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Plot Summary:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his talent or destroy his name. Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a war with Mozart, with music, and ultimately, with God.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 206 min
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Rocky Horror Show Live (2015)
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The Rocky Horror Show was born at the Royal Court's tiny Theatre Upstairs on June 16, 1973, and went on to become an international stage smash hit and a major motion picture.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 828
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: horror musical, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Early Music (2017)
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Two foundering musicians in the early stage of their careers meet and form an unlikely alliance.
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Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
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A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
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Guy Jones (Irons) moves to a small British town and joins the local amateur dramatics society as a way to meet people. However he soon finds the drama offstage far outweighs those onstage.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 928
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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La fille du régiment (2007)
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This version of Donizetti’s comic opera zooms right to the top of any list of essential videos for opera fans. In this action filled physical comedy, the beautiful tomboy Marie was found on a battlefield as a baby and adopted, not by one soldier but by an entire regiment. When Marie falls—quite literally—into the arms of the handsome Tonio, her military dads jump to protect her to stop a possible marriage. LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT may not be the composer’s best work, but given a top-notch production with world class singing actors, it brings vocal thrills and an abundance of laughs, a combination that’s hard to beat. The stars are Juan Diego Flórez and Natalie Dessay, both unbeatable in bel canto roles, and both in top form here.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 127 min
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Into the Woods (2011)
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Into the Woods takes the stories of the Brothers Grimm and gives them a dark and humorous twist. The popular tales of Red Ridinghood, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Cinderella and Rapunzel are interwoven with that of the Baker and his Wife and their quest to have a child. However this re-telling goes beyond "happily ever after" as the familiar characters find themselves in unfamiliar circumstances and hopes and dreams are questioned and revisited.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 153 min
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Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffman (1981)
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Seeking to exorcise the failure of his current love affair, the poet Hoffmann tells the tales of his three past loves - the doll-like Olympia, the high-class courtesan Giulietta, and the ambitious but delicate Antonia - and recalls how each was thwarted by the evil influence of his rival. In this production by the distinguished film director, John Schlesinger, with spectacular designs by Maria Bjornson and William Dudley, Offenbach's nightmare world is brought to life. The all-star cast is headed by Placido Domingo as Hoffmann: his three loves are Ileana Cotrubas, Anges Baltsa and Luciana Serra and the manifestations of his rival are sung by Geraint Evans, Robert Lloyd, Siegmund Nimsgern and Nicola Ghiuselev. The score, which includes such favourites as the "Barcarolle" and the "Doll's Song", is conducted by Georges Pretre.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 159 min
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Madama Butterfly (1986)
Plot Summary:
Opera at La Scala Milan.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 142 min
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The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular (2003)
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Jim Ryan and Kate Conroy love each other, but John Conroy stands in the way of their happiness until Jim Ryan recaptures a prized colt.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny
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The Mikado (1987)
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Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, leaves home and disguises himself as a musician to escape a distasteful marriage - and meets a beautiful girl, Yum-Yum, with whom he falls in love. He desperately wants to marry her, but obstacles are cast in his way by Yum-Yum's guardian, Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, who is also in love with Yum-Yum and has every intention of marrying her, himself. Also causing problems is Katisha, Nanki-Poo's jilted bride, who arrives in Titipu in the company of Nanki-Poo's father, the Mikado.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: Australia
Duration:
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Così fan tutte (2006)
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Mozart's genius in setting to music da Ponte's comic play of love, infidelity and forgiveness marks COSI FAN TUTTE as one of the great works of art from the Age of Enlightenment. Nicholas Hytner's beautiful new production, with its sure touch and theatrical know-how, lives up to its promise to be "shockingly traditional" as Iván Fischer teases artful performances from an outstanding international cast of convincing young lovers.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 210 min
Plot tags: psychological, funny, light, philosophical, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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National Theatre Live: Prima Facie (2022)
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Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. From working class origins, she has reached the top of her game. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.
IMDB Rating: 9.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
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How Good the Whites Are (1988)
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Ya bon les blancs depicts a fiercely farcical fable-like vision from Ferreri’s typically ruthless perspective where naïve white liberals attempt to give starving African spaghetti and tomato sauce as aid, ugly Italians attempt boning bloated black native broads, a Catholic priest is gang-raped while he eats Russian chicken and stares at the starved corpse of a preteen negro boy, a deranged jigaboo wearing a white mask claims to whites that he is a real white man and that they are imposters that must leave, and a group of cannibalistic negroid nomads who eat two crackers that dare to sully their magical waterhole. (cont. http://www.soiledsinema.com/2014/08/how-good-whites-are.html?zx=4dfcfb7d2366e8ba).
