20 movies like Morning Glory, ordered by similarity : Stage Struck(1957), The Matinee Idol(1928), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)(2014), Mrs. Henderson Presents(2005), Variety Lights(1950), Opening Night(1977), Stan & Ollie(2018), Clouds of Sils Maria(2014), Vanya on 42nd Street(1994), Madeline's Madeline(2018), The Last Metro(1980), Me and Orson Welles(2008) ...
Drama
USA
1933
74 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Adolphe Menjou C. Aubrey Smith Mary Duncan Don Alvarado Richard Carle Tyler Brooke Geneva Mitchell
actress theatrical producer diva uplifting moving manhattan small town theater stage fame aspirations theater production broadway performance transformation rise 1930s
When a naively innocent, aspiring actress arrives on the Broadway scene, she is taken under the wing of several theater veterans who mentor her to ultimate success.
Drama
USA
1957
95 Minutes
Henry Fonda Susan Strasberg Joan Greenwood Herbert Marshall Christopher Plummer Daniel Ocko Pat Harrington Frank Campanella John Fiedler Pat Englund Jack Weston
actress playwright producer rival airy tender stage new york city sardi's restaurant broadway theater fame aspirations theater unrequited love love transformation rise 1950s
A young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as she had hoped.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1928
66 Minutes
Bessie Love Johnny Walker Ernest Hilliard Lionel Belmore David Mir Sidney D'Albrook
broadway star aspiring actress father producer manager charming amusing emotional small town broadway theater new york city backstage unlikely romance deception secret identity humiliation fame acting love discovery
A Broadway matinee idol famous for his black-face portrayals anonymously joins an amateur acting troupe and falls in love with the leading lady.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
119 Minutes
Michael Keaton Zach Galifianakis Edward Norton Andrea Riseborough Amy Ryan Emma Stone Naomi Watts Lindsay Duncan Merritt Wever Jeremy Shamos Bill Camp
action hero actor broadway director girlfriend daughter ex-wife creative charming emotional amusing dark apartment new york city broadway theater backstage street restaurant acting father/daughter relationship challenge
A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
2005
103 Minutes
Judi Dench Bob Hoskins Will Young Kelly Reilly Thelma Barlow Christopher Guest Anna Brewster Rosalind Halstead Sarah Solemani Natalia Tena Doraly Rosen
theater owner theatrical producer actress pregnant woman soldier widow amusing inspiring moving london theater world war i blitz of london bravery performance competition sacrifice transformation 1940s
Laura Henderson (Dame Judi Dench) buys an old London theater and opens it up as the Windmill, a performance hall which goes down in history for, amongst other things, its all-nude revues.
Drama
1950
93 Minutes
Giulietta Masina Peppino De Filippo Carla Del Poggio
manager dancer femme fatale mistress performer charming melodramatic tender italy small town theater train station stage fame performance love triangle ambition jealousy betrayal rise
The manager (Peppino De Filippo) of a theater troupe leaves his mistress (Giulietta Masina) for a younger woman (Carla Del Poggio).
Drama
USA
1977
144 Minutes
Gena Rowlands Ben Gazzara Joan Blondell John Cassavetes Paul Stewart Zohra Lampert John Finnegan Ray Powers
actress playwright director alcoholic spiritual leader girl chilling bleak profound theater street stage mental illness alcoholism theater breakdown performance fall wretched excess 1970s
A renowned actress teeters on the edge of a breakdown as she counts down the days toward a big Broadway opening.
Comedy, Biography, Drama, History
UK|Canada|USA
2018
97 Minutes
Steve Coogan John C. Reilly Shirley Henderson Nina Arianda Rufus Jones Danny Huston Susy Kane Ella Kenion Harry Hepple Bentley Kalu Roger Ringrose
comedian laurel and hardy audience fan partner playful heartwarming tense emotional stage backstage theater dressing room hotel friendship partnership performance comedy team love
Laurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song - a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain.
Drama
France|Germany|Switzerland
2014
123 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Kristen Stewart Chloë Grace Moretz Lars Eidinger Johnny Flynn Angela Winkler Hanns Zischler Aljoscha Stadelmann Luise Berndt Gilles Tschudi Benoït Peverelli
actress rival producer young woman intense emotional melodramatic suspenseful inspiring switzerland theater stage swiss alps acting fame jealousy youth versus age competition rise fall
A film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.
Drama
USA
1994
119 Minutes
Wallace Shawn Julianne Moore Brooke Smith Larry Pine George Gaynes Lynn Cohen Phoebe Brand Jerry Mayer Madhur Jaffrey
actor actress director creative quirky powerful new york city times square theater backstage street acting theater show business creative process transformation 1990s
New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.
Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Helena Howard Molly Parker Miranda July Okwui Okpokwasili Felipe Bonilla Lisa Tharps Sunita Mani Curtiss Cook Reynaldo Piniella Myra Lucretia Taylor
actor actress director mother friend creative confident tense incredible new york city stage theater car park studio acting life story mother/daughter relationship theater life imitating art
A theatre director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.
Drama
France
1980
130 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Gérard Depardieu Jean Poiret Heinz Bennent Andréa Ferréol Paulette Dubost Sabine Haudepin Jean-Louis Richard Maurice Risch
theater owner director actress actor designer critic uneasy emotional engaging paris theater montmartre world war ii german occupation love triangle theater production secret performance discovery temptation
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Drama
UK|Isle Of Man|USA
2008
107 Minutes
Zac Efron Claire Danes Christian McKay Zoe Kazan James Tupper Leo Bill Eddie Marsan Ben Chaplin Al Weaver Kelly Reilly Iain McKee
teen boy director secretary orson welles actor mentor lighthearted emotional inspiring stage new york city mercury theatre ballroom backstage theater acting dreams jealousy performance new life
In 1937, a teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar", directed by a young Orson Welles.
Drama
USA
1935
84 Minutes
Kay Francis Ian Hunter Paul Lukas Sybil Jason Jessie Ralph Joe Sawyer Eddie Acuff Walter Kingsford Robert Strange Ferdinand Munier
actress journalist producer daughter nanny husband melodramatic brooding endearing london theater ship stage secret past fame missing persons tabloid journalism mother/daughter relationship redemption fall
A theatrical star abruptly leaves England to escape her secret past, while a newspaper reporter follows her trail to America to get the scoop.
Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Alice Brady Maureen O'Sullivan Franchot Tone Phillips Holmes Ted Healy Russell Hardie C. Henry Gordon Alan Edwards Ben Alexander
stage mother stage manager lover daughter actress artist melodramatic touching family home broadway theater boston new york city hospital boat mother/daughter relationship family dysfunction ambition deception show business blackmail
A vaudeville star has to leave her daughter with her dead husband's stuffy Boston parents while she makes a living. But when the daughter shows some talent, the mother become a stage mother... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
92 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Ginger Rogers Adolphe Menjou Andrea Leeds Gail Patrick Constance Collier Lucille Ball Eve Arden Ann Miller Ralph Forbes Franklin Pangborn
actress theatrical producer father dancer melodramatic rousing sultry spirited new york city boardinghouse nightclub theater acting friendship class distinctions ambition female bonding love rise fall
A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.
Drama
1984
72 Minutes
Erland Josephson Ingrid Thulin Lena Olin Nadja Palmstjerna-Weiss Bertil Guve
director actress alcoholic mother old flame dense striking engaging sad stage sweden theater theater acting aging affair mother/daughter relationship guilt discovery love
An aging Swedish stage director's (Erland Josephson) ex-lover (Ingrid Thulin) and would-be lover (Lena Olin) visit him on the set.
Drama
USA|India
1965
120 Minutes
Shashi Kapoor Felicity Kendal Madhur Jaffrey Geoffrey Kendal Laura Liddell Utpal Dutt
actor wife playboy daughter movie star emotional striking moving india road stage town race relations colonialism family performance jealousy cultural differences love growing up
The story of a family troupe of English actors in India. They travel around the towns and villages giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2013
91 Minutes
Julianne Moore Michael Angarano Greg Kinnear Lily Collins Nathan Lane Norbert Leo Butz Jessica Hecht Charlie Saxton Nikki Blonsky
teacher student colleague headmaster father love interest amusing playful quirky lighthearted high school stage theater united states unlikely romance teaching theater second chance performance student-teacher relationship
An English teacher's life is disrupted when a former student returns to her small town after failing as a playwright in New York.
Music, Biography, Drama, History
UK|France|USA
2019
118 Minutes
Renée Zellweger Jessie Buckley Finn Wittrock Rufus Sewell Gemma-Leah Devereux Michael Gambon Bella Ramsey Andy Nyman Gaia Weiss Philippe Spall Fenella Woolgar
actress singer friend fan musician husband confident emotional dreamy moving film set hotel stage nightclub stardom fame dealing with fame rise love growing up
Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Drama
India
2009
Minutes
Shubhashish Seema Biswas Hrishita Bhatt Nauheed Cyrusi Mansi Dovhal Ravi Gossain
young man young woman theater owner theater promoter actor actress amusing bleak gripping emotional endearing india city house bungalow theater aspirations career aspirations chasing dreams hiv
A theatre group containing talented, aspiring college actors sets out to have some fun.