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Entourage(2015)

R
| 1h 44min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 443 votes)

Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate the capricious and often cutthroat world of Hollywood.

Dreamgirls(2006)

PG-13
| 2h 14min | Drama, Music
3.4/5 (with 440 votes)

A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.

Directed by Bill Condon - With Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, ...

The King of Comedy(1982)

PG
| 1h 49min | Drama, Comedy
3.9/5 (with 945 votes)

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

Sandy Wexler(2017)

2h 10min | Comedy
2.7/5 (with 238 votes)

When a hapless but dedicated talent manager signs his first client who actually has talent, his career finally starts to take off.

Being the Ricardos(2021)

R
| 2h 5min | Drama, History
3.3/5 (with 261 votes)

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

There's No Business Like Show Business(1954)

NR
| 1h 57min | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 41 votes)

Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.

White Christmas(1954)

3.6/5 (with 225 votes)

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

A Star Is Born(1937)

1h 51min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 86 votes)

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.

Man on the Moon(1999)

R
| 1h 58min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 783 votes)

The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane(1990)

R
| 1h 44min | Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.0/5 (with 88 votes)

To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a heavy-metal musician dies mid-concert, Fairlane is on the case before the lights come up. But things turn shocking when radio personality Johnny Crunch hires Fairlane to find a missing groupie mere hours before he is electrocuted live on air.

All That Jazz(1979)

R
| 2h 3min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 190 votes)

Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.

Holiday Inn(1942)

NR
| 1h 41min | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 81 votes)

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after femme fatale Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club—Holiday Inn—is the setting for the chase by Hanover and manager Danny Reed. The music's the thing.

Directed by Mark Sandrich - With Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Walter Abel, Irving Berlin, Donald Brown, Julia Faye, ...
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Lili Marleen(1981)

3.1/5 (with 29 votes)

The story of a German singer named Willie who while working in Switzerland falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.

Trust Me(2013)

R
| 1h 30min | Comedy, Drama
2.9/5 (with 30 votes)

In an attempt to sign a Hollywood starlet, struggling talent agent and former child star Howard Holloway must contend with her volatile father, a scheming long-time rival, and a producer and casting director who despise him.

Directed by Clark Gregg - With Clark Gregg

Mr. Saturday Night(1992)

R
| 1h 59min | Comedy, Drama
3.0/5 (with 23 votes)

Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of the world has forgotten the golden days of Buddy Young, and that there just may not be room in the business for an old comic like himself.

Show People(1928)

3.8/5 (with 17 votes)

Peggy Pepper arrives in Hollywood, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things do not go entirely according to plan.

You'll Never Get Rich(1941)

PG
| 1h 28min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 20 votes)

A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as his object of affection’s boyfriend.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm(1938)

G
| 1h 20min | Drama, Kids & Family, Music
3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.

My Friend Irma Goes West(1950)

NR
| 1h 31min | Comedy, Crime
3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Singer Steve, friend Seymour and fiance Jane, along with her dizzy blonde room mate Irma, have a series of misadventures on a California-bound train and end up involved with a gang of murderous gangsters in Las Vegas.

Directed by Hal Walker - With Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, John Lund, Marie Wilson, Diana Lynn, Chief Yowlachie, ...

Babes in Arms(1939)

1h 33min | Comedy, Music
3.3/5 (with 17 votes)

Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.

Lady Killer(1933)

NR
| 1h 16min | Comedy, Crime
3.4/5 (with 10 votes)

An ex-gangster tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal activities after he accidentally becomes a movie star.

Me traes de un ala(1953)

1h 30min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

To conquer the beautiful vedette Rosita, journalist Tin Tan is subject to her whims. Fired along with his friend Narciso from the newspaper they worked, Tin Tan trying to sell a movie plot. A woman looking to buy it and Tin Tan will visit her in a gloomy mansion where a mess is unleashed.

What Price Hollywood?(1932)

NR
| 1h 28min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 14 votes)

Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.

Looking for Love(1964)

1h 25min | Music

An aspiring young singer unexpectedly gets her big break by inventing a specialized clothes rack.

Wait for Your Laugh(2017)

1h 25min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 7 votes)

The life and career of comedian Rose Marie is documented through interviews with friends and colleagues as well as never-before-seen home movies shot by the actress herself.

Directed by Jason Wise

My Friend Irma(1949)

3.5/5 (with 9 votes)

Prototype dumb blonde Irma and her slacker, wheeler-dealer boyfriend Al interfere in the love life of Irma's level-headed room mate Jane.

Directed by George Marshall - With John Lund, Marie Wilson, Diana Lynn, Don DeFore, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, ...

Wired(1989)

1h 52min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
1.9/5 (with 8 votes)

The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career.

Just for You(1952)

1h 44min | Comedy, Music
3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Jordan Blake (a widower) is a successful Broadway Producer who has always been to busy for his children, Barbara and Jerry. Girlfriend, Carolina a musical comedy star, urges Jordan to take his kids on a vacation and get to know them before they are all grown up. Is Jordan already too late?

Broadway Serenade(1939)

NR
| 1h 54min | Romance / Love, Drama, Music
3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.

Sing and Like it(1934)

NR
| 1h 12min | Comedy
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

While breaking into a bank safe, a gangster overhears a bank employee singing and decides to put her in a Broadway revue.

Directed by William A. Seiter - With ZaSu Pitts
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