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1. Amadeus (1984)

R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice

Votes: 428,792 | Gross: $51.97M

2. Encanto (2021)

PG | 102 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.

Directors: Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith | Stars: Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo

Votes: 263,021 | Gross: $96.09M

3. Gaslight (1944)

Passed | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the home rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, May Whitty

Votes: 33,990

4. Angelyne (2022)

TV-MA | 53 min | Biography, Drama

Fame, identity, billboards, Corvettes, women teasing men, men obsessed with women, West Hollywood, crystals, UFOs, and the self-proclaimed Rorschach test in pink, glow-in-the-dark queen of the universe, Angelyne.

Stars: Emmy Rossum, Alex Karpovsky, Hamish Linklater, Charlie Rowe

Votes: 1,495

5. The Red Shoes (1948)

Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.

Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann

Votes: 39,234 | Gross: $10.90M

6. Seven Sweethearts (1942)

Passed | 98 min | Musical, Romance

Henry falls in love with Billie, one of seven daughters of an eccentric hotel owner. Billie loves him back but refuses marriage because family tradition demands that the eldest daughter must marry first.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Marsha Hunt, Cecilia Parker, Peggy Moran

Votes: 572

7. S1m0ne (2002)

PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

A producer's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star, becoming an overnight sensation that everyone thinks is a real person.

Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Rachel Roberts, Benjamin Salisbury

Votes: 62,505 | Gross: $9.68M

8. Wonder Man (1945)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

After being murdered by gangsters, an exuberant nightclub entertainer returns as a ghost to persuade his meek twin brother to help bring his killers to justice.

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Donald Woods

Votes: 2,494

9. The Great Caruso (1951)

Approved | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Music

This film traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso... See full summary »

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten, Jarmila Novotna

Votes: 1,468

10. 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: 3,289

11. On Our Merry Way (1948)

Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Three short stories revolving around the topic of the daily question posed by the roving reporter to the readers of a daily newspaper.

Directors: Leslie Fenton, King Vidor, John Huston, George Stevens | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, James Stewart, Henry Fonda

Votes: 848

12. L'inhumaine (1924)

Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Claire Lescot is a famous first lady. All men want to be loved by her and among them is the young scientist Einar Norsen. When she mocks at him, he leaves her house with the declared intention to kill himself.

Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Jaque Catelain, Léonid Walter de Malte, Philippe Hériat, Fred Kellerman

Votes: 1,044

13. Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004 Video)

G | 68 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Sequel to Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

Directors: Theresa Cullen, Carole Holliday, Peggy Holmes, Matthew O'Callaghan | Stars: Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings

Votes: 5,948

14. A Christmas Solo (2017 TV Movie)

TV-G | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Two single parents stumble into the possibility of love for Christmas, not knowing that their daughters are embroiled in a nasty rivalry at school.

Director: Christie Will Wolf | Stars: Kelli Williams, Jonathan Scarfe, Pippa Mackie, Kayla Wallace

Votes: 1,005

15. Cain and Mabel (1936)

Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

A talented boxer and a gifted dancer hope to increase their waning popularity by inventing a fictitious love affair for the benefit of the tabloids.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins, Roscoe Karns

Votes: 2,068

16. Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990)

115 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Canadian surgeon Dr. Norman Bethune (Donald Sutherland) journeys 1,500 miles into China to reach Mao Zedong's eighth route Army in the Wu Tai mountains where he will build hospitals, ... See full summary »

Director: Phillip Borsos | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Helen Mirren, Helen Shaver, Colm Feore

Votes: 414

17. Interrupted Melody (1955)

Passed | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Music

This movie chronicles Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback.

Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore, Cecil Kellaway

Votes: 1,192

18. College Coach (1933)

TV-G | 76 min | Drama, Sport

Coach Gore, a ruthless and cynical big-time football coach, neglects his wife in his unrelenting drive to make Calvert College a football power.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Pat O'Brien, Arthur Byron

Votes: 520

19. Make a Wish (1937)

Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

While at summer camp in the Maine woods, little Bobby Breen befriends composer Basil Rathbone, who left the city to try and break his creative block, and is soon playing matchmaker for his widowed singer mother and Rathbone.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone, Marion Claire, Henry Armetta

Votes: 210

20. Moonlight Murder (1936)

Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Chester Morris, Madge Evans, Leo Carrillo, Frank McHugh

Votes: 178

21. Stage Struck (1936)

Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Broadway dance director George Randall (Dick Powell) is stuck with staging a Broadway show starring Peggy Revere (Joan Blondell), a wealthy but untalented performer who is starring only ... See full summary »

Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Warren William, Frank McHugh

Votes: 366

22. Big Top Bunny (1951)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

An acrobatic bear at Colonel Korny's World Famous Circus finds an unwanted partner in Bugs Bunny.

Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 1,080

23. Romance in the Dark (1938)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

"Romance in the Dark" is a 1938 film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Gladys Swarthout, John Boles, John Barrymore, and Claire Dodd. It is one of five movies produced by Paramount in ... See full summary »

Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Gladys Swarthout, John Boles, John Barrymore, Claire Dodd

Votes: 75

24. Upstage (1926)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance

A small-town girl with big ambitions hooks up with a vaudevillian, whose talent makes the act a success. Dolly thinks she is the reason until a handsome leading man discovers her looks exceed her talent and is soon out of work.

Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Norma Shearer, Oscar Shaw, Tenen Holtz, Gwen Lee

Votes: 104

25. Vysehrad (2016– )

10 min | Comedy

Julius "Lavi" Lavicky was a great football talent. However, parties, alcohol, smoking, girls and escapade after escapade destroy his promising career. He no longer even plays for Sparta, ... See full summary »

Stars: Jakub Stáfek, Ondrej Pavelka, Jirí Ployhar, Jakub Prachar

Votes: 269

26. Toddlers and Tiaras: Where Are They Now? (2011)

TV-14 | 4 min | Short, Comedy

A spoof of the popular TLC show Toddlers and Tiaras that can be viewed on YouTube

Directors: Rachel Lee Goldenberg, Allison Hord | Stars: Ashley Tisdale, Leah Remini, Stephanie Allynne, Heather Ayers

Votes: 83

27. I'll Take Romance (1937)

Passed | 90 min | Music, Romance

An opera manager tries to woo a contract-breaking soprano into performing in Buenos Aires.

Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Grace Moore, Melvyn Douglas, Helen Westley, Stuart Erwin

Votes: 140

28. A Welsh Singer (1915)

Passed | Drama, Music, Romance

A shepherdess becomes an opera star. A shepherd becomes a sculptor.

Director: Henry Edwards | Stars: Florence Turner, Henry Edwards, Campbell Gollan, Malcolm Cherry

29. Il ritorno del cigno (2014 TV Movie)

Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary on the life of the great composer Gioachino Rossini.

Director: Ettore Florio | Stars: Bruno Praticò, Alessandro Gimelli, Angela Pascucci, Paola Antonucci

30. The Kôsuke Kindaichi Series 9: The Arrow of Dead (1989 TV Movie)

72 min | Mystery

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Director: Ikuo Sekimoto | Stars: Kayo Matsuo, Takashi Yamaguchi, Natsuko Migiwa, Yôko Nagayama

31. Beware of... The Burial Queen (2014)

12 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

A wanna be actress finds herself in a deep hole after she lets the little fame she has go to her head.

Director: Ricky Ortiz | Stars: Alicia Smith, Daniel Irwin, Joe Hammerstone, Alyssa Ward

32. Prima Donna (1959 TV Special)

60 min | Music

A live television presentation of Arthur Benjamin's rarely-performed opera.

Stars: Valda Bagnall, Rosalind Keene, Geoffrey Chard, Alan Ferris

33. Unison (2000 Video Game)

E | Comedy, Musical

In the high tech city Twin Ships, dancing is prohibited by Emperor Ducker and anyone who is caught dancing is arrested and banned from the city. The three girls Trill, Cela, and Chilly were... See full summary »

Director: Nobuki Nagai | Stars: Chris Wells, Paul Lucas, Terry Osada, Gerri Sorrells

34. Red Shoe Diaries (1992–1999)
Episode: Like Father, Like Son (1994)

TV-MA | 26 min | Drama, Romance

When Jamie first met Celeste she was the lover of his father. When the two meet again, Jamie is a grown man and Celeste, an older woman. But her better judgment cannot stop her from falling prey to Jamie's advances.

Director: Rafael Eisenman | Stars: Arielle Dombasle, Elodie Frenck, Will Stewart, Jean-Yves Gautier

Votes: 34

35. Screen Directors Playhouse (1955–1956)
Episode: Prima Donna (1956)

Drama

A teenager with outstanding vocal talent would rather play baseball than develop his singing skills.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Laraine Day, Leo Durocher, Jerome Cowan

Votes: 67

36. A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode: Dead Male One (1995)

TV-14 | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

DI Frost investigates a misidentified body floating in a river and the drug related death of a football prima donna who dies after a kick in the head.

Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, Lindy Whiteford, Larry Lamb

Votes: 317

37. The Queen's Gambit (2020)
Episode: Fork (2020)

TV-MA | 48 min | Drama

Back home in Kentucky, a shaken Beth reconnects with a former opponent who offers to help sharpen her game ahead of the U.S. Championship.

Director: Scott Frank | Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Marielle Heller, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Harry Melling

Votes: 9,840

38. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Murdoch at the Opera (2012)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A talented young opera singer, who is being mentored by the show's diva as her understudy, is poisoned at a rehearsal with Brackenreid, a great admirer of the soprano,, in charge of the investigation.

Director: Yannick Bisson | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris, Georgina Reilly

Votes: 347