1927 Hollywood. Monumental Pictures' biggest stars, glamorous on-screen couple Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood, are also an off-screen couple if the trade papers and gossip columns are to be believed. Both perpetuate the public perception if only to please their adoring fans and bring people into the m…ovie theaters. In reality, Don barely tolerates her, while Lina, despite thinking Don beneath her, simplemindedly believes what she sees on screen in order to bolster her own stardom and sense of self-importance. R.F. Simpson, Monumental's head, dismisses what he thinks is a flash in the pan: talking pictures. It isn't until _The Jazz Singer (1927)_ (qv) becomes a bona fide hit which results in all the movie theaters installing sound equipment that R.F. knows Monumental, most specifically in the form of Don and Lina, have to jump on the talking picture bandwagon, despite no one at the studio knowing anything about the technology. Musician Cosmo Brown, Don's best friend, gets hired as Monumental's ideas man and musical director. And by this time, Don has secretly started dating Kathy Selden, a chorus girl who is trying to make it big in pictures herself. Don and Kathy's relationship is despite their less than friendly initial meeting. Cosmo and Kathy help Don, who had worked his way up through the movie ranks to stardom, try make the leap to talking picture stardom, with Kathy following along the way. However, they have to overcome the technological issues. But the bigger problem is Lina, who will do anything to ensure she also makes the successful leap into talking pictures, despite her own inabilities and at anyone and everyone else's expense if they get in her way, especially Kathy as Don's off screen girlfriend and possibly his new talking picture leading lady. (Read More)
| Themes: | blackmail, seduction, jealousy, betrayal, friendship |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | america, kitchen, nightclub |
| Characters: | actress, american, actor, musician, dancer, friend, boy, singer |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | chorus girl, theater curtain, orchestra conductor, movie fan, straw hat, man wearing a wig, theatre audience, hidden microphone, clown costume, pearl necklace, spinning newspaper, hollywood california, piano player, kissing in the rain, famous song, sword fight, los angeles california, title based on song, tap dancing, reference to a tale of two cities, reference to calvin coolidge, spontaneous choreography, reference to king lear, ziegfeld follies, comic villainess, movie magazine, wind machine, tossing coin, hollywood mogul, new concept, type casting, studio backlot, reference to george bernard shaw, reference to al jolson, driving off a cliff, stage door, grauman's chinese theater, toreador, title sung by character, talkie, noises, pacing, gutter, compliment, jalopy, pratfall, funny accent, lamp post, sound recording, streetlight, inside joke, sound stage, screening room, war filmmaking, flapper, speakeasy, silent filmmaking, cheesecake, lifting an adult into the air, lifting a female into the air, musical filmmaking, marquee, theatrical agent, black and white segues into color, fiddler, movie premiere, film premiere, dubbing, fiddle, cigarette holder, heartbeat, raincoat, vaudeville, reference to moses, candelabra, talent agent, musical instrument, streetcar, trolley, tarantula, morning, sign, reference to shakespeare's romeo and juliet, sitting, whipped cream, dignity, fedora, curtain, publicity, acrobatics, treadmill, biplane, overhead camera shot, broadway manhattan new york city, stuntman, lip synching, fashion show, obsessive love, movie studio, burlesque, pun, airplane accident, knocked unconscious, megaphone, unconsciousness, true love, billboard, harmonica, comedy team, table, jewelry, contract, bush, flat tire, poster, violinist, recording studio, dressing room, laughing, extortion, insult, cane, tuxedo, film producer, rainstorm, black and white, 20th century, debut, irony, partner, fan, movie theatre, stupidity, orchestra, violin, ladder, audience, slapstick comedy, movie star, watching a movie, lifting someone into the air, hat, performance, cake, street, film history, applause, henchman, reference to william shakespeare, casino, ballet, film within a film, glasses, wig, pianist, falling in love, statue, suitcase, umbrella, fired from the job, film director, costume, microphone, femme fatale, necklace, montage, video camera, california, candle, newspaper, manhattan new york city, piano, apostrophe in title, lie, book, secret, love triangle, sword, slow motion scene, gangster, motorcycle, rain, song, crying, punctuation in title, new york city, party, singing, explosion, title spoken by character, dancing, flashback |
Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers. The headlines demand: "Who's That Girl?" and Peppy is insp…ired to audition for a dancing bit-part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction of talking-pictures turns Valentin's world upside-down. (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousy, friendship |
| Characters: | actress, actor, dancer, friend |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | orchestra conductor, theatre audience, hollywood california, sword fight, tap dancing, talkie, screening room, flapper, silent filmmaking, marquee, movie premiere, film premiere, morning, movie studio, megaphone, contract, poster, dressing room, tuxedo, film producer, fan, movie theatre, orchestra, ladder, slapstick comedy, movie star, watching a movie, film history, applause, film within a film, falling in love, statue, fired from the job, film director, microphone, montage, newspaper, slow motion scene, rain, crying, dancing |
