Genre: Showbiz Musicals
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Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (2011)
Cast: Ashley Tisdale, Austin Butler, Cameron Goodman …
Directed by: Michael Lembeck
When a talent scout gives her the green light to go on to bigger and better things in New York City, Sharpay Evans expects an easy bop to the top on Broadway. But the city's charms are…
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Memphis the Musical (2011)
Cast: Chad Kimball, Montego Glover, J. Bernard Calloway …
Directed by: Don Roy King
Filmed before a live audience, this big-screen presentation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical "Memphis" follows the 1950s-era interracial love story between Tennessee radio disc jockey…
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The Runaways (2010)
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon …
Directed by: Floria Sigismondi
Dakota Fanning stars in The Runaways, about a group of extraordinary young women as they rise from rebellious So. California kids to rock stars of the now legendary band that paved the way…
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Burlesque (2010)
Cast: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane …
Directed by: Steve Antin
After leaving Iowa with stars in her eyes, Ali arrives at a Los Angeles burlesque lounge with dreams of taking the stage with her soaring voice. Club owner Tess is about to lose the place and…
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Rising Stars (2010)
Cast: Kyle Riabko, Lauren Ashley Carter, Natalie Hall …
Directed by: Daniel Millican
Over the course of a high-stakes competition for young performers, three different teen musical acts find themselves dealing with the fallout of their newfound fame and the pressures of…
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Nine (2009)
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz …
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Film director Guido Contini faces a midlife crisis and struggles to complete his latest movie while juggling relationships with several women -- including his wife, his mistress and his…
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Fame (2009)
Cast: Kay Panabaker, Walter Perez, Naturi Naughton …
Directed by: Kevin Tancharoen
When a group of ambitious teenage dancers, musicians and actors enter a new semester at New York's prestigious High School of Performing Arts, they try to make the most out of their…
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Passing Strange (2009)
Cast: Colman Domingo, De'Adre Aziza, Chad Goodridge …
Directed by: Spike Lee
A young black musician named Stew (played by singer-songwriter Stew himself) flees his comfortable middle-class roots in Los Angeles for a soul-searching journey to Europe and gets wrapped up…
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Punching the Clown (2009)
Cast: Henry Phillips, Ellen Ratner, Matthew Walker …
Directed by: Gregori Viens
In a bid to jump-start his flagging career, a hapless songwriter (Henry Phillips) moves to L.A., where through a stroke of dumb luck, he lands a record deal. But show biz is a fickle…
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The Big Gay Musical (2009)
Cast: Daniel Robinson, Joey Dudding, Jeff Metzler …
Directed by: Casper Andreas, Fred M. Caruso
When not playing leads in a musical called "Adam and Steve Just the Way God Made 'Em," Paul and Eddie act out the story of their own star-crossed lives offstage. The recently dumped Paul…
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Camp Rock (2008)
Cast: Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas …
Directed by: Matthew Diamond
Despite Mitchie's (Demi Lovato) beautiful voice and musical aspirations, the only way she can attend the pricey rock camp she wants to go to is to help in the kitchen -- a fact she goes…
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Soul Men (2008)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal …
Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
Two decades ago, Louis and Floyd went their separate ways when their band broke up. But when their group's former front man dies, the two feuding singers agree to put aside their…
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The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008)
Cast: Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan, Kiely Williams …
Directed by: Paul Hoen
Cheetah Girls Chanel (Adrienne Bailon), Aqua (Kiely Williams) and Dorinda (Sabrina Bryan) are back, this time on their way to India to act in a Bollywood movie -- but what they don't…
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)
Cast: Shirley Jones, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Dick Van Dyke …
Directed by: Mark McLaughlin
Oscar-winning screen, stage and TV star Shirley Jones hosts this entertaining retrospective on the history of Hollywood musicals, featuring a compilation of clips from many of…
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Hamlet 2 (2008)
Cast: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Joseph Julian Soria …
Directed by: Andrew Fleming
With his department in danger of being cut, high school drama teacher Dana Marschz pens a heretical sequel to William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and exhorts his students to stage it in this…
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Falling Star (2008)
Cast: Adam Pascal, Amy Davidson, Natasha Lyonne …
Directed by: Christopher Grimm
Bobby Starr (Adam Pascal) is stuck in the past, when he was the adored leader of a famous boy band. Now, Bobby can barely get a gig -- that is, until Rebekka (Amy Davidson) schemes to get him…
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Cast: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Raymond J. Barry …
Directed by: Jake Kasdan
John C. Reilly stars as fictional pop icon Dewey Cox -- who, on his hard-knocks road to fame, crosses paths with the likes of Elvis, Buddy Holly and the Beatles -- in this spot-on parody of…
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Mama, I Want to Sing! (2007)
Cast: Ciara, Patti LaBelle, Ben Vereen …
Directed by: Charles Randolph-Wright
Talented young singer Amara (portrayed by Grammy winner Ciara) is torn between her newfound desire to perform secular music and her love for her family and the religious music she grew up…
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Dreamgirls (2006)
Cast: Beyoncé Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Danny Glover …
Directed by: Bill Condon
Broadway's definitive girl-group musical about three women who have high hopes for fame but end up paying a price for it makes its way to the big screen with Bill Condon at the helm and…
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A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep …
Directed by: Robert Altman
From director Robert Altman comes this quirky piece of fiction based on the real-life radio program of the same name, with a wry screenplay penned by the show's host, Garrison Keillor,…
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The Producers (2005)
Cast: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman …
Directed by: Susan Stroman
A has-been Broadway producer and a neurotic accountant scheme to raise a ton of money for a production that's sure to be a flop -- a play titled "Springtime for Hitler," penned by a Nazi…
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Perhaps Love (2005)
Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xun Zhou, Jacky Cheung …
Directed by: Peter Chan
Blurring reality and fantasy, this lavish romance concerns a love triangle between a leading actress and her director during the making of a movie musical. Ironically, the film within the…
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De-Lovely (2004)
Cast: Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce …
Directed by: Irwin Winkler
Kevin Kline stars as the celebrated 20th-century composer Cole Porter, who looks back on his life unfolding like one of his musicals, replete with drama, suspense and joy -- at the center of…
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A Mighty Wind (2003)
Cast: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara …
Directed by: Christopher Guest
Satirist in extremis Christopher Guest aims his mockumentary lens at 1960s folk musicians -- specifically, the earnest Folksmen (portrayed by erstwhile Spinal Tappers Guest, Michael McKean…
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Chicago (2002)
Cast: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere …
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Roxie hungers for stardom but ends up in the slammer, where superstar Velma is doing time for shooting her cheating husband. When Velma's lawyer makes Roxie a tabloid sensation, he sets…