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Criterion Channel
87
8.0
/138830/
80
/2591/
81
/2336/
4.4
/381093/
91
/58/
93
/1489/
86
/18/

Persona (1966)
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer.
poster
71
69
7.0
/17534/
71
/307/
68
/347/
3.5
/15808/
92
/24/
68
/207/
62
/11/

Stage Fright (1950)
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
poster
67
7.0
/13319/
63
/141/
64
/115/
3.4
/2889/
76
/120/
74
/453/
65
/38/
cc age 16+

Being Julia (2004)
Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. Julia finds exactly what she's looking for in a handsome young American fan, but it isn't long before the novelty fling adds a few more sparks than she was hoping for. Fortuately for her, this surprise twist in the plot will thrust her back into the greatest role of her life.
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Kanopy
74
66
7.5
/9654/
69
/105/
67
/120/
3.5
/5747/
91
/22/
75
/136/

Dinner at Eight (1933)
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.
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The Roku Channel
63
7.2
/35720/
72
/904/
75
/632/
3.5
/23843/
52
/21/
87
/2049/
29
/7/
cc age 12+

Somewhere in Time (1980)
Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early twentieth century. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.
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Amazon Prime Video
86
61
8.1
/5311/
78
/141/
80
/27/
4.1
/14700/
100
/7/
96
/5/

Aattam (2024)
After a party amongst a theatre group, their sole actress, Anjali is subjected to a crime from one of the men in the group. A meeting is called for. In trying to reach a consensus, stories unravel, suspicions surface and clamour ensues.
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fuboTV
64
58
6.4
/7223/
66
/153/
61
/101/
3.2
/5065/
73
/11/
58
/165/

There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
poster
66
57
7.0
/3709/
65
/66/
69
/49/
3.5
/2646/
55
/11/
71
/88/

The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.
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Starz
57
54
6.0
/6047/
61
/230/
58
/97/
2.8
/10422/
51
/94/
64
/101/
54
/24/
cc age 15+

The Critic (2024)
Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. When the owner of the Daily Chronicle dies, and his son takes over, Jimmy quickly finds himself at odds with his new boss and his position under threat. In an attempt to preserve the power and influence he holds so sacred, Jimmy strikes a Faustian pact with a struggling actress, entangling them and the boss in a thrilling but deadly web of desire, blackmail, and betrayal.
poster
72
53
6.9
/2273/
67
/61/
63
/43/
3.6
/7618/
100
/18/
62
/17/

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.
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Hoopla
63
51
6.7
/3653/
67
/74/
63
/51/
3.2
/3092/
54
/266/

Black Widow (1954)
When a young stage hopeful is found dead, suspicion falls on her mentor, a successful Broadway producer.
poster
58
48
6.4
/3529/
60
/50/
61
/54/
3.1
/2474/
60
/10/
44
/52/

Morning Glory (1933)
Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory after its brief blooming?
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Fandango at Home Free
62
48
6.4
/3079/
67
/54/
60
/39/
3.1
/1439/
67
/6/
55
/46/

The Tender Trap (1955)
A young actress flirts demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he has it made.
poster
62
44
6.4
/3214/
61
/21/
68
/35/
3.1
/1469/
58
/58/

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paolo to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.
poster
73
37
6.2
/17/
80
/1/
86
/7/
67
/39/

Esther Williams: Hollywood's Mermaid (2024)
The story of Esther Williams is that of an improbable encounter. That of the glamorous Hollywood of the 1940s with a swimming champion. A meeting that gave birth to the most kitsch and flamboyant genre films in Technicolor: the Aqua-musicals! A dive into the troubled waters of post-war Hollywood, where only her qualities as an athlete allow an extraordinary actress to fight to emancipate herself and avoid the traps of the predators who lurk around her
poster
67
34
6.8
/1789/
70
/25/
62
/30/
3.3
/1457/
72
/13/

The Velvet Touch (1948)
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
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Kanopy
66
25
6.6
/1025/
64
/14/
64
/34/
3.4
/1022/
68
/3/

Nana (1926)
Count Moffat becomes infatuated with Nana, a presumptuous stage actress, vulgar, hypocritical and promiscuous, willing to do anything to succeed.
poster
60
20
6.5
/1240/
71
/17/
57
/24/
3.2
/422/
42
/14/

Grand Central Murder (1942)
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.
poster
68
15
6.8
/876/
67
/7/
66
/9/
3.5
/346/
71
/11/

The Voice of the Turtle (1947)
An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City.
poster
48
11
5.0
/869/
50
/14/
58
/6/
3.1
/212/
24
/70/

Wonderful and Loved by All (2007)
Isabella Eklöf is an unemployed actress in her early thirties. Her friends all enjoy stable relationships, children and successful careers. In order to jump-start her life she decides to lie a bit on her next job application with unexpected consequences.
poster
50
11
5.6
/611/
55
/5/
62
/10/
3.0
/538/
20
/8/

Rockabye (1932)
A Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.
poster
61
10
6.0
/483/
63
/6/
57
/13/
3.2
/277/

The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her daughter Gwen must decide between going on stage, or settling down in a conventional marriage. Julie is just thinking that it would be nice to retire and get married, when who should turn up but her old beau, Gilmore Marshall, the platinum magnate from South America.
poster
?
6.5
/19/
60
/1/
85
/2/

