votes: 62 | Gross: $0.02M
50. Overnight (1986)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
An out of work actor takes a role in a vampire porno.
Director: Jack Darcus | Stars: Victor Ertmanis, Gale Garnett, Barbara Gordon, Alan Scarfe
Votes: 22