Superstar in a Housedress (2004)

The Extra Man (2010)

Summary: A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.

Release Date: January 27, 2011

Genre: Comedy

Directors: Shari Springer Berman

, Robert Pulcini

Writers: Robert Pulcini

, Jonathan Ames

, Shari Springer Berman

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: R

Production: 3 Arts Entertainment, Likely Story, Wild Bunch

Distributor: Magnolia Pictures, HBO Max, Magnolia Home Entertainment, Peacock, Tubi TV

Countries: France, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Domestic: $ 453,377

International: $ 196,249

Deathtrap (1982)

Summary: A struggling playwright invites a young writer to his home to discuss a script, but the meeting spirals into a deadly game of deception and betrayal.

Release Date: March 19, 1982

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Director: Sidney Lumet

Writers: Ira Levin

, Jay Presson Allen

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video, CBS, Warner Archive Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 19,282,134

Piñero (2001)

Summary: Miguel Pinero's creative and turbulent life was cut short at age 40: a Tony Award nominee who did time at Sing-Sing, a volatile urban poet whose work is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop, and a writer of hit TV shows.

Release Date: April 12, 2002

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Leon Ichaso

Writer: Leon Ichaso

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: R

Production: Burnside Entertainment, GreeneStreet Films, Lower East Side Films

Distributor: Miramax

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 275,171

The Normal Heart (2014)

Summary: In the early 1980s, the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York led to an emergence of homosexual activists. With support from the medical community, they try to raise awareness about the disease.

Release Date: May 25, 2014

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Ryan Murphy

Writers: Larry Kramer

, Ryan Murphy

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: HBO Films, Plan B Entertainment, Blumhouse Productions

Distributor: Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)

Country: United States

Language: English

Little Women (2019)

Summary: 19th century Massachusetts. While the March sisters - Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth - enter the threshold of womanhood, they go through many ups and downs in life and endeavor to make important decisions that can affect their future.

Release Date: December 25, 2019

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Greta Gerwig

Writers: Greta Gerwig

, Louisa May Alcott

Runtime: 2 h 15 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Columbia Pictures, New Regency Productions, Pascal Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Regency Enterprises, DiNovi Pictures

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 108,101,214

International: $ 110,742,431

Wilde (1997)

Summary: The turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality.

Release Date: May 01, 1998

Genres: Drama, Romance, Biography

Director: Brian Gilbert

Writers: Julian Mitchell

, Richard Ellmann

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: R

Production: Samuelson Productions, Dove International, NDF International, Capitol Films, BBC Films, The Greenlight Fund

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Dove International

Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,158,775

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

The Greatest Showman (2017)

Summary: Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

Release Date: December 20, 2017

Genres: Drama, Musical, Biography

Director: Michael Gracey

Writers: Jenny Bicks

, Bill Condon

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Bona Film Group, Chernin Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Laurence Mark Productions

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Hotstar, Disney+

Countries: United States, China

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 84,000,000

Domestic: $ 174,340,174

International: $ 294,724,785

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The Lady in the Van (2015)

Summary: A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her van that's parked in his driveway.

Release Date: November 13, 2015

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography

Director: Nicholas Hytner

Writer: Alan Bennett

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG

Production: BBC Films, Dream Cars, TriStar Productions

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 10,021,175

International: $ 31,366,512

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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

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Playing by Heart (1998)

Summary: Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in Los Angeles.

Release Date: January 22, 1999

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Willard Carroll

Writer: Willard Carroll

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: R

Production: Hyperion Pictures, Intermedia, Miramax, Morpheus

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,970,078

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Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

Summary: The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Release Date: August 12, 2016

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography

Director: Stephen Frears

Writers: Nicholas Martin

, Julia Kogan

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Pathé, BBC Films, Pathé Pictures International, Qwerty Films

Countries: United Kingdom, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 29,000,000

Domestic: $ 27,383,770

International: $ 21,669,017

Tootsie (1982)

Summary: Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.

Release Date: December 17, 1982

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Sydney Pollack

Writers: Don McGuire

, Larry Gelbart

, Murray Schisgal

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Columbia Pictures, Mirage Enterprises, Punch Productions

Distributor: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), The Criterion Collection, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 21,000,000

Domestic: $ 177,200,000

International: $ 271

The Arbor (2010)

Summary: Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.

Release Date: April 25, 2010

Genres: Drama, Documentary, Biography

Director: Clio Barnard

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Artangel Media, UK Film Council

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 21,620

International: $ 104,562

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: G

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