Star! (1968)

Gold Diggers of 1933

Summary: A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.

Release Date: May 27, 1933

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Writers: Erwin Gelsey

, James Seymour

, David Boehm

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: Passed

Production: Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros., Associated Artists Productions (AAP), Key Video, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Turner Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Warner Archive Collection, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 433,000

Footlight Parade (1933)

Summary: Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.

Release Date: October 21, 1933

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Director: Lloyd Bacon

Writers: Manuel Seff

, James Seymour

, Robert Lord

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: G

Production: Warner Bros.

Distributor: Associated Artists Productions (AAP), United Artists, Key Video, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Warner Archive Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 703,000

The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)

Summary: A married musical team splits up so the wife can become a serious actress.

Release Date: September 01, 1949

Genres: Comedy, Musical

Director: Charles Walters

Writers: Betty Comden

, Adolph Green

, Sidney Sheldon

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,325,420

The Prom (2020)

Summary: A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high-school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.

Release Date: December 11, 2020

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical

Director: Ryan Murphy

Writers: Bob Martin

, Chad Beguelin

, Matthew Sklar

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Dramatic Forces, Storykey, Netflix, Ryan Murphy Productions

Distributor: Netflix

Country: United States

Language: English

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For Me and My Gal (1942)

Summary: Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.

Release Date: August 02, 1943

Genres: Musical, Romance, War

Director: Busby Berkeley

Writers: Howard Emmett Rogers

, Richard Sherman

, Fred F. Finklehoffe

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 802,000

All That Jazz (1979)

Summary: Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid career of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.

Release Date: December 20, 1979

Genres: Drama, Musical, Music

Director: Bob Fosse

Writers: Robert Alan Aurthur

, Bob Fosse

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Magnetic Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 37,823,676

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Michael Clayton (2007)

Summary: A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.

Release Date: October 12, 2007

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Tony Gilroy

Writer: Tony Gilroy

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

MPAA: R

Production: Samuels Media, Castle Rock Entertainment, Mirage Enterprises, Section Eight, Clayton Productions

Distributor: Warner Bros., HBO Max, Summit Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 49,033,882

International: $ 43,957,953

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

Summary: A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

Release Date: March 11, 1994

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Directors: Joel Coen

, Ethan Coen

Writers: Ethan Coen

, Joel Coen

, Sam Raimi

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: PG

Production: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, PolyGram Filmproduktion, Silver Pictures

Distributor: Warner Archive Collection, Warner Home Video

Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,816,518

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

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Summary: Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

Release Date: June 29, 1957

Genres: Drama, Film-Noir

Director: Alexander Mackendrick

Writers: Clifford Odets

, Ernest Lehman

, Alexander Mackendrick

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Norma Productions, Curtleigh Productions, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions, Norma Productions

Distributor: United Artists, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,400,000

The Jazz Singer (1927)

Summary: The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.

Release Date: December 01, 1928

Genres: Drama, Musical, Music

Director: Alan Crosland

Writers: Samson Raphaelson

, Alfred A. Cohn

, Jack Jarmuth

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: G

Production: Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros., Dominant Pictures Corporation, Associated Artists Productions (AAP), United Artists, United Artists Television, CBS/Fox, Turner Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Magnetic Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 422,000

Shall We Dance (1937)

Summary: A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.

Release Date: May 07, 1937

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Director: Mark Sandrich

Writers: Allan Scott

, Ernest Pagano

, P.J. Wolfson

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: RKO Radio Pictures

Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures, C&C Television Corporation, C&C Television Corporation, United Artists Television, Image Entertainment, Warner Home Video, MGM/UA Entertainment Company, RKO Home Video, Republic Pictures Home Video, Fox Hills Video, HBO Max, Turner Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 991,000

King Kong (2005)

Summary: A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.

Release Date: December 14, 2005

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Peter Jackson

Writers: Fran Walsh

, Philippa Boyens

, Peter Jackson

Runtime: 3 h 07 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, WingNut Films, Big Primate Pictures, MFPV Film

Distributor: Universal Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, New Zealand, Germany

Language: English

Franchise: King Kong

Movie budget: $ 207,000,000

Domestic: $ 218,080,025

International: $ 338,826,353

The Producers (1967)

Summary: A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.

Release Date: November 10, 1968

Genres: Comedy, Music

Director: Mel Brooks

Writer: Mel Brooks

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Crossbow Productions, Springtime Productions, U-M Productions

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Magnetic Video, Embassy Home Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment, PolyGram Video, Rialto Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Shout! Factory, Sony Pictures Television, HBO Max, MGM Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 941,000

Domestic: $ 328,673

International: $ 46,851

The Producers (2005)

Summary: After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.

Release Date: December 25, 2005

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Crime

Director: Susan Stroman

Writers: Mel Brooks

, Thomas Meehan

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Brooksfilms

Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Shout! Factory TV

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 45,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,398,532

International: $ 18,676,786