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1. A Bug's Life (1998)
G | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.
Directors: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton | Stars: Kevin Spacey, David Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere
Votes: 314,668 | Gross: $162.80M
2. Inland Empire (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern
Votes: 62,247 | Gross: $0.75M
3. Time Bandits (1981)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, John Cleese, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 68,394 | Gross: $42.37M
4. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance, War
During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart
Votes: 43,058
5. Knightriders (1981)
R | 146 min | Action, Drama
A medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their "King's" delusions of grandeur.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Ed Harris, Gary Lahti, Tom Savini, Amy Ingersoll
Votes: 5,473
6. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
The adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions with fairies come to light in a moonlit forest.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Nicholas Selby, Hugh Sullivan
Votes: 877
7. 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: 134
8. Snow White (2012)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy
A twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.
Director: Pablo Berger | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Emilio Gavira, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina
Votes: 11,641 | Gross: $0.28M
9. Fanaa (2006)
Not Rated | 168 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A sweet blind girl Zooni meets a flirty Rehan. She ignores her friends' warnings. It's her time to discover life. Is she making the right love choice?
Director: Kunal Kohli | Stars: Aamir Khan, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor, Tabu
Votes: 35,075 | Gross: $2.10M
10. The Magician (1958)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
A traveling magician and his assistants are persecuted by authorities in Sweden of the 19th century. Their capture, however, didn't bring victory to those in power.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Naima Wifstrand
Votes: 10,957
11. Love Happy (1949)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Ilona Massey
Votes: 3,081
12. A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
A kabuki actor's mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lover's son.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Takeshi Sakamoto, Chôko Iida, Kôji Mitsui, Emiko Yagumo
Votes: 3,463
13. Noviembre (2003)
104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Impelled by a spirit which still preserves a patina of idealism, Alfredo arrives in Madrid intent on creating "a performance which is freer.
Director: Achero Mañas | Stars: Óscar Jaenada, Ingrid Rubio, Javier Ríos, Juan Díaz
Votes: 4,535
14. Natarang (2010)
127 min | Drama
A poor working man loses his job and decides to start a theater troupe.
Director: Ravi Jadhav | Stars: Atul Kulkarni, Kishore Kadam, Sonalee Kulkarni, Priya Arun Berde
Votes: 2,222
15. Diary of a Maniac (1993)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Although he has great sex with Luigia, grifter Benito becomes obsessed with sex and starts fantasizing about and bedding every woman he sees. Eventually, this obsession consumes him.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Jerry Calà, Sabrina Ferilli, Valentino Macchi, Laetitia Laneri
Votes: 306
16. Sumurun (1920)
Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Ernst Lubitsch, Pola Negri, Paul Wegener, Jenny Hasselqvist
Votes: 822
17. Mr. Thank You (1936)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
A friendly bus driver and his passengers over the duration of one journey through the mountains to the nearest train station.
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu | Stars: Ken Uehara, Ryuji Ishiyama, Einosuke Naka, Michiko Kuwano
Votes: 1,273
18. The Wise Guy (1926)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Romance
Guy Watson, known as a wise guy, decides to turn his traveling vaudeville troupe and tent into an evangelistic movement, and make more money preaching than acting. One of the troupers is ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: James Kirkwood, Mary Astor, Betty Compson, George F. Marion
Votes: 23
19. Sensation Hunters (1933)
73 min | Drama
Dale Jordan is accepted by first-cabin passengers on a south-bound Panama-Pacific liner until they discover she is a cabaret girls led by Trixie Snell en route for the Bull Ring Cabaret in Panama City.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Arline Judge, Preston Foster, Marion Burns, Kenneth MacKenna
Votes: 211
20. Phantom of the Theatre (2016)
13+ | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A haunted theatre, filled with the vengeful spirits of a tragically-trapped performance troupe murdered in a fire 13 years ago, waits for the once-grand palatial playhouse to re-open with a new show - and bring in new victims.
Director: Wai-Man Yip | Stars: Ruby Lin, Yo Yang, Simon Yam, Gangshan Jing
Votes: 417 | Gross: $0.02M
21. Frisky (1954)
97 min | Comedy, Romance
The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily sent to a distant town.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Marisa Merlini, Roberto Risso
Votes: 891
22. Kagekiha opera (2016)
90 min | Drama, Romance
A Japanese LGBT love story set in a small female only theater group, based on a semi-autobiographical novel "Kokan" by Junko Emoto.