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: grotesque
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Adam Devine: Best Time of Our Lives (2019)
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Critically acclaimed comedian, Adam Devine, knows that growing up sucks and is here to tell you why. Filmed in front of a packed house at The Orpheum Theater in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, Devine's new Netflix comedy special will give a comedic take on the worst parts of growing up including puberty, parental judgment, and almost dying on your 21st birthday.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min
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Wanda Sykes: Not Normal (2019)
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Wanda Sykes tackles politics, reality TV, racism and the secret she'd take to the grave in this rollicking, no-holds-barred stand-up special.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
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Stiffelio (2012)
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Part of Tutto Verdi series - Stiffelio (2012) Parma. 'Stiffelio' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, from an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. The origin of this was the novel “Le pasteur d’hommes”, by Émile Souvestre, which was published in 1838. This was adapted into the French play 'Le pasteur, ou L'évangile et le foyer' by Émile Souvestre and Eugène Bourgeois. That was in turn translated into Italian by Gaetano Vestri as 'Stifellius'; this formed the basis of Piave's libretto.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 118 min
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National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well (2009)
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National Theatre Live is an initiative operated by the Royal National Theatre in London, which broadcasts live via satellite, performances of their productions to movie theaters, cinemas and arts centres on the world. The second production, All's Well That Ends Well, showed at a total of around 300 screens, and today, the number of venues that show NT Live productions has grown to around 700.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration:
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Madea's Neighbors from Hell (2014)
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Madea's neighborhood takes a turn for the worse when a foster mother moves in with her unruly kids. Suspicious activity leads Madea to take justice into her own hands. With Aunt Bam by her side, Madea uses her unique wit and wisdom for unforgettable results.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, offbeat
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Trevor Noah: The Nationwild Comedy Tour (2015)
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What do you get when you take some of the funniest people in South Africa and put them on the same stage? That's the question Trevor Noah answered with SA's first Nationwild tour! Featuring the likes of Dusty Rich, Dillan Oliphant, Robby Collins and of course Trevor Noah. From Zuma, to ladies feet and Afrikaners to Oscar Pistorius, no subject is left untouched in this show. All the laughs you can fit on a DVD plus more. This is the Nationwild Comedy Tour!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: live comedy
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Joanna (1968)
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When 17 year old Joanna comes to Swinging London, she meets a host of colourful characters, discovers the pleasures of casual sex and falls in love. That's when things get complicated.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Hairspray Live! (2016)
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A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Public Eye (1972)
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A strait-laced British banker hires an eccentric private detective to follow his free-spirited American wife, whom he suspects is cheating on him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 841
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Rodney King (2017)
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25 years ago, four LAPD officers were acquitted in a state court for beating King, sparking three days of rioting that left 53 people dead. Now, around the anniversary, this Spike Lee-produced one-man show (Roger Guenver Smith) will be streaming on Netflix. A complex, semi-tragic figure, King drowned in 2012. His life was rarely smooth, or simple – its telling makes for a sober, moving watch.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 635
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, one man show
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Annie Live! (2021)
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A young orphan opens the heart of billionaire Sir Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
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Carmen in 3D (2011)
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Passion, jealousy and betrayal take center stage at Londons Royal Opera House in a spectacular production of the worlds most popular opera. Bizets Carmen is packed with some of the best-loved and memorable music in all of opera. In this characteristically vivid and vibrant stage production by Francesca Zambello, beautifully filmed in 3D by Julian Napier, Seville is brought to life with ranks of soldiers, crowds of peasants, gypsies and bullfighters as well as a magnificent horse, a donkey and even some chickens! This spectacular RealD and Royal Opera House production features a supremely talented cast, gripping drama and Bizets energetic and passionate score. It is truly a musical event to remember!.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, stylized
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Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018)
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The award-winning show is re-imagined as a live concert event, featuring an all-star cast of recording artists, set during the last week of Jesus' life as he deals with betrayal, love and jealousy, and told from the perspective of Judas.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating
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Company (2011)
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Following five couples and their friend Robert (Neil Patrick Harris), the perpetual bachelor, Company explores the true meaning of being in a relationship through a series of vignettes. Winner of the 1971 Tony Award for Best Musical, Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, Rent) will led an all-star cast in a sold out event at the New York Philharmonic with this rendition of Stephen Sondheim's Company.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: stylized, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
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The Ruling Class (1972)
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When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: surreal, dark comedy, humorous, satirical, disturbing, talky, black comedy, semi serious, psychological, cult classic
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Billy Elliot: The Musical Live (2014)
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A talented young dancer has to learn to fight for his dream despite social and parental disapproval.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, uplifting, humorous, inter cultural
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The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000)
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Broadcast of a live performance of the Roundabout Theater Company's 2000 New York revival of the classic Kaufman-Hart comedy, about a famous (and famously acid-tongued) theater critic who is forced to stay in a Midwestern couple's home and the havoc that ensues.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 349
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Country: USA
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Monster in a Box (1992)
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This is the story of Spalding Gray and his attempt to write a novel. It is a first person account about writing and living, and dealing with success while trying to be successful.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 870
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, witty, talky, humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychological, tense, philosophical