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The Lives of Others (2006)

Summary: In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Release Date: March 30, 2007

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Writer: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: R

Production: Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), ARTE, Creado Film

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Countries: Germany, France

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Domestic: $ 11,286,112

International: $ 66,070,830

8.7 - Douban
25857 votes

All About Eve (1950)

Summary: A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.

Release Date: October 27, 1950

Genre: Drama

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

, Mary Orr

Runtime: 2 h 18 min

MPAA: Passed

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, Magnetic Video, CBS/Fox, Key Video, Disney Channel, Fathom Events, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,400,000

Domestic: $ 63,463

International: $ 87,589

8.7 - Douban
159 votes

Every Little Step (2008)

Summary: Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.

Release Date: June 12, 2009

Genres: Music, Documentary

Directors: Adam Del Deo

, James D. Stern

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Endgame Entertainment

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,725,141

International: $ 1,044,622

8.6 - Douban
299773 votes

Marriage Story (2019)

Summary: A stage director and his actor wife struggle through a grueling divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes. Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying toget...

Release Date: December 06, 2019

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Noah Baumbach

Writer: Noah Baumbach

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: R

Production: Heyday Films, Netflix

Distributor: The Criterion Collection

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,600,000

8.6 - Douban
1927 votes

Tea With the Dames (2018)

Summary: Dames Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright, and Maggie Smith get together for tea to reminisce and discuss their acting careers.

Release Date: May 02, 2018

Genre: Documentary

Director: Roger Michell

Runtime: 1 h 24 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Field Day Films, Kew Media Group, The Dames Production

Distributor: Sundance Selects

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 889,343

International: $ 2,299,091

8.4 - Douban
4579 votes

My Dinner with Andre (1981)

Summary: Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.

Release Date: October 11, 1981

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography

Director: Louis Malle

Writers: Wallace Shawn

, Andre Gregory

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Saga Productions Inc., The Andre Company

Distributor: Fox Lorber Home Video, HBO Max, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 5,073

8.3 - Douban
18743 votes

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Summary: A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

Release Date: February 05, 2009

Genre: Drama

Director: Charlie Kaufman

Writer: Charlie Kaufman

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Likely Story, Projective Testing Service

Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,083,538

International: $ 1,574,863

8.3 - Douban
4957 votes

Being Julia (2004)

Summary: Set in 1930s London, this movie involves stage actors and actresses and their experiences with love and revenge.

Release Date: February 18, 2005

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: István Szabó

Writers: W. Somerset Maugham

, Ronald Harwood

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: R

Production: Serendipity Point Films, First Choice Films, Hogarth Productions, Myriad Pictures

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, HBO Max, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: Canada, United States, Hungary, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 7,739,049

International: $ 6,600,122

8.3 - Douban
90 votes

The Cockettes (2002)

Summary: Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.

Release Date: January 16, 2002

Genre: Documentary

Directors: Bill Weber

, David Weissman

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: R

Production: Grandelusion

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 300,000

Domestic: $ 220,165

8 - Douban
2316 votes

The Band Wagon (1953)

Summary: An aging movie star uncertain of his future teams up with a top ballerina to headline a new Broadway musical, but the pretentiously artistic goals of its director threaten to change it beyond recognition.

Release Date: August 07, 1953

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Writers: Betty Comden

, Adolph Green

, Norman Corwin

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: G

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,169,120

8 - Douban
1654 votes

Mephisto (1981)

Summary: In early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor faces a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?

Release Date: March 22, 1982

Genre: Drama

Director: István Szabó

Writers: Péter Dobai

, István Szabó

, Klaus Mann

Runtime: 2 h 26 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Mafilm, Objektív Film, Manfred Durniok Filmproduktion, Hessischer Rundfunk (HR), Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)

Distributor: Analysis Film Releasing Corporation, Nox Film

Countries: Hungary, Austria, West Germany

Language: German

8 - Douban
724 votes

The Goodbye Girl (1977)

Summary: After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.

Release Date: November 30, 1977

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Herbert Ross

Writer: Neil Simon

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Rastar Pictures

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MGM/CBS Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 102,000,000

7.9 - Douban
115932 votes

Drive My Car (2021)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: August 20, 2021

Genre: Drama

Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Writers: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

, Haruki Murakami

, Takamasa Ôe

Runtime: 2 h 59 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: Bitters End, Bungeishunju, C&I Entertainment, C&I Entertainment, Japan Arts Council, Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs, L'espace Vision, Nekojarashi, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K., Quaras, The Asahi Shimbun Company

Distributor: Sideshow (II), HBO Max

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 2,352,240

International: $ 13,004,170

7.9 - Douban
1963 votes

Imitation of Life (1959)

Summary: An aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.

Release Date: April 02, 1959

Genre: Drama

Director: Douglas Sirk

Writers: Eleanore Griffin

, Allan Scott

, Fannie Hurst

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal International Pictures (UI)

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

7.9 - Douban
652 votes

Esther Kahn (2000)

Summary: A Jewish girl in nineteenth century London, dreams of becoming a stage actress.

Release Date: November 23, 2001

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Arnaud Desplechin

Writers: Emmanuel Bourdieu

, Arnaud Desplechin

, Arthur Symons

Runtime: 2 h 37 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Why Not Productions, Les Films Alain Sarde, France 3 Cinéma, Arts Council of England, Canal+, British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), British Screen Productions

Distributor: Wellspring Media

Countries: France, United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 23,371

7.9 - Douban
220 votes

Heights (2005)

Summary: Spanning 24 hours, "Heights" follows five New Yorkers challenged to choose their destiny before the sun comes up the next day.

Release Date: July 15, 2005

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Chris Terrio

Writers: Amy Fox

, Chris Terrio

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: R

Production: Merchant Ivory Productions

Distributor: Sony Pictures Television

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,160,817

International: $ 145,464

7.8 - Douban
892 votes

De-Lovely (2004)

Summary: Inspecting a magical biographical stage musical, composer Cole Porter reviews his life and career with his wife, Linda.

Release Date: August 06, 2004

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: Irwin Winkler

Writer: Jay Cocks

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Potboiler Productions, Winkler Films

Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 13,456,633

International: $ 5,155,318

7.8 - Douban
679 votes

An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)

Summary: Set right after World War II, a naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexua...

Release Date: July 21, 1995

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Mike Newell