Director: Junko Emoto | Stars: Saori, Arisa Nakamura, Yuki Sakurai, Suzuka Morita
Votes: 26
23. Bright Lights (1935)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery
Joe and Fay Wilson are a happily married vaudeville team. But when a reporter discovers, that one of the chorus girls in the troupe is a slightly eccentric heiress, who bugs sometimes out ... See full summary »
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Ann Dvorak, Patricia Ellis, William Gargan
Votes: 261
24. Khadak (2006)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, a young nomad confronted with his destiny after animals fall victim to a plague which threatens to eradicate nomadism.
Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth | Stars: Batzul Khayankhyarvaa, Tsetsegee Byamba, Banzar Damchaa, Tserendarizav Dashnyam
Votes: 967 | Gross: $0.00M
25. Alegría (1999)
PG | 94 min | Drama, Romance, Fantasy
The acclaimed Canadian performance troupe Cirque de Soleil, which combines acrobatics, magic, music, and theater into spectacular stage productions, brings one of their most popular shows to the screen.
Director: Franco Dragone | Stars: René Bazinet, Frank Langella, Mako, Julie Cox
Votes: 585
26. Chasing Rainbows (1930)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is happening back stage of the production. ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Bessie Love, Charles King, Jack Benny, George K. Arthur
Votes: 271
27. Flirting with Fate (1938)
Passed | 69 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
A show troupe led by Dan Dixon and traveling in a trailer is stranded in Paraguay. Dan is all set to be booked in the theatres controlled by Don Luis Garcia until Garcia discovers that Dan ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Leo Carrillo, Beverly Roberts, Wynne Gibson
Votes: 79
28. Rain or Shine (1930)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Woman inherits a traveling circus which brings financial difficulties.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Joe Cook, Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers, William Collier Jr.
Votes: 459
29. Upstage (1926)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance
Dolly Havens, a small-town girl with big-town ambitions that are larger than her talents, hooks up with Johnny Storm, a vaudeville performer, whose talents make the act a success. Dolly, ... See full summary »
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Norma Shearer, Oscar Shaw, Tenen Holtz, Gwen Lee
Votes: 104
30. Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Traveling entertainer gets mixed up with bank robbers.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Gale Storm, Walter Brennan, Vincent Price
Votes: 127
31. Stella of the Theater: World Dai Star (2023– )
TV-14 | Animation, Drama, Music
After Dai Star stage performers exploded in worldwide popularity in the 20th century, 16-year-old Kokona Ootori follows her dream of becoming a World Dai Star by auditioning for the Sirius theatrical troupe.
Stars: Manaka Iwami, Ikumi Hasegawa, Sally Amaki, Maria Naganawa
Votes: 44
32. Medicine Ball Caravan (1971)
R | 88 min | Documentary, Drama, Music
Documentary of a 154-person bus and truck tour that set out to spread the gospel of flower power to the hinterlands of the U.S.
Director: François Reichenbach | Stars: Tim Barnes, John Blakeley, Bonnie Bramlett, Alice Cooper
Votes: 58
33. Piece of Cake (2015)
121 min | Drama, Romance
Shino is the type of girl that is easy and available to men. She detests being alone. She cheats and moves on even to new regions. Shino meets her new neighbour Kyoshiro who just happens to... See full summary »
Director: Tomorô Taguchi | Stars: Mikako Tabe, Gô Ayano, Tôri Matsuzaka, Fumino Kimura
Votes: 166
34. Lucia (1998)
97 min | Drama, Mystery
A small opera company gathers together to celebrate the wedding of one's sister with a performance of the opera, Donizetta. Her brother hopes her new husband, a rich American tenor, will ... See full summary »
Director: Don Boyd | Stars: Amanda Boyd, John Daszak, Andrew Greenan, John Osborn
Votes: 65
35. The Imperfect Lady (1946)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, Romance
While touring with a dance troupe in 1892, Millicent Hopkins meets Clive Loring who is campaigning for Parliament in the English Midlands. They fall in love and Millie remains behind at her... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Cedric Hardwicke, Virginia Field
Votes: 94
36. Smoky River Serenade (1947)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Musical
Developer J. Bricket Armstrong is out to buy up all the land in Hondo Valley. but rancher "Pop" Robinson won't sell his because of a promise he made his son, killed in WWII, and he also is ... See full summary »
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Ruth Terry, Paul Campbell, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Virginia Hunter
Votes: 23
37. Hong yan (2005)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Loneliness, saving face, and public mores. In 1983 in China, Yun is a bright schoolgirl who gets pregnant. She's expelled, her boyfriend leaves town, and her mother arranges the baby's ... See full summary »
Director: Yu Li | Stars: Xingrao Huang, Kechun Li, Yi Liu, Yizhu Wang
Votes: 308
38. Dude Ranch (1931)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Western
Chester Carr, owner of a dude ranch in the Rockies, caters to guests seeking the thrill of the Wild West. Among his guests are the wealthy Spruce Meadows and his daughter Susan. But the ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Jack Oakie, Stuart Erwin, Eugene Pallette, Mitzi Green
Votes: 62
39. The Bob Hope Christmas Special (1970 TV Special)
90 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
Bob and crew entertain military personnel at stops through Southeast Asia and Europe.