New York, 1959. Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now all his shows close on opening night. Things turn around when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then mak…e sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct. Finally, they hire as a lead actress the loopy Swedish bombshell Ulla (whose last name has over 15 syllables). As opening night draws near, what can go wrong? Well, there's no accounting for taste... (Read More)
| Themes: | betrayal, friendship |
| Characters: | actress, actor, dancer, singer, friend |
| Story: | theatre audience, tap dancing, chorus girl, broadway manhattan new york city, billboard, contract, poster, cane, partner, slapstick comedy, applause, reference to william shakespeare, wig, pianist, umbrella, costume, newspaper, manhattan new york city, piano, lie, book, motorcycle, song, crying, new york city, party, singing, dancing |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o…f The Beatles. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Characters: | musician, dancer, boy, singer, friend |
| Story: | theatre audience, piano player, title based on song, musical instrument, harmonica, recording studio, dressing room, laughing, movie theatre, audience, microphone, montage, piano, lie, book, secret, song, crying, party, singing, dancing, flashback |
Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children's confused lives, Mick's enthusiastic young writers, and the… other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all costs to hear him conduct again. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Characters: | actress, actor, musician, dancer, boy, singer, friend |
| Story: | orchestra conductor, jewelry, violinist, cane, irony, fan, orchestra, applause, wig, falling in love, film director, microphone, montage, newspaper, lie, song, singing, explosion, title spoken by character, dancing |
By a twist of fate, the clumsy, yet good-hearted aspiring actor, Hrundi V. Bakshi, is invited to Fred Clutterbuck's big party, after ruining utterly the set of his latest feature film. However, unbeknownst to the host, Bakshi is present at the gathering, merrily mingling with the hand-picked guests …in his magnificent hi-tech villa, where the drinks are flowing and everybody is in high spirits. But much to everyone's surprise, when Bakshi accidentally has his first-ever sip of alcohol, only God knows how this well-thought party is going to end up. This is why The Party (1968) is one of the best movies like Singin' In The Rain (1952). (Read More)
| Characters: | actor, musician, singer |
| Story: | straw hat, hollywood california, los angeles california, candelabra, megaphone, tuxedo, film producer, slapstick comedy, movie star, hat, wig, pianist, film director, candle, piano, slow motion scene, party, singing, explosion, dancing |
A pop singer has been receiving threatening notes, and her manager hires a bodyguard known for his good work. The bodyguard ruffles the singer's feathers and most of her entourage by tightening security more than they feel is necessary. The bodyguard is haunted by the fact that he was on Reagan's se…cret service staff but wasn't there to prevent the attack by Hinckley. Eventually the bodyguard and the singer start an affair, and she begins to believe his precautions are necessary when the stalker strikes close to home. (Read More)
| Themes: | seduction, jealousy, betrayal, friendship |
| Locations: | kitchen, nightclub |
| Characters: | actress, musician, dancer, singer |
| Story: | famous song, los angeles california, curtain, dressing room, tuxedo, rainstorm, audience, street, falling in love, secret, sword, slow motion scene, song, party, singing, explosion, title spoken by character, dancing |
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother. …As his chaotic profession steadily destroys his personal life, Guido must find a balance between creating art and succumbing to its obsessive demands. (Read More)
| Themes: | seduction, jealousy |
| Locations: | nightclub |
| Characters: | actress, actor, dancer, boy, singer |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | sound stage, screening room, talent agent, film producer, movie star, film within a film, pianist, film director, costume, microphone, candle, piano, lie, love triangle, rain, song, crying, singing, dancing, flashback |
In 1660, with the return of Charles II to the English throne, theater, the visual arts, science and sexual promiscuity flourish. Thirteen years later, in the midst of political and economical problems, Charles II asks for the return of his friend John Wilmot, aka the second Earl of Rochester, from e…xile back to London. John is a morally-corrupt drunkard and a sexually- active cynical poet. When the King asks John to prepare a play for the French ambassador so as to please him, John meets the aspiring actress Elizabeth Barry in the playhouse and decides to make her into a great star. He falls in love with her and she becomes his mistress. During the presentation to the Frenchman, he falls into disgrace with the court. When he was thirty-three years old and dying of syphilis and alcoholism, he converts to being a religious man. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Characters: | actress, actor, dancer, singer, friend |