Sarah Bernhardt, pionnière du show business (2023)
On the centenary of Sarah Bernhardt's death, we take a look back at the whimsical life of the whimsical and eventful life of "la Divine", who defied theatrical traditions.
poster
?
6.9
/15/
20
/1/

María Casares, a muller que viviu mil vidas (2023)
A portrait of the Spanish actress María Casares (1922-96).
poster
?
3.7
/23/

The Contract (2018)
Sleazy director "auditioning" actresses for a movie and trying to get them to commit to more to get the part.
poster
?
90
/1/

Demaquillage (2022)
Two actresses see each other again at the premiere of a new stageplay after a sensual summer. The encounter is hopeful for one of them, less pleasant for the other.
poster
?
67
/3/

The Voice of Thaïs (2022)
Clara Mingueza, an actress from Barcelona, sets out to move the mortal remains of Elena Jordi (1882-1945), vaudeville star, actress and the first woman director of Spanish cinema, to her hometown, while trying to find a copy of Thaïs, the only film she directed.
poster
?
6.5
/63/

Wives Never Know (1936)
The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marriage—The Living Death".
poster
?
4.1
/10/

Die gelbe Nachtigall (1975)
Fanny Hobichler, a young promising actress, moves to Vienna in the 1920s in order to pursue her big break. She draws inspiration and seeks help from the popular stage actor Albert Kortz who once started out from the same provincial town as she did and was a close friend of her late father. Kortz, however, dreams of retiring as he is tired of his fame and having to deal with the short-tempered theatre director Jason. Together, they try to outwit Jason.
poster
65
?
7.2
/258/
45
/2/
80
/2/

Mirrorball (2000)
Vivienne Keill and Jackie Riviera are a couple of aging stage actresses who live in vertically adjacent flats. The two are of questionable talent, and their careers seem to be at a standstill. During the course of the pilot, Vivienne has the opportunity to be cast in a new show but delivers a horrifying rendition of the standard "Send in the Clowns", thanks in part to Jackie's off-kilter advice.
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Amazon Prime Video
?
7.2
/18/
25
/5/
80
/1/

Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face (2007)
Phyllis Diller’s brand of comedy is as timeless today as it was in the 1960s, when she became a regular on popular variety and talk shows. From her outrageous costumes to wildly teased hair, Diller was a pioneer among female comediennes, paving the way for future stars. Who can forget her hilarious housekeeping and marriage tips, her beleaguered husband Fang, her cackling laugh and self-deprecating sense of humor? Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face highlights some of her best routines. Special guest stars such as Don Rickles and Dean Martin make this a fun trip back in time.
poster
67
?
7.0
/282/
67
/7/
61
/10/
3.4
/218/

While the Door Was Locked (1946)
The film follows a number of people in an apartment building during a night full of dramatic events and entanglements.
poster
79
?
7.3
/357/
85
/2/
80
/2/

Egy szoknya, egy nadrág (1943)
When the actress he loves seems to be infatuated with a frivolous count, an actor disguises himself as the count's real interest, a wealthy Spanish woman whom the count has never seen before but wants to hoodwink into marrying him.
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Sun Nxt
54
?
8.3
/183/
10
/1/
70
/1/

Ranganayaki (1981)
The movie explores the nuance of Oedipus Complex. The heroine, a popular theatre artist, falls in love with a rich, young man. They eventually get married and beget a child. But the heroine is bored of married life and wants to dabble in acting. The husband refuses and leaves the town with his child. The heroine gets a lucky break in cinema and becomes a household name. Years later, as fate had it, a young man falls in love with the heroine and she reciprocates his love, but as a mother. She always gives him affection and loves like a mother. She encounters her ex-husband and pleads him to show her son just for once. But as fate has it doesn t happen, and she goes in deep depression and commits suicide, too late for the young lover who realizes that he had fallen in love with his own mother.
poster
62
?
6.5
/632/
67
/11/
56
/9/

My Six Loves (1963)
A celebrated actress discovers six runaway children living on her country property.
poster
?
6.8
/69/

The Shopworn Angel (1928)
Shortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive soldier court her in order to impress his friends, but a real romance soon begins.
poster
82
?
8.6
/331/
74
/17/
90
/6/
3.9
/294/

Elaine Stritch at Liberty (2004)
With only an oversized shirt, black tights, and a chair, Elaine Stritch performs her autobiographical one-woman show at London's Old Vic Theatre featuring tales and songs from her 50-plus-year career on stage and screen.
poster
?

Aud go'hjerta (2006)
Friends and colleagues remember Norwegian actress Aud Schønemann in a documentary celebrating her life. The documentary was broadcast on Norwegian public broadcasting network (NRK) less than three months after Schønemann's death.
poster
?

Stargazer
An aspiring young actress appearing in a play called Stargazer must lay to rest the ghost of its deceased playwright, which has been haunting her since she took on the lead role.
poster
?

Untitled Fernanda Montenegro Documentary
Documentary about Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro. The first South American and the first Latin American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
poster
?

Aunt Iki (2022)
Sigrid Koetse, award-winning actor and grande dame of Dutch theater, lived most of her life in the public eye and was always surrounded by a crowd of admirers. With this short documentary, filmmaker Wytse Koetse shows how his aunt spends her days nowadays, lonely in her Amsterdam home.


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