Director: Mort Lachman | Stars: Bob Hope, Connie Stevens, The Golddiggers, Teresa Graves
Votes: 26
40. Sweethearts on Parade (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Cam Ellerby (Ray Middleton) brings his traveling medicine show to town and it spells glamor and excitement to young Sylvia Townsend (Eileen Christy). Her mother, Kathleen (Lucille Norman), ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Ray Middleton, Lucille Norman, Eileen Christy, Bill Shirley
Votes: 53
41. 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: 46
42. The Life of the Party (1937)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Dr. Molnac and his musical troupe; Beggs, the manager; Mitzi Martos, a singer; Mitzi's agent Pauline; society scion Barry Saunders and his "keeper" Oliver Goodwin, are en route to Santa ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Joe Penner, Gene Raymond, Harry Einstein, Harriet Nelson
Votes: 202
43. Here Comes Cookie (1935)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Alarmed that his younger daughter is about to marry a gold-digger, a millionaire turns over the fortune to her ditsy older sister for safe-keeping to his ultimate regret, protection.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, George Barbier, Betty Furness
Votes: 178
44. Social Decay (1932)
62 min | Drama
Stelios Tatasopoulos directs the first film of social realism in Athens of the 1930s. Drugs, gangs, prisons, strikes, and also clashes with the police.
Director: Stelios Tatasopoulos | Stars: Stelios Tatasopoulos, Danai Grizou, Tasos Kefalas, Joly Garbi
Votes: 116
45. Izu no odoriko (1963)
87 min | Drama, Romance
Adapted from a famous short story in Japan, The Izu Dancer is the story of a male teenager on vacation in the Izu peninsula who encounters a thirteen-year-old girl who is part of a ... See full summary »
Director: Katsumi Nishikawa | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mitsuo Hamada, Hideki Takahashi, Yôko Minamida
Votes: 63
46. Záskok (1997 Video)
95 min | Comedy
Small local troupe desperately needs a stand in their new act called Vlasta. They invite Mr. Prachensky to aid them, for he is a great theatre star, in hope that he will raise the troupe's renown. But will he do so?
Director: Ladislav Smoljak | Stars: Jan Kaspar, Zdenek Sverák, Borivoj Penc, Petr Brukner
Votes: 292
47. Painted Faces (1929)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A vaudeville performer is murdered backstage and another performer is tried for the crime.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Helen Foster, Barton Hepburn, Dorothy Gulliver
Votes: 88
48. Hi'Ya Chum (1943)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Entertainers get stranded in a small boomtown and open up a restaurant.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: The Ritz Brothers, Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz
Votes: 35
49. The Royal Rodeo (1939)
Approved | 15 min | Short, Musical, Romance
A young monarch, bored with responsibility and craving excitement, invites a traveling rodeo show to perform at his palace.
Director: George Amy | Stars: John Payne, Lucile Fairbanks, Cliff Edwards, Scotty Beckett
Votes: 264
50. Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Dangerous Nan McGrew is the sharp-shooting expert of a traveling medicine show that is stranded in the Canadian northwest at the snowbound hunting lodge of wealthy Mrs. Benson. Nan is ... See full summary »
Director: Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Helen Kane, Victor Moore, James Hall, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 76