| Story: | theatre audience, fiddler, insult, cane, irony, orchestra, audience, applause, reference to william shakespeare, falling in love, fired from the job, candle, sword, rain, song, singing, title spoken by character, dancing |
Aspiring actress serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and jazz musician Sebastian scrapes by playing cocktail-party gigs in dingy bars. But as success mounts, they are faced with decisions that fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain …in each other threaten to rip them apart. (Read More)
| Locations: | nightclub |
| Characters: | actress, musician, dancer, singer |
| Story: | pianist, hollywood california, piano player, los angeles california, stage door, morning, fedora, lip synching, true love, contract, recording studio, dressing room, movie theatre, audience, watching a movie, applause, fired from the job, video camera, piano, slow motion scene, song, party, singing, dancing, flashback |
SON OF RAMBOW is the name of the home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and even bigger ambitions. Set on a long English summer in the early '80s, SON OF RAMBOW is a comedy about friendship, faith and the tough business of growing up. We see the story through the eyes of Will, th…e eldest son of a fatherless Plymouth Brethren family. The Brethren regard themselves as God's 'chosen ones' and their strict moral code means that Will has never been allowed to mix with the other 'worldlies,' listen to music or watch TV, until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies. Carter exposes Will to a pirate copy of Rambo: First Blood and from that moment Will's mind is blown wide open and he's easily convinced to be the stuntman in Lee Carters' diabolical home movie. Will's imaginative little brain is not only given chance to flourish in the world of film making, but is also very handy when it comes to dreaming up elaborate schemes to keep his partnership with Lee Carter a secret from the Brethren community. Will and Carter's complete disregard for consequences and innocent ambition means that the process of making their film is a glorious roller-coaster that eventually leads to true friendship. They start to make a name for themselves at school as movie makers but when popularity descends on them in the form of the Pied Piper-esque French exchange student, Didier Revol, their unique friendship and their precious film are pushed, quite literally, to breaking point. This is why Son Of Rambow (2007) is one of the best movies like Singin' In The Rain (1952). (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Characters: | actor, dancer, boy, friend |
| Story: | movie fan, theatre audience, movie premiere, stuntman, movie theatre, slapstick comedy, movie star, film within a film, wig, statue, umbrella, video camera, candle, lie, book, secret, crying, party, title spoken by character, dancing, flashback |
Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massa…chusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by 'The Beatles' (qv) that defined the time. (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousy, friendship |
| Locations: | america, nightclub |
| Characters: | dancer, singer, friend |
| Story: | theatre audience, title based on song, title sung by character, megaphone, poster, dressing room, fan, performance, falling in love, microphone, montage, california, newspaper, manhattan new york city, slow motion scene, rain, song, crying, new york city, party, singing, explosion, title spoken by character, dancing |
High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity …works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados. Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina. (Read More)
| Themes: | seduction |
| Characters: | actress, dancer, singer |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | theatre audience, violinist, movie theatre, violin, watching a movie, film within a film, umbrella, film director, montage, candle, newspaper, rain, song, crying, singing, explosion, dancing |
"All eyes will be on you," says the Austrian Empress, Maria Theresa to her youngest daughter Marie Antoinette. The film, marketed for a teen audience, is an impressionistic retelling of Marie Antoinette's life as a young queen in the opulent and eccentric court at Versailles. The film focuses on Mar…ie Antoinette, as she matures from a teenage bride to a young woman and eventual queen of France. (Read More)
| Themes: | seduction |
| Characters: | musician, dancer, singer |
| Story: | theatre audience, jewelry, fan, orchestra, audience, lifting someone into the air, cake, applause, wig, femme fatale, montage, candle, lie, book, sword, slow motion scene, song, crying, party, singing, dancing |
The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star--the first totally believable synthetic actress. The "actress" becomes an ove…rnight sensation, with a major singing career as well, and everyone thinks she's a real person. However, as Simone's fame skyrockets, he cannot bear to admit his fraud to himself or the world. (Read More)
| Mood: | satire |
| Characters: | actress |
| Story: | los angeles california, screening room, film premiere, movie studio, movie theatre, movie star, watching a movie, film within a film, film director, femme fatale, montage, slow motion scene, singing |
Man on the Moon is a biographical movie on the late comedian 'Andy Kaufman (I)' (qv). Kaufman, along with his role on _"Taxi" (1978)_ (qv), was famous for being the self-declared Intergender Wrestling Champion of the world. After beating women time and time again, 'Jerry Lawler' (qv) (who plays hims…elf in the movie), a professional wrestler, got tired of seeing all of this and decided to challenge Kaufman to a match. In most of the matches the two had, Lawler prevailed with the piledriver, which is a move by spiking an opponent head-first into the mat. One of the most famous moments in this feud was in the early 80s when Kaufman threw coffee on Lawler on _"Late Night with David Letterman" (1982)_ (qv), got into fisticuffs with Lawler, and proceeded to sue NBC. This is why Man On The Moon (1999) is one of the best movies like Singin' In The Rain (1952). (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | nightclub |
| Characters: | actor, boy, singer, friend |
| Story: | theatre audience, hollywood california, title based on song, funny accent, theatrical agent, insult, partner, watching a movie, cake, wig, fired from the job, microphone, manhattan new york city, song, new york city, singing |
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early …flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousy, friendship |
| Locations: | nightclub |
| Characters: | actress, musician, dancer, singer, friend |
| Story: | theatre audience, los angeles california, screening room, recording studio, dressing room, applause, film within a film, wig, pianist, fired from the job, microphone, montage, piano, lie, love triangle, song, crying, new york city, party, singing, title spoken by character, dancing |
The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess, a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. With the Lounge's troupe members becoming increasingly distracted by personal problems and a threat comin…g from a wealthy businessman's quest to buy the spot from Tess, the good fortune seems to have abandoned the club altogether. Meanwhile, the life of Ali, a small-town girl from Iowa, is about to change dramatically. Hired by Tess as a waitress at the Lounge, Ali escapes a hollow past and quickly falls in love with the art of burlesque. Backed by newfound friends amongst the theater's crew, she manages to fulfill her dreams of being on stage herself. Things take a dramatic turn though when Ali's big voice makes her become the main attraction of the revue. (Read More)
| Locations: | nightclub |
| Characters: | musician, dancer |
| Story: | hollywood california, los angeles california, vaudeville, burlesque, love triangle, rain, song, party, singing, title spoken by character, dancing |
Joe Young was a simple young man trying to spread the word of the Book of Mormon when he picked the wrong house to preach at! The owner, a porn director named Maxxx Orbison, tells his henchmen to kill the guy at the door who interrupted their scene, but Joe fights off the guards with great skill, wh…ich impresses Maxxx so much that he offers Joe the lead role in the movie he's making at the moment: Orgazmo, which is about a sex superhero who fights crime with his Orgazmorator, and ChodaBoy, his sidekick. Joe, against his beliefs, takes the job so that he can pay for the wedding he plans for himself and his fiancee, whom he doesn't tell about his risque new acting job. However, when the movie becomes an amazing hit just about everywhere and he finds out that Ben (ChodaBoy) has created a real Orgazmorator, Joe is in some serious hot water! (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | nightclub |
| Characters: | actress, actor, singer, friend |
| Story: | hollywood california, los angeles california, megaphone, dressing room, partner, slapstick comedy, film within a film, film director, montage, lie, book, love triangle, slow motion scene, crying, party, singing, dancing, flashback |
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey," the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Ulysses Everett McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everett's home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series …of strange characters--among them sirens, a cyclops, bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning governor and his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find." (Read More)
| Themes: | betrayal, friendship |
| Mood: | satire |
| Characters: | american, musician, singer |
| Story: | fiddle, megaphone, poster, recording studio, fan, movie theatre, audience, watching a movie, lifting someone into the air, performance, applause, microphone, secret, gangster, crying, singing, explosion, dancing |
A chance encounter between a travelling salesman and a lonely hitman triggers a strangely profound relationship which provokes each to act in ways neither would have imagined possible. Fate steps in to form a friendship between two men from irreconcilable worlds that will alter the lives of both for…ever. This is why The Matador (2005) is one of the best movies like Singin' In The Rain (1952). (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | kitchen, nightclub |
| Characters: | musician, dancer, boy, friend |
| Story: | overhead camera shot, violinist, cane, violin, ladder, glasses, suitcase, candle, newspaper, lie, sword, slow motion scene, rain, crying, explosion, dancing, flashback |
This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the social scene and forget about his 6 year relationship.
| Themes: | seduction, friendship |
| Locations: | kitchen, nightclub |
| Characters: | actress, actor, dancer, singer, friend |
| Story: | hollywood california, los angeles california, casino, montage, slow motion scene, song, crying, new york city, party, singing, dancing |
Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mecha…nical man) that doesn't work without a special key. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the secret he believes it contains. On his adventures, he meets George Melies, a shopkeeper, who works in the train station, and his adventure-seeking god-daughter. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Characters: | boy, actress, actor, musician, dancer, friend |
| Story: | theatre audience, secret, silent filmmaking, poster, movie theatre, orchestra, ladder, audience, watching a movie, film history, applause, falling in love, statue, film director, montage, newspaper, book, slow motion scene, crying, explosion, dancing, flashback |
An unnamed guy is a Dublin guitarist/singer/songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners in his Dad's Hoover repair shop by day, and singing and playing for money on the Dublin streets by night. An unnamed girl is a Czech who plays piano when she gets a chance, and does odd jobs by day an…d takes care of her Mom and her daughter by night. Guy meets girl and they get to know each other as the girl helps the guy put together a demo disc that he can take to London in hope of landing a music contract. During the same several day period, the guy and the girl work through their past loves, and reveal their budding love for one another, through their songs. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Characters: | musician, singer, friend |
| Story: | piano, contract, violinist, recording studio, street, pianist, candle, love triangle, motorcycle, singing, song, crying |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the …concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousy, betrayal |
| Characters: | boy, singer |
| Story: | obsessive love, violinist, orchestra, violin, pianist, manhattan new york city, piano, lie, love triangle, song, crying, new york city, party, singing, flashback |
Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star develo…ping her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. This is why Southland Tales (2006) is one of the best movies like Singin' In The Rain (1952). (Read More)
| Themes: | blackmail, betrayal, friendship |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | america |
| Characters: | actor, dancer, boy, singer |
| Story: | los angeles california, cigarette holder, violinist, extortion, tuxedo, rainstorm, violin, film within a film, film director, femme fatale, montage, video camera, california, book, slow motion scene, rain, song, party, singing, explosion, dancing, flashback |
Lorelei and Dorothy are just "Two Little Girls from Little Rock", lounge singers on a transatlantic cruise, working their way to Paris, and enjoying the company of any eligible men they might meet along the way, even though "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend." Based on the Broadway musical based on …the novel. (Read More)
| Themes: | seduction, friendship |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | nightclub |
| Characters: | dancer, boy, singer, friend |
| Story: | cheesecake, dressing room, orchestra, wig, montage, lie, love triangle, song, new york city, singing, dancing |
The story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene ('Carey Mulligan' (qv)), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak ('Matthias Schoenaerts' (qv)), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy ('Tom Sturridge' (qv)), a handsome and reckless Serg…eant; and William Boldwood ('Michael Sheen (I)' (qv)), a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love - as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance. (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousy, friendship |
| Characters: | dancer, singer, friend |
| Story: | piano player, fiddler, obsessive love, jewelry, ladder, applause, umbrella, candle, piano, secret, sword, rain, song, crying, party, singing, dancing |
October 1944 in war torn Italy. Hana, a French-Canadian nurse working in a mobile army medical unit, feels like everything she loves in life dies on her. Because of the difficulty traveling and the dangers, especially as the landscape is still heavily booby-trapped with mines, Hana volunteers to sta…y behind at a church to care solely for a dying semi-amnesiac patient, who is badly burned and disfigured. She agrees to catch up to the rest of the unit after he dies. All the patient remembers is that he is English and that he is married. Their solitude is disrupted with the arrival at the church of fellow Canadian David Caravaggio, part of the Intelligence Service, who is certain that he knows the patient as a man who cooperated with the Germans. Caravaggio believes that the patient's memory is largely in tact and that he is running away from his past, in part or in its entirety. The patient does open up about his past, all surrounding his work as a cartographer in North Africa, which was interrupted by the war. He may not be running from his work as a spy for the Germans as Caravaggio believes, but rather the memory of an affair he had with married Katherine Clifton, the love of his life, and the memory of a promise not totally fulfilled. Hana may also test her theory of her fates with love and death as she embarks on a relationship of her own with Kip Singh, a Sikh from India, whose unit has camped on the now overgrown lawn of the church. Their work entails sweeping for and diffusing mines, the discovery of one such mine which had earlier saved her life. (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousy, betrayal, friendship |
| Locations: | nightclub |
| Characters: | dancer, singer, friend |
| Story: | theatre audience, pearl necklace, biplane, obsessive love, airplane accident, unconsciousness, cane, irony, movie theatre, watching a movie, pianist, statue, candle, piano, lie, book, motorcycle, rain, song, crying, singing, explosion, dancing, flashback |
Out in California's San Fernando Valley, Isabel is trying to reinvent herself. A naive, good-natured witch, she is determined to disavow her supernatural powers and lead a normal life. At the same time, across town, Jack Wyatt a tall, charming actor is trying to get his career back on track. He sets… his sights on an updated version of the beloved 1960s situation comedy Bewitched, re-conceived as a starring vehicle for himself in the role of the mere-mortal Darrin. Fate steps in when Jack accidentally runs into Isabel. He is immediately attracted to her and her nose, which bears an uncanny resemblance to the nose of Elizabeth Montgomery, who played Samantha in the original TV version of Bewitched. He becomes convinced she could play the witch Samantha in his new series. Isabel is also taken with Jack, seeing him as the quintessential mortal man with whom she can settle down and lead the normal life she so desires. It turns out they're both right--but in ways neither of them ever imagined. (Read More)
| Characters: | actor, actress |
| Story: | los angeles california, sound stage, talent agent, movie studio, fan, performance, pianist, microphone, video camera, california, candle, secret, party, singing, title spoken by character, dancing |
When a man selects a mail order bride, he is surprised to see the beauty who appears before him. She alleges that she sent false photos to him to assure that he would love her for what she is and not for her beauty. However, what she is is a con artist, prostitute, and actress, who teams with a fell…ow actor to steal money from men. What she does not expect is that she falls in love with her new husband and ultimately must decide between him and her sadistic former lover. Contains explicit sex including sadistic acts as Thomas Jane cuts Jolie's back with a knife as part of their lovemaking. This is why Original Sin (2001) is one of the best movies like Singin' In The Rain (1952). (Read More)
| Themes: | seduction, betrayal |
| Characters: | actress, actor, dancer |
| Story: | orchestra conductor, theatre audience, orchestra, suitcase, costume, femme fatale, candle, piano, lie, slow motion scene, rain, crying, party, dancing, flashback |
Because of his eccentric habits and bafflingly strange films, director 'Edward D. Wood Jr. (I)' (qv) is a Hollywood outcast. Nevertheless, with the help of the formerly famous 'Bela Lugosi' (qv) and a devoted cast and crew of show-business misfits who believe in Ed's off-kilter vision, the filmmaker… is able to bring his oversize dreams to cinematic life. Despite a lack of critical or commercial success, Ed and his friends manage to create an oddly endearing series of extremely low-budget films. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Characters: | actress, actor, friend |
| Story: | man wearing a wig, hollywood california, los angeles california, film premiere, cigarette holder, movie studio, dressing room, film producer, black and white, film within a film, film director, secret, title spoken by character |
The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar ('Harvey Korman' (qv)), a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town d…emands a new sheriff from the Governor ('Mel Brooks' (qv)). Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff ('Cleavon Little' (qv)) in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople. (Read More)
| Mood: | satire |
| Characters: | american, actor, musician, dancer, singer |
| Story: | theatre audience, los angeles california, grauman's chinese theater, funny accent, sound stage, marquee, movie studio, pun, movie theatre, stupidity, orchestra, slapstick comedy, film within a film, film director, piano, song, singing, explosion, dancing, flashback |
When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Insp. Dreyfus assigns the worst police inspector Jacques Clouseau to the case. His intention is to …give a diversion to the press, while he uses his best men to chase the killer and thief. He assigns Gendarme Gilbert Ponton to work with Clouseau and inform each step of the investigation. When Clouseau is nominated with honor to the highest prize in France, Dreyfus decides to humiliate Clouseau and take him out of the case. However Clouseau has already solved the mystery. (Read More)
| Characters: | american, musician, singer |
| Story: | recording studio, partner, orchestra, slapstick comedy, performance, applause, casino, costume, microphone, newspaper, song, crying, new york city, singing, title spoken by character, dancing, flashback |
This is the beginning of the eighties and everybody is moving to the beat of Pop music, as the brand-new concept of the music video appears on television for the first time. However, in Dublin, Conor, a teenager with a sensitive heart, is trying to deal with a tense family relationship, reconnect wi…th his older brother while dealing with the hostile environment in his new public school. And then one day, he sees her. Tall, with long chestnut hair, a buttery complexion and big, dark eyes; an enigmatically beautiful girl standing in front of his school's gate, indolently observing people passing by. But who is she and how could a boy ever get noticed by such a distant girl? That's easy. He would form a band. Surprisingly, with every lyric Conor writes, the gap narrows and with every song he plays, her heart fills with affection. In the end, before a sea of opportunities lying ahead of them, what will the future hold for a brave love like this? (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousy, friendship |
| Characters: | dancer, boy, singer, friend |
| Story: | piano player, acrobatics, street, applause, falling in love, microphone, montage, video camera, piano, lie, slow motion scene, motorcycle, song, crying, singing, title spoken by character, dancing, flashback |
Set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray, discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother, Clary must join f…orces with a group of Shadow Hunters, who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York called the Shadow World, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures. This is why The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones (2013) is one of the best movies like Singin' In The Rain (1952). (Read More)
| Themes: | betrayal, friendship |
| Locations: | nightclub |
| Story: | sword fight, rainstorm, henchman, statue, necklace, candle, piano, secret, love triangle, sword, slow motion scene, motorcycle, new york city, party, explosion, flashback |
A romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America's nascent pro-football league in 1925. Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero, is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dod…ge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford, America's favorite son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton aims to prove that's the case. A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects there are holes in Carter's war story. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections. As the new game of pro-football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must both fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams. Finding that love and football have a surprisingly similar playbook, however, he has one maneuver he will save just for the fourth quarter... (Read More)
| Locations: | nightclub |
| Characters: | dancer, boy, singer |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | speakeasy, flapper, rainstorm, pianist, umbrella, microphone, montage, newspaper, piano, love triangle, motorcycle, rain, song, singing, dancing, flashback |
During the psychedelic 60s and 70s Larry "Doc" Sportello is surprised by his former girlfriend and her plot for her billionaire boyfriend, his wife, and her boyfriend. A plan for kidnapping gets shaken up by the oddball characters entangled in this groovy kidnapping romp based upon the novel by Thom…as Pynchon. (Read More)
| Themes: | seduction, betrayal |
| Mood: | satire |
| Characters: | actor, musician, singer |
| Story: | hollywood california, los angeles california, unconsciousness, irony, partner, movie theatre, movie star, casino, film within a film, wig, necklace, california, newspaper, lie, motorcycle, rain, party, singing, title spoken by character, flashback |
Down and out rock star Dewey Finn gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar pr…odigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Locations: | nightclub |
| Characters: | musician, boy, singer, friend |
| Story: | los angeles california, musical instrument, poster, pianist, fired from the job, montage, piano, lie, secret, song, singing, title spoken by character |
After a chance encounter at a theater, two men, Benigno and Marco, meet at a private clinic where Benigno works. Lydia, Marco's girlfriend and a bullfighter by profession, has been gored and is in a coma. It so happens that Benigno is looking after another woman in a coma, Alicia, a young ballet stu…dent. The lives of the four characters will flow in all directions, past, present and future, dragging all of them towards an unsuspected destiny. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Characters: | actress, musician, dancer, singer |
| Story: | curtain, rainstorm, audience, ballet, film within a film, costume, microphone, sword, slow motion scene, rain, crying, singing, flashback |
This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is …short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war. This is why Hair (1979) is one of the best movies like Singin' In The Rain (1952). (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Characters: | dancer, singer, friend |
| Story: | title sung by character, harmonica, tuxedo, falling in love, microphone, candle, manhattan new york city, slow motion scene, song, crying, new york city, party, singing, explosion, title spoken by character, dancing, flashback |
Disney's animated classic takes on a new form, with a widened mythology and an all-star cast. A young prince, imprisoned in the form of a beast, can be freed only by true love. What may be his only opportunity arrives when he meets Belle, the only human girl to ever visit the castle since it was enc…hanted. (Read More)
| Themes: | blackmail, jealousy |
| Characters: | singer, friend |
| Story: | famous song, sword fight, candelabra, true love, rainstorm, slapstick comedy, reference to william shakespeare, wig, montage, candle, piano, love triangle, sword, slow motion scene, party, singing, explosion, title spoken by character, dancing, flashback |
Borat Sagdiyev is a TV reporter of a popular show in Kazakhstan as Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man and a leading journalist. He is sent from his home to America by his government to make a documentary about American society and culture. Borat takes a course in New York City to understand American… humor. While watching Baywatch on TV, Borat discovers how beautiful their women are in the form of C. J. Parker, who was played by actress Pamela Anderson who hails from Malibu, California. He decides to go on a cross-country road trip to California in a quest to make her his wife and take her back to his country. On his journey Borat and his producer encounter a country full of strange and wonderful Americans, real people in real chaotic situations with hysterical consequences. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Mood: | satire |
| Locations: | america |
| Characters: | american, actress, dancer, singer, friend |
| Story: | california, los angeles california, bush, stupidity, suitcase, costume, microphone, manhattan new york city, rain, song, new york city, singing, dancing |
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. They are put to the test, however, when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requir…ing genuine courage. (Read More)
| Themes: | betrayal |
| Characters: | actor, dancer, boy, friend |
| Story: | candelabra, sitting, table, laughing, slapstick comedy, lifting someone into the air, hat, wig, femme fatale, candle, book, love triangle, sword, rain, explosion, title spoken by character, dancing, flashback |
Carl Denham needs to finish his movie and has the perfect location; Skull Island. But he still needs to find a leading lady. This 'soon-to-be-unfortunate' soul is Ann Darrow. No one knows what they will encounter on this island and why it is so mysterious, but once they reach it, they will soon find… out. Living on this hidden island is a giant gorilla and this beast now has Ann is its grasps. Carl and Ann's new love, Jack Driscoll must travel through the jungle looking for Kong and Ann, whilst avoiding all sorts of creatures and beasts. But Carl has another plan in mind. (Read More)
| Characters: | actress, actor |
| Story: | screening room, lifting an adult into the air, vaudeville, acrobatics, biplane, broadway manhattan new york city, airplane accident, true love, film producer, rainstorm, ladder, movie star, lifting someone into the air, film within a film, film director, manhattan new york city, new york city, dancing |
Brothers - older Stephen and three years junior Bloom - have been con artists since they were kids. Stephen is the mastermind, for who the intricacy of the story used in the con is as important as the positive outcome of the swindle. Bloom is the main character of Stephen's stories, the character he… considers the anti-hero. As adults, they travel the world and never enlist the same people twice in their cons, except for their consistent sidekick, the mysterious and primarily silent Bang Bang, a Japanese woman who just appeared in their lives one day and who has a penchant for blowing things up. As Bloom hits his mid-thirties, he wants to quit the business as he is losing his own identity to that of the characters he portrays; he doesn't know anymore what is real and what is make-believe. Stephen talks him into one last con, the mark to be the eccentric, lonely but beautiful New Jersey heiress, Penelope Stamp. Penelope's primary past-time in life is to, as she calls it, "borrow hobbies": when she sees something she likes, she learns how to do it solely through reading books. As the brothers go through their final con on Penelope, three main problems may occur to thwart the plan. First, the brothers' former mentor and now arch enemy, Diamond Dog, may exact his long awaited revenge on the brothers. Second, Penelope may end up being more unpredictable than all their former marks. And third, Bloom, who has let love slip by in his life, may fall for Penelope. But through the process, no one ever really knows who is conning who. This is why The Brothers Bloom (2008) is one of the best movies like Singin' In The Rain (1952). (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Characters: | dancer, boy, friend |
| Story: | piano player, harmonica, violin, falling in love, statue, suitcase, umbrella, montage, piano, book, secret, slow motion scene, rain, crying, party, singing, explosion, title spoken by character, dancing, flashback |
When two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine's Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They're desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They sh…ow up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players. They certainly enjoy being around the girls, especially Sugar Kane Kowalczyk who sings and plays the ukulele. Joe in particular sets out to woo her while Jerry/Daphne is wooed by a millionaire, Osgood Fielding III. Mayhem ensues as the two men try to keep their true identities hidden and Spats Colombo and his crew show up for a meeting with several other crime lords. (Read More)
| Themes: | seduction, betrayal |
| Characters: | musician, dancer, boy, singer |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | pearl necklace, tossing coin, speakeasy, flapper, theatrical agent, violin, ladder, cake, henchman, wig, suitcase, candle, newspaper, lie, love triangle, gangster, song, party, singing, title spoken by character, dancing |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion…s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousy, friendship |
| Locations: | kitchen |
| Characters: | actress, actor, dancer, boy, singer, friend |
| Story: | audience, watching a movie, lie, book, secret, song, crying, singing, dancing, flashback |
Santiago's father, Hernan Munez, smuggled his penniless Mexican family over the US border to seek a better, albeit modest future in L.A. Eldest son Santiago dreams of more, like native Angelinos, then joining Hernan's gardening firm. His change arrives when a British ex-pro spots him as an exception…al soccer natural and promises he can arrange a real British talent scout to check him out. Although that falls trough and dad forbids it, Santiago accepts grandma's savings to try out with English premier league club Newcastle. Despite his asthma, he gets in and befriends the freshly transferred, desperately undisciplined bad boy star scorer, party animal Gavin Harris, who becomes his bothersome house-mate, a recipe for trouble and yet each's salvation. (Read More)
| Locations: | kitchen, nightclub |
| Characters: | dancer, boy |
| Story: | los angeles california, flat tire, umbrella, fired from the job, montage, slow motion scene, rain, crying, punctuation in title, party, title spoken by character, dancing, flashback |
Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. But Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl isn't her biological father. Once movie clues from family indicat…e as suspect successful author Beau Burroughs, she insists on meeting him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one night-stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff. (Read More)
| Themes: | friendship |
| Characters: | dancer, friend |
| Story: | theatre audience, los angeles california, movie theatre, watching a movie, casino, newspaper, lie, book, secret, love triangle, crying, new york city, party, dancing